After dinner, Su Xia took the money and went to the old house.

"The old man is here." Mother Chen was resting.

"Mom, here's the pension for you." He then handed 10 yuan to Chen's mother.

Chen's mother took it and asked, "Didn't Jianguo say in his letter that he wanted to come back?"

"Not sure, but he should be able to come back when he said he would."

"Okay, okay... Niuniu is already four years old, and she hasn't seen her father yet? It's time for her to come back." Mother Chen was indeed concerned about her son, but she would not feel confident if she saw her daughter-in-law.

"By the way, mom, do you have any extra rapeseed? Just give me some."

"What's wrong? Isn't it too early to start planting now?" Chen's mother asked curiously.

"Prepare slowly, and you can plant it in a few days."

"Okay, wait, I'll get it for you." Mother Chen said as she got up and went to get it.

Su Xia took the rapeseed given by Chen's mother and went back.

After I got back, I first found a few cardboard boxes in the space, the old-fashioned ones without the word 놋 on them. Fill it with soil.

Take out the rapeseed that you have stockpiled, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants...

Plant them in a cardboard box, sprinkle some water, and place it in the living room.

The coal stove has been burning and the temperature is sufficient.

Niuniu looked at her mother filling the soil and sprinkling water, and asked curiously: "Mom, what are you doing?"

"Mom is growing vegetables. Here are the tomatoes you like..."

"Mom, don't vegetables grow in the garden?"

“How do you grow in a box?”

Niu Niu frowned, remembering that grandma's vegetables were all in the yard.

"This is seedlings raised in advance. When they grow up, I will plant them directly in the garden, so that we can eat them in advance."

Su Xia will now patiently answer the kid's questions. After all, the child is getting younger and younger, and it is not easy to fool him.

When Niu Niu heard her mother's answer, she understood, "It turns out that this is possible. When the food at grandma's house is not yet cooked, we can eat it at home."

Then I was no longer curious and started playing again.

When Su Xia saw Niu Niu playing, she remembered her toys and went to the bedroom again. In fact, she took out a volleyball, a bouncy ball for girls, and a small glass ball from the living room and gave them to Niu Niu.

"Niuniu, come here, this is for you"

Niu Niu was curious at first, but when she turned around and saw what her mother was holding, she screamed with excitement.

"Ah... Mom, is this for me?"

Su Xia looked at Niuniu who was looking forward to it, "Yes, it's for you, go and play with it yourself!"

"Thank you, mom. You're the best." Niuniu wanted to go play with Sister Xiaoya and the others right away.

"Mom, can I take this to play with Sister Xiaoya and the others?" He asked while holding the volleyball. This one looked very good and fun.

"You can go if you want, but you can't go now. It's already evening. Let's go tomorrow! You go by yourself. Mom won't accompany you."

Su Xia was busy and had to go to the mountain to chop firewood, otherwise she would not be able to eat.

For the next few days, Su Xia went for a walk in the mountains every day. He first took out the solar panels to charge them, then took out the electric saw, found a dead tree and started sawing it.

Every day when he came back, he carried a bundle of firewood on his back, and there was a pile in the space. In a few days, the pile was half full.

That day, Su Xia was dividing the backyard into small pieces and fencing them off, working hard with tools in hand.

"Mother...Mother, are you coming here?"

When Su Xia heard Niuniu's shouting, she also shouted in response, "What's wrong? Come here, I'm in the backyard!"

Niuniu ran to the backyard excitedly, "Mom, the vegetables...the vegetables are growing."

Su Xia became excited when she heard it, "Really? Let's go and take a look." She threw the tools away and ran to the cardboard box in the living room. Sure enough, they had grown, with green buds appearing one by one.

This is the first time I’ve grown vegetables in my life! Su Xia saw that Xiao Luya had great ambitions in her heart and was ready to "give it a try".

After taking a look at her "field" (the small area in front and behind), she waved her hand and said, "Niuniu, let's go and conquer the "vegetable garden" with mom."

