After the two troublemakers were thrown out of the compound, they looked at each other, patted their butts, ignored each other, and went their separate ways.

Mrs. Li thought to herself, although the second family was annoying, at least the task was completed. She didn't know when she would get the industrial ticket.

Mrs. Li spat inwardly and said, "If it weren't for those two industrial tickets, I wouldn't want to cooperate with this person. But it's a pity about the bag of food in Lao Si's room. It would be great if he could carry it back."

Technician Li was furious about his eldest and second sisters-in-law. He had promised to hand over his salary before the wedding, and he had done so for years, but he didn't expect them to push him further, so he had no choice but to ignore their feelings.

Technician Li took out the food and borrowed a stove from next door. He boiled chestnuts at the bottom and steamed sweet potatoes and potatoes on top. The brothers and sisters ate until they were full.

"Let's go home and I'll settle accounts with them!"

Technician Li pushed the cart, and the five brothers and sisters chatted all the way back to the Heyan Brigade.

"Call out the eldest and second brothers!"

Li Xiuyuan hurried to knock on the doors of the eldest and second sons.

When the two families came out, the eldest and second sisters-in-law saw them and started cursing at them, calling Technician Li an ungrateful person and a heartless person.

The eldest brother lowered his head and said nothing, while the second brother pulled his wife's arm. After being scolded by the other party, he could only look helpless and remain silent.

Technician Li saw it all. He couldn't understand why his eldest and second brothers had become so different after they got married. He remembered a year of famine when he was a child, when the whole family went out to beg for food. He was so hungry he had no strength left on the road. His eldest brother got into a fight with a group of beggars for food, and returned bloodied with a wild vegetable dumpling to feed him.

There was also his second brother. When he was a child, he often took him out to play. Whenever someone bullied him, his second brother would always stand in front of him and fight with them.

However, these elder and second brothers disappeared completely after they got married.

After they got married, they seemed to have hardly spoken to each other anymore. Everything was handled by the eldest and second sisters-in-law.

Technician Li sneered. He had finally figured it out. He had a brotherly bond with his eldest and second brothers, and nothing to do with these two women. If they came forward, don't blame him for being ruthless!

After figuring this out, Technician Li stopped worrying about it.

"I came back today to inform you that I will not be handing over my salary. You can make a scene or argue, I'm not afraid. I won't eat or live at home, so even if I have to pay my parents' pension, it's not time yet."

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li couldn't believe their ears. They asked with wide eyes, "What did you say? You won't hand it over?"

"Yes, I won't! If I have to pay for my retirement, I can't be the only one to pay. You have to pay too!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Mrs. Li yelled. "You want us to pay? Where are we going to get the money?"

"Yes! We have no money. We gave all our money to you to find a job. Where do we get the money?" the second sister-in-law continued.

Technician Li shook his head and said, "The money I spent on finding a job wasn't even as much as the money you spent on your wedding! I won't need any money from my family to get married! I've already paid it back! I've been paying it back for several years now. It's almost two or three thousand. Isn't that enough? I also regularly send home various agricultural and industrial coupons, as well as food. Oh, and those few bags of grain from last year. You're still greedy, but I'm making this clear today: if you want to take more money from me, it's absolutely impossible!"

After saying this, Technician Li turned and walked out. When he reached the door, he stopped and said to his eldest and second sisters-in-law, "By the way, if you want to go out and have fun, wait until the Lantern Festival. It's the Lantern Festival, so there will be a lot of people and it will be lively!"

Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er looked at each other and couldn't believe that the fourth brother, who had always allowed them to bully him, was so tough today. It was not until the figure of Technician Li disappeared into the night that they reacted.

Mrs. Li refused to comply and rolled on the ground, while Mrs. Li II cried and wailed, saying she couldn't live any longer.

Li's parents were at their wit's end. Mother Li was so anxious that she kept wiping away tears.

Instead, the other brothers and sisters looked at them coldly as they acted foolishly.

Technician Li left home feeling relaxed. He rode his bike and felt that the cold wind on this winter night was nothing special.

Time flies, spring comes and flowers bloom. During this period, although Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li's second wife came to make trouble several times, the guard, under the order of Mrs. Cai, refused to let them in. The two had no choice but to return home in disappointment.

***

It was another spring famine. No one could have imagined that in this era of famine, not a single person would die of starvation in Xinjin County.

Daqing Mountain's harvest was plentiful. In the chilly spring, Jiaojiao had the Bird Fairy sow seeds there. The wild vegetables grown in this space were cold-resistant and grew quickly. Within a few days, Daqing Mountain was covered in lush greenery.

There is an abundance of wild vegetables this year, and they pop up every day like bamboo shoots after rain.

Wangjia Village, Fengjia.

"Mrs. Feng, how are the sweet potato seedlings growing?" The captain smiled like a sunflower.

Last year, she'd casually taken out sweet potato seedlings, and the villagers, with their own filters, wouldn't have pressed the issue. This year, the county government took notice, and Old Lady Feng couldn't be as careless as she was last year. She cleared out her backyard, and the village youths helped her plow the soil twice. She also had people bring up a lot of fertile black soil from the mountains and spread it around the yard before she began raising the seedlings.

Jiaojiao and Old Lady Feng also wanted to experiment with how the second-generation sweet potato seedlings would grow without the space and spiritual spring. It wasn't going well, so they had to ask Jiaojiao to add some more water.

However, it turned out that even without the spiritual spring water, these sweet potatoes performed very well, with a high germination rate, fast growth, and strong seedlings.

The sweet potatoes taken away by Technician Li were also properly managed. Experts carefully tended them at the right temperature. After the seedlings were grown, they were distributed. The experimental village chosen was Sixing Village near Daqing Mountain.

Xinjin County had two snowfalls this winter, and the wheat is growing well. After the sweet potatoes are planted in April, it's only a month until the wheat harvest!

The villagers' mouths watered at the thought of the fragrant white flour buns. After enduring for more than half a year, they could finally eat a decent staple food!

When the wheat enters the grain filling period, the people of Wangjia Village go out early and return late every day to water and fertilize the wheat fields to ensure the supply of water and fertilizer.

Section Chief Kong, who hadn't been seen for a long time, took a few people on a tour of the Wangjia Village fields and praised them, "Yes, your wheat from Wangjia Village is better than other fields! Look at these grains, they're plump. This year's yield is sure to be high!"

The captain tolerated his ignorance, but was too lazy to argue with him and just laughed and agreed.

He appeared inexplicably and no one knew where he came from. The captain was alert and didn't dare to say much.

After Section Chief Kong and a group of people left, the team leader hurried to Old Lady Feng's house without caring that the work in the fields had not been finished.

"Hurry up, Old Lady Feng! Let Jiaojiao figure out for me why Section Chief Kong came to our fields. I'm so panicked!"

Jiaojiao was woken from her nap. Her big, bright black eyes were watery. She pouted and looked at the team leader. After a long pause, she said, "Oh!" "After the wheat harvest, Secretary Wang wanted to report an inflated wheat yield. He said that our Wangjia Village had been designated as an experimental field since last year, which is why we had a bumper sweet potato harvest and giant pumpkins. This year, they want all the wheat to be handed over."