After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

The corn is not much tastier than the potato, and the old village chief does not get an advantage by exchanging the corn for the potato.

But most of the people in the village eat black flour, and corn is a coarse grain for them, and it is the best food to exchange. The previous rice has been replaced with black flour and coarse salt for storage.

Moreover, the corn noodles are dry, so those who are willing to change will not suffer a loss, and may even make a small profit.

People who grow potatoes also understand this.

The old village chief signaled everyone to be quiet, "I have enough potatoes left to grow, and I will use the rest to trade. However, there are many people in the village and there is too much land for my family alone.

Don't panic, everyone. There are other families in the village who have planted potatoes. I will count the numbers and replace them when I return to the village later. "

People in the village had previously exchanged potatoes for Fan Jin's helpers and returned them to sow seeds. A few acres would be enough, and the rest should be planted with cereals, red beans, black beans, soybeans, peas and broad beans and other leguminous grains.

Things are different now. There is no harvest from the paddy fields this year, and we don’t know what will happen in the next few years. Everyone just thinks about planting as much as they can, and the most important thing is to ensure the family’s food rations first.

There is not much fertile farmland in Shanshui Village, but there is a lot of land. If all this land was used to grow potatoes, his family would never be able to grow enough potatoes.

In addition to Fan Jin's family, there were six other families who were among the first to grow potatoes in the village.

Together, these six families could barely harvest the same amount as Fan Jin's family, but if each family was willing to trade potatoes, other families in the village could each plant about a dozen acres of land.

A dozen acres of land is not much for the people in the village, but it cannot support the large potato production. With the harvest of these ten acres of land, even a large family of more than 20 people will not starve to death for the time being.

Father Xu, Uncle Wang, and Master Fan present were all among the first families to grow potatoes, and they were the ones who could make decisions in the family.

I promised them on the spot to save enough seeds and trade the rest!

Apart from Fan Jin, the largest remaining ones are Aunt Zhang and Aunt Li's family.

Mrs. Li's husband's family and the old village chief are blood brothers. They will ask the old village chief for his opinion on all matters in the family. The old village chief can make the decision to some extent, so no one is worried.

Now only Aunt Zhang is left, and I have to ask her opinion.

The crowd followed the old village chief towards Aunt Zhang's house.

Aunt Zhang's new house was moved to a new location and built on the open space on the roadside leading to Fan Jinshuiqing's house.

Before they even got close, they heard noisy noises.

"You are my sister-in-law. My eldest brother is no longer here. How do you treat his only biological brother like this?"

"Your family has a good harvest of potatoes. If you don't finish eating, you'll leak some from between your fingers for us to eat. You've calculated so clearly that you're not afraid of my eldest brother looking for you when you're dreaming at night!"

"You can't think of yourself as a member of the Zhang family as soon as my eldest brother dies! Are you still thinking about remarrying?"

There were only a few people in the village, and everyone saw him almost every day. They immediately recognized Zhang Baldy’s voice!

"You! Why didn't you say anything when your eldest brother sold his land?"

"Why didn't you tell me when I was dragging my children around to borrow food because they didn't have enough to eat?"

"Muniu and Xiaocao were sick with high fevers before. When they asked you to lend me some corn flour to make a paste, you refused to eat it. Why didn't you mention it?"

"Now that my family has finally managed to live a better life, you are here. How come you can come and ask for my food when your fields are damaged? But you don't want to think that I don't even have a field!"

When the villagers who followed the old village chief heard this, they couldn't understand.

In the past, Bald Man could borrow this piece, but now it's better to just ask for it.

However, it may be that he borrowed it from other families in the past and he was more restrained, but now that his sister-in-law's family is better off, he comes directly to ask for it.

"Second uncle, you never thought of us when you had something to eat in the past. Now when you don't have something to eat, you think of my house first and ask for it. Don't you feel shameless?!"

"Why are you scolding your own uncle! Hey, hey, you insulted your elders, so let's go out and see who dares to give you a wife!"

"Uncle, why are you insulting your elders? Don't talk nonsense." Aunt Zhang was obviously anxious and her voice was trembling.

Zhang Baldzi immediately became angry, "I don't care! You must give me these potatoes today, otherwise I will go around the village and shout, letting everyone in the village know that you don't care about my eldest brother or your husband's younger brother! My nephew is insulting my uncle." !”

"You don't need to say it, we all know it."

The deep old voice came, making Zhang Baldy, who had his back turned, stiffen.

He slowly turned around and saw the old village chief and the huge crowd behind him not far away.

"Zhang Baldy! Let's exchange it for corn flour. It's better for you to just ask for it!"

"Why are you so shameless! Bullying other people's orphans and widowed mothers? Where were you, my uncle, when we were living in hard times?"

"One mouthful, one big brother. If you were doing your best for your big brother, why didn't you stop your big brother from gambling or selling his land?"

"Don't talk about my nephew insulting my uncle today. Even if I blast you with a hammer, I will pretend I didn't see you!"

The last sentence reminded everyone, and they all responded: "Yes, I didn't see it either."

"My eyesight has been bad for a long time anyway, and I can't see anything clearly."

"I can't look bad today!"

Gold Bull, Silver Bull, and Tong Niu felt their blood boiling all over their bodies. They clenched their fists and approached the short Baldy Zhang.

Aunt Zhang was afraid of ruining her son's reputation. In the past, when her family was poor, she worried about the marriages of her children all day long. Now that she has a new house and food, marriage is not an unattainable dream, so naturally she does not dare to let her brother-in-law interfere with it. .

Now that I hear the villagers say this, why do I have any worries?

At that moment, he wished he could take action himself and beat up the shameless brother-in-law.

Baldy Zhang was used to being shameless, and he didn't feel embarrassed at this moment. He smiled and said, "My fault, I shouldn't have!

I will go home and reflect behind closed doors, please don’t be upset! "

After speaking, he ran away.

Those who stayed had to obey. I have never seen such a shameless person!

Ding Heli was also amazed.

This bald man is really flexible and flexible.

Aunt Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. After today's incident, she was no longer afraid of being manipulated by her brother-in-law. She turned to look at the old village chief and his group, and asked curiously: "Old village chief, what are you doing here?"

You can't just come to her house to visit, right?

The old village chief talked about the potato exchange.

After listening, Aunt Zhang said cheerfully: "Hey, why should I take it seriously? It's not worth your trip. Just come over if you're willing to change it!"

In the past, her family was reluctant to eat corn noodles!

There are a lot of potatoes planted this year, and even if you plant enough, you won’t be able to finish the rest. You can eat them just like the corn noodles. The corn noodles are dry and easy to store.

The most important thing is that we can still plant and harvest again in the second half of the year!

A group of people began to discuss how many acres of potato seeds needed to be planted.

By the way, let me ask you what you need to pay attention to when growing potatoes.

After returning home and entering the kitchen, Sun Jinhua packed up a few black-faced steamed buns, wrapped them in cloth and handed them to Fan Qian: "Let's go to the wild boar's nest, there's enough to eat."

Fan Qian took it silently, put it in his arms, and walked out of the village.