Xu Han has been busy with composting and planting flowers these past two days, and hasn't had time to clean the Taoist priest's room yet. She must clean it tomorrow.

Otherwise, the Taoist priest would definitely have scolded him severely. He had already written back in advance, but he hadn't even cleaned the room or tidied the bedding. Anyone would be disappointed and angry in that situation.

"Everyone's tired today, so let's get some rest and a good night's sleep tonight," Grandpa Zhao said.

"Okay, you go back first, we'll go to sleep in a bit."

"Okay, don't stay up too late, go to bed early. You must be exhausted these past few days. Get some rest and prepare for spring planting."

“Spring plowing might be even more tiring than this, so let’s take a break,” Lu Chuan replied.

After Grandpa Zhao left, Xu Han went to bathe the child, while Lu Chuan quickly cleaned up the mess in the house.

After the children fell asleep, only Lu Chuan and Xu Han were left in the room.

Xu Han used her mind to scan the contents of the space and then tidied them up.

Then she told Lu Chuan about the situation inside the space, and the two of them took stock of it together.

This way we can know how many rice seeds to cultivate in a couple of days, and how many soybeans and corn to plant later.

"The grain I bought was enough to last seven years, but because there are many people in my family and we didn't control how much we ate, now we only have enough grain left to last for a little over two years."

There's still plenty of rice and wheat left, but the main problem is that dark flour and the like sell out quickly.

The leftover dark flour from the flour we ground a while ago is almost gone. We'll need to grind some more in a couple of days, otherwise the dogs won't have any staple food.

"Are there still many sweet potatoes and potatoes left? You can feed them to the dogs."

"There aren't many left. The potatoes were just planted and won't be ready for harvest for long."

Let's plant more sweet potatoes this year. Although eating too many sweet potatoes isn't good, we can't say we shouldn't let them have enough to eat.

These dogs eat so much! They're like bottomless pits.

"It's alright, we can start planting grains this year. If we plant more, it will definitely be enough to eat," Lu Chuan comforted him.

Actually, the other family members ate quite a lot too. The amount of food Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest ate in one meal was equivalent to what Xu Han and Grandpa Zhao ate in a whole day.

Grandpa Zhao ate a little less, but a grown man needs at least two bowls of rice to feel full.

No one in the family tried to save food; they ate as much as they wanted. So, the amount of food they used was naturally more than they had anticipated.

For the first four years, we ate grain for more than a year, and that doesn't even include the miscellaneous grains we grew at home.

When we bought the grain, we bought enough for seven years. Later, we were worried that it wouldn't be enough, so we bought more. We figured that with the sweet potatoes we had at home to supplement our diet, it should be enough.

Unexpectedly, they still ate too much. Judging from this situation, if they continue to eat like this, they will probably only be able to eat for about two more years.

However, Xu Han is not worried. They have already started composting. If they farm properly, they will at least have enough to eat, regardless of how much grain they harvest.

"There's still a lot of rice left in the space right now because we've been eating a little less rice. We can eat more rice later, and everyone likes it."

"Yes, we can make more. It's easier to make noodles, while cooking rice requires stir-frying vegetables, which is a bit more troublesome."

Everyone seems to enjoy rice with stir-fried dishes. If conditions allow and we have enough vegetables, let's eat more rice.

"Okay, the vegetable garden outside will be ready to harvest in a while, so the vegetables will be available soon."

There might not be much fruit left, but everyone likes to eat fruit, so they ate it quickly.

“I see that some of the fruit trees in the orchard have already blossomed. Although there won’t be many fruits this year, we can still pick some. We should be able to eat them.”

Lu Chuan thought for a moment and then asked, "Is there enough meat? If not, I'll go deep into the mountains in a while."

"There's enough meat. We stocked up on a lot of different kinds of meat back then. We don't need to go out. We'll check the remaining situation in winter. If it's not enough, we'll hunt some more in the winter and store it for next spring."

"Well, then let's see how things go this year and plant more grain. As the saying goes, 'With grain in hand, one has nothing to fear.' If we can plant some, we'll plant a little. If we don't have enough land, we'll clear some wasteland nearby to plant grain."

"That's a good idea. If a real war breaks out, food won't be easy to buy. Even if you have money, you might not be able to get it."

Yuanqing Kingdom has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made calamities in recent years, and its biggest shortage is undoubtedly food. Rather than relying on buying grain, we should plant more ourselves now.

"But we can't plant too many. Our family is small, and we won't be able to manage if we plant too many," Xu Han agreed.

"Just plant as many as you can. If you stagger the planting times, the harvest times will be different, so you can still get some harvest."

"Alright, now that I've figured it out, we don't need to skimp on food anymore. We can just keep things the same as before. We need to make sure everyone is well-fed."

I refuse to believe it. Surely what we've grown in these three years isn't enough to eat?

Lu Chuan couldn't help but laugh at his wife's expression. He cheerfully said to Xu Han, "There's definitely enough food, don't worry about cooking."

"It's getting late, let's get some rest. We have a lot to do tomorrow."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she lay down to go to sleep. Seeing this, Lu Chuan quickly blew out the light and then lay down to sleep as well.

The next morning, Xu Han got up early. Things were different now than before. Before, there was no work to do, so she could sleep in.

There's a mountain of work to do every day, and even if Xu Han is carefree, she can't sleep.

After getting up, I first made breakfast, added firewood to the stove, and then went to the backyard to feed the chickens, ducks, and geese.

There are so many mouths to feed, so usually after the family members get up, they immediately go to the backyard to feed the livestock.

If you feed them a little late, they'll chatter incessantly and make a lot of noise.

After coming out of the backyard, breakfast was ready. Xu Han first served Lu Chuan and Grandpa Zhao's breakfast to let it cool down so it wouldn't be too hot to eat later.

He called out to the two men at the courtyard gate, "Dinner's ready." Without waiting for their response, he went to the main room.

After waking Mu'er up and helping him wash up, the two of them went to have breakfast.

After breakfast, Lu Chuan and Grandpa Zhao continued to work in the wasteland outside. First, they watered the vegetables, and then they went to the orchard to water the fruit trees.

Today's main task is watering. After watering all the plants, I'll tidy up the land a bit if I can. If I don't have time, I'll leave it for tomorrow.