Chapter 205 The Sweet Potatoes Are Gone

Fortunately, in the next few days, Liu Yinyin did not hear any news of anyone being injured in the village.

The weather is still cold these days, but fortunately the snow does not continue to fall endlessly. It usually snows at night and is sunny during the day.

The snow on the ground melted quickly, so people's travel was not affected too much.

Another major event happened in the village, which was related to the sweet potatoes planted by Liu Yinyin on the mountain.

Previously, Liu Yinyin handed over the task of digging sweet potatoes to the Liu brothers, but something went wrong in the end.

The Liu brothers dug up the sweet potatoes and carried them back. Just as they brought back two sacks, the matter of the sweet potatoes was discovered.

Fortunately, we didn’t directly discover that the Liu family was digging sweet potatoes in the mountains.

The Liu brothers dug sweet potatoes for half a day and went to the mountain to continue digging the next day.

Then I saw...some people had already discovered their sweet potato fields and were digging up the sweet potatoes.

The sweet potatoes were originally planted secretly by Liu Yinyin, and they didn't want to tell others openly, hoping to take over the sweet potato field for themselves.

Therefore, the Liu brothers could only swallow this loss and return home in anger.

When Jiang Cuihua heard the news, she was so angry that she wanted to curse.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in them being unwilling.

There aren't many sweet potatoes on the mountain, but Jiang Cuihua doesn't want to give them away to others for free.

So she turned around and spread the news.

For a while, the village was in an uproar. Hearing that there were sweet potatoes in the mountains, the villagers rushed to the mountains in a swarm.

In the end, a group of villagers almost got into a fight over ordering sweet potatoes.

Anyway, the sweet potatoes on the mountain have no owner, so who wouldn’t want to take advantage of a bargain, especially since they’re edible.

As a result, after the village chief learned about this, he asked the villagers to hand over the sweet potatoes to the canteen.

According to regulations, things in the mountains are collective.

The villagers are not allowed to open up wasteland and grow crops in the mountains privately, otherwise they would be digging into the collective wall.

Therefore, the person who grabbed the sweet potato had to hand it over even if he was reluctant.

Only a small number of people in the village dug up sweet potatoes. Most of those who did not dig up sweet potatoes naturally agreed with them to hand over the sweet potatoes to the canteen.

That way, everyone can get a piece of the pie.

When Liu Yinyin heard Jiang Cuihua mumbling about this matter, she did not expect things to turn out like this.

After many twists and turns, the sweet potatoes finally fell into the hands of the villagers, and no one knew whether they were good or bad.

"It's such a good deal for them." Jiang Cuihua was unhappy anyway.

In fact, there were not many sweet potatoes dug up from the mountain. After the Liu family dug two bags.

The remaining sweet potato field only has about four to five hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes.

In a good year, these sweet potatoes would be nothing.

But now there is a famine, let alone four or five hundred kilograms, even one kilogram of sweet potatoes will attract countless people to scramble for it.

Liu Yinyin could only comfort her: "It's good to hand over the sweet potatoes to the canteen. At least... everyone can eat them."

The Liu family also had a share, so it wasn’t too bad.

Jiang Cuihua was a little unwilling, but she wasn't that angry, because Hongshu originally belonged to the lady's family.

The two bags of sweet potatoes that were dug from the mountain yesterday were also delivered to my daughter’s house.

Since Liu Yinyin wasn't angry, what else could she say?

Liu Yinyin felt a little sorry for the sweet potato vines. She had originally thought of bringing them back to feed the pigs.

Who would have thought that now even the sweet potato vines are gone. In times of famine, sweet potato vines can be a source of food, but no one is willing to use them to feed pigs.

Fortunately, Liu Yinyin’s mind is not on sweet potatoes now. She is only thinking about the vegetables grown at home.

Suddenly thinking of something, Liu Yinyin smiled and changed the subject, "Mom, let's not worry about those sweet potatoes. I'll show you something good."

Jiang Cuihua's attention was diverted when she heard this, and she asked curiously, "...What good stuff is this?"

Liu Yinyin was really happy. She pulled Jiang Cuihua outside and said, "Come with me and take a look, and you'll know."

She was talking about nothing else but the vegetables grown in the pigsty.

After these days of careful care, the results have finally come, and some vegetables have sprouted.

Liu Yinyin had previously grown chicken greens, pea sprouts, lettuce and rapeseed.

The pea sprouts have the shortest growth cycle and can be eaten in about ten days to half a month.

At this moment, the pea seedlings have sprouted tender green shoots, which look very pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Cuihua was so happy seeing this that she was almost speechless.

Although only seedlings have grown now, if nothing goes wrong, in a few days, we can pick the pea tips and stir-fry them.

Thinking about it, Jiang Cuihua said excitedly: "...I never thought that I could actually grow vegetables at home. I will clear a room when I get home and grow some vegetables to eat."

However, before planting vegetables, you have to build an earthen stove first, but no one in Liujia Village knows how to make this.

Liu Yinyin said, "I'll let Gu Cheng teach you how to build an earthen fireplace later."

She herself only had a limited understanding of the plan, and if she failed it would harm the Liu family, so it would be safer to let Gu Cheng teach them personally.

Jiang Cuihua also thought so: "Then I'll have to trouble my son-in-law."

The earlier the earthen stove is built, the earlier vegetables can be planted. Jiang Cuihua is no longer hesitant. People have to be courageous, otherwise they will not be able to pick up the pie that falls from the sky.

Because some vegetables had sprouted, Liu Yinyin took better care of the vegetables in the pigpen.

Every blade of grass you find must be pulled out.

In addition to watering, the vegetable fields also need to be fertilized. Liu Yinyin sprinkled some plant ash, dead leaves, and chicken feces...

When Gu Cheng came back from get off work, Liu Yinyin had just finished her work.

"I'm back." Liu Yinyin said with a smile.

Seeing her happy face, Gu Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so happy?"

Liu Yinyin explained cheerfully: "The vegetables have sprouted, how can I not be happy?"

Liu Yinyin couldn't help feeling happy when she thought about having green vegetables to eat when the weather gets colder.

When Gu Cheng heard the news, a faint smile appeared on his lips. He took the bag hanging on the bicycle and gave it to Liu Yinyin.

Liu Yinyin was stunned: "...What?"

As he spoke, he untied the bag and took a look. It was a piece of fresh pork with fat and lean texture.

Liu Yinyin was surprised and asked, "Did you buy it?"

When they lived in the countryside, unless Liu Yinyin went to the county town, the family seldom ate fresh meat.

Gu Cheng shook his head and said, "No, a colleague gave it to me. I agreed to sell the furniture to him yesterday, and he forced a piece of pork on me today."

Liu Yinyin heard about this from Gu Cheng last night. One of Gu Cheng's colleagues had a son who was of marriageable age and was planning to buy a batch of furniture.

When I heard that Gu Cheng was going to sell furniture, I made a decisive decision.

These days, supplies are scarce and most people are not picky and don’t mind giving up second-hand items as long as the price is affordable.

In order to sell the furniture smoothly, Gu Cheng only asked for 60% of the original cost.