"The first step in our salt production is to bring seawater into the salt pans," Su Huaiyue said, pointing to a flat stretch of sand not far away. "We'll use hoes and shovels to dig small holes in the sand. These holes will become our salt pans."

As Su Huaiyue was talking, the villagers picked up their tools and started working on the beach, learning every detail very seriously.

They dug out neat little pits, each about one meter square and about twenty centimeters deep.

After digging the small pit, Su Huaiyue instructed them to build a small earthen ridge on the edge of the pit to prevent seawater from flowing out.

"Next, we need to bring seawater into the salt pans." Su Huaiyue continued, "We can use bamboo poles and ropes to build a simple water tank to bring seawater from the seashore into the salt pans."

Following Su Huaiyue's instructions, the villagers went to the forest behind to find some thick bamboo poles, tied them together with ropes to form a long water trough.

Then, they dug a small pit at the starting point of the flume, introduced seawater into the flume, and then transported the seawater to each salt field through the flume.

"After the seawater is introduced into the salt pans, we need to expose it to the sun." Su Huaiyue looked up at the scorching sun in the sky and said, "The sun's heat will gradually evaporate the water in the seawater, and the salt will slowly precipitate out."

The villagers waited patiently, sitting beside the salt pans. From time to time, they scooped up the seawater from the salt pans with wooden boards and sprinkled it evenly on the salt pans to speed up the evaporation of the water. As time went by, the seawater in the salt pans became less and less, and white salt crystals began to precipitate at the bottom of the salt pans.

"Look, salt crystals are coming out!" a villager shouted in surprise.

Everyone gathered around and saw that the bottom of the salt field was covered with a layer of white salt crystals, which were crystal clear and sparkling.

Su Huaiyue picked up a small shovel, gently scooped up the salt crystals, and put them into a bamboo basket.

"Great! This is the salt we make ourselves." Su Huaiyue said to the villagers with a smile, "Once all the salt in these salt fields is precipitated, there will be no more salt shortages. There will be enough for us villagers to use."

The villagers looked at the salt they made with their own hands, and their hearts were filled with a sense of accomplishment and pride.

They knew that with this salt, they would no longer have to be bullied by those people in the Hu Mansion.

Moreover, they can also distribute the surplus salt to the people in other villages in Dongzhou. Those people are not only suffering from famine, but now they are also facing the dilemma of salt shortage. They have to find a way to solve the problem.

By the afternoon, the salt fields were almost diluted. Su Huaiyue and Wei Che took some people back, and the rest continued to make salt here.

On the way, Su Huaiyue and Wei Che talked about the idea of ​​supporting the surrounding counties and villages.

Wei Che agreed. "The imperial court's letter to Lord Li also specified that the famine in Dongzhou must be resolved before we can continue our journey. Now that the famine hasn't been resolved, and a salt shortage has struck, it's clear that the Hu family wants the Wei family to never recover. You're right. Prospering Wangjia Village alone won't do. We need to save the entire Dongzhou."

After returning, they gathered everyone together and said, "Let's go to the fields to see how the harvest is, and pick some vegetables to transport to the surrounding villages and towns to alleviate the famine problem of the people everywhere."

In the past, these villagers might not have been willing to be so generous, but now they have experienced famine themselves, and some have returned from other places, so they can naturally empathize with them and know that there are many places that have experienced the same thing as they did.

Therefore, the villagers still chose to believe Su Huaiyue.

Su Huaiyue stood on the edge of the field, looking at the green fields, with endless emotion surging in her heart.

Since she and the Wei family were exiled here, they have gone through countless difficult days.

But it was these days that made her more determined to lead the villagers out of their predicament.

"Sister-in-law, look over there!" Wei Yunrou excitedly pointed to a vegetable field in the distance, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Su Huaiyue smiled slightly and looked in the direction Wei Yunrou directed her. She saw lush green vegetables growing well in the vegetable field, as if telling them the joy of a good harvest.

On the other side, rows of crops swayed in the wind, most of them were close to maturity.

She walked across the fields, squatted down, gently parted the rice ears, carefully checked the fullness of the rice grains, and casually broke open a corn, revealing the golden kernels, and she felt relieved.

"Looking at the quality of the rice and corn, most of them are ready for harvest." Su Huaiyue stood up and said to the villagers, "Let's split up now. Some people will be responsible for harvesting, and some will prepare transportation. We will try to deliver the food to where it is needed as soon as possible."

Upon hearing the command, the villagers immediately got busy, and the fields suddenly became bustling with activity. Villagers holding sickles shuttled through the rice fields, skillfully harvesting the rice, and bundles of golden rice ears were neatly stacked on the ridges.

On the other side, young and strong villagers were busy cleaning and repairing horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts, checking whether the wheels and axles were firm, and laying a thick layer of straw in the carriages to prevent the grain from being damaged during transportation.

Su Huaiyue was not idle either. She secretly took out some simple medical supplies and medicines from the system space, and then asked the grain transport team to send them to various villages and towns.

At the same time, she also sat down with Wei Che and the village chief to carefully plan the transportation route. Taking into account the disaster situation and distance of the surrounding villages, she reasonably arranged the order of delivering food.

After some intense and orderly preparations, the grain was harvested and the full horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts were ready.

Su Huaiyue stood at the entrance of the village, watching the teams of horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts loaded with grain slowly drive out. She felt a little reluctant, but also full of hope.

These grains carry the goodwill and hope of Wangjia Village and will bring hope and strength of life to the surrounding people.

But the things grown in the fields are seasonal after all. Although the harvest is good, there is not much left for each family, and it is a question whether they can survive the winter.

Su Huaiyue suddenly remembered that there were 500 old hens rewarded by the system in the space, so he hurriedly made a simple fence and secretly placed it in front of the open space in the vegetable garden on the back mountain when no one was paying attention.

The first one to discover it was Wei Che.

"Where did you get so many chickens?"

"If I say I have super powers, would you believe it?" Su Huaiyue looked at Wei Che seriously.

Wei Che looked at him as if he was a fool.

Su Huaiyue pouted, "It's boring. I asked Ma Youwei to buy them from the large breeders in the surrounding area. I thought that people can't just rely on farming to make a living. It would be more stable to focus on both agriculture and animal husbandry."

Wei Che put away his puzzled look and suddenly became full of admiration. "You really have...changed a lot."