The clan elder nodded, thinking to himself, "Isn't that just nonsense?" He had been observing for a long time, but he didn't know if the eldest son's rice seeds were different from theirs. If possible…

"Ah Sheng, do you think it's possible for Da Wa's family to sell us some rice seeds? We can buy them or exchange them with rice, either way is fine. You and Da Wa's mother can talk to each other about it when you have some free time?"

Chen Sheng's heart skipped a beat. Yes, he had heard that other people's seeds were bought from the city. Could they be different from theirs? That wouldn't do. Although he was the village head, as a grassroots worker similar to a street administrator, his main job was still farming! Although he couldn't compare to the professional farmers, he still knew a lot about the things in the fields. The importance of seeds to the harvest was self-evident.

“Uncle, you’re right. I’ll go talk to Da Wa’s mother tomorrow and see if we can exchange some rice seeds.” Gone was the cheerful smile from before; Chen Sheng said very seriously.

Seeing that the other party had taken it to heart, the old man nodded, puffed on his pipe, and left, leaving Chen Sheng pondering in the field.

He thought to himself that Da Wa's mother had planted two acres of rice, and selling the seeds would be enough for their village. However, he couldn't let her suffer a loss, so he insisted on paying her for the best quality seeds. He would either have to exchange them for milled rice, otherwise it really wouldn't make sense.

Besides Da Wa's family, a few other households also planted paddy fields using the rice transplanting method. Let's go and see how their harvest is. Those households used ordinary seeds, so if their harvest is the same, then we'll save a lot of effort.

The same thing happened at Old Wang's house. When he first started farming, the villagers scoffed at the new method he introduced. They said they had been farming for half their lives and had never heard of such a method. This wasn't like fruit tree branches; even if the trees survived, they wouldn't harvest much grain! Some of the more radical old farmers even said it was a waste of food and would bring divine retribution!

Old Wang didn't care at all, but Old Han was indignant. She stepped forward and chased away the gossipy people in her own field, saying, "What does my harvest have to do with you? It's like taking off your pants to fart—completely pointless! Did we eat any of your grain? If you have nothing to do, get out of my way!"

"That's right, just close your doors and live your own lives. Do you think my Wang family eats and drinks from your food? Why should you meddle in our business? When my family was starving, you weren't this enthusiastic!" Daya thought Grandma's words were brilliant! She almost couldn't help but applaud! She couldn't help but say a few more words.

Old Mrs. Han tapped her forehead helplessly, but her granddaughter was right.

You said you were worried about damaging your reputation and making it harder to find a spouse later? Oh dear, you're overthinking it!

First of all, whether someone is easy to marry or not doesn't really depend on that. As long as they haven't done anything improper with each other while still in the girl's family, it's not a big deal! Besides, Da Ya has a strong temper; some honest families would actually prefer their sons to have a strong-willed wife!

Her eldest daughter has another major advantage: she can earn money! The Han couple aren't stingy, and they've even said that half of what the eldest daughter earns can be kept as her dowry.

Therefore, Old Mrs. Han supports her granddaughter in expressing her own thoughts. In other words, as Da Wa's mother said, it's about being yourself. While being virtuous and kind is important, one cannot suppress one's own personality. Otherwise, it's easy to pretend for a while, but it's difficult to pretend for a lifetime!

Women, it's also very important for you to live a happy life.

When the crowd saw Old Madam Han come out, they didn't know what to say anymore. Those who were on good terms with the Wang family quickly persuaded everyone to disperse.

After this incident, no one dared to say anything more! After all, this was their own family matter, and whether the harvest was good or bad had nothing to do with them.

Of course, apart from a few people, most people believed that the Wang family's rice harvest was bound to be poor, which would be a waste of food!

Many women who didn't get along with Old Han were waiting to see the Wang family make a fool of themselves when the rice was harvested!

However, along the way, from the growth of the seedlings, flowering, and heading to the golden rice bending the stalks, Da Ya's rice always seemed to be much better than theirs, and many old farmers couldn't sit still any longer.

He yelled at his own short-sighted, ignorant younger relatives, then went to Old Wang's house and shamelessly asked for advice on new methods of rice cultivation...

Time flies, and the harvest season is here in the blink of an eye.

When the children have a holiday from the private school, they can have a blast.

Schools in this era also had holidays, but unlike in later times, most of the time these holidays were to coincide with the agricultural seasons, and the students would go home to help with the harvest.

Even knowing they have to go home to work is a relief for the children of farmers. During this time, the adults in the family will be working, so they'll naturally need to eat and drink well. Not only will their meals change from two to three a day, but they'll also be eating dry rice!

Even those families with better conditions could slaughter chickens and buy meat to increase their family's nutrition! The boys, who were already quite big eaters, had been drinking thin porridge with their families for many days, and finally they could eat solid rice, which was truly a cause for celebration.

Similarly, it is also a time to test their physical strength. Appropriately increasing physical exercise will help children cherish the opportunity to go to school more.

The Qin family also needed to harvest rice, and the eldest son and the others were eager to try. Except for Anan, who hadn't done much farm work, the eldest son, Lu Song, and Xiao Er had all done it before, and the eldest son used to be the main breadwinner of the family.

On such an important day, the whole family naturally has to be present.

The fields of several families were adjacent to each other, so after discussing it, they decided to harvest together to improve efficiency. Qin San Niang and Liu Shi naturally had no objections.

The group took sickles and went to the field. Gu Qingshan and Da Wa had already drained the water from the paddy field, so the harvesting was relatively easy.

When Qin San Niang took a look, she thought it was quite simple, similar to harvesting wheat; all she had to do was cut it with a sickle and put it together.

However, she seemed to have forgotten the saying, "ambitions can be high, but skills can be low."

After cutting the rice for a while, Qin San Niang felt her hands and feet ache and her hands were burning. She thought to herself, "Every grain of rice is hard-earned!" Harvesting rice by hand is too difficult!

The others weren't much better, but they were still much better than her!

Even Liao Hongying's cutting was quite skillful; aside from being a little slow, there was nothing to criticize.