Chapter 289: Black Bamboo Village, Destroyed
After harvesting the crops, Xia Xiaoman immediately started to till the soil and plant a new batch of crops. This time, all the crops were the newly cultivated high-quality varieties by the Agricultural Affairs Office.
The new variety of purple-leaf sweet potatoes has a growth period of two months, and one acre of land can produce more than 10,000 kilograms. The short-stalk corn has a growth period of three months, and one acre of land can produce more than 2,000 kilograms. The corn stalks are thick and strong and can be chewed like sugarcane.
There is also the fuzzy pumpkin. A combination of winter melon and pumpkin, the fruit is as big as a winter melon, with a layer of fuzz on the surface, but the inside is still the same as a pumpkin, but the taste is lighter and not as sweet as the original pumpkin.
The growing period of velvety pumpkin is also three months, and the yield per acre can reach more than 5,000 kilograms.
Of course, the three new varieties cannot produce as much as cassava. But thinking that cassava needs to be sprayed with pesticides throughout the planting process, Xia Xiaoman doesn't want to plant it.
It's not that she dislikes it because it was cultivated with potions, but she doesn't have the energy to make potions every now and then. She is not particularly short of food, so there is no need to make herself so tired.
Except for Xia Xiaoman, almost everyone who had land in Fucheng planted cassava. After the famine, everyone was afraid.
Cassava has such a high yield that one crop is enough for a family to eat for several years. Even if the cassava is grown with chemicals, many people still choose to grow it.
Chen Peiqiong planted cassava on all of her one acre of land, but she also interplanted some pumpkins, trying to grow as much food as possible.
This bumper harvest greatly alleviated the famine in Fucheng. As long as people had crops at home, they would basically no longer go hungry.
But there is a saying that goes, some people cannot eat too much, because if they eat too much, they will easily find trouble.
Xia Xiaoman was making compost at home. Maodan hated the smell, so he hid aside and lay on the ground with his nose covered. Suddenly, his ears moved, and he immediately stood up and stared at a wall vigilantly.
Xia Xiaoman was busy making compost and didn't notice anything unusual. When she heard the noise, Maodan had already stepped on the person who climbed over the wall.
Seeing the face of the man climbing over the wall, Xia Xiaoman was a little surprised, "Ji Ming? Why are you coming to my house?"
"How dare you ask me why I'm here? I'm here to take your life!" Ji Ming's face was gloomy. He pushed Maodan away and wanted to rush to Xia Xiaoman, but how could Maodan be so easy to get rid of?
Maodan jumped to the ground, then jumped up and pounced at Ji Ming's feet, opening his mouth to bite Ji Ming's calf. Ji Ming felt pain and kept shaking his calf, trying to kick Maodan away, but no matter how he kicked, Maodan would not let go and bit even tighter.
Chen Peiqiong, who was watering the fields, heard something and ran over and shouted anxiously, "Xiaoman, are you okay? Did someone sneak in?"
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "It's okay. Just keep busy with your work. I can handle this."
Chen Peiqiong responded, and when she left, she glanced at the person bitten by the hairy egg, wondering, isn't this the villager from Heizhu Village who used to dig a well? How did he become a thief?
After Chen Peiqiong left, Xia Xiaoman gestured to Maodan to let go of his mouth, then kicked Ji Ming to the ground, stepped on his back and asked, "What do you mean by seeking revenge on me?"
Ji Ming's chest hurt so much that he couldn't breathe. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you pretending to be confused? Not many people know that we in Heizhu Village have eaten human flesh. If you hadn't leaked this news, how would those people know that we in Heizhu Village have eaten people? Why would they come to our Heizhu Village to cause trouble? Why would they set fire and kill people!"
"There are 87 people in our village, 87 people! They were all killed by those troublemakers! I was so kind to help you cover up your tracks before, but you deserve to die for being such a villain!"
Ji Ming became more and more angry as he spoke. He struggled to break free from Xia Xiaoman, pulled out a knife and stabbed Xia Xiaoman.
When Maodan saw him take out the knife, he rushed over and bit his knife hand. Ji Ming's veins popped out in pain, and he yelled, clenched his left fist and gathered strength to hit Maodan's eyes.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman kicked him again. This time she used all her strength, and Ji Ming vomited blood.
"I don't know what nonsense you are talking about. If I want to destroy your Black Bamboo Village, there is no need to spread rumors to instigate others to deal with you. I can destroy your Black Bamboo Village by myself."
Ji Ming spat out the blood foam in his mouth and glared at Xia Xiaoman with hatred, "If it wasn't you who said it, then who else could have said it? Besides you, the only one who knows that we ate human flesh is the Lingxu Gang. The Lingxu Gang has already promised our village chief that they will never tell anyone that we ate human flesh."
"So you think I told it?" Xia Xiaoman sneered, "I have no grudges against your Black Bamboo Village, why would I target you?"
Ji Ming roared: "Because Wang Laizi wanted to arrest you before, you are taking revenge on us!"
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time for her to remember the villagers from Heizhu Village that she met when she first arrived at the garrison. "I don't even remember what they look like. Who has the time to take revenge?"
"Instead of holding me accountable, you should think carefully about whether your companions boasted about eating human flesh when you were helping others dig wells."
"How could we have leaked it? Uncle Quan said we can't do that outside..." Before he could finish his words, Ji Ming suddenly remembered that once when he was helping a gang dig a well, Wang Laizi was smoking with others and he didn't know what they said. The way those people looked at them gradually became strange.
Seeing Ji Ming's face becoming increasingly ugly, Xia Xiaoman probably guessed who the real culprit was, and said, "Why don't you say anything? Have you figured out the culprit?"
Ji Ming didn't say anything. He stood up, covering his injured hand, and walked out step by step.
"Stop!" Xia Xiaoman stopped the other person. "Does my territory, Xia Xiaoman, mean you can come and go as you please?"
Ji Ming stood there, silent for a long time before saying, "Sorry, I was impulsive just now."
Xia Xiaoman sneered, "You want to pretend nothing happened just because of an apology? You think things are too simple!" As she said that, she took out a dagger and prepared to deal with the person in front of her who wanted to hurt Maodan.
Seeing the dagger about to cut his neck, Ji Ming's face changed and he said hurriedly: "Wait! I can give you the food stored in our village!"
Hearing this, Xia Xiaoman stopped what he was doing and asked, "What about the food stored in your village?"
Ji Ming nodded and said, "If you spare my life, I will tell you where our village stores food after I have avenged the people in our village."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and tapped his cheek with a dagger. "Big guy, you don't seem to understand the situation. Your life is in my hands. How can you be qualified to negotiate with me?"
"Tell me the address. If I find the food, I will let you go. If you don't tell me or lie to me, then stay and use you as fertilizer for my crops!"
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