Chapter 53: The Great Good
"I see......"
She Yi nodded, and understood. Potatoes contain acidic substances, which oxidize and turn black when in contact with oxygen in the air, which is normal and not poisonous. After careful observation in the morning, this taro boy is indeed the potato of later generations, but it may be that it is relatively small because of the wild, and it can be artificially cultivated and improved, and the size can grow a little.
As for poisoning...... He guessed that he had eaten potatoes with raw sprouts, or had them paired with other foods. Eating sprouted potatoes for poisoning is also often heard in later generations......
Having said that, inference is inference, and you must try it yourself to determine whether the potato is poisonous or not. If it's really poisonous, then there's nothing he can do.
According to Yue Mochou, there are a lot of wild potatoes in Taro Valley. If these potatoes were not poisonous and could be dug up for the people of Suide City, their livelihood would be maintained, at least they would not have to go to the mountains every day to pick wild fruits and dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger......
After he cultivates high-quality potatoes, he will promote planting...... It can be regarded as a good deed for the people here.
She Yi didn't tell Yue Mochou that he was going to try potatoes, and after she had breakfast and changed the medicine, she went back to her room. He took out a silver needle and pierced it into the potato, and after a while, he pulled out the silver needle, and the silver needle turned black...... However, this "black" is obviously the black after oxidation, not the black of poisoning.
He breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the room, entered the kitchen, cut a potato in three times and divided it by two, and fried a plate of hot and sour shredded potatoes. I picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, the taste was still the same, except for the lack of some spicy taste, the others were completely normal, and the taste of shredded potatoes in my memory was almost exactly the same.
"Uncle, what are you eating?"
Ruoruo heard She Yi's noise in the kitchen and walked in, looking at him suspiciously.
"I'm eating the new dish that my uncle just developed, sour and spicy shredded potatoes ......"
She Yi smiled slightly.
"Hot and sour shredded potatoes?"
Ruoruo looked at the potato skins on the ground, and immediately understood that the shredded potatoes She Yi ate were taro.
"A-Niang didn't mean that it was poisonous, how could you ...... Still eating......"
There was a panicked look on the little girl's face.
"Don't worry. This is the taro that my uncle has handled, and there is no poison in it......"
She Yi hurriedly explained, and the little girl was relieved at this time, and when she saw that She Yi was eating, she pouted and wanted to take a bite.
"No, I'm drooling, I'm really reserved, I'll give you a taste."
She Yi took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Ruoruo, Ruoruo hesitated, picked up a few shredded potatoes and ate them in his mouth.
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"Wow...... It was so delicious......"
Ruoruo ate the first bite, unceremoniously, and ate all the shredded potatoes on the plate in a few clicks.
She Yi looked at the empty plate in a daze, saying that he had only eaten a few bites, Ruoruo smiled......
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After a while, She Yi fried another plate of shredded potatoes and gave Yue Mochou a taste...... Yue Mochou's first expression was the same as Ruoruo, he was stunned for a moment and tasted a small bite, and then unceremoniously ate all the plate of shredded potatoes...... made She Yi and Ruoruo laugh.
In the afternoon, She Yi decided to go to Taro Zaigou to see how many potatoes there were, if there were too many, in addition to digging some by himself, the rest told the people of Xicheng to dig together.
In later generations, potatoes were popular in the north and could be used as a staple food.
He asked Yue Mochou about the specific location of Taro Valley, he didn't expect that Taro Ditch and Zaozi Ditch were next to each other, he remembered that when he and his sister were playing in Liulin Beach, he saw the coal mine on Baishui Mountain, and his sister told him that Zaozi Ditch also has it, and the government has collected it.
In this way, the living environment of this wild potato has something to do with the coal mine. After saying a word to his godsister Yue Mochou, he prepared his tools, took Ruoruo, and walked towards Taro Zaigou.
Taro Ditch is not very far from Beimen Bay, out of the east gate, go south, less than half an hour to arrive.
On the back hillside of an open-pit coal mine, he saw a large field of wild potatoes...... As far as the eye can see, the entire hillside is lush and green, as if it was specially planted.
