Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

“This thing is somewhat similar to ‘Rainbow’…” Bei Si muttered beside him.

“Radish”, the ancient name for radish.

Radish appeared on the land of China very early. In the Sheng Dynasty, radish was already a relatively common vegetable.

When Cao Mi heard Bei Si’s sigh, he immediately followed his words and hinted: “‘Raisin’? Maybe this thing can be eaten too?”

When Beisi heard the words, he was stunned on the spot.

After all, from the very beginning, they took care of this kind of rattan as a rare flower and grass that can be admired. At first glance, when Cao Mi said the word “eatable”, everyone felt a little subtle.

At this time, the two farmers who pulled out the sweet potato had come to their senses.

They picked up the sweet potato plants on the ground and presented them directly to Cao Mi.

Probably because it was too early to pull out, these sweet potatoes were not big, most of them looked about the size of a baby’s fist. However, due to the excellent variety, the fruit is very numerous, crowded and hanging down.

Cao Mi didn’t think it was dirty either, so he stretched out his hand and grabbed the largest of them, the sweet potato that was still stained with soil.

When she touched the rough skin of the sweet potato, she had a sense of reality.

Suppressing her inner excitement, she instructed: “Go, take these to the stove, and see if they are really the same as ‘Rainbow’ and can be eaten directly.”

Beisi said “yes”.

But he then suggested: “Princess, do you want the villain to go to the villa first and find a chicken or a pig…let them try it first…”

Before he finished speaking, Cao Mi already understood.

“Yes! I almost forgot if you didn’t tell me!” As a modern person, Cao Mi of course knew that these sweet potatoes were edible, but she forgot that these things were still very strange in the eyes of Beisi and others.

So she ordered someone to pull out another plant, put together a small pile of sweet potatoes, took out a small part, and fed it to the piglets and two chickens found by the North Temple.

The main ingredient of sweet potatoes is starch, and raw sweet potatoes are crisp and sweet, which is also a rare delicacy for these animals.

The pigs and chickens who were brought in to “test the poison” sniffed and quickly began to eat happily.

After they finished eating the sweet potatoes, Cao Mi suddenly remembered that raw sweet potatoes are not good for digestion, and hurriedly took the other two and asked Beisi to find someone to steam them and feed them to another pig to distinguish the difference between raw and cooked.

Seeing that Cao Mi attached great importance to this matter, Beisi simply did not hand it over to others, but did it in person. After a while, he brought back the steamed sweet potatoes.

The overripe sweet potato was cracked because the skin was dry due to lack of water, and a special sweet fragrance that seemed to be absent continued to permeate from the inside.

When Bei Si threw the cooked sweet potato to the little pig, he even swallowed hard.

But he quickly reacted, blushing and covering up the past as if nothing had happened.

Cao Mi waited all night, and in the early morning the next morning, when he saw the few fowls that were still alive and kicking after eating sweet potatoes, he pretended to be relieved.

Probably because they didn’t eat much, the animals that ate raw sweet potatoes didn’t show any discomfort.

Cao Mi then instructed the kitchen to steam all the remaining sweet potatoes.

After half an hour, a whole plate of sweet potatoes was brought up.

Cao Mi didn’t even care about the hot, he stretched out his hand and opened it to check.

Under the rough skin of sweet potatoes are orange-yellow fruits. Along with what is revealed in front of others, there is also the special fragrance of sweet potatoes.

The touch of the finger is soft, and with the sweet fragrance that spreads out, Cao Mi can roughly guess the dense taste and excellent sweetness of this sweet potato just by looking at it.

The whole yard was captivated.

Bei Si clearly heard the sound of swallowing saliva from several people around him. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and found a reasonable explanation for his swallowing behavior yesterday-it wasn’t his body’s problem, but the food was weird!

For a time, everyone in the courtyard only felt that their tongues were full of saliva, and the instinct of human foraging told them – this thing can be eaten, and it is delicious!

Cao Mi really wanted to take a bite.

After all, sweet potatoes and whole grains like corn are very greasy if you eat too much, but if you haven’t seen them for a while, you will start to miss them involuntarily.

But she still held on.

At this time, the first person to eat sweet potatoes is equivalent to “testing poison”, and as the princess of Bei’an, she must not do such a thing in vain.

“Anyone willing to come and try this thing?” Cao Mi asked.

She promised: “If there is a problem with eating, the palace will cover all the medical expenses and give a compensation.

“In case it can’t be rescued… The palace will take care of your family and children while giving compensation.”

As soon as she said these words, the courtyard immediately fell silent.

But soon an old farmer emerges – the one who has been taking care of the sweet potato fields.

The old peasant said: “Princess, the little one is willing to try it. According to the experience of the villain, pigs and chickens are fine to eat this thing, and that person can eat it.”

Cao Mi nodded and said with a smile, “Okay.”

With this old farmer taking the lead, several people in the yard soon came out and expressed their willingness to try.

Finally, according to age and gender, Cao Mi selected another teenager, a cook in his thirties, and a bodyguard who was in his prime.

The three of them plus the talented old man just represented a different age group.

Soon, the four were brought to the table.

