Xiaohong opened and closed her hands, as if she was recalling Xu San's touch. Coupled with her squinting expression at the moment, she was completely a rotten girl in future generations.
Turning around to look at Xiaohong's expression, she felt that this girl was definitely born in the wrong era.
I didn't follow Xiao Hong's topic any further, otherwise this girl would definitely go too far.
In order to prevent his body from suffering, Xu San decisively changed the subject, "Qianqian, see if there are any improved varieties, corn will do, potatoes will do, in short, high-yielding crops will do."
"Um."
Sister Hua agreed as always, but Xiaohong thought a lot, so he asked: "Brother-in-law, you bought so many houses and land, and now you want better crops, do you want to change your career to be a landlord and collect rent?" ?”
Xu San looked at the sky and said solemnly, "There will be a severe drought in the year to come, and there may be a famine. Of course, buying high-quality seeds is for grain storage!"
As soon as these words were said, even the big-hearted Xiaohong's face turned pale, and it took him a long time to say, "You are not a god, how do you know?"
Posts about the Great Famine of 1942 have long been flooding the Internet, and there is also a classic movie like "1942", so Xu San has a particularly deep memory of that famine, and he can talk about the causes and consequences. "The Battle of Songhu failed. The Japanese opened the door and went all the way north, and also caused the tragic Nanjing Massacre. The road was unstoppable. China was already on the verge of national subjugation and annihilation. Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to blow up the Huayuankou of the Yellow River, causing massive floods. Rushing out, while blocking the Japanese, it also created a large number of floodplain areas in Henan, and the vast hectares of fertile farmland in the eastern Henan plains turned into beaches and river branches. These are all foreshadowings."
The two sisters knew about the massacre, but it was Xu San who heard the number of three hundred thousand.
Hearing about Nanjing again today inevitably reminded the two sisters of that bloody number again.
The atmosphere was a bit cold, and even the warm summer wind brought with it a chill. After a while, Xiaohong clenched her fist angrily again and said in a solemn tone. "We will definitely drive the Japanese out of China!"
Xu San smiled and said, "That's for sure. The Japs are now in decline, and they are making enemies everywhere. I believe that within a few years, they will reap the consequences."
Xiaohong nodded, she had always believed Xu San's words without thinking, but she still liked to hear Xu San analyze the causes and consequences, so she continued to ask: "Then how do you know that there may be a severe drought and famine the year after tomorrow? "
“After the fall of North China, Henan became the only way for the Japanese to attack the Central Plains, and our army also launched a large-scale battle with them here. During this period, the Japanese launched more than ten large-scale attacks, making the people miserable. And Henan itself is one of the major grain-producing and military-producing provinces in the country. After all this, young and middle-aged people have left their hometowns, and people basically have no food in their homes. Floods and wars have made it impossible for a large number of farmers to farm."
Having said this, Xu San picked up the kettle, took a sip of water and continued: "I checked a lot of county records and hydrological data when I was too far away, and estimated that there may be a drought in the year after next. Our farming depends entirely on the weather. , if there is a drought, there may really be no harvest.”
"Then don't ordinary people carry water by themselves?" Xiaohong asked.
"If there is a severe drought, there may be no place to carry water within dozens of miles." Sister Hua added with a sad expression.
"The river stopped flowing, the wind stopped howling, the canals dried up and bottomed out, the earth was cracked and ruins were everywhere." Xu San began to describe the scenes he saw in the documentary, but after a few sentences, he said Not going down.
Everyone was silent.
How helpless and insignificant human beings are in the face of natural disasters.
The motorcycle moved slowly towards Ping An City, its low hum covering up the silent atmosphere.
Sister Hua and Xiaohong are both thinking about what they can do for the fellow villagers in Henan if it is true as Xu San said.
Although Xu San said that he needed to prepare food, he could not save much with his own efforts.
Xu San, who was driving, was also in a heavy mood, because the death figure of three million in the history books made him feel like a knot in his heart.
It would be great if there was Mr. Yuan’s hybrid rice.
The sky has turned gray, and the walls of Ping An City have appeared in sight.
Xu San stopped the car and said to Sister Hua, "The search for good seeds must be done in secret. No one can tell."
"Are you afraid that if this leaks out, it will cause panic?"
Xu San nodded and took a deep breath, "This matter is still a year away! My calculation may not be accurate! I also hope that my calculation is not accurate!"
Sister Hua turned to look at Xiaohong, "Did you hear that? This matter is confidential!"
When we entered Ping'an City, the sky was already dark, and the smoke from cooking kitchens and the aroma of rice floated into everyone's nostrils.
"Gululu~" Xiaohong's stomach made a series of unsatisfactory sounds.
Xiao Hong covered her stomach in embarrassment and asked, "I wonder what my sister-in-law has prepared for us?"
"Get in the car and get the dumplings, get off the noodles. However, I guess my sister-in-law didn't prepare anything because she doesn't know when we come back."
"Hey~" Xiaohong took a breath, "How about we buy some and take them back?"
In the end, Xu San didn't buy ready-made food because he still wanted to eat food from home. Although he had to wait, it had a warm taste and was a rare thing that could make him feel warm in this troubled world.
The car stopped at the door of the house. The moment he opened the door, he saw the little girl and Su Yuan cleaning the yard.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the little girl immediately spotted Xu San.
When she saw Xu San, she dropped the broom in her hand, ran over, and plunged into Xu San's arms with a single swoop, "Uncle, Meizi misses you so much!"
"What did you miss me for?" Xu San asked, touching her little head lovingly.
"Hmm~" The little girl held her fingers in her mouth, "You can go restock when you come back! If you don't restock, our grocery store will be sold out."
Xu Sanyi's head was filled with black threads. He didn't expect that the little girl would answer like this.
Stretching out an arm, he picked her up and said, "Sell it out if it's sold out. In that case, wouldn't you be able to rest?"
"That won't work. If there's nothing to sell, I won't get the commission." The little girl said seriously. Although her expression was serious at the moment, she did look like a money fan.
Looking at the little girl, Xu San wondered if his training was in the wrong direction?
However, it’s okay to be wrong!
Being obsessed with money is not a shortcoming. I have been making money since I was a child. Maybe I will become a rich man in the future?
After playing coquettishly with Xu San for a while, the little girl soon discovered that Big Big Wolf had grown up.
So, she left Xu San and ran to Big Big Wolf, touching its shiny wolf fur and said, "Big Big Wolf, you have finally grown up!"
"Aw~" Big Big Wolf raised his head and responded proudly.
"No, you should be barking. Come and learn from me, woof~ woof~" The little girl still persisted in treating Big Gray Wolf as a dog.
(End of chapter)
