Lu Fangfang braced herself against the iron shovel with both hands, gazing towards the riverbank.

Yang Yufeng's method of catching fish is the same as hers; both rely on baiting.

However, instead of using a cage, she made a trap directly from an enamel basin, which was a good idea, and Lu Fangfang secretly remembered it.

Seeing that Yang Yufeng had caught quite a few fish, Lu Fangfang was finally satisfied and went off to do her work.

She's just waiting to kindly remind Yang Yufeng tomorrow—cough cough, it really is a kind reminder, nothing more.

"Hey girl, let's plant some rapeseed along the riverbank. It'll be easier to water it then, and if we plant a lot, we can get more rapeseed oil next year..."

At this point, Wang Shufen immediately looked at Lu Fangfang and asked, "Little sister, you have butter at home, are you still going to plant rapeseed?"

"We definitely have to plant it; we'll run out of butter eventually."

Lu Fangfang nodded and said affirmatively.

In these times when oil and fat are scarce, it's good to grow more rapeseed; she doesn't mind having too much oil.

“Alright, let’s plant rapeseed on the riverbank. Let me tell you, sister, after we finish planting, you can continue clearing land upstream along the river, and I’ll clear land downstream. We’ll plant rapeseed all of it. The land on the riverbank is fertile, so we don’t need to add horse manure.”

Lu Fangfang looked upstream and saw fertile silt washed up from the riverbank.

However, they are planted on the riverbank...

"Sister Shufen, won't the water level rise this summer?"

"The water in the stream isn't flowing fast, so it should be fine. At worst, we'll just have to pay for the seeds."

Wang Shufen shook her head, not caring about it.

"That's true."

Lu Fangfang was delighted. She was willing to take this risk; if the rapeseed harvest was bountiful, she would make a fortune.

Looking upstream, the river was flowing very slowly, and the water along the banks was barely moving.

Lu Fangfang decided to plant all the rapeseed seeds in her home, leaving none behind. She even considered buying more seeds to plant on the other side of the river.

When the rapeseed flowers bloom on both sides of the river, it will be very beautiful.

"After the rapeseed is planted, I plan to plant potatoes. I need to plant more of these to keep for winter. Then I'll plant spinach, eggplant, cucumber, and persimmons."

Wang Shufen looked at the field, planning which vegetables to plant.

She plans to plant vegetables all over this newly cleared wasteland, so that if she can't eat them all, she can feed some chickens and ducks.

Lu Fangfang stood to one side, listening quietly.

She had little experience in growing vegetables and planned to use a simple method: learning from Sister Shufen.

She planted it exactly the same way Shufen did, so there was no way she would make a mistake.

"This piece of wasteland is only a third of an acre at most, it's still a bit small. Girl, after we finish planting the vegetables, let's clear some more wasteland and plant corn, then we can feed the livestock at home."

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...

Lu Fangfang went back to the family compound and brought back all the vegetable seeds she had bought.

In the wasteland, Wang Shufen is digging ditches and making ridges in preparation for planting rapeseed.

Lu Fangfang went over to take a look, then picked up a hoe and went to work in her own field.

She divided the land along the riverbank into small plots, separated them by drainage ditches, and threw the excavated soil into the small plots.

After she finished, she used a shovel to dig up horse manure and spread it on the ground.

"Ugh, it stinks horribly."

On the riverbank, Yang Yufeng and her daughter were still catching fish.

Seeing Lu Fangfang scattering horse manure with an iron shovel, she looked disgusted and said, "Little Lu, can you stay away from us?"

"You should stay away from me. This is wasteland I cleared. It's all registered with the regiment. If you have any problems, go to the regiment."

Lu Fangfang rolled her eyes. The fermented horse manure had already lost much of its smell.

If you still complain about this, you might as well not eat grain at all.

"By the way, be careful when you leave later. I just turned the ground over, so don't step on it."

She glanced at Yang Yufeng and saw that this person had caught quite a lot of fish, almost half a bag full, much faster than she had caught yesterday.

Strange, does using horse manure to ditch bait really work that well?

Alas!

Lu Fangfang felt a chill and turned back to shovel horse manure.

"Pah, I'll exhaust you."

Seeing Lu Fangfang leave, Yang Yufeng spat fiercely.

She sniffed, covering her mouth as if she felt nauseous. "Girl, let's catch a few more, then hurry up and leave."

There are many small fish here, and Yang Yufeng is reluctant to move.

...

The group only allocated a truckload of horse manure, and Lu Fangfang was reluctant to use much of it. She spread a thin layer on a small plot of land and then stopped.

I borrowed a rake from Sister Shufen, and she used it to rake the field once.

Next, we'll plant rapeseed.

Sow seeds, water them, and cover them with soil.

By the time everything was finished, it was already 1:30 PM.

Lu Fangfang ate fried small fish for breakfast, which was very oily, so she didn't feel hungry and simply continued cooking.

Planting potatoes requires large ridges, which is tiring work.

Lu Fangfang, holding a hoe, worked from south to north, and was covered in sweat after just one furrow.

She threw down her hoe, walked to the bank, found a shady spot, and plopped down on it.

"No wonder the women don't want to clear land; it's too tiring."

Lu Fangfang muttered to herself. She had only worked for two days and her whole body ached. She still had to water the crops and weed them until they were ripe. It was really hard work.

"A girl? A girl?"

"Sister Shufen, I'm here."

Hearing someone call her name, Lu Fangfang got up and waved.

Wang Shufen walked over quickly and took a military green water bottle off her neck. "Here, girl, have some water. Look at you, you don't even go back for dinner."

I wasn't very hungry at noon.

Lu Fangfang took the kettle and took a big gulp.

"Huh?"

Her eyes lit up and she smiled. "It's so sweet, Sister Shufen, did you put sugar in it?"

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