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

"Puff...Hahahaha!" Su Ziling thought about it and felt like, "It's not easy for you guys either. You carried the whole thing back? Did the Chu people chase you with knives?"

Su Ziling was just talking originally, but she didn't expect that she actually guessed it right.

When he heard her say that someone was chasing and slashing her, Lu Yan's hand, which was picking the bitter melon, paused obviously.

"But since you brought it back, why didn't you grow it?"

Lu Yan said unhappily: "How should I know? I am responsible for bringing it back."

Su Ziling pinched his chin and said, "That shouldn't be the case. As long as there are buds, the sugarcane will grow well. If it doesn't grow well, could it be that the buds are gone?"

"By the way, if you want to make seeds, it's best to have mature sugarcane. This year's sugarcane will take more than a month to two months to mature if nothing goes wrong. Tell them not to cut it too early."

"Well, they will go to Qian State first, and then bring back cassava and chili peppers. Then they will have to bring some goods before going to Chu State."

After all, they were entering in the name of a caravan. If they went in empty-handed, they would probably be targeted as soon as they entered.

The two of them talked while picking fruits. Su Ziling asked him whether the State of Chu had ever made rock sugar and white sugar. When he said he had never heard of them, Su Ziling was very happy.

If all goes well, the sugarcane will be delivered back by the end of the year, planted in February or March next year, and harvested by the end of next year.

By then they will have their own brown sugar, but I don’t know how much sugarcane they can bring back.

If there are few, I'm afraid she will have to grow it for a few years before it spreads, and then she can make brown sugar, white sugar and rock sugar.

The sun was setting, and they had picked all the bitter melons and filled a basket with those that had fallen on the ground. Seeing that Su's father and his companions had not arrived yet, the two of them went back into the field to take a look at the ginger and taro trees.

The ginger taro trees were very tall and could not be seen when people walked in. There were two small trees with bright red flowers on the edge of the field. Su Ziling picked some and sucked the flower. It was sweet and contained honey.

She handed one to Lu Yan, "Do you want one?"

Lu Yan shook his head, "Why aren't these spent?"

"Yes, I did. The ginger taro will consume some nutrients when it blooms. Pruning the flowers can increase the yield. I guess these two were missed because they were not pruned."

Seeing that the roots had dried up and were covered with yellow ginger leaves, Su Ziling took out a sickle from behind, cut a nest of ginger taro trees, and then pulled them up with force.

"Come and help me, it's a little difficult to pull out." Su Ziling waved to Lu Yan who was standing beside him.

"Stand aside!" Lu Yan waved his hand. Seeing Su Ziling step back, he stepped forward to pull it out.

The ginger taro was buried very deep. It hadn't rained for a while, and the land was barren, so the soil was relatively uncooked. Lu Yanjing couldn't pull it out for a while.

"How about I use my sickle to dig up some of the dirt next to it?"

The soil was too hard, and there was no other way, so the two of them used sickles to dig up some of the soil around it before they could pull it out.

This nest of taro, including the soil and ginger, must have weighed more than 20 kilograms. Su Ziling lifted it and it was still a bit heavy.

Carefully dig up the soil next to it, and the white ginger taro inside is revealed.

"How do we eat this? It looks very productive, so many were pulled out in one nest."

Su Ziling nodded, "I chose it, how could it not be productive!"

She shook off the dirt and said, "You can steam it directly or stir-fry it. This ginger taro also has another name, dry lotus root."

"Han, lotus root?" Lu Yan read each word slowly, "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a lotus root."

"It has a high flour yield. Lotus root can be made into lotus root flour, and ginger taro can also be made into ginger taro flour, which tastes no worse than lotus root flour."

"Well, let's dig some more and pound it tonight. Then filter out the powder and let it settle. Tomorrow morning, I'll show you what ginger taro powder is."

As Su Ziling was talking, he actually started to feel hungry.

Ginger and taro have a special fragrance. The ginger and taro powder made from it is brown in color, has a high viscosity, and tastes very sweet.

Ginger taro has strong adaptability and high yield, but it also has a disadvantage, which is that the taste is poor and cannot be compared with sweet potato. However, it is fine to use it to satisfy hunger.

The most delicious thing is probably ginger and taro powder.

While Su Ziling was cutting the ginger taro tree, he was explaining to Lu Yan how to eat ginger taro and its advantages.

For Lu Yan, strong adaptability and high yield are the biggest advantages. He thought that some places are not very suitable for growing crops and the yield is not good. If this is planted, I am afraid that their food and clothing problems can be solved.

The two of them dug and talked and whispered to each other, and from time to time they pricked up their ears to listen for the ringing of cowbells.

The sun was about to set when Su's father and his companions finally arrived.

Several people stood at the edge of the ground, "Xiao Qing? Xiao Lu? Let's go back."

"Yes, right away." Su Ziling stood up and said, "Dad, did you bring the sack?"

"I was afraid you didn't have enough, so I brought two over. Do you want some? Then I'll bring them up to you."

This is the only advantage of Mr. Su. No matter where he goes, he always brings a sack and a backpack with him, for fear that he will find something and have no place to put it.

"Yes, take two."

There were still two pieces left to shake, so Su Ziling said to Lu Yan, "You shake them first, I'll go cut some thatch and tie up the ginger and taro trees as well. If we leave them out overnight, they'll wilt tomorrow."

"Sure, go ahead."

When Father Su came in, he saw the pile of white ginger taro, Lu Yan was shaking off the mud, and Su Ziling was tying the ginger taro tree.

"Dad, why are you here so late?"

Father Su touched his nose and lowered his voice. "We were so busy that we forgot about it. We were so busy peeling corn that we forgot about it. Your eldest brother must have asked you when he came back. Otherwise, you would have had to travel all night tonight."

"You are really my biological father, how could you forget this?" Su Ziling's mouth twitched, "Did my eldest brother and the others come with us?"

"Here we are. I don't know how much you have picked, but you are all here." Father Su squatted down to help pick the ginger taro.

"Is this ginger taro cooked?"

"Yes, we can start digging now. Once we have husked the corn, we can take a day and have the whole family come together to dig. I estimate that we will have almost finished digging."

Seeing Su Ziling carrying the ginger taro tree, Lu Yan frowned and said, "Leave it there for a while and I'll carry it down."

Su Ziling tried it but couldn't lift it. She was lazy and just tied it into a bundle, but she didn't expect to end up with too many bundles.

Father Su turned his head and took a look. "Don't carry it anymore. Just lean on the ground. Children can't carry things that are too heavy, otherwise they won't grow taller."

Su Ziling: "?"

She was speechless and said, "Dad, I'm already seventeen." This lie to deceive children was no longer effective.

Father Su nodded and said, "I know. It can still grow longer."