Chapter 1023 Returning to My Mother's Home 4

Xibao’s birthday was a reason for everyone to get together for a meal, so everyone’s main task was to eat, drink, talk and laugh, and they didn’t care about the rules of not talking while eating or sleeping.

Looking at the table full of food and wine, the old people were all moved.

Although they don’t eat as much fine food as they did when they were young, it is still as good as delicacies from land and sea for them now.

"You guys are taking too much trouble." He Qingyin said. She was used to being thrifty but she felt distressed.

Today's meal will consume enough food for two people for a month.

Feng Qingxue laughed softly, "Ajiang and I have some connections and ways, and the salary is not low. Sister, don't say these polite words. Seize the opportunity to eat while it's hot. We have to go to work early tomorrow morning! Looking at the year, Wanglou Brigade has a bumper harvest this year. Sister and the other ladies don't have to worry about food. You can always get a full meal here."

Speaking of the year's harvest, Wang Zhengguo said to everyone: "This year's summer grain harvest is definitely a bumper one. You have all seen the wheat here. The ears of wheat are big and the grains are full. As long as the weather is good, the granary will be full."

"Was it not so good in the past two years?" Lu Jiang asked.

"Yes, ever since Xiaoxue and Xibao left, our team's harvest has not been very good. If it weren't for the surplus grain, we would not have been able to fill our stomachs." Wang Zhengguo frowned, "I remember that there was a famine in the first few years after Xiaoxue got married, and our team relied on the surplus grain to barely get by. After she got married, the harvest got better every year, even the rush to harvest went smoothly, especially the year Xibao was born. I recently looked through the account books and found that the harvest that year was the highest, 20% more than the usual bumper harvest."

After hearing this, Lu Jiang couldn't help laughing and asked, "Could it be that Xibao is a lucky star? Qingxue and I brought him home this spring, so the harvest of the brigade has improved?"

Wang Zhengguo said sternly, "Don't disbelieve me! I have visited other brigades. In some places, there are no grains in the wheat ears. They are shrunken with only husks. In some places, the wheat is either half dead or sparse. Before you came back, the crops in our brigade did not grow well. If you don't believe me, ask your father. It was dry in early winter. It hasn't rained since the wheat was planted. We can only rely on manual irrigation. The water in the river is not enough. We only relied on the snow in the first year to avoid death by drought. It rained a few times after the New Year, and the growth was a little better. As a result, the weather was hot and cold again, colder than in previous years, and my cotton-padded jacket took off a month later than in previous years. The wheat was slow to ear, and we all thought it would fail this year. Who knew that after you came back, the wheat that should ear did so, and the wheat that should grow wildly grew wildly."

Grandpa Xu nodded and said, "Ah Jiang, your uncle is right. At the beginning of the year, every household was frantically digging wild vegetables, drying them and storing them, fearing that the harvest this year would be insufficient and the surplus food would not be enough to feed everyone. The crops on the ground only improved after you came. Seeing the wheat fields gradually turning yellow, the elders and villagers were very happy, but I didn't think of you."

Lu Jiang's eyes widened in surprise. "Is it really that magical? Don't promote feudal superstition!"

"What kind of feudal superstition is this? Nonsense. If outsiders hear it, it will benefit us." Wang Zhengguo glared at him, then lowered his voice and said, "The crops that were originally hopeless suddenly became prosperous. An old man in our team felt strange and secretly went to find Blind Shan the other day and asked me to come along. Guess what Blind Shan said?"

(End of this chapter)