Quick Wear: With the cub in hand, the world is mine

"Mom, what did you mean by increasing revenue and reducing expenditure last night?"

"Open up water sources and control water flow." Hua Ke continued to explain, "As everyone has discovered this year, it is much hotter than in previous years, and there are fewer rainy days. If your father is not lying to you, it will probably be even hotter next year."

"Right. And then?"

“There are many ways to do open source, but there are not many things we can do.”

Artificial rainfall and seawater desalination are two things that ordinary people cannot do without technical support. Building reservoirs, regulating runoff, and transferring water across river basins all require the cooperation of many people, and such large projects are not decided by the Wen family. When the disaster is serious, officials will bring people to dig the river, and every household will have to contribute manpower.

"What about throttling?"

"Saving money means we should plant less rice and plant drought-resistant crops instead. Rice requires a lot of water, and if we don't give it water, it naturally won't have much food for us. Your father met many people from various places down there, and he told me that there are some drought-resistant crops suitable for us to grow here, such as the sweet potato leaves we are planting in the field now."

She doesn't need to tell us to save water, and no one in the family wastes water.

"Mom, how can those sweet potato leaves be enough for us to eat?"

"Who said we can only eat leaves? Just wait and see. Anyway, no one is allowed to touch my vegetable garden."

Liu and Li hurriedly stated: "Mom, we promise not to touch them."

Who dares to touch this thing of unknown origin?

……

There was still some time before farming started, so Wen Fugui and Wen Fugui, informed by Wen Qilang, went to the town to find a temporary job. The magistrate was recruiting craftsmen to build the city wall, and they both signed up successfully. The daily wage was 200 coins plus two liters of rice.

Liu and Li also did needlework at home. Sanniang learned embroidery from Liu. Hua Ke could hear her crying in pain when she was pricked by a needle and Liu scolding her in a low voice from time to time.

Seeing Sanniang's swollen fingers, Xiaozhu was afraid that she would also be asked by her mother to learn embroidery. She ran after Hua Ke and Siniu every day. She had discovered that as long as she was next to Azu, her mother would not come to call her. It seemed that her mother was afraid to get along with Azu and her brother.

The children gradually realized that although A-Zu had a bad temper, she would not beat them now. A-Zu would only beat Daddy. Even if Mom made A-Zu angry, A-Zu would not beat Mom, but would only scold her.

"Why are adults afraid of A-Zu? A-Zu never hits us."

Daniu was practicing calligraphy in the yard with a branch in his hand. He said nonchalantly, "A-Zu never hit anyone before. It seems that after she passed out and was carried up the mountain by Dad, she started to hit Dad and my uncle."

"Then why weren't we close to A-Zu before?"

"She used to be close to no one. She liked to talk to herself. Brother Daguang and the others said she was a crazy woman. That's why we were afraid of her."

Erniu looked at Si Niu who was watering the plants behind A Zu and sighed, "A Zu's favorite person now is Si Niu."

On the other side, Hua Ke squatted by the ridge and weeded the sweet potato leaves. "Si Niu, in two days we can pick some leaves to fry. Are you looking forward to it?"

look forward to.

"You said that we have been together for almost two months, why don't you speak yet?" He can obviously speak, but just refuses to open his mouth.

"Forget it, just don't say anything. Silence is golden. There's enough noise at home."

Si Niu opened his mouth and closed it again. Grandma kept changing her mind. Everything he wanted to say was said by her.

Two days passed quickly, and the ten sweet potato vines in the backyard grew more and more lush and prosperous. I don't know if it's because they were bought from the system mall, but they grew faster than she had planted before.

[Treasure it, this is cultivated by the merchant using spiritual spring water. The third generation of plants will not be so good after that. By the fourth generation, when they adapt to the soil of this world, they will probably return to normal. ]

"Wow! Spiritual spring water! Which world is so awesome?"

【Advanced world.】

She pinched a little from each vine, and after picking ten, she had a full basket.

"Mom, how do you make this sweet potato leaf? How long do you need to fry it?"

"Crush a few cloves of garlic, add the garlic when the oil is hot, stir-fry over high heat for a few times, then add salt, and it's almost done."

Tonight's dinner is porridge and stir-fried sweet potato leaves, and everyone is waiting for Hua Ke to start eating first.

Hua Ke calmly picked up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks. Hmm, delicious! It tastes better than before, super fresh and tender, with a fresh fragrance. I wonder if it will still taste this good after growing more in the future.

Si Niu also dared to pick up food by himself. After seeing his grandmother start eating, he picked up a vegetable with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. After chewing, he squinted his eyes with satisfaction. It was crispy and tender. Mmm, that was the taste.

Wen Fugui took the first bite and his eyes lit up, "Mom, this leaf is really delicious!"

"good to eat!"

You and I took a chopstick, and the whole plate of sweet potato leaves was eaten up. Wen Fugui was obviously not satisfied, "Mom, are we eating this tomorrow?"

Hua Ke glanced at him and said, "Not so fast. I want to keep it for planting. Don't touch the dry land in front of the door this year. I want to use it to plant sweet potatoes and corn."

"Corn? What is that? Is that what you have in your house?"

"Well, Si Niu and I went to the market and met a foreign merchant. He gave me the seeds and pots."

Si Niu: “…” He didn’t touch it.

But he wisely did not expose his grandmother, as she had her own reasons for lying.

Wen Fugui was half-believing and half-doubting. Could it be that his father gave it to his mother? When did his mother go to the cemetery in the dark again? "Mom, can I eat the corn leaves?"

Hua Ke looked at him coldly, "You'll know later if you ask so many questions."

Soon, a new round of busy farming season arrived. The Wen Fugui brothers still had two days before they finished their odd jobs. Hua Ke plowed the fields with a curved plow, while Siniu and Erniu followed behind her to pick up earthworms, and the family puppy ran around happily in the fields.

Hua Ke plowed for an hour without interruption, then stopped and went to rest under a tree. She was so tired. Why didn't she travel back to a noble family to live a good life, but instead traveled to this poor and remote place, facing the loess and back to the sky? Another day of wanting to destroy the world.

"A-Zu, Xiaozhu is here with some water."

Hua Ke drank half of the water Xiao Zhu brought her, and left the remaining half for Erniu and Siniu, then went back to the fields to plow. It was okay, as labor was the most glorious. She was the model worker representative of the child-raising group.

After Hua Ke PUA'd herself for two days, she threw the curved plow to Wen Fugui. She quit doing this and wanted to tinker with her own piece of land.

Chen Qingqing was carrying a hoe as she passed by the Wen family. She saw Hua Ke had piled up several ridges of land and asked in confusion, "Da Hua, what are you holding in your hand? I've never seen it before."

"There are so many things you haven't seen." Seeing Chen Qingqing trying to grab her treasure, Hua Ke took two steps back. "Don't touch it. This is a treasure I found by my little Linzi's grave on the Ghost Festival. I dug it up and took it home to cultivate it for several days. Now I have to plant it, otherwise it will wither."

"Hey, are you sick? You dig up everything and bring it home." She stopped touching it, thinking it was bad luck.

The peasant woman who was planting beans in the field not far away also looked at her with disdain. No wonder the children in the village said she had a problem with her brain for doing such a stupid thing.

You are the ones who are sick. In two or three months, these people will come and beg her to give them some sweet potatoes for planting.