Chapter 378 Magic Potato

Spread the budded rice seeds evenly on the leveled paddy field. Originally, a layer of rice husk ash needs to be sprinkled on top.

But they didn't have rice husks, so they sprinkled the collected plant ashes.

After doing this, the spring sowing is finally over. We just have to wait for a month for the sown rice seeds to grow into green seedlings, which can be pulled up and inserted into other paddy fields. The entire spring sowing is considered complete.

Now, after the spring sowing, the people of Qingshui Village used this month, and at Qiao Ran's suggestion, to start cultivating dry land on the hillside beside the valley, preparing to plant corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts, yams and other crops. .

Farmers cannot only eat rice and pasta, but also grow various other crops. This can reduce the pressure on food and obtain various nutrients.

Before Qiao Ran introduced them to potatoes, yams, and taro, they never knew that these foods could be eaten.

On the way to escape from famine, thanks to Qiao Ran, they were introduced to a lot of edible food, so they never went hungry again, and they escaped safely to Zhongzhou, thousands of miles away from their hometown.

They also collected a lot of seeds on the way, including chestnuts, yams, taro, sugar cane, etc. These were crops they had never thought of growing on their own before. At Qiao Ran's suggestion, they saved some and now they are putting them to use. .

It is now the end of February, and once the barren slopes are reclaimed, it will be the beginning of March. At this time, many crops are suitable for planting.

Land reclamation on hillside is a bit rougher than paddy field reclamation. Choose a piece of wasteland with relatively few shrubs and weeds, clear away the weeds, shrubs and stones, turn over the soil with a hoe, break up the clumps of soil, and break up the turned land. The soil is piled into ridges, and drought-tolerant crops can be planted on them.

In addition to the chestnut, yam, taro, and sugarcane seeds that the villagers left on the road, Qiao Ran went to the city a few days later to pull back a cartload of other seeds.

Of course, these are actually taken from her space.

She always believed that it was impossible for these ancient seeds to have as high a yield as modern ones.

What's more, it was planted by watering it with spiritual spring water, which is incomparable to the seeds in this time and space.

Qiao Ran "bought" corn, peanuts, soybeans, mung beans, potatoes and other miscellaneous grains for everyone, as well as watermelons, pumpkins, melons, bitter melons, cucumbers and other fruits and vegetables, as well as various vegetable seeds.

In addition, I "bought" a large number of sweet potato seedlings, divided into several types such as purple potatoes, yellow potatoes, red potatoes, white potatoes, etc., and tied a large bundle of each.

These sweet potato seedlings were naturally grown by Qiao Ran in the space. Although she likes to eat purple potatoes and red sweet potatoes the most, other types also have their own advantages. Most farmers only focus on the yield, whether they taste good or not is another matter. .

Qiao Ran's batch of sweet potato seedlings was also snatched up by everyone.

If paddy fields are not enough, we need to plant more dry land.

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and have high yields. They can also be eaten as food, so they are naturally popular among farmers.

In addition, she also "bought" a large number of peach trees, plum trees, jujube trees, grapes, kiwis, passion fruit, lychees and other fruit tree saplings that people in the village may or may not have heard of.

Qiao Ran helped everyone save a lot of money in building houses, so it was much easier for everyone to buy seeds and seedlings of these grain crops, vegetables and fruits.

Food is the most important thing for the people. Only by eating more grains and vegetables can we live a better life!

But when everyone saw the rich variety of seeds and seedlings Qiao Ran bought, they couldn't help but gasp.

"Ran Yatou, have you rummaged through all the seed shops in the capital? Why did you buy so many things? We have never even heard of many of them!"

"No! Rice, grains, vegetables and fruits, everything is available! Ran Yatou is really thoughtful! If we go shopping, we don't even know what to buy!"

"That's right, if I were asked to buy it, I would probably only buy rice seeds, corn, peanuts, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and a few vegetable seeds. How can I think of buying other things!"

"Not to mention other things, I never knew there were so many types of sweet potatoes! We have only grown red and white sweet potatoes before, but we didn't know there were purple and yellow sweet potatoes!"

"And this yam. I only knew it was a medicinal material before. I had only seen it dried and cut into slices in pharmacies. But I didn't know it could be eaten as food, and I dug up a lot of it! What if we If you can grow them, you will have another kind of food and vegetables in the future. These yams are really good for making bone soup!"

"And these potatoes, I heard they were foreign stuff from outside the country. I didn't expect Ran Ran could also buy them. They're really amazing!"

Qiao Ran smiled, there were so many types of seeds in her space, how could anyone here imagine them?

Not to mention anything else, potatoes are already a very common crop in modern times, but here, they are just a rare item introduced from outside.

She said to everyone: "These potatoes are similar to sweet potatoes. When you pull up a seedling, you can get a big bunch. It is very high-yielding! And there are many ways to eat these potatoes, but you can also just boil them and eat them like sweet potatoes." Cut into pieces, slices, shreds for soup, cooking, or mashed into a paste to make pies or other cakes, dried and ground into powder, there are many uses! In short, this potato is I finally got it, so listen to me and be sure to plant it, and I will teach you how to eat it in different ways in the future."

"Okay, okay! Listening to what you said, I wish I could plant a few acres of potatoes immediately and learn so many ways to eat them from you. This thing can be used as a cereal, a vegetable, and it can also be cooked The dim sum is really amazing!”

The villagers were very happy to hear this.

If they could grow a crop that was both high-yielding and versatile, they would naturally be happy to try it.

Who knows, these potatoes can be sold to the city in the future, which will become a good way for them to make money!

However, some people looked at the two sacks of round potatoes on the ground and felt a little worried: "Girl Qiao Ran, these potatoes must be difficult to buy, right? I just bought two sacks, which are not enough for us to share! One family can share a dozen or two Ten of them can only plant a dozen or twenty trees! It’s not a big deal!”

Others also thought about this problem and looked at the two bags of potatoes on the ground with some disappointment.

Yes, it’s only this little, and each family only gets a little bit. It’s not enough to plant a ridge of land, so what can it do?

Everyone's excitement just now cooled down, and they all felt a little disappointed.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Ran smiled and said to them: "Don't worry, these two sacks of potatoes are enough!"