Good heavens!

Is the Mo family growing and selling vegetables?

I've never heard of this!

They hid it well!

And another thing, with so much food, are we sure we can finish it all?

Look! On the other side, there are rows of low, green vegetables. I don't know what they're called; I've never seen them before. They grow in rows, following the contours of the land!

They wouldn't believe it even if you beat them to death if they thought it wasn't for sale!

Ah! The lush green fields in the farm are so lovely; you can't help but feel restless and itchy to take a look!

So, Gao Yuchen and his group very habitually jumped into the vegetable garden, bending down and squatting down to turn over and dig the soil, their movements were so uniform and smooth!

Old Mo felt inexplicably gratified. Look at these people, they really care about people's livelihood and feelings. They don't mind that the muddy ground is dirty and smelly, and they even use their hands to touch and squeeze this and that!

Alas! The county magistrate should be a good person, but his county has always been too poor, and changing that won't be easy!

But this kind of heartwarming gesture warms the hearts of ordinary people like them!

It's better than those high-ranking officials who make grand promises and boast on the surface, but then lie around doing nothing!

Those attendants, judging from their appearance, must have been running around a lot on weekdays, doing whatever their master did, and they just stood there blankly!

Gao Yuchen and his group completely forgot that there was an old man named Mo in the field.

"Oh my! These vegetables look just like the greens we had on the table before! They're still so green and fresh, and they taste so smooth and tender! You kept saying how delicious they were! They must be these vegetables!"

"That's right! It must be! I was wondering why the Mo family had such a big plate of vegetables on the table. How much vegetables did they have to buy? Vegetables are so expensive right now, they're almost as expensive as meat! The Mo family is willing to buy them! Tsk tsk! Turns out they don't need to buy them, they have plenty at home, more than they can eat!"

"They only pick the leaves to eat. Look, this leaf has been plucked quite a bit, leaving only a bunch of stems. It's quite bare! These dark green ones are a bit old, probably not very tasty, so they're left! New shoots have sprouted from this branch. It seems these vegetables have been plucked and grown back, so we can keep eating them!"

"Yes, yes, yes! This stuff is delicious and lasts a long time, let's plant some too! Let's plant some in the corner of the county government office, then we won't have to go anywhere to pick it whenever we want! We'll ask the Mo family for some seeds later, and then ask them how to plant it!"

"This whole plot of land is planted with crops. Can the Mo family eat it all? Look, this land is newly reclaimed, so it must be newly planted! This whole area is growing very vigorously, with tender and beautiful leaves. But why does that other patch not seem to be doing so well? It's not as dense or as lush and green!"

"Do you think this land belongs entirely to the Mo family? You can't forbid others from planting it too! Everyone has different planting and care methods, so naturally the crops will be different! How can they all look the same? Even if it's planted by the same person, different watering and fertilizing methods will result in different growths!"

"The boss is right!"

The group chatted loudly as if they were in their own backyard, oblivious to the presence of others.

They only remembered Old Man Mo at the last minute, and they all chuckled a little embarrassedly.

Old Mo didn't feel embarrassed at all; it just meant that what they grew was pleasing to people, which was a great comfort to him!

Who wouldn't want their hard work to be seen?

"Uncle Mo, there are so many dishes, can you finish them all?"

Finally, Master Chen couldn't help but ask the question that had been on his mind.

Old Mo chuckled and said, "If we can't finish them, let them grow, it's fine! We didn't plant that many! Don't be fooled by your eyes! What we planted are called sweet potato vines. There are two types: one for eating the leaves and one for eating the tubers underground. They all look the same! We planted a large area of ​​the leaf-eating variety here, and the rest of the land is planted with tubers! Those tubers are so sweet and delicious, and they grow in abundance and are quite large. Two of them are enough to fill you up!"

Wow! They even categorized it? I'm sorry, they didn't even notice!

What? It's sweet, delicious, and filling—isn't this exactly what they've been looking for?!

The mute woman was right!

There really was a big surprise in the field!

They had been searching for so long without success, and now they had found two at once. It was like a surprise falling from the sky and knocking them unconscious!

When drought strikes, what is the most important thing?

It's a problem of food for ordinary people!

Drought and lack of rain will reduce crop yields, and there may even be no harvest at all. Without food, how can people survive?

If they can't hold on, it won't just be one or two people who starve to death; it will be groups and entire communities!

So their work began as soon as signs of drought appeared, trying to find ways to ensure that people wouldn't go hungry, or at least not starve to death!

"Uncle Mo, how are these sweet potato vines grown? Are they planted from seeds?"

Master Chen asked again.

If you use seeds, it will take a very long time for them to germinate, grow into seedlings, and grow into adulthood. It takes a long time in between!

They were worried they wouldn't be able to wait that long because the water was gradually decreasing. They definitely needed to water the plants when they were first planted, but if there was no water later, they wouldn't survive!

Besides, the germination rate of the seeds is not high, and they will be eaten by birds and insects. Not many will actually grow, so it's difficult to promote them!

Old Mo shook his head, "We don't need seeds. We just cut off a section of vine, bury it in the ground, water and fertilize it, and it grows slowly!"

Gao Yuchen and the others' eyes lit up. This is great! They can grow as soon as they're planted in the soil, which greatly increases the survival rate!

But a new problem has arisen: where can we find so many sweet potato vines to pluck?

Quite a few people in Changna Village have planted these sweet potato vines; many have followed suit and planted a lot, but they haven't been seen in other places!

It won't be easy to promote this. First of all, the sweet potato vines are a problem. Who would be willing to cut so many vines for them?

You have to understand, they are very poor right now. It's really unrealistic for them to buy it with money; they don't have the money!

Sigh! We saw hope, but then encountered another major problem!

When Old Mo heard what they said, he knew they wanted to plant, assuming they only wanted to plant one or two plots of land. He generously said, "If you want to plant, you can cut the plants here as you like, but don't cut them too badly. Leave some roots so they can grow again!"

Master Chen and his group were deeply moved. Look, Uncle Mo didn't hesitate at all. Who said he would just give it away? He could pinch it however he wanted!

I wonder how long it would have taken for these plants to grow so densely after I pinched them! They put so much effort into planting them!

"Uncle Mo, thank you so much! But we don't need just a little, we might need a lot, well, let me put it this way, we're planning to have some people grow it too. Although I didn't see the kind of potato you mentioned, you said it's delicious, so it must be very delicious! We were thinking that if more people grow it, it can solve some people's food problem!"

Old Mo paused. There were so many of them! He couldn't make that decision, and besides, he didn't have that many!

Knowing that Master Chen wanted to promote the idea so that others could also have food and not go hungry, Old Man Mo really wanted to help. This was a good thing! He worked hard for the people because he didn't want them to go hungry!

We have to help!

"The mute woman will definitely have a way!"