Liu Wan didn't expect that it would be so difficult to implement a new variety in one place.

The government does not attach importance to agricultural production, so it is no wonder that there are still many people who do not have enough to eat and can only survive by eating wild vegetables.

Liu Wan felt that if she could successfully plant sweet potatoes and potatoes, she would be able to drive the people of her village to plant them with her.

At that time, everyone will not be hungry, potatoes and sweet potatoes are rich in starch, and filling your stomach is not a problem.

Like potatoes can also be included in dishes, potato roast beef, french fries, creamy mashed potatoes...... Thinking of this, Liu Wan drooled.

Sweet potatoes can also be made into many dishes, fried sweet potatoes, glutinous rice sweet potatoes, creamy sweet potato puree......

Liu Wan thought beautifully.

It's late to get home, and Wu Hui is cooking.

Wang Xiao went to the fields in the afternoon.

Wang Xiao is a good hand at farm work, but fortunately, there is not much land at home now, and he can toss it alone.

Liu Wan and Wang Lian peeled bamboo shoots at the door.

Seeing Wang Xiao coming back with mud and land, and then looking at his tired expression, Liu Wan said distressedly:

"Xiao'er, why don't you hire a few people to help? Where can a person grow? ”

Wang Xiao refused: "That's not good, farming is not profitable, if you hire people again, it is better not to plant and go to the town to buy grain." ”

"How many stones can we collect from our land in a year?" Liu Wan asked.

"Now the rest of the people are inferior fields, and it would be good to be able to harvest one stone a season."

Wang Xiao sighed, nostalgic for the good land at home.

The family's fertile land was sold to Wang Dazhi.

"So bad? Anyway, the 40 acres of fertile land given to us by the county will be enough to eat next year, and it will not be a problem for us to eat rice in the future. Liu Wan said.

Wang Xiao was also very happy when he talked about it, nodded and said, "Fortunately, the government didn't cheat us." ”

"By the way, since the fertility of the fields at home is so poor, I think we should stop planting rice this season, how about planting potatoes and sweet potatoes?"

"Mother, isn't this the crop of the Hu people? It shouldn't be suitable for planting in our fields, right? ”

Wang Xiao's first reaction was disapproval.

Liu Wan said: "It's just to try planting with two acres of land, I heard the Hu man who sells potatoes and sweet potatoes say that the yield is high, and one acre of land can harvest thousands of catties." ”

"Impossible." Wang Xiao shook his head vigorously, "If we could harvest so much, everyone would have been competing for planting a long time ago." ”

"Haha, everyone is watching each other, so now everyone thinks that Hu Ren is bragging and dare not plant."

Liu Wan said with a smile.

When she bought sweet potatoes and potatoes that day, the Hu man drank too much mare's milk wine, so he talked a lot.

After Liu Wan wrapped all his sweet potatoes and potatoes, he was very happy, chattering, and kept praising the benefits of these two crops.

He also said that you Han people don't understand this, sweet potatoes and potatoes are life-saving crops, and they rely on these two crops to survive in the cold winter.

Liu Wan also wondered why the Great Zhou Dynasty did not promote these two crops with high yields, but based on what she had seen and heard during this time, she felt that it might be caused by the arrogance and prejudice of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

These two crops are known to be the crops of the Hu people, and the Great Zhou Dynasty may think, how can the Hu people be more clever than themselves? So arrogantly refused to plant the high-yielding crops of the Hu people.

And there are people who eat potatoes and vomit and diarrhea, and lose their lives, the Great Zhou Dynasty is more afraid that these two crops are the conspiracy of the Hu people, even if the yield is high, but eating will lose their lives, so they are very concerned about the promotion of these two crops.

Seeing that his mother insisted, Wang Xiao was helpless, anyway, the remaining 5 acres of land at home were not high-yield fields, they were all inferior fields.

Now that they have regained 40 acres of fertile land by their own efforts, they have land in their hands, and they are not panicked.

On this basis, Wang Xiao thought: Then let my mother toss.

"Mother, you can plant if you want."

Liu Wan's original intention was just to inform Wang Xiao, it was nothing more than to respect her son, even if he didn't agree, she would plant.

"By the way, Xiao'er, the compost I asked you to pile up before is almost piled up, right?"

Wang Xiao nodded and said, "Mother, why do you want to compost and not use fresh manure?" Recently, the old farmers in the village have been laughing at me. ”

Liu Wan shook her head and said: "Then you are wrong, you use compost to fertilize the fields this year, just listen to me, when others use fresh fertilizer, the yield will definitely not exceed ours." ”

Wang Xiao was helpless, and seeing Liu Wan's resolute attitude, he had no choice but to accept it.

Liu Wan said again: "Our family's few inferior fields, wait for a way to change the fertility of the soil."

In the past few days, you go to the field, divide the field into ten grids, divide the compost into ten parts, pile a pile of manure on each grid, cover the field with a layer of soil, a layer of straw, pile it into a big pile, and then light the straw from below and simmer it. ”

Wang Xiao was surprised and asked, "What is the truth?" I've never heard of simmering in the soil. ”

"This can simmer the insects in the soil and compost, and after simmering, spread the soil and fertilizer in the field, which can increase soil fertility."

Liu Wan explained.

Wang Xiao was skeptical, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with his mother's recent actions, so he could only nod in agreement.

Anyway, those fields couldn't be worse, and if the mother's plan was feasible and could save the fertility of a handful of fields, it would be earned.

For dinner, Wu Hui made gnocchi soup.

It sounds ordinary, but in fact, the ingredients are very rich, bone broth, lean meat, eggs, and green vegetables, and ordinary farmers can't eat such gnocchi soup at all.

Although Wang Li is gone, the class is still going to be attended as usual.

But now that there is one less Wang Li who has to go to school, Liu Wan feels a lot less pressure.

The purpose of teaching is to let everyone raise their interest in learning, know more words, and not take the imperial examination as the purpose, so that Liu Wan's pressure can be relaxed.

After Liu Wan's homework pressure eased a lot, she simply continued to tell the story of "Journey to the West" in this class.

This time I talked about "Monkey King vs. Three Wars of the White Bone Spirit".

The wonderful story and vivid plot make everyone fascinated.

It's just that Liu Wan warned everyone not to spread the story, just listen to it yourself, because in many storylines, there are many plots in which Sun Wukong challenges the upper elites, and I am afraid that some people will be far-fetched and have rich associations.

Seeing that everyone was interested in the story, Liu Wan told another myth and legend "Rotten Ke Man".

It is said that a woodcutter went into the mountain to collect firewood, and saw two old men playing chess, and the woodcutter was so fascinated that he forgot the time for a while.

Before he knew it, the woodcutter had been watching the two old men finish playing chess.

The two old men saw that he was still playing chess, and one of them gave him his own tea to drink, and after the woodcutter drank it, he only felt a warm stomach, and suddenly, the two old men disappeared.

The woodcutter was so frightened that he hurried to go home, but when he went to get the axe beside him, he found that the handle of the axe was rotten.