After knowing that her eldest granddaughter, mother and son were safe, Qiao Lan couldn't help but feel concerned and worried.
She watched that child grow up and get married. Now that she has become a mother, her mother's family is no longer around, so I'm afraid it won't be easy.
As for Feiyan's uncle, the news from He Lanfeng is that this man is a general from the northwest.
Duanjiacun is so far south, how come the generals from the northwest are there?
Did she go specifically to find Feiyan? How many things happened in the meantime that she didn't know about?
The content of the letter was very short and contained nothing else except to report to the Duan family that they were safe.
Just after Qiao Lan was worried for a month, she finally received a letter from Mr. Helan again. The letter said that Duan Mingjing and the others could be sent over next year.
Qiao Lan looked at the letter, feeling happy and melancholy at the same time.
She knew how far Anlong Mountain was from Duanjiacun. The road from Duanjiacun to the northwest and then to Anlong Mountain was at least six thousand miles.
Even coming here in a carriage is not an easy task.
Seeing each other is better than not seeing each other. It is always good for the family to be together.
When the weeds on the edge of the field withered again, another year had passed.
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This year's winter was colder than previous years, so Qiao Lan asked everyone to dig the reservoir, but the water was not full yet, and everything froze as soon as winter came.
The distinctive feature of the Little Glacier is cooling and getting colder in winter.
Due to local open-pit coal mines and coal stoves in every household, cold weather seems to be a trivial matter.
But in March, when the ice and snow had not yet melted, everyone finally began to worry.
It’s spring plowing season, why isn’t it getting warmer yet?
We only harvested some grain last year, will we have to fold it all in this year?
Qiao Lan took his time and asked the people in Zhuangzi to take all the piled ice and snow to the edge of the reservoir at their leisure, waiting for the ice and snow to melt away, and use it as a supplementary water source.
Qiao Lan received an early report from the system on climate change this spring.
The climate report updated by the system in recent days states that in the next few months, precipitation in the north will decrease significantly, while precipitation in some places in the south will increase sharply. Because the predicted production reduction data is too high, this time
Report, use red emergency report.
After Qiao Lan read the report, her mood didn't change much.
Natural changes are a normal thing, and survival is a struggle against the ever-changing natural environment.
But for humans, the main impact of environmental change is not the moment it occurs, but the long-lasting impact it brings. In the long run, it will be useless for humans to save themselves.
Guaranteeing the output of Zhuangzi requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and she can only guarantee the output of Zhuangzi.
But the only thing that makes Qiao Lan happy is that last year, the planting range of rye on the map increased by a small amount.
In mid-April, the ice and snow began to melt gradually, and there were finally some signs of spring returning to the earth.
Qiao Lan used hundreds of thousands of points to unlock five pounds of intermediate potatoes in the system.
Because the planting rate of potatoes in Beijing is not high, the subsequent purchase price is not as cheap as rye. Rye seeds cost one pound and two taels of silver, while potatoes cost one and a half times that amount, one pound and five taels, which is 10 points per pound.
catty.
Despite this, Qiao Lan directly bought three thousand kilograms of potato seeds.
As for the origin of the seeds, Qiao Lan played a little role.
She paid thousands of additional points and asked the system to convert them into mature and dry potato seedlings, which she hid in a remote mountain forest somewhere.
As for the fact that the climate is unreasonable, Qiao Lan no longer cares about it. She doesn't think it's reasonable unless she conjures potatoes out of thin air!
Let’s quickly solve the current production reduction problem first!
Qiao Lan just went out for a walk and discovered a novel crop in the wild.
After all, she often goes to the wild to find seeds and comes back with improved hybrids, so everything makes sense.
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When Shan Tao brought people over, he saw that there were many round objects buried in the land under the dry weeds in the wild, which were dusty and like soil.
Many people are already digging these things, carefully digging the soil one by one.
The manpower brought by Shan Tao quickly integrated into them and started digging the soil carefully, while Qiao Lan stood aside to supervise the work.
Shan Tao added a few words of concern, and then turned the topic to the potato.
Potato is the name Qiao Lan just gave to this thing. Because the first one she just found is very small and looks like a bean, she gave it this name.
But Shan Tao still wondered: "Are these potatoes really edible?"
Qiao Lan said seriously: "Yes! I've already eaten it!"
Shan Tao was about to nod when he heard this, but his eyes widened immediately and he said worriedly: "Old madam, why do you have to try it yourself? What if something goes wrong after eating?"
She didn't really try, she just talked casually.
Qiao Lan had eaten a lot of potato before, but here, she was reluctant to part with it. She could only say politely: "I fed it to the horse first. The horse ate it and it was fine. I will taste it again."
Shan Tao was still worried after hearing this: "Old madam, if you see any fresh fruit in the wild in the future, don't try it yourself! Let the people below taste it first!"
Shennong was the one who tasted herbs and died. The person in front of him was more important in his heart than Shennong!
Qiao Lan responded with a smile.
Three thousand kilograms of potatoes sounds like a lot, but because potatoes have a high yield per mu, they don't occupy much area, not even one acre.
It is precisely because of this that so many things were dug out from a small piece of land, leaving everyone stunned.
If we plant this thing, will it become another rye producing thousands of kilograms per acre?
Shan Tao was so excited that he told the farmers on the field to be more careful and not to miss every piece of potato in the field. They must dig them all out and bring them back to the village.
Everyone was busy until the afternoon, when baskets of potatoes were transported away from here.
Everyone still doesn't know how to grow potatoes and how to use them, so they can only wait for Qiao Lan to give her instructions slowly.
Seeing the potatoes that appeared in a reasonable manner on Zhuangzi, Qiao Lan felt much less worried about the future.
The potatoes produced by the system not only have a short growth cycle, but are also extremely drought tolerant and have strong disease resistance.
It only takes two months to harvest a wave!
If time permits, you can definitely plant two waves this year!
As a result, during this year's extremely cautious spring plowing, farmers in Anlong Mountain planted a brand-new and unprecedented food, potatoes.
Zhuangtou said that this kind of food was rare and he asked them to take good care of it and not let it go bad.
The farmers carrying hoes have long heard that potatoes have a high yield per acre, and they will take care of them carefully even without the farmer asking.
The farmers nodded in agreement, curious about the taste of the potatoes.
They have tasted a lot of rye this winter, and it's really not that good. But this looks much softer than rye, so it shouldn't be that unpleasant.
By the end of May, with the blessing of long-lasting sunny weather, farmers finally realized something was wrong.