Xie Yanzhi didn't quite understand why he did this. Seeing everyone looking at him, he thought for a moment and said according to his own understanding: "I say this, but I don't know if you understand or not."
"A watermelon is like a family. They give birth to six or seven children. However, the food produced in the field is limited each year. With so many children to feed, everyone eats less and cannot eat well, and life is difficult, so The children are so hungry that they are sallow and skinny, and they cannot grow taller.”
Li Yuan's eyes instantly lit up when she heard his metaphor.
She never thought that it could be explained like this.
Xie Yanzhi continued: "However, if there are only one or two children, the land will also produce so much food, but it will be evenly divided into the bowls of the two children. When the children are full, they will naturally grow white, fat, and tall. High. So, when necessary, you must know how to choose.”
Since ancient times, people have valued having more children and more happiness.
When the people in Lijia'ao heard this, even though they knew it might be true, their expressions didn't look good.
In their view, the way to raise a child is to be rich or poor, as long as the child can grow up.
As for those who are rich or not, how can they be compared with their heirs?
No matter how wealthy your family is, if you don’t even have a child, is that still a destitute family?
If you have many heirs, let alone your ancestors, what if one of your children becomes successful?
Because of Xie Yanzhi's words, everyone present except Li Yuan fell into silence, including Li Duo, Li Rui and other younger generations.
The older generation had a longer view. They were silent for a moment, and then murmured to each other for a while before Old Man Li spoke.
"Everyone may feel uncomfortable after hearing what Shao'an said. But the words are rude or not, and the general meaning is true. Besides, we are just growing things to sell, and it has nothing to do with raising children. We don't let everyone give away their children. People. If the quality and taste of the watermelons grown are not good, it will be useless no matter how many they grow and the price cannot be sold. Therefore, it is worthwhile to keep one or two. If the product is good and the price is high, it is worth it."
Old Man Li said and looked at Li Qinghua: "Hua Zi, see how you can arrange for everyone to plant these. Since you want sandy land, choose an area near the Liuyun River that is not easily flooded and has a lot of sand. . There is no land there, but there is wasteland. Now everyone only grows sweet potatoes, which is much easier than growing rice in previous years. Every household can have one or two people and plant it together. "
Li Qinghua nodded in agreement, and then said: "In a few days, after the sweet potatoes are planted, I will take a few people to the upper reaches to see what the condition of the dam is like. If it is really not good, everyone should come to me as soon as possible. Get ready."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the strong laborers and various heads of the clan present, and continued: "Shao'an has made plans for us early, just for Yuan Niang's sake. If any of you are ungrateful and procrastinate, when the time comes Everyone is leaving and you are not ready yet, so don’t blame the tribe for leaving you behind. When the time comes, your life will depend on whether you live or die, so you can’t blame anyone."
When Li Yuan saw this, she handed the bowl of watermelon seeds soaked in spiritual spring water to Li Qinghua.
"Uncle Hua, after all, I just heard people say it, and I don't know much about how to plant it. You are all good at farming. If you think about it for a while, you should know better than me. All I know is that this watermelon cannot tolerate waterlogging. Otherwise, the roots will rot. The water in this bowl is what Brother Xie used to grow vegetables in winter. You put the two watermelon seeds in and soak them. After the ground is ready, the watermelon seeds are planted. Just fall to the ground casually, then turn around and fall into the pond."
Everyone in Lijia'ao knows that last winter, Li Yuan made a lot of money growing vegetables with the water provided by Xie Yanzhi.
Hearing this, everyone looked at the bowl.
But they were too embarrassed to ask Xie Yanzhi to give them some, so after looking at it, they silently looked away.
They have already received a lot of benefits from Xie Yanzhi, and they cannot push further!
When Li Yuan and Xie Yanzhi came back, Wang Can had already put away the pumpkins and winter melons and was digging potatoes in the field.
Seeing this, Xie Yanzhi took the initiative to go to the woodshed to get a hoe to help, while Li Yuan took a basket and picked up the potatoes dug out of the ground.
Wang Can didn't get much rest, and he was tired now.
While she was stopping to rest, she said to Li Yuan: "Sister, I'll put the rice in the pot to warm, and you go and eat some. I'll just do it myself later. You can go back after you finish eating. Su Mingshan is still there." Wait for you."
"It won't take more than an hour and a half. If Sister Su really can't wait, she will come here directly after finishing the meal."
But Li Yuan didn't expect that not long after she said these words, Su Mingshan really came.
When she arrived, the pumpkins and winter melons had already been put into the space by Li Yuan.
Because the courtyard was messy, she did not go in, but stood at the door with an apologetic look.
There was no need for Li Yuan to speak. Wang Can, who was wearing a bamboo hat and old clothes, was holding a hoe with both hands, panting slightly and said: "Miss Su, I have heard everything about you. Well, the only one left in the family now I can give you the second half of the bottle. I don’t want the money either. You can use it to buy some rice and noodles and give them to the people in need. Whether it’s in my sister’s name or your Su family, it doesn’t matter.”
Li Yuan continued what Wang Can said: "I'll put the things in the room. Sister Su, please wait a moment!"
When Li Yuan entered the room to adjust the concentration of the spiritual spring water, Su Mingshan took a purse from Suxue with a guilty look on her face and handed it to Wang Can.
"Here is the one hundred taels I promised, you can keep it. As for what you said about buying grain to give to the people, I will do it. It seems that I am greedy. I know this thing is precious and there are It’s hard to buy it with money. But Muyang’s situation is not good now. The Qin family also spent a lot of money to buy life-saving pills from others, but they had little effect after taking them, so I had to take this step. "
Wang Can pushed the money bag back: "No, it's only one hundred taels as promised. Just help me use the money to buy some rice and noodles for the people. Besides, this thing has nothing to do with me. It belongs to my brother-in-law."
When Su Mingshan heard this, she looked at Xie Yanzhi, who was also holding a hoe.
Xie Yanzhi always believed that Lingquan water belonged to Li Yuan. He heard Wang Can say this and didn't know what Li Yuan and Wang Can said before.
He said, "There is no need to give extra money. We will buy it into food and give it to those in need."
Su Mingshan shook her head firmly: "Yin belongs to money, we can't mix it up. Besides, I got a lot of benefits from marrying the Qin family. This little money is just drizzle to me. Take it, I feel at ease."
When Li Yuan came out, she happened to hear this and said to Wang Can: "In that case, Can Niang, just accept it. If you think it's inappropriate, then give one of the watermelons you grew to Sister Su and call her It’s okay to try something new.”
