Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 511 Digging Potatoes

"Okay, you decide. Remember to make more mooncakes. If you are too busy, ask Mrs. Li and the others for help. Don't do everything by yourself. Ask them to help you if there is any work."

Xu Han smiled and replied, "Don't worry, I know. How can I tire myself out?"

The two chatted for a while about the preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then went to bed early.

The next day, Xu Han got up early again, and everyone started working enthusiastically early in the morning.

All the work in the fields was now handed over to Zhu Qiang. Lu Chuan did not ask too many questions and took Han Qi into the mountains early in the morning.

The Taoist priest also didn't care about the work in the fields now. After breakfast, he went into the mountains again.

Seeing that the three of them had gone into the mountains, Xu Han felt itching to go too, so she secretly decided to wait until two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival and then ask Lu Chuan to take her into the mountains for a walk.

It is the harvest season now, and there must be a lot of good things in the mountains. Some wild fruits are now ready for picking. If you don't pick them now, they will rot in the mountains.

Of course Xu Han couldn't just watch these wild fruits rot, so she thought about finding a time for the whole family to go out and try to pick them all. Then, whether they were dried or made into jam, it would be a good choice.

The three of them went into the mountains, and Xu Han did not go to the fields. While they were busy in the fields, she started to clean up the house.

First, I went to the warehouse to take out the red dates I picked yesterday and dry them in the sun. Then I went to the kang in the backyard used to hatch chicks and turned over the eggs.

There are only a few days left before the chicks hatch. These days are the critical period and we cannot be careless.

During this period, when Xu Han was hatching chicks, she would call Zhou Shi and ask her to help watch over them so that she could accumulate more experience and be able to hatch them by herself in the future.

There were quite a lot of chicks hatched this time, a total of 600 eggs were hatched at once. After picking out some bad eggs, there are more than 500 left.

In addition to chicken eggs, Xu Han also hatched some duck eggs and goose eggs, and she planned to raise more of these two.

After turning over the eggs, Xu Han went to the vegetable garden outside. She hadn't been to the vegetable garden for a long time. During this period, Ma Po and others were in charge of taking care of it, and Xu Han had never taken care of it.

Now, looking at the vegetables in the vegetable garden that are gradually withering, I have another plan in mind.

It's time to plant more vegetables. The temperature during this period is just right, which is perfect for the growth of vegetables. You can start eating them about a month after planting.

By then the weather will be cold, and it would be perfect to have hotpot with vegetables.

As soon as she thought of it, she did it. Xu Han pulled out all the vegetables that had been taken off the shelves in the garden. When they plowed the soil tomorrow, they would plow this area as well, and then they could start planting vegetables.

After working for most of the day, he had only managed to pull out a small half of the weeds. As the sun was getting higher and higher, Xu Han packed up and went home.

All the housework at home was taken over by the servants. For a while, Xu Han felt bored when she returned home, and she remembered what Lu Chuan said yesterday about the plan to open a shop.

So he turned around and went back to his room, started writing and drawing on paper, and began to seriously plan about opening a shop in the future.

Neither Lu Chuan nor the Taoist priest came back for lunch. Since they were not at home, the snake that was caught yesterday could not be cooked. Anyway, it was kept in the water and would not go bad for a while. We should wait until everyone was home in the evening to eat it together.

After taking a nap, Xu Han went out again. She first took a walk around the field. Seeing that they had dug half of the potatoes, she stood in the field and watched for a while.

Watching them dig out one big potato after another, I also felt itchy. Who doesn’t like the joy of harvest?

Of course Xu Han was no exception. She immediately took a hoe and started digging potatoes.

The result was that he became more and more addicted to digging and could not stop at all. It was not until his legs became numb from squatting that Xu Han stood up and took a break.

After his leg got a little better, he continued to squat on the ground and started digging potatoes. He found Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan came back much earlier today than yesterday. He arrived home before the sun went down. When he didn't see Xu Han at home, he went to the field.

At this time, Xu Han was digging so hard that she didn't notice that Lu Chuan had returned.

Seeing that Xu Han didn't notice him, Lu Chuan quietly walked to the field, ready to scare his wife.

Of course, the result was unsuccessful. Just as Lu Chuan was about to make a move, Xu Han stood up to stretch herself, and as soon as she stood up, she saw the sneaky Lu Chuan.

"What are you doing? You're sneaking around. Why are you back so early today?"

When Lu Chuan saw that Xu Han had noticed him, he stopped pretending and walked over with big strides.

"We didn't walk far today, so we came back early. Why did you end up in the fields?"

Xu Han patted her clothes that were soiled from kneeling on the ground digging potatoes and said, "I originally planned to come out to take a look, but when I saw that they were digging potatoes, I felt relieved and couldn't help but started digging potatoes myself."

Lu Chuan said, "It seems like you have been digging for quite a long time. Let's go. It's getting dark. Let's go back first and let them do the rest."

Xu Han looked up at the few potatoes left and said, "Okay, I'll go back and take a shower first. I've been sweating all over and my clothes are soaked."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she turned around and prepared to go home. Lu Chuan followed closely and said, "I'll go back and boil some water for you."

Han Qi, who came with them, stayed to continue working. Hunting was much easier than working. He had been hunting with his master every day recently and had not done much work during this period.

We came back early today and the sun has just set. It is the busiest time for autumn harvest. Han Qi would definitely feel embarrassed to go back and rest by himself and let the others work.

Besides, there is nothing to do when I go back, so I might as well work with everyone here! I will try to finish the work as soon as possible.

No one cared about Han Qi, Xu Han and Lu Chuan, and they returned home one after another.

After arriving home, Lu Chuan immediately went into the kitchen to boil water for Xu Han, while Xu Han went back to her room to get clothes to change after taking a bath.

After taking a shower, Xu Han didn't want to go into the kitchen to cook, so she told Dan Niang how to cook the snake meat and let her cook dinner.

The snake they caught yesterday was very big and couldn't be finished even if they made soup. So Xu Han asked Dan Niang to braise the rest, and try to finish it all in one meal, otherwise it would go bad if left for too long.

Fortunately, Dan Niang’s cooking skills are quite good. The dragon and phoenix soup and braised snake meat she made were very delicious and received unanimous praise from everyone.