Song Jianshe got even angrier. "Alright, you'd be crazy to want to eat that. And stop making excuses for Lili. Didn't the boss say we could eat it?"
Song Jianshe was frustrated. Why did it seem like he was the one who was wrong?
He also feels sorry for his sister!
Song Lili picked a few cucumbers and pulled up a few cabbages, thinking she would make cabbage porridge tonight, so it would be thicker and she wouldn't be hungry when she went to bed.
Food is precious, so many people just eat whatever is convenient at night since they don't have to work anyway. Some people even skip dinner and go straight to sleep.
In their view, as long as they eat enough in the morning and at noon, it won't affect their work.
Song Lili wouldn't agree to that. If this continued, her stomach would be ruined and would be incurable. How painful would that be?
Song Lili is optimistic, believing that the period of economic hardship is over and that no one will starve to death.
Even if the future is uncertain, we won't go hungry.
Therefore, we need to take precautions now!
Half a month later, all the potatoes in the production area were dug up, some were handed over, and the rest were distributed.
It's easy to imagine that the Song family didn't get much this time, only a small portion of the cellar. They don't even know if it will last until the end of the year!
After the potatoes were dug up, it was already mid-September, and there was no more work to be done in the fields, as the long winter was about to begin.
The men still have work to do; they'll need to plow the fields for ten days to half a month.
Meanwhile, the women, the elderly, and the children all took hoes and carried baskets to the fields to collect leftovers.
This system, where whoever finds it keeps it, has greatly increased everyone's enthusiasm.
Yang Mei also came over to invite Song Lili, wanting to go with her, but Song Lili refused.
Firstly, she hadn't mentally prepared herself and couldn't face the bayberry naturally; secondly, she felt it was a waste of time.
She had already planned out the time ahead.
We need to harvest the vegetables in the field first, otherwise it won't be good when the frost comes. Then we can start preparing for off-season vegetables.
Song Lili spent a day pulling up all the remaining cabbages she had planted, the few she usually ate, washing them clean, cooking them, and then drying them on a rope to eat in the winter.
The beet leaves were treated in the same way.
She simply dug out the beetroot and put it with the potatoes; no further processing was needed.
She sliced the zucchini and dried it directly in the sun. She left the scallions in the ground and decided to pickle the cucumbers.
It took her two whole days to finish these things.
After all that was done, she began to carefully consider the matter of growing off-season vegetables.
At the beginning, it certainly won't be possible to do it on a large scale; in terms of financial resources, material resources, and human resources, she estimates that she can only provide human resources.
So, let's grow a little bit first and see how it goes. Even if we don't sell it, we can eat it ourselves.
Most importantly, large-scale cultivation is currently impossible.
Next comes the most practical question.
If you want to grow vegetables in winter, you have to build a greenhouse, which requires plastic, and plastic costs money to buy.
Song Lili didn't know whether her family had any money or not.
That evening, after dinner, Song Lili asked Song Yongren, "Uncle, is your family wealthy?"
Song Yongren was taken aback. "What do you need the money for? Is it to buy something?" Then, a pang of sadness hit him. "Where would we get any money at home?"
Song Jianshe chimed in, "When we were starving a few years ago, if we had money, we would have found a way to exchange it for grain long ago. Besides, even if there was any left, Grandma was sick in the spring. Grandpa spent a lot of money on that, so it's all gone now."
"Not to mention that the family was already broke, everything was borrowed, and there was still a few dollars of debt left over."
Song Lili was stunned. There was a famine in her family? How come she had never heard of it?
She smiled bitterly, "Without money, there's no plastic. Without plastic, how can we grow any off-season vegetables?"
Song Lili was about to give up, but Song Yongren pressed her for details, asking, "Lili, what do you want to buy? If it's urgent, I'll try to borrow some for you..."
However, I am filled with sorrow, wondering who can lend me money?
Song Lili waved her hand, "No need, no need, Grandma." Her family was already facing a famine; she'd better find a way herself!
But Song Yongren was persistent and seemed determined to find out.
"Lili, tell Daddy, what do you want to buy?" Despite the bitterness in his heart, Song Yongren insisted on asking.
"Big brother, it's like this, I plan to plant some cabbage and the like in winter, so that we can have some vegetables at home during the winter."
After thinking about it, Song Lili decided to tell her family anyway, since they would know what she did eventually.
"So I want to buy some plastic sheeting and build a small greenhouse."
Will this work?
"Can vegetables grow in winter?" Song Jianshe and Song Yongren asked at the same time.
Song Lili nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, I saw it in a book."
"Lili, I seem to remember you only went to fifth grade. Can you understand those books? Don't be mistaken," Song Jianshe said, puzzled.
Song Lilihan!
She was secretly glad that she had thought of asking Zhang Qinghua to teach her to read. Now it was coming in handy!
"Of course I can understand it. I've been learning to read with Zhang Qinghua all my life, and now even junior high school characters are no problem for me," Song Lili said proudly.
"real?"
“Of course it’s true. Fangfang knows about this too. You can ask her if you don’t believe me.” Song Lili brought up a witness.
Song Yongren looked at Song Fang and saw her nod, which made him believe it, but he still had some doubts and uncertainties.
"Lili, we can't be silly. Are you sure what the book says is true? How can you grow vegetables in winter? Won't they all freeze to death?"
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