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Chapter 341 Digging Potatoes!
"We can start digging tomorrow? Then I'll pass on the word right away." After saying that, Li Chengqian sent someone to inform the ministers in the court.

Since the potatoes were first planted, almost everyone in the court has been paying attention, but no matter how much attention they receive, they are not ripe yet, so they can only wait.

Now that they know the potatoes can be dug up tomorrow, many familiar ministers have disregarded the rule of not sending out invitations in the afternoon and have immediately begun visiting others.

After telling Li Chengqian about this, Xiao Ran went to pick up the little princess from school.

"Little Nangjun~" The little princess hugged Xiao Ran.

The group returned to the villa. The three little princesses were doing their homework, while Li Lizhi walked up to Xiao Ran.

"Young man, we're digging potatoes tomorrow. I was thinking, should we bring all the children from the kindergarten along so they can experience it?"

These children in kindergarten will surely become the backbone of the Tang Dynasty when they grow up; mere theoretical talk is useless.

So Li Lizhi wondered if she should take the children to dig potatoes and experience the joy of a bountiful harvest.

Xiao Ran nodded. "That works too."

Many modern schools organize activities like spring outings to allow children to get close to nature.

After the matter was settled, Xiao Ran went to watch the three little princesses do their homework. After they finished, he played a game of "Red Light, Green Light" with them until it was time to eat. Then he took the three of them to wash their hands and eat.

Dinner was earlier than usual tonight. After finishing, seeing that it was still early, Xiao Ran suddenly said, "Should we go beachcombing?"

He also had a sudden idea.

Xiao Ruoying was the first to respond, "Sure, that's perfect, I can make seafood porridge tomorrow morning. I'm actually craving seafood."

Li Lizhi agreed, and the three little princesses had no objections. They were all very happy to hear that they were going out to play.

Xiao Ran led them to the beach and took out the plastic buckets and small shovels that had been prepared in the car.

There was a cool breeze blowing across the beach, but it wasn't cold.

Xiao Ran held the little princess and changed her into rain boots.

The little princess took a couple of steps after getting off the ground, and seemed a little unaccustomed to it.

"Little Nang-kun~ This is huge~"

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "It's alright, we can just walk slowly."

The little princess nodded, lifted her foot and slowly took a step. After landing, she continued to lift her foot. From behind, she looked like a little duck, waddling along.

Princess Chengyang and Princess Gaoyang were also given rain boots.

After the three little princesses had settled in for a while, each of them carried a small plastic bucket and followed Xiao Ran forward.

"I found it!" Xiao Ruoying had only taken two steps when she bent down and picked up a seashell.

“This should be a moon shell, right?” Li Lizhi said.

She sometimes comes across videos of people going beachcombing, and these moon shells are very common, so she still remembers them.

Xiao Ruoying tossed the moon shells into the bucket. "Whatever, as long as they're edible, it's fine. Chang Le, let's go over there, it seems like there are some there too."

Li Lizhi nodded and followed Xiao Ruoying.

Xiao Ran led the three little princesses forward slowly, while reminding them, "You must never go into the sea, and you must not play in the water, understand?"

The three little princesses nodded obediently. They always listened to Xiao Ran's earnest instructions and never deliberately went against them.

Xiao Ran knew that the three little princesses were very obedient, but he still led them to a place further away from the sea.

Anyway, I'm just here to have fun, so it doesn't matter if I don't gain anything.

As Xiao Ran walked, he saw a seashell and picked it up.

“Sizi, Sanskrit pronunciation seventeen, look at this.”

Xiao Ran squatted down, and the three little princesses surrounded him.

"Look, isn't this seashell beautiful?"

I don't know what kind of shellfish this is. There's no meat left inside, just a shell, pure white and very pretty.

The little princess nodded, "So pretty!"

Princess Gaoyang then said, "Brother, there are more over there, I'll go pick them up."

Xiao Ran glanced at the location Princess Gaoyang had mentioned; it was not far away, but quite far from the sea. He nodded.

"Okay, but don't run around."

Princess Gaoyang nodded.

Actually, it was only a few steps away. Princess Gaoyang picked up her little bucket and started getting busy.

Princess Chengyang also told Xiao Ran before going to another place.

