I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 381: Wow, So Fragrant!

"Wow, Director, it’s huge!"

Lan Li widened her eyes, her tender little hands covering her mouth in surprise.

"It is quite big, isn’t it!" Fang Ye said, feeling a surge of pride at Lan Li’s astonished expression.

"Heave-ho, heave-ho..."

Lan Li squatted down, and after some effort, adorable glistening sweat beads appeared on her forehead. A blush spread across her cheeks, and she pushed her hair behind her ears, panting from exhaustion.

She said, somewhat disheartened, "I can’t get it out!"

Fang Ye looked down encouragingly and said, "Keep it up, try a little harder! I feel like it’s almost there; it’s about to come out!"

They had planted the potatoes in October, and now, after three months, it was time to harvest them.

Fang Ye didn’t need to worry much about the preparation work for the giant panda exhibit’s educational materials; this had been completed during the construction of the panda exhibit.

In the backyard, Lan Li was holding onto the stem and leaves of the potato, struggling to pull it out of the ground.

Logically speaking, with the soft soil, pulling out the potatoes should be easy.

But the combination of spiritual soil and spiritual water was too effective!

The potatoes were shallowly buried, but grew vigorously deep into the soil.

The shallow covering of soil had been brushed aside a moment ago during inspection, revealing the huge size of the potatoes.

"Heave-ho!"

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Finally, with Lan Li’s efforts, a large cluster of dirt-clad potatoes was uprooted.

"Wow!"

Both of them widened their eyes, exclaiming in unison.

Even Huahua, who was curled up on a chair, couldn’t help standing up to look curiously over here.

This cluster of potatoes had such large sizes, each one was bigger than an adult’s fist by a circle, with no small potatoes just making up numbers, and there were many of them—roughly estimated to be about twenty to thirty.

They looked like a large bunch of grapes buried in the ground!

The spiritual soil was loose and fluffy; the potatoes were almost free of mud, and their skins were very smooth, with only a few shallow pits.

Fang Ye plucked one, sniffed it, and it still had the fresh, earthy aroma of newly dug soil.

A light brush with his hand, a couple of puffs, and the remaining bits of dirt fell away.

Under the sunshine, the potato looked exceptionally beautiful, faintly reflecting a golden glow!

Lan Li’s eyes sparkled with excitement, "Wow, what a beautiful potato! Director, let’s have fried potatoes tonight!"

She had never seen such beautiful potatoes before; they looked delicious.

Fang Ye felt his mouth watering uncontrollably, "Sure, let’s hand it over to Old Zhang to deal with, make some stir-fried shredded potatoes with green pepper."

Lan Li suggested, "Shall we make it at home?"

Fang Ye chuckled, "This kind of homestyle dish looks easy, but it’s actually quite hard to make, isn’t it? Can you cut the potatoes into fine shreds?"

Lan Li thought for a moment, "Then how about potato stewed beef?"

Fang Ye’s face fell slightly, and he said with some distress, "Uh, nevermind, this dish takes you too long to make, I’m afraid we won’t have dinner to eat!"

They had a kitchen at home, but it was rarely used.

Fang Ye couldn’t cook and was a complete novice in the kitchen. He had built a kitchen initially because he planned to grow vegetables, thinking it would be more enjoyable to cook what he’d grown.

He thought of taking some time to improve his cooking skills, but his time was always taken up by the animals, and cooking didn’t interest him; it was more convenient to eat in the canteen. During his leisure time, he could also go to the Lion Restaurant for a delicious barbecue. Discover exclusive content at novelbuddy

Lan Li was slightly better than Fang Ye at cooking; she was at a beginner’s level and could prepare some basic dishes.

However, she always referred to online recipes, checking repeatedly while cooking—how much soy sauce to add, whether to use light or dark soy sauce, the amount of salt and sugar, how many bay leaves and Sichuan peppercorns, and how long to blanch the meat.

Every step was meticulously done!

Although the dishes turned out tasty, it also took a lot of time.

Once, on a day off, Lan Li enthusiastically decided to make red braised pork for Fang Ye, and it took a whole five hours.

She started preparing the ingredients at 10 a.m., and Fang Ye didn’t get to eat until 3 p.m., feeling so hungry he was dizzy and almost fought with Huahua for cat food.

At least the dish that came out wasn’t some kind of terrifying dark cuisine.

Hearing Fang Ye’s concerns, Lan Li bashfully stuck out her tongue, trying to be cute, "Hehe."

"Let’s just leave it to the cafeteria, we should go and dig out the rest of the potatoes!"

"Yeah!"

The two vigorously started pulling up potatoes, and after a while, the ground was scattered with pale golden potatoes; they were too tired to gather anymore.

"Whew~"

Fang Ye and Lan Li sat on the side, wiping sweat and resting for a moment, exchanging a smiling glance.

Despite being exhausted, they felt extremely happy inside.

They watered the potatoes regularly after planting them, watching the green shoots emerge, the stems grow thick and tall, flourishing with vibrant green leaves, and ultimately, they had such a bountiful harvest, feeling utterly accomplished.

Fang Ye then called Old Zhang proclaiming proudly, "Old Zhang! I’ve harvested the potatoes from my garden, organic potatoes, no pesticides used, absolutely healthy and delicious! Have someone come over with some sacks and take a few, we’re going to make some potato dishes tonight."

Old Zhang laughed heartily, "Haha, okay!"

He also called the Panda Restaurant at the zoo to let them take some away as well.

He made it a point to remind them that these were organic potatoes and to store them properly, not to mix them up with regular potatoes!

As for the price to sell to visitors... Fang Ye decided to wait until they had eaten the potatoes to see how they tasted before deciding.

He also saved a few bags to send to his parents.

After a while, people from the restaurant and the cafeteria came by!

Seeing the potatoes all over the ground, they opened their mouths wide, doubting their own eyes!

WTF, how could such a small plot yield so many potatoes?

Basically, a few clusters of potatoes could fill a sack; did you use Jinkela or magic?

Right, the zoo director is the Archdruid after all.

What the Archdruid is best at, aside from communicating with wild animals, is to promote plant growth.

Thinking about it that way, it seemed to make sense.

After a bit of bustling, they collected the potatoes and put them into sacks.

Fang Ye kept the stems and leaves, as they were valuable for composting.

...

Groups of employees were sitting in the cafeteria chatting leisurely.

Guan Shan: "...Cloud initially was very scared, but it didn’t take long after the director went over for her to be coaxed into falling asleep on his legs."

Lin Ying, grinding her teeth, said enviously, "Damn it, I really want to pet the giant panda too!"

Guan Shan teased, "At least you got to touch it a few times during the physical examination when it was under anesthesia, but I can’t even touch it! Was it very soft to the touch?"

The two were engaged in an animated discussion about pandas when suddenly Guan Shan’s nose twitched, and she said puzzledly, "Huh, do you smell something really fragrant?"

Lin Ying scoffed with a smile, "Isn’t it normal for the cafeteria to have the scent of cooking...?"

She stopped mid-sentence, also sniffing vigorously, then stood up from her seat, "What’s that smell? It’s so fragrant! Wow, it’s too irresistible! I’m drooling!"

She rushed to the window and shouted, "Old Zhang, Old Zhang! What are you cooking today!"