With the help of the villagers, the wheat was finally threshed on the threshing floor. Just as Mr. Su had predicted, there were a total of 28 bags of various sizes. In the village, this was the best harvest ever.

Working into the evening, Li Zheng led several elderly villagers to pile the remaining wheat straw into haystacks. These haystacks could be used to replenish the hay supply or to feed the livestock. Liang Shuyan's family currently only had a donkey and no other livestock, but she would soon be buying a horse-drawn carriage, so not a single bit of the wheat straw could be wasted.

As evening approached, Liang Shuyan called everyone back to eat, but Li Zheng waved his hand and said, "No need, there's plenty of time for dinner. You all hurry up and bring the wheat home. The weather looks bad; it might rain in the next couple of days."

Liang Shuyan had no choice but to bring the grain back with her sons and temporarily store it in a small room. Once the new house was built, she specially built a two-story room to store the grain.

After Zhang prepared the meal, the family hurriedly ate a few bites and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Liang Shuyan's mood suddenly soured when she thought of Sanwang: "This Aunt Liu actually schemed against my son like this. Well, let Sanwang go out and hide for a while. I want to see what other tricks this Aunt Liu has up her sleeve."

Fortunately, the wheat harvest was completed, and the villagers helped us; otherwise, rain on the threshing ground would have been a major taboo.

When Liang Shuyan woke up, she found it was drizzling outside the window. She stretched, tidied herself up, and put on a thick coat. She saw a ditch not far from the door, with water flowing down, not very heavily, indicating that it had rained all night.

Surprisingly, a layer of lush green wheat seedlings had sprouted in the harvested wheat field. She was pleasantly surprised and went over to take a closer look. She found that the wheat seedlings were growing well and were dark green, clearly indicating that they had sufficient nutrients.

"If we leave these wheat seedlings to grow, maybe we can have another bumper harvest?" Liang Shuyan murmured, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Zhang was busy cooking in the kitchen, while Zhao Dashan was squatting under the eaves, talking to several craftsmen.

Niu Niu, however, was overjoyed with her new schoolbag and kept showing it off to Mr. Su.

Grandma Jin was used to Granny Liu's presence, but now that she was alone, she was a little bored. She picked up her wooden bucket and headed towards the chicken coop in the backyard.

If we can quickly apply fertilizer at this time, providing these wheat seedlings with enough nutrients for growth, they will soon grow up and be able to be harvested again. Wouldn't that be a great thing?

Liang Shuyan was about to tell Li Zheng about this when Li Zheng was already standing behind her.

“I’m telling you, Lizheng, look, these wheat seedlings have actually sprouted, and from a distance, they’re all lush and green.”

Li Zheng naturally didn't take these things seriously. He sighed and said, "These wheat seedlings are second-crop seedlings. They won't grow tall and will eventually be eaten by the village's livestock. They're useless."

"This one is different from the previous one. As long as we can quickly apply fertilizer and provide sufficient water, the wheat seedlings can grow and even head and mature just like the wheat we plant normally."

Li Zheng was still somewhat incredulous. After all these years, Li Zheng was an experienced farmer in the village, and he couldn't believe that wheat seedlings like these wouldn't grow tall. Besides, the key point was that the amount of sunshine was too short, so they simply couldn't ripen.

"That's true, but in our area, the hours of sunshine are so short, how can we wait until the wheat is ripe? Even the autumn crops planted in the fields are just barely ripe."

Liang Shuyan had her own opinion. She understood why Li Zheng thought that way, but she still insisted, "Li Zheng, look, we are all from the same village. There must be some basis for this. Why don't we give it a try? I have two plans. One is to fertilize and irrigate the wheat seedlings in the stubble field. The other is to cultivate the wheat seedlings in the stubble field and then plant millet, and plant radishes in the middle of the millet. Let's try them and see which one is better. We will continue to do this next year to ensure that the people of Daling Village will not lack food or drink!"

After thinking about it for a while, Li Zheng felt that what this mountain woman said wasn't unreliable. In this short period of time, her words seemed to be very useful. Take the tea house for example. Originally, everyone thought that wild grass on the mountain could not become tea, but she just didn't believe in this nonsense. She turned wild grass into tea and even opened a tea house.

After thinking for a while, Li Zheng said, "How about this, we all follow the second plan, plow up the stubble fields, plant millet and radishes, and see if this works?"

She didn't disagree with Liang Shuyan's second plan, but she felt it would be a waste to plow all the wheat seedlings that had grown out.

"It seems you still don't believe that wheat can grow in stubble fields. How about this, we plant millet and radishes in all the empty land in our yard and see how it goes. Since these wheat seedlings have already sprouted in the field, why don't we stop tilling and give it a try?"

Li Zheng nodded: "Alright, since you've put it that way, as the village head, I still need to discuss it with everyone. If we can reach an agreement, then let's do it this way!"

Liang Shuyan told Li Zheng about this and then returned home. Chunyan prepared a meal for her, and after a quick meal, she assigned tasks to the children.

Jin Erniu's family remained at the martial arts school, with no exceptions, and no further arrangements were made.

Jin Dashan was in charge of teaching the children to draw at the school. He finished in an hour because Liang Shuyan decided to have Dashan help out at the construction site of the new house. Although it was all stone now, if no one looked after it, there was no guarantee that the stones wouldn't be damaged if left there.

"Dashan, after you finish teaching the children to draw, hurry up and check on the house construction site. See if they need any help. Also, make sure to check the amount of materials every day!"

“Zhao Heng, Mr. Su hasn’t been feeling well these past few days. You’ll be in charge of teaching the children, and then come to the construction site to help Da Shan with his work.”

"Big sister, there's no one home. Why don't you stay and cook for us? There are so many of us, we still need to eat."

After assigning tasks, Liang Shuyan went to the teahouse. There were fewer people there because Aunt Liu and Yinxia were gone. Chunyan and several girls from the village were working in an orderly manner.

When Old Liu saw Liang Shuyan come in, he quickly greeted her with a smile: "Auntie, you're here. Look at the mess my wife has made, I'm so embarrassed."

"It's alright, that's the children's business. You just stay here and take care of packing and counting. I won't treat you unfairly!"