So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day

Sui He carried two little yellow dogs out of the market on his back. The two puppies in the basket were whimpering.

I passed by a place selling steamed buns and bought a few big steamed buns for lunch, eating them while walking.

On the way back, we passed by a rice field. A gust of wind blew and the whole rice field was rippled.

Sui He was attracted by the golden color and walked towards it unconsciously.

The closer he got to the field, the more Sui He frowned. Is this rice?

The rice fields are full of leaves, with few rice ears and a few strings of rice grains hanging sparsely on each ear.

Sui He squatted down and took a closer look. He found that not every rice grain was full. Many of them were shriveled rice husks. It was obvious that the pulp had not been absorbed.

Suihe looked at several pieces in a row, and they were all like this

No, the rice in his memory was not like this. Sui He thought of the rice in his previous life, the rice ears full of plump grains.

He knew that production was low in ancient times, but he didn't expect it to be so low.

At the time of autumn harvest, after deducting the amount to be handed in, there is nothing left to chew.

"Uncle, is this your field?" Sui He asked the old farmer who was working nearby.

"It's mine, what's wrong, young man?" The old farmer straightened up and adjusted his straw hat.

"I just want to ask, is the rice here like this? Why is the yield so low?"

"Is this a low yield? Stop kidding, young man. This year's harvest is pretty good," the old man said with a smile, looking at the paddy field he had been tending for a year with satisfaction.

Seeing that Sui He was still puzzled, the old man pointed to other fields and said, "Look, there was a lot of rain this year, so the fields retained water. Plus, we gave them enough fertilizer, so everyone's harvest is very good this year."

"Oh, is that so?" Seeing that the old man's expression did not seem fake, Sui He nodded, raised his eyes to look at the large field, suppressed the doubts in his heart and said, "Thank you, old man. I'll go back first."

Sui He was thinking about this all the way. When he arrived at the village entrance, he slapped his head and understood.

The rice in this world is all ancient rice varieties. Hybrid rice has not yet appeared. No wonder the yield is not high.

There was nothing he could do about this. He didn't know how to hybridize. It took Grandpa Yuan so many years to cultivate hybrid rice. He didn't think he had the ability to do it.

He opened the door and took out the two little yellow dogs from the basket.

The two puppies were a little uncomfortable in the new environment and curled up in front of their brothers.

"Hey, Sui Sui, where did you get this puppy?" Grandma walked over and picked one up: "This dog is really rare, there is a circle of white hair on its neck."

"Grandma, I bought it at the market today. It's still small now. When it grows up, it can guard our house." Sui He packed the things in the basket, went into the kitchen, and put the meat and salt in the kitchen.

After leaving the kitchen, I saw that grandma was still very fond of the two puppies. She petted this one and that one. The two puppies also happily circled around grandma's feet.

"It's so small, is it a full moon?" Grandma took a ceramic bowl, filled it with some water and placed it in front of the two dogs. The two little yellow dogs sniffed and licked it.

"It seems to be a full month old. The dog seller said it was old enough to eat, so I brought it back." Sui He stepped forward and stroked the dog's head: "Grandma, when grandpa comes back, ask him to build a doghouse and put it in the ear room."

Grandma nodded in the direction Sui He pointed and said, "Okay, when your grandfather comes back, let him go get one."

"By the way, where is my grandpa?" Sui He looked around but couldn't find any trace of his grandpa.

"Your grandfather couldn't stay idle, so he went to the workshop."

"Oh, OK, I'll go find Grandpa then," he said to his grandmother, and went out to the workshop.

As the afternoon approaches, the tofu sellers all come back. Some have sold out, while others still have one or two pieces left. It’s okay to leave some, you can take them home and eat them yourself.

"Suihe, why are you here today?" Uncle Defu came from outside carrying a shoulder pole.

"Uncle Defu, how's business going recently?" Sui He walked forward and lifted the cloth strip on the board: "These two boards are sold out."

"Yes, they are all sold out. Today is a holiday in town, so the sales are faster. Business has been up and down recently. Sometimes I can sell out all of them, and sometimes there will be some left."

"Yeah, I see." Suihe nodded. Chen's tofu has become famous now. It is not like the beginning when people bought a piece to try because it was rare. Now they will buy a piece when they need it. Suihe told them that not only can they use copper coins to buy tofu, but they can also exchange it with soybeans. They also accept soybeans.

"If you can't sell it, don't sell it the next day, it will go bad," Sui He reminded

Uncle Defu nodded hurriedly: "I know, those that can't be sold, we eat them ourselves"

"Although this tofu is tender, don't let Huzi eat too much. I'm afraid he won't be able to digest it. Bring some more soy milk back for Huzi to drink." After more than half a year, Huzi has grown a lot and is now able to eat.

"Hey, I know. His grandmother is looking after him at home. It's amazing that you still care about us." Uncle Defu nodded. Coming to this unfamiliar place, he had only a few taels of silver in his hand and no land.

They could open up wasteland, but it would take at least two to three years to cultivate a piece of land and produce a good harvest. Fortunately, Yingcheng exempted them from taxes for five years, and they could come to Chen's house to sell tofu, earning dozens of copper coins a day. Otherwise, they really didn't know how to survive.

I chatted with Uncle Defu for a while. From time to time, villagers who came back from selling tofu would stop and chat with Suihe when they saw him.

Sui He walked into the tofu workshop, and a wave of heat came over him. Aunt Wang and the others were still busy at the stove, and the whole house was blackened by the smoke.

Rows of yuba are hung on bamboo poles. Tofu is neatly placed near the edge of the pot next to the stove. This is to use the residual heat from the pot to dry the tofu that cannot be bought every day.

At this time, the dried tofu has been baked and its skin is browned.

Aunt Wang, who was making soy milk, looked up and saw Suihe at the door. "Suihe, why are you here? It's too hot. Don't come in. You are so delicate, be careful not to get burned."

"It's okay, Aunt Wang, I'll just come and take a look, you guys go ahead." Sui He stood at the door and felt the temperature in the room. It was really hot. It would be so warm to stay in this room in winter.

After watching for a while and making sure nothing happened, Sui He left and came to the yard where he used to live. There were several grinding wheels in the yard, which were used to grind soybeans. Today's soybeans had been ground. Uncle Daniu and his friends were cleaning.

"Sui He is here. It was really dangerous last night. Are you not scared?" Lin Youxiang saw Sui He and came up.

After the house was repaired, they came to the tofu workshop to help.

"We patrolled the village last night and found no suspicious persons."

"Brother Wang, I'm such a grown-up, how could I be scared?" Sui He said with a smile

"It's ok that you're not scared. Those thieves were handed over to the government this morning. You should eat more. You look so small that you'll be easy to bully."

"???" Sui He's face was full of questions. Why did everyone say that he was small? "What's wrong with being small? I beat two people yesterday." Sui He raised two fingers and gestured in front of Lin Wangxiang.

Lin Youxiang looked at Sui He, who only reached his chest, and laughed.

"The little brat whose hair hasn't even grown out yet"