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The wheat was not harvested until evening.

Now they are piled up in the main hall which is big enough anyway.

Just waiting to clean up tomorrow.

Today, Xu Wenyan, Wang Cuijuan and Rong Xiaoliu and a few other children were harvesting wheat, while the others were digging potatoes in the fields. If the potatoes were left in the fields any longer, not only would they rot, but they would also be inedible when they sprouted.

"Alas, it's a pity that there is no stone mill now. I have to go to the village to make flour." Wang Cuijuan sighed.

Now all they can do is separate the wheat bran from the wheat and collect them together. The wheat bran mixed with flour is the cheapest food. If you make it into a paste and drink it, it will make your throat sore. The wheat bran is not easily absorbed, so it gives people the illusion of being full.

"Wait for Xiaoman and the others to come in a few days and then join them." So many potatoes can be exchanged for a lot of salt, plus the second batch of pheasants have grown up and are already raising their chicks.

There are at least thirty or forty chickens in the shelter now.

Although this pheasant is not as good at laying eggs as the three-yellow chicken, it has the advantage of being more numerous. Those chickens that don’t like to lay eggs are used by Xu Wenyan to make fried chicken or stew chicken soup.

This second batch of pheasants looks obviously meatier. Xu Wenyan is gradually screening the quality of these chickens and retaining the good genes.

I was thinking about something when I felt a furry touch on my arm.

Xu Wenyan lowered his head and took a quick look: "Oh, shit."

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Wang Cuijuan beside him was also anxious and hurriedly looked at Xu Wenyan's situation.

A caterpillar the size of a finger had been crawling on Xu Wenyan's hand, but was now thrown to the ground by Xu Wenyan and was eaten by a passing chicken.

"There are so many bugs in the spring, and it will be even more unbearable in the summer." Although they are all from the countryside, which woman is not disgusted by these things? Although Wang Cuijuan is not that afraid, she understands Xu Wenyan's reaction very well.

Xu Wenyan immediately decided to go and see in the afternoon whether the mugwort had grown, and mix it with pine needles and pine resin to make an insect repellent sachet.

"Brother Xu, freshly dug potatoes."

Xiaohu came over with a basket on his back and poured half of it onto the ground, then poured the rest into the cellar.

This year's potatoes are not big, most of them are the size of a fist.

Xu Wenyan took them one by one and put them in the dustpan: "What do you want to eat?"

"Hey, Brother Xu, didn't you always say you were going to make French fries?"

Looking at Xiaohu's smiling face, Xu Wenyan knew that he was craving for food, after all, the food prepared for the New Year had been eaten for several days.

Xu Wenyan patted his butt, as he didn't want to break wheat anymore: "Okay, you help your aunt break wheat, I'll go make you something delicious."

Hearing that there was something delicious to eat, the little guys started working with all their might.

This year's harvest is actually not very good. The land we planted is not enough for us to eat. Of course, it is mainly because of Wang Zeren, but we will never starve in the mountains.

Xu Wenyan took a dustpan to the creek and washed the potatoes. There was basically no snow this year, so the water level was far lower than when he first arrived.

Because it is almost the breeding season for fish, the fishing net made by Xu Wenyan has not been put down yet. If he catches fish every day, no matter how much he catches, they will be eaten up.

Take the water beetle for example. We caught it a lot before, but now we rarely see it. We have to start catching it in autumn at least.

After washing the potatoes, peel them and feed them just enough for the chickens. Since raising these poultry and livestock, there is nothing left at home, and all is eaten by them.

Cut the potatoes into slices of about one centimeter, then cut the potato slices into strips, put them in water with a little salt, wash them, and soak them for twenty minutes.

Taking advantage of this time, Xu Wenyan steamed the rice. Since there were potatoes, he cooked potato rice. The red beans at home had to be eaten up.

Take out the soaked potatoes and boil them for three minutes so that they can be cooked faster when fried and will not be raw and crispy inside. After drying the moisture, coat them with kudzu root starch. Be sure to coat them several times so that the fried French fries will be crispy. In fact, things fried with sweet potato starch will be more fragrant.

But I haven’t had time to plant them this year. I will wait until the potatoes are harvested and plant them together with sweet potatoes.

Next, just put it in the oil pan and fry it. When all the French fries float up, they are done.

After it came out of the pot, Xu Wenyan tasted it. Although it was not as delicious as Grandpa Ken’s, it was not bad either.

"Come on, kids." These fries won't taste good if they're cold, so they have to be eaten hot: "You can dip them in some chili flakes.

Xu Wenyan likes to eat French fries in their original flavor. He always thinks ketchup doesn’t go well with French fries, so it’s better to sprinkle cumin on them.

Potatoes are the most perfect vegetable. They can be used as a staple food, a dish, or a snack. As for potato chips, they are not easy to make because there is no oven and the temperature is difficult to control.

You can make potato sandwiches. Just cut the potatoes into slices and dry them. You can cook them or fry them when you want to eat them.

In the previous life, people in the village liked to add sugar to their food.

Before Xu Wenyan could take a break, Xiaoman's voice was heard by the pond.

There were five people in total, excluding Xiaoman.

"Come and collect the food."

Xiaoman nodded with a bad look on her face: "Xu Wenyan, Commander Wang wants to discuss something with you."

Seeing Xiaoman like this, it must be no small matter: "Since we are discussing something, you must know something."

"Regarding the taxation, the imperial court suddenly increased the tax by half a percentage point."

Xu Wenyan frowned. It was already outrageous when he heard that a 90% tax rate was being collected. Now it was even increasing. Is it that the emperor is brainless, or is there too many corrupt officials in the country?

"More? If you add more, the refugees won't be able to drink it anymore."

Not only can I not even drink the porridge, it’s good enough to have something in my stomach.

Xiaoman also shook his head helplessly: "Yeah, I don't know what the situation is, but Commander Wang asked you to go there anyway."

Xu Wenyan knew what the problem was without even thinking about it.

"Brother Xiaoman, come and try the French fries made by Brother Xu."

When Xiaoman saw the golden and crispy strips, Xiaohu would not have thought that they were potatoes if he hadn't told him. They were crispy at the beginning but soft on the inside with the unique aroma of potatoes.

"Your potatoes are cooked. These French fries are really delicious."

"Come and help us. There are still some potatoes that have not been dug out." Xu Wenyan brought a few people to the field, and more than a dozen people finished turning over the potatoes in no time.

Xu Wenyan was talking to Xiaoman, and lunch was made by Wang Cuijuan.

"We haven't distributed all the wheat yet, and we probably don't need to distribute it anymore." We are in urgent need of food, so the wheat can be directly threshed together with the bran, which saves trouble.

"But don't worry, Commander Wang will give you the salt he promised. It's just that the wine is hard to get because the state is strictly checking." Xiaoman and his friends finished the meal in just two bites. They had to go back early today.

Luo Sanyuan and his team were also organizing the villagers to harvest grain today, but they were harvesting radishes, cabbages and the like.

Because the planting season is not right, the yield cannot keep up. Of course, there is no other way. We just have to wait and see how the potato harvest in the village goes in a month.

Xu Wenyan took Chen Sanlin with him, so there was no time to make the mosquito repellent sachets.

You have to go to Jixiang Village.