As soon as he said this, not to mention Old Man Li, Li Dahai, Wang Maocai and others, even the old and young people at the table of female dependents looked at him.

After all, they all have their own maiden families, including Mrs. Wang.

If there is a real drought in the coming year, then they must want to talk to their mother's family, lest they have planted rice when they have time, and there is a lack of water when heading or filling, which will not be beautiful.

It is also possible that this winter will be so cold all of a sudden, and there will be a big drought next year.

Don't look at the fact that the snow hasn't melted now, or think that there is a lot of water after the snow melts.

But that will be months away, and who knows what it will look like?

It's not impossible that this year will be unusually cold, and the coming year will be unusually hot!

On the way back, Xie Yanzhi had already thought of his words.

Hearing Old Man Li ask, he said, "The snow was because it was cold, so it was supposed to rain, but it ended up freezing into snow." And there is a certain amount of rain on this day, and it has snowed so much this year, and it has lasted so long, it is equivalent to losing all the water in the sky. If the water in the sky is gone, then it will not rain in the future, and it may be in a state of no rain for a long time. I can't say exactly how long, but it won't be wrong to prepare for the worst anyway. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly followed Xie Yanzhi's words and said, "Master, if it doesn't rain for a long time in this sky, it will definitely rain heavily after that." Isn't there an old saying that a great drought must be followed by a great flood? If this flood is not handled well, it will also produce a plague. You older generations should know more about these than I do! So, do you think if it's really like Brother Xie said, if there has been a drought all the time, let's go? ”

Old man Li glared at her angrily: "What are you going to go, our Li family's roots are here, where do you want to go?" If there is a shortage of water, let's buy more water tanks and urns and stock them up first. If it rains all the time, let's take precautions. Besides, there is no drought now, what are you doing with all this? ”

The old man said, still a little uneasy in his heart, and confirmed again: "Shao'an, are you sure there will really be a drought?" ”

Xie Yanzhi happened to be facing Li Yuan's side, looked at her, and nodded affirmatively when he saw that her head was imperceptible.

"Sure! It's just that Lord Chen is about to leave, and the newly appointed Lord Xu hasn't arrived, and I heard Lord Chen say that he is not a good official who does things for the people, so I can't talk to him about these things that haven't happened. What I can do now is to let people I know well, and first farm according to my will. Of course, if you don't believe me, then I can't help it. Anyway, everything that needs to be said has been said, and the lack of food will be your business when the time comes! ”

Xie Yanzhi's words, listening to the people in the old house, their hearts were heavy.

Including Wang Maocai and Li Jun are the same.

At this time, even if the food on the table is sweet, except for a few children who are not very sensible, everyone else has no appetite.

The old couple of the Li family, since they were able to cultivate a talented son, they must be more far-sighted than ordinary people.

It's just that Old Man Li is a farmer and has served the land all his life.

He was born here and grew up here.

It is certainly impossible for him to leave now for the so-called drought and floods in the future.

But it's okay to plant drought-tolerant crops ahead of time.

And for him, the news he knows so far is only Xie Yanzhi's speculation.

What the future holds remains to be verified.

Therefore, after pondering for a long time, he said: "In this case, the land of my family in the coming year, near the Liuyun River, will be planted with rice. In other places, when the paddy fields are dried, sweet potatoes are planted. ”

Li Yuan, no, it should be said that the original owner doesn't understand how much land the old mansion has and where it is.

Hearing this, I also knew that this was probably her grandfather's proposal, but for the sake of conservatism.

She didn't know how many acres of land there was near the Liuyun River, so she emphasized again: "Master, I have sweet potatoes that I bought when I went to Fucheng with Brother Xie before, and it is said that the seeds are improved, and the yield per mu is particularly high." Why don't you go back and cut the vines yourself after I raise the seedlings? Or will I give you sweet potatoes and you raise your own seedlings? ”

Old man Li pondered for a while, and asked, "Do you say how much is the yield per mu?" Are you sure it's really high? Don't be fooled! ”

According to the information he knew, Li Yuan was particularly conservative and acceptable to everyone to say a data.

"It is said that the yield per mu is two or three thousand catties, and there are many big ones and few small ones."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Jun: "Junzi, haven't you eaten it yet?" Talk to the master about how big it is and how it tastes. ”

Before Li Jun could speak, Li Zheng, who had been silent, said: "If the eldest sister is talking about the sweet potatoes that Junzi brought over, I know." Sir, I still have some left in my study. Hearing is false, seeing is believing, and you will know it by seeing it yourself. ”

After the words fell, he put down his chopsticks and went directly back to the study to bring the remaining sweet potatoes.

Old man Li glanced at the basket he brought over, and saw that the big one was one or two catties, and the small one might also look like half a catty, so he simply put down the chopsticks, got up and bent down to check.

After he checked them one by one, he said, "Zhengzi, you take a few and bury them in the kang charcoal, and taste them for a while." If it's really good, then plant all the dry land with it, and don't plant peanuts this year. ”

Old man Li didn't know that the sweet potatoes here were specially selected by Li Yuan, otherwise they might be more than half a catty.

Li Yuan knew that he had misunderstood, but she didn't say anything, so she looked forward to her father's heartbeat, and then decided to plant a few acres.

And Li Dahai, who was on the side, said when he heard this: "Dad, although the yield of peanuts per mu is not high, they are valuable, and our family has to rely on this to make money in previous years." ”

Li Sanhai also echoed: "Yes, Dad, do you want to stop thinking about it?" Although a drought is possible, isn't it not happening yet? Could it be that the eldest niece and son-in-law miscalculated? ”

Li Zheng has been instructing Xie Yanzhi some time ago, and he knows how knowledgeable the other party is and how extensive it is.

Hearing the words of his father and uncle, he said decisively: "Dad, I believe in the eldest brother-in-law's calculation, since he said that there is, then there may be." Besides, my mother also believes in the eldest sister. Let's listen to them, it's better to have more. If my eldest brother-in-law really doesn't have that ability, how can we sit here and eat like those victims outside? ”

At this time, Li Dahai inexplicably remembered that in September, Li Yuan and Wang Can kept talking about the cold weather.

I don't know why, but I think of Li Yuan's repeated proposal to produce more drought-tolerant crops.

He didn't agree with it, but the ghost made the gods change their words.

"Sanhai, then we will listen to Dad, and we will not plant peanuts in the coming year. Anyway, before the duozi, they earned some silver by relying on the pankang skills of the eldest niece and son-in-law. Let's buy more food and stock it up, as Yuan Niang said. Buy enough food for a year first, so you don't have to worry about going hungry if you don't have a good harvest. ”

Li Yuan silently praised her uncle in her heart.

If they can stock up on more grain, plus sweet potatoes from the fields next year, they shouldn't have to worry too much about rations in the next year or two.