However, he overlooked one thing: just because he didn't want to raise them didn't mean Zhong Qingyi didn't want to. Upon learning that the three sows Song Tantan had brought back were all pregnant, Zhong Qingyi pre-ordered two piglets.

Ye Moxun: "..." Okay, he can help cut pig feed.

Originally, when helping Song Tantan find pig feed, he had a choice; he could skip it when he was feeling lazy. But now that he was raising pigs himself, he couldn't be lazy anymore, unless he raised them to be skin and bones.

Knowing his thoughts, Song Tantan scoffed, "Forget it, you'd starve to death if you relied on pigs. Uncle Zhong dotes on you so much, he would never let you be in charge of raising pigs. He would definitely take care of all the work."

Ye Moxun touched the tip of his nose and did not refute. His uncle always felt sorry for him because of his weak health and would not let him do any work.

"By the way, has the system reacted recently?" Although Song Tantan goes out for a stroll every day as if nothing is wrong, she always keeps the Water Curtain Cave incident in mind, fearing that bad guys might suddenly jump out and harm people.

"No." Ye Moxun shook his head.

"After a while, once the busy farming season is over, we'll gather the whole village together to practice martial arts and learn to read and write." Life has to get back on track. Right now, the adults are busy clearing land. Once the land is cleared, they'll plant crops.

There's no time to plant rice in the first half of the year; we'll have to wait and see if we can plant it in the second half. This place should be able to grow two crops, right? But we'll see once we try. We can plant corn, millet, and sweet potatoes first…

Sigh, actually Song Tantan only knows how to grow rice. She's not good at growing other grains. Her aunt knows more about them than she does. Never mind, she'll just be responsible for providing the seeds. Let the villagers who know how to farm handle the farming.

The adults worked hard to clear the land, while Song Tantan and Ye Moxun led a group of children to dig up some vegetables they had never seen before from the mountain to plant, and to dig up some fruit trees to plant the next day. By the time everyone had cleared the land, the yard was full of all kinds of vegetables and fruit trees.

"Are these vegetables edible? Could they be poisonous?" The adults looked at the tender green vegetables and some unknown greens with great suspicion.

"It's edible. We ate it when we were on the mountain. Tantan and Axun ate it first, and then we ate it. It was delicious and not poisonous," the children assured them confidently.

That day, Song Zhuiyan, Song Tantan, and Ye Moxun returned from the mountains with a group of children, bringing back a basket of sweet potatoes and a large bundle of sweet potato vines.

"Miss Song, what is this?" Sweet potatoes didn't exist in this dynasty, so please forgive the villagers for not recognizing them.

"So you don't have sweet potatoes in your hometown? I thought the whole Jin Dynasty had sweet potatoes," Song Zhuiyan said with a look of disbelief. "People in my hometown have been growing sweet potatoes for a long time, as well as jade. Both of these are high-yield crops and very easy to grow. Today, Tantan and I went to the mountains to look for mushrooms, but we unexpectedly found sweet potatoes, so we brought them back."

Although Songlin Village is also on the mountain, just a few steps away, other places are called "mountain area" in order to distinguish between the village and the mountain.

"Ah Zhu, Lin Dalang, you saw it too, and you even helped dig it up, right?" Lin Dalang is Lin Fuhai's eldest grandson. He is only nine years old this year. He is a simple-minded boy, but he has a strong ability to express himself.

He nodded vigorously. "I dug up more than a dozen, and even ate two. They were very sweet and delicious. Tantan also took some to roast. Roasted ones are even sweeter and more fragrant."

With a look that said, "See, I wasn't wrong," Song Zhuiyan continued, having Lin Dalang as her witness: "Sweet potatoes can be steamed, roasted, or used in soup. Sweet potato vines can be broken into sections and planted directly in the ground to grow. Let's go plant them now."

The corn was planted a few days ago, so now we naturally need to plant the sweet potatoes. Otherwise, when everyone runs out of food, we'll have to take more from our space. Sending food isn't the problem; the problem is finding a reason to send it out.

Under Song Zhuiyan's guidance, corn and sweet potatoes were planted on the reclaimed land, and potatoes were planted in a small part. As for the people from Linjia Village who wanted to plant wheat, Song Zhuiyan said that no one had ever planted wheat in her hometown.

So the people of Linjia Village planted wheat, but because they were fleeing famine, they didn't have many wheat seeds and could only plant a small portion. Even what they planted might not be edible yet, so they had to save it for next year as seeds.

Once the crops were planted, people started going up the mountain in groups to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms. Since they didn't have much grain, they had to mix in more wild vegetables to eat in order to last longer.

After several months, the village was peaceful, and with people busy with farm work and finding food, the unfounded fears were gradually forgotten. Even Song Tantan and Ye Moxun were no longer so concerned.

When everyone had eaten and stored up their food, Zhong Qingyi and Lin Fuhai led the men of the village to start firing bricks and tiles again. This time, they were going to build a school and a courtyard for practicing martial arts. Although no danger had come, the dead man in Bulian Cave told them that they must not let their guard down.

It's not easy to live in this world, so it's essential to learn some martial arts to protect yourself. Even though they are currently trapped in the mountains and unable to contact the outside world, who can guarantee that no one will break in one day?

If it were barbarians or ruthless bandits who broke in, wouldn't the villagers be at their mercy? Learning some martial arts would at least allow them to escape.

In ancient times, education was a luxury for the poor. Now that Young Master Ye is willing to teach everyone for free, why wouldn't we want to? That's right, not only should children study, but adults should also learn to read. It's always a good thing to learn more.

While the adults were building the school, Song Tantan and Ye Moxun led a group of children up the mountain to pick wild fruits, mushrooms, and herbs.

Ye Moxun intentionally or unintentionally guided the children to recognize herbs and learn medicine. He discovered that Azhu and Musheng had a great talent in this area. Musheng rarely played with them because he was relatively older and always liked to act mature.

However, ever since Ye Moxun asked him to help collect herbs once, he has become fond of it and follows Ye Moxun around every day, identifying herbs.

Ah Zhu and Mu Sheng were both children from poor families who had never been to school and were illiterate. So Ye Moxun could only teach them to recognize herbs for the time being. Once the school was built, he would teach them to read. If they were illiterate, they would not be able to continue learning medicine and would not be able to prescribe medicine for others.

Just thinking about it makes his hands tired. Now, every night he has to copy the medical book that Song Tantan gave him into traditional Chinese characters. He's the only one who's tired; everyone else is either illiterate or doesn't recognize traditional characters.

He taught Song Tantan and Song Zhuiyan to recognize traditional Chinese characters, but the two of them didn't study seriously. They only learned some simple ones that were useful in daily life and were unwilling to study in depth. Neither of them was cut out for studying.

If you only want to rely on him, he... also needs to quickly find someone willing to study, and then pass the burden to them.

So Ye Moxun racked his brains all night and finally came up with a way to be lazy. Didn't the ancients invent the technique of live printing? He could learn it and use it on the spot.

He acted on his idea immediately, having Zhong Qingyi cut down durable trees and then inviting villagers skilled in woodworking to make thousands of small wooden blocks. The next step was crucial: to ask skilled carvers to help carve the words onto the wooden blocks.

I wonder if there are any skilled carvers in the village.