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

Chenjiagou.

Chen Chong, Chen Hu, and the two brothers Chen Tietou and Chen Tiedan all sat in the field, looking at the sweet potatoes scattered on the ground with satisfied expressions.

Chen Chong's eyes were clear and bright as he said to the others with great certainty, "I bet these sweet potatoes were definitely made by Brother Yang and his wife."

Back when he lived in the hot spring valley with Yang Sanlang and the others, he and Chen Hu were fortunate enough to taste sweet potatoes. However, none of them ever imagined that Yang Sanlang and Zhao Yan would grow sweet potatoes themselves.

We never imagined that they would selflessly share their sweet potato cultivation methods, so that ordinary people could have enough sweet potatoes to eat.

His certainty left Chen Hu and Chen Tietou speechless. After a long while, Chen Hu slowly nodded.

"That's certainly possible; this kind of thing is very similar to Saburo's approach."

With such a high yield of sweet potatoes, if Yang Sanlang saw this, he would definitely reveal the methods for growing sweet potatoes.

Moreover, they had heard that Yang Sanlang and the current emperor were sworn brothers, and that sweet potatoes were first introduced from the capital and spread outwards in circles.

Thinking about it this way, they quickly guessed that Yang Sanlang must have told the emperor how to grow sweet potatoes, which is why the emperor tried to make sweet potatoes popular among the people.

Ultimately, this matter stems from Yang Sanlang and Zhao Yan.

Chen Hu gazed at the distant sky and sighed, "Sigh, I wonder how Sanlang and the others are doing? And Chen An and the others, I wonder how they are doing these days?"

They hadn't seen each other for several years since they parted ways at the hot spring valley.

Time flies so fast that he has almost forgotten how difficult his days on the run were.

They still live in Chenjiagou, but both Chen Chong and the two brothers, Tie Tou, have gotten married and had children, and each of them is living their own lives.

His wife gave birth to another lovely daughter last year, and now their lives are getting better and better.

All of this is thanks to the Emperor's compassion for the people, who have stopped collecting any taxes for the past few years.

Furthermore, with the Emperor having already taken over the territory of the northern barbarians, the border troubles have been temporarily resolved, giving the people more hope for the future.

Chen Chong smiled and patted Chen Hu on the shoulder twice.

"Don't worry, Brother Yang and the others are definitely doing well. They might have already settled down in the capital."

His reason for making this guess was naturally due to the relationship between Yang Sanlang and the current emperor.

However, this time he guessed wrong.

It's true that Yang Sanlang and Dou Qingran had a very close relationship.

But Yang Sanlang was a married man, and Zhao Yan did not want to stay in the capital, so Yang Sanlang had no choice but to obey.

Chen Hu touched his face and said with a smile, "When we have the chance, let's take our families to the capital. The farthest place I've ever been in my life is Yizhou. If I had persisted a little longer back then, I might have actually made it to the capital."

Chen Tiedan chuckled twice, scratched the back of his head, and said, "That's right. Once I've saved up some more money, I absolutely have to take my youngest son to the capital to broaden his horizons."

Chen Chong glanced at him, squinted, and said, "Come on, at this rate of having one child every year, you'll never be able to go anywhere."

He's right.

Since Chen Tietou got married, he has been having a baby every year for the past two years.

Chen Chong learned that Chen Tietou's wife was pregnant again recently.

Chen Tietou chuckled twice more, scratching his head rather sheepishly.

What can he do?

You can't just marry a wife and never touch her, can you?

Actually, he didn't want his wife to be pregnant all the time. Once she was pregnant, he couldn't touch her for several months, which made him feel very frustrated.

After this baby is born, he really needs to go to a doctor to ask if there are any ways to prevent pregnancy.

Yang Sanlang, far away at the farm, had no idea that he was being talked about by Chen Chong and the others.

Not long after harvesting the sweet potatoes and potatoes, they began preparing to plant the next season's sweet potatoes.

Zhao Yan allowed him to symbolically plant some more on the back mountain, not a large area, just enough for their own people to eat.

After finishing all that, Dou Xingyan's son's one-month celebration arrived.

This time, Dou Xingyan didn't plan to hold a big party; she just had a simple meal with Zhao Yan and the others at the farm.

She didn't value these things anyway.

Shen Yu wanted things to be more lively, but seeing that his wife wasn't too keen on it, he gave up on the idea.

During the meal, Zhao Yan asked Dou Xingyan, "It's going to get cold soon. Aren't you going back to Beijing for the New Year this year? Your son has been born for so long, and you haven't even met his uncle and aunt yet."

Dou Qingran must have wanted to see the little guy for a long time, right?

Upon hearing this, Dou Xingyan hesitated.

She hesitated, saying, "What should I do? To be honest, I really don't want to leave the farm. But Sister Zhao, you're right, my brother has indeed sent me several letters, all urging me to take the child back to Beijing as soon as possible."

"But people in the capital are so boring. It's much more comfortable to stay on a farm. Besides, there are heated brick beds on farms, so it's not cold at night."

Hey.

She was in a real dilemma.

Zhao Yan felt that this matter was indeed difficult to handle.

But then I thought, since it's inconvenient for Dou Xingyan to return to the capital, why not have Dou Qingran come to the farm to see Dou Xingyan and the others?

Anyway, it's not like he hasn't done this before.

After a moment's thought, she said to Dou Xingyan, "If you don't want to go back, then write to your brother and ask him to come to the farm to see you and the little one before the New Year. Remember to tell Brother Dou in the letter to ask him to bring his wife along too."

Dou Xingyan blinked and suddenly thought the idea was pretty good.

She immediately grinned and said with a relaxed expression, "Okay, I'll write to my brother when I get back."

The reply was quickly delivered to Dou Qingran.

After reading Dou Xingyan's letter, he was speechless for a moment.

have to.

His sister is practically his own sister now.

Look at what she said in her letter: "It's too boring staying in the capital. I'll be spending more time at the farm from now on. If you want to see your little nephew, come visit us at the farm."

There's also something like, "Remember to bring my sister-in-law along too."

Dou Qingran felt speechless.

He was truly afraid that his empress, after going to the farm, would end up like Xingyan, staying there and not wanting to come back.

Although Zhao Yan and Yang Sanlang were not outsiders, Xingyan couldn't really just stay at the farm forever, could she?

Hey.

He was truly helpless.

After much deliberation, he finally wrote a letter back to his sister.

In his letter, he explained that he would take the Queen to the farm to visit her and her young nephew when he had time.

Dou Xingyan received a reply and knew that her brother would come to the farm to see them, so she didn't write any more replies.

Unfortunately, it started snowing as soon as December arrived. Although it wasn't heavy, it kept falling on and off and showed no signs of stopping.