Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

Guo Dashan glanced at him sideways, didn't say anything, just nodded in agreement.

If this person is really capable, he will naturally not stand idly by.

Xu Manyue didn't care about the other party's attitude. She directly put the small bag of things in her hand on the table.

"Uncle Hong, Uncle Guo, these are the corn seeds I got. What do you think of them?"

Hong Quan and Guo Dashan's eyes widened instantly. They touched the fine corn seeds in their hands and couldn't help shaking all over.

"Where did you get this?"

These two old men not only went to the surrounding brigades to borrow money, but also went to the commune to find the leaders.

But there has been no news for such a long time. People are unwilling to give it to their Qingshan Brigade just by looking at the cracked land.

Xu Manyue blinked. "Don't worry about where the seeds came from for now. The most important thing now is to discuss how to turn these seeds into food so that the remaining members of our Qingshan Brigade can safely survive this famine."

It is early summer now. Last winter, there was no grass around. Countless people starved to death, and corpses were everywhere on the road.

The little bit of relief food distributed a few days ago could not solve the problem at all.

This winter, if we don’t have food, things will only get worse.

By then, the entire Qingshan Brigade will become an empty place, with biting cold winds and people starving to death everywhere.

Hong Quan and Guo Dashan exchanged a glance, the feeling of powerlessness washing over them once again. They couldn't help but sigh, "We went door to door yesterday and counted the remaining population."

"In our entire team, there are less than ten men between the ages of sixteen and fifty left. Three of them are from your Shen family, your uncle Guo and I count as two, and the remaining four are about the same age as us."

"In addition to these laborers, there are eight or nine women. The rest are mostly elderly people and children who have little labor force."

"I estimate that the seeds you have are less than ten kilograms. If we gather our hands, it will definitely be enough. But the seeds are still too few. Man Yue, can you see if you can get some more?"

Xu Manyue was silent.

In fact, there were originally even fewer seeds, only a little over one kilogram. Later, she spent three thousand transformation points to buy extra seeds from the system. The system limited the purchase to seven kilograms of seeds, so she was able to collect a little over seven kilograms of seeds.

The quantity is indeed small. Qingshan Brigade still has a lot of land, and this amount is not enough for planting.

Hong Quan also felt that it was a bit difficult, but there were too few seeds, and now there was a drought and famine. If he planted them, he didn't know how many would survive.

After thinking about it, he still shamelessly continued to ask carefully, "Man Yue, can you think of another way to get more seeds?"

He just opened his pocket and took a look. Based on his many years of experience making a living on the farm, he knew that these seeds were indeed good, no worse than the seeds they had saved before.

Unfortunately, he had already taken out those seeds and distributed them to everyone to help them through the winter last year.

Xu Manyue looked up at the two of them and said, "I'll try again, but now that we have the seeds, can we plant so much land with just the dozen or so people left?"

"There's also the issue of watering. We can't just leave the seeds alone after we plant them. The well in the mountain behind us doesn't produce much water, so the amount we can use for irrigation is very limited."

Hong Quan lowered his head and smoked his pipe, remaining silent for a long time.

"At worst, I can just use my old bones to fight for it. Although we are old, we can still work. There are still a few young laborers in the team. We can't grow much on this land, but we can still grow some."

"Man Yue, don't worry about this. As long as you get the seeds, I will plant the land even if I have to stay up day and night."

Xu Manyue finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give the seeds another try, but don't get your hopes up."

She came here today to show her attitude and determination.

Seeds are not easy to get. Don't spend a lot of effort to get the seeds, but they don't help and don't take it seriously.

Hong Quan and Guo Dashan were suddenly excited. "Okay, okay, as long as you get the seeds, we two old guys will be the first to take the lead, carry the hoe and go to the fields to plant the seeds well. We will guard the fields all year round and prevent anyone from stealing them."

Xu Manyue saw that the two were sincere and wanted to lead everyone to grow food, so she was willing to give them reassurance.

"Uncle Hong, Uncle Guo, don't worry, we will definitely be able to grow food this time. I can't guarantee anything else, but we will definitely have 50% of the food."

Guo Dashan waved his hand and said, "Hey, Man Yue, you think things are too simple. Whether this thing can grow out is still a question. Even if it can grow out, it's estimated that only 20% to 30% can be achieved, which is good."

The grain yield is not high nowadays. Coupled with famine, drought, and some natural and man-made disasters, only 30% of the grain planted can be used to make a living.

They don't ask for enough to eat, they just hope not to starve to death this winter.

To be honest, the conditions of the Hong and Guo families were considered good compared to those in the Qingshan Brigade, but they still had to drink water every day and eat some Guanyin soil, grass roots and tree bark to survive.

Seeing that they didn't believe her, Xu Manyue didn't say anything else. Fifty percent of the grain was actually nothing. If they watered and fertilized the seeds well, they could get 60%.

However, these two conditions are too difficult to meet for the Qingshan Brigade today.

……

Came out of the brigade office and returned to the Shen family.

Xu Manyue spent another thousand transformation points and bought four kilograms of corn seeds. Of course, they were just ordinary corn seeds, and it was actually difficult for them to survive in such severely drought-stricken land.

But she bought some more medicine specifically for the seeds and soaked them overnight.

Although they are not as good as the No. 1 corn seeds given by the system, these seeds are much better than ordinary seeds. If they are planted well, they can produce at least 30% of the food in this famine year.

It is much better than those that are planted but yield almost nothing.

While Xu Manyue was getting the seeds, on the other side, the team leader Hong Quan and the team accountant Guo Dashan were also busy, after meeting Xu Manyue.

The two of them began to run to the fields in the brigade, checking one by one to see which field had more moisture in the soil and was more likely to be able to grow crops.

At the end of the day, they checked all the land of the brigade with crutches and dragged their weak bodies, but they couldn't find even a slightly better piece of land.

It’s so dry that I can’t even dig. How can I grow crops in such land?