Xiao Ran, meanwhile, continued to wander around the same spot with the little princess.

As they walked, the little princess ran a couple of steps forward, squatted down, then stood up, turned around, and smiled brightly at Xiao Ran.

"Little Nang-kun~ Come on, get ready~"

The little princess is holding a seashell in her hand.

"I found my place too~"

Xiao Ran walked over and said, "Yes, we've found the ox-headed beast too. Let's put it in the bucket."

The little princess happily put the seashells into the bucket.

"Little Princess~ What is this~" As the little princess walked, she found some protrusions under a rock. They looked like seashells, but not quite.

Xiao Ran walked over and looked at them, picking up one that had fallen to the side and examining it.

"Why does this look so much like abalone?"

After saying that, Xiao Ran looked at the entire rock again, which was almost entirely covered with this kind of thing.

"It can't really be abalone, can it?"

The little princess tilted her head and listened to Xiao Ran talking to himself.

"Brother! What are you doing!" Xiao Ruoying and Li Lizhi were walking towards them when they saw Xiao Ran standing there looking at a rock.

Xiao Ran handed over what appeared to be abalone from his hand.

"What do you think this is?"

Xiao Ruoying glanced at it and said, "Isn't this abalone? It's just a bit small."

Xiao Ran pointed to the stone again, "This stone is covered in them."

Xiao Ruoying's eyes widened. "Really? Does that mean we're rich?"

As she spoke, Xiao Ruoying leaned over to take a look, and it really was true.

"Why don't we ask someone?" Xiao Ruoying suggested.

Xiao Ran nodded and turned to look at Princess Chengyang and Princess Gaoyang.

"Brahma, Seventeen, come here."

The two little princesses were nearby, and when they heard Xiao Ran speak, they quickly came over.

With the three little princesses by his side, Xiao Ran and the others looked around and spotted an uncle gathering seafood in the distance.

"Uncle, hello, excuse me, is this abalone?" Xiao Ruoying greeted him and got straight to the point. The uncle looked at it and said, "This is fake abalone. I don't know what it's called, but we all call it fake abalone. It's not as valuable as real abalone, but it tastes alright."

They knew it wasn't abalone, but they weren't disappointed. They had only bought it for themselves anyway, and now that they knew it was delicious, they were happy.

"Oh, there are three little girls here." The uncle looked down and saw the three little princesses.

"These three girls are really pretty," the uncle said with a smile.

Before leaving, the uncle took out an octopus, a few razor clams, and a handful of seashells from his own bucket and put them in Xiao Ran's bucket.

"Take it and eat it, it's nothing good. I'm going home now." The uncle smiled and waved to Xiao Ran and the others, then turned and left.

Xiao Ran and the others went back to dig for fake abalone, while Xiao Ruoying used some tips she had learned from the uncle to find some seashells in the sand.

As for razor clams, they couldn't find any.

The biggest find was a crab, not very big, only about two ounces, but that's still a find.

The combined harvest of the group was barely comparable to what the uncle had given them.

As for the three little princesses, their buckets were mostly filled with shellfish that had no meat inside, and one of the little princesses even picked up a conch shell.

The conch shell was large and beautiful, and the little princess loved it very much.

After returning home, Xiao Ran put the day's catch in the water to let them expel the sand. He planned to use them to make seafood porridge the next morning. If there was any left over, Yu Shu and Xiangcao could use it as they pleased.

The little princess really loved that seashell, and even when she slept, she kept it next to her pillow.

"Little Nang-kun~ I want to hear about the mermaid~"

Xiao Ran picked up the storybook.

"Okay, then let's talk about mermaids today."

Although the Little Mermaid story has a tragic core, she was so beautiful that the little princess dreamed that she had become a mermaid and could hear the sound of the waves.

the next day.

Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi and others arrived at the school together, while Xiao Ran stayed at the Lizheng Hall with the three little princesses.

Since there were no classes today, the three little princesses didn't want to be separated from Xiao Ran, so they stayed together.

Li Lizhi went to the kindergarten and, after all the children had arrived, took them to the potato field.

Xiao Ran, on the other hand, went with the three little princesses, Li Chengqian, and the ministers.