Niuniu saw her mother's momentum and clenched her fist: "Let's go... Niuniu wants to grow vegetables."

After saying that, he took the small hoe given by Su Xia and walked towards the backyard.

He started working with his butt sticking out and grunting.

Su Xia: "Okay, I'll give you a chance to perform."

The days after the birth of the child were the time to plant vegetables. Su Xia was inspired by the small green sprouts and planted some green onions, coriander and Chinese cabbage.

There was a pond of garlic planted in the backyard, next to the wall, and pumpkins and zucchini were also planted, some of which were given by Chen's mother and some from her own space. Su Xia marked them and would see which ones tasted better after they grew well.

Then decide to save the seeds.

I also picked out some of the seeds of various flowers that the seed shop owner had given me, and planted them in a circle around the toilet.

This way the toilet will smell less in the summer.

I just don't know if there are any mugwort seeds. This thing is good, it can remove odors and repel mosquitoes.

In order to prevent the temperature from being low at night, the plastic cover was taken out from the space, covered with soil around it, and it can be taken out during the day.

Anyway, no one will come to visit my house.

As for the whole village, wheat has already been planted.

Captain 꺶 and a group of heads of households looked at the wheat fields. There was no sign of rain in the past two days.

Crouching in the field, he grabbed the dry soil and said, "Start watering tomorrow. If you don't, the seeds will die of drought."

The secretary at the side nodded, there was nothing else that could be done.

"It's OK, but there's only a river to the west of our place. The second team next door will also be flooded, and this river is also dry. I don't know if we can hold out until it rains?"

The secretary is also worried. If the harvest is not good, there may not be enough public grain. Most families cannot survive until the autumn harvest!

"Let's go to the river first and wait until it rains."

Hearing Captain 꺶's words, all the villagers nodded.

"Go back first, guys! Starting tomorrow, men will water the fields and women will irrigate the land. Everyone must go out.

Those who did not come would not receive any points or any rations. ”

Seeing that some of the leaders were unwilling to accept the situation, Captain 꺶 hardened his heart and said, "The old man is in charge of the 꺶 family. Now that God doesn't give us food, we can only find ways to avoid starvation.

If someone doesn't get enough food...

snort……

Let me tell you, the team won’t lend it to you, even if you offer money in exchange.

..."

Captain 꺶 looked at the secretary, and the secretary also understood that the situation today was not optimistic, so he had to be ruthless.

The secretary looked at the people there with a dark face, "Okay... You guys all know that this is a critical period. Think about whether your own food reserves can last until the harvest."

“What if it never rains?”

As soon as the secretary finished speaking, the people below began to whisper.

Wang Er, the notorious lazy guy in the village, was also afraid that people would starve to death, so he wailed, "Captain, can you not just ignore me?"

Wang Er looked at Captain 꺶's gloomy face and said, "Captain, my family is running out of food. Can the team lend me some?"

Captain 꺶 looked at this troublemaker, and then looked at the others who were ready to make a move.

I snorted in my heart: "Don't you know how much food we have to eat?

If you borrow food, what will you use to pay it back? It’s just a daydream! ”

"I repeat, you are not allowed to borrow or buy food.

If you don't want to starve, work yourself to death. ”

Everyone was frightened by Captain 꺶's words, and some of the sneaky ones all shrank back - Captain 꺶 was too scary!

The secretary saw that the villagers were frightened and said, "Okay! You also know that the reduction in grain production is related to the lifeblood of this guy.

Let’s all go back. Starting tomorrow, those who are supposed to water the fields should water the fields.

As long as everyone works together, I believe we can still have a good harvest! ”

The villagers below: “Yes, yes…

Captain 꺶——

secretary--

We will listen to you and do it! ”

Everyone was very enthusiastic and cheered.

Captain 꺶 and the secretary took a look and agreed.

Among these people, Chen Xiao, who should have been the most worried, is now the most relaxed.

But his face still looked solemn.

This will be thanks to my daughter-in-law.

Even if Su Xia knew that the team would not sell food, he would not go to them to argue.

It’s not like I’m really short of food.