Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 107 Dried Sweet Potatoes

Half a month had passed since the radishes ripened. Xia Shiyu then sold off the remaining radishes that could be sold retail. After selling those, she no longer planned to sell the rest in the city.

After all, they need to keep some food for themselves and also supply other places.

There's no need to go into the details of how those who didn't buy enough or didn't buy enough were filled with regret and despair; it's all too painful to recount. They could only turn to buying other vegetables and then glare resentfully at those who had radishes in their hands.

After selling the radishes, Xia Shiyu wasn't in a hurry to plant new vegetables; the ones she already had were enough.

In winter, they usually don't have many vegetables to eat, the most they have are various kinds of cabbage. She only needs to take good care of the grape roots and orange trees. The oranges are almost ripe, and some of them have already turned yellow.

As for the original land, it just needs to be cleaned up again. Xia Shiyu had already sent the two elderly people who were guarding the land on the mountain home to rest. Now that the weather is getting cold, it would be bad if the elderly people got sick from the cold on the mountain.

With these matters mostly settled, Xia Shiyu thought she could finally take a vacation. After all, the Lunar New Year was just over a month away, and it would be much more exciting and lively then.

Xia Shiyu shook his head as he looked at the two lively puppies. These two naughty little devils, let's just leave them alone for now.

Today is a good day to dry some vegetables and vegetables so we can eat them during the Chinese New Year.

Xia Shiyu prefers to eat dried sweet potatoes. She thinks that sweet potatoes are delicious no matter how you eat them, except for the fact that they cause heartburn if you eat too much.

Whether it's roasted sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, sweet potato starch, sweet potato rice, or dried sweet potatoes, they're all delicious.

As for dried vegetables, they dry some every year, mainly because there are too many vegetables. Although there is no shortage of vegetables to sell nowadays, and even the chickens and ducks at home can be eaten, it is still very good to have some on hand to eat when you want.

The process of making dried sweet potatoes and dried vegetables is very simple.

Xia Shiyu picked out the still intact sweet potatoes from the house, washed them with clean water, and then peeled them.

After cleaning, put the sweet potatoes in a large iron pot and steam them.

The large iron pot in the countryside is quite convenient in this respect. You can put water at the bottom to boil vegetables, place a large metal plate with holes on top, put sweet potatoes on top, and then cover the pot with a lid.

You can simmer it over high heat for a short time. However, vegetables cook faster than sweet potatoes, so you need to uncover the pot halfway through, take the vegetables out, and rinse them in cold water in an iron basin.

Once dried, the vegetables can be hung on clean bamboo poles outside to air dry naturally.

The same applies to sweet potatoes. Take the steamed sweet potatoes out and set them aside to cool. While they are cooling, you can prepare the vegetables and cook another pot of sweet potatoes.

After the sweet potatoes have cooled, cut them into thin strips. Then, clean a clean area, lay out a clean white cloth, and place the sweet potato strips on it to dry in the sun.

The two dogs sat in the yard for a while. Although they were very tempted by the sweet potatoes in her hand, they were well-behaved and sat in place to watch over the dried vegetables and prevent birds from stealing them, thanks to their previous training.

This can only be done when there is a rare sunny day in December; otherwise, the sweet potatoes won't dry in half a day and will have to be processed in an oven.

Xia Shiyu had previously bought an oven for her home, hoping to learn how to bake cakes or other things.

Unfortunately, the time it takes to use it after it's brought back is usually very short. Now, however, it can be used to bake a batch of dried sweet potatoes.

Because if you bake them in an oven, you can enjoy crispy, fragrant, and sweet dried sweet potatoes in just a few hours.

Xia Shiyu had a craving, so she simply baked some in the oven to satisfy her craving, and dried the rest.

Of course, the most important thing when using an oven is to turn the food over frequently, including dried sweet potatoes that are drying in the sun. Otherwise, they will not heat evenly.

Xia Shiyu patiently flipped the dried sweet potatoes over, thinking halfway through that she really wanted to sneak a few pieces if they weren't still not ready.

After patiently handling all of this, the Xia family's courtyard was gradually filled with dried vegetables.

Xia Shiyu could see the things in the courtyard very clearly.

She had to thank the blueberries for this. The morning after she ate the blueberries, she woke up to find her vision much clearer. After eating the rest of the blueberries, her prescription decreased, and her eyesight improved even further, returning to its previous clear and bright state.

Looking at the dried sweet potatoes in front of me, I thought to myself that I wouldn't have to worry about New Year's goods this year. The crops from my own farm would be enough, and they would taste good and be healthy.

It took most of the day to prepare all these things, and at the same time, the dried sweet potatoes that Xia Shiyu had placed in the oven were also baked.

Xia Shiyu took them out and put them on the table to eat together. She couldn't wait to pick one up and put it in her mouth. It was good. It wasn't too hard to break your teeth. It was still a little soft inside. It was fresh out of the oven and still warm. It tasted very delicious.

Xia Shiyu carried the plate to let everyone in the family have a taste. "Come on! You guys have to try this. I baked it myself. It tastes pretty good. You can have it as a snack anytime."

Yu Juan took one, ate it, and nodded. "It's good. It's quite crunchy and not too hard. Your grandparents can eat it too."

“Yes, Grandpa and Grandma, you should try some too.” She turned the plate toward the two elderly people.

Grandma took it with a smile and praised, "Hmm, it's quite crisp."

Xia Shiyu smiled, her eyes crinkling. "It's really delicious."

Two dogs ran in while she was distributing sweet potato chips, and their eyes followed the plate in her hand intently.

Huangdou ran over and lay down on her shoes, looking at her with its big, watery eyes, and making cute little "woo-woo-woo" sounds.

Nuomi was a little more reserved, but she still came over and stared at what she was doing.

Xia Shiyu fed some of the dried sweet potatoes from the plate to the two dogs. These weren't fairytale vegetables, but surprisingly, the two dogs ate them quite happily.

The dog held a sweet potato fry in its two paws and slowly nibbled on it, its head swaying from side to side.

Xia Shiyu found it amusing and put some more in their dog bowls, watching them bury their heads in the bowls and eat with gusto.

After everything was taken care of, the family cleared out the kitchen and then went about their own business.

Xia Shiyu was happily snacking on dried sweet potatoes while watching TV when a car horn sounded outside the yard.

Curious, she got up and went downstairs to see who had come. When she went inside, she saw that it was Ji Lan and Xia Lang who had come down.

She quickly got up to greet them, "Brother Lang, sister-in-law, what brings you here today?"