BXBX NOVEL Chapter 592 - 592: Cellar
The average yield of potatoes per acre was around 1800 to 3000 kilograms, but Jiang Yue planted the high-yield potato seedling with anti-barrenness properties.
The efficiency of using a hoe was not that effective, but the potatoes that grew were big. After digging for the whole afternoon, they managed to fill up several baskets. When they carried them home, even though the villagers already knew that the potatoes were big and had a high yield, they were still shocked.
This was too frightening.
How could they finish all of this?
The next day, they had to dig the potatoes for the whole day again. With Xue Yifu and Li Hehua’s help, they finally finished digging and brought all of them home.
Although the new house had not been built yet, the cellar had been dug.
A cellar was drawn on the drawing of the new house. If there was a cellar, he could put some things that were suitable for storage to store for a longer time.
There were so many potatoes that they couldn’t fit in the house. Xue Dagui’s house would be too crowded with it, so they put them all in the cellar. If Jiang Yue wanted to use the potatoes to figure out something, she would go to the cellar to get them.
While they were digging the potatoes, other families were already planting rapeseed. Xue Dafu and the others wanted to plant rapeseed, but they didn’t know where they should plant them. They wouldn’t be able to eat if they planted too many vegetables. Furthermore, Liu Guixia had heard that the rapeseed seeds in town were good. When she returned from town yesterday, she had gone to the seed shop and bought some seeds. Xue Dafu decided that he was going to start planting the seeds today.
Since all the rapeseed was sent to his uncle’s family’s oil mill, he would not be bullied by the oil mill in town, so Xue Yan went and helped with the planting.
Since the rapeseed was bought from the shop in town and originally came from her space, Jiang Yue did not need to change it.
The rapeseed had started to sprout and could only be transplanted in the middle of the next month. At this moment, Jiang Yue’s space had changed again, so someone must have planted something and transplanted it. However, Jiang Yue had already made up her mind and decided not to go into the space to take a look anymore. She planned to go in after everyone had transplanted the rapeseed.
Xue Dafu had left to sow the rapeseed. Jiang Yue was not left alone. Since she had nothing else to do, she turned to Xue Yan and said, “Let’s go to the cellar and get some potatoes.”
He knew that she was going to figure out something, which should be what he had told her to do. She would wash the starch out and make potato vermicelli. Xue Yan didn’t ask anything except a simple question, “How much are we going to take?”
He had to know what to bring with him.
“Just a basket.”
“Alright.” Xue Yan went to get a basket.
Then, the two of them went to the new house.
The entrance to the cellar wasn’t big, and they needed to go down stairs. Xue Yan didn’t let Jiang Yue go down alone, but opened the lid of the cellar and went down himself, while Jiang Yue waited for him at the entrance above.
The cellar was quite big.
There were so many potatoes that were harvested, and there was still a large empty space.
Xue Yan filled the basket with potatoes and climbed up the stairs step by step. Jiang Yue was at the entrance, helping him carry the basket.
After Xue Yan climbed up, he covered the cellar and went back with Jiang Yue.
As Jiang Yue walked back with him, she said, “It’s actually very easy to wash out the starch inside. You just have to cut the potatoes into small pieces and smash them, then filter and wash them with gauze. There won’t be white stuff coming out of the potato dregs inside the gauze. After washing, the white water just needs to be placed aside to settle. If there’s a lot of white water, let it settle for a day or two. If there’s little white water, let it settle for a few hours or a night. Then, the water and starch will be separated into layers..