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

Old Lin hurriedly ran over from the field, but he slipped and almost fell. Fortunately, a villager nearby was quick to catch him.

"Anan, the soil on the roots of these seedlings is gone, can they still survive?"

Everyone looked at Lin Yinan in surprise and doubt. Could she really grow rice?

Everyone looked at Ding Gui and Chen San who were equally surprised. They felt uneasy and kept questioning themselves about their original choice. Did they trust the wrong person?

Lin Yinan said calmly, "Washing the dirt off the roots will help the seedlings survive and take root in the future."

Everyone was skeptical about what she said, but they still did as she said.

Seeing that the seedlings had almost been pulled out, Lin Yinan asked the villagers to use winnowing baskets to carry the seedlings to the prepared paddy fields.

Standing on the ridge of the field, Lin Yinan saw the leeches swimming in the field and the dead earthworms that had turned white, and his scalp suddenly went numb.

The shadow of childhood will linger for a lifetime!

She was a little mad, but she quickly calmed down.

"Do you want to go to the fields?" Yun Mo saw her staring at the paddy field in a daze.

Lin Yinan shook his head, "No, I'll just stand here and give them instructions."

Lin Yisuo rolled up his trouser legs and went down to the paddy field without saying a word, followed closely by the Lin Yizhang brothers.

"Anan, you can't stand steadily in the paddy field, so don't get down. Let your brother-in-law support you, and you just tell us how to plant the rice seedlings." Lin Yizhang said, holding a bundle of seedlings in his hand.

"Okay." Lin Yinan agreed, turned to look at Yun Mo, and said, "Did you take the rope I asked you to take?"

Yun Mo looked at the secret guards beside him, and one of them handed him a bundle of ropes.

"Anan, what do you need a rope for?" Lin Shuo, who was standing in the field, was puzzled.

Lin Yinan handed him the rope with a faint smile on his face.

"Uncle, you and your cousin, each hold one end of the rope and stretch it along the ridges on both sides of the paddy field. The row spacing required for the seedlings should be controlled at about seven inches. Finally, fix the rope so that we can plant the rice in the straight line drawn by the rope."

"Sister, this way the seedlings we plant won't be crooked, right?" Lin Yisong was quick-witted and quickly figured out the purpose of pulling the rope.

Lin Yinan nodded approvingly, "That's right."

Lin Shuo and Lin Yizhang pulled the rope and walked to both sides of the paddy field. The clan leader and Lin Fu measured the row spacing according to what Lin Yinan said.

The rope was fixed and the father and son came over.

Lin Yinan began to teach them how to plant rice seedlings. She untied a bundle of seedlings, took out three or four seedlings, and squatted on the ridge with difficulty.

"When you separate the seedlings, be gentle to avoid damaging the roots or stems and leaves. Use your index and middle fingers to clamp the roots, then push down along the roots into the soil. Be careful not to break the seedlings."

"The spacing between the seedlings is about two fists wide, and the seedlings can't be inserted too deep into the soil. As long as the seedlings stand firmly in the paddy field, it's fine."

After that, he demonstrated to them how to plant four or five seedlings.

After watching this, several young men in the village, including Ding Gui, Chen San, and Lin Fu, went down to the fields to put the work into practice.

There were many of them, so they finished a row quickly. When they retreated, the seedlings they had just planted were lifted up by their movements.

"How could this happen?"

They looked at Lin Yinan at a loss, like children who had made a mistake.

Lin Yinan smiled and comforted, "It's okay. When you are in the mud, remember to move back after planting the seedlings. Otherwise, the seedlings will be stepped on or knocked down. Stand a little further away."

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on and quickly put the seedlings back.

Gradually, everyone quickly mastered the key points of transplanting rice seedlings and transplanted them quickly and well.

Looking at the somewhat wilted seedlings, the clan leader put his hands behind his back, frowned, and said worriedly, "Anan, how long will it take for the seedlings to survive?"

"It will take five to seven days at the earliest."

The several baskets of seedlings that had been pulled out were quickly planted. Seeing that there was still early, everyone came up from the fields and wanted to pull some more, but they were stopped by Lin Yinan.

"The pulled seedlings cannot be left overnight, otherwise they will easily die. We must pull as many as we can and plant as many as we want every day."

Lin Fu scratched his head with his whitened hands and chuckled, "We originally wanted to pick more while it was still early and plant them tomorrow morning."

"It's okay, Brother Fu, let's come early tomorrow to pull it out." said other villagers.

Lin Yinan reminded him again, "Try not to break the seeds when you pull them out. Control the strength of your hands. If you break too many, you will have to replant them later. You may not have enough seedlings by then."

Everyone nodded and kept it in mind.

As the sun sets, the clouds in the sky are dyed with orange and yellow afterglow, like a beautiful painting.

In the distance, rolling hills meet the sky.

The afterglow shines on the paddy fields, sparkling, warm and peaceful, making people feel the grandeur and magnificence of nature.

People carried hoes and baskets and walked home happily.

The entire Longtan County was shrouded in golden afterglow, and the place where the smoke from cooking fires rose was their home.

During dinner, Yunliu talked about the weather conditions he had observed recently, which showed that the weather would be sunny with little rain in the next half month.

Lin Yinan immediately asked Lin Yiheng to gather everyone, except the secret guards and soldiers responsible for security patrols, and held a meeting together.

She told everyone about Yunliu's weather forecast, and they all unanimously decided to temporarily stop building the house and put everyone into the fields to try to transplant all the seedlings during this time.

The clan leader and Wu Xu knew that Wu Xingwang and others also agreed that they already had a house to live in, and food was the top priority.

However, some older men in Liang Wen's team did not think so. They did not care how much food Lin Yinan and the others had. They just wanted to move into their own houses as soon as possible.

Someone who was dissatisfied opened his mouth and tried to stir up everyone's opinions, but was quickly changed the subject by the villagers in a few words.

The village chief secretly took out a small notebook, wrote down the names of these people, and then came back to supervise them closely to see if they were cheating in their work.

In order to increase the cohesion of the entire team, Lin Yinan specially asked the respected elders in the village to be responsible for supervising everyone's daily life.

At night, Lin Yinan sat by the window reading a book by candlelight, taking notes as he read.

She needs to record these valuable experiences for future reference and improvement.

Yun Mo did not go out today. The city wall had been built and the secret guards were not patrolling as hard as before. They only walked a little further during the day to be alert for the appearance of Japanese pirates.

He lay on the bed bored, looking at Lin Yinan's determined face under the dim candlelight, his eyes so soft that tears could drip out.

"Anan, aren't you afraid of failure?"

"Don't worry, we haven't even used one-third of our money." Lin Yinan didn't even raise his head, and said with a dignified look, "Besides, I am confident that I will not fail."

The only thing to worry about is the yield. Without the help of pesticides and fertilizers, the yield per acre of land is frighteningly low.

Thinking of the money, Yun Mo slapped the bed in annoyance.

"I was careless. I should have brought more money in Luochu City. That golden throne must be worth a lot of money!"