Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 664 - 662: Harvest

Today is the day for corn harvesting, and the cornfields surrounding the manor are filled with people.

The manor guests who farm for Lin Wanwan are singing and swaying their heads as they pick corn, their faces full of the joy of harvest.

Lin Wanwan sits in a makeshift pavilion by the river with Xiao Yixun and little Qingyu, holding a golden roasted corn and gnawing at it regardless of her image.

Behind them are the endless cornfields, and in front is the babbling river.

"Mom, the roasted corn is really delicious!"

"If you like it, eat more."

Little Qingyu, who is sitting in the folding chair, is swinging her two white legs, gnawing on the corn like a groundhog.

Around her are also a group of village children.

This group of little followers of Qingyu look up, watching eagerly as Qingyu takes a bite of corn, swings her little legs, and then with all her might, breaks off a piece from the uneaten end of the corn cob and proudly hands it to the child who speaks the nicest words amidst the group.

Apart from little Qingyu, in the group of little ones gathered there, already a dozen children have started gnawing on roasted corn.

All distributed by little Qingyu, Lin Wanwan has always been indulgent of this.

The village kids, for a bite to eat, have spontaneously become little Qingyu’s followers, just like the kids from Lin Family Manor and Xiaoxi Town.

Every time after school, when little Qingyu with her maid carrying a basket patrols the village roads and riverside, it’s the liveliest time in the village.

All the kids move at the news, trailing behind little Qingyu, chirping and flattering, in exchange for the snacks that little Qingyu casually distributes.

The idea of roasting corn today could only come from Lin Wanwan’s family.

The unknowledgeable Great Tang farmers were still puzzled over the fresh corn, not knowing how to eat it.

But once they smelled the aroma of corn wafting from the riverside, they instantly understood.

Some couldn’t resist and, as they picked the corn, secretly peeled the husk and took a raw bite, finding it extraordinarily fragrant!

Their new steward truly seems like a fairy descended to the mortal world; the seeds they were loaned are such high-yield wonders.

When Manager Sun first asked everyone to plant them, many were unwilling, forced into switching to these new plants.

Now, seeing four to five cobs growing on each stalk, they almost want to kneel and worship their steward!

The yield is so touching, including the potatoes harvested a few days ago, which are magnificent high-yield produce too!

Previously, when digging up potatoes in the fields, these farmers cried their hearts out.

In the Great Tang countryside, in good years, harvesting 2 stone of produce per acre was the most they could hope for, but now the yield of corn and potatoes is several times that of millet before.

How could these villagers, once plagued by starvation, not feel excited and grateful!

It’s foreseeable that with corn and potatoes this year, everyone’s food supply can last until the New Year, and no one will starve to death in winter.

The land in Guanzhong is most suitable for planting potatoes, with a yield even higher than in Mao County.

Facing the bountiful harvest of lush green potato fields, the farmers who planted them themselves are ecstatic.

If the Village Lady hadn’t said potato vines can’t be eaten, they would have taken them as vegetables to cook.

Now, of course, like the corn stalks, they dry them to use as firewood.

The bumper grain harvest in the manor naturally couldn’t escape the notice of Li Lizhi, who cooperated with Lin Wanwan in the nearby Soap and Music Workshop, nor could it escape Li Shimin’s attention.

On the first day of potato digging, Crown Prince Li Chengqian from the Eastern Palace brought a group of court ministers to personally visit Lin Wanwan’s potato field, performing a great ceremony and inspection, and on the spot, they settled the matter of autumn seeds with Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan was more than happy to agree, for her original intention in bringing potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes to the Great Tang was to spread them.

These high-yield crops can feed a lot of people; people can die in many ways, but not from hunger.

One person going hungry might be their problem, but if a group is starving, it’s definitely an issue with the court.

Li Shimin, determined to be a legendary wise ruler, cares immensely about people’s livelihoods, with grain being the most critical component.

When Xiao Chong reported on the high-yield crops to Li Shimin earlier, he was very interested and sent officials to learn more, even giving Lin Wanwan the title of Village Lady because of it.

However, due to the limited availability of seeds, places other than the vicinity of Jiangnan Road Mao County haven’t been able to plant these high-yield crops yet.

Now that Lin Wanwan has brought them to Chang’an, the people in the Imperial Palace and Imperial City naturally have to come witness it themselves.

The results did not disappoint them — in fact, to be precise, they were all overjoyed.

This is the auspicious sign of prosperous times!

The harvests of potatoes and corn have excited everyone, and there’s high anticipation for the upcoming harvest of sweet potatoes.

According to Xiao Chong’s report last year, sweet potatoes are even better than potatoes and corn, a treasure from top to bottom, even the vines can be eaten.

They can be consumed by humans, fed to horses, cows, and sheep, with not a bit wasted.

Having eaten roasted corn that day, the evening meal at Lin Wanwan’s manor was delayed.

When Old Sun descended from the mountain under the moonlight to the manor, he arrived just in time for dinner.

"Ancestor, tonight’s perfect timing, the family is making golden corn pancakes and braised beef with potatoes!"

"Good, good, good, seems like the old Taoist came at the right time."

Although Old Sun is a Taoist priest, he doesn’t abstain from meat.

Old Sun had been in the mountains for several days; Lin Wanwan didn’t go with him due to her duties at the palace.

She doesn’t have Old Sun’s spirit to endure hardships for collecting herbs in the mountains, enduring wind and dew, always making the round trip in a single day when she goes with him.

However, speaking of it, in a few days Lin Wanwan is set to move into the palace to share lodging with the Pharmacist from the Food Bureau, and the days of freedom will be over.

As the due date for Empress Zhangsun approaches, Lin Wanwan, who has become a famous Divine Doctor in Chang’an City, must naturally enter the palace to be on standby, and living in the manor outside the city would not be appropriate.

Although not very happy about it, Lin Wanwan has no choice. Fortunately, she won’t have to stay long; if Empress Zhangsun’s delivery goes smoothly and quickly, Lin Wanwan might leave Chang’an earlier.

To successfully leave Chang’an City, Lin Wanwan has been holding back.

Regarding pediatric matters, she pretends to know nothing. After assisting with childbirth for the noblewomen in Chang’an City, she washes her hands of the matter, with no questions about the newborns.

This, of course, is to prevent Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun from suddenly coming up with the idea of having her take care of the newly born princess.

After a sumptuous dinner, with no nightlife, everyone returned to their rooms to prepare for sleep.

Lin Wanwan sat at Qingyu’s bedside, fanning her and telling her a bedtime story until she fell asleep before returning to her room.

She tidied up a bit and then traversed time back to the modern day.

This weekend, she is flying to Yongcheng to attend Gu Jingyu’s child’s hundred-day banquet.

Lu Shouyue flew to Hai City for business three days ago, so today Lin Wanwan is flying back to Yongcheng on her own by commercial airline.