The Three Spirit Stones

There is a mountain villa on the outskirts of Bianjing City. An unknown plant is densely planted on the hillside. The leaves of these plants have begun to turn yellow. The yellowing of leaves is a sign that the fruits are ripe.

This is one of the Cheng family's farms. Sun Yuechan wanted to sell it before, but later because she could not accommodate the tenants inside, the matter was put on hold until the potatoes planted by Cheng Yu in the garden matured.

He cooked this kind of potato for everyone to eat. It can be used as a side dish or a staple food. It tastes very delicious, especially potatoes cooked with meat.

The potato yield is very high, reaching three to four thousand kilograms per mu, while the wheat yield is only two to three hundred kilograms. Even the rice in the south is higher, at only five to six hundred kilograms.

When they saw the bunches of potatoes that had been pulled out and weighed them, they found that there were four or five hundred kilograms of potatoes in just an area of ​​two or three meters square, and that the land was not fertile. Everyone in the Cheng residence was so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths!

After tasting the taste, Mrs. Cheng immediately went to the Buddhist temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. In fact, she went to worship Acai's fake father, because these potatoes were brought from his hometown. They were fairy fruits. She was blessed by the immortals, so of course she had to thank them!

Potatoes can be harvested in three or four months. Everyone in the Cheng family hurriedly cut the four or five hundred kilograms of harvested potatoes into many small pieces and planted them all on the farm. Now it is November, and the potatoes on the farm can be harvested.

Early in the morning, the tenants on the farm were waiting in the potato fields, waiting for the owner to come and preside over the potato harvest.

This farm is home to more than a dozen families, but the crops they grow are never enough to eat. Fortunately, the owner is kind and does not collect rent in bad years but gives them subsidies.

Until they heard that the mistress was going to sell the farm, they were really scared. If it was sold, they would have no place to live.

Later, the master and mistress of the household came and said they would give them a new crop to plant. Before the harvest, they gave each household enough food to last them half a year, and also some silver.

In the past three or four months, these dozen families have planted these plants according to the method taught by the patriarch. They know very well that if they succeed, their lives will be secure, but if they fail, their farm will still be sold.

So, now they are all very nervous!

The sun rose to the middle of the sky. With the sound of horse hooves, dozens of people appeared on the small path of Zhuangzi. People from Cheng Mansion and Sun Mansion came, and even Ah Cai came.

Originally, Cheng Yu hadn't planned to let her come, but when she heard that they were going to the villa, how could she, who loved to have fun, miss it?

He couldn't persuade her and had to bring her along. She also wanted to bring Cheng Fugui along, but Cheng Yu scared her by saying that the people in Zhuangzi loved to eat cat meat, so she didn't dare to bring him along.

She didn't know how to ride a horse, so Cheng Yu put her in front of him and sat sideways, holding her with one hand and pulling the reins with the other.

General Sun had heard Yuechan talk about Ah Cai and knew that she was the one who invented soap. He imagined that she should be a well-educated and well-mannered woman, but when he met her, she turned out to be a young girl!

He was shocked and couldn't believe that this girl had such ability?

Although Soap has not yet distributed dividends, shareholders like them receive account books every month and know exactly how much profit they have made.

The profit margin on this soap is really huge!

It can be said that anyone who sees it will be envious, and the formula must be protected, so General Sun sent his two sons to do the security work of the soap factory personally.

On the way, he was secretly keeping an eye on Acai. He found that this little girl didn't seem to be shy. When she saw grown men like them for the first time, she took the initiative to greet them with a smile, calling them uncle, and his sons called them brothers.

Also, the son-in-law looked at her with tenderness, and their intimate actions were not taboo to others. Compared with his own daughter, he was much more polite.

As men, it is obvious who is in your heart.

General Sun sighed inwardly.

You can’t force love. I just hope my daughter and son-in-law can fall in love with each other over time!

Ah Cai was very excited along the way. When she saw a group of ducks, she pointed at them and said, "Look, the ducks are swimming."

When he saw a few cows, he said, "Cows, there are three cows eating grass."

Seeing two dogs, he said, "Two dogs are mating."

The voice was not loud, but people around could hear it. Cheng Yu was so embarrassed that he whispered to her not to say anything else.

When they arrived at the villa, everyone dismounted, and their followers helped them pull the horses away. The tenants of the villa came forward to greet them, and said while bowing, "Master, Madam, you are finally here."

"Sorry to have kept you waiting,"

Cheng Yu apologized.

Hearing what he said, the tenants were flattered and waved their hands and shook their heads, saying, "Not long, not long, it's still too early now!"

"Okay, let's get started. Let's see how much we can harvest."

"Okay! Let's get started,"

"start,"

The tenants responded loudly and went to the fields to pull potatoes.

