With Li Lanzhen's constant suggestions, Wangyou Valley is getting better and better in all aspects.
First, various institutions have become increasingly well-established, with village committees being set up and responsibilities clearly defined.
A village head, two deputy village heads, an accountant, and several team leaders were appointed to collectively manage all aspects of the Forget-Worry Valley.
The main leadership team of Forget-Worry Valley now consists of only three people.
The village chief is the former village chief of Hanjia Village, and the two deputy village chiefs are the village chiefs of Lujiazhuang Village and Liujia Village.
The three of them work together, so they can discuss and consult with each other. As the saying goes, "Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang." With these three people, things can be discussed quickly and the execution rate is high.
The accountant in Forget-Worry Valley is Liu Jianzu, the youngest son of the village chief of Liujia Village.
He worked as the manager of a restaurant in his hometown for two years. He was quick-witted and a fast calculator, so everyone recommended him.
Li Lanzhen had observed this young man; he was quick-witted, and when he met someone, he would smile first without saying a word. He seemed like a simpleton, but he was still a kind and upright young man.
The Valley of Forgetfulness also established a security team, whose captain was Xue Bao, whose task was to lead the original guard team.
Now he is a member of the security team, protecting the safety of Forget-Worry Valley. In addition, he also has to train them.
The Red Tassel Spear Squad is the team they are training; in the future, they will also be the reserve members of the Forget-Worry Valley security team.
The hunting team was led by Xue Laohu and the deputy leader was Han Mingjiang. They were responsible for teaching one person from each household in the village how to hunt animals.
Most importantly, they were to lead hunting teams out to hunt during the hunting activities organized in the village, thus ensuring the village's meat supply.
There is also a production supervisor team, which is led by Han Shunde and Lu Dashan.
Their main plan is to plan the harvest from farming in the valley, reserve seeds for planting next year, and ensure the quality of the grain.
At Li Lanzhen's suggestion, a carpentry team was also established in Wangyou Valley, and the team leader was her father, Li Erhan.
This woodworking team is open to everyone; any family's child can come here to learn.
Not only can they learn how to make simple furniture, but more importantly, they can also provide wooden farm tools for various activities in Forget-Worry Valley.
Li Lanzhen is most gratified that although the old village chief is over 50 years old, he is not old-fashioned. He can accept any suggestions she makes and quickly put them into practice.
So three days later, Forget-Worry Valley had changed dramatically.
After the various leadership organizations were established, they assigned tasks and each performed their duties. The entire Forget-Worry Valley came alive, and everyone knew what to do and what their responsibilities were as soon as they opened their eyes.
Three days later, the village committee of Wangyou Valley completed the preparations for the household contract responsibility system.
This included registering the residents of each household, measuring the amount of land in Wangyou Valley, determining the amount of land allocated to each person, and having each household draw lots to determine the location of their land.
Wangyou Valley currently has 37 households with 304 people, including four unborn babies.
The measured land area is a total of 106 mu (approximately 7.4 hectares).
From the gate leading into the valley all the way to the cave in the back mountain, there was a passage wide enough for two carriages to pass side by side.
Along this road, there are neat plots of land on both sides.
The land near the foot of the mountain has been reserved with irregular sections of land, about one meter wide.
The old village chief said these plots should be left to each household as their own private plots.
And that piece of land, more than an acre, was covered with crops.
The old village chief said that the land would not be distributed to the villagers, but would be reserved as public land for the Wangyou Valley village.
This year's harvest will be distributed to everyone, with only the seeds kept.
The harvest from this land after next year, whether converted into silver or grain, will be kept in the village for unforeseen needs.
In this way, each person was allocated three-thirds of the land.
Currently, the largest family in the village is Li Lanzhen's family with 13 members, followed by the village chief's family with 12 members.
Other households have relatively few members, and some even have only one person left.
The rest of the family members died on the way to escape the famine for various reasons.
Of course, besides that, the most important thing is that they have agreed on the construction of the house and yard next spring.
Li Lanzhen suggested that each family build their own courtyard in front of the existing cave, while the existing cave could be used as a grain storage room for each household.
Grain stored in caves is kept warm in winter and cool in summer, making it less prone to mold and damage.
Everyone applauded the suggestion.
When the village committee organized villagers to draw lots to determine their family's land, Li Lanzhen thought it would be good if the land of her parents' family and several relatives' land were adjacent, so that they could help each other.
Unexpectedly, after the lottery was over, they looked at the plot numbers they had drawn and found that the plots were indeed connected.
Moreover, their land was on the other side of the cave where they lived.
Li Lanzhen strongly suspected that the old village chief had done something wrong, so she looked in the direction where the old village chief was standing.
Just then, the old village chief was also looking in their direction, and his gaze met Li Lianzhen's.
The old village chief laughed heartily and waved at her.
Li Lanzhen smiled and thought to herself that she would remember the old village chief's kindness.
Before the land was allocated, the old village chief announced in front of the villagers of Wangyou Valley that he would directly allocate his eldest granddaughter Han Shulan's share of land to Li Lanzhen's family.
Li Lanzhen initially refused, but later, Han Shulan's mother, Liu Daidi, said so.
"Father-in-law, you've already announced that my daughter is your daughter-in-law. So why are you denying it now?"
As she spoke, her eyes reddened, and she wiped away her tears with the corner of her clothes, looking at Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen shook her head and said, "What are you saying! I've said what I meant, and I'll stick to it. How could I go back on my word? Your daughter, Han Shulan, is my daughter-in-law. When they come back, I'll hold a banquet and marry your daughter into the family!"
Liu Daidi and Han Shunde said in unison.
"Then let's just allocate her land to your family!"
Li Lanzhen knew that this was them trying to befriend her, or perhaps expressing their gratitude.
So without further refusal, I nodded in agreement.
And so, their family gained another person from their land.
The land allocated to each household had already been cultivated.
During the three-day preparation period, the village chief assigned Han Shunde to be in charge, having oxen and horses take turns pulling four curved plows day and night to reclaim all the wasteland in the valley.
Therefore, the land allocated to each household today has already been cultivated. All that is needed is to build up the field ridges according to the crops or vegetables to be planted.
Li Lanzhen suggests that everyone should plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, and various vegetables suitable for autumn growth during this season.
Meanwhile, the old village chief and his comrades had cultivated sweet potato seedlings and potatoes in the cave. The sweet potato vines had grown long enough to be planted, and the potatoes had sprouted.
Li Lanzhen then taught everyone how to propagate sweet potato vines by cuttings and how to plant potatoes.
Cut each piece of potato, making sure it has a sprout tip. Then, coat each cut surface of the potato with wood ash.
Then it can be buried in the ground.
After pinching the sweet potato vines off by hand, insert them directly into the soil, one leaf bud per section.
In the village's private plot of land in the valley, the sweet potato vines grew even more lushly.
In this way, each family received some, and everyone rushed to plant them in the ground.
Li Lanzhen, along with several of her in-laws and her own parents, had even more sweet potato vines.
These were all cut out of her spatial storage.
While eating lunch, he carried a bundle out from behind his own cave and distributed it to each family.
"Here, these are the sweet potato seedlings I grew behind the cave. They grow really fast. Each family can take a bundle, and the longer seedlings can be cut short and planted directly in the soil, then watered."
At this point, Li Lanzhen suddenly remembered the problem of watering the fields.
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