If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

"Xiang'er, come and talk to the village chief." The beautiful woman gave the initiative to Meixiang again, and she watched the "fun" from the side.

Village Chief Liu turned his gaze towards Meixiang. He was still anxious but nervous. He couldn't imagine why a girl in her teens would come to him for something, especially since she was so taciturn that people thought she was stupid and deaf.

"Uncle Village Chief, I asked you to come here today mainly because I need to trouble you with something. I found a new food ingredient on the mountain in the next village a few days ago, and I need to try to grow it to see what the survival rate and yield are." Meixiang explained slowly while observing the expression of the village chief. "I have asked the nanny to prepare the specific ingredient, and the village chief will try it later."

Meixiang and others couldn't help laughing when they saw the village chief's constantly changing expression. However, anyone who heard this would be surprised. The old man in front of them had good self-control.

At this time, Nanny Chen brought up a portion of potato cakes and shredded potatoes that she had made yesterday and placed them on the table in front of the village chief. "What is this?"

"This is the food made with the ingredients I just mentioned. Village chief, please try it first." Meixiang made a gesture of invitation and then started to drink from the tea bowl beside her.

Village Chief Liu glanced at Nanny Chen who was standing next to the beautiful woman, and when she nodded to him, he picked up the chopsticks at hand and picked up the cake-like substance that was cut into small pieces. The golden color accompanied by the aroma immediately aroused his appetite. He put it into his mouth carefully. The crispy and soft taste made him couldn't help but let out a "hmm". After eating it in three or two bites, he couldn't wait to pick up the yellow and green silk-like substance in another plate. The sour and spicy taste stimulated his taste buds and whetted his appetite.

"Delicious, delicious. Sorry for my loss of composure," Village Chief Liu unknowingly finished the food on the two plates in front of him, only to realize belatedly that his eating manners were indecent.

"The village chief was in the same mood when we ate it for the first time. Children like Xiao Shiqi almost swallowed their tongues." Nanny Chen's smiling words eased the embarrassment of Village Chief Liu.

"Haha, it's really delicious. Miss, I wonder what the survival rate of this thing is? What about the yield?" The village chief got rid of his embarrassment and immediately asked the key question with his IQ online.

"That's exactly why I invited you here today. This plant is commonly known as potato, and its scientific name is Solanum tuberosum. Normally, it should be planted twice a year, with a growth cycle of 60-100 days, and a normal yield of about 300-500 jin per mu."

"Ah, so many?" The village chief opened his mouth in surprise.

"I read this in a book. The details can only be known after trial planting. Uncle Village Chief, can you find out where there is space for me to try planting? First, I want to see how much the yield can be, second, I want to see if it needs to be improved, and third, I want to use this to cultivate a batch of seeds."

"If the trial planting is successful, we can promote it vigorously in Liujia Village and even the whole Haoyue in autumn." Meixiang continued to drop bombshells, and the village chief was already a little stunned.

"Uncle, uncle."

Meixiang called out to the stunned Village Chief Liu, "Ah ah..." Village Chief Liu shook his head and came back to his senses. New food, two seasons a year, 300-500 jin per mu, easy to plant, seeds... these words kept turning back and forth in his mind. "Empty space?!"

"Yes, yes, there is an empty space? Let me think about it. Miss Liu, are there any special requirements for this land? For example, it must be near a water source or something like that?"

"There are no too strict requirements for this. Just the temperature and humidity need to be suitable." Meixiang said.

Village Chief Liu listened to Meixiang's words and carefully sorted out the vacant places in the village. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he slapped his thigh: "Oh, I'm really too old to be useful. Wasn't this available before the New Year?"

"Madam, Miss, do you think the land in front of your house is okay? When you first settled here, you wanted some quiet time, so you didn't arrange for any other residents to live there, so it has been vacant ever since."

When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. The land in front of the house was the best. Although it was a bit far from the water source, potatoes were drought-resistant and they could use the water from the pond at home. It was right under their noses and convenient to care for and supervise.

"That's perfect. We just need to clear the weeds and a few saplings off the ground." The more Meixiang thought about the land in front of her house, the more satisfied she felt. She gave the village chief a big reward: "The land has been decided. Let's start preparing for trial planting tomorrow. Can you find two people to help?"

"But it's best to keep your mouth shut. You may have heard that two days ago I saved an old man next door who was poisoned in the pharmacy in the city." Human greed can be very scary sometimes. Meixiang had to take precautions in advance to avoid doing bad things with good intentions.

The village chief looked at Meixiang in confusion, wondering why she suddenly brought up this matter. Could it be that? "She got poisoned by eating the soil and potatoes?"

Mei Xiang stared into the village chief's eyes and nodded carefully, "Yes, I happened to encounter him that day. In addition, my father-in-law ate less and the attack lasted for a short time, so I was lucky enough to save him. If it was half an hour later, even with the current medical skills, it would be useless."

Village Chief Liu shuddered when he heard this, as if a bucket of cold water was poured into his heart, suppressing his previous excitement. He became more cautious about the two people who came to help.

Not long after noon, Aunt Li and her family returned to the Liu Mansion in a hurry. They rented out the wonton stall and the house at the back. Since it was located on the street with a large flow of people, the shop was in great demand. Not long after the news of the lease was released, someone came to negotiate.

Aunt Li was arranged to stay in a small room in the south courtyard, and now the Liu Mansion in Liujia Village was completely full. Her arrival added a bowl of big and fragrant wontons to Meixiang's breakfast table, and Meixiang was very satisfied eating it every day.

The candidates finally sent by Village Chief Liu were his honest and kind eldest son Liu Dazhuang and Liu Yuan, an orphan who grew up in the village eating at many houses. According to Chen Da's investigation, one of them was an honest and well-known hand at serving the bride, and the other was famous for his reputation within a hundred miles and ten townships.

The candidates were decided in this way. Chen San took Liu Yuan, Aunt Li, Nanny, Xiao San, Xiao Si and other older girls to pick green and sprouting potato seeds in the yard. Mei Yingci took Liu Dazhuang, Xiao San, Xiao Wu and other boys and the playful Xiao Shiqi to level and plow the land in the open space outside the mansion.

Thus began the first artificial cultivation of potatoes in the Haoyue Dynasty.