“Not two years after you left, my family arranged blind dates for me. I met several men before finally choosing Da Jie’s father.”
Even though she is already married, Dia felt a little embarrassed when this was mentioned.
After all, they were childhood friends. After not seeing each other for many years, she was already a mother, while her friend still looked like a young girl.
Do you only have one child?
When you were little, you said you wanted to have two children, a son and a daughter.
Lin Xue took Daiya and her son to the living room. She felt that the original owner's friend was living a happy life now, and she was happy for her.
"My youngest daughter is too young, so I didn't bring her along."
"I'll bring it to you when you get to the village."
When talking about her youngest daughter, Dia's face lit up with a happy smile.
Now, she has achieved her wish and has both a son and a daughter.
This is something to be happy about.
"By the way, will you leave again this time you're back?"
She knew about her friend's situation; when she wanted to leave... she cried for a long time.
Daiya felt that Grandma Wujiu was really heartless back then, but after the girls left, she saw Grandma Wujiu secretly wiping away tears.
Daiya knew that Grandma Wujiu was also feeling bad.
She also asked Granny Wujiu, "Does a witch really have to live alone?"
Mingmingxue also lived with her grandmother when she was little, didn't she?
Grandma Wujiu just looked at her without explaining.
Later, her father told her that witches had their own traditions, and that after the age of sixteen, they had to go out and make a living on their own.
Although no one knows why, everyone has gone through this.
In the years since Xue left, Dia has made a few new friends, but none of them have been as happy as when she was with Xue.
"I'm not leaving!"
"I plan to stay here permanently so I can take care of Teacher Wujiu!"
"I'll also help the villagers increase their harvest. I've been looking for a lot of high-yield grain seeds outside these past few years."
"When the season comes, I will distribute the seeds to everyone, so that everyone can have enough to eat!"
"Also, doesn't the river overflow into the nearby fields every summer?"
"I also plan to repair this section of the river that flows through our village and dredge it deeper."
"That way, that piece of land by the river won't be wasted anymore. We can plant some rice and then we can eat fragrant rice."
Listening to Lin Xue recount her experiences, Dai Ya felt that her best friend had really changed a lot.
Does going out and seeing the world really make someone grow up so quickly?
Back then, my best friend didn't love studying these things the most; instead, she loved playing pranks and causing trouble for others.
This is also why the villagers don't like her very much.
"Xue, you've really changed so much!"
"But I love you just the way you are!"
"When the new grain varieties are promoted, don't forget your good sister!"
"Because the harvest is low, no family in the village dares to have many children. For example, our family has only had a second child after so many years!"
Dia looked distressed. Food production was limited, but with a large population, everyone would go hungry.
In order to have more food and avoid causing suffering to newborns, people choose to have fewer children.
A small population means the village cannot grow.
If a village cannot grow strong, it means it has a weak ability to resist bad people.
If it weren't for the tallow trees protecting their village, it would have been occupied by people from other villages long ago.
There are many remote villages on this magical continent, and the city lord's mansion simply cannot manage them all.
Everyone is self-reliant and left to fend for themselves.
Only when taxes are collected will the adults travel long distances to collect statistics from village to village.
Sometimes...
The village that collected taxes the previous year had disappeared by the time the next year came.
Those in power were already used to these things and wouldn't even give them a second glance.
Not to mention avenging the villagers or finding out the reason for the village's destruction!
Originally, everyone was a little worried, after all, Wujiu's health was getting worse and worse. If the witch was gone, would those bandits and brigands who dared not invade before come back?
Until Lin Xue returned, although everyone disliked the witch before, their presence ensured the village's survival.
So even though they didn't know the Snow Witch had changed, everyone was still willing to bring vegetables and food from their homes to visit her.
"You're my best sister, of course I'll think of you first when I need something!"
"It's already autumn. I have some radish and cabbage seeds here. The vegetables grown from these seeds will be quite large. Take some back and plant them in your empty space later!"
The villagers' vegetable gardens are certainly already full, but there is still a lot of abandoned land nearby, which can be cultivated into new vegetable gardens if they wish.
However, these lands far from the village need to be properly fenced off, otherwise they will be destroyed by small animals that come out of the mountains.
If you want to plant something, you can always find a suitable place.
Lin Xue is not worried that these seeds will go to waste.
"That's wonderful! Can I share some of these seeds with other families?"
Daiya took the seeds that Lin Xue had divided, and the names of the seeds were written on them.
However, her family could only allocate a small amount of land, so they still needed to consult Lin Xue's opinion before distributing it to other families.
"Of course! If anyone else needs it, they can come and ask me for it themselves!"
"By the way, please pass on a message to the families who have fields by the river, telling them not to rush to plant anything after they finish harvesting the grain. I plan to dredge that section of the river first!"
"If the silt dredged from the river can be spread on the fields, the crops will definitely grow better next year!"
"This is natural fertilizer; it would be such a waste to just throw it away!"
Lin Xue also wanted to cultivate a field on the other side of the river, near the forest, so that she could grow millet next year.
Wheat is the most common crop on this magical continent, while rice is grown in relatively few places.
Their village was particularly affected.
Corn and wheat are grown in almost every household.
Besides these, there are various beans and sorghum.
It's such a waste that this place, so close to a water source, is the best spot for growing rice.
"That's easy, I'll tell them when I get back!"
"And we also have a piece of land near the river, so you'll have to get a lot of mud for our land, sister!"
I dare not think of anything more, but as a good friend, this request is not excessive.
"Don't worry, I'll let you know in advance when I start construction. Then you can tell me where your land is!"
The two girls chatted for a long time, while Da Jie sat next to them eating the pastries and candies that Lin Xue had given him.
He had never tasted such exquisite pastries, even more delicious than those made by his mother.
Moreover, these snacks are all sweet, and since few peddlers come to their village, they rarely get to eat sweets.
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