"Your Majesty, we are your humble servants." The ministers bowed respectfully upon seeing Li Shimin.
Li Shimin nodded. "Rise. Today is the day to harvest potatoes. Everyone, come with me."

"Yes."

After saying that, Li Shimin led a group of people toward the potato field, with Li Chengqian and Xiao Ran beside him.

"Uncle," Xiao Ran greeted Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, and the others.

Cheng Yaojin leaned closer to Xiao Ran and whispered, "Young master, have you estimated the potato yield? I've been thinking about this ever since I heard the news yesterday."

Xiao Ran shook his head. "Uncle, I'm not sure either."

Even in modern times, yields vary due to factors such as soil, region, and weather.

Now that they've switched to planting in the Tang Dynasty, everything is being learned through trial and error, and nobody knows what the yield will be. However, Zhou Jie says it should be a bumper harvest.

Li Shimin led his men to the field.

The people who came to dig potatoes were tenant farmers from a village near the capital.

Few people in the imperial court know how to do this kind of farm work, and even those who do have never dug potatoes before.

The Ministry of Agriculture alone was not enough, so they found a few experienced farmers. One person can do many things, so they couldn't be too far off.

Not long after Xiao Ran and his group arrived, Li Lizhi also came over with the kindergarten children.

Li Shimin stood in front of the potato field and gave an order, at which point the group of old farmers bent down and began to dig potatoes.

Xiao Ran looked at their cautious manner and said, "No need to be so careful. Potatoes aren't that fragile. Just dig them up with a hoe. Just be slow and don't break them. Of course, even if they break, it's okay, they're still edible."

Li Shimin nodded, "Do as the young master says."

Only after receiving confirmation did the group of farmers dare to proceed with their plans.

There were relatively few elderly farmers who came, and if we relied on them all, we probably wouldn't be able to finish the work in a day. So, after these elderly farmers mastered the tricks of the trade, the guards took over.

Xiao Ran also met up with the three little princesses and the kindergarten children.

Li Lizhi clapped her hands and said, "Does everyone know what a potato is?"

One child immediately said, "My grandpa said it's food."

Li Lizhi nodded, "Yes, it's about food. Only when you're full will you not go hungry."

A chubby little boy touched his belly.

"Being hungry is the worst thing, I don't want to be hungry."

Li Lizhi continued, “These potatoes are food, and they are also hope. I know you are still young and cannot understand their importance, but you must remember that food is very important to the people. If there is not enough food, they will go hungry or even starve to death.”

These words are somewhat heavy, but it is precisely because of their heaviness that they leave a deep impression.

Seeing the children's expressions gradually turn serious, Li Lizhi said, "Let's go find Teacher Xiao. He will lead everyone to dig potatoes together. Everyone can experience it and treat it as a fun trip. But be careful not to get hurt or damage the potatoes."

The children nodded and looked at Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran took out a large bag that he had been carrying all along.

Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu walked over at this moment.

The two of them had been behind and hadn't come forward, so they only found a chance to talk to Xiao Ran now.

Cheng Chumo said, "I was just about to ask, what's in your bag?"

Xiao Ran didn't speak, but instead had the children line up before taking out the contents of the bag.

It's nothing really, just a bunch of small gloves.

"Here, one pair of gloves for each of you, put them on." Xiao Ran handed out gloves to the children, and after he finished, he said to Cheng Chumo, "I wanted these children to experience the joy of harvest and the difficulty of labor, but I can't let them hold hoes, so I brought some gloves."

These gloves are for children, so they fit them perfectly.

Each of the three little princesses received a pair of gloves.

Xiao Ran led them to a potato field that had not yet been dug up.

"When we dig out the potatoes, you guys pick them into this basket, understand?"

"Know it!"

Hearing the children's unanimous answer, Xiao Ran turned around and threw two hoes to Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu.

"Come on, let's dig."

Cheng Chumo was completely dumbfounded. "No, I just came to take a look!"

Qin Huaiyu added, "Besides, we don't know how either. What if we damage it?"

Xiao Ran had already prepared a solution to this.

"This is very simple. I'm sure you'll be able to learn it as soon as I teach you, so don't even think about being lazy."

(End of this chapter)