NFBE Chapter 371 Digging Potatoes
Chapter 371 Digging Potatoes
When Emperor Yongshun brought all the ministers to the County Lord's Mansion after the morning court the next day, Zheng Sisi was shocked. Looking at the carriages on the street outside the gate, which had blocked the entire street, Zheng Sisi was speechless.
With such a serious traffic jam, how can people who want to travel on this street get out? They won't all scold her. Probably not. Most of them are probably just watching the fun. After all, the emperor only travels a few times a year.
After the ceremony, she invited the emperor and a group of ministers into the county lord's mansion. Zheng Sisi planned to let them go to the flower hall to have tea and snacks before going to the ground.
Emperor Yongshun waved his hand and said, "No, let's just go to the field and dig potatoes."
Zheng Sisi asked: "Everyone has already had breakfast, why don't you eat something before going?"
"Ugh!" Emperor Yongshun was so excited that he forgot about the morning court session and came directly before his ministers had even had breakfast.
Emperor Yongshun smiled awkwardly: "Uncle Huang is too excited. Ask someone to buy some buns and eat them in the fields later."
Zheng Si thought that the emperor was too ungentlemanly. Fortunately, she understood the emperor's personality well, so she arranged for the kitchen to make more breakfast today.
Zheng Sisi said, "Your Majesty, I have prepared some snacks and milk tea in my house. Please make do with them."
Sheng Zhen also said, "Father, the potatoes are in the field. It doesn't matter if we wait a quarter of an hour before digging them up. We can't let so many ministers go hungry."
All the ministers nodded in unison, especially when they heard that Princess Anping had prepared snacks and milk tea, which reminded them of the feeling of eating delicious food in the food street.
Emperor Yongshun glanced at everyone. He also wanted to eat, so he reluctantly gave in and said, "Then eat faster, my dear ministers. We are still waiting to dig potatoes."
Zheng Sisi brought everyone to the dining room. She didn't know how many people would come, so breakfast was prepared in the form of a buffet. Tables were put together to form a long table, which was filled with food, and bowls and plates were placed next to it. Everyone could put whatever they needed on the plates and then find a seat.
This novel way of dining surprised everyone, but at the same time, they also felt that it was much more comfortable to eat this way.
Everyone hurried, took their favorite food and found a place to sit, for fear that if they didn't eat enough, the emperor would ask them to dig potatoes.
Zheng Sisi said that they only prepared snacks and milk, but in fact, there were a lot of samples on the table, with more than a dozen varieties, porridge, soup, eggs, cakes, biscuits, refreshing cold dishes, and some food was not even available in the food court. This made everyone feel that the county lady's mansion was the real life, while their own mansion was just barely making ends meet.
While eating breakfast, Duke Zheng was planning in his mind. No wonder the old woman didn't want to go back. She was living a fairy-like life at her granddaughter's house. He didn't know if it would be possible for her to stay in her granddaughter's house every day. He was thinking about how to trick the old woman into living in her granddaughter's house with him and leave everyone else in the house behind.
Zheng Sisi didn’t know what her grandfather was thinking. If she knew, she would gladly accept it and welcome their arrival.
After breakfast, Zheng Sisi brought a group of people to the vegetable garden in the back garden. All the ministers were amazed along the way, saying that Princess Anping was courageous enough to turn such a large back garden into a vegetable garden. If it were to be renovated again, the cost would probably be high.
In fact, they didn't know that the value generated by Zheng Sisi's back garden was enough to repair several back gardens, not to mention that there were so many crops confiscated, whose value was unknown.
There were many servants picking vegetables in the vegetable garden, such as peppers, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, etc. They were packed in baskets and would be delivered to the reception building, food street and vegetable market in batches later.
Seeing the county lady and the emperor coming, everyone knelt down and saluted. The emperor was eager to know the potato yield, so he quickly asked everyone to stand up and asked, "Sisi, where are the potatoes planted?"
Zheng Sisi pointed to the ridges ahead and said, "These are the fields ahead."
Emperor Yongshun said, "Take the emperor's uncle to have a look."
When they arrived at the site, Uncle Ma had already prepared all the tools with his men, and were just waiting for the order to start digging.
When Emperor Yongshun arrived at the field, he saw that the potato plants were quite tall. He walked around the potato field with several ministers, while the others waited at the edge of the field.
After returning, Emperor Yongshun nodded and said, "You have taken good care of this vegetable garden. There are no weeds or insects."
Zheng Sisi said proudly: "Of course, I have someone specially hired to manage it."
Emperor Yongshun asked: "Can we dig potatoes now?"
Zheng Sisi: “Okay.”
She walked to the pile of farm tools, took out the shovel she designed specifically for digging potatoes and sweet potatoes, and demonstrated to everyone how to dig potatoes.