Su Yan was actually certain that these rice grains would sprout, but she didn't know whether many of them would be hollow when they emerged. According to the time in her previous life, these seeds had been stored for more than ten years.
"I'll leave the job of raising the rice seedlings to you."
"good."
Lu Ting walked around the granary and asked, "Yan Yan, did you buy glutinous rice, sorghum, millet, and corn seeds?"
"Well, we didn't buy much of that seed, but we still bought a thousand kilograms." Su Yan looked at Lu Ting and the sorghum bag. "Do you want to grow sorghum? Sorghum should be planted in dry land."
"Yes, I know. This time we're planting Taixiang No. 1, Daohuaxiang No. 2, and Xianghe Glutinous Rice."
"You want to grow fragrant glutinous rice? You have to cut the rice stalks one by one, tie them up, and hang them up high to dry naturally in the shade for a month. The fragrance of the rice stalks will spread to the rice grains."
"Yan Yan, are you serious?"
Su Yan bought 500 kilograms of Xianghe rice seeds only after listening to the hype of the grain seed merchants.
"Yes, it's true. Let's try planting two acres today! Eight kilograms of rice seeds are enough for two acres."
"Two mu of land and eight kilograms of rice seeds are enough."
If there is a harvest at the end of the year, it means that there is no problem with the seeds, so they don’t have to buy seeds from outside.
It is said that Wuchang rice grown on black soil is particularly fragrant. I wonder if the Rice No. 2 grown on the red soil in her space tastes good too.
The rice she bought as gifts in her space was all ordinary rice, but no matter how ordinary it was, it was still better than the rice they were eating now.
For a whole month, Lu Ting was busy with the seeds in the warehouse, while Su Yan was dealing with the lilies and platycodon.
Looking at a bag of dried lilies and platycodon, Su Yan's scalp tingled. It was a pity that it was not convenient to sell so many medicinal herbs now.
"Yan Yan, we can plant rice in a few days. I will plant the rice in these 20 mu of land, or you can do it."
"Let me do it. How long will it take you to plant the rice by yourself? I can do it with my mind. But you have to harvest the fragrant rice one by one."
"Okay, I understand. By the way, one of the tenants in the courtyard wants to vacate the lease. I'll take some time to go over and take a look tomorrow."
"What's wrong? Why did they want to cancel the lease?"
"Wang Haibo was fired from his job and wants to take his family back to his hometown. One less household means one less. These are turbulent times, so if the tenant wants to leave, it's better to let him go sooner rather than later."
"The house in the east courtyard is now vacant. Should we find another tenant? I think we should not rent it out for the time being because it's in the spotlight. The existing families are pretty honest."
"Well, we haven't rented out the main courtyard, and now the east courtyard is also vacant. We're not afraid of anything now, except that someone might be tempted to take over our house, so we won't rent out the vacant rooms for the time being."
"Yan Yan, there's an old house with five courtyards on West Street that was vandalized and looted. I heard the owner is a descendant of a high-ranking official from the late Qing Dynasty. I don't know who he offended."
Su Yan's heart trembled when she saw the looting and smashing. How many cultural relics and antiques had those people destroyed? If she had the space, could she rescue some of the antiques?
That group of "house-raiding bandits" would destroy some treasures on the spot, and would also plunder the treasures to keep for themselves, or sell them to antiquities dealers. The reason why so many cultural relics were lost overseas during the turbulent period was because of these parasites.
So she had to find a way to keep an eye on these people, and then find a way to steal the treasures in their hands. As long as she found the place where they hid the treasures, she would just empty it out.
In the early 1980s, in an effort to earn foreign exchange, the supply and marketing system bought up large quantities of antiques from the public and exported them abroad. Friendship Stores sold antiques only to foreigners and those with foreign exchange coupons.
So if you have the chance to exchange foreign exchange coupons in the future, exchange more and use them to exchange for antiques.
If it is an ordinary antique, keep it for yourself. If it is a national treasure, donate it when you are old.
"Yan Yan, what are you thinking about?"
"Lu Ting, did your dad ask you about your grandma's box of things?"
Su Yan didn't believe that her father-in-law wouldn't ask about his mother's dowry at this time. Isn't he worried that these treasures are hidden at home?
"Yan Yan, my dad did ask me about it. I told him that the box was very safe and no one could find it. Even if someone did find it, who would know who it belonged to?"
"Why do you say that? If you put it that way, your dad isn't worried about this incident implicating the family, but he's worried that the box might be dug up."
"Yan Yan, if I hadn't said that, he would have asked me to take him to where the box was buried. I told him that the box had been buried for so many years and there was no need to look at it again. If I did, it would only arouse suspicion. I said I would wait until the matter was completely over before digging it out and returning it to him."
"Lu Ting, do you think anyone in our compound has secretly gone up the mountain to hide treasures?"
"I don't know. You want to collect those antiques? Yanyan, let's grow more food so we can trade it for antiques. I think this matter has become so serious that it will probably take a year to resolve. Now there are "cut-off" teams set up everywhere. These people are like the Jinyiwei in ancient times, specializing in confiscating property..."
Su Yan gave Lu Ting an admiring look. This man could see the situation clearly. No wonder he said he wanted to grow more food. It turned out he was waiting here.
If things continue like this, not only will schools be closed, but work will also stop in many places. What will they do if they have no jobs, no money, and insufficient food supply? They will just sell their property. Anyway, they think that holding on to anything they have is a nuisance, so they might as well secretly sell it to those antiquities dealers.
"Now I understand why those people were able to profit from the national crisis."
"Yan Yan, by doing this, at least the treasures haven't been lost. We can donate national treasures that the country needs in the future. Everything comes first for the national interest."
"You're right. What does personal gain mean in the face of national justice? Besides, it's not like we don't want to buy treasures for ourselves. It's just that we have to take certain risks when we do so."
"Well, so let's not do anything rash for now. Let's see how the situation develops. There are some things we shouldn't take the initiative to take, and we can only take action when we encounter them."
Su Yan felt that Lu Ting was right. Now was not the time to snatch treasures. Now those idiots were so cruel and crazy that they were staring at those "mosquito-man" masters like mad dogs. They were burning temples, digging up graves, demolishing ancient walls and ransacking houses. What else could they not do?
Su Yan interned in the surgical department for three months and then transferred to the orthopedics department. Who knew that the orthopedics department was even busier than the surgical department, with a large number of patients coming to seek medical treatment every day with bruises, sprains, fractures, internal injuries...
Since coming to the orthopedics department, she has had a lot more opportunities to be on the phone. Every day she has to follow the chief doctor to help patients fix and apply medicine and bandages.
The doctor who took care of Su Yan was Jia Liangcai, the deputy director of the orthopedics department. The reason why he took the initiative to take care of Su Yan was because he got along well with Su Qingshan.
It is true that it is easier to get things done if you have someone in the court. Not only did Jia Liangcai keep Su Yan by his side, he also taught her acupuncture personally.
Su Yan felt that the fake skills she had learned in school were nothing. Seeing the old Chinese doctor inserting the needle with his own hands, Su Yan knew that she still needed to practice more.
"Comrade Xiao Su, this patient has a comminuted fracture and is in severe pain. Let me teach you how to give a painkiller injection."
"Painkillers?"
"Yes, it's the Ghost Shadow Nine Needles passed down from my ancestors."
Su Yan looked around and saw that there seemed to be no one around. She whispered, "Director Jia, be careful with your words!"
"Comrade Xiao Su is right. I was too careless in this matter. There is no secret method passed down from ancestors. I just spoke nonsense."
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