The next afternoon, every family finished dinner early and came to Lao Yang's house to wait, for fear that they would not be able to get a good seat if they arrived too late.

In fact, they were overthinking it. There were not many families who wanted to grow winter wheat, only about a dozen or so, and they were all close to the Yang family.

When the village chief told everyone about this, some people thought Yang Dashan was crazy. Now the food supply is running out, and only when it rains and the wild vegetables in the fields and mountains grow can they have two meals. Before that, they only had one meal.

"It's such a waste to use the surplus grain to grow winter wheat. It's better to help us who have no rice to eat. We will also remember your kindness."

"That's right. It takes a lot of effort to till the land, but won't we get more food? If there is no harvest, we will have to till the land again in the spring."

"That's right, that's right." Many people agreed.

The village chief said: "I'm not asking you to plant it, but with this method, it's good to be able to harvest some food. If you want to plant, plant it. If you don't want to plant, don't force yourself."

"Dashan said that those who want to plant should go to his house tomorrow afternoon to learn how to raise seedlings and prepare the land as soon as possible. Okay, let's do what we need to do."

As the villagers walked away, they said, "Growing seedlings? This is a method we've never heard of. If it really worked, they wouldn't have been starving for so many years."

When the village chief returned home, his wife told him the same thing. The village chief glanced at her and said, "That was in the past. Don't you see that since the birth of Xiaocao, they look hungry? Where do the steamed buns and meat I usually bring back come from? I don't care what others do. I want to follow his family. Even Lin'er said that their family seems different."

The village head's wife thought back and felt that the children seemed really different.

The village chief said: "If your mother's family is willing, they can also plant some wheat. You can decide on the wheat seeds."

The village head's wife's eyes lit up, and she immediately took a few kilograms of grain seeds and went back to her parents' home. There were many people in her family, and it would be good if she could increase the harvest, as it would provide more effort.

Those who had the same idea as the village chief should act quickly. If the family was in financial difficulty, they could bring a few kilograms of grain seeds with them. If they did not have any grain seeds at home, they could go back to their family to borrow a few kilograms.

There are also two families who have neither of the two: one is Goudan's family, and the other is Tietou's family.

There are only four people in Goudan's family, including his grandparents and two brothers. Goudan is 12 years old and his brother Maodan is 10 years old. Their family is the poorest in the village. Goudan's father died of a cold. Goudan's grandparents let his mother remarry.

Tietou's family consists of his grandparents, his father and him. He is 10 years old this year and is the second poorest in the village.

Goudan, Tietou and the few hairs of Lao Yang's family were doing well, and sometimes the few hairs would share half a steamed bun or cornbread with them when they had food. Neither of their families could afford to produce grain, and they had no outside help.

The two of them also came to watch, thinking that once they learned how to do it, they could help the Yang family.

Today, Li is the professor, responsible for teaching everyone what to do. Women are more careful.

"First, soak the wheat seeds in clean water for four to six hours. During the soaking process, stir the seeds to ensure that each seed can fully absorb water. After soaking, take out the soaked seeds, put them in a wet gauze or wet towel, cover them with a layer of wet gauze or wet towel to maintain appropriate humidity. After 1-2 days of soaking, the wheat seeds can germinate, and when the malt grows to a certain length, it can be taken to the field for planting."

After talking for a long time, he felt dry-mouthed, so Yang Dashan handed him a glass of water at the right time.

Li: "This is the preliminary work for raising seedlings. Afterwards, we need to pay close attention to their germination. This is how I have finished it. If you have any questions, please ask me or I can help you take a look."

After everyone agreed, they hurried home, fearing that they would forget what Li had just said.

After everyone had left, Goudan and Tietou walked up to Damao and Ermao and said, "Where are your families going to prepare the land today? Let's go and help. This way we can go faster."

"Yes, yes, yes." Tietou agreed.

Da Mao frowned and said, "Don't you grow some winter wheat at home?"

Goudan and the other two said embarrassedly: "We don't have any crops to grow, so we won't grow any."

what!what!

The little girl in Ermao's arms spoke up. [Take some from our house, and then pay a little more back.]

Da Mao went back to the house, took out two baskets filled with several kilograms of wheat seeds, and handed them to the two of them, "Okay, you can plant some too. If you have a harvest, you can return it to me. If you don't, you don't have to return it."

Goudan and Tietou unconsciously increased the strength of their hands as they held the basket.

Goudan and Tietou's families lived next door to each other. After dinner, the two families sat together chatting. They felt strange when they saw the two of them coming back with baskets.

Grandpa Goudan said, "What did you two bring back? Are there many families who want to plant winter wheat? Alas, if we had extra grain seeds, we would have planted them too. What a pity!"

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