Chapter 448 449 Self-Reliance An Unexpected Gain

After looking at it, Li Yu thought it looked like the rosemary she had seen in her previous life. Seeing Li Yu staring at the potted plant, Xinghua quickly picked it up and gave it to Li Yu, "Madam, you see it still has a scent!"

"Yeah! It's really fragrant and pleasant," he said to Mr. Wen with a smile: "If Mr. Wen likes it, let's buy two pots and take them home. You can try to raise them."

Mr. Wen smiled and nodded, "Okay, buy two pots and give one to your old man. He likes these things. They are not difficult to raise and can also be used to repel mosquitoes and make sachets."

Li Yu asked Xinghua to pay and walked into the shop to take a look. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Madam, if you have any favorite flowers and plants that you can't find in Kyoto, you can tell me and I can help you search for them. "

Li Yu shook his head with a smile, and suddenly saw the lush plant in the corner of his shop, which seemed to be sweet potato leaves. Li Yu held back his excitement and took a closer look, and it turned out to be sweet potato leaves. He turned to look at the shopkeeper and smiled: "This What is it? It’s green and pretty, is it just this pot?”

The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head, "Madam, I don't know what this pot is called. The seeds are as big as a fist. They were brought back mixed with flower seeds. I saw it grew well after germination, so I planted it in the pot."

Li Yu was not disappointed after hearing this. Although the planting time was a little late, he thought that as long as there were seeds, this pot would be able to produce a good harvest. He smiled and said: "I want it."

"Okay! I'll put it up for you." The shopkeeper didn't expect that Li Yu would like such an inconspicuous pot of green vines, so he happily put it into a bamboo basket and took Li Yu two hundred coins.

Li Yu happily asked Xinghua to pay. He looked at the sweet potatoes put into the basket and was filled with joy. He felt that today's trip was not in vain, and no amount of money could buy the harvest from this trip.

Han San and Xinghua walked towards Mr. Zhou's shop with their bamboo baskets in hand. Mr. Wen glanced at Li Yu, who was full of joy, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyu, do you know that thing?"

Li Yu didn't hide it, smiled and nodded, "I'm not sure either. I heard the master mention it before. I'll explain it to you in detail when I get back."

Mr. Wen nodded, and they returned to Mrs. Zhou's flower shop. Li Yu looked at the flowers and plants displayed at the door and in the shop. There were chrysanthemums, jasmine, orchids, roses that she recognized... and others that she didn't recognize.

Mr. Zhou rubbed his hands happily when he saw Li Yu, "You're here too! Does Jiahe know? Come and see, I planted all these."

Li Yu smiled and saluted: "You are amazing. You have taken good care of these flowers and plants. Jiahe also said that you are very capable and amazing now."

Mr. Zhou smiled proudly, thought about it and said: "Jiahe, you are still amazing, we men are not as good as you. Remember to urge Jiahe and supervise his progress, otherwise when will he be able to do it?" Go to the first-grade official."

Li Yu didn't expect that he was still struggling with the fact that Zhou Jia's rank was lower than hers, so he responded readily: "Yes, don't worry, I will definitely supervise his progress."

Mr. Zhou nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, you are inconvenient, go back quickly!"

Li Yu asked Han San to put a pot of thyme in Mr. Zhou's shop. After saying goodbye to him, he and Mr. Wen got in the car and walked back. In the car, he said to Mr. Wen: "Sir, my master seems to have mentioned that thing." A kind of food called sweet potato, I have only seen the pattern, I am not sure if it is the one he mentioned."

Mr. Wen smiled and said, "Looking at how happy you are, the output of that thing is very high?"

Li Yu smiled and nodded, "Yes, if it's the sweet potato he mentioned, the yield is very high."

After thinking about it, Mr. Wen told Li Yu, "Xiaoyu, don't reveal it yet, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

Li Yu smiled and said, "Sir, I know, I will be careful."

After returning home, Li Yu hurriedly went back to Wangjia'ao to plant those sweet potatoes. He called Jixiang and said to him: "Go to the Yamen and call the master out and tell him that I have found a new crop. If the weather catches up, I will go back and plant it as soon as possible." Go down, remember, don’t tell anyone else.”

"I understand, madam, why don't you wait for me to come back and take you back." Ji Xiang said uneasily.

Li Yu shook his head, "It's okay. My husband is with me and I'll let Han San drive the car. Everything will be fine."

Ji Xiang responded and went to the Hubu Yamen. Li Yu and Mr. Wen packed up and rushed to Wangji'ao.

When we arrived at Wangjia'ao, the sun had already set. We found a piece of sunny land with loose soil in the yard, and asked Xinghua to pull up some rapeseed. She asked Mrs. Lin, Xinghua and several others to dig deep into the ground, while Mrs. Zhang went to fertilize the bamboo forest behind. I picked up a load of fertilizer from the pit, spread it in, hoed it carefully, and then spread the fertilizer to make ridges.

After Li Yu removed the thin bamboo pole from the flowerpot where the sweet potatoes were planted, he used scissors to keep the bud nodes, cut the sweet potato vine into a section less than one foot long, and carefully removed the root system on the bud nodes, leaving a large pot of sweet potatoes. I cut eighty or ninety knots of seedlings from the vine, and carried a spatula to the ridges.

Li Yu bent down and inserted the end of the sweet potato seedling with the most buds diagonally into the soil. Covering it with soil and exposing a few leaves, a sweet potato seedling was planted. At this time, the child kicked her hard and Li Yu was in pain. She stood up straight and asked worriedly: "Madam, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"It's okay," Li Yu smiled, "You were naughty, you thought I was crowding them, so you kicked me when you got upset."

Grandma Chen felt relieved, and Sister-in-law Zhang smiled and said, "The young master looks good and has strong feet."

Xinghua picked up a sweet potato seedling and said, "Madam, let's do it! It's not difficult to see."

"Okay, I'll teach you, and you can plant it."

Li Yu directed Xinghua and Mrs. Lin to plant the sweet potatoes, and dozens of sweet potato seedlings were planted in less than two-quarters of an hour.

Sister-in-law Zhang and Mrs. Lin saw that Li Yu didn't say what he was planting, and they didn't ask. After planting, Li Yu asked them to sprinkle a little water, and placed bamboo slices around the sweet potato seedlings to avoid the little white potato seedlings. Wreak havoc.

Back in the backyard, Li Yu put the sweet potatoes in the flowerpot on the flower bed and waited for it to sprout again.

Mr. Wen watched Li Yu finish his work and said with a smile: "Looking at how interested you are, you should have a good harvest."

Li Yu nodded happily, "It's still a little late. I found out two months ago that it will be collected in a few months."

Mr. Wen thought for a moment and said, "I heard that it will take four or five months to harvest."

Li Yu nodded, "Yes! I'm worried that the cold weather will affect its growth, but it won't work out later. I still have to find a way to keep it warm."

"It seems that the season is a bit wrong. You go and rest for a while. I will go to the lotus pond and watch Han San and the others pick lotus seeds." Mr. Wen said with a smile.

"Okay." Li Yu smiled and nodded, thinking about how to keep the sweet potatoes warm when the weather got colder. After thinking for a long time, he decided to build a greenhouse with straw curtains. When the sweet potatoes in the flower pots sprouted again, they would be planted in wooden baskets. It is also convenient to move in and out when it is cold.