The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

Li Yu took Zhou Bo and Ji Xiang to plant the sweet potato stalks into the ground.

When several people finished planting the sweet potatoes and returned to the kitchen, Mrs. Liu and Aunt He had already cooked the sweet potatoes. Li Yu picked up a piece of sweet potato and broke it into two sections to reveal the yellow core. He took a bite and the taste was still the same. The same sweetness and glutinousness but also a little pink.

The little loaches and edamame also started eating. While eating, the little loaches shouted in surprise: "Wow! It's delicious! It's still sweet."

After finishing their portion, everyone felt that they were still unsatisfied.

Uncle Zhou said: "It's delicious! It's a bit like cooked chestnuts, but not so dry. It has more water than chestnuts and is sweeter than chestnuts."

"Uncle Zhou is right." Everyone nodded in agreement with Uncle Zhou.

Li Yu thought to himself: Don't eat too much. Eating too much will lead to bloating, burping, and heartburn.

After Zhou Jia came back from the Yamen, Li Yu took him and Yang Yang to the back garden and asked the father and son to dig out the box of sweet potatoes left for Zhou Jia.

Zhou Jia witnessed the yield of sweet potatoes with his own eyes, and his heart became hot. After tasting the taste, he became even more satisfied.

"Fish, the yield of two boxes of sweet potatoes is 70 to 80 kilograms. The yield is so high! From now on, we won't have to worry about drought and starvation."

Li Yu nodded, "Yeah! I think so too, but unfortunately there are too few seeds at the moment."

Zhou Jia smiled with satisfaction, "It's a good thing that we already have seeds."

"It's so sweet!" Yangyang took a few bites of the sweet potato and asked Li Yu strangely, "Mom, why do you have sweet potatoes so you don't have to worry about running out of food when there's a drought? Why don't you have food when there's a drought?"

"Because sweet potatoes are not afraid of drought, they can be grown even if there is drought or water shortage. If the people have a harvest, even if it is a little less, they can still fill their stomachs. If there is something in their stomachs, they will not starve to death."

Yangyang looked at Li Yu curiously, unable to imagine what it felt like to be hungry.

Li Yu looked at him and continued: "Drought without water makes farming difficult. Without water, farmers will not be able to grow crops. Without food, they will be hungry. Severe drought will also trigger a locust plague. Your father and I were also affected by the locust plague... ..., the farming season is busy this year, so you and your mother should go to the village to help with the farm work."

"I know!" Yangyang still couldn't imagine what it would be like to see locusts in his eyes. He just thought it was scary just thinking about it, and his pores stood up.

"There are so many bugs, it's scary to think about it! Mom, can we eat locusts?"

Li Yu patted him gently and said with a smile: "Yes, it can be fried or grilled. It's quite fragrant."

"Then why are you running away? Just fry the locusts and eat them!"

"Fool, without water, people can't survive just by eating locusts!"

"Mom, will we have to flee again when locusts come again?"

"Let's not run away. We can prevent and control locusts by raising more chickens and ducks before the locust plague occurs."

"Mom, let's feed more chickens and ducks on the farm, and when the locusts come, we'll eat them all."

"Yeah! This year we will feed more chickens, ducks, and geese on the back mountain. Then we will eat braised goose, roasted duck with taro seeds, pepper and sesame chicken, and beggar's chicken."

Yangyang's mouth watered when he heard this, "Mom, you've made me hungry."

"Alas!" Li Yu lamented, "I'm just greedy. I ate this salty and tasteless food for two whole months."

Zhou Jia looked at his wife and son, "Look at you two, talking about the drought, you actually talked about delicious food. Dad will take a break in two days and will take you to Zuixian Tower to eat delicious food."

Yangyang touched his belly, "Dad, I want to eat boss Liu's mutton buns, roast chicken, and fish. Let's bring my uncle and master, seven pounds of them."

