Village Chief He thinks this suggestion is good. Including women, there are only about thirty strong laborers in Changle Village, so it is not cost-effective to spend more than a dozen people watching the bandits dig wild vegetables.
But if you work in the village, it is good, everything is within sight.
He immediately gathered all the villagers to listen to everyone's opinions.
Finally all passed.
From that day on, a dozen bandits were led in the drizzle to dig three drainage ditches in the front, middle and back of the village. Not to mention, this way, the roads in the village will be much easier to walk.
This drainage ditch is dug like a small river. Drainage ditches on the dirt floor are not needed during light rain, but are indispensable during heavy rain.
After the drainage ditch was dug, the rain continued. The village chief waved his hand and led the bandits to open up wasteland around the village.
"The previous fields have been abandoned for a long time, so it is better to open them again. Anyway, there is no one from the government to take charge of it now."
"We opened this land around the village. When the rain stops, we will circle the area and enclose the land inside, so we won't have to worry about outsiders coming to snatch the food."
Regardless of whether there are any grain seeds now, the land must be plowed first. At worst, if you plant some wild vegetables in it, you won't starve to death.
Those bandits are just being hung up with wild vegetable soup. Apart from starving and losing weight, no one will die for the time being.
For farmers, not working during the farming season is a stressful experience.
Jiang Yue felt that he had quite an idea, and the whole village was full of energy, as if it had found hope of survival.
Village Chief He came over specifically to ask, "Ms. Jiang, the bandits have cleared half of the land. You can choose a piece first."
"Thank you to the village chief for your kindness. We appreciate it, but we don't plan to farm for the time being."
"This..." If we don't grow the land, how can we get food to eat?
"We can help with the planting." The village chief thought that they were young and didn't know how to do field work, but it would be good to just plant some beans.
Jiang Yue still shook her head. Seeing that they had their own plans, the village chief stopped talking.
When Jiang Yue returned to the main room, Jiang Nian was scooping out the braised pork head meat from the pot and eating the steamed buns as meat buns, with a satisfied look on his face.
When they were on their way, they mostly ate vegetarian food to fill their stomachs, firstly for convenience and secondly not to attract attention.
In the past ten days, in order to replenish Jiang Nian's body, she had stewed duck soup, big bone soup, fish head soup, and mutton soup. There was no shortage of meat and vegetables for every meal, and her thin cheeks slowly bulged out.
She counted the meat in the space and found that there were still 50 chickens, 12 ducks, 5 pigs, 5 geese, half of the sheep, a deer and more than 20 rabbits. The eggs were consumed a lot, leaving only more than 600 eggs for eating and more than 100 eggs for breeding.
The tiger is still kept waiting for replacement. As for the pile of mule meat, Jiang Yue had no intention of eating it. She thought of her lost mule, which had grown so fat and strong, and then disappeared just like that...
As for food, there is no shortage of it. With just two people, even if Jiang Nian could eat, he still couldn't finish it.
The next day, Jiang Yue and the two went to find the village chief.
Village Chief He was shocked when he opened the cloth bag handed over by Jiang Yue. He quickly called his son and daughter back into the house, and then asked his wife to close the door tightly.
His wife didn't know what was going on until the man took out the contents of the bag and her eyes widened.
"Ms. Jiang, this..."
Jiang Yue smiled and said, "This is a hatching egg. I wonder if anyone in the village can hatch eggs?"
Village Chief He didn't dare to shake his hands. He swallowed and his voice trembled, "This, this is still a breeding egg?"
There are about ten of them inside!
They haven't seen eggs for a year. How can they lay eggs if they can't even feed chickens?
"Yes, village chief, these are hatching eggs, but we don't have hens and we can't hatch eggs."
The village chief's wife covered her mouth, "I, I can hatch!"
The village chief nodded, "My wife used to raise hundreds of chickens at home, so she is familiar with this."
The village chief carefully handed the egg to her.
The village chief's wife looked at the light and checked twice, confirming that these dozen eggs were all hatching eggs!
She said with a smile, "Ms. Jiang, don't worry, I will help you hatch the eggs in a month!"
It looks like the rain is about to stop, and the weather has gradually warmed up. The time is just right!
Jiang Yue shook her head, "Village Chief, please leave these hatched chicks to the village, we don't want them."
Without waiting for the village chief to refuse, she added, "Also, I have some grain and vegetable seeds here, and I will share them with you. It's not much. Each of you can plant one or two acres."
The village chief was dumbfounded and held his breath, waiting for her to finish her words.
"There are only three kinds of vegetables, cabbage, leeks and radishes, which are easy to grow. Because the weather is unpredictable, I can give you rice seeds, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes and beans, some that are drought-resistant and some that are flood-resistant. Everyone in the village is I won’t get involved with those who are experts in farming, because everyone knows more than me, a young man.”
The village chief and his wife were so excited that their eyes were red. There were so many seeds! How much does it cost to buy this?
His throat was tight, "We will work for you! Pay the rent then!"
Just like sharecroppers, as long as someone stutters!
Jiang Yue thinks that these two people are really good characters, but she doesn't need rent.
"We don't want anything. We only have two requests. We hope that everyone will not inquire about us and not come to disturb us."
She added, "Oh, village chief, don't get me wrong, because we are relatively solitary and don't like to interact with many people, so I hope you guys don't come to the house less. If anything happens, the village chief will just come to us."
The village chief didn't know whether to laugh or cry. No one said that he was lonely, but the other person explained everything in his words. He could understand what he meant.
He solemnly said, "Don't worry, I will definitely tell the villagers that I will never come to disturb you!"
As for anything else, don’t ask if it’s none of their business. Curiosity killed the cat, he understood.
Jiang Nian put down the large backpack behind him, and there was a sack on his chest. Because there were so many things, Jiang Yue also carried a small backpack.
At first they thought the couple were going out to dig wild vegetables.
Jiang Yue and the other two took out the same thing.
The village chief was frightened. He was forty years old this year and had been farming for thirty years. With just one glance, he knew that these grains were of the best quality. They were better than those in previous years when they entered the grain shop and did not even dare to look at them. Expensive grains are even better.
My admiration and gratitude for this couple is even deeper.
There was nothing wrong with the other items, but they had never seen these potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Jiang Yue explained the key points to him one by one.
The village chief's eldest son is gone, and now only a pair of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old sons are left. This time, the two children were also called out to study. He is more serious than the scholars who study in school.
Before leaving, she reminded the village chief that no one should be allowed to enter or leave the village at will, and that a wall must be built as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the news of the grain seeds spreads, no one will be able to protect these things, and they will have to lose their lives.
Village Chief He had a sullen face and nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, you two, only with these seeds can we survive, and we will definitely keep our mouths shut! As for the wall, we will build it tomorrow!"
