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

As October comes, we bid farewell to the short period of leisure time and return to the busy farming season.

It is the sweet potato harvest season again. This year's sweet potatoes are particularly productive, with the yield doubling over last year, reaching more than 700 kilograms per mu.

This yield was something that no one had dared to imagine before. No one expected that this intercropping and ridge-ditch planting method could increase yield so much.

Su Ziling's family's manure was even higher than theirs, because they had pigs and cows, and they had much more manure than everyone else.

Just like last year, after digging the sweet potatoes, everyone washed them, kept the ones they were going to eat, kept the seeds, and sent the rest to Lao Su's house.

Sweet potatoes were not only sent from their village, but also from other villages. In a short while, the yard and workshop of the old Su family were filled with sweet potatoes.

Compared with everyone else, the Su family is much busier. In October, they not only dig sweet potatoes, but also dig islets and taro. After digging, they plant radishes and sow broad beans and peas.

Knowing that her family is harvesting radishes this year, many families will also plant one or two acres.

In November, the work in the fields was almost done. Su Ziling had nothing to do, so he went up the mountain to cut down some tea oil trees for grafting.

Thinking that the mountains over there were allocated to her, she might as well plant more crops. By then, tea oil might become a major source of income for her family.

In mid-November, Lu Yan stepped into the Su family again with money.

After the ginger and taro powder was dried, this guy took the ginger and taro powder to the county, and there has been no news of him since then.

Su Ziling mentioned it more than once, is it possible that this guy absconded with the money?

Every time he said this, Grandma Su would hit him on the head and tell him that he was not that kind of person. Su Ziling still didn't understand what Lu Yan had done to make Grandma trust him so much.

Looking at the more than 1,100 taels of silver notes on the table, Su Ziling was dumbfounded and blurted out, "Did you rob a bank?"

Not only her, even Su's mother and the others were so shocked that they were speechless. They had never seen so many banknotes.

Usually, the silver, banknotes and the like were taken back by Su Ziling and Su Zizhong and then given to Su Grandma.

Thinking that Su Zizhong was getting married and his third uncle's family ran a restaurant in the county and had some money, Grandma Su gave Su's mother and Wang Anan ten taels of silver each every month, regardless of what they used the money for, just treating it as a way to supplement their small family.

But the old Su family did not split up, so Su Ziling would buy anything that was needed. So even if Wang Anan and Su's mother had money, they had nowhere to spend it. So they saved it and almost saved up nearly 100 taels of silver.

Suana had handled a lot of silver bills, but this was the first time she had received more than 1,100 taels at one time.

Lu Yan's face was full of black lines. He didn't care whether Su's mother and the others were there or not. He tapped her forehead with his fingers and said, "What are you thinking about all day? Do you think it's so easy to rob a bank?"

Su Ziling ignored the pain on his forehead and looked at the banknote again and again. "If it wasn't stolen, then it's even less likely that it was picked up. Could it be fake?"

"It's true. You really don't take the ginger and taro powder seriously?" Lu Yan looked helpless.

"Ah? That ginger and taro powder weighing more than 200 kilograms but less than 300 kilograms was sold for so much money?"

Su Ziling looked at it again and again, and after confirming that there was no problem with the banknote, he handed it directly to Su Grandma.

Lu Yan paused, "Actually, this is only half of the silver..."

"Half?" Su Ziling wondered, is this ginger and taro powder so popular?

"How much silver do you want per pound?"

She was a little afraid to think about it.

Lu Yan thought about it and said, "This matter is mainly handled by Shen Xingye. Although this guy is not very reliable on weekdays, he is still a bit smart when it comes to doing business."

"One catty is equivalent to no less than ten taels."

"How many did you say??"

"Ten taels or more."

Su Ziling's mouth twitched, and he muttered, "You guys are really nice. You could have just robbed them, but you still gave them a pound of ginger and taro powder."

Twelve?

Or not less than?

