Su Nanxi naturally had a solution, but she didn't intend to agree to help immediately.
Which farm woman is so capable?
Don't scare people, let me explain why I'm helping!
Su Nanxi wasn't indifferent to matters of national importance; otherwise, she wouldn't have thought about how to promote the planting of corn and sweet potatoes. They were planted everywhere in Changna Village, and even neighboring villages had followed suit. However, her individual efforts were limited. By working with the local officials, she could achieve twice the result with half the effort!
But it shouldn't look too deliberate!
She can't let people think that she's deliberately trying to do this!
Otherwise, those officials, with their tangled thoughts, would be completely lost without anyone knowing what they were thinking!
In officialdom, fame and fortune are of utmost importance. If she rushes to do this, those people will think she is opportunistic and wants to take advantage of them. If she achieves something in the future, they will worry that she will try to take credit for it!
Which high-ranking official wouldn't want to take credit for themselves so they can get promoted quickly?
These people probably think their achievements are too small to make them shine!
Anyway, Su Nanxi doesn't really believe that someone who has been in officialdom for many years doesn't want fame and fortune!
Especially in this impoverished border county, despite the young county magistrate's diligence, he ultimately wanted to achieve something and leave this poor place!
It has to be said that Su Nanxi was right.
Gao Yuchen and Master Chen really wanted to go all out and prove their abilities and value, with the ultimate goal of returning to the capital in glory!
Su Nanxi lowered her head and thought for a while, then said with some difficulty, "We grow good things, so naturally we want to share them with others, because they really are good things! If you plant one or two acres, we can barely help you, but if you want a lot, then it will be difficult. It's not that we don't want to help you, but we really can't cut off many vines for you! Our vines can't be cut off completely; we have to leave half to continue growing."
After thinking it over, Master Chen realized that one or two acres was still too little; there wouldn't be many plants left if it were distributed among the trees!
But the Mo family clearly planted a lot of them, covering the whole mountainside, they should have been able to pick quite a few!
But on the other hand, if it were his family's property, he wouldn't want everyone else to have it all taken away!
Sigh! Forget it, we can't force the people. Besides, if we pinch them all off and the survival rate is low, where will we find seedlings to replace them? They're not even surviving in their original habitat, so there are no seedlings left to pinch off!
It's no easy feat for the Mo family to have achieved this level of success!
Let's take it slow; it's unrealistic to expect too much all at once!
"Can we still plant corn? Do you have any extra seeds you can give us?"
Master Chen then inquired about the corn, but suddenly realized he hadn't explained himself clearly, so he added, "Uh! Our county government is very poor and doesn't have the money to buy these right now, so we can only mobilize the people to buy them. You see, could the price be, uh, a little more affordable?"
Actually, no one else in the Mo family knew the answers to questions about whether corn could still be planted, whether there were any seeds left, or whether seedlings could be obtained. So only Su Nanxi could ask, as she knew the answers better than anyone else!
The other members of the Mo family participated in the planting and maintenance, but they never saw the seeds germinate and grow into seedlings. Su Nanxi simply brought back the seedlings that were a foot tall, and then they planted them in the ground!
If you ask how to plant and care for them, they are the most qualified to speak on the subject. But when it comes to seeds and seedlings, no one can say anything; they can only watch from the sidelines and see if they can offer a few words.
Su Nanxi knew that the county government office was very poor, practically "bare-bones", so simple that it couldn't be simpler. She had seen it with her own eyes and knew it clearly!
"We should still be able to plant more, but we don't have any extra seeds. You see, we run a breakfast business, and we use corn kernels. The corn in the field hasn't even flowered yet, so we don't have any extra. Any extra seeds would have been eaten by them!"
Su Nanxi said apologetically, "That's really the case!"
She wanted corn seedlings, which she could get truckloads of anytime, but they weren't from the Mo family, so she couldn't be too direct!
Master Chen was getting anxious; he was encountering obstacles one after another!
Even though we can see hope, it's as if we see no hope at all!
This is infuriating!
Grandma Mo also saw the annoyed and helpless expression on Master Chen's face, and felt a little sorry for him. She interjected, "Mute, there are corns to pick on the mountain. Some of them should have fallen to the ground and sprouted. Didn't we transplant seedlings from the mountain before? Why don't we go and take a closer look another day?"
Upon hearing this, Master Chen felt there was hope!
Gao Yuchen was also very troubled. If they hadn't found anything, they would have been calm. After all, they had searched for so long without finding anything and had become numb to it. But now that they had found it, they were troubled by Miao's problem. They really wanted to beat their chests!
They were very anxious!
Hearing what Grandma Mo said, Gao Yuchen had an idea: he wanted to go to the mountains to take a look!
How could Su Nanxi possibly let them go with her!
How could she suddenly conjure up a field of corn when there's nothing of value in the mountains?
Obviously not!
So Su Nanxi shook her head, "There are no seedlings on the mountain, so I brought them all back and ate them all!"
Well!
Master Chen scratched his head hard. This corn is so good, it feels like a waste not to plant it!
He would never admit that he wanted to grow them to eat!
But the Mo family was the first to plant, and the corn in their field had only just started to tassel and hadn't even started to bear fruit yet. Where were they going to find seeds to plant?
You can still cut sweet potato vines to plant some seeds, but you can't cut corn vines!
Gao Yuchen and his group were truly dejected. In the end, even the clerk, Master Chen, had no choice but to say, "Then we'll come back in a couple of days to pick some sweet potato vines for planting. We don't have any corn seeds, so we'll leave it for now! Hmm! What's that smell? It's so sweet!"
Everyone smelled it too; the Mo family was very familiar with the smell. Turning their heads, they saw Mo Dongcheng sitting by the door, peeling and eating something dark!
These are sweet potatoes roasted by Zhao. She noticed there was still some embers burning in the stove, and it would be a waste not to use them. Remembering the small sweet potatoes Su Nanxi had brought back, which Su Nanxi had roasted before and found particularly delicious, she threw a lot of them in to roast.
Mo Dongcheng loved to roast food like this, and he would often pester Zhao Shi to roast a couple for him, but Zhao Shi was too busy to pay attention and would often forget about it as soon as she turned around, which made Mo Dongcheng very unhappy!
Seeing how much my mother baked today, I was so happy I almost jumped for joy. I didn't go anywhere else; I stayed by the stove, asking every now and then if it was done.
Finally, just as Zhao was getting annoyed by her son's questions, the sweet potatoes were cooked. She quickly scooped out two small ones to dry, so she wouldn't have to listen to her son's annoying voice again.
Mo Dongcheng stuck out his butt, blew hard, and when it wasn't too hot to touch, he picked it up and ran to the door to eat it, not caring whether anyone was around!
Ah! It felt so good!
Unfortunately, the aroma spread and people noticed, but Mo Dongcheng was so engrossed in the deliciousness of the sweet potatoes that he didn't see a group of people staring at him with bright eyes!
Master Chen felt like he could hear himself swallowing. Sigh! It's all that kid's fault, he doesn't even know to hide when he's eating something delicious!
"Uncle Mo, that...that smells amazing!"
"Oh! That's a sweet potato!"
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