Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

"Look, I told you that ten catties of peach leaves equal two ounces of lime, and you're still stubborn."

"Hehe, I remember, I remember, thank you Xiaoqing, but is this peach leaf really useful?"

Even now, no matter who you are, when you hear that peach leaves can kill insects, you still find it hard to believe. How is it possible that peach leaves can kill insects?

"Of course it works. If it didn't work, we wouldn't teach it to you. My whole family went out and sprayed it for a whole day. When we went to see it the next morning, it was basically dead."

"If there are any that are missed, just catch them when you see them. As long as you don't miss any, we can basically kill them all."

As the night grew darker, Su Ziling stood in the yard and carefully explained the precautions to everyone. She was very detailed, from repeating the dosage to reminding them not to take the grass from the field home to feed the livestock after spraying the pesticide.

When someone asked her, she said it over and over again. When we heard her say that if we soaked it tonight, we could spray it tomorrow morning and the worms would basically be dead the day after tomorrow, we didn't waste any more time and said goodbye to go home.

Those who had peach leaves went home to soak them, while those who did not pick them during the day regretted it so much, but there was nothing they could do but to pick them at night with torches.

Otherwise, if you don’t pick them tonight, you will have to go tomorrow morning. After picking them tomorrow morning, you have to soak them for another two and a half hours, and they will be gone in one morning.

You know, you can spray two plots of land this morning.

This was Su Ziling's first time to eat at Aunt Li's house. Aunt Li cooked a sumptuous meal, including stir-fried bacon with dried fern, a dish of cold-boiled horsetail, fried eggs with wild onions, and two plates of pickled vegetables she had made.

"This dried fern is best when soaked in water and fried with bacon. Try it. I dried a lot this year. You can take some back later."

Aunt Li was particularly enthusiastic. Listening to the noise outside, Uncle Li stretched his neck to take a look and said, "I guess they went to pick peach leaves overnight."

Aunt Li was unmoved. "Who cares? It's not like we didn't warn her. What can we do if she doesn't believe us? I told her once at noon, and again after you came back. If she doesn't listen, forget it."

Su Ziling smiled and joked, "Auntie, you can't really blame them. It's because you and Mr. Li trust me that peach leaves can kill insects. I wouldn't believe anyone else's words. If I hadn't used it myself, I would have thought it was a bit unreliable."

"Your aunt still doesn't trust you, so I'll follow you and it won't be wrong."

Whether it is harvesting mushrooms, peas, or this year's ridge planting, although it is not yet time for harvest, you can tell from looking at the corn stalks that the harvest will not be bad, of course, the prerequisite is to kill the insects.

So as long as Su Ziling spoke, Aunt Li would listen. After all, her family earned a lot more money than other families because of this matter, which made her more determined to listen to Su Ziling's opinions.

While eating, Aunt Li did not forget to ask her about the follow-up matters, such as whether there would still be insects after spraying the medicine, whether there was a time limit, etc. She asked very carefully.

After dinner, he enthusiastically invited Su Ziling and his friends to stay overnight at his house. Unable to refuse politely, Su Ziling had to tell the truth.

"Auntie, it's not that we don't want to stay, we're just really busy. This insect plague has affected a wide area. Half of the two states and fourteen counties in Nanning Prefecture have been affected."

"The yamen runners went to each village to inform them that they must gather at the county early tomorrow morning. By then, they will have to teach everyone how to soak peach leaves and spray pesticides. If you stay overnight, you may miss it."

When Aunt Li heard this, she really didn't try to persuade them to stay. "Yes, yes, yes, crops are the most important. You can't stay overnight. So I'll ask Uncle Li to load the ox cart and take you back."

As Aunt Li was talking, she was actually about to ask Uncle Li to get the cart. Su Ziling had to quickly hold her back, "Auntie, don't bother. We have a carriage. We can take it back later. You and Uncle Li should go back and have a rest. Tomorrow morning, get up early to pound the peach leaves. After filtering, you can add clean water and spray them."

"Well, then we won't send you off. Be careful on the road. By the way, do we still need to go to the county tomorrow?"

"No need to go, just hurry up and spray the pesticides. If you have any questions, you can come to my house to ask, or you can come to the county, we are all here."

The two men came out of Uncle Li's house holding torches, and looking at the pitch-black village opposite, they looked at each other.

"What should we do now?"

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Just walk. You can't go back to the village across the street, right? I guess Shen Xingye has already gone back."

Walk back to the county?

Su Ziling frowned and stamped his feet lightly. He had been walking and talking all day today. Now he just felt tired all over and had no energy. His eyelids were too heavy to lift and his feet hurt.

Seeing that she couldn't move, Lu Yan slowed down his pace, "Where did you get this recipe?"

Su Ziling was so tired that his brain couldn't work anymore. He just said, "I read it in the Complete Book of Agricultural Administration."

Lu Yan chuckled. He thought she would make up something, but who knew that she was too lazy to even think about it.

"Hmm?" Su Ziling tried to open his eyes wide, "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Yan held the torch closer to her, "Do you think I haven't read the Complete Book of Agricultural Administration?"

Su Ziling was stunned for a moment, half asleep, "Have you seen it?"

"Hmm!" Lu Yan snorted.

Su Ziling pursed her nose. She knew she couldn't fool this guy. "No, why do you read so many books? And such unconventional ones."

Unexpectedly, Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Ah? I haven't seen it."

Su Ziling: "?"

She was a little confused, "Didn't you just say you had seen it?"

"Oh," Lu Yan said calmly, "I lied to you."

Su Ziling: "..."

Good, good, good!

All the sleepiness was gone and his fists were hard.

"Lu Yan!"

Su Ziling originally wanted to endure it. She was so tired and didn't want to argue with him.

But after enduring for a long time, I still couldn't get rid of the anger. No, the more I thought about it, the angrier I got, so I just called him by his full name.

"What?" Lu Yan said lazily, "Can't walk anymore? Do you need me to carry you?"

"Bah! What kind of brother are you? Don't take advantage of me!" Su Ziling was furious. "I'm telling you, this matter is not over today! You apologize to me!"

Seeing that she had woken up, Lu Yan's lips curled up slightly in the darkness, thinking, I'm finally not sleepy anymore.

"Didn't you want to hear about Shen Xingye's romantic history during the day? Are you still going to listen?"

As soon as the words "romantic history" fell, Lu Yan saw Su Ziling's eyes light up.

"Yes!" Su Ziling grinned. After hearing this, she was no longer sleepy. Not only was she not sleepy, but her waist and legs were no longer sore, and she no longer felt any pain.

"Tell me quickly, Shen Xingye is not here."

Lu Yan glanced straight ahead with some ill intent in his eyes.

"Don't want to apologize?"

Su Ziling waved his hand, "Why are you apologizing? Tell me some gossip about him and how loving and filial he is to his father."

"I always think it would be interesting for them to be together as father and son!"