"We should prioritize planting in areas close to home. Otherwise, if it's too far away, the crops will just benefit the small animals in the mountains."
"Haha, that's the truth."
Seeing this, Xu Han punched Lu Chuan's chest and said, "Keep your voice down. If you wake your son up, you'll have to soothe him yourself."
Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan chuckled softly, then leaned down and pinned Xu Han down...
Autumn mornings are particularly cool, especially in the mountains. Even though it's only the end of August, Xu Han could clearly feel that the temperature outside had dropped a bit as soon as she got up this morning. She quickly put on a jacket, because it was the busy farming season and she couldn't afford to catch a cold.
Xu Han came into the courtyard and saw that the others had already started training. She didn't say anything and just got busy with her own things.
While the others were turning the soil, and since she couldn't help them, Xu Han simply started picking out wheat seeds to plant in a couple of days.
These wheat seeds were bought by Xu Han before the drought and stored separately in her spatial dimension. Because they were stored well, they did not get infested with insects or anything.
She took out the wheat seeds and first poured them into a large winnowing basket to dry. Then, Xu Han moved a small stool over and sat down to pick out the impurities from the wheat seeds.
After picking through the items for a while, Xu Han felt it was too slow, so she simply took a small winnowing basket and started winnowing them.
Remove all the straw and not-so-full wheat grains, leaving only plump wheat grains. This will result in a higher germination rate for the wheat grown this way.
There is a lot of land at home, totaling 26 mu. After deducting the five mu for rice, and leaving two mu for winter vegetables and next year's vegetables, there are still 19 mu left. If all of this land is planted with wheat, it will require a lot of wheat seeds.
The selected wheat seeds are first placed in the sun to dry for a while, and then collected in the evening.
After Xu Han finished doing all that, she remembered that she hadn't taken out the yeast she had promised to dry yesterday.
So they went to the backyard and brought out a bamboo mat to dry in the backyard corridor.
The sun was shining brightly today, and it would feel like a waste not to air out some things on such a beautiful day, so Xu Han took out all the winter coats she would wear.
The weather is getting colder and colder. If I sunbathe today, I can wear it directly next time. Cotton-padded clothes don't keep warm after being washed too many times. After wearing them, I wash them clean and store them away. I can just sunbathe them and wear them again.
The courtyard was soon filled with sunshine, a truly delightful sight.
Mu'er, who had just finished her class, came running from the backyard. "Mommy, I want to eat fruit."
Xu Han stood up, dusted herself off, and said, "Okay, what fruit do you want to eat? I'll go get it for you."
"I want to eat apricots. Sweet, big apricots."
"Okay, remember to give your little brother some after you're done washing him."
"Yes, Mother."
Life went on peacefully like this. Just as the wheat was planted, it started to rain.
"Haha, this rain came just in time. Otherwise, how could we say that God is on our side this year? Next year's wheat harvest is sure to be bountiful."
Lu Chuan continued, "After this rain, the weather will start to get cooler. After the rain stops, let's go to the mountains to pick some mushrooms. If we don't go now, there won't be any left, and we'll have to wait until next year to pick mushrooms again."
"Okay, okay, I agree. We've dried quite a few mushrooms this year, more than we can eat ourselves. We'll take some to sell next time we go to the county town."
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Let's make some money too."
Xu Han thought for a moment and said, "It's been a long time since we've come down the mountain. We've gotten used to living deep in the mountains these past few years, and we haven't thought about going down for a stroll."
Grandpa Zhao laughed and said, "Haha, that's because we lack nothing now. If we lacked something, we would want to go to the county town every day."
"That's good. We don't go down the mountain often, so people don't know that there are people living in these deep mountains."
Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan changed the subject, saying, "How is the war going now? Yunhua hasn't sent any messages back recently."
As the Taoist priest sipped his tea, he leisurely said, "A letter was sent back a few days ago, indicating that war has already begun. However, only the Canglang Kingdom is at war with us right now, and there haven't been any large-scale battles so far. General Qin can hold the line."
Grandpa Zhao then asked, "And the people? Are they still living in peace and contentment?"
"Apart from the people in the border areas who were affected, the people in other cities are still safe and sound."
Grandpa Zhao breathed a long sigh of relief upon hearing this. "That's good. We hope this hard-won good life will last a long time."
Since the Taoist priest told everyone about the battle at the front, Xu Han and Lu Chuan haven't inquired about these matters again.
After all, these battles were still quite distant for the two of them, and since they had been living deep in the mountains with a Taoist priest overseeing things there, Xu Han hadn't inquired about them anymore.
Besides, if anything really happened, Yunhua would definitely send a message back immediately, which is why the two of them are so close.
As Xu Han was pondering this, she heard the Taoist priest slowly say, "I'm afraid this superficial peace won't last much longer?"
Upon hearing this, everyone tensed up. "Is war about to break out?"
"Yunhua wrote that the one above is nearing his end, and those three countries will definitely take this opportunity to attack our Yuanqing Kingdom together. At that time, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos again."
For a moment, everyone fell silent. After a long while, Xu Han finally spoke up, "I just hope that the newly appointed ruler can show some compassion for the people of our Yuanqing Kingdom. At least he can't abandon them."
The Taoist priest comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be a good ruler who cares for the people."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt relieved. As long as a ruler puts the people first, that's good. Such a ruler deserves everyone's support and admiration, and the people can suffer less.
However, Xu Han had heard Yun Hua mention before that after a long period of natural disasters, the national treasury was not full, and she was afraid that when the new emperor ascended the throne, there would still be a period of hardship.
The group chatted inside for a while longer, and the rain outside gradually stopped.
The next morning, the weather did indeed cool down, and the sky was foggy. After breakfast, the whole family started heading into the mountains.
After more than half a year, everyone has become very skilled at picking mushrooms.
Currently, the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan are the main force in the mushroom-picking team. They always pick the most mushrooms, and each one is especially fresh and tender. Xu Han really admires their eyesight; they can spot mushrooms from a great distance.
Xu Han could only find mushrooms by sifting through pine needles, which made me incredibly jealous.
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