Since it was still early, Lin Yinan didn't go home, but got off the bus at the fork in the road leading to the clinic.
Dr. Lin was busy in the clinic. When he saw Lin Yinan come in, he glanced at her briefly before continuing with his work.
"Hey, Xi Ke! What brings you here today? Are you feeling unwell?"
Lin Yinan knew that he had to train apprentices and treat patients for everyone in Longtan, which was indeed hard work for him.
A faint smile appeared on her face. "I'm not feeling unwell, I just wanted to ask you if there's any way to deal with the insect eggs on those leaves?"
"What, the quicklime method isn't working?"
“It works. My second uncle sprinkled it on and all the bugs fell off. But it probably won’t work on the insect eggs on the leaves.” Finally, she added, “I came to ask you if there is any poison or anything like that that can be sprinkled on it.”
Without hesitation, Dr. Lin replied, "No, I am a kind and compassionate doctor. How could I possibly know anything about such unorthodox methods?"
Isn't it said that medicine and toxicology are inseparable?
Lin Yinan was slightly disappointed; it seemed she had been too optimistic.
"Okay, I'll go back and think of another way."
As she stepped out the door, Dr. Lin called her back, “Write a letter to Dr. Lü and ask him; he should have some expertise in this area.”
"Okay, thank you for reminding me."
After leaving the clinic, Qianwu muttered to herself, "Madam, how could you forget Yun Wu? My brother said he's very skilled with poison."
Lin Yinan suddenly realized that she had forgotten about Yun Wu. She was just about to write a letter to Doctor Lü, so she decided to write one to Yun Wu as well, since he was also in Xihe.
When I got home, dinner was already laid out.
The men of the Yun family were all away; the house was just a few sisters-in-law and a bunch of children.
Therefore, Yunmu did not separate the tables; everyone sat at one table to eat.
A large bowl of braised pork with potatoes was placed in the center of the dining table.
Lin Yinan washed her hands and sat down at the table. Yunmu saw her looking at the bowl of braised pork with potatoes and said with a smile, "These potatoes were brought over by A'an and Changqing. They said they were just dug up this afternoon."
"Yes, this afternoon my second uncle and I went to the fields and dug up a potato. I didn't expect that one vine could produce eight or nine potatoes the size of a fist. So I asked my second uncle to take them back to Grandma to cook," Lin Yinan said frankly.
The relationship between the two families still needs to be carefully maintained.
"Can we dig up the potatoes now?" Yunmu's eyes were filled with joy; she wasn't the kind of person who fussed over every little thing.
"We'll have to wait a few more days."
The children sitting at the table were already getting impatient, especially Yun Shijiu, who was vigorously tapping the rim of her bowl with her chopsticks to express her dissatisfaction.
Can you please not talk while eating?
Yunmu looked at her with doting eyes and comforted her, "Alright, alright, Grandmother won't say anymore. Look how hungry my Nineteen is."
Yun Shijiu pointed at the potato in the middle of the table with her chopsticks and made noises.
The other children were even more eager for the potatoes. Yunmu stood up, picked up the bowl of potatoes, and was the first to put a piece of potato into Lin Yinan's bowl.
“Your third aunt works hard all day long, so let’s give her the biggest piece of potato and meat first.”
The children all said they had no objections.
The bowl of stewed potatoes and meat was quickly divided up, and even the Chika sisters got a small piece.
Lin Yinan put the two pieces of potato from her bowl into her sister-in-law's and second sister-in-law's bowls, and then put the meat into the mica bowl.
She ate this a lot in her past life, and although she missed it after not eating it for a long time, she didn't really like it that much.
"Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, you've worked hard, and so has Mother. Please eat more."
Yunmu wanted to give the meat in the bowl to her eldest grandson, but he avoided it.
Yun Junpeng said with a straight face, "Grandmother, please eat. Peng'er is still young. He will definitely be able to eat better things in the future."
Seeing how sensible her son was, Li Huishan's eyes welled up with tears, and she almost couldn't hold them back.
Seeing this, Lu Yashuang quickly stepped in to smooth things over, "Mom, what are you doing? If you don't eat soon, the food will get cold. Third sister-in-law said that the potatoes will be ready for harvest soon, and then everyone can have a delicious meal."
With her children and grandchildren being so courteous and respectful, what more could Yunmu possibly want? She was the first to pick up her bowl.
"Have a meal!"
The Yun family's dinner ended amidst laughter and conversation.
Half a month later, a sensational event occurred in Longtan.
The experimental potato field of one mu (approximately 0.16 acres) has been fully harvested. Lin Shuo had the harvested potatoes weighed one by one in the open space in front of the county government office. The yield per mu was as high as two thousand kilograms.
"This is incredible! It's even taller than the yams we grow."
"With potatoes, we no longer worry about going hungry."
After several years of cultivation, thanks to everyone's efforts, the yield of yam can reach about 1,500 kilograms per mu.
Unexpectedly, the potato came out as the trump card right away.
Lin Yinan knew that the reason this yield was achieved was entirely due to the seeds.
It's hard to say whether potatoes will still be able to achieve such high yields after several generations of cultivation and the dilution of modern genes.
Meanwhile, thanks to the efforts of Yun Zhenchuan and Su Kaifa, the drought in Nanzhou Prefecture was alleviated.
From this point on, the Su family of Cangwu County became famous in both places.
Su Kunliang, along with Su Kaifa and the rewards given by Nanzhou Prefecture and Longtan, boarded a ship bound for Cangwu County.
He stood confidently at the bow of the boat, enjoying the sea breeze. He never imagined that the Su family would become famous in less than a year since he came to Longtan.
The ship soon docked at the Cangwu County pier. Standing in front of them on the shore were the Su family patriarch and the Deng family patriarch, with the remaining members of the Su family behind them.
As soon as Su Kunliang and Su Kaifa disembarked, the Deng family head stepped forward and shook their hands tightly.
"Master Su, I have been looking forward to your arrival."
Although Cangwu County is not as severely drought-stricken as the southern regions, some areas bordering the southern regions have still suffered greatly from the drought.
The head of the Deng family bluntly invited Su Kaifa to go to the arid region to manage the water, and Su Kaifa readily agreed to go.
Therefore, the head of the Deng family held a grand banquet at the Zuixianlou restaurant to invite the elders of the Su family.
In no time, the Su family became famous throughout Cangwu County.
In contrast to the Su family's jubilation, the Zou family, whose status in Cangwu County was second only to the Deng family, was embroiled in a shocking scandal.
The wife of the eldest son of the Zou family was caught having an affair.
Initially, the Zou family tried to contact the Yu family to settle the matter privately, but after sending four or five letters, they received no response. Sui then decided to drown the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zou family, who was seven months pregnant.
"Cui'er, give this jade pendant to your aunt and ask her to plead with your father to send someone to rescue me."
Yu Xunli looked at Cui'er, who had grown up with her since childhood. Cui'er was plain-looking, which was why her husband hadn't taken her into his household.
Yu Xunli, who was locked in the woodshed, was so thin that she was skin and bones, but her belly was abnormally protruding, which looked very frightening.
"Miss, what will you do if I leave?" Cui'er looked at Yu Xunli in front of her and felt heartbroken.
Yu Xunli said firmly, "I'm carrying my husband's child. Don't worry! My family won't do anything to me."
Cui'er gave her a deep look, and under the cover of night, she crawled out through a dog hole in the backyard.
Unfortunately, Yu Xunli underestimated the shamelessness of the Zou family.
Two days after Cui'er left, one evening, Yu Xunli, who was starving and delirious, was dragged out of the woodshed.
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