In the middle of the night, she could hear snoring from the tent next door while she was half asleep. She wondered if her father and Daodao could sleep.
Living together as a large family, the quality of sleep is truly worrisome; for those who are light sleepers, it's practically unbearable.
But thinking about it, Dao Dao is still a child, at the age where even thunder wouldn't wake him, so he should be fine. I just don't know about his father...
We can only bear with it. Once we get there, we'll make sure he and his mother have their own separate place to live.
Thinking about the future while listening to the intermittent snores, Shen Xingmian finally fell into a deep sleep again.
...
A few days later, the corn in the space was ripe enough to be cooked and eaten. Shen Yunting insisted on going in with her father to pick corn cobs, rather than letting her daughter do such rough work.
She could also see that her father was even stronger than her; picking corn was a piece of cake for him.
If I really strain my wrist, my daughter can treat it a little and it will recover.
In short, we can't let our daughter's delicate, white fingers do such rough work.
Normally, it's fine to take things out and put them away, but the only people who have ever entered the space are still the three of them. In order to prevent the space from being completely exposed, the old father has to work hard.
Of course, later, under Luo Qi'an's strong insistence, he also went in and acquired a few acres of land.
It wasn't that Shen Yunting only cared about her husband and not her father; it was simply that in the eyes of both father and daughter, Luo Qi'an seemed weak and unable to carry heavy loads, so they were reluctant to ask him to do any heavy work.
It wasn't until I saw him actually use it that I realized it was all an illusion.
The three people worked in shifts, which made them very fast. In addition, they only needed to break off the corn cobs, without peeling them, which made them even faster.
In less than two hours, all the corn cobs were harvested. The remaining stalks were harvested by machine, and after the roots were crushed, the corn could be replanted by machine.
Aside from the laborious task of harvesting corn, everything else can be done by machines, which is so much more convenient than going outside.
When the first pot of tender corn was cooked, all the family members who passed by the iron pot couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, because the aroma was truly incredible.
Moreover, this aroma is only present when the corn is cooked young. Once it's old and ground into powder, it loses its aroma, becomes ordinary, and even irritates the throat.
In Northeast China, it's used as animal feed, specifically for feeding pigs.
It's one thing if Shen Xingmian doesn't have a space, but since she does, she'll definitely store all the tender corn to eat.
The freshly cooked corn was very hot to the touch, so Shen Xingmian brought chopsticks and taught everyone how to skewer the corn on the chopsticks and eat it, thus preventing everyone from burning their hands because of their greed.
It was the first time for everyone to eat corn, and they were even more amazed after learning about its yield per acre.
"If we could grow this outside, we wouldn't have to worry about people starving to death during famines in the future."
Here, no matter how hard the farmers take care of their crops, weeding and fertilizing, practically living in the fields all day, the yield per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.067 hectares) is only about 200 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.165 hectares).
But this corn weighs over a thousand kilograms—that's an astonishing number!
As Shen Zhiheng spoke, he himself was also quite shocked. When Guaibao told him about it, he didn't quite believe it at first.
This time, with the harvest in hand, I realized that what my beloved granddaughter had said was true.
"Moreover, this thing has a short growth cycle and doesn't require much careful tending to reach a thousand catties. In good years, the yield can be even higher."
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Shen Xingmian calmly added another sentence.
Amidst gasps of amazement, Shen Xingmian felt satisfied and happy. If she could bring benefits to the people here, her trip wouldn't have been in vain.
The aroma of tender corn wafted around the camp, and everyone ate to their heart's content.
"Next time we go to town, why don't we bring a pot of it with us and try selling it? I'm pretty sure we'll sell it without any trouble."
“Okay, okay, I’ll help start the fire,” Shen Xingyan immediately chimed in to support her sister.
"Brother, come and peel off the skin and clean the whiskers!" Shen Zheng replied happily.
"Then let your father collect the money. He's quick-witted and good at accounting." Shen Yun stopped talking, but instead pushed her husband to do the work.
She was reluctant to let her husband do physical labor, but for tasks that required intelligence, she felt that he was indispensable.
After the family discussed it, they headed towards the nearest prefectural city. Along the way, they saw more scenery and people than in all the previous years.
The children have also made great progress. Not only have they become stronger physically and skilled in martial arts, but they have also become much more clever in their speech.
When they see government officials again, the children don't need adults to intervene; they can easily fool the officials themselves.
Even Xiao Yanyue, the youngest, is no exception. Although she is usually quiet, she has never made a mistake when it matters.
This prefectural city was also the place that Shen Zhiheng had determined his second son would leave someone to contact them.
It's likely that Second Uncle already knew they had escaped the exile group and become fugitives, and he would have sent people to wait for them at key transportation points on the way to the North.
It could be his men, or more likely, he himself disguised himself and was waiting here.
Shen Xingmian had heard a lot about her second uncle from her maternal grandfather and mother. They said he was smart and farsighted from a young age. If he hadn't been so insightful, the General's Mansion would probably have collapsed long ago under her maternal grandfather's "splurging" style of governance.
She was also looking forward to seeing her second uncle. In her memory, even though she had never called him "second uncle" before, he would always give her many small gifts every time he came back.
Now that she's better, he'll definitely be very happy to see her.
...
A group of people pushed a cart, paid copper coins, and entered the city. On the cart was an iron pot, which was full of tender corn.
Even the city guards were drawn in by the aroma and glanced at it several times.
If Shen Xingmian was just passing through and wouldn't be coming often, she didn't want to get close to the city gate guards, so there was no need to give them gifts.
Although the little devil is troublesome, he's just passing by, so there's really no need to curry favor with him.
However, if they were to inquire about their second uncle's whereabouts, they might have to stay for two days. To avoid incurring the wrath of the little devil, she wrapped four ears of corn in tender leaves and gave them to the officials.
"Big brother, this is some food we found deep in the mountains. It's very sweet. We're giving it to you and the other brothers to try."
The official was already drooling over the aroma, and seeing that the family was quite sensible, he immediately showed a little humility and politely let them in.
After entering the city, three people stayed behind to sell corn, while Shen Xingmian took her uncle and cousin to sell other game.
Firstly, they had accumulated a considerable amount of prey; secondly, they considered that this was the most likely means of livelihood for their family, and there might be people arranged by their second uncle waiting for them at the market.
Smart people often don't need to make too many arrangements in advance; they can analyze the situation to figure out what the other party intends to do.
When they arrived at the market, they found an empty spot and deliberately placed the tiger cubs on the cart to attract people's attention.
Sure enough, someone soon came up to ask.
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