His eyes lit up, and his face showed a look of relief that he had never seen before.
With this piece of wild potatoes, the people of Suide City can survive until next year...... Before he reached that height, he could not control the occurrence of the war, nor could he change the outcome of history.
Three months ago, Western Xia disturbed the border, and he did his best, and also wrote a strategy for Zhao Wanqi to defend the city. Zhao Wanqi did prevent the attack of the Xia army's east gate.
But what was unexpected was that in order to escape, Xue Ying opened the gate of Mizhi City without permission, allowing Xia Jun to break Mizhi City. In this way, Suide City still has not escaped the fate of the city breaking.
He risked his death to save his sister and the women and children captives...... That's all he can do......
Originally, he just wanted to be a hurried passerby, but he has unconsciously integrated into this era...... In troubled times, who can be alone......
When She Yi and Ruoruo came back, it was already night, She Yi dug up a big bag of potatoes, hit a hare by the way, and returned to She Fu with a big bag of potatoes on his back from Taro Zigou, his legs were weak and his limbs were weak...... If it weren't for the improvement of my body in the past few months, I would have been tired and half dead this time......
Dinner in the evening, without a doubt, potato stew with rabbit meat......
If the one who eats is happy...... Even Yue Mochou was frowning, favoring She Yi, holding She Yi's hand from time to time, praising his godbrother......
After dinner, She Yi was thinking about how to inform the people in Xicheng District, and Zhang Jizhong actually found She Mansion......
As soon as he entered the door, he saluted She Yi and thanked She Yi for the disinfectant herbs he had told him. He had practiced medicine for many years, but he didn't know that those herbs had such a curative effect......
She Yi helped him up, and smiled slightly in his heart, he knows a lot about medicine, and he may not be as good as Zhang Jizhong in terms of experience. But in terms of medical practice, it will not be worse than Zhang Jizhong. After all, he is a modern man from a later generation who has learned much, too much more advanced things than this era......
Zhang Jizhong's attitude towards She Yi this time was much more respectful than last time, and he no longer treated him as a teenager, but completely treated him as an adult. Seeing that She Yi did not hesitate to bring her to She Mansion in order to help Yue Mochou's mother and son, I sincerely admired her.
He wanted to check Yue Mochou again, but he was embarrassed to speak again when he thought that She Yi also knew medical skills. Although She Yi is not a professional doctor, there is an unwritten rule in the practice of medicine, after the patient lets another doctor take over, the previous doctor can no longer diagnose and treat, except in special circumstances.
She Yi told Zhang Jizhong about potatoes by the way, told him that these "taro" were edible, and asked him to tell the people in Xicheng District to dig these taro ditches to eat.
Zhang Jizhong was puzzled at first, and was shocked when he saw She Yi eating a boiled potato in front of him......
She Yi then explained to him seriously, saying that this potato was not poisonous, and what he often ate in Lu Liang when he was a child could be eaten as a staple food.
Zhang Jizhong waited for almost an hour in disbelief, and before She Yi was poisoned, he believed what She Yi said, and by the way, he also ate one, which tasted really good. So, I agreed to She Yi, and after returning to Xicheng District, I told those people to let them dig potatoes and eat them in Taro Ditch.
She Yi advised, saying that the sprouts of potatoes are inedible, and the skin should be removed when eating, and if the color of the potatoes is green, they are also inedible. At the same time, do not tell them that he lives here.
Zhang Jizhong wrote it all down...... When leaving, he saluted She Yi again.
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A few days later, under the explanation and leadership of Zhang Jizhong, the residents living in the west of Suide City carried out several large-scale potato planing operations in Taro Zaigou......
With these potatoes, they could survive the winter, and everyone finally came out of despair and disappointment with hope for a new life......
At this time, another legend spread quietly among the people...... She Yi, the son of the Red Lady, received the instructions of the gods to come to help the refugees in Suide City, and he used the power of ghosts and gods to expel the poison in the taro boy and make it edible, helping these refugees to survive the most difficult winter......