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I have to say that Liu's father and Liu Xiaolu came back at the right time.

As the potatoes in the fields matured, people in the county town began to get restless.

The potatoes were planted in the fields behind the mountain, and the herbivores on the mountain were also eager to move. One by one, they sneaked into the fields behind the mountain, waiting for an opportunity.

Every time at this time, Liu Hao organized a guard team to patrol the mountains.

The patrols often found large potatoes dug out of the soil, which were obviously the ones that the small animals had not had time to take away.

Liu Hao took a lot of precautions, but there was always a loophole and nothing could be done to prevent it.

The night before Liu's father and his family arrived home, Liu Hao called a meeting of everyone in the family and hired some strong laborers in the village to prepare to harvest all the potatoes in the field the next day.

When Liu's father and his family arrived home, only Liu's mother and a group of children were at home. The older children had all gone to help in the fields.

Qi Xin, Liu Qianxue and Sun Yaqing were responsible for cooking.

The old woman in the family also went up the mountain to help.

Cooking is always easier than digging potatoes in the field.

"Old man, you're back?"

"You're the only ones at home?"

"Early this morning, Liu Hao took his family and hired villagers to the back mountain. The small animals in the mountain came down day and night to eat the potatoes in the field. They caught a lot of them, so they wanted to collect them all as soon as possible."

"Oh, I came back just for potatoes. We got to know a few officials in the government office in the city. We plan to hand over potato and pepper seeds to promote them next year. This time I came back, I planned to bring some to the city and plant a season in the spring next year. Let them feel the actual yield of potatoes per mu."

"Okay, we were discussing this issue when we all got together yesterday. Liu Hao said that he has a good relationship with the head of the household department in the county. He was thinking of asking someone to introduce him to him."

"If we didn't have connections in the prefecture, using connections in the county would also be good. Now that we have better ones, it would definitely be better to use connections in the prefecture."

"Okay, you guys discuss it."

Xiaomei and a few other little ones came out of the house. Now there are six children around five years old in the family. They can play together in the village, and they are not yet at the age where boys and girls should be separated.

After more than a year of getting along, Xiaomei has become very familiar with Liu's father. She is no longer as reserved as before. When she sees him, she will run over and call him "Grandpa!"

"Grandpa Liu"

Several other children followed and called for help.

"Oh, good boy."

Father Liu took out the maltose and snacks that he had prepared long ago and said, "Go eat some candy with your sister Xiaolu."

"Thank you Grandpa!"

"Thank you Grandpa Liu!"

"I'll go to the back hill to have a look."

"Okay, bring them some water. They went to the fields after lunch, so they must be thirsty now."

"Okay." Father Liu carried the boiled brown sugar water and some earthen bowls and walked towards the back mountain.

When Liu's father arrived at the back mountain, he saw busy figures on the mountain.

The men were digging the ground in front, while the women and half-grown children were picking potatoes behind them. They piled the picked potatoes together and finally carried them back together.

Father Liu put down his things. Qu Dingliang, who was nearby, saw Father Liu, put down his work and walked over.

"Uncle Liu is back."

"Dingliang, let them take a break and drink some water."

"it is good."

Qu Dingliang called the hired villagers to come over for some water. The nearest person had already come over, each holding a bowl and drinking it up in gulps.

"Uncle Liu, the potato harvest is OK. It could still grow for another three to five days, but there are too many small animals coming down from the mountain. We can't prevent them. A lot of them are dug up every day."

"Well, I heard from your Aunt Liu. Let's harvest early. Anyway, potatoes of all sizes have bud holes. It won't affect the next round of planting. Besides, we've planted quite a lot, so we can eat the small ones. We can't work so hard and then not let us eat a bite."

"That's right. We were thinking about expanding the planting, so we would definitely need a lot of seeds. Besides, we don't know if you guys in the city need any? How much do you need? We thought about saving as many as possible."

"Well, I came back this time just to tell you about this. Let's get to work first, and then we can talk about it after we collect all the potatoes and peppers."

Others came over one after another, greeted Father Liu, drank some water, and then went back to work.

After everyone left, Father Liu put the bucket and bowl on a flat surface next to the ditch, rolled up his sleeves and joined the working team.

Father Liu picked up a hoe. The hoe they were using now was specially made at a blacksmith shop. The hoes used in this era were not very easy to use. Father Liu had asked Xiaolu to draw a simplified version of a modern hoe and took it to the blacksmith shop to make a few copies.

Later, the family started using this type of hoe. Now everyone in the village has learned how to make a hoe. Those who are rich go to the blacksmith shop to have a new one made.

The hoe is made of iron, and the handle is made of wood. The hoe handle is cut and inserted into the gap at the back of the hoe with some wood chips. It is inserted firmly and is very easy to use. Father Liu is used to it in modern times.

Father Liu dug a nest of potatoes with one hoe, dug it in, and turned it over. The nest was full of potatoes of all sizes, the size of goose eggs and chicken eggs. The ones in this nest were fairly mature, with the smallest one being the size of a chicken egg.

Father Liu used the back of the hoe to plow the soil, and the clods of earth broke apart, revealing more potatoes. Not a single potato was rotten. Father Liu's hoeing skill was pretty good. He used to work regularly, so he was a little rusty at first, but he got the hang of it after working for a while.

After all, Mr. Liu is old. After working for a while, he felt a little tired. His arms were sore from swinging the hoe. He looked at the two plots of land behind him. The ditches were full of potatoes of all sizes. Of course, no one can guarantee that not a single potato will be damaged. On the surface, the damage rate is still quite small.

There was a lot of wasteland reclaimed from the entire back mountain, dozens of acres. Although not all of it was planted with potatoes, about 15 acres of it was planted. Although they had a lot of people, it was impossible to reclaim all of it in one day.

In the evening of the last day.

Two wild boars jumped out from the hillside. They didn't know there were so many people in the field. Behind the two big wild boars were a group of small wild boars.

They were looking at the group of wild boars, and the wild boars were also looking at them. The wild boars were thinking, they used to come here every evening to collect grass, why are there so many people today?

Neither side made any move. Just when Liu Hao and his men were about to move, the two leading wild boars turned around and ran back into the mountains. A group of wild boars rushed into the forest in an instant.

There is a ridge on the hillside, and behind the ridge is a dense forest. It is not allowed to clear the land in the dense forest.

Even if nearby villagers want to go up the mountain to chop firewood, the village chief will remind them not to cut down small trees or trees with dense growth.

Priority should be given to cutting down dead, damaged or densely populated trees.

Every year the government would send people to patrol the nearby mountains, and once discovered anything, they would impose punishment on all nearby villages.