The Su family was stunned by this number. Is this thing so valuable?

They remain skeptical.

Lu Yan explained: "Because the quantity is relatively small, and Shen Xingye did not release them all at once, but limited them to a certain number, selling a certain number of kilograms a month."

"The main thing is that its target audience is the ladies and ladies from wealthy families, so the price is naturally driven up to the sky."

"Especially when they heard that this ginger and taro soup is rich in nutrition, has the effect of beautifying the skin, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing dampness and swelling, and strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, those people naturally flocked to it."

"Ah?" Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. "This bowl of ginger and taro soup has such an effect?"

Lu Yan looked at Su Ziling, "You didn't tell anyone?"

Su Ziling smiled awkwardly, "I forgot."

"It will probably take two months for me to give you the remaining silver. If you want to plant again next year, you'll have to prepare the seeds in advance," Lu Yan reminded.

Su Ziling nodded, "I think the same thing as you do. The 500 kilograms I left for myself are obviously not enough. I will have to find a caravan to bring more."

Hearing that the ginger and taro planted on that little piece of wasteland made so much money, Su's father was so excited that his face turned red. "Ginger and taro are so valuable, let's plant ginger and taro next year!"

"Growing all ginger and taro?" Grandpa Su slapped him on the back of the head. "What will you eat if you grow all ginger and taro? Eating ginger and taro every day? It's not advisable to grow all of it. We still have to grow some food."

Su Ziling knew that the second half of the sentence was directed at her. She nodded and said, "I know. I don't plan to plant all of them. Firstly, I don't have that many seeds. Secondly, the high price this year is because we have the right time, right place, and right people."

"In the first year, the quantity was limited. Plus, it was a fresh food, and it was sold to wealthy families, so the price was so high. If we were to sell it ourselves, I'm afraid it would be as cheap as cabbage and radish."

"When the quantity increases in the future, we won't be able to sell it at this price. Let's buy the seeds first, ask how many people in the village are planting them, and then buy them collectively."

That night, everyone in the old Su family was doomed to suffer from insomnia. Even Wang Anan tossed and turned. She turned over and went straight into Su Zizhong's arms. "A Zhong, what do you think if I let my mother and the others grow ginger and taro as well?"

Su Zizhong was tired after a long day and had closed his eyes. When he heard her words, he just raised his hand and patted her back gently without saying anything.

After waiting for a long time without any response, Wang Anan frowned and called him again.

Su Zizhong sighed, "Didn't Ah Qing say that the climate over there isn't very suitable for growing ginger taro? Even if you grow it, the yield won't be much. And you know how difficult it is to grow ginger taro. But if you really want to grow it, I'll talk to Ah Qing tomorrow and I'll leave some seeds for your parents."

"Forget it," Wang Anan sighed, "Let me ask Ah Qing how to grow that ice jelly."

Wang Anan also has a deep understanding of how troublesome it is to grow ginger taro. She was not married yet when the planting started, but she has experienced all the subsequent steps, such as cultivating the soil, applying manure, spraying pesticides, and pruning flowers.

She thought about it and put aside the fact that their area was not suitable for planting. Even if it was suitable, with so many old and complicated steps, her elder brother and the others might not be able to grasp the time.

"Well," Su Zizhong tucked the quilt up, "Go to sleep quickly. You can actually make a lot of money from growing ice jelly, plus the money from picking mushrooms, and olives. Didn't we start picking olives these two days?"

"Don't worry, the situation will get better and better. If it really doesn't work, we can help you out. We have the conditions to do so now."

"You're right! I was being too picky. This year, we made a lot of money from the sweet potatoes and mushrooms. I'll plant more ice jelly next year. Once the ice jelly starts selling well, my eldest brother will probably be able to find a wife by the end of the year."

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. I have to harvest olives tomorrow." Wang Anan yawned and slowly fell asleep.

Seeing that she had come to terms with it, Su Zizhong said no more.