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

After Su Ziling sat down, he got straight to the point, "What happened?"

Shen Xingye scratched his head, turning around in anxiety, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Su Ziling's originally relaxed expression gradually turned serious, "But is it related to me?"

Shen Xingye's body froze, and then he smiled very stiffly, "No, it's my old man. He's old, but he's still getting into trouble."

He didn't even look at Su Ziling. Perhaps her gaze was too scorching, Shen Xingye had no choice but to pick up the teapot and pour a cup of tea to cover it up.

"Did something happen to Lu Yan?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shen Xingye wave his hand, and the tea in the cup spilled out. The scalding tea splashed on his hand without him noticing.

"That's it." Seeing his performance, Su Ziling lowered his eyes and murmured.

Shen Xingye came back to his senses and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, Lu Yan is fine, it's Lu Jingyu, Lu Anyu's brother."

"Originally, the crown prince should have been his, but later he joined the army and became a general, so the government asked for the crown prince position for Lu Anyu. As a general, Lu Jingyu guarded the border, and the emperor was far away, so the government was naturally worried about him. That's why they kept Lu Anyu in Shangjing, which was also a way to reassure the government."

Lu Jingyu? She seemed to have heard Lu Yan mention him. "Did something happen to him?"

"Yeah." Shen Xingye's voice was much lower. "The fighting at the border was quite intense, otherwise Lu Yan wouldn't have rushed over so anxiously."

"Not long after he went there, Lu Jingyu was injured and fell into a coma. He was originally acting in secret, but when someone broke the law in the army, he had no choice but to show up in the barracks. He had a special identity and no one had seen him, so naturally many people were dissatisfied."

"In addition, there were people who were stirring up trouble. He was busy maintaining domestic peace and fighting foreign aggressors. It just so happened that something happened in Shangjing at this time."

Shen Xingye's face wrinkled into a ball. "The old man sent a message saying that His Majesty was poisoned and is now unconscious. The murderer is Qing Yi, the secret guard beside His Majesty. Now the whole city is under martial law to catch him."

Qing Yi?

Su Ziling had an impression that she had seen him before.

"The old man's words were vague, but I can tell that it was the Second Prince who was plotting treason..."

After hearing these words, Chang Ce turned pale with fear, "Sir, be careful with your words."

The second prince plotted rebellion and had contacts with people from Liang and Chu, so they launched a war at the border while the second prince waited for an opportunity to act in the court.

He accidentally learned of the existence of the Green Guards. The Green Guards were too mysterious and powerful, so he put the blame for poisoning the emperor on them. This was killing two birds with one stone. On the one hand, he could eliminate the Green Guards, and on the other hand, he could take advantage of the political situation to force the prince to lead the army in person.

Before the crown prince arrived at the border, the second prince had already taken control of the government and cut off the food supply to the border.

"So, there is no food or grass at the border now?" Su Ziling asked.

"Yes," Shen Xingye nodded, "There isn't much grain in the city's granary. You also know that the city's officials were reshuffled two years ago because of this."

"Let's collect taxes in advance." Su Ziling said.

"That's what I mean. We should collect the autumn grain first, and then buy some of it with money and send some of it to the border as soon as possible. Otherwise, we won't have to fight against them and we will starve to death first."

"I'm afraid Nanning Prefecture alone won't be able to hold out for long. Other places will also have to collect taxes in advance, right?"

"Don't even think about it," Shen Xingye sneered. "Other places? They wouldn't even give a hair. It's also thanks to Lu Yan that I was sent here in advance. My old man was afraid that I would suffer a loss, so he replaced the prefect with someone from his own family. Otherwise, Nanning Prefecture would probably not give out any grain."

"I understand," Su Ziling stood up, "You arrange the autumn grain. I'll go back and see how much surplus grain we have at home and send it over first to help out in an emergency."

"Remember to record how much you have donated so that you can ask people to pay you. Don't be silly and donate it all." Shen Xingye reminded.

Su Ziling had already walked to the door. When she heard his words, she paused and nodded gently, "I understand. You," she paused and continued, "You should also take good care of your body and don't do anything reckless. If anything happens to you, this place will also be in chaos."

"I know. Don't worry. The old man and his friends are still in the capital. Let's send some food over there to help them out. It's definitely not enough for us to help. We'll just help out and leave the rest to the old man and his friends. Those old guys are not pushovers either."

After hearing his words, Su Ziling felt reassured. It was just an emergency measure, so they just needed to gather together the grain in Nanning Prefecture, which would be enough to last until the grain and fodder from the imperial court arrived.

Shen Xingye began to prepare for the autumn harvest, while Su Ziling went back to check on his family's assets.

There isn’t much sweet potato flour left, as most have already been sold, but there are a lot of sweet potatoes, and the chayote is ripe now, so it can be picked and given away.

She planted nearly 300 chayote trees by herself, in addition to the more than 30 trees planted last year, she also used last year's ginger and taro field to plant chayote.

In addition to the ginger and taro fields, she also planted them in front of and behind the house and on the roadsides. This tree produced more than 200 to 300 fruits. A small bitter melon weighs half a pound, and a large one can weigh about one pound.

Even if the average weight is one and a half kilograms, these 300 trees would weigh more than 40,000 kilograms.

Add to that the ones grown by the villagers and the ones grown by the Bai family in Shishuping, and if all of them were harvested together, there would be tens of thousands of kilograms.

Add to that the sweet potatoes, and these two alone will probably be enough to sustain for three or four days. There are also the dried vegetables she collected. After Lu Yan mentioned it last time, she told the villagers about it, and everyone went to dig wild vegetables whenever they had time. Sometimes they were working, and they would just cut them and bring them back. In this way, they had dried a lot of vegetables in half a year.

I just haven't had the time to send them out. Now, I can send them over together and cook some soup with them, which will fill me up.

The food had been prepared, and how to deliver it to Lu Yan and the others was no longer her concern.

Of course, Shen Xingye didn't give her this opportunity.