It hasn't rained for a long time, and most of the water in the river has gone down, revealing a river bed covered with aquatic plants.
In the past, I could just use a bucket to drink water from a full bucket, but now I had to use tools!
The cold start of spring originally delayed the farming period, and now there is a severe drought!
What can I do?
At this time, everyone thought of the reservoir Qiao Lan asked them to build! Although the river was dry, there was still a lot of water in the reservoir! The sadness in their hearts faded a lot.
No matter what happens next year, judging from the current situation, it is still possible to provide watering for this year!
As for the mill in the water, no one cares about it at all. The grinding of flour can be replaced by manpower. The lack of water cannot be replaced at all.
While other crops in the field were just beginning to sprout and grow flowers, the potato seedlings had already become thick and strong.
One day in early June, Qiao Lan went for a walk in the fields and when she came back, she told the farmers in the village that the potatoes were ready to be harvested.
Yinque followed Qiao Lan in and out every day. She looked at the potato seedlings underneath and wondered, how could they ripen so quickly?
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the farmers on Zhuangzi digging up the soil and uncovering large potatoes.
Yinque: "Old lady, these potatoes ripen quickly. Can they be grown for two seasons?"
If you plant one season before summer and one season before autumn, there will be no shortage of food throughout the year.
Qiao Lan smiled and shook her head: "No! I have taught you that crops must be planted in rotation, and you cannot plant crops for two seasons in the same acre of land. Besides, the germination of this thing will take advantage of the cold weather, and you can't plant it now.
." Qiao Lan said leisurely.
I took a look at the potatoes in the field. They were quite good in size. All the potatoes harvested this year will be reserved for next year’s seeds.
Potatoes are no better than rye. One acre of land only requires about 30 kilograms of seeds, while one acre of potatoes requires at least 300 kilograms of potato seeds.
Of course, there are many gains.
The high-yielding varieties provided by the system are even better than theirs!
After the news spread that potatoes could be harvested, farmers rushed over with hoes, dug up the upper soil layer according to Qiao Lan's instructions, and then pulled out all the potatoes with roots attached below.
In order to prevent the hoe from damaging the potatoes, everyone was very careful and worked hard.
After digging out all the potatoes from an acre of land, the data obtained was astonishing.
Fifteen thousand pounds!
This, this, this...
Shan Tao trembled with his fingers, looked at the numbers on the account book, and looked at the baskets piled up on the ground. He didn't say anything for a long time, and his face instantly became extremely rosy.
Shan Tao walked around for a long time holding the account books, and finally walked to Qiao Lan's side and said: "Old, old lady..." He couldn't help but stutter as soon as he spoke.
Shan Tao gasped for several more breaths, "This thing, it, it is a god's seed!"
When he first dug it, he thought it was unusual.
Less than one acre of land can produce several thousand catties. He estimated that the land planted on his farm could produce at least five or six thousand catties!
Who would have thought that it would double!
Shan Tao's hands were not only trembling, but his whole body was trembling violently. An indescribable feeling spread in his heart, and flowed from his heart to his limbs and bones, feeling warm.
Finally, he knelt down with tears in his eyes and gave a big salute to Qiao Lan.
"Old lady! What a god!"
"Old lady!" the voice gradually spread, and other farmers in the field also knelt down.
One acre of land can produce ten thousand kilograms of grain! That much grain means!
It means they will never go hungry again!
Qiao Lan looked at the group of people kneeling around and found it difficult to help them up even if they wanted to.
Although there is some credit to her, it is not just her credit, everyone is helping each other.
Prestige comes from the ordinary people around you, and the points you earn are used to buy these things.
It's just that she is old, and she doesn't know how many years she can go, let alone what the future will hold.
I just hope that all the people in the world will have clothes to wear and food to eat, and that the strong country system can truly make the country strong.
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The bumper harvest of potatoes has dispelled the restlessness in the hearts of farmers in Anlong Mountain. There is enough food in the village. As long as they can survive until next year, there will definitely be another bumper harvest.
Relying on the water in the reservoir, everyone spent this summer with difficulty.
At the end of August, when the river bed dried up and bottomed out, and the water in the reservoir gradually bottomed out, the long-awaited heavy rain came accompanied by thunder.
The people in the village went out happily, standing under the rain and cheering. Both adults and children had relieved smiles on their faces.
The land, which had been deprived of water for a long time and gradually cracked, finally had a chance to breathe.
There is less rain in autumn in the north, so it is appropriate to have rain every few days.
After a few days like this, the water in the river slowly rose from nothing.
Qiao Lan checked the system map as usual and planned to go to the fields to see the crops later. This would save time after all.
After opening the map, she noticed a string of familiar names not far from Anlong Mountain.
When Yinque packed up her things and turned around, she found Qiao Lan standing motionless in front of the table holding a booklet.
He couldn't help but stepped forward and asked with concern: "Old madam, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Qiao Lan's heart can no longer be described as happy at this moment!
It’s nice to be ecstatic!
It's just that these years of retirement life have made her accustomed to not showing her emotions very much.
There was an uncontrollable smile on Qiao Lan's lips, and two lines of tears could not help but fall down her cheeks.
Although she is old, she is also an ordinary person who misses home and her family!
Yinque hurriedly went to get the handkerchief, and Yishu went out of the house to find Grandma Xiang in the yard for help!
"Old madam, what's wrong with you? If you're unhappy, tell your servant, don't be depressed in your heart!" Yinque said worriedly.
Why is the old lady crying when she is fine?
When Aunt Xiang hurried into the house, Qiao Lan wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Why am I sad? I am happy! I thought of happy things!"
Yinque's eyes widened in confusion. What happy things could make an old woman so happy that she cried?
Qiao Lan didn't say it clearly either. After all, she couldn't tell the maids around her about her grown-ups whom she saw from the system map.
I can only express my feelings alone and shed tears.
Qiao Lan calculated the distance and found that it would only take a quarter of an hour to walk.
Quickly get the yard busy, clean the house and prepare cakes.
Half an hour later, Shan Tao entered the courtyard and told Qiao Lan that a guest had arrived.
Qiao Lan took Yinque and others directly out the door.
On the other side, Duan Mingjing, who came all the way to Anlong Mountain, was actually kidnapped.
Ever since he was taken from Duanjia Village to the northwest and asked to grow rye, but found that he couldn't grow rye, the general threatened him with his family!
Tell him that if he still wants to see his relatives, he should follow them obediently.
After walking north for several months, I finally met a family in a town in the north.
If that was the end of it, that person actually wanted to send their family to the north!
How poor they are in the north! This is not sending them to farm, this is sending their families into exile!
But the whole family was in their hands, and Duan Mingjing didn't protest. He just wanted to find the right opportunity and sneak away.
For this reason, Duan Mingjing also told the whole family that they must be careful to guard against them!
After all, this group of people came here for their family's farming skills. Knowing that they didn't know much about this kind of technology, they might have solved it!
After arriving at the place, Duan Mingjing got off the carriage with great vigilance.
Scanned around!
Sure enough, there is so much land around!
They must have been brought here to farm!
As there was a sound of footsteps, I saw a person wearing a coarse cloth coat who looked like his mother walking over!
Duan Mingjing's eyes turned red with anger! It was too much! He even got someone to pretend to be his mother and lie to him!