Don't be fooled by the fact that it's only 2 pounds of oil; it sounds like a lot.
But this is the amount of food that the educated youth at the settlement can eat for a year. Divided up, they can only eat a little over 2 liang (100 grams) of oil a month. It is estimated that they can only use an oilcloth to dab a little bit of oil on the pan and then wipe it to cook.
The stir-fried dishes are basically just clear broth and water, with no visible oil foam.
So, in addition to the two-plus kilograms of peanut oil they received, they also had to buy rapeseed oil and pork on a regular basis.
The fatty part of pork can be rendered to produce oil. Sprinkling it with some salt and shredded ginger will allow the rendered lard to be stored for a long time.
However, vegetable oils like peanut oil and rapeseed oil are suitable for use in hot weather, while lard is suitable for use in winter, mainly because it doesn't spoil easily.
By mixing these different oils together, they won't get sick of eating vegetables and wild greens.
After the rice and peanuts were harvested, the fields were plowed.
Then, after preparing the soil, they began planting sweet potatoes and corn.
However, Chen Daohui and his consultant suggested to Tan Dingguo that they could intercrop soybeans in the original cornfield.
Given the success of rice-fish farming, Tan Dingguo thought about it and nodded in agreement.
If intercropping can be successful, both soybeans and corn will be life-saving crops.
When Tan Dingguo went to a meeting in the county, he didn't hide their planting methods; he laid them out directly and told the captains of the other brigades.
However, no one has used this method yet.
In everyone's mind, corn is cornfield. How can you intercrop soybeans in cornfield?
However, there are also shrewd ones.
The news that Xishan Village had planted two acres of land to raise fish in rice paddies spread far and wide.
I heard that not only are the fish raised there plump, but the rice yield has also increased significantly.
Compared to those brigades with poor grain harvests, this was something to be incredibly envious of.
Xishan Village has shared this planting method with everyone; whether or not they are willing to adopt it is up to them.
Anyway, with the hunger so severe, we might as well try anything!
What if it works?
That saved the whole team's lives!
Chen Daohe had already learned about the deeds of Xishan Village from Fu Hongxing.
Therefore, I am very pleased with the actions taken by the village chief of Xishan Village.
With the strong support of the county magistrate, at least half of the people are preparing to intercrop corn and soybeans according to the method suggested by Xishan Village.
A small group of people, however, remained skeptical. Out of respect for the county magistrate's words, they decided to return and, just like they had done with the rice-fish farming in Xishan Village before, set up two experimental plots to test the waters.
If it doesn't work out, at least we won't waste the seeds.
Chen Daohe knew that forcing them to do it might backfire.
Now that they've agreed to plant experimental fields, once there's a comparison to be made, they'll naturally be eager to do it without even asking.
Therefore, he turned a blind eye to those few brigades who harbored ulterior motives and let them do as they pleased.
In any case, they'll be the ones who suffer in the end.
After the sweet potatoes, corn, and soybeans were planted, the children returned to school.
As soon as Xiuhua and Tiedan arrived at school, they expressed their intention to skip a grade to their teacher.
Because they are siblings, their exam results were excellent.
Therefore, the teacher did not think they were being unrealistic; instead, she helped them by speaking to the principal about it.
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