The couple planted on the riverbank once an hour. When they were tired, they would take a break. When they were hungry, they would eat what they had saved. Well, it wasn't much actually. Given their current situation, with so many grown boys, the leftovers were all from what the old man had eaten.
There are fish in the river, though. Not many big ones, but plenty of whitebait, small fish, various small shrimps, and snails.
During the break, Xiao Yu used the power of water to sense the grass, and a little bit of incense power attracted a large nest of grass. After a few harvests, he harvested a ton.
This amount of fish is a bit scary!
Because of these whitebait and various shrimps, Xiao Yu even looked down on decent fish like crucian carp and carp.
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Seeing that he liked it, Zhou Yan went fishing in the river every time it was his turn to cast a spell. He specialized in whitebait, occasionally picking up a few large crucian carp. Forget carp, Comrade Xiaoyu said he was just a small koi, so why bother with him?
"It's still a little superstitious." Zhou Yan laughed. But there were plenty of fish and shrimp in the river, so a few carp really weren't much of a deal. Especially the whitebait, which were especially plentiful and fat.
After processing, coat it with flour and fry it in oil. Whether it is hot or cold, it is irresistible.
It doesn't matter if it's hard to catch all kinds of shrimp. Just dig a ditch and add some incense. Whether it's shrimp or snails, they can fill up a pit with a diameter of three meters in an hour.
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The couple spent their afternoons like this, planting and eating fish.
"It's a pity that the crops aren't good right now." As the sun set, Xiao Yu and Zhou Yan finished their work. Although they had harvested quite a bit of rice, to be honest, someone wasn't satisfied. "I feel like, even with the power of incense, the most we've ever harvested from one acre of rice is only a little over 1,500 kilograms. The wheat is even worse. At best, we've only harvested about 1,000 kilograms from one acre."
"It's already pretty good. In Zhoujia Village, the highest yield per mu of land is only 600 kilograms. But when they report it to the higher authorities, it's always several thousand kilograms."
"The Great Leap Forward?"
"What's coming?"
"Uh, nothing." Xiao Yu smiled, "Shall we take a bucket of small fish back?"
Zhou Yan looked speechlessly at someone's lame attempt to change the subject, and nodded: "No need for the shrimp. I'll clean them for you when I have time and make your favorite meal."
Xiao Yu felt a little embarrassed, but still nodded happily.
Having absorbed the power of the incense here, it would be a bit unethical to just leave like that. Especially for the incense gods, uh, practitioners too, it is easy to get involved in cause and effect if you are not careful.
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As a land god, Xiao Yu naturally couldn't do something as unethical as taking, putting away, and then leaving. So before leaving, he asked Zhou Yan to burn another two or three hundred acres of land along the river.
The rice and wheat planted today covered 50 mu each, and the remaining land, as well as the open space on the riverbank, was used to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"Actually, we should plant potatoes and sweet potatoes today, as they are high-yielding." Xiao Yu said after finishing his work.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "You like rice, so we can keep some of what we planted today." As for the rest, "Next time when I have time, I'll find a similar place and plant more."
"Yes. Then, next, it's time to use the dream spell! No one should be asleep right now, right?" Xiao Yu pulled Zhou Yan along and flew into the air, looking out from afar. They could see villages far away from the river. "There are people on both sides!"
"It depends on their luck!" Zhou Yan said, "Our safety is the most important."
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