An hour later, Xi Yi finished distributing the items, and Yao Zhi entered the shared manor. It had been a while since she played with her wolf cubs, and she missed them.

She played with them for 2 hours before taking a shower and cooking.

Now that she had nothing to do, she spent more time in the shared manor. Besides cooking for her husband, she also read the agriculture records she obtained from the system reward.

Now that her husband was able to enter the shared manor, she no longer went to visit him in the barracks. Unless he went on a mission, he would enter the shared manor and have a meal with her once a day.

In the blink of an eye, another 10 days had passed.

Today was the 26th day of the 5th month, 4th year of Tianwu.

It had been 2 months since she planted her land near the mountain foothills with sweet potatoes. She had checked the crops, and the tubers were plump and big. They were ready for harvest.

She had informed her people yesterday that they would harvest the crops today. Therefore, when she went to the backyard at 5 o’clock in the morning, everyone, including the slaves she had bought before, was already waiting for her.

Seeing her coming, they cupped their fists and bowed to her. "Greetings, Master."

Yao Zhi nodded at them and said, "Good morning, everyone. Today, we will harvest the sweet potatoes. I will show you how to harvest them. Every part of this crop is edible, so don’t throw anything away."

Hearing this, everyone was surprised. They had never heard of any crop with every part edible.

After she finished speaking, Yao Zhi led her donkey to the nearest plot of land. Using her small hoe, she showed them how to dig and pull out the tubers without breaking them.

When they saw the plump, purple-red-colored roots, everyone’s eyes widened with surprise.

Yao Zhi patted the sweet potatoes and said, "This is the tuber, a part of the sweet potato that stores nutrients and grows underground. This part is what we want to keep."

"It can be roasted, made into stew or porridge. It can also be made into flour. The flour can be turned into various foods that last for a long time."

Then, she cut the crawling stems and said, "Its stems and leaves are edible and nutritious. They can be steamed, boiled, or stir-fried. As for the flowers and seeds, they absorb nutrients, so we remove them to allow the tubers to grow better."

"Later, divide the tubers from the stems and leaves. Store them separately." Yao Zhi glanced at everyone and, seeing that they understood, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, let’s start the work and finish early."

"Yes, Master," everyone replied in unison.

While they were busy harvesting, the villagers had just finished planting their land with millet a few days ago. From afar, the villagers watched them work with curiosity.

When they saw them pulling out a bunch of strange-looking roots, one of the villagers said, "Does anyone know what those things are?"

The villagers shook their heads, and a middle-aged woman replied, "I have lived for more than 40 years, but this is the first time I’ve seen that kind of crop."

"I wonder if they are edible," another villager said while smacking his lips.

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman shook her head and said, "Look at those things. Not only do they have a strange shape, but their color is reddish purple. Just at a glance, I can tell they’re poisonous. If you’re not afraid of death, you can try to eat them."

After hearing this, the villager quickly shook his head and said, "I don’t have a wife yet, I don’t want to die."

The villagers watched them pull the sweet potatoes and pile them up one after another. In less than an hour, a massive pile had appeared on the side of the farmland.

Although they didn’t dare to eat them for fear of being poisoned, they still couldn’t help but wonder why Yao Zhi planted so many of those things. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Not knowing the villagers’ thoughts, Yao Zhi was delighted by the yield. Since this was the first harvest, she had already prepared for a poor outcome.

Even if they fertilized often and watered the field using well water connected to her system’s river, this land had once been wasteland. Therefore, the possibility of it yielding an abundant harvest was less than 10%.

But after she saw the amount of sweet potatoes being dug out, she no longer doubted the potency of the spiritual energy. The problem now was the lack of labor force.

Just after this thought flashed in her mind, Yang Dalang arrived with a large group of people. Seeing her, he greeted her and said, "Sister Yao, these are the villagers I hired to help with the harvest. There are a total of 547 people."

As the manager of the farmland, he had been informed by Yao Zhi beforehand regarding her plan to harvest the crops.

To avoid delaying the work, he went to visit the Village Chiefs of nearby villages and told them that he was hiring people with a wage of 15 wen per day.

He also informed the villagers in Yang Village, but since everyone had not yet finished planting their own land, they refused.

Yao Zhi was delighted to see so many people coming to help. She nodded and said, "Ling Shi’er and the rest will teach them how to harvest the crops. Also, divide them into teams."

"One team will help with the harvest, one team will be responsible for cutting the vines so it will be easier to pull out the tubers, and another team will be responsible for cleaning the tubers from dirt and packing them into sacks."

"We will deliver the sweet potatoes to the warehouse later," she added.

"Understood," Yang Dalang nodded and went to carry out his tasks.

With the addition of so many people, it would take 7 to 10 days at most to finish harvesting all the crops. Afterward, she could plant buckwheat, then harvest it in late October before the first fall frost.