God was kind enough to give them some face. After a few rains, the land became moist. The old man drove the ox to plow the land and prepared to plant something. The young men in the village went to work, and the old people at home took care of the work in the fields. Now in Caojia Village, as long as the family worked hard, life gradually improved.

The weather here is similar to the climate in the north, and most crops are harvested once a year.

After June, the days are getting shorter and shorter, the nights are getting longer and longer, and the sunshine time is gradually getting shorter. After the fall, the temperature here will gradually drop. When winter comes, the weather will be very cold and nothing can grow in the fields. So it is not unreasonable that there is a shortage of food in this world. The natural climate here is also very harsh.

Most of the food grown in the fields is some crops that can be stored. People will grow things like peanuts, beans, eggs, cabbage, and radishes. These things will be piled up and eaten for the whole winter. People will come out of the house when the snow melts in the first half of the next year. The winter

here is too cold. If there is a heavy snow, you can't even go out. At this time, everyone is already preparing food for the winter. So now people's behavior is similar to the most primitive inability of animals to store food for the winter.

Cao Xiangnan also deeply understood the difference between this world and the world he was originally from. This was his first winter in this world, so he had to prepare in advance. While he could still grow vegetables now, he told Chen Hong that he would increase the amount of vegetables to be harvested later, and let everyone grow more vegetables such as cabbage and radish. Otherwise, when the weather gets cold later, vegetables can't be grown in the fields, and he has no place to harvest vegetables even if he has money.

He also has to prepare the pickled vegetables for the next few months at Yipinzhai, fearing that there will be no fresh vegetables to eat in winter, and these things will sell more.

Because beans and other things are not worth money and cannot be sold at a high price, and people don't eat these things much at home, so few people will grow them. Cao Xiangnan thought that the main reason was that people didn't know how to eat. He asked Chen Hong to spread the word that he was harvesting soybeans and mung beans, and then someone would naturally plant them.

Thinking of the long winter without fresh vegetables, Cao Xiangnan was now thinking about what to grow. Winter bean sprouts must be indispensable and the easiest to grow. When he was a child, he followed his grandmother to grow bean sprouts. Almost every household in their village would grow them. However, in addition to growing bean sprouts, he might be able to grow something else, and now he had to start preparing in advance.

Thinking of the world thousands of years later, even in winter, supermarkets would still have all kinds of vegetables. He deeply hated the backwardness of this world, but he had no way to deal with it. He could only prepare everything he could think of in advance.

When Chen Hong heard that Cao Silang was harvesting beans, someone personally found Chen Hong and asked, "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. Cao Silang said that as long as the crops are good, they will be harvested. Just plant them with confidence." Chen Hong now moves around the village more often. He is in charge of harvesting vegetables for Cao Silang in the village and is familiar with the brothers in the village. Except for a few families that he really hates, he has a good relationship with most people.

The third old man's family dared to find him and ask him why he didn't harvest his vegetables. He was unhappy and he didn't harvest them. What can you do! Cao Mingjuan's fat brother was so angry that he couldn't say a word. He felt much better.

Now in Caojia Village, those who have vegetables planted in the fields will come to Chen Hong to tell her, and when they are ready, they will also come to Chen Hong to sell them. They don't have to worry about the vegetables rotting in the fields and no one wants them,

because they can sell them at a good price. As for the few families in the village, everyone knows who they are, and everyone is gradually alienating those families. They look down on them because they live in big houses with blue bricks and tiles. When they all build big houses with blue bricks and tiles next year, and you are still living in a shabby house with your whole family, then it will be

clear who looks down on whom! I heard from Chen Hong that Cao Silang buys beans, and the price is the same as brown rice, selling them for two cents per pound, which is really a lot. After everyone went home and discussed, they all decided to plant a few acres of beans, which could be sold for a lot of money when they were harvested.

In July, when the fruits are ripe, a large area of ​​fruits on the mountain are ripe. In previous years, many people in the village rushed into the mountain to pick some fruits and sell them for money. This year, there were not as many people going into the mountain to pick fruits as in previous years. However, there were still a few people who would go into the mountain to pick fruits. With fewer people picking fruits, they could sell them for a few dollars.

