Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

Zhang Xixi was very excited; the surprise came too suddenly!

"Tell me what to do!"

"Simple, one million luck points per attempt, and it can only send silver, gold, and jewelry; nothing else!"

Zhang Xixi nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. "One million? You're ripping me off! That's so expensive!"

The system continued to explain, "Host, this isn't expensive at all. This delivery service is guaranteed to be of high quality and delivered safely. Once it arrives, your parents won't suspect the origin of the money, and you can use it legitimately."

After hearing this, Zhang Xixi asked, "Then can you take me back?"

"No, spacetime teleportation cannot transport living beings, and the host's body belongs to this spacetime and cannot go to other spacetimes."

Zhang Xixi was extremely disappointed, thinking she could go back!

However, sending some gold ingots back to parents to improve their living conditions is also an option, but the one million luck points can only be accumulated after the sweet potatoes are harvested.

On a village near the county town, the experimental fertilizer was ready. Sun Wenfang had an experienced farmer take a look and found that the fertilizer could indeed fertilize the fields.

Overjoyed, he immediately had his clerk make several copies and ordered the yamen runners to send the recipe to various towns so that they could spread the word among the people.

Of course, Zhang Xixi and the others didn't know any of this, because since the rice harvest was over, the villagers had been busy taking care of the ratooning rice and had no time to go to town.

Zhang Xixi's family didn't go shopping because they had chickens and ducks at home, and Xiao Jin's family often brought back some game from the mountains, so they didn't lack meat to eat.

The next day, Manager Qian came and took away all the grain in the village, but only a large portion of the households sold their grain. Some families were worried about another famine and wanted to store more grain as a precaution.

Some families wanted to pound their own rice into milled rice and sell it in town, thinking they could earn more money that way.

Zhou Dashan didn't say much. Whether to sell or not was up to the individual, and he couldn't control that.

Just sell your own grain!

This time, Manager Qian didn't discover the matter of the ratooning rice. In fact, the villagers were confident in selling their grain because of the ratooning rice. In two months, they would harvest rice again, so some families sold all their rice and exchanged it with Zhang Xixi for some sweet potatoes and mixed grains to eat together.

Zhang Xixi felt that this situation of prioritizing money over health was heartbreaking!

We still need to make the villagers prosperous!

That morning, Zhang Xixi went to the Zhang family home carrying a bag of vermicelli. "Dad, Mom, I want to discuss something important with you!"

"What's the big deal!" Zhang Dacheng and Chen Shi both put down their work and looked at Zhang Xixi.

Zhang Xixi directly proposed building a vermicelli processing plant in the village, allowing villagers to invest and share profits.

Zhang Dacheng pondered for a moment and said, "Girl, have you considered that anyone might buy these fans?"

"How could no one buy it? There's a food shortage in many places right now, and these vermicelli can fill people's stomachs. There will definitely be a lot of people who want them. Besides, there's Manager Qian. The Northwest will definitely need them."

Chen and Zhang Dacheng exchanged a glance; they had come prepared!

"Honey, have you considered the pricing and costs?"

Zhang Xixi nodded. "I came here to ask for your opinions. If you agree, then let Dad come with me to my eldest uncle's house to discuss it. Originally, I wanted my eldest brother to go too, but I thought he should focus on teaching and not disturb him!"

Zhang Dacheng nodded. "Let's go!"

When they arrived at Zhou Dashan's house, everyone else had already gone out to work, leaving only Zhou Dashan at home with his two granddaughters.

"Father-in-law, sister-in-law, what brings you here?"

Zhou Dashan looked at the thing in Zhang Xixi's hand that looked like noodles but wasn't, and asked.

"Brother-in-law, we've come today to tell you some good news."

Zhou Dashan thought to himself that there was more good news, which was quite surprising!

Then Zhang Dashan repeated everything Zhang Xixi had told him, and Zhang Xixi added some small details.

Zhou Dashan's mouth dropped open in astonishment. "You mean this kind of vermicelli is made from sweet potatoes and is edible?!"

Seeing Zhang Xixi and Zhang Dacheng nod, he slapped his forehead and yelped, "Ouch, it hurts a little. I'm not dreaming!"

Zhang Xixi and the other looked at Zhou Dashan's behavior and exchanged a glance. Could this guy be too frightened?

"Brother-in-law, are you alright?"

Zhou Dashan chuckled foolishly, "I'm fine!"

"You're planning to set up a factory to produce vermicelli, that's a good thing, but what if nobody wants it after it's produced?"

Zhang Xixi continued explaining his sales plan, going on and on until Zhou Dashan finally understood.

“I think there is still a lot of wasteland in the village, so everyone can continue to cultivate it and plant sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes have a high yield, and they can be made into vermicelli for easy transportation. They can be sold to all parts of the Tianqi Dynasty, and they will definitely sell very well.”

Zhou Dashan pondered and said, "I understand what you're saying, but we're new here and our foundation is still shallow. Without someone protecting us, it will be difficult for our vermicelli factory to continue, and it might even harm the villagers."

Zhang Xixi hadn't really considered this point. He forgot that this was a feudal society, where even a minor official could ruin your family!

Let's ask the Duanmu family for help! It's a bit far, and even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake!

“I’ll figure out a way to find us a powerful backer. I’ll go to the county in a bit, and we’ll discuss it when I get back.”

Zhou Dashan nodded, "Alright!"

Actually, he was quite tempted to set up a factory, after all, it would be a great thing for the villagers, but he still needed to think carefully about the practical problems!

After leaving Zhou Dajia, Zhang Dacheng hurriedly asked, "Daughter, who are you going to talk to in the county? If it really doesn't work out, we'll just shut down the factory!"

Zhang Xixi smiled and comforted him, "Dad, don't worry, nothing will happen. I'll go talk to the magistrate about cooperation, and it should be successful."

"Dad, you go back first. I'll go find my older brother and ask him to come to the county town with me."

After parting ways with her father, Zhang Xixi went to the school to find Zhang Wenbo and explain the situation.

Without saying a word, Zhang Wenbo gave the children a holiday, packed his things, and prepared to leave.

"Brother, wait a minute, could you write down the steps and precautions for making the fans?"

Zhang Xixi dictated, and Zhang Wenbo wrote it down in no time.

Zhou Yujie and his two children were waiting outside. When they saw them come out, the eldest child asked loudly, "Mom, are you and Uncle going to the county town? We want to go too!"

"No, we have important business to attend to. It's inconvenient to bring you along. We'll take you next time."

Seeing Zhang Xixi's firm refusal, Da Bao could only pout and go back!

Erbao and Zhou Yujie followed behind.