After thinking for a moment, Yin Lan gave her suggestion. The village head nodded repeatedly, saying that Yin's idea was better than his, as it took into account the situation and feelings of these women.
Then Yin Lan casually mentioned it.
"Uncle Village Head, about the crops..."
The village head has been having a lot of headaches lately and hasn't been sleeping well. Although the rice seedlings haven't been planted yet, judging from the growth of the weeds in the fields and the situation in other villages last year, the village head knows that this year's harvest will definitely not be as good as last year's.
Last year was already terrible. If it weren't for the fact that the Yin family led everyone to hunt wild boars and each household received wild boar meat, several people might have starved to death this winter.
We made it through last winter, but what about next winter?
If this year's harvest is even less than last year's, the consequences are unimaginable...
The village head wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. Even the imperial court was helpless. If it were peacetime, they could be relocated, but now there was a war outside, and the imperial court's eyes were only on that side. They, the common people, couldn't think of any way out. Were they just supposed to wait to die?
Even if I went out, the outside world was in chaos and there wasn't enough food for everyone else. Without land, I would starve to death.
"Sigh..." Fortunately, Madam Yin was still able to lead the villagers in doing business. She was a great benefactor of the village. She must have known this, which is why she was willing to pass on her money-making skills to the villagers. It's a pity that some villagers still spoke ill of her for money. Madam Yin is no exaggeration to say that she is a bodhisattva who saves people from suffering.
pity....
She knew nothing about farming and couldn't help with anything.
Yin Lan herself is not a savior of suffering; she naturally has her own considerations in teaching these things, and it can be said to be a win-win situation.
As for the land...
“When I went to the site, I heard that a kind of seedling can grow very well in this kind of soil. It was an old man who said that it was because our soil had changed and we had to replace it with another kind.”
The village head had spent his whole life farming, so he naturally knew that the land was different from before, but he had no clue what was different or how to change it.
Hearing Yin Lan's explanation, he was very suspicious, after all, she was a woman who never worked in the fields and knew nothing about farming.
But after thinking it over and over, there was no other way, so they could only try anything as a last resort.
"Anyway, I have a piece of land, so I'll plant it there first. Once the seedlings grow, I'll compare them with other people's to see if they're really effective. But the seedlings are much more expensive."
The village head was still not entirely convinced, but it wasn't that he doubted Yin Lan's character; he just thought she didn't know anything about farming and might have been deceived.
If such a thing truly existed, how could the imperial court not know about it?
But the method suggested by Lady Yin is good, let's give it a try first.
After Yin Lan returned, she used the bandits who had worked there before to farm. Zhao Dashan and his wife had to go sell their goods, Da Wa, Er Wa, and the other children had to go to school, and the rest of the people were busy with their own affairs. The bandits came in handy, and those bandits especially liked working for Yin's family.
After all, in other people's homes, it's good enough if you can only manage to eat half a meal, but at Yin's house, you can eat your fill, and there's even some oil in the food!
The obedient and hardworking bandits were even asked to reclaim wasteland. For every acre of land reclaimed, they would receive one point. Although the points seemed large, there were few bandits, and the wasteland was on a slope, filled with mud, gravel, tree roots, and weeds. The soil was also barren, and they had to collect withered leaves to compost it. It was no easy task.
However, the bandit was overjoyed to have acquired the land and even began to feel fortunate that he had landed in Iron Sword Village.
If they weren't desperate, no one would want to risk their life by robbing and plundering. The leaders who were initially unwilling to submit gradually gave up and began to accept their fate and work.
The land has been cultivated, seeds have been sown, and now we are just waiting for the seedlings to grow.
Yin Lan prepared cornbread and a little oily hot pot soup for everyone. It wasn't as good as what other people gave, but it was actually quite good. Not a single cornbread was left, and they even drank the soup clean.
They were grateful to Yin Lan, but even the bandits didn't think these seedlings would be of any use. Iron Sword Village seemed to be getting better and better, but as long as the land couldn't grow any food, this "goodness" was unreliable. Sooner or later, a large number of people would starve to death and the village would become deserted. Many of their own villages had disappeared in this way.
Therefore, I started to consider ways to leave, because staying any longer would only lead to a dead end.
The villagers gradually heard about the special seedlings of the Yin family, but no one took it to heart.
Some people think that the poor harvest is only due to the lack of rain in the previous two years, and there is nothing wrong with the fields.
Those who recognized the problem in the fields, especially those who had witnessed the situation in neighboring villages, were deeply worried. They, who had spent their entire lives working the land, couldn't think of any solutions. How could Madam Yin, who never worked in the fields, possibly have a solution?
Some even think that Yin is just after money; didn't she say that the seedlings aren't cheap?
In just over ten days, the seedlings will grow to maturity, and then it will be time for spring planting.
These days, some people have come to Yin Lan's field to take a look, and the rice seedlings don't seem any different. This has led to even more negative comments.
In the last few days, the village head also became disheartened, feeling that the Yin family had been arrogant after receiving so many benefits.
On the last day, the eldest and second children in the family said that now Teacher Liu would give them a test every now and then, and the second child's grades had improved by leaps and bounds, and he was now able to rank among the top students.
Moreover, the other children have been studying hard these days. After all, their parents were unhappy that Xiao Xi had beaten them before, and they themselves felt that it was very embarrassing to be beaten by a little girl. So this time, everyone put in their best effort to get Aunt Yin's meat pie.
The children went out, and Yin Lan tidied up and went to the field. The rice seedlings were covered up, since the weather was not yet warm enough, and she was afraid they would die.
The village head and other villagers from the surrounding area also arrived, waiting to see the outcome for the Yin family.
Several other households have already opened their rice seedlings. The leaves, which were originally lush and green, are now turning yellow and thin, looking somewhat malnourished.
This spring, there was plenty of water, so why is it like this? The villagers were all disappointed and sighed.
When Yin Lan arrived, everyone was almost certain that the problem was with the land, so the Yin family's rice seedlings couldn't possibly be good either.
Yin Lan wasn't really sure herself. She had never grown this before, but she thought that since the seeds were developed by scientists from another world, they shouldn't spoil.
But the questioning looks from those around her made her feel a little uneasy.
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