Green Lotus Peasant Girl

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Li Qinghe didn't intend to hide it. After all, if this method of growing sweet potatoes spread, many people wouldn’t have to go hungry, which was a good thing. Just as she was about to say it, she was interrupted.

The woman seemed to be displeased with her.

In the past, the villagers had said that the Zhou family was poor, but no one could say that now. The Zhou family's eldest child went out early and returned late every day to sell tofu, so it was certain he made money. The second child of the Zhou family had gone to Li's house and had a child, and he lived a good life. Not to mention the third child of the Zhou family, who was married to a town girl. At the full moon ceremony, they received chickens, pigs, and ducks. The fourth child of the Zhou family was even better. Now, he had large land and a bright blue brick house. There were so many chickens, and there was a pond in front of their house, so no need to buy fish or eggs.

Though Mrs. Zhou lived by herself with her daughter, the several sons were filial to her from time to time, so her life could not be said to be sad.

Seeing the Zhou family's better days, many people spoke sour words in the end, but no one said it this straightforwardly.

Li Qinghe didn't bother to look at her, just smiled at Mrs. Li. "You don't need many seeds. And you only need to buy this seed once, and then you can keep the seeds for yourself every year after that."

"Really?" Mrs. Li was very surprised. "Then next year, I will come to help you plant them, and you can teach me how to do it."

Li Qinghe nodded with a smile, and pointed at the tender tips of the sweet potatoes. "They’re still edible, you can fry them and use them as a dish. They can also be used as pig feed and chicken feed after being kept for a long time."

After hearing that, Mrs. Li stopped being polite and stretched out her hand to take them. The woman over there also stretched out her hand. "I'll go back and try."

Li Qinghe smiled. "I plan to sell them for copper coins. I'm sure there will be buyers."

Mrs. Li's eyes turned to the person next to her. How could she not understand the meaning behind Li Qinghe's words? She smiled and said, "Let's not think about the town. Even in the village, there must be people who want to buy them. Yes, I'll bring you copper coins in a while. If Qingmiao likes them, I’ll come back to buy them later."

Hearing that she wanted to charge copper coins, the woman, who had already taken a few sweet potatoes into her hands, hurriedly stuffed them into Mrs. Li's hands. "You can feed the pigs more. I don't like to eat these."

After stuffing them, the woman quickly got up and left.

Watching her walk away, Li Qinghe asked in a low voice, "Who is she?"

Mrs. Li sneered, "The one who just moved into the village from Liujia Village, who bought the Yang family's home. Just now I came down from the mountain just in time to run into her when I came over to see your pond. Don't pay attention to her. There are so many people in the village, how can you know everyone?"

She then got up after taking a handful of sweet potatoes and smiled, "I didn't expect you to be so clever. Don't let such people take advantage of you. She wanted to eat your vegetables right after saying bad things about you. She's really too much."

Li Qinghe shook her head and said with a smile, "If my aunt likes it after eating, you can come back to take them again. There is so much harvest that we cannot eat much, and I can only feed the pigs."

Following that day, many people in the village knew that their family had grown sweet potatoes, and some close family members, such as Li Fu and Yu Yan, would come to pick them up and eat them.