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

Chapter 425 She's about to give birth.

“Uncle Zhou, I told everyone before that when harvesting sweet potatoes, we should leave the sweet potato vines behind so that we can use the vines to plant another season of sweet potatoes. I’m going to start planting them in the next couple of days. Uncle Zhou, could you mention this to the villagers when you have some free time?”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hu nodded hurriedly and said, "I know, I know, I remember everything you told me before. Don't worry, Xiao Zhao, the villagers remember too. I'll tell everyone in the village later so they can start preparing to plant the next season of sweet potatoes."

Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"Okay, Uncle Zhou, you go ahead with your work. I'll head back now."

After saying that, she left Zhou Hu's house and walked straight back.

As I passed by Zhou Renbin's house, I suddenly saw Zhou Renbin arguing with a woman at the intersection leading to the official road.

Zhao Yan narrowed her eyes slightly, stood there and watched carefully for a long time. Finally, when she saw Zhou Renbin and the woman walking out together, she suppressed her doubts and turned back to the farm.

After returning home, she began breeding potatoes, and quickly forgot about what she had just witnessed.

Yang Sanlang moved the sweet potato vines he had left behind to the yard and, together with Chen An and the others, methodically began to cut the sweet potato seedlings.

Zhao Yunchen, Zhao Xiaomi, and several others who were going to school decided to stay home and help with the chores since there were few people at home and a lot of work to do.

Zhao Yan moved her lips, but ultimately said nothing.

Forget it.

I'll just tell Brother Wu later.

Wu Da and his mother built a small courtyard in Huaihua Village across the street before the Lunar New Year, and the mother and son settled down in the village.

After she finishes these busy days, she will bring some sweet potatoes to Aunt Wu.

In the first half of the year, sweet potatoes were planted, but Wu Da's family didn't have any land, so they couldn't plant them together for the time being.

This year we need to get him to buy one or two acres of land so he can grow sweet potatoes with them next year. That way, he won't go hungry anymore.

With a plan in mind, Zhao Yan worked even faster.

By the time she finished preparing the potatoes for breeding, Yang Sanlang and the others had already cleared away most of the sweet potato vines.

Everyone worked until dinnertime before they finally cleared out all the sweet potato vines.

Everyone was exhausted. After dinner, they went back to rest without saying much.

After taking a nap and having breakfast, Zhao Yan and Yang Sanlang carried their things and headed towards the back mountain.

Tian Xiu'e, Zhao Xiaomi, and Chen Qingjiao were left behind to look after Xiao Fubao and Xiao Funiu, and also to keep an eye on the two little gray dogs at home.

The others, including Yuan Tianbao and the three brothers Zhao Yunchen, were all taken by Zhao Yan to the back mountain to dig holes and plant sweet potato seedlings.

Two more busy days passed, and we finally finished planting all the sweet potato seedlings.

Zhao Yan lay on the bed, her waist being vigorously massaged by Yang Sanlang's large, hot hands.

Perhaps Yang Sanlang's waist-rubbing technique was too effective, because she occasionally made humming sounds.

As Yang Sanlang listened to her nagging voice, a deep meaning lingered in his dark eyes.

"Oh, that's enough, you don't need to rub anymore."

Zhao Yan felt that her back pain had lessened and called out to Yang Sanlang to stop.

She sat up and looked up at Yang Sanlang.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly said to the man, "Sanlang, this won't do, it's too tiring for my back. How about we hire someone to help with the work? We'll pay them later."

Yang Sanlang sat down next to Zhao Yan on the edge of the bed, took the initiative to pull her legs onto his thighs, and began to massage her sore thighs.

While massaging her, he said, "If you feel tired, you can all go and rest from now on. Leave the housework to me and Brother Biedao."

It wasn't much land, and he and Chen An finished it in just a few days.

"Besides, if you ask someone for help and they see the potatoes, how will you explain it?"

Zhao Yan lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then looked up again and said with a smile, "How about this, I'll just buy potatoes from the system shop later."

On the one hand, she was tired, and on the other hand, she was afraid that others would find out about the potatoes, so she might as well just buy potatoes directly from the system store.

"We'll have people plant all those acres of land behind the mountain with sweet potatoes next year. As for potatoes, we'll find another small plot of land elsewhere to grow enough for our needs."

Fortunately, she didn't tell Uncle Yuan and the others about signing the goods contract with Shen Yu, otherwise it would have been really hard to explain.

Yang Sanlang had no objection to this.

"Okay, once you've thought it through, that's fine."

That's all for now for this year. We'll talk about next year later.

Urged on by village head Zhou Hu, the villagers of Huaihua Village hurriedly planted the second batch of sweet potatoes.

Because they had the first batch of sweet potato vines, they were able to plant very quickly.

Dou Qingran, who is far away in the capital, will not arrive so quickly.

Once his subordinates had transported several thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes to the capital, he quickly arranged for agricultural officials to start seedling cultivation. It took about twenty days before all the sweet potatoes were finally planted.

Zhao Yan's potatoes were planted within twenty days.

Of course, she didn't participate this time and left everything to Yang Sanlang.

She had already given serious instructions to her family that nothing about potatoes should be revealed to anyone.

Therefore, apart from Zhao Yan and her family, no one in Huaihua Village had ever seen what potatoes looked like, nor had anyone ever eaten them.

Even Qiu Zhen, who would occasionally slip things to Zhao Yan, was unaware of it.

As for the area behind the mountain, because it is far from the public eye, no one dares to go there normally. Therefore, no one saw what the potatoes looked like until the potato harvest in the second season.

After Zhao Yan and the others brought all the sweet potatoes and potatoes from the second season into their home, Tian Xiu'e's pregnancy began.

Upon hearing that Tian Xiue was about to give birth, Zhao Yan quickly handed Xiao Fubao and Xiao Funiu to Yang Sanlang and hurriedly went out to call for help.

Before this, she had already found a midwife for Tian Xiue, namely Aunt Li from Huaihua Village across the street.

Aunt Li was a well-known midwife in the neighborhood, and when Zhao Yan mentioned it to her, she immediately agreed.

Zhao Yan found Li Da Niang's house and told her why she came. Li Da Niang put on her clothes and went with her to Tian Xiu E's house.

The two rushed to Tian Xiu'e's house, where Chen An was anxiously waiting at the gate.

Upon seeing the other person, Zhao Yan hurriedly asked, "Brother Chen An, how is Sister Tian now?"

"F-okay."

Chen An stepped aside to let Aunt Li and Zhao Yan in.

"Aunt Li, you should go and see her quickly. Xiu'e just said her stomach hurts."

He didn't know if she was about to give birth, but when Xiu'e said her stomach hurt, he hurriedly went to call for help.

"Don't rush, I'll go in and take a look now. You go to the kitchen and boil some water first, and prepare the things I asked you to prepare beforehand."

After giving Chen An some instructions, Aunt Li went inside.

Zhao Yan suppressed her anxiety and reassured Chen An, "Don't worry, Brother Chen An, Sister Tian will be fine."