The old peasant probably didn’t take life and death seriously because he was old, so he took one first, followed by the guard next to Cao Mi, and finally the child and the woman.

“The skin is rough and shouldn’t be eaten. You peel it off.” Cao Mi reminded.

The four nodded.

The skin of the boiled sweet potato is extremely easy to peel, and the old farmer directly tore the skin off.

He put the sweet potato between his nose and mouth, took a sip intoxicated, and said: “Princess, my old man has never smelled such a sweet taste, this thing is absolutely edible!”

After speaking, he took a firm bite and chewed it.

Everyone in the courtyard looked at him nervously.

Cao Mi saw that his saliva was about to stay, and he had to force himself to look nervous.

After the old farmer quickly swallowed the sweet potato in his mouth, he immediately said, “Delicious! Really delicious! Soft and sweet!”

He hadn’t read books, and his vocabulary was relatively poor, but he still tried his best to describe: “Oh, the candies distributed in the villa during the Chinese New Year are not as delicious as this!”

Unlike the modern society where industrial sugar is flooded, in this world, the taste of “sweet” is extremely rare. It is no exaggeration to say that from birth to death, poor people have not tasted the sweetness several times in decades.

Therefore, to taste the “sweetness”, it even evolved into a common saying, equating “sweetness” with “benefit”.

After Nong Han finished speaking, his expression became very emotional. He took another bite and said, “Sweet, really sweet! It’s delicious!”

At this time, the other three people around him followed.

Soon, those who were fortunate enough to have the first taste of sweet potatoes showed their astonishing eyes.

The soft sweet potato melts in your mouth, and then the sweet taste melts on your tongue. The satisfaction and happiness that carbohydrates bring to people is already fully reflected in a small sweet potato fruit.

The old farmer, guards, and women all ate the sweet potatoes in their hands, and the youngest child ate half of it, and was stopped by Beisi.

Then, it is to observe the situation of the three.

Cao Mi naturally knew that the three of them would have nothing to do with it. She didn’t bother to wait. After telling Bei Si to pay attention, she rushed to Nanxi’s side to prepare for other affairs.

When she arrived, there were already many people sitting in the courtyard.

There were Nan Xi, who was originally working here, and Liu Ge, Zhou Xue and others who should not have been here at all.

After Cao Mi arrived, everyone greeted Cao Mi, and Cao Mi nodded and said with a smile, “I called everyone here today, because there are some things to discuss with everyone.”

She cleared her throat and said directly: “Now in Rongguang School, some students who are progressing fast have completed basic education and can recognize most of the commonly used words.

“For children over fifteen, the villa has already arranged a place for them.

“But for those children who have not yet reached the age, I hope to give them a deeper education – specialized education.”

“Professional education” is a strange new term that most people in the field did not understand.

Cao Mi also explained: “Specialized education, to put it simply, means that I hope that all of you here will be able to select a group of students as their ‘disciples’ from these students who have passed the basic education of the school.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that the people in the courtyard who had come over looked at each other with expressions on their faces.

“I know that it is unacceptable for many people to let everyone teach others the ability to eat. No one wants to experience this kind of thing when teaching the disciples to starve their masters to death.” Cao Mi has long considered this kind of thing. The situation was brought up without hesitation at this time.

Hearing this, Liu Ge simply bowed on behalf of everyone and asked, “Well… so what does the princess mean?”

“I will guarantee you to prevent such a thing from happening.” Cao Mi said.

“The villa will issue a new ‘teacher’ charter today.

“Everyone starts at the first level. According to the content of the teaching, if a certain number of students are brought out, they can be upgraded to the second level and the third level.

“First-level ‘teachers’ receive a monthly subsidy of five taels of silver in addition to the fixed regular silver and bonus.

“Second-level ‘teacher’, 12 taels per month; third-level ‘teacher’, 22 taels per month, and so on.

“People who have reached the third-level ‘teacher’ or above, are supported by the villa, and will enjoy priority in enjoying various benefits in the villa, such as dividing the land, cutting taxes, and even dividing the house at the back.”

The interests of real money and silver were put out, and the expressions on everyone’s faces were completely relieved.

Seeing this, Cao Mi nodded with satisfaction: “The specific Nanxi side will negotiate with you again, you just need to select the seedlings you think are good to cultivate. Of course, the selected students must also be willing. .”

Everyone heard the words and nodded understandingly.

Most of the people here are craftsmen, and they usually accept some disciples to give them old-age inheritance.

Now that Cao Mi has this level of assurance, everyone has no worries.

Cao Mi asked Nanxi to take them all down and explained the details to them, leaving Liu Ge, Zhou Xue and Yu Liang alone.

“Have you prepared all the exam papers you prepared before?” she asked.

As the only elder, Liu Ge nodded on behalf of the three: “Yes, Princess, everything is ready.”

“Well.” Cao Mi smiled: “The work you are responsible for is the most important. Students who have passed the basic education will be selected first by you and take them to continue their studies.

“If there is no problem, just go down and do it.”

The three of them nodded after hearing the words, and they left immediately after salute.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the mines: Mu Yue 4;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: Dew ~5 bottles; Chen Zijing 1 bottle;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!