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The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension

Chapter 72: The Potatoes Arrive

Author: Floating WorldFalling Blossoms
updatedAt: 2025-07-23

CHAPTER 72: CHAPTER 72: THE POTATOES ARRIVE

"Uncle, let me give you a tip. If you’re up for it, put in some effort. Also, there’s this farmer elder brother I know. He said there’s still potatoes and cabbage, but that’s for tomorrow. You might want to consider it, I estimate there should be ten thousand pounds."

Jiang Xiaoxiao hinted.

The rest is up to Uncle’s family.

She couldn’t help Uncle with these things.

Fan Jianshe was left dizzy by Jiang Xiaoxiao’s words.

What was that?

Potatoes and cabbage, over ten thousand pounds?

What a good deal.

Wow!

Fan Jianshe was tempted.

"Xiao Xiao, can you really get this much?"

His eager eyes looked quite pitiful.

Thinking about it, Fan Jianshe actually had a carefree nature and was quite big-hearted.

To put it bluntly, he didn’t really have any thoughts about power; he just wanted to get by and live a relaxed life.

Many people holding "iron rice bowls" in these times actually share the same attitude.

But with what his niece just implied, if he could really solve these problems for everyone this time.

In the afternoon, he might impress the higher-ups, and who knows, he might even get recognized by the leadership.

Could he actually strive for the director position?

Fan Jianshe felt fired up.

A man without ambition, is he really a man?

Men often have ambition in their hearts; it’s just that the flame has been suppressed.

Now suddenly someone poured a bucket of oil on it, and the fire flared up.

"Little Uncle, anyway, I’ve told you. How you want to proceed is your business. This is all I can do to help you. That farmer and many others in his village are farmers. I probably can’t help you with anything else, but I might still be able to talk to him since we’ve done business a few times before.

Look at how sincere they are; they haven’t even charged us for the green onions, just sent them directly to our house. That’s trust in me."

Jiang Xiaoxiao must be the middleman; otherwise, where else could she find such a big brother?

Fan Jianshe slapped his thigh, "Alright, Uncle understands. Tell that farmer brother not a penny will be short on the purchase money. Oh right, Little Uncle would also like to ask you to do me a favor. Go to the supply and marketing cooperative and call Xiao Wang and Xiao Wu.

Invite them over for lunch at our place."

Right now, teaming up is essential, to see how to appear in front of the leaders in the afternoon.

Xiao Wang and Xiao Wu have a special bond with him, Xiao Wu was demobilized with him, they’re practically comrades-in-arms.

Xiao Wang is his comrade’s wife, so to speak, they’re practically family.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t usually get along so well.

Whenever someone in the family has something going on, they always help each other out.

"Got it!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao agreed eagerly.

Changing everything for the family, it’s all good news for her.

Jiang Xiaoxiao went straight to the cooperative and called Xiao Wu and Xiao Wang to her house.

Originally, Xiao Wu and Xiao Wang would have gone home for lunch too.

When they heard Fan Jianshe needed them, they thought they were going to discuss solving the task at hand, so they came right over without thinking much about it.

Meanwhile, Fan Jianshe had his sister prepare a nice meal for lunch.

They couldn’t afford big fish and meat, but they could fry some peanuts and stir-fry a dish of fresh cabbage.

Plus, those baozi Xiao Xiao made yesterday, they were delicious.

Just heating them up and serving them was a treat.

After all, those baozi were meat-filled and very tasty.

Not many families these days could afford to eat meat every month.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Wang saw that big truck full of green onions at the entrance, and their eyes went green with envy.

Both felt heartbroken.

Fan Jianshe really had skills.

In just two days, he had managed to get those ten thousand pounds of green onions.

And look at that, there were quite a lot of cabbage stacked over there too, a few thousand pounds worth.

Not only had he completed the task, but he’d overdelivered, securing their bonus.

Thinking about their own potatoes and cabbage, who knows where they were floating around?

Both felt downcast.

They knew that although the monthly bonus wasn’t much, just five yuan, but for them, it was a significant amount of money.

Sometimes, this five yuan could handle big family issues.

The two walked into the yard and saw it had already been tidied up.

Though it was full of the scent of green onions.

But now, under the jujube tree, a dining table was set.

The table was filled with food, especially those white baozi.

The aroma was captivating.

Taking a sniff, they couldn’t help but envy Fan Jianshe for having such a sister.

"Come, come, come in and eat, just waiting for you two."

Fan Jianshe invited them to sit.

Jiang Xiaoxiao went outside! She also invited the driver inside.

No one could be left out when eating.

She couldn’t manage the rest.

She went back inside to check on her space, to see how it was doing now.

Mainly she wanted to know if by seven or eight in the evening she could harvest another batch.

If by seven or eight at night she could harvest the potatoes she planted, then she could harvest the cabbage by the next morning.

From what she could tell, her two plots should yield decently.

Entering the space, she was amazed!

The potatoes were growing lushly.

They even seemed more verdant than the green onions she planted yesterday.

But she wasn’t a farming expert.

Without knowing if the potatoes were mature, she could only dig them to find out.

She wasn’t a seasoned farmer, didn’t have that skill.

So she dug one out.

Wow.

Unbelievable.

One potato plant yielded over ten big potatoes the size of a bowl.

This bowl wasn’t like the delicate porcelain bowls used for eating later on. It was one of those large, sturdy, coarse ceramic bowls people used back then.

Rugged, durable, with great capacity.

Such a bowl could hold one and a half pounds of noodles.

People in the past used to hug such a coarse ceramic bowl, fill it with food, and squat by their front door to eat.

Everyone did that, not using separate plates and bowls.

Unless they were hosting guests, generally, the family ate together, each with a bowl.

So one can imagine how large the potatoes were.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was delighted.

Uncle and the others had been busy all afternoon, and it was now around two in the afternoon.

She had planted them at six in the morning and now they could be harvested.

Judging by this, she realized she had made mistakes estimating time in her space.

Whether it was wrong or not, she’d harvest the potatoes first.

With a thought, all the potatoes from the two plots were moved to the warehouse.

She took a look and was thrilled.

Just the right amount, exactly ten thousand pounds.

Estimating, her two plots combined were about 1.2 acres.

The best thing about her space was there was no need for fertilizer, yet the harvests were more robust than even fertilized crops.

So a potato yield of 5,000 to 8,000 pounds per acre was normal, and with those two extra plots, her plots ranked as high-yielding fields.

So it was exactly ten thousand pounds.

Jiang Xiaoxiao wasted no time and quickly planted cabbage.

If the cabbage could be harvested by midnight, that’d be about ten thousand pounds too.

That would complete the task.

Fan Jianshe, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wang got drunk.

Once he mentioned to them about helping with the potatoes and cabbage, the two were immediately spirited.

Things perk up when people are happy, so the four of them chatted and drank until they got tipsy.

The three of them were drunk, lying in the room.

Fan Xiuying and the elderly were resting inside too.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was in the yard, once again dealing with the potatoes.

The yard was full of potatoes.

She felt sorry for her mom who would have to clean up the yard later.

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