"How so?" Princess Pingyang sat helplessly on the ground of the greenhouse, her eyes were full of disappointment, only to see that in front of her, there were many large pots planted with sweet potato seedlings. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Xiuning, you have done your best, you have stayed here almost every day these days, loosening the soil and hoeing them, but these seedlings have been frostbitten before, I'm afraid the gods are also lacking in skills, so don't blame yourself too much." Li Xiu gently held Princess Pingyang's shoulders at this time and said, he didn't expect that these sweet potato seedlings would wither one after another, and although the few remaining ones were not dead, it was only a matter of time.

"But these sweet potatoes were finally shipped back from the Americas, if they are promoted, with its yield, my people in Datang will no longer have to worry about hunger in the future, but now these sweet potato seedlings are all dead, how can I feel at ease?" Princess Pingyang said bitterly again at this time, she had personally experienced the chaotic era at the beginning, and even starved herself during the war, so she knew better than anyone the importance of food to the people.

"It can't be said that all of them are dead, Zhang Shiyi has already said that he still has some planting in the south, the climate over there is warm, which is very suitable for the growth of sweet potatoes, and when my uncle and they come back, the ship will definitely bring a lot of sweet potatoes, so even if these sweet potato seedlings in front of us are dead, there will be a chance to plant some more in the future!" Li Xiu opened his mouth and comforted at this time.

"But...... What if there is an accident with those sweet potato seedlings planted in the south, in case they ...... the bearded guests" Princess Pingyang suddenly stopped and didn't say anything more when she said this, in fact, she also knew that her worries were a little too much, but she still couldn't help but worry about these things.

Hearing these worries of Princess Pingyang, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile helplessly, he knew that it was useless for him to say anything now, unless he put the fresh sweet potato seedlings in front of her now. Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but turn his head to look at the sweet potato seedlings that had dried up, and there was a little more bitterness in the helplessness on his face.

But at this moment, when Li Xiu's eyes swept over a sweet potato seedling that had dried up, he suddenly found that a touch of green flashed in the black soil under the dried sweet potato seedling, which made him stunned at first, and first suspected that there might be weeds growing under this sweet potato seedling, but it was unlikely when he thought about it, because Princess Pingyang was here almost every day, and all the weeds were pulled out by her.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but stand up curiously, strode over to check it, and found that under the withered sweet potato seedling, another sprout had grown, and looking at the appearance of this sprout, it was very similar to the sweet potato seedling, which made Li Xiu also surprised, and immediately reached out to gently pick up the floating soil next to him, and sure enough, he found that this was a newly grown sweet potato seedling.

"I'm so stupid, how could I forget this!" Seeing this newly grown sweet potato seedling, Li Xiu suddenly slapped his forehead and said very annoyedly, he forgot one of the most important things, which made Princess Pingyang and himself worry for so long.

"What's wrong?" Princess Pingyang also came over curiously at this time, and when she saw the newly grown sweet potato seedling in front of Li Xiu, she couldn't help but scream in surprise, and then rushed forward and asked excitedly, "What's the matter, is this sweet potato seedling just grown?" ”

"Hehe~, I forgot that sweet potatoes are tuber roots, we saw these sweet potato seedlings before, in fact, they grow on tuber roots, a tuber root can grow many sweet potato seedlings, the sweet potato seedlings that grew before froze to death, but its tuber roots did not die, plus it is so warm in the greenhouse, so now there are sweet potato seedlings growing!" Li Xiu said with some tears and laughter at this time, before his attention was on the sweet potato seedlings that grew, but he forgot the most important tubular roots below.

After Li Xiu finished speaking, he wanted to verify his idea, but he didn't dare to touch the sprouted sweet potato seedling in front of him, but walked to a sweet potato seedling that had dried up next to him, and then gently picked up the soil above, and sure enough, he saw the sweet potato below, and there were already a lot of tender sprouts on the sweet potato, it seemed that it wouldn't be long before these sprouts broke out of the ground.

"Great, there are so many sprouts, we don't have to worry about not being able to feed anymore!" Princess Pingyang was also very surprised when she saw the sweet potato in Li Xiu's hand, she thought that the branches and leaves above were dry, but she didn't expect that the soil was full of life, which made her even feel incredulous.

"Haha, I was confused, I didn't expect this, but Zhang Shiyi and they are really messing around, it's not okay to plant sweet potatoes like this!" Li Xiu also smiled again at this time, he used to remember that when he planted sweet potatoes, they were all short sweet potato vines, and then they were inserted in the soil and watered, as for the breeding method of directly burying sweet potatoes in the ground like Zhang Shiyi, he was also in contact with it for the first time, so it is no wonder that he didn't think of this.

