Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

His daughter Yan'er has a very broad perspective; she is truly a woman who is just as capable as any man.

After that, Zhao Yan would go for a walk around the back mountain every day, and Yuan Yutang and the others would occasionally follow her to take a look.

When the sweet potato seedlings had grown to a certain size, Zhao Yan began to cut them.

After the seedlings were cut, they were not planted immediately, but soaked in a prepared rooting solution overnight.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yan called Yang Sanlang and Chen An, and the group set off in a grand procession to climb the back mountain.

Qiu Zhen, who was across the street, had just finished her meal and was about to come to the farm to chat with Zhao Yan. When she saw them, she happily followed them up the mountain.

On the way, she asked Zhao Yan, "Little Zhao, what are you doing? What's in that basket?"

Zhao Yan curled the corners of her lips and said to her with a smile, "Those are sweet potato seedlings. We're going to try planting sweet potatoes to see if we can grow them."

"sweet potato?"

Qiu Zhen was completely bewildered.

She had only ever heard of sweet potatoes.

Zhao Yan quickly explained to her, "Oh, sweet potato is also called yam. Because the flesh of sweet potato is red, I am used to calling it yam."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Zhen slapped her thigh.

"Oh, so you mean sweet potatoes? That's amazing! Sweet potatoes are such a precious thing. If you can really grow them, we can all enjoy them in the future."

"hehe."

Zhao Yan smiled and said modestly, "I don't know if it can be grown. This year I'm just trying it out. If it succeeds, I'll treat the villagers to a sweet potato feast."

Qiu Zhen slapped her thigh again.

"Oh, that's great! I'll remember that. You can't go back on your word later."

Zhao Yan: "Yes, Aunt Zhou, don't worry, I will definitely keep my word."

She can always buy it from the system store.

The group chatted and laughed as they soon arrived at the field that Yang Sanlang and his men had cleared out.

Following the instructions in the book, Zhao Yan placed the sweet potato seedlings one by one into the holes, then watered them. Once the water had submerged the soil, she covered the roots of the seedlings with the surrounding soil, leaving only the stems and leaves exposed.

Qiu Zhen watched with envy and helped Yang Sanlang and the others plant sweet potato seedlings.

After planting all two acres of land, there were still quite a few sweet potato seedlings left.

Zhao Yan thought for a moment, then turned to Qiu Zhen and asked, "Aunt Zhou, I still have so many sweet potato seedlings left. Do you want to plant some as well? Not much, half an acre or an acre per family is fine."

"But let me make this clear first, this is my first time trying to grow sweet potatoes, and I don't know if it will work. Please don't blame me if it doesn't yield a harvest."

Qiu Zhen never imagined that she, a country girl, would have the privilege of growing such a precious food as sweet potatoes.

Before Zhao Yan could finish speaking, she hurriedly nodded and replied, "Okay, okay, give me the extra, I'll go ask if anyone in the village wants to plant it."

"Don't worry, Xiao Zhao. The villagers aren't stupid. Besides, we have such a good relationship that even if it doesn't work out, no one will dare to blame you."

Seeing that she was going to plant them, Zhao Yan covered the remaining sweet potato seedlings with a cotton cloth and handed them to Qiu Zhen along with the basket.

"Alright, here you go. You should already know the method. If the villagers have any questions, they can just ask you."

"Yes, I know how to do that. Just tell them to come find me."

Qiu Zhen was all smiles as she held a basket of sweet potato seedlings.

She was anxious to get back, so she told Zhao Yan and the others, then carried her bamboo basket and hurried up the mountain.

When they got back home, their youngest son, Zhou Renbin, was coming out of the kitchen, his mouth opening and closing, clearly having just gotten up to eat.

Qiu Zhen, unusually, did not scold him. She put the bamboo basket under the eaves and said to Zhou Renbin, "Renbin, go to your uncle's house now and call him over. Tell him there's something great going on."

"What great news is it?"

Zhou Renbin walked over casually and reached out to pull at the cotton cloth in the bamboo basket.

"You brat, what are you waiting for!"

Qiu Zhen slapped his hand away, raised her eyebrows, and glared at him. Zhou Renbin immediately cowered and obediently went out to call for help.

After Zhou Xiong's youngest son left, he came over and asked, "Zhenzhen, what good news are you talking about?"

Qiu Zhen gave him a mysterious smile and said only, "You'll find out soon enough."

She kept quiet about the rest.

Zhou Xiong immediately scratched his head and couldn't wait any longer.

Not long after, Zhou Hu hurriedly followed Zhou Renbin to Qiu Zhen's place.

As soon as they met, he asked, "Sister-in-law, Renbin said there's something good waiting for me? Tell me, what's the good thing?"

"Big brother, come quick and see what this is?"

Qiu Zhen waved to Zhou Hu, signaling him to come closer, before opening the cotton cloth in the bamboo basket to reveal the green sweet potato seedlings inside.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Hu was immediately filled with confusion.

"what is this?"

Zhou Xiong and Zhou Renbin also came over to watch the excitement.

Qiu Zhen carefully picked up a sweet potato seedling and explained to Zhou Hu and the other two, "This is a sweet potato seedling, also known as a yam seedling. You all know what a sweet potato is, right? It grows from this."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hu and the other two were stunned for a moment, followed by excitement.

Zhou Renbin swooped down to his mother and asked eagerly, "Mother, where did you get this precious thing? Could it be...?"

Qiu Zhen immediately nodded and said, "That's right, this is what Xiao Zhao didn't finish using. Xiao Zhao and his team cleared a piece of wasteland in the back mountain to try planting this sweet potato, no, we'll call it yam from now on. She asked us if we wanted to plant it, and I thought if they could clear wasteland, we could clear a piece too, so I agreed."

"Brother, how are you feeling? Should we ask the villagers what they think?"

Zhou Hu clapped his hands excitedly and said, "What else is there to ask? Plant them all! Go plant sweet potatoes!"

Sweet potatoes are so precious.

Now that Xiao Zhao is willing to give them these sweet potato seedlings to plant, he doesn't care whether others are willing or not; he's more than willing.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Zhen immediately said, "Alright, Renbin, go and inform the villagers now, and have them all come to our house. Tell them that the village chief has good news to announce."

Zhou Renbin rubbed his hands together and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll go right now."

Soon after, Qiu Zhen's house was filled with villagers from Huaihua Village.

"Muramasa, do you have any good news to tell everyone?"

Some of the more impatient ones immediately opened their mouths and asked.

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Zhou Hu raised his hand and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet.

He then took the sweet potato seedlings from Qiu Zhen and held them up so that all the villagers could see them.

"Look at this, everyone. This is a sweet potato sprout, also called a yam sprout."

"It is said that if this sweet potato seedling is planted in the ground, it can grow into several sweet potato plants."

"I have some sweet potato seedlings here. Now I'm asking you, would you like to plant them?"