Lin Yinan didn't join the commotion in the city. The fish in the pond outside the city had been raised for more than half a year, and it was time to harvest them.
I helped Yun Shijiu put on a padded jacket and also put a tiger hat on her.
Winters in the South aren't really that cold; there are only occasional cold winds.
If this were in the north or the Central Plains, it would already be snowing heavily by now.
Two days ago, a breach was dug in the fishpond, and now only a little water remains at the bottom. The men, undeterred by the cold, went down shirtless to catch the fish.
The larger fish weigh three or four pounds, while those weighing less than two pounds are placed in another small pond filled with water. They will be put back into the pond to be raised after the old pond mud is cleared.
Women and teenagers carried baskets and buckets, collecting clams and snails along the pond.
Several vacant lots next to the fishpond also need to be dug into ponds. Since it's the off-season for farming now, it won't take much time to dig them out.
Yun Shijiu, whom Lin Yinan was holding, saw the child by the pond and excitedly babbled. If Lin Yinan hadn't been strong, she would have almost been unable to hold her.
"Anan, let me hug you if you're tired." Li Shulan would tease Yun Shijiu from time to time.
Lin Yinan shook her head with a smile, "Mom, I'm not tired. Nineteen is strong; you can't hold her."
Yun Shijiu might be strong like her. Last time, when Yun's mother was holding her, she wasn't paying attention and Yun Shijiu slapped her across the face. The clear handprint took two whole days to fade.
From then on, anyone who tries to hug her should be wary of being slapped by her.
Li Shulan held Yun Shijiu's chubby little hand and teased her, "Hmm, Grandma is getting old and can't carry little Shijiu anymore!"
Although Yun Shijiu couldn't speak, she responded with loud laughter.
Also outside the city, on a wasteland near the edge of the mountains, Lin Shuo was directing a dozen villagers to dig yams.
Their cheers and chatter attracted the attention of villagers who had just bought meat.
The villagers saw that the hole they had dug in the ground was very deep, and cut down a bunch of vines next to it.
He stepped forward, puzzled, and asked, "Brother Shuo, what are you digging for?"
When it came to planting rice, Lin Shuo led a group of people to teach them, and they were quite familiar with Lin Shuo.
Lin Shuo picked up a yam vine from the ground and said, "We're digging up the yams we planted."
"Can you eat what grows from this thing?" They've seen this kind of vine a lot in the mountains, but they didn't know it was edible.
"It's edible."
"How are you going to eat it? This stuff grows on the mountain, why are you going to plant it?"
So Lin Shuo began to explain to them the difference between cultivated yams and wild yams.
Wild yams, lacking human intervention, have a long growth cycle and grow very thin. Cultivated yams, on the other hand, receive ample fertilizer and water, resulting in a shorter growth period, thicker roots, and higher nutritional value.
After saying that, Lin Shuo picked up a piece of yam that he had dug out from the ground and showed it to them.
"Look, this is yam. Wash it clean, peel it, and you can cook it directly. You can also cook it into porridge with rice."
The villagers' eyes lit up as they listened. "Brother Shuo, give us these vines, we'll take them back and plant them."
Lin Shuo grinned and said, "These vines are useless; they won't grow. You'll have to go up the mountain and dig up their rootstock to plant."
Upon hearing this, the villagers dropped the vines, which Lin Shuo picked up. "Take these vines back and use them as a reference to find the right spot. Don't dig up the wrong one."
"Hey, thanks a lot, Brother Shuo."
Each villager tore off a section of vine and returned home happily, filled with hope for the future.
The villagers under Lin Shuo's jurisdiction believed him completely.
They could see with their own eyes that, under his guidance, in just six months, they had harvested food and were all restored to human form.
The affordable meat sold out completely, and the first batch received a good response.
Then Lin Yinan instructed Lin Qingxiang to lead the men to continue slaughtering pigs. The pigs being slaughtered were to be distributed as New Year's benefits to everyone.
She has already instructed Lin Yiheng and Pan Qingfeng to distribute the meat to everyone based on their performance this year.
Each family can basically receive five catties of meat and one hundred catties of rice, plus a reward of two to ten taels of silver.
After discussing with everyone, it was decided that everyone would officially have a holiday after the eve of the Lunar New Year.
The canteen will not provide meals during the holiday and will not reopen until after the Lantern Festival.
Of course, the mess hall still had to provide meals for the soldiers and guards on duty.
"Anan, aren't we going to slaughter the remaining pigs in the pigsty?" Lin Qingxiang asked Lin Yinan, pointing to the remaining pigs.
Lin Yinan said, "These are all to be sent to the soldiers stationed at Xihe and the salt fields."
When will it be delivered?
Lin Yinan calculated the travel time and decided to deliver it to them as soon as possible. "I'll set off in the next couple of days."
Lin Qingxiang: "Then let me deliver it."
"No, let Liang Wen take the men. He's more familiar with that area, and we'll need to transport some more vegetables over there."
The two then discussed in detail the issue of building houses within the city.
Finally, Liang Wen and Yun Ming led a team of thirty people to deliver meat and food to Yun Ye and his group in Xihe.
Just before leaving, outside the city gate.
Yunmu earnestly instructed Yunming, "When you get to Xihe, listen to your second brother and don't cause him any trouble."
"I know, Mother, I'm not a child anymore," Yunming said with a hint of helplessness.
It seems like he's the most immature one in this family; he's grown up now!
Lu Yashuang, holding her son, handed him the bundle in her hands, saying, "Fourth brother, this is the clothes I made for your second brother. Take it to him."
"Okay, Second Sister-in-law."
More than a dozen mule carts, fully loaded, drove out of the city gate. Yun Ming nimbly jumped onto his horse, waved to the people, and left.
Xihe County
With a full beard and rough, dark skin, Yunye sat in the council hall studying a map.
The West River is near the sea, exposed to wind and sun every day, and the handsome man of yesteryear has long since disappeared.
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