Chapter 16 Still Too Poor

Kaoshan Village is located in the northeast of Nanwu Kingdom. The winter here is long and cold.

It snows every year as soon as winter begins, and the snow doesn't melt until February of the following year.

In such a cold weather, no crops can survive.

So they only grow one crop a year here.

And because they belong to the north and have no paddy fields, they grow wheat, sorghum, soybeans, peanuts, sesame and other crops.

After Li Lanzhi came out of confinement, she no longer stayed in the house all day long.

Because she had done nothing in the past month, she was very unhappy and rushed to work every day.

Apart from sleeping and breastfeeding Su Nianfu, I was never idle.

Su Nianfu was still so young, so it was impossible to leave her alone, so most of the time during the day, she was placed on the kang in the upper room, which was the room of Mrs. Su and Old Man Su.

When Li Lanzhi was in confinement, Old Man Su couldn't go there often.

Now Su Nianfu was carried to the upper room. As long as she was awake, Old Man Su would come over and talk to her.

Even if he was talking about spring plowing with other people, he would still say a few words to Su Nianfu from time to time.

For example, Ah Fu, don’t you think so?
Ah Fu, do you think it’s okay?

What do you think, Afu?
Su Nianfu, "."

Su Nianfu couldn't speak, so he only responded with two ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

But even if Su Nianfu only made two ahhhhh sounds, Old Man Su was very happy and could smile with a smile on his face.

Su Nianfu listened to them discussing what to plant for spring plowing every day. As he listened, he also noticed something was wrong.

Both crops, corn and sweet potatoes, are very high-yielding.

Why doesn’t the Su family plant seeds?
Not to mention planting or not, Su Nianfu didn't even hear them mention these two kinds of food.

Because they came to Shangfang, Su Nianfu also saw what the Su family had for three meals a day.

Sorghum flour pancakes, sorghum flour steamed buns, noodles, steamed rice with sorghum rice and rhubarb rice are all staple foods.In this lean time, there are even fewer edible dishes at home.

Potato, radish, vermicelli and Chinese cabbage are eaten in different ways throughout the day.

In addition, there are homemade miso paste and pickled vegetables, which are eaten with rice.

At every meal, only Li Lanzhi could eat some white flour and eggs.

This is because Li Lanzhi has to breastfeed, and if she doesn't eat well, she won't have milk.

That white flour was what Su Nianfu brought out before.

Except for the day it was first taken out, the family ate a meal together, and the rest was kept alone and cooked for Li Lanzhi every day.

Although Li Lanzhi was very embarrassed.

She wasn't greedy herself, but when she thought about not eating well, she would easily run out of milk. Su Nianfu would be the one who would suffer at that time, so she could only bite the bullet and eat.

Fortunately for you, adults, you keep your eyes and nose in mind while eating and don't look at Li Lanzhi twice.

The little kids couldn't control it.

The eight Su Dalang brothers were all obedient and sensible, and no one asked for food.

But when eating, I couldn't help but look at Li Lanzhi's rice bowl.

The seriousness of this scene fell on Su Nianfu, which made Su Nianfu feel even more uncomfortable.

Still too poor.

Su Nianfu also understood that it was useless for her to bring out food, and it would not fundamentally solve the problem.

If you want to fundamentally solve the problem and keep your family well-fed, you still have to start with the harvest.

Others may not be able to do anything, but Su Nianfu has a way.

As long as you irrigate some dilute spiritual spring water in your own land, your crops will grow exceptionally well and your harvest will be doubled.

(End of this chapter)

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