The village chief followed An Dashan into the house and went straight to the point without any nonsense. He said, "Dashan, is the winter wheat you planted reliable? Uncle wants to try it too."

Seeing that someone finally believed in him, An Dashan said, "Uncle Village Chief, I am 70% sure that this can succeed, but you must use the seeds from my family."

The village chief asked mysteriously, "Oh? But what's the difference between these seeds?"

An Dashan didn't know what the difference was. He only knew that An Ning told him that if anyone asked him how to plant winter wheat, he must tell them that only his seeds could be used, otherwise they wouldn't grow well. An Dashan nodded and whispered, "We bought this seed from a traveling merchant when we went to the county town last time. He also taught us how to plant it. We were afraid that we wouldn't be able to plant it, so we planted three acres of land first to try it out."

The village chief was a little undecided when he heard An Dashan's words, but he thought that if it worked, he could grow two crops every year, and even if it didn't work, it would only be a waste of one acre of seeds. So he said, "Dashan, do you have any extra seeds? Sell me one acre of seeds first."

An Dashan nodded and said, "No problem. I'll lend you one acre of seeds. If it works, you can return the seeds to me next year. If it doesn't, I'll give you the seeds for free."

The village chief immediately refused, saying, "How can that be possible? I want to buy the seeds myself. I will pay for the seeds regardless of whether they will be successful or not."

Seeing that the village chief was so persistent, An Dashan did not refuse and said, "Okay, since the village chief trusts me so much, I will not refuse. I will sell it to you at the current market price."

The village chief nodded and said, "Is this planting method any different from usual?"

An Dashan shook his head and said, "This is no different. You can just plant it the same way you normally plant wheat."

The village chief talked to An Dashan for a while, then took the seeds back home, ready to plant them the next day. So the villagers saw the village chief personally going to the fields and planting winter wheat the next day.

Some of the villagers with good brains have already thought about the feasibility of this matter, while those with bad brains are still laughing at the two families. However, the villagers are not rich, and no one has the courage to take out an acre of seeds for experiment like the village head's family, but they all start to quietly pay attention to the growth of these acres of winter wheat with the hope of success.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and it had been twelfth days since An Dashan's family planted winter wheat. On this day, when An Dashan and An Ning came to see whether the wheat had grown, they saw many villagers in their fields from afar, and they all looked very excited.

Seeing this, An Dashan hurried over. When everyone saw An Dashan coming, they all said, "Dashan, come and see, your wheat has sprouted."

When An Dashan heard this, he was very excited. He quickly walked to the edge of the field and saw that there were indeed a lot of seedlings in the field. He suddenly became excited.

At this time, the villagers nearby said, "Dashan, the seedlings have emerged now, but won't they freeze to death in winter?"

An Dashan was unsure about this, so he said, "I don't know about this either. Let's talk about it in winter." Seeing this, everyone slowly dispersed.

An Ning looked at the wheat seedlings in the field, which were growing fairly neatly, and felt relieved. At least it was a good start.

Two more days passed. The sky was a little gloomy that day, and it was expected to rain. Sure enough, it started to drizzle around noon.

An Ning was in a good mood. She was afraid that the land would become dry if it didn't rain, but she didn't expect it to rain today. But her good mood didn't last long. When she returned to her room, she looked at the room where it was drizzling and wanted to cry but couldn't.

An Dashan and Gao's room was not much better, the ground was wet. An Dashan quickly dug out the banknotes, silver and land deeds buried in the ground, and said to An Ning and Gao: "Let's go to sleep in the new house. After all, it's not considered moving if there's no fire there."

An Ning and Gao agreed with An Dashan's argument, so the three of them took all the important things to the new house and planned to live in the new house tonight. The furniture of the new house had been delivered a long time ago, and since the brazier was lit every day, there was no moisture.

There were newly made quilts on the beds. The fabrics of these quilts were all selected by An Ning, all of which were fine cotton. There were four quilts in total. The ones for An Dashan and Anyong were made of blue fabric, and the ones for Gao and An Ning were made of blue fabric with white flowers. They were all filled with thick cotton, which was both soft and warm. An Ning had also taken the new dresses that Gao had made for her and put them in the closet, otherwise they would be wasted if they were caught in the rain.

The rain never stopped. At dinner time, several people went to the old courtyard with umbrellas to cook. It was not complicated. We rolled a lot of noodles with white flour, stir-fried cabbage, cooked a big pot of hot noodle soup, and each person had an egg in his pocket. On a cold day, eating a big bowl of hot noodle soup made me feel much better.

After finishing their meal and clearing away the dishes, they returned to the new courtyard to sleep.

An Ning was a little wetted by the rain and felt a little uncomfortable, so after returning to the new room, she locked the door, went into the space, and took a comfortable hot bath in the bathroom of the space.

After taking a shower, she put on the new undershirt made by Gao, and went to the kitchen of the cabin to heat a cup of milk. After drinking a cup of hot milk, she returned to the room and got into bed. It had been a long time since she had covered herself with such a soft quilt. As soon as she got into bed, An Ning rolled over comfortably. Perhaps the milk helped her sleep, and she fell asleep soon after listening to the sound of rain outside.

The next day, when An Ning woke up, the rain outside had stopped and the sun had come out. An Ning went out and looked at the blue sky that looked like it had been washed by water. She stretched herself and felt that such a day was also very good.

Just as she was sighing, she saw An Dashan walking back with muddy feet. Seeing this, An Ning quickly asked, "Dad, where have you been? How did you get into this state?"

An Dashan said excitedly: "Daya, I went to the field and the wheat seedlings are growing well."

An Ning also said excitedly: "Really? I'll go and take a look after dinner."

An Dashan said, "Wait until the ground is not so wet, then go again. It's all mud."

As the two were talking, Gao shouted, "Come over and eat, or the food will get cold." An Ning and An Dashan hurried out of the courtyard and went to the old courtyard next door to eat.