A few people who passed by the gate of Cao Jia Silang left a small handful of peaches, and the children playing in the yard each took two peaches and ran into the house in a swarm. Seeing that each of the children had brought two fruits in, Qi Wanfeng asked curiously, "Who gave them to you?"

Everyone pointed at the door and said that someone had given them to them. Qi Wanfeng went outside, but no one was there. He knew that someone from the village had gone into the mountains to pick fruits and passed by here to give them to the children. He put them in a basket, washed them for the children, and let them eat.

"Did you say thank you to the people who gave you the things?" Qi Wanfeng asked.

"Yes."

"Yes."

The group of children responded crisply. They learned these rules from Uncle Xiangnan's house.

Hearing what the children said, Qi Wanfeng smiled and taught them, "Next time when someone gives you food, don't take it. People pick it to sell it for money. If you eat it, they will make less money. If you want to eat it, call me to get money to buy it, okay?"

The older children understood this principle, and the younger ones who were greedy also kept it in mind. Hearing the children say "yes" one after another, Qi Wanfeng let the children go out to play.

He seldom goes to the town now, and even if he goes to the shop, he can't help, so as not to cause trouble for everyone. There are many things to do at home, so Qi Wanfeng stays at home to take care of this side of the house, and by the way, he can also look after the group of children at home.

"For Mom." An'an gave the extra fruit to Mom. He took it for Mom.

"For uncle." Xiangzi gave the extra fruit to uncle, and Xingxing gave the extra fruit to Momo, but they didn't say anything. "

Good boy." Qi Wanfeng smiled and touched the heads of several children, knowing that they were all well-behaved and sensible. "Go out and play, Xiangzi, look after the younger brothers."

"Okay." Xiangzi was very happy that he could take care of the younger brothers. He liked this task.

Now they can play in the yard in the afternoon after finishing their studies in the morning. There are many things to play with in the yard. They like it here. They like studying now, and don't like studying with the teacher in the school.

When the afternoon sun was not so hot, sometimes an adult would take them out. Each of them had a small backpack, and they would carry it outside to cut vegetables and feed the rabbits, sheep and Dabai. They could also dig mud in the fields to feed the chickens. The eggs laid by the hens were very big. They liked to eat goat milk egg custard. The egg tarts made by Uncle Xiangnan were delicious. They all loved them.

Uncle Xiangnan said that if you want to eat delicious food, you should work hard. They all remembered Uncle Xiangnan's words. So without Cao Xiangnan knowing, he took a group of children on the road to being foodies.

Now the children of several families are with Cao Silang, and the mothers of several families are very good at dealing with people. Although they know that Cao Silang has everything now, those who have eggs will bring a basket of eggs, and those who have picked two vegetables from the field will also send two vegetables. In short, they send gifts with their hearts.

Qi Wanfeng couldn't refuse, so he had to accept them. He told her husband about it, and her husband just smiled and let him accept it. From now on, when people from several families send things to him, he will accept them and pack other food for them to take back.

The giggling of children came from the yard, and the two dogs also liked to join in the fun and ran behind the children.

The two little puppies who were brought back at that time have grown up now and can guard the house.

The July sun was scorching hot. In the afternoon, the sun gradually moved westward, and the temperature slowly dropped. The ground was still hot. With more people working on the road from the village to Fenshui Town, the road construction was getting faster and faster. This was after Cao Xiangnan discussed with Li Zheng and asked Li Zheng to discuss with the village chiefs of the neighboring villages to see if there were any capable men in the village to help build the road together. Ten big dollars a day was not a small amount for some people, so naturally there were people willing to do it.

Several nearby villages have intermarriages. If there are boys from their village who married into Caojia Village, they naturally know that Caojia Village now has a Cao Silang, who leads the villagers to do business. The vegetables grown in the village are also harvested, and the people from their mother's family also ask their boys who married into Caojia Village if they can help sell the vegetables they grew.