Zhou Jia picked up Yangyang and said, "Okay, in the middle of the month, daddy will take him to eat steamed buns."

Zhou Jia decided to send sweet potatoes to the palace early tomorrow morning to make Chu Yuhao happy.

Li Yu told Zhou Jia how to grow sweet potatoes and not to eat too much, and asked him to record them and send them to the palace.

Sweet potatoes won unanimous praise from everyone in the Zhou family, and Uncle Zhou took over the task of taking care of the sweet potatoes in the backyard.

Zhou Jia went out to the court early the next morning and told Ruyi: "In an hour and a half, you can deliver the sweet potatoes outside the palace gate. I will come and pick them up after I ask to see His Majesty."

Seeing that Zhou Jia didn't bring a piece of sweet potato, he smiled and said, "Master, won't you bring a piece of sweet potato to the palace to show to His Majesty?"

Zhou Jia smiled and said, "I feel better watching the sweet potatoes being peeled out of the box with my own eyes."

After the master and servant agreed, they left separately. Zhou Jia left the court and went to the main hall to ask for an audience with Chu Yuhao.

After meeting Chu Yuhao, Zhou Jia handed over the prepared pamphlet, "Your Majesty, Madam Chen has discovered high-yield grain seeds. Madam Chen said that this kind of grain is drought-resistant and the roots and stems are edible."

After Chu Yuhao read through it, he looked at Zhou Jia with great excitement, "Jiahe, come and show me what high-yielding grain varieties look like?"

Zhou Jia bowed and said, "Your Majesty, he is still in the car outside the palace gate. Ruyi is guarding him there!"

Chu Yuhao's curiosity aroused, and he wanted to see what kind of seeds he wanted to pull with a cart.

"Oh! Get someone to pull him in quickly."

Zhou Jia and others brought the sweet potato frame into the palace and placed it on the dam outside the imperial study room.

Chu Yuhao looked at the large wooden frame placed there, stepped forward and fiddled with it, but found no fruit, only green vines.

Shen Zhong asked strangely, "Mr. Zhou, you got it wrong! What kind of grain seeds are these? They are clearly flowers and plants."

Chu Yuhao also asked the same question.

Zhou Jia bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please give me a pair of scissors and a hoe."

Chu Yuhao ordered the servant, "Go and get it quickly."

After a while, the chamberlain brought scissors and a flower hoe. Under curious eyes, Zhou Jia followed Li Yu's instructions and cut off the sweet potato vine, cutting it into a ruler-long section.

"Your Majesty, it is stated in the booklet that this can still be planted. You can have someone dig out a piece of soft ground and plant it according to the method recorded by the minister."

It can be planted repeatedly. Chu Yuhao looked at the wooden frame with some expectancy, waved his hand, and asked the servant to find the land.

"Your Majesty, the grain grows in the soil. I will dig it out and show it to you."

"Okay, I'll wait here."

Chu Yuhao looked at Zhou Jia's movements and felt that they were too slow. He simply rolled up his sleeves, took the flower hoe from Zhou Jia's hand, and bent down to dig.

When the monarch and his ministers worked together to dig out the first sweet potato, Chu Yuhao finally understood why Li Yu said that as long as it was planted properly, the yield would be high.

"Jiahe, according to what Mrs. Li said above, sweet potatoes can be steamed, grilled, and dried,..."

Zhou Jia bowed and saluted: "This is Your Majesty, please have it cooked and you can taste it."

The chamberlain took the sweet potatoes to the imperial chef, and Shen Zhong also bent down to peel the sweet potatoes.

After a box of sweet potatoes was dug out of the soil, Chu Yuhao looked at the sweet potatoes piled on the ground and shouted to the sky: "God bless Dayong."

Shen Zhong, Zhou Jia and others all knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, God bless Dayong."

Chu Yuhao looked at Zhou Jia and said with a smile: "Jiahe, I would like to thank Mrs. Li on behalf of the people of Dayong."