Manbao became curious, although she had never farmed herself, she had often watched her brothers and sisters-in-law at work, knowing that planting simply involved digging a hole and dropping the seed in.
She had no idea that there were so many different handling techniques.
Curiosity piqued, Manbao spent her points to buy several books on planting from the encyclopedia, an unexpected gain that delighted Keke, who even suggested to Manbao, "Host, you could ask your brothers to retrieve the true yam that was pulled out earlier. As long as it hasn't rotted, it should still be usable as seed."
Manbao happily agreed.
Finding yams wasn't an easy task; aside from the twenty or so tubers that Zhou Wulang and the others dug up from the ground and the true yam they recovered, Zhou Erlang wasn't able to find any more yams in the mountains.
So, Manbao and her family treasured the remaining tubers and true yams highly. Despite her desire to eat yam, she restrained herself.
