Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Cheng Fang followed Yuanchun and first went to the Third Master's house to pay New Year's greetings. Each of them received two fruit candies from the Third Master.

I went to Fifth Master's house again and got a piece of cake from him.

Then go to my second grandfather’s house.

The Second Grandma secretly gave each of them three pieces of White Rabbit milk candy that she was reluctant to take out, and Yuanchun was so happy that her eyes were narrowed with smiles.

"Yuanchun, I'll give it all to you."

As soon as they left Second Grandma's house, Cheng Fang stuffed the candy into Yuanchun's cotton-padded jacket pocket. Yuanchun accepted it happily, but after peeling off the outer paper of a candy, she quickly stuffed it into Cheng Fang's mouth.

Cheng Fang subconsciously wanted to spit it out and give it to her to eat.

He couldn't bear to eat such precious candy.

Yuanchun glared at him, "Brother Cheng Fang, you are not allowed to spit it out."

He added, "I still have some here, I'll eat some too."

As he spoke, he peeled another one and stuffed it into his mouth. His little cheeks were bulging from eating, looking so cute.

This scene happened to be seen by Liu Yuzhu who came to pay New Year's greetings.

Liu Yuzhu glared at Yuanchun jealously and said sarcastically, "Yuanchun, you had candy but you didn't give me one. You actually gave it to a stranger. You are so mean. I'm going to tell Second Madam."

"Then you go."

Yuanchun didn't say that the candy was given by the second wife.

Second Grandma was kind to her, and this candy was specially given to her by Second Grandma. Other children didn't have it. If she told anyone about it, she would be causing trouble for Second Grandma.

Liu Yuzhu stamped her feet in anger, "Yuanchun, just wait... you are a fool who doesn't know your relatives and neighbors, wait and see if the Second Mistress will scold you."

Liu Yuzhu ran into Second Grandma's house.

Yuanchun and Cheng Fang didn't take it seriously and went on to visit the next family to wish them a happy new year.

After walking for a whole morning, the two big pockets of Yuanchun's cotton-padded jacket were bulging with various snacks.

The two returned to Yuanchun's house, took out all the food in their pockets and filled a small bowl. Yuanchun laughed and said, "It's enough for us to eat until the Lantern Festival."

"I won't eat it. You can keep it and eat it slowly. You can eat it until the second day of the second lunar month."

The little girl loved snacks. When she went to the mountains to pick grass for pigs, she would put a handful of sunflower seeds in her pocket and eat them non-stop. For this reason, he planted a lot of sunflower seeds in the yard last year and brought them all to Yuanchun, enough for her to eat for a long time.

At the beginning of spring after the New Year, the brigade issued an order to the villagers, requiring every household to plant three acres of sweet potato seeds in their own private plots.

After receiving the task, the villagers went to the brigade headquarters to find the old village chief and the brigade leader.

"Village chief, we can't eat all the sweet potatoes we planted."

"Yeah, eating too much sweet potato will cause heartburn."

"Village Chief, what do we need so many sweet potato seeds for?"

"Village head, isn't the village going to grow corn this year?"

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The villagers asked questions one after another and discussed privately, and the entire brigade square was bustling with activity.

The old village chief sighed and said, "I heard that this year will be a drought year. There will be little rain, and planting corn will affect the harvest. Let's plant more sweet potatoes, so that we can have a stable harvest regardless of drought or flood, and avoid going hungry if a drought really comes."

The villagers were in an uproar.

"Village Chief, where did you get this news? Is it true?"

"Village chief, we can't just plant sweet potatoes. It's not certain whether this news is true or not. How about we plant 30% sweet potatoes and the rest corn, millet, and sorghum?"

"Grow some sorghum to fight drought."

"Grow some soybeans. They mature in a short time. They can be eaten as food and can also be made into tofu."

"Growing potatoes is better than sweet potatoes. They don't cause heartburn. They can be eaten as a staple food or as a vegetable. They also provide a stable yield regardless of drought or flood."

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