Li Lanzhen looked at the ten acres of land.
Last time, she told the system that after this crop was harvested, only one acre would be left to grow vegetables, and the rest would be used to grow grains, mainly sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.
She plans to plant several more crops of rice and wheat after the New Year to save them for seeds and plant them in the fields.
After arriving here, she realized that rice could not be grown in the Valley of Forgetfulness.
The lake is too far from their fields.
Now, the water in the pool where the waterfall falls is sufficient to grow rice.
Li Lanzhen is thinking about planting rice next spring, because she really wants to eat white rice!
This time, we'll plant more sweet potatoes and potatoes in the space first, saving enough seeds so that we can plant them on a large scale in the Valley of Forgetfulness next year.
The grain seeds we gave to the old village chief last time included a lot of wheat seeds.
After inspecting the ten acres of land, Li Lanzhen arrived at the foot of the mountain. The chickens, ducks, and geese there had multiplied considerably, and she planned to go up the mountain in a couple of days to bring out a batch of them.
There are already more than a dozen lambs in the space, and a batch has been pulled out.
Some of the chickens, ducks, geese, and lambs were given to the village, while the rest were kept and raised at home.
There are quite a few chickens. If each family raises one or two, it might be impossible to buy them with silver. However, Han Minghai can keep a record of them and exchange them for labor.
This way, they have enough manpower to build houses and courtyards, which greatly reduces the time required for construction.
It would be good for the families to move into their new homes sooner rather than later; living in the cave for too long is not a good idea.
There were no eggs in the chicken, duck, or goose pens; the system probably collected them all and put them in the storage room.
Looking up at the mountain, there were already quite a few trees. These were the good saplings she saw on her way up the mountain, which she then put into her space and planted on the mountain.
She slowly entered the courtyard house.
He habitually scooped up more than half a bowl of spiritual spring water, gulped it down, and wiped his mouth dry.
Upon entering the storage room, one sees chicken, duck, and goose eggs, quite a lot stored up, as well as freshly harvested wheat, rice, corncobs, and various vegetables.
In this space, wheat, rice, and corn cannot be processed into flour, rice, and cornmeal that can be eaten directly.
The only option was to take it out and grind it into flour on a stone mill.
There are now two large millstones in the village, which makes grinding grain very convenient.
Both large stone mills were carved by Li Erhan and Li Xishui, who brought stones from the mountain.
In Li Lanzhen's kitchen, there are two small stone mills used to grind soybeans to make soy milk and tofu.
Several families in the village also came to Lin Erhan to have small stone mills made.
Li Lanzhen selected a sack of sweet potatoes, a sack of potatoes, a sack of corncobs, several baskets of vegetables, and a sack of pumpkins, and placed them on the floor of her cave.
Tomorrow morning, have Han Minghai and the others move it out and put it on the shelf in the cave where the grain is stored.
Under Li Lanzhen's training, Xue Nizi, Tonghua, and Li Sanya have learned to make many kinds of food using sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Sweet potato pancakes, sweet potato dumplings, mashed potatoes, potato slices, potato dumplings, shredded potatoes...
These foods, when mixed with some wild vegetables, make for a very delicious meal.
Adults and children alike love to eat it.
Not to mention, Li Lanzhen added spiritual spring water to it.
It seems that everyone in the family is getting better.
Zhang Yuniang's physical condition and energy were also much better than the other three pregnant women in the village.
Li Lanzhen left the space, lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), and fell asleep while lost in thought.
She gets up quite early in the morning.
As they exited the cave and prepared to wash up, they saw Su Chen standing under a large tree in front of them, facing the entrance to Forget-Worry Valley. He had one hand behind his back and the other in front of his chest, his head held high and his back straight, like a sturdy pine tree.
The child clearly had something on his mind. He probably learned from the man in black on the mountain that he was looking for him and his sister, but they didn't mention it when they came back.
Li Lanzhen still felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking about it, a six-year-old child, with his two-year-old sister, who knows what kind of life and death separations he has experienced with his relatives, who can he trust?
I had no choice but to keep quiet about the past; perhaps that was the only way to protect myself and my sister!
Once she understood all this, she felt relieved and continued to treat them as her own grandchildren, loving and caring for them as always!
She wanted to call Su Chen over and talk to him about the man in black searching for the two children, but she was also afraid that if she frightened them, they might run away from Forget-Worry Valley again.
Li Lanzhen couldn't bear it; she had accepted them from the beginning, so she would just keep accepting them.
Whether it's a blessing or a curse, there's no escaping it!
Su Chen probably sensed someone watching him from behind, so he turned around and saw Li Lanzhen.
Grinning broadly, I said, "Good morning, Grandma Lanzhen!"
As Li Lanzhen watched the rising sun shine on his face, his smile became even brighter!
She walked over with a smile, reached out and patted his head, saying affectionately.
"Su Chen, why are you up so early? Children need to sleep more. Their bodies grow taller while they sleep, and they won't grow tall if they don't sleep enough!"
Suzhou stared wide-eyed at Li Lanzhen.
"Really? Grandma Lanzhen?!"
"Really? So our Su Chen is still a child. Don't think too much. Eat well, sleep well, and play happily, okay?"
Leave your worries to the adults. If you miss Grandma Lanzhen, tell her what's bothering you. Don't worry, Grandma Lanzhen will protect you and your sister.
Su Chen opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.
Li Lanzhen squatted down and looked into his eyes as she spoke.
“Su Chen, since Grandma has brought you and your sister to Wangyou and helped you escape the famine, she will treat you as family.”
So don't be afraid of anything. If you encounter any difficulties, Grandma and all of us uncles and elders will support you. Don't worry, you and your sister will be safe. Just live and grow up happily in Forget-Worry Valley!
Upon hearing Li Lanzhen's words, Su Chen's tears streamed down his face. He bit his lip tightly, his lips still trembling, and he threw himself into Li Lanzhen's arms.
She burst into tears.
Li Lanzhen hugged him tenderly and patted his back gently.
Cry, child! Your little shoulders have borne untold suffering and fear!
After a while, Su Chen wiped his eyes, his red eyes looking at Li Lanzhen.
"Grandma, from today onwards, you are my real grandma!"
Because I have no relatives left in this world; they are all dead!
My sister isn't my biological sister, she is...
Before Su Chen could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a group of noisy children returning from their morning exercise.
Li Lanzhen didn't let him continue talking, and instead took his hand to wash up.
Let's not talk about it. Let's not reopen that wound hidden in our hearts!
Just know that he is also a child with a hard life, and love him well as he grows up!
If anyone dares to enter Forget-Worry Valley and try to take the two children away, Li Lanzhen will protect them as if they were her own life!
"Mother~~mother~"
Li Lanzhen, who had just finished washing up and was about to return to the kitchen, was stopped by two shouts.
She knew it was their second son without even turning around, that impulsive, loud-voiced guy!
"Mom, go and see! The crops on that one mu of land in the village have been harvested by themselves and are neatly arranged at the edge of the field!"
The grains were all packed in large sacks, and the vegetables were all packed in baskets, and they were even sorted by type. Isn't that strange?!
Mother, what's even stranger is that so many sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn have been planted in the field again, while there's only a tiny bit of vegetables this time.
Li Lanzhen was shocked to hear this!
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