Lin Yu arrived at the vegetable market and rummaged through his pockets. He only had a few vegetable ration coupons left.
Just as Lin Er Ye was about to spend them all, he received a notification from his space.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes were ripe.
With a thought, the three acres of sweet potatoes, known as "digua" in the north, were harvested.
Truly, a product of the system, it was sure to be top-notch.
Three acres of "digua" yielded over 13,000 pounds. In later times, this would be considered a low yield, but now, sweet potatoes only yielded 1,500 to 2,000 pounds per acre.
Two acres of potatoes yielded 9,000 pounds, similar to the sweet potato yield.
However, Lin Yu noticed that both the sweet potatoes and potatoes were larger than usual, and their colors were better, as if they had been specially selected.
Lin Er Ye quickly fed the animals in the breeding yard and replanted the newly purchased seeds.
He planted one acre of corn, one acre of wheat, one acre of rice, and one acre of soybeans and peanuts.
He planted a variety of vegetables, including tomatoes, cucumbers, rape, spinach, eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, and winter melons, all on one acre.
Lin Yu also found watermelon seeds among the seeds. He immediately praised Qian Lao San for being a good person and without hesitation, marked out a small plot of land specifically for growing watermelons.
Thanks to the system, he could plant with a single thought. Otherwise, cultivating five acres would have exhausted Lin Er Ye.
The grains matured in about two days, meaning he could harvest them the day after tomorrow at noon. The vegetables matured a day earlier, and he could harvest them tomorrow morning.
“System, my farmland is too small, can it be expanded?”
【Ding, Host can expand farmland using hunting points, or wait for sign-in.】
Lin Yu nodded. He decided against using points.
Lin Er Ye was still saving up for 10,000 points to open the mall.
Moreover, optimizing his weapons also required hunting points. It seemed he would need to venture into the mountains again.
Lin Yu used the remaining vegetable coupons to buy some cucumbers, tofu, and napa cabbage, then rode his bicycle back home.
When he reached a deserted area, Lin Yu took out 50 pounds of sweet potatoes and 50 pounds of potatoes from his space and put them in a large hemp sack.
When he returned to the courtyard, Lin Fu and Lin Mu had already returned from work.
Sha Zhu was also busy in the kitchen.
"Brother Zhu, these are greens, you can make something with them tonight." Lin Yu told Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu flipped through the vegetables Lin Yu had brought back. When he saw the potatoes and sweet potatoes, his eyes lit up.
"Xiao Yu, these sweet potatoes and potatoes are really good. Where did you buy them?"
Lin Yu blinked and whispered, "They were all from hunting buddies. They have private fields, fertile soil, and grow well."
Sha Zhu nodded. In this era, private fields were not allowed for commercial purposes. It was punishable by law.
Speculation and profiteering would lead to being branded and paraded through the streets.
"Xiao Yu, let's have wild rabbit stew with potatoes, braised pork with potatoes, mapo tofu, cucumber and peanut salad, spicy potato shreds tonight. Also, steam the dried wild chicken, and finally make a napa cabbage meatball soup."
Lin Yu thought for a moment and said, "Brother Zhu, make more meatballs. My little sister and Yu Shui like them."
"Okay, these remaining vegetables are already good. They're better than what Yan Lao Xi's family eats for New Year's."
"Xiao Yu, take some of the sweet potatoes tonight. Tomorrow is my day off. I'll make some sweet potato cakes for everyone to try."
Lin Yu's eyes lit up.
He loved sweet potatoes but was too lazy to cook them.
Now that Sha Zhu was here, he should definitely ask for more.
"Brother Zhu, make a lot, I'll bring some to others."
Sha Zhu nodded and said, "No problem, it's easy."
Cooking was about practice, but these days, there were no mountains of delicacies to cook.
With the meat that Lin Yu's family had, even if he didn't pay Sha Zhu, he would still be happy to cook.
"By the way, Xiao Yu, I bought the seasonings for you, they're all ready."
"These are braised meat seasonings wrapped in paper. One pack can braise 20 pounds of meat. I know you have a lot of prey, so I packaged them all. Add three taels of salt and half a pound of soy sauce for every 10 pounds of meat."
"The powder is for making dried sausage and cured sausage. One pack can make 5 pounds of meat. For every 5 pounds of meat, add 1 tael of salt, 2 taels of soy sauce, and 3 taels of white wine."
"They're all in the flour sack on the table in my room. Just take them."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu hurried towards the middle courtyard.
For a long time, he wanted to make dried sausage and cured sausage, but he didn't know how to blend the seasonings. Now he could finally make plenty.
Lin Yu went into Sha Zhu's room and saw a flour sack on the table.
He opened the sack and a variety of aromas filled the air. There were two bags inside.
Lin Yu opened each bag and saw that one was filled with large packs of braised meat seasoning, while the other was filled with small packs of powder.
He lifted the sack and estimated that it weighed about 50 pounds. He really got his money's worth from Sha Zhu for those 30 yuan.
If an outsider bought these seasonings, it would not only be expensive, but the quality would also be inferior to what Sha Zhu bought.
Lin Yu calculated that he had originally kept seven half-grown wild boars. He gave one to his family, and tomorrow, he would deliver three wild boars to Qian You Ku.
He only had three left in his space. Lin Yu decided not to sell these three.
Lin Yu decided to make cured sausage and dried sausage with two wild boars, and all the rest into bacon. All eight pig legs would be made into ham.
After butchering the two wild boars, he got 150 pounds of net meat.
Lin Yu immediately used the prey processing factory. He used 30 pounds of meat for dried sausage, 20 pounds for cured sausage, 20 pounds for bacon, and 30 pounds for bacon.
A quarter of an hour later, 20 pounds of fresh meat, along with sausage casings, flour, and seasonings, were made into 30 pounds of smoked sausage.
30 pounds of meat were made into 15 pounds of dried sausage, 20 pounds of meat were made into 18 pounds of cured sausage, and 30 pounds of meat were made into 20 pounds of bacon.
As for the two large pig heads, Lin Yu processed them directly into wax pig faces, for gifting purposes.
Lin Yu went home and took out a lunchbox, cut a pound of pig head meat and tripe, and took out a smoked sausage. Then, he rode his bicycle to the street office.
Although the street office was closed, there were still staff on duty.
Lin Yu went straight to the street office gatekeeper.
"Hey, old man, open the door quickly."
Zhang Da Ye, the gatekeeper, poked his head out and said to Lin Yu with annoyance, "You rascal, you're so old, why are you still so unruly."
Although he complained, Zhang Da Ye still opened the door for Lin Yu and ushered him in.