In the spring, the Wu family only planted some vegetables. For example, potatoes that have been bred before.

Potatoes can be used as a staple food.

Moreover, potatoes are particularly productive.

Relying on the high-yield potatoes, the Wu family was not hungry at all throughout the spring.

They eat two meals a day, and every meal is potato stew.

Therefore, the three sisters of the Duan family who lived with them became fatter unconsciously.

Every time they go back to their parents' homes, their mothers' families are actually not very happy.

After all, they live so well in other people's homes, they eat well and sleep soundly every day, and eat themselves to be fat and strong. But what about these people in her mother's family, and what do they eat?

So, every time the three sisters of the Duan family returned to their parents' house, their own grandfathers, their parents, and some of their uncles and brothers began to talk about them.

"If you really have a heart, you can quietly bring some food."

The three sisters of the Duan family had no choice, so they could only steal more than 10 catties of potatoes grown in the Wu family's field.

Then, they all looked serious and taught their mother's family, how to grow potatoes? How do you cook potatoes? What should I pay attention to when eating potatoes?

When the Duan family saw the potato, they were also surprised.

"That's it, you eat it every day?"

The three sisters of the Duan family all nodded.

"I eat it every day!"

"This thing is very filling. I only need to eat one lump of dirt in a meal, and I am already full. ”

Hearing this daughter-in-law say that she would fill her stomach by eating one meal, Duan Zhaodi's father clapped his hands happily at that time.

"That's a good thing!"

"Dad, no matter what, our family has to plant this!"

Duan Wenyan listened and nodded gently. "I don't need you to teach me this."

"Since you are all concerned about this matter, then from today onwards, you will let your daughters teach you how to plant soil lumps......"

Duan Wenyan actually didn't farm much before. However, in the last 10 years or so, the world has become more and more difficult. He, the head of the family, was also forced to farm.

After 10 years of farming, he has learned a lot of experience.

Like wheat growing in the field, it is not very productive.

An acre of land can produce more than 100 catties at most.

Planting 10 acres of land, the total harvest in a year is less than 2,000 catties.

Do the math.

Let's talk about a small family, there are 10 people. Everyone needs to eat every day.

Even if a person only eats one meal a day, he only eats one pound per meal. Then, a family of 10, 365 days a year, will have to eat 3650 catties.

In other words, the food that the family needs for a year is far from the standard.

The rural people at the bottom have a difficult life and lack food and clothing.

Therefore, many people who can live a life try their best to pickle all the vegetables grown in the vegetable field.

Pickled vegetables actually don't have much nutritional value. Just fool your stomach.

No oil, no salt, no meat,...... Therefore, the body of their Duan family is weaker and weaker from generation to generation.

If you eat well and accumulate more nutrients, your body will be good and you will grow taller and bigger.

Thinking of his sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, one generation is not as good as the next, and their lives are getting harder and harder. Duan Wenyan thought about it, then raised his head and sighed at the gloomy sky.

In the past, he had studied a poem.

Now he's old, though he doesn't remember it all. But he still remembers the poet, where he said, "The long wife rests to hide his tears, and mourns the hardships of the people's lives......"

The peasants are busy all year round, facing the loess with their backs to the sky every day, but the grain they grow is still not enough to make a living.

……

Living in such a difficult way before, it seems that their lives have become even more difficult when they have migrated to such a new place.

Duan Wenyan, who lived to be sixty or seventy years old, once again sighed in his heart, it is really not easy to live.

……

With the diligent help of the three sisters of the Duan family, the potatoes that the Duan family had buried in the soil before also began to slowly take root and sprout.

Seeing those potatoes taking root and sprouting, Duan Wenyan was still quite happy in his heart.

He carefully inquired about how much such a thing as potatoes could produce per mu.

From the mouths of the three sisters of the Duan family, they learned that the potatoes planted by their mother-in-law can produce nearly 300 catties per mu.

He was shocked.

300 catties of potatoes means 400 catties of grain!

Each mu can produce 300 catties of soil lumps, compared to only 180 catties of wheat per mu,...... Those of them who are farmers, as long as they have a brain, should know in their hearts that they should grow potatoes, not wheat!

After all, the more food they have, the more they can fill their stomachs.

Since quietly planting potatoes, those people in the Duan family are no longer as anxious as before.

When they had time left, they began to mobilize the main labor force of the family to continue repairing the house.

After they experienced a winter here, they had already learned that the winter here was still extremely cold.

They had to build the wall a little higher.

They had to build the house at the head of the house a little higher.

In addition, the fire wall and the fire kang at the head of the house are all necessary things.

The people on the Duan family's side are very busy. Early in the morning today, Wu Hongsheng took his sons and grandchildren and found them directly.

As soon as Niu Cai saw that Wu Hongsheng had come over with so many people, he was still a little nervous.

He didn't know why.

Every time he saw Wu Hongsheng, who was tall and tall, he felt particularly awkward.

He would always subconsciously think that these people of the Wu family were not easy to mess with......

"Brother Wu, why are you here?"

"What a rare guest, please, please."

Then, Niu Caigao asked his youngest son to quickly bring a few cups of hot tea.

After everyone took their seats, Niu Caigao asked with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Brother Wu, do you have anything to explain to me when you come over this time?" ”

Wu Hongsheng listened to it, and went straight to the point at that time.

After he had placed the basket he was carrying on the table, he lifted the heavy cloth inside.

"Patriarch Niu, look at this thing......"

Niu Caigao took a closer look and found that what Wu Hongsheng was holding in his hand was a lump of soil completely wrapped in yellow clay, and he asked him curiously at that time, "What is this thing in your hand?" ”

Wu Hongsheng didn't sell Guan Zi either.

He said very seriously, "This is food, this is food." ”

"This is our family, found in the mountains some time ago. As long as this thing is cooked, stewed, and cooked, it can be eaten. And it's very tasty. ”

"We've all learned how to plant this lump by now."

Hearing this, Niu Caigao was overjoyed.