Chapter 283 Foreign Spy (2)_1
Last time it was for a tasty treat, this time it was aimed at the villagers in the town. The ordinary people at the grassroots level didn’t care what delicious dishes sweet potatoes could make—they just cared whether the grain could fill their stomachs.
Old Scholar Fang saw there were still some steamed mixed vegetable dumplings and sweet potato flour mixed grain flatbreads left, so he called out to the onlookers who hadn’t left to come and try. None of them had ever grown or even seen a sweet potato before, so naturally, they would be hesitant to consider it a crop, but once they had a taste and knew the many benefits, there would be no need for a hard sell—they would be vying to plant it themselves!
The sweet potato flour mixed grain flatbreads weren’t that tasty, but they were a bit finer than corn and sorghum flour, and easier to swallow. The steamed dumplings made with sweet potato flour dough, although they looked dark, were really delicious. They could also be made into noodles, really just like corn and sorghum flour. Those who had tasted and eaten were inevitably tempted.
Zhang Yan didn’t use chopsticks either, learning from Sun Tiezhu and Pei Qin, directly pinching the steamed dumplings with his hands. This rough foodstuff wasn’t hard to swallow like corn or sorghum flour, but most importantly, its yield was several times higher than corn or sorghum, and it had the support of the government office. His gaze shifted to Pei Qin, appraising her.
Pei Qin was feeding Xiao Xingwang a segment of noodles, watching him stuff his mouth full and suck on a noodle, laughing merrily as if sunshine was radiating from her smile and body.
Wang Ting turned his gaze away, "Little Uncle! Let’s plant sweet potatoes next year too! These dumplings are delicious!" He saw the people around him appearing fearful; Pei Qin’s efforts to promote the sweet potato certainly wouldn’t be easy.
Zhang Yan looked at his little nephew, his lips curving into a smile, "Sweet potatoes can’t be stored for long, so we shouldn’t plant them excessively."
"They can be ground into sweet potato flour!" Wang Ting replied as he bit into a sweet potato flour dumpling, "Once ground into sweet potato flour, it can be stored like corn, sorghum flour, white flour, and rice for a long time!"
"Indeed, that’s feasible," Zhang Yan remarked, and couldn’t help but look at Pei Qin again.