Lu Fengming's family had been farmers for generations. During his generation, he witnessed his father's death at the hands of the Japanese invaders during their raids. At 13, he joined the New Fourth Army to fight the Japanese invaders and survived the eight-year war. After retiring, he was assigned to work in a local government department.
A famous Lufeng family member was in Lujia Village, sitting with his secretary in his dilapidated home. He had rarely returned since leaving for the war. He had returned twice after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but later, due to his heavy workload, he hadn't been back for many years.
This time he was on a tour of various places investigating public sentiment, and when he passed by Xinxian, his secretary suggested that he go back to his hometown to see if he could hear the truth there.
But halfway through the journey, he was bitten by a venomous snake. Lu Fengming was a child from the countryside. He knew from childhood that snakes hibernate in winter. He didn't know why he had such bad luck.
Fortunately, there was a folk doctor who helped him deal with the snake venom in time, otherwise he might have lost his life here.
Lujia Village was only four miles from Wangjia Village. Lujia Village residents turned to Old Lady Feng for help with illnesses and childbirth. Lu Fengming's mother, a half-blind old woman, now had her eldest son take care of the family.
"Give me a piece of cloth, two handfuls of red dates, and the honey Maodan dug from the mountains last year."
Lu Fengshou followed his mother's instructions and took out a basket of things. This was a thank you gift to Old Lady Feng, thanking her for rescuing him, otherwise Lu Fengming would definitely have lost his life.
Lu Fengming vaguely remembered that there had always been a witch in Wangjia Village who could deliver babies and cure illnesses. However, now that feudal superstitions had been eradicated, everyone no longer called her "witch", but called her Old Lady Feng.
"The Feng family has been practicing medicine for generations. When I was little, it was the Feng family's fortune teller who treated my illnesses. It was the deceased fortune teller who delivered you when I gave birth." Lu Fengming's mother talked to Lu Fengming about the past.
The deceased witch she was talking about was Old Lady Feng’s mother.
Lu Fengming stood up and said to his elder brother Lu Fengshou, "I'll go with you."
Mother Lu had difficulty walking, so the eldest brother of the Lu family found a wheelbarrow and pushed the old lady and Xie Li to Wangjia Village.
It was just after the Lunar New Year, and every household was beginning to run out of food. It was the lean season, and on the road I met many people carrying baskets, searching for wild vegetables in the fields and mountains.
"Is there enough food at home?" Lu Fengming asked his elder brother.
"There's no way there's enough to eat! Every spring famine means people starve to death. If you hadn't sent us food coupons a few times a year, we would have starved to death too." Lu Fengshou sighed, "Last year, several people in our village alone starved to death. Do you remember the beggar at the east end of the village when I was a child? Two little girls from his family starved to death last year."
"And your mother who joined the army later, and your fifth aunt, both starved to death last year." Old Mrs. Lu sighed, "It was all thanks to the 200 kilograms of food coupons you gave her every year."
Lu Fengming felt deeply ashamed. His allowance wasn't enough, so every year he scraped together 200 kilograms of food coupons from his pockets to send back home, to make up for not being able to be there to take care of his mother.
When they arrived at Wangjia Village, Old Lady Feng was going door to door looking for potato and sweet potato seedlings. Seeing her, Wang Guifen asked stealthily, "Old Lady Feng, you bought grain yesterday and potato seedlings today. What are you doing?"
During the spring famine, not many families had surplus food, so the day before yesterday, Old Lady Feng went to several villages and only exchanged about 200 kilograms of food.
We came to exchange potato seedlings today, and many people couldn't help but want to ask about it.
"Isn't this a spring famine? If there's not enough food at home, the children will suffer!"
"I wanted to harvest these potato sprouts before the autumn harvest so that if it rains during the autumn harvest, there will still be some food in the soil."
Wang Guifen immediately grasped the key point: "Grandma Feng, what did you say? Rain during the autumn harvest?"
Old Lady Feng said vaguely, "Anyway... do you have any at home? If you do, please give me some. If you have any extra, don't be lazy and plant them around your house."
Wang Guifen's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly.
Not long after Old Lady Feng returned from Wang Guifen's house after exchanging a basket of peanuts for a dozen potato and sweet potato seedlings, the villagers knew that she wanted to plant potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and the like.
Many people came to inquire.
The village chief is worried about how to solve this problem. To grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, he needs land. The crops are growing in the fields now, and the current crop of winter wheat will be harvested in May or June next year.
If you want to grow more of these things, you have to open up wasteland. Fortunately, there is a piece of sandy land next to the village that has never been used for planting anything. Now it is the perfect place to grow sweet potatoes.
In addition, the foot of the mountain, the roadside, and the front and back areas of farmers' homes can all be utilized.
But the problem also arises. With such large-scale planting, seedlings are also a problem.
The village chief really racked his brains.
Not to mention how worried he was, Lu Fengming and Lu Fengshou pushed a wheelbarrow to Old Lady Feng's house.
From a distance, the Feng family was indeed unique, just as my eldest brother had said. The courtyard was a simple fence, and within it stood two peach trees, their leaves lush and lush, clearly different from the other trees that had just sprouted.
"Grandma Feng, are you home?" Lu Fengshou stopped the wheelbarrow and shouted outside the fence.
"Yes, who is it?" Lotus walked out of the house with her long braids swinging.
"Uncle Fengshou!" Lianhua obviously knew Lu Fengshou. "What are you doing? Come in quickly!"
Lu Fengshou said with a smile, "Lotus, we're here to express our gratitude. My brother was bitten by a snake on the road the day before yesterday, and luckily Old Lady Feng happened to pass by and saved his life. He's been recuperating at home for a day, so we have to come here to express our gratitude today!"
Lianhua looked curiously at another middle-aged man next to her. This man looked different from the locals. She thought he was the eldest son of the Lu family who was an official in another place.
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