Sorry, My Beloved Is The Motherland - Chapter 18.2 - To Dedicate One's Life To The Country

If you put yourself in Ning Fu’s shoes, both Ning Fu and Xu Cui Cui feel that not crying once more would be letting themselves down.

Then, saw the person who had just created a New Year’s miracle in Tulaga banner slowly turn their head, with a look of wandering beyond the heavens* wonder on their face, and say, “I’m thinking… is the soil here particularly suitable for growing sweet potatoes?”

T/N: *Metaphor used to describe a state of being deeply lost in thought, daydreaming. And unceremonious means without any polite/courteous manner.

Xu Cuicui: ???

You scored nearly full marks on the college entrance exam, and a future that countless people can only dream of is suddenly within your reach. And now the only thing you’re concerned about is sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes?!

Even the sweet potatoes themselves cannot believe this!

Watching Ning Fu finish this nonsensical statement and fall into contemplation (whether she was thinking about sweet potatoes or not), Xu Cuicui still sighed, put aside the elementary school textbook she was holding, and went over to pick up the baked sweet potatoes.

“Potatoes and sweet potatoes are the most widely grown crops in Tulaga banner. Here, animal husbandry is the main focus, and there is very little land suitable for growing vegetables and grains.”

“During the Great Famine, not to mention cattle and horses, many people starved to death.”

“Although we no longer worry about people starving to death, everyone still scrimps and saves when it comes to eating vegetables.”

“Cannot be helped, water shortage ah!.”

“Cattle and sheep are abundant, and they don’t lack fertilizer, but growing vegetables requires irrigation, this exactly is a big problem. Therefore, the crops that are grown the most are those that are drought-resistant and suited to sandy soil, such as potatoes and sweet potatoes.”

“Here, eat this; it’s sweet.”

Xu Cuicui, like an old-fashioned mother, picked out the best-baked piece from several sweet potatoes, quickly peeled off the burnt skin, thought for a moment, then found a large iron spoon, scooped up a spoonful of still-steaming sweet potato, and held it out to Ning Fu’s mouth.

Don’t ask.

To ask is to reveal how Ning Fu, with astonishing cunning, has breached the defenses of the poor and lower-middle peasants and achieved the erosion and softening of her own iron will.

Just this once. Xu Cuicui excuses her own motherly behavior in her mind——

Anyway, she’s about to leave, and besides… a person who scored 495 points deserves this treatment.

Ning Fu unceremoniously turned her head and ate a spoonful of sweet potato.

After eating it, she savored the taste in her mouth and, with a lack of conscience, said, “Hmm… not sweet enough.”

Xu Cuicui, exasperated, threw her head back and forcefully shoved the remaining sweet potato to Ning Fu, saying, “This is the sweetest one; I picked it out for you!”

How could she not know what the best-roasted one looks like, considering she has been eating this stuff since she was little?!

The sweet potato Xu Cuicui peeled for Ning Fu had a blackened, charred skin that left her hands covered in soot, but the flesh inside was so soft and sticky that it was practically caramelized!

Ning Fu did not take the sweet potato from her, but quickly said, “Get me some paper and a pen, quickly!”

Xu Cuicui was so infuriated that she jumped up from the kang and said, “Are you accustomed to this way?! I’m not going!”

Ning Fu came back to her senses and could only smile as she shook Xu Cuicui’s hand, saying, “Good Cuicui, good comrade, please get it for me!”

Xu Cuicui pushed her away, “Aren’t you being too cheesy—!”

She quickly brought over the paper and pen and looked at Ning Fu with curiosity.

To be honest, if it were Xu Cuicui who scored 495 points today, she would have already drunk a whole bottle of Mendao Lv* and stood on the roof singing for everyone!

T/N: a type of strong alcoholic drink, known for its potency, often referred to as “Mendao Lv” in Chinese

Since the results are already out, is there anything else she needs to learn or remember?

At this moment, Ning Fu was completely absorbed in a state of being oblivious to everything around her, focused solely on writing furiously.

1. 1. Key planting techniques for sweet potatoes in sandy soil.

1. 1. Key points for water-saving in sandy soil crops.

1. 1. Growth cycles and pest/disease control for major crops in grassland terrain.

………

Ning Fu is neither an agricultural expert nor a construction specialist.

She is just a transporter of knowledge essence*.

T/N: * 知识结晶的搬运工 metaphorically describes someone who is not creating new knowledge or discoveries but is rather focused on handling, organizing, or applying existing knowledge.

She doesn’t have time to digest and absorb it, and then to teach the knowledge that took decades of experience to summarize, refine, and research to the villagers of Tulaga banner.

At this moment, Ning Fu regards herself as a human printer, exerting all her effort to write down every modern grassland crop cultivation technique and key point she can retrieve.

Xu Cuicui didn’t know what kind of madness Ning Fu was experiencing, but recently she had grown accustomed to Ning Fu’s kind of ‘crazy’ behavior and quietly withdrew.

She found the duty officer, Xiao Wu, sitting dejectedly on the steps outside.

For Xiao Wu, today has been a day of dramatic ups and downs, excitement, and frustration.

Ning Fu was unwilling to leave, saying that she wanted to go to college, and she was actually serious about it.

And it seems she actually got a pretty good score.

——Xiao Wu was surrounded outside the courtyard by the intellectual youths eager to know their scores. Although Secretary Tu Guli appeared to be a rough and burly man, he could be quite shrewd! He specifically mentioned that today he would handle matters concerning the educated youths, and since it was getting late, he asked Xiao Wu and the others to stay at the station for the night and said any issues would be addressed the next day.