The first emperor died early, and the new emperor ascended the throne at a young age, and now it is only the year of dancing spoons (14), the government is unstable, and there is external interference.

With such internal and external troubles, the people are panicked.

Thanks to the queen mother in the government and the generals in the border passes, it was possible to temporarily achieve peace.

In order to resist the barbarians, there were wars all the year round, the grain and grass at the border were tight, and the tax payment of grain was also increased from 20 percent to 40 percent, and there was even a faint upward trend.

After the autumn harvest in September every year, it is the time to collect grain.

In addition, each family has to pay a tax per capitation, two large dollars per person.

The words are good, and they will be applied to the border soldiers, and the facts will fall into the pockets of those people, and everyone will know clearly.

Wang Fushun's family added up, but only five acres of paddy fields and three acres of dry land, of which the superior field is only two acres, the yield is more than 200 catties at most, the remaining three acres are all medium fertile land, and the top of the sky is only 200, three acres of dry land is all open wasteland, the land is barren, and the yield is not high.

This pull, okay, more than 100 catties of taro are gone.

Wang Fushun is also distressed, but where is the time to open up the wasteland now, the other two acres of land are planted with wheat, and if you measure it, you can only pull taro.

In the face of the village chief's heartache, Wang Fushun was also quite helpless.

"Village chief, do you want to listen to me first?" Faced with everyone's disapproving looks, Wang Fushun had to speak.

"You say!" Wang Yanlin's eyes widened, if he didn't give him a reasonable explanation today, then don't blame him for saving face in front of the whole village!

Wang Fushun sighed, and asked Wang Dechang to bring the back basket that was ignored by everyone, and took out the potato seedlings inside to show them.

"This is the reason why I want to pull out the taro."

Wang Yanlin was suspicious, took it and looked at it carefully, looked at it for a while, and then handed it to Li Zheng: "Do you see what this is?" ”

Li Zheng Wang Xiangyang shook his head: "I haven't seen it." ”

The others also came up to take a look, and they all said they didn't know each other.

"This is a potato, which Miao Yatou found in the mountains, just like taro, bearing eggs. More than one plant can bear more than a dozen, so I want to look at all kinds of things. ”

"Can you eat it?"

"Yes, there are a few more at home, and you can try them at noon in the village chief."

"You, seriously?" Wang Yanlin knows that Wang Fushun is not a reckless person.

"Yes."

"Have you tried to grow it before?"

"Nope."

"Your name is nonsense!" Wang Yanlin shouted: "What if I can't plant it?" When the time comes to drink the northwest wind? Do you know that in two months, even if you have money, you won't be able to buy food? ”

Now in April, every family still has some grain in stock, and in two or three months, there will be a shortage of food.

After every household paid the tax grain, it was enough for their own livelihood, and the grain shops in the town could not be opened, and they were closed for several years.

That time of year is the most depressed time of the year.

"I know." Wang Fushun still straightened his waist, and resolutely wanted to pull out the taro and replace it with potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Wang Yanlin and Wang Fushun have also known each other since childhood, and their friendship is not deep, but they also know his stubborn temper, so they turned to Liu Xiu: "Sister Liu Xiu, are you also messing around with this old stubborn?" ”

Liu Xiu put down the basket and said with a smile: "Village chief, you don't have to say it anymore, this is our family's decision." ”

"You-" Wang Yanlin was silent.

"If the harvest is really better than taro, then the whole village will plant it, if the harvest is not good, we will carry it ourselves, and it will not affect the village chief." Wang Fushun said the excuse he had thought of in advance, and looked at Wang Yanlin seriously, hoping to get his consent.

Wang Yanlin pointed at him, speechless.

What kind of potatoes can really be high-yielding, then it is naturally good, not only for the benefit of the whole village, but also for the benefit of the whole Daqing Dynasty!

No, it's okay, it's just that Wang Fushun's family is going hungry this year.

The village chief is in a dilemma, and Li Zheng is also a little unspeakable.

After a long time: "You have made up your mind, and we have nothing to say." Don't blame us for being ruthless at that time, at that time, we were all too busy to take care of ourselves. ”

"Yes, thank you village chief."

A group of people looked complicated and watched Wang Fushun's family busy.

Pluck taro and turn the ground......

Wang Zhaomu couldn't stand it, so he pulled up his pants and got to the ground.

Seeing Wang Dezhong's surprised expression, he choked his throat and said, "Why are you looking at me like this, I have to return it in a different way after eating your things." ”

Wang Dezhong smiled: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome, I'll ask my daughter-in-law to bring you the bowl back later."

"Good!"

Wang Dong too, didn't say anything, and took the hoe he brought to help dig the ground.

A few of the families who received lo-mei yesterday saw that Wang Zhaomu and Wang Dong had gone down, and they were not good at standing on the side, so they all went down to help.

Digging the ground, planting seedlings, watering fertilizer.

Liu Xiu's women and children had nothing to do, and they were pulled by Wang Dong's daughter-in-law to ask about potatoes and sweet potatoes.

came and went, the atmosphere was a lot more cheerful, even the village chief and Lizheng, and their brows were a little looser.

Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and they have to be busy for a day, but it can be done in an hour.

In order to thank everyone who helped, the marinated pork offal in the morning was divided into some by another family.

The other family also brought two potatoes and told them how to eat them.

This can make people who are cold onlookers regret it, they knew that a favor would be beneficial, who would just stand stupidly!

The village chief and Li were looking at the things in their hands, and their thoughts were different.

They had already tasted lo-mei yesterday and would never forget it.

I haven't seen this potato before.

Wang Yanlin took the things home, looked at the potatoes for a long time, and finally handed them to Li Lizhen and asked her to boil them directly in water, and they were cooked until they were cooked.

As for what Liu Xiu said about putting oil and stir-frying, Wang Yanlin thought about it or forgot it, for fear of wasting oil.

In the kitchen, Li Lizhen and Wang Xing'er looked at the pot without blinking, and the skin was boiled until the meat was open, and the two of them scooped it up.

They glanced at each other and said uncertainly, "It should be cooked, right?" ”

A bowl of unpeeled boiled potatoes was placed in front of Wang Yanlin.

After a long time, he took a small piece of chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

"How?" Li Lizhen couldn't wait to ask.

"It's okay."

The entrance melts into sand, melts as soon as you sip it, and there is a little bit of returning to the field.

No wonder Wang Fushun insisted on planting, if he could really plant well, how many people would not have to starve.

Li Lizhen and Wang Xing'er also tasted it, a little incredulous.

"That Wang Miaomiao, what a blessing!" Li Lizhen finally believed it now.

Wang Xing'er curled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "I'm not wrong!" ”

Wang Yanlin only glanced at their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and was noncommittal to their remarks that they decided to have a good relationship with Wang Miaomiao's family.