This aunt and cousin can just eat vegetarian food and survive.
It is easy for the old man and the old lady to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
In the past, I ate meat with Zhao Wei’s family every day, and I didn’t think this meat was anything special.
But now, they have a deep illusion that they are not full.
Even if your stomach is full of food, hunger will soon set in.
These days were extremely difficult and they only lasted three days before surrendering.
In order to have a meaty meal, they took out one of their expensive watches.
Let Zhao Nan take the watch and go to the town to exchange it for money.
The result was naturally in vain. This is the countryside and there is no place to exchange watches.
Moreover, she didn't know anyone, and she couldn't find someone to buy the watch and exchange it for meat coupons. She was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.
Finally, Master Lin saw it and gave her 50 kilograms of meat in exchange for it.
I never had the chance to eat the meat from Master Lin’s house.
He often helps people prepare banquets, so the food is always good.
Sometimes, you could get some free food from the host and even bring back some worthless pig offal.
Only a chef like him can make this thing taste good.
Most people think it is dirty, smelly and inedible, so they just throw it away.
So, Master Lin gave away so much fish meat mixed with pork at the same time without causing any harm at all.
Zhao Nan was naturally very excited about the meat. He had never felt so blessed to be able to eat meat.
We are also grateful to the old man for lending a helping hand at the critical moment and not holding on to those valuables and making the whole family greedy to death.
Zhao Nan was only allowed to stay at home for three or five days before Zhao Wei convened a village meeting to introduce the mother and son to each other.
At this time, they had already changed out of their fake exquisite clothes and put on the homespun clothes that the working people were most accustomed to wearing.
This is the cloth that the people in the village weave themselves out of cotton and tailor it to their own measurements.
Most of the dyes are cyan, black and other stain-resistant colors.
This was specially found for them by Zhao Wei.
At first, the mother and son were a little disgusted and didn't want to wear it.
Zhao Wei told them to wear those good clothes while working in the fields, and not to feel bad if they got torn or damaged.
How could Zhao Nan feel sorry for Shui?
She didn't have many good clothes at all, and these could be exchanged for food later.
So, the two of them reluctantly put on the clothes and appeared in front of all the villagers.
Zhao Wei said that he would take these two people to reclaim wasteland. In the future, part of the wasteland they reclaimed would be turned over to the national treasury, and part would be kept for themselves.
Naturally, everyone had no objection to this.
The grain yield of this newly reclaimed wasteland is very low.
It's hard to say whether there will be no gain.
But as long as they don't come to compete with them for food distribution, they won't take it to heart.
So, when the village organized everyone to go to the fields to weed, they saw Zhao Wei's so-called cousin standing at the foot of the mountain and making a fool of themselves.
When they were swinging the hoe, their posture was very awkward, and it took them half an hour to get the hang of it.
When it comes to being farmers, the two seem to have no experience at all.
As for digging, it was like a game.
The hoes weren't even warm yet, but blisters appeared on the palms of their hands.
At this moment, they were all fighting, but they no longer wanted to touch the hoe again.
Yunxiu originally wanted to ask Qian for help, mainly because she couldn't bear to watch it.
As a result, they were stopped by Zhao Wei. When the mother and son stopped, he stopped too. He even told Yunxiu not to waste time here. It was more important to complete the production task. Today, everyone had to weed the three acres of land before they could finish the work.
They gave up their own work and came here purely for the sake of their relatives' face.
But it is obvious that these two are hopeless and cannot bear the hardship of farming.
"Tell me, how long do you plan to rest?"
Facing Zhao Wei's somewhat aggressive tone, Zhao Nan endured the pain in his hand and said: "No one forced you to be here. Besides, I am the elder. You are going too far!"
Zhao Wei stood up and said to her, "If you eat sparingly, the food I gave you will last until the sweet potatoes are ripe."
"If you don't reclaim the land as soon as possible and plant sweet potatoes, I won't provide any help if you run out of food."
Zhao Nan thought about the belongings she had deposited in the city. Any item could be exchanged for money. She still had money to squander, so she was not afraid at all.
"If you don't want to help, then don't help. As long as we don't starve to death, that's enough."
Zhao Wei nodded: "I admire your courage and determination to move forward."
"In that case, you guys should arrange your own lives. I have to get busy myself."
Even though Zhao Wei is the president, he still has to work and he has no special privileges.
Fortunately, although he didn't understand a lot of things at first.
But this is the advantage of working in a group: you just have to work together with others.
Otherwise, he might cut the corn seedlings with this hoe.
It was still quite hot in the fields at this time. Everyone was wearing straw hats, facing the land with their backs to the sky, sweat pouring down their faces. A drop of sweat could break into eight pieces.
It's hard to describe the hardship, but the sweat from falling like that shows that the ground is a little dry.
However, the situation is not serious yet. We will just have to wait and see after a few days once we have cleared the weeds.
If the weather is still a bit dry, we need to start organizing people to irrigate the fields.
Last year, the village suffered a disaster due to the lack of irrigation.
Not only was there no harvest, but there were also a lot of locusts.
Everyone had a hard time at that time, and they almost had to tighten their belts to get through it.
If this happens again this year, people will starve to death.
People cannot go without staple food for a long time. If it weren’t for the nourishment of meat these days, the people in Yushudun might not even have the strength to hold a hoe, let alone work in the fields.
When everyone saw Zhao Wei coming, they all asked him to get busy together.
Then those who had originally had some complaints about his digging of the canal also changed their attitude.
"President, I have to admit my mistake. With this canal, our village will no longer have to worry about water. This is a great thing that will bring huge profits!"
"If we can have a good harvest this year, you will be the biggest contributor to our village."
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Zhao Wei responded while working with them.
"Okay, don't be too happy too soon. You go to the river to wash clothes and vegetables every day. Haven't you noticed that the water level of the river has been dropping?"
It was at this moment that everyone thought of something and couldn't help but exclaim.
“Will this river dry up?”
"That's impossible. This river has existed for many years. Even at the driest time last year, it never dried up and was still able to provide drinking water for people."
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