Li Xiu said that he found a knife in the greenhouse, cut the sprouted sweet potatoes into small pieces, leaving a bud on each piece, and then planted them into the soil one by one, Princess Pingyang also stepped forward to help dig out the remaining sweet potatoes from the big pot and cut them, and also helped water the planted sweet potatoes, the two were busy for a long time, and then all the sweet potato sprouts were planted, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the entire greenhouse will be covered with sweet potato vines.

After planting sweet potatoes, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang stood up straight and looked at the results of their busy work for most of the day, and both of them also showed a little satisfied smile on their faces.

At this time, it was already evening, Li Xiu sent Princess Pingyang home, and chatted with her for a while before slowly returning home, at this time it was already dark, Qi Niang and others had already eaten dinner to do their homework, only Yi Niang was still sitting at the table waiting for Li Xiu to come back to eat, speaking of which, although Li Xiu usually went to find Princess Pingyang, but usually came back to eat at night, which almost became an unspoken agreement between him and Yi Niang, and Princess Pingyang also knew this, and never left Li Xiu to eat at night.

"Hurry up and eat, the rice was cold just now, I've already warmed it up, and it won't taste good if it's hot again!" Seeing Li Xiu coming back, Yi Niang also showed a gentle smile and said.

Originally, when she got married, she was still a little worried that she and Li Xiu would not get along, but now she found that Li Xiu is actually a very good person, especially for herself, although the relationship with Princess Pingyang is entangled, but she also slowly doesn't care much about it, and even sometimes takes the initiative to contact Princess Pingyang, in order to improve the relationship between the two, now they are not embarrassed to meet, but can sit down and chat.

"Hehe, I've been doing farm work for almost a day, and I'm really hungry!" Li Xiu said and sat down at the table, picked up the meal and ate it, for the sake of sweet potatoes in the past few days, he has been going out early and returning late every day, and today is relatively early.

"Looking at the husband's appearance, he seems to be very happy, has the thing you and the princess planted have grown?" Yi Niang was very keenly aware that Li Xiu was in a good mood after coming back today, and she was no longer as preoccupied as she was a few days ago, so she also asked at the moment.

"Haha~, that's food, how can it grow in just a few days, but those sweet potato seedlings were almost frozen to death when they were delivered, and the situation has been deteriorating in the past few days, so the princess and I are in a bad mood, I didn't expect that today's peak turned around, and those sweet potatoes are all alive, which is a gratifying thing!" Li Xiu also wanted to share the joy in his heart with others at this time, so he replied with a laugh, the sweet potato seedlings were alive, and he felt that the whole person was relaxed all of a sudden.

"What kind of food is the sweet potato that the husband said, why have I never heard of it, and why do the husband and the princess attach so much importance to it?" Yi Niang finally brought up the doubts in her heart at this time, she actually wanted to ask these questions for a long time, but Li Xiu was in a bad mood these days, so she endured it and didn't ask.

"Sweet potatoes are not the grain of our Central Plains, but a kind of food crop far overseas, its yield is very amazing, if it can be popularized on a large scale, then I Datang will no longer have to worry about food shortage......" Li Xiu said and told the origin of sweet potatoes and the role of sweet potatoes in detail, Yi Niang finally figured out where the man who was beaten that day came from and where the Americas were located, but the more she knew, the more surprised she became.

Li Xiu said while eating, and waited until the dinner was finished, which made Yi Niang understand everything about those high-yield crops, but this also shocked Yi Niang for a long time, and finally came to her senses and said to Li Xiu: "I didn't expect that the husband and the princess were actually doing a big thing for the well-being of the people, I thought it was ......."

When she said this, Yi Niang suddenly fell silent, and a shy expression appeared on her face, which made Li Xiu laugh and said, "Why do you think that my princess stays together every day just to fall in love?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu directly pierce the thoughts in her heart, this made Yi Niang bow her head even more shyly, and didn't dare to look at Li Xiu for a long time, Li Xiu went out to find Princess Pingyang every day these days, it would be absolutely a lie to say that she didn't have any ideas in her heart, but now she knew that Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang were doing something for the benefit of all people, which made her feel ashamed of her little belly and chicken intestines, and proud that she could marry such a good husband.

Just when Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang were concentrating on cultivating high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, the political situation in Datang was changing at a time, especially after Yang Wengan's rebellion, which pushed this change to a climax, but what Li Xiu never expected was that at this critical moment, Li Shimin actually came to his door to visit again! (To be continued.) )