Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

"Sister, when do you think my mother will wake up?" Lin Zhiyan asked Yun Fangyi who was sitting next to her in a baby voice.

Yun Fangyi held her chin with both hands and shook her head vigorously.

"Mother said that when the baby in Aunt San's belly has had enough sleep, Aunt San will wake up naturally."

Lin Zhiyan touched the egg pancake given to her by her grandmother in her arms and sighed.

"If mother doesn't wake up, the cakes will get cold."

"Yan Yan, let's go out and play!"

Yun Fangyi felt a little bored staying here.

"No, I'll wait for mother to wake up."

Yun Fangyi saw her covering her chest with her hands and asked her curiously, "What are you hiding under your clothes?"

Lin Zhiyan let go of her hand and said honestly, "I'll give the cake to mother."

Thinking back to what her father taught her grandmother in the morning, she only understood that her father said her mother had lost weight and should eat more.

Yun Fangyi licked her lips and said, "Grandma's pancakes are so delicious!"

Lin Zhiyan looked at her and felt a little reluctant, but she still took out the cake generously, "Sister, do you want to eat it? I'll give you a bite."

Although Yun Fangyi wanted to eat it very much, she still waved her hand and refused, "I don't want to eat it. This is what Yanyan left for Aunt San and the baby."

Lin Yinan was awakened by the voices of two little kids. He turned around and saw them sitting on the footstool beside the bed, whispering something to each other.

The sunlight poured into the room through the gaps in the roof, casting a layer of golden light on the children's bodies. They were like elves fallen into the mortal world, and it seemed as if the whole world was bathed in warmth and tranquility.

She tilted her head and just watched quietly.

Yunmu pushed the door open and saw this scene. She said with a smile, "Why did you two sneak in here? I had to look for you everywhere."

Yun Fangyi gestured to Yun to keep quiet and whispered, "Grandma, we are waiting for Third Aunt and the baby to wake up."

Yunmu smiled at Lin Yinan who was lying on the bed and walked into the room.

"Wake up, I've left some food in the pot for you."

Lin Yinan sat up from the bed, and the two children turned around when they heard the noise.

Lin Zhiyan stood up, took off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, took out the cake wrapped in a handkerchief from her arms, and handed it to Lin Yinan.

"Mom, come and eat. I left you some pancakes made by my grandmother. They are delicious and have eggs in them."

Lin Yinan took the cake and kissed her on the little face.

Yunmu came forward and picked up Lin Zhiyan, and while putting on her shoes, she said, "It's good that you woke up. Your mother and sister-in-law wanted to ask you if you still want to soak the rice seeds."

Lin Yinan quickly finished the pancake and went downstairs to put on his shoes. "I'll talk to them about this."

Thinking of Yun Mo saying he was going out today, she turned around and looked at Yun Mu, "Mom, is Yun Mo going out?"

Yunmu pulled the two children behind her and said, "We left before dawn."

Yunmu was really happy that her third daughter-in-law took the initiative to ask about her third son, and the relationship between the two seemed to be better than before.

After Lin Yinan had explained the matter of rice seeds to Li Shulan and her sister-in-law, she washed up and sat at the table to eat breakfast. Lin Yiheng came to her with a few booklets.

"Anan, this is the number of people who registered today and went out to work."

Lin Yinan flipped open the booklet and saw, "Huh, there are so many more people?"

"Thanks to the two meals yesterday, some of the women who were still waiting could no longer sit still and came today to ask to work in the fields. Will there not be enough food? Should we ask Second Aunt and the others to make thinner meals for lunch and dinner?"

It’s no wonder that Lin Yiheng was worried. In the past, even if there was no shortage of food, the villagers would dare to eat such a good meal at night.

"No, you don't have to worry about food. We are all doing hard labor. I also want to arrange breakfast for everyone starting tomorrow."

Lin Yinan put down the booklet and thought to herself. Yesterday she heard some villagers say that they went straight to the fields without eating breakfast in order to save food for the family. This was not a good way to go on, as it would ruin their health.

This group of people followed them all the way to Nanman Prefecture. If Nanman Prefecture develops in the future, they will be the backbone of the team.

Lin Yiheng thought for a moment and said, "I will ask the captains of each group to supervise them and make sure no one takes advantage of the situation."

"I'll come up with an incentive policy later, and those who do well will be rewarded at the end of the year."

"The suggestion team has been sorting out the hope in the county these days. They have demolished all the dangerous ones and saved the usable bricks. The same goes for those responsible for repairing the city wall. In a few days, the weeds on the edge of the city wall should be cleared. Once the purchased bricks and tiles arrive, we can start the construction."

Lin Yiheng reported everything to him.

It is true that there is strength in numbers. Lin Yinan is very satisfied with the results. "That's how we do it. We assign tasks to people and everyone works together to build Longtan County."

Lin Yiheng, "In some families, the adults go to work in the fields, and the children have nothing to do and no one to look after them. It is not good for them to play outside all day. When the family members come back from the fields, they have to cook for them separately. Is there any way to solve this problem?"

After saying that, he handed it to her. The people registered were all children under the age of ten, and there were as many as thirty or forty people.

Lin Yinan thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Let children over five years old be responsible for mowing grass or digging wild vegetables. Give them a small task and tell them how much they need to complete every day. Those who mow grass that meets the standard can go to the cafeteria to eat. As for children under five years old, the cafeteria provides free meals."

"Let's finish the spring ploughing first. After the houses and city walls are repaired, we still have to build the academy. The children's education cannot be left behind."

"I'll have someone reserve a room at the county government office and have the Taoist priest and the village elders take turns looking after children under five."

Lin Yiheng clapped his hands after hearing this. "This is a good idea. Why didn't I think of it?"

"Brother, please write a red notice and post it on the bulletin board outside the county government office so that everyone can see it."

The brother and sister chatted about some precautions and details, and then Lin Yiheng went out with the small notebook.

Post the copied red list before lunch.

When we were finishing work at noon, the notice board was surrounded by people in three circles inside and outside.

Among Wu Xu's team of more than 100 people, almost no one was literate.

They squeezed in the innermost part, scratched their heads and looked at the red list, and shamelessly asked the villagers of Linjia Village.

"Brother, what does it say?"

Lin Qingxiang glanced at the man who was older than him but called him brother, and without caring, he just read out the contents of the red list loudly.

The onlookers cheered and couldn't help talking.

"That's great. I don't have to worry about my kids running around anymore."

"You can still read?!"

"What, we adults also need to learn to read?"

"Oh, I'm so embarrassed. I have to learn to read with a little kid at my age."

After dinner in the evening, Lin Yiheng called the leaders of each team together, and Lin Yinan explained to them in detail the incentive policies that would be implemented in the future.

Everyone became even more motivated after hearing this. In the near future, their children will be able to study in the academy again.

There will be food and houses to be distributed later this year.