I saw bunches of potatoes being pulled out by the roots, and soon the ground was piled up like a small hill of fruits. People walked on the field, looking at the increasing number of potatoes, and excitedly guessed how many kilograms of potatoes there were in one acre.

In the afternoon, all the potatoes were pulled out and weighed and counted, and someone was keeping count with a brush.

"Five hundred and forty-three pounds,"

"Six hundred and fifty kilograms,"

"Four hundred and seventy kilograms,"

"Eight hundred and forty-five pounds,"

After reporting the amount, the two shopkeepers settled the bill together.

That’s incredible!

A total of more than 54,000 kilograms!

The mountain land is only 14 or 15 acres, but the yield per acre reaches nearly 4,000 kilograms!

The tenants were stunned by the astonishing yield!

Would you still be hungry if you could eat this?

"Come on, set up the pot and boil the potatoes,"

Cheng Yu waved his hand.

Everyone immediately got busy. Some fetched water for washing, some took the pot, some chopped wood, and some built the stove.

Potatoes were put into the pot one by one, the water began to gurgle, and soon, bursts of fragrance wafted out.

These people had been busy for most of the day and were starving. When they smelled the aroma, they all gulped.

Poke it with chopsticks, it's cooked!

Everyone came and took one, and started to eat it with a slurp, regardless of how hot it was!

"good to eat!"

"fragrant,"

“It’s delicious,”

This tastes so good! There is a light fragrance in the sweetness! It is much better than those millet and rice bran that prick the throat!

Many people eat three or four in one go, pat their stomachs and say they are full!

The feeling of being full is so blissful!

After General Sun finished eating two potatoes, he actually bowed to Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu was so panicked that he quickly held him back and said, "Father-in-law! You can't do that! You can't do that!"

General Sun grabbed his hand, his eyes moistened as he said, "If my family had this when I was a child, my elder and second brothers might not have starved to death!"

"Xuzhi! You have done a great deed by bringing this potato back! You deserve this respect!"

"Father-in-law, please stop bowing, it will bring bad luck to me."

"Haha, great!"

He stopped being pretentious and picked up a potato and started eating again.

After he finished eating this, he saw that Ah Cai didn't eat anything. He thought that the girl was shy and didn't want to show her eating in front of a man, so he handed one to her and said, "Eat it! Aren't you hungry?"

Ah Cai glanced at the potato in his hand and said, "I'm a little hungry, but I don't think it tastes good."

"This doesn't taste good?"

General Sun said in surprise,

"It's better to cook beef or spicy potato shreds. I can't eat them without oil or salt."

Ouch!

This little girl has such a sharp tongue!

Cows cannot be killed casually. Cows that die of disease must be reported to the government!

And this spicy and sour potato shreds, I have never heard of it.

General Sun became even more curious about Ah Cai. Cheng Yu heard their conversation and said to his father-in-law with a smile, "Don't worry about her. I've brought her food."

Then, Dongmei brought over a cloth bag, opened it, and took out a round barrel that looked like neither iron nor wood, unscrewed the lid, and handed a metal spoon to her. Suddenly, the aroma of steaming rice and meat wafted over.

Seeing Ah Cai picking up the spoon and eating in small bites, General Sun suddenly felt that the potato in his hand was no longer tasty.

He was a little surprised and asked Dongmei when she cooked the rice. Dongmei said that she had cooked it before 11:00 this morning and put it in this insulated lunch box.

He was very surprised! It had been at least four hours since the Mao hour, how come the rice was still steaming hot?

After Ah Cai finished his meal, he took the lunch box and looked at it from left to right. The lid was very tight, and the material was neither wood nor iron. He had never seen it before.

Just as I was feeling puzzled, Dongmei smiled and said, "General, can you return the lunch box to me? I need to clean it thoroughly, otherwise it will go bad after a while."

General Sun laughed and said, "Where did you buy this thing? It's very useful. I want to buy it too."

"This is what the young lady brought from her hometown. It's not for sale here. Nothing the young lady brought is for sale here."

"Oh oh! Haha!"

He returned the lunch box to Dongmei with a smile.

Dongmei's words that the things brought by the young lady were not for sale here made him even more suspicious about Ah Cai's identity.

Who is this woman?

Yuechan had said before that she spent money like water and was extravagant. Did he think she was a noble lady from a prominent family?

But at first sight, she looked nothing like any of the royal ladies he had seen. Noble ladies spoke in a tactful and roundabout way, but she was innocent and straightforward, and could not hide anything.

But she was more arrogant than the royal ladies, and her requirements for food, clothing and other necessities were higher than those of the princesses, yet she was able to invent something as profitable as soap!

General Sun, with his decades of experience, could not find anyone who was even remotely like Acai.