Chapter 584 - 584: Between the Two?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When the roasted sweet potatoes were ready, Xue Dafu and the others ate it all up, especially the roasted red sweet potatoes. They couldn’t stop praising the potatoes for being sweet and juicy.

It was even more delicious than steamed food!

“Next year, we must plant more red potatoes for sure!” It was Xue Dafu again.

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were speechless.

They didn’t finish the stewed chicken with potato at noon. Thankfully, Liu Guixia and the others ate it when they came back in the evening. They all said it was delicious. In the evening, they steamed and roasted sweet potatoes. Liu Guixia and the others also liked the roasted red sweet potatoes.

They said that it was warm and sweet.

Xue Sifu laughed as he ate, “I was thinking of selling them if they were delicious. The taste is okay now, but I’ve been thinking about it for the past two days and I don’t think they can be sold for a high price. First, look, these things don’t look as good as strawberries. Second, they can be cooked, steamed, or roasted. People would probably buy it for one or two coins, but it might not be the case for several coins per gram, or even more. It would be better to buy meat than this.”

Jiang Yue had an idea when she was planting potatoes and sweet potatoes. She told Xue Yan to wash the starch out of the potatoes and sweet potatoes and make them into potato and sweet potato vermicelli.

However, Sifu was as sly as a fox, he would definitely know when something was up. Therefore, she naturally couldn’t say what she planned to do directly. She only nodded and responded, “I’ll try my best.’

“That’s great!” Xue Sifu immediately said. “Then I’ll be waiting to see the new food you come up with! However, don’t be in a hurry to figure it out. It’s not too late to slowly figure it out when we get it back. When are you going to dig all of these up?” He looked at Xue Dafu and the others, “Are we harvesting them tomorrow? I’m planning to bring Xue Yan and Jiang Yue to town tomorrow. I’ve seen most of the shops, so I’ll have to choose one of the two soon. I’ll think about it at night, and I’ll probably buy it tomorrow. By then, I’ll definitely have to write a document and get the deed for the shop on the spot. I’m illiterate, so I’ll need the kids to come with me.”

“It’s more important to buy the shop first. You can take Xue Yan and Jiang Yue to town tomorrow.” Xue Dafu said. “I don’t have time to dig for those things tomorrow. I have to harvest the corn in the cornfield first. They’re getting old. I’ll look around the new house, and if there’s something I can help with, so I will. The potato and sweet potato leaves are quite green, so it should be fine to harvest them in a few days. They should still be able to grow.”

Liu Guixia said, “A lot of the potato leaves have died, so we can’t wait for too long. When the corn is harvested, we should harvest them all back, so that the potatoes don’t germinate in the ground. I think this thing is a seed, just like peanuts. Peanuts will germinate in the ground even if they don’t get harvested for a long time. I feel that the red, white, and purple sweet potatoes can really grow for a long time. Let them grow a little longer. We can only harvest them when the leaves have withered a lot.”

Jiang Yue had the same idea. By the time the sweet potato leaves withered, it would be the second half of the next month, which would be the time to harvest the sweet potato.

Since Liu Guixia had said it, she naturally didn’t have to say anything.

Xue Dafu and the others had no objections.

The next day, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan followed Xue Sifu to the town to buy a shop. After looking around for so many days, there were only two shops that Xue Sifu liked.

There were no other shops to look at, so he could only choose one.

The shop was quite big. It used to be an inn and had two floors. The first floor was the main hall, which could place more than ten tables. The second floor had many rooms, and there was a large courtyard at the back with a well. There were also several rooms in the backyard that could be used for residencies. There was also a large shed for livestock, which could be used to put the ox cart and horse cart that would go to the inn from time to time.

It was on the same street as the Shen Medical Center, but because this street was not as prosperous, that was why the inn could no longer be opened. The owner was in urgent need of money, so he was willing to sell it for 500 silver..