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After hearing what Lin Qingxue said, Old Man Lin nodded slightly, with a look of satisfaction on his face, and even Old Man Lin looked proud.

After Lin Qingxue finished speaking, the room fell into a brief silence. Village Chief Lin was the first to react, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. "Qingxue, your idea is great! But the money left for buying food is the money we shared last time for buying seeds."

Lin Qingxue waved her hand. "It's okay. This is a special situation. Let's use the silver to buy food first. When the time comes, we can go to the mountains to find something that can be exchanged for silver to buy seeds."

"That's a good idea," Old Man Lin nodded slightly. "Then it's settled. Village chief, go back and discuss with the elders to see how much money each family can still come up with. We need to settle the food purchase as soon as possible. The New Year is coming in two days, and the snow is falling heavily, making the roads difficult to travel."

"Okay!" Village Chief Lin responded and stood up. "I'll go back and call a meeting with the villagers to get this settled as soon as possible."

Lin Qingchu and Lin Qingxun also stood up, and the three of them left in a hurry. They still had a lot of things to do!

Old Man Lin looked at Lin Qingxue, his eyes full of relief. "Girl, this time it's all thanks to your idea. I hope this snowstorm won't come. If it does, we won't be afraid of it. We have enough food at home to feed everyone for several months."

Lin Qingxue smiled and said, "Grandpa, we still have to prepare for the worst. It's okay to store some food at home. I'll go to town this afternoon to check the price of food and contact the seller."

"Okay, it's up to you to handle this matter," Old Man Lin nodded. Uncle Lin next to him watched the grandfather and grandson chatting without interrupting, but now that they were done chatting, he also kept talking.

"Dad, Qingxue girl, our storehouse needs to be expanded. How about we dig a cellar?"

After hearing what Uncle Lin said, Lin Qingxue thought for a moment and said, "We can dig a cellar. Uncle, Xiaoshan and his brothers are at home. You can take them and a few servants to dig the cellar. When I'm done with these few days, I'll take my brothers and the others to make an ice cellar with snow for use in the summer."

"Okay, then I'll take people to start working in the afternoon," Uncle Lin was very happy that his proposal was adopted. Since he came to settle in Linjia Village, he has been idle at home. Seeing the children busying around, he couldn't help at all, and he felt quite unhappy.

"Okay," Lin Qingxue nodded, and soon, Uncle Lin went to the meeting with Village Chief Lin.

The next morning, Lin Qingxue went to the imperial city alone in a carriage. The snow on the road was very deep, and Jiang Bin was driving the carriage, but the speed was not fast.

After arriving in the city, Lin Qingxue went straight to the food restaurant to find Lin Qingming and others. He told them about the prediction of a snowstorm by Old Man Lin and Village Chief Lin, and also said that he came here to buy food.

"How much food do you have left? How much food does the village need to buy?" Lin Qingming looked at Lin Qingxue seriously. The brothers Lin Qingbai and Lin Qingran sat beside them and listened. Li Yanniang and her three sisters-in-law were guarding nearby and not letting anyone come over.

"Yes! Qingxue, do you have enough food? Do we need to buy some food too?" Lin Qingran also asked. With so many family members, they need to eat at least 20 kilograms of food a day, not to mention the even more consumed in the shop.

"I've harvested a lot of crops recently and planted another. I should have about 50,000 kilograms of grain right now. Adding the 3,000 kilograms I planted before, it should be enough for now! But two-thirds of that 50,000 kilograms is sweet potatoes."

Lin Qingxue frowned and said that she had planted mostly sweet potatoes before to save trouble, but now she should plant more rice. Her family likes to eat rice, so she wants to save some rice for her family.

"Sweet potatoes are just sweet potatoes, as long as they can fill your stomach," Lin Qingbai looked at the brother and sister and whispered, eating sweet potatoes is better than starving to death.

"We will go home tomorrow. You unload the food at home later, and we will transport the food back to the village tomorrow." Lin Qingming looked at the sky outside. It was gloomy in the morning and the snow was falling non-stop. It seemed that the probability of a snowstorm was still very high.

"Okay, I'll go there later. Second brother, come with me to pack the food, okay? We need to buy some more sacks, there are no more sacks inside," Lin Qingxue turned her head to look at Lin Qingbai, otherwise she would not let Lin Qingran go when he wanted to settle the bill.

"Okay, you go home first, I'll go buy some sacks," Lin Qingbai agreed without thinking. He felt relieved because his eldest brother and third brother were watching over the shop.

As for Lin Qingxue, she definitely couldn't do it alone, so he just went over and took on the hard work.

"Then I'll go home first," Lin Qingxue nodded. She had to go to work early, otherwise it would be unsafe to travel after dark.

As soon as Lin Qingxue left, Lin Qingbai said something to everyone and followed her out. He still had to go to the grocery store to buy sacks.

Lin Qingbai had a plan for his work. After leaving the shop, he went directly to a nearby grocery store and bought a thousand sacks. Each sack cost two cents. Seeing that he bought a lot, the store gave him five as gifts.

Holding the sacks he had bought, Lin Qingbai had someone send him back to his home in the city. He told the servants not to go to the backyard. The brother and sister put the sacks into the space and went into the space to work.

As soon as he entered the space, Lin Qingbai saw the rice and vegetable fields growing well, and he was very happy. Born as a farmer, he was not afraid of doing farm work at all.

"Second brother, these are the grains. Let's pack them in bags first!" Lin Qingxue pulled Lin Qingbai to where the grains were piled. Oilcloth was spread on the ground. On one side were sweet potatoes covered with mud, and on the other side were harvested rice.

"Okay, just hold the sack and I'll do the packing," Lin Qingbai said as he took off his cloak and put it aside. He had to work later and it would be inconvenient to wear the cloak.

The brother and sister work very efficiently. One sack can hold nearly 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and almost 400 kilograms of rice.

After working for an hour, the brother and sister finally put all the grain into sacks. Looking at the sacks piled on the oilcloth, Lin Qingbai wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned to look at Lin Qingxue, and said, "I see that the rice you planted earlier is almost ready for harvest. The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. Then we will all come in to harvest the grain."

"Okay, after the New Year, we'll keep the food for ourselves and donate it to the village. We'll fertilize the empty land for a while and then plant sweet potatoes and rice again!"

Lin Qingxue also wiped the sweat from her head. Although she was only holding the sack, she was sweating from exhaustion.