In this era, there are no machines, so we can only rely on manpower. Fortunately, there are many people gathered together, and more people means more strength.

Going in and out every day, Cao Xiangnan can see the progress of this road most directly. Originally, he wanted to finish the road before winter, but it will probably be completed by the end of next month.

Anyway, no matter how long or short the road is, the money still needs to be paid. It is better to find more people to repair it and repair the road as soon as possible, so that everyone will be more convenient to enter and exit in the future. The carriage was running on the repaired road, which was obviously much smoother and faster than the unrepaired one.

The sound of horse hooves could be heard, and the people who had gone to the town came back. The rice at home was almost used up, so they went to the grain store to buy a lot of grain. The carriage stopped, and everyone got off the car and took out the things on the car.

A group of naughty children ran over. The children from several families were very enthusiastic to see their father come back.

Cao Xiangnan touched the heads of several children and drove away a group of clumsy little guys. The things were heavy and they couldn't help, so he let them go and play over there.

"Husband, you are back." Qi Wanfeng heard the voice and came out from inside. When he saw his husband coming back, he smiled.

"Yeah." Shaking off the sweat from his forehead, Cao Xiangnan felt that all the hardship and fatigue were gone when he saw his wife at this time, "Don't come over, in case I bump into you." He went in with a bag of rice on his shoulder. Now he usually didn't let Wanfeng do such heavy work.

Now his body was getting heavier, Qi Wanfeng also knew where his ability was, and he didn't dare to force himself. This baby was different from when he was pregnant with An'an. I don't know if someone spoiled her, but her body became more and more delicate, and she couldn't move anything. But this baby almost died when she was pregnant, so he is also very careful now.

Soon, all the two carts of rice were loaded in, and Cao Dapeng led his two boys back home. The two boys said goodbye to their friends and left with their father reluctantly.

After Sun Yanshan finished selling things in the town, he returned home. His mother asked him when Sun would be back. Sun Yanshan knew that his mother missed his son, "Mom, it will take some time for his son to come back." As a father, he certainly missed his son, but he knew that his son was successful now and could go far, so he would not stop him from going out.

When his mother heard that Sun would take some time to come back, she felt that the food was not so delicious when she ate. As a son, Sun Yanshan coaxed his mother with a wry smile. The old man did not say that he missed his son, but he missed him in his heart.

Cao Xiangnan sat down just after entering the house, when his child came over with a peach in his hand, "Give it to uncle." Xiangzi gave him the peach that was reserved for Uncle Xiangnan. He gave him the biggest one, and he ate the small one.

"Thank you, where did you get it?" Cao Xiangnan took it, picked up An'an with one hand and put it beside him, pulled Xiangzi to sit down, and Xingxing followed him and sat down together.

Cao Gang also sat down on the sofa opposite. Jingbao from his family was a dishonest boy, and he ran down before his butt reached the chair. Kang Kang followed beside his father. They came in, and the little friends who followed them also came in.

"Uncle gave it to me." Several children said in unison.

Qi Wanfeng came in from outside and heard it, then he smiled and explained, "Now is the time when the peaches on the mountain are ripe, so some people went into the mountain to pick the fruits. They probably saw a few small ones passing by, so they gave them a few each."

"Oh." Cao Xiangnan looked at the small peach in his hand, took a sip, and it tasted very sweet, and raised his eyebrows.

He remembered that this peach can be dried and made into peach stems, and at this time, peaches are everywhere in the mountains. Thinking about it, he has been here for so long, at most he has walked to the foot of the mountain, and has not climbed the mountain. It happened that there was nothing important tomorrow, so Cao Xiangnan mentioned to Cao Gang that he wanted to go to the mountain.

"Well, okay, I'll go with you tomorrow." The hunter who went into the mountains to hunt had not been in the mountains for a long time, but his hands were itching. When he heard about going into the mountains, Cao Hunter's eyes lit up. "Bring the two dogs along when the time comes." Seeing the two dogs squatting on the side, Cao the Hunter named them.

Cao Xiangnan felt inexplicably guilty about the fact that the two dogs had been raised to be pets that wagged their tails. "Okay."