After counting the seeds in the cabin, Lu Qiqi opened the back door of the cabin and went to the place where she planted vegetables.

Before coming to Heshun Prefecture, she planted a lot of sweet potatoes in her spatial dimension, and now she can finally have a good harvest.

But when she saw sweet potato vines climbing all over the ground, she felt like slapping her own forehead to pieces.

She actually forgot to ridge the sweet potatoes, causing them to grow only seedlings and no roots.

Looking at the sweet potato vines covering the ground, Lu Qiqi thought of the yams she had dug up on her way to escape famine.

She planted quite a few in the space back then, and now that they've been dug up, the villagers can replant them.

Having made this decision, Lu Qiqi did not stay in the space for long.

Although time inside the space is not the same as outside, she was currently hungry and only wanted to eat.

The world is vast, but rice is the most important thing.

Let's finish eating first and then make plans.

Lu Qiqi washed her hands clean by the stream in the space before leaving.

She pushed open the door and heard that Lu Da and Li Changlong were still in the kitchen, so she went in to check.

Lu Da's fire hadn't even started yet, and Li Changlong was still kneading the dough.

While Li Changlong was kneading dough, Lu Qiqi added spiritual spring water to the leftover white porridge from this morning and continued to cook it, intending to eat it with the flatbread.

White porridge and spiritual spring water are simmered together, bubbling and bubbling, with a sweet and glutinous aroma wafting through the air.

Upon smelling the aroma, Lu Da chuckled and said, "This is the first time I've ever smelled such delicious congee for a second meal!"

Li Changlong took a deep breath, wishing he could inhale all the aroma. Hearing Lu Da's words, he said happily, "Qiqi's cooking is even better than the big restaurants in Luzhou Prefecture. Brother Lu, you're in for a treat today."

"It is my honor to taste the cooking of the Lord of Kang Le Township." Lu Da did not think Li Changlong was exaggerating at all; he only felt that Lu Qiqi seemed to know everything and was simply too amazing.

Lu Qiqi ignored the two of them. She had already digested what she ate this morning, and if they didn't cook it soon, she would be so hungry that she would see stars.

Once the congee was cooked again, Li Changlong started making pancakes.

He and Lu Da worked together seamlessly, and in no time, they had finished making the pancakes.

The fragrant pancakes were taken out of the pan and served on the square table in the main room along with white porridge.

Lu Qiqi took out three bowls and three pairs of chopsticks and said, "I'm so hungry."

"Then eat quickly," Li Changlong said as soon as he sat down, he ladled out a bowl of plain porridge for Lu Qiqi and picked out the best-made pancake, placing it in her bowl.

Lu Qiqi didn't stand on ceremony and buried her head in eating the pancakes and drinking the sweet and soft white porridge.

As her stomach gradually filled up, Lu Qiqi felt herself straightening up and regaining her strength.

Lu Da lowered his head and drank his porridge, completely puzzled. He had bought the rice for Lu Qiqi, so why was the porridge she cooked so delicious?

If he couldn't figure it out, he just let it go. Before he knew it, Lu Da had finished all the white porridge.

When he wanted to get another bowl, he found that there was only the bottom of the pot left, so he had to give up.

But deep down, he was planning to cook himself a meal and have a good drink when he got back tonight!

Lu Qiqi had been focused on eating and hadn't noticed Lu Da's subtle actions at all.

After the three of them had finished eating, Li Changlong stood up to clear the dishes. Lu Da, having already eaten, couldn't just sit there and not help, so he followed them into the kitchen.

Lu Qiqi planned to rest for a while before heading to Tianlong Village.

Before she could get up and go back to her room, she heard a noise at the gate of the courtyard.

"Now that we're here, don't try to persuade me to go back. Just come inside with me."

It was Niu Dahang's voice; judging from the noise, he was probably not the only one there.

As expected, a young man helped Niu Dahang into the house.

Niu Dahang bowed to Lu Qiqi, and the young man followed suit.

"No need for formalities, please sit down."

The young man glanced at Niu Dahang, who gave him a reassuring look before helping him sit down.

"Village Chief Niu, you fainted from a sudden stroke today. Why are you here as soon as you woke up? Didn't you say you'd come over when you were feeling better?"

Lu Qiqi's question was not without reason. She was afraid that the villagers would misunderstand and tell Niu Dahang that she was putting pressure on him to come to her as soon as he woke up.

Niu Dahang said, "As soon as I heard that the village chief had a way to solve the difficulties of Tianping Village, I couldn't stay still."

"He ran here as soon as he woke up, and I couldn't stop him no matter what I did," the young man said, his tone full of reproach.

After the man finished speaking, Niu Dahang quickly apologized, "Please forgive me, Your Excellency. This is my son, Niu Xiaozhou. He spoke unpleasantly. Please forgive him."

Lu Qiqi glanced at Niu Xiaozhou, who had dark skin, and thought that he was the same age as Li Changlong and was now the father of a two-year-old child.

She was pondering whether she should ask her third uncle and aunt to arrange a marriage for Li Changlong.

Niu Dahang assumed Lu Qiqi was displeased and silently watched the father and son, then whispered, "Village head?"

Lu Qiqi was called out by Niu Dahang, and her thoughts returned to her senses. She replied, "It's nothing."

He added, "You're right, I now have a way to change the current situation in Tianlong Village."

Upon hearing that there was a solution, Niu Dahang's hands began to tremble with excitement.

Looking at his smiling and excited expression, Lu Qiqi reminded him, "If you're not emotionally stable right now, let's talk later."

She didn't have many heart medications to give to Niu Dahang.

Niu Xiaozhou patted his father on the back to help him catch his breath.

Niu Dahang felt a little better and then said, "Go ahead and tell me, I'm fine."

Seeing that his complexion was fine, Lu Qiqi said, "The people of Tianping Village have been farming for generations. In the beginning, because the riverbed had just shifted and there was still groundwater, there were times when crops were plentiful."

Now, after the passage of time, the underground water in Tianping Village has long since been lost.

The crops are all grown in paddy fields.

If a paddy field doesn't store water, can it still be called a paddy field?

Moreover, the fields in Tianping Village are all sandy mud, so no amount of water can irrigate them.

"Why not abandon the paddy fields and treat them as dry land to grow vegetables?"

Lu Qiqi's words left the father and son looking at each other in bewilderment.

Niu Dahang lowered his head and considered the feasibility, then said, "Nowadays every household has land, and the whole village grows vegetables. Even if we take them all to the city to sell, we still can't sell them all."

In this era, information and transportation are inconvenient, making it impossible to transport goods to other cities for sale in a short time.

Vegetables have a short shelf life, and if they can't be sold, they will spoil. This dilemma is indeed difficult to solve.

However, Lu Qiqi never intended for Tianping Village to grow and sell all leafy green vegetables.

She said, "Sandy and muddy land has no other choice but to be used as dry land."

In Tianping Village, root vegetables can be grown on the loose, sandy soil.

Not only are the yields high, but you also don't have to worry about selling these vegetables.

For example, potatoes, radishes, sweet potatoes, and yams.