Xie Songlin and the villagers worked hard in the mountains for a week and almost harvested all the yams, about several thousand kilograms. Because they were given special instructions when harvesting, they were all preserved intact and can be stored for a long time.

The villagers looked at the bountiful harvest with joy and peace of mind. Food was tight at home and they could not even eat their fill at every meal. It was hard to say whether they could survive until next year. Now, so many yams were their future livelihood guarantee.

Everyone gathered at the door of the village chief's house, waiting for him to distribute the yams. The village chief invited Xie Songlin to do the accounting. After careful calculation, a total of more than 5,000 kilograms of yams were collected. There were more than 100 households in the village. In this way, each household could get about 50 kilograms of yams.

Xie Songlin's family contributed the most in the yam harvesting process, and everyone agreed to give them the remaining yams.

After distributing the yams, the village chief said, "Well, now that we've distributed these yams, if we can share some with our food and save some, we can make it through to spring when we can plant the seeds."

"That's right. With these yams, we feel much more at ease."

"Mrs. Songlin said this is very nutritious and eating more will keep you healthy."

"I'm going to make some yam puree for my child when I get home. He's been craving it for days."

The villagers nodded in agreement, their eyes full of recognition of the village chief's words, and they all went home happily with the yams.

Xie Songlin also returned home. He called Xie Wanxing to his and Cheng Hui's room. He flipped his hand and several dark brown vines appeared in his hand.

Cheng Hui was a little confused: "What is this?"

Xie Songlin smiled mysteriously: "You may not recognize this, but you must know its scientific name."

"This is cassava, right? It's winter now, and the vines are all dead." Xie Wanxing recognized it. The cassava vines had lost the nourishment of water and turned from emerald green to dark brown, but its original appearance could still be vaguely recognized.

"It has to be a girl." Xie Songlin said, "Yes, this is cassava. I found it when I was picking yams in the mountains. Plant it in the space, and when it grows, we will have cassava flour to use."

"Oh, it's cassava." Cheng Hui was a little surprised. "That's great. We can finally use real pearls in our bubble tea this time. We can make some pearl taro balls and mochi and sell them in the shop."

"I bought a few plots of fertile land near here a while ago, and I've also bought most of the wasteland nearby," Xie Songlin said proudly. "I plan to grow cassava here and supply it to the store."

"Let's go into the space." Xie Songlin said excitedly, then pulled Cheng Hui and Xie Wanxing, and the three of them disappeared from the spot in an instant.

"Axing, please plant these dead cassava vines in the field over there. Then take out the improved cassava tubers and recruit a few people to help me farm."

Xie Wanxing scorned him: "Dad, you are really a capitalist who has become a landlord in ancient times. You don't even want to farm the land yourself."

Xie Songlin chuckled and said, "This is called making the best use of people and things. I have more important things to do, so physical work like farming should naturally be left to others. Besides, I need people to plant trees, and the villagers want to make money. Isn't this the best of both worlds? It's good for everyone."

"What about the wasteland near the mountain that you bought?" Cheng Hui picked a banana from the ground and asked while eating.

"Let's plant some beans and turnips to cultivate the soil first, and then we'll switch to planting all fruit trees." Xie Songlin also picked a banana and ate it. "Axing and I explored this land before. The crops grown here are of very good quality. It must be used for seed improvement and breeding. We've already started preparing wheat and rice seeds for next year. We want to see if the seeds grown in black soil can have the same yield and quality as those planted outside."

At this point, Xie Songlin's face was full of longing: "If it really works, it will be a great thing with immeasurable merit. Then Ah Xing and I will plant all these fruits outside and open a fruit shop."

Xie Wanxing also smiled: "It's spring all year round in this space, and the growth rate of this black soil is three times that of the outside world. When the time comes, I will cross-plant and we will have fresh fruits to sell all year round, which will make us a lot of money."

Cheng Hui: ...

"Are you two obsessed with money?"

Before going out, Xie Wanxing picked up a bunch of mint leaves and prepared to make some cooling mint ointment, which can cool and refresh the mind and also treat redness and swelling.

It is easy to feel sleepy in the cold winter, and Xie Lan always wants to read but always suffers from lack of energy. She decides to make some mint paste to refresh her elder brother. Although everyone in the village has heard the method of processing yam, there will definitely be people who accidentally get contaminated by yam juice, and making some mint paste can also prevent it.

"Mom, let's make some cooling mint ointment. I'll give it to my brother to refresh him."

"to make."

The mother and daughter immediately got busy. Cheng Hui took out a can of pure white lard from the kitchen cabinet. This lard was refined at home. Xie Wanxing moved a small stool to sit aside and wash the mint leaves. The fresh mint leaves were carefully washed and set aside to dry.

Cheng Hui placed the pot on the stove and poured in an appropriate amount of lard. As the fire heated up, the lard gradually melted, and the familiar fragrance filled the entire house. When the lard was completely melted, Cheng Hui carefully put the dried mint leaves into the pot.

As soon as the mint leaves came into contact with the lard, they emitted a more intense fragrance. Cheng Hui slowly simmered the lard and mint leaves over low heat, stirring from time to time to ensure that the essence of the mint leaves could be fully integrated into the lard. As time passed, the mixture in the pot gradually turned light green.

After boiling for a while, the mint leaves turned yellow and the lard completely absorbed the essence of the mint.

Xie Wanxing directly took out a piece of clean gauze from the space, and Cheng Hui slowly poured the mixture in the pot into the gauze. The gauze filtered out the residue of the mint leaves, leaving only pure mint oil.

Xie Wanxing found some small wooden jars, poured the filtered mint lard into them, and set them aside to cool naturally. As the temperature dropped, the lard gradually solidified and turned into a paste.

The light green mint cream exudes a refreshing fragrance that makes people feel relaxed and happy.

She found a piece of burning charcoal and scraped it on the ground to make a simple bamboo charcoal pen. Since the tube was made of wood, she could write directly on it. She carefully wrote a simple production date on the can.

After finishing writing, Xie Wanxing carefully closed the lid. She held the jar of mint ointment in both hands and walked briskly towards Xie Lan's room, ready to present the treasure to her elder brother.

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