Lucky husband

Not only performed a play at the gate of the city, Zhao Chengze also sent servants to various villages and towns in Changping County to promote it.

The guards who went out did not cook porridge, but simply and rudely ate the boiled taro in front of the villagers. If they wanted to believe it, they would believe it.

Although they don't care much about the villagers, the village chiefs of each village must try taro, because Zhao Chengze is worried that some stubborn villagers will not believe it, so it is easier for everyone to believe if the village chief takes the lead.

Shanghe Village is close to the county seat, and the guards came here to promote it immediately, but this time it was not Li Chengshi who was sent to Shanghe Village, but someone else.

Everyone listened to the officer's words and saw the officer eating taro, but to be honest, they didn't believe it. Even Village Chief Bai was a little skeptical.

Zhao Chengze told Li Chengshi and the doctor not to tell the news in advance, so Mrs. Li and the others did not get the news in advance. At that time, she was also very shocked when she was listening to the servants talking and eating in the crowd.

But after the guard left, Mrs. Li immediately went home and took her family with her to dig taro at the river beach closest to Li's house.

Li Chengzhi and old man Li dug the ground, while Mrs. Li and Bai Xiuhe wrapped their hands with a thick layer of cloth to pick up the taro in the ground, put them in bags and take them home later.

Because Jiang Zhiyun was still breastfeeding and couldn't do much work, and she was weak and weak, Granny Li asked her to cook and watch the baby at home.

Someone saw the actions of the Li family members and ran over to them and asked them: "Uncle Li, Aunt Li, do you really believe that taro can be eaten?"

The old lady Li said without raising her head, "I don't fully believe it."

"In this case, why do you start digging taro now?"

"Whether you can eat it or not, first dig the taro and put it in the house first. If it is really edible, it will definitely be poached by others in a short time, and you will not be able to dig it if you want to."

Mrs. Li still remembers picking wild vegetables. When the villagers also discovered that they could pick wild vegetables, the wild vegetables were harvested within a day or two.

This incident left a deep impression on Mrs. Li, so that once she finds out that something is edible, she will move home first, regardless of whether it is 21 or [-].

Mrs. Li's words are reasonable, but now every household is tightening their stomachs to live, not daring to eat more food, worrying that the drought will not pass and there will be no food.

If the men in the family were to come out to work under the scorching sun, they would have to eat dry rice, and the food consumption would immediately increase. If the taro was inedible, then the food would be wasted and the work would be wasted.

Mrs. Li understands everyone's worries, and she is relatively not that worried. The Li family has already harvested the sweet potatoes from the field at the beginning of this month. The sweet potatoes from the six-acre paddy field have harvested a total of [-] catties. In any case, their family's rations for one or two years are enough.

If the taro can be eaten, then they have prepared more food. If the taro is not edible, it is just a waste of two days of hard work.

In fact, recalling that when the mountain fire broke out, Li Chengshi took the taro home and said it was edible, and today the county government servants ate the taro in public. Mrs. Li can basically be sure that the taro is edible.

Now a large piece of taro grows on the bank of the river, and no one else is robbing them, so I quickly dig more taro and go back to dry the skin and store it.

On the first day, the old couple from the Li family and the Dafang couple dug up about one-fifth of the taro from the river beach, filling six big bags, three hundred catties.

That night, Mrs. Li was very cautious. She only chose two small taro, washed them and roasted them in the stove. After they were cooked, she and Mr. Li ate one each.

In her words, at the age of her and the old man, the son has grown up and the grandson is born. If you really eat it and die of poisoning, you won’t lose money. If your son, wife and children are still young, don’t eat it.

After eating taro, nothing happened all night.

When they woke up in the morning, Mrs. Li and Old Man Li saw that each other was awake, and they completely believed that taro could be eaten.

Without hesitation, the Li family continued to dig taro after breakfast.

The next day, Mrs. Li still chose to dig taro on this river beach. She noticed that there were traces of taro digging by other people on the river beach, and there were four or five clusters of taro that were not so obvious.

It doesn't matter whether others have come to dig it, anyway, there are still a lot of taro left. Even if the taro in this river beach is dug up, there are still more than ten or twenty taro beaches, large and small, near the Qianshui River.

It was another day of hard work. Today's Li family members are more proficient than yesterday and came to dig taro earlier. The taro dug in a day filled ten large bags, five hundred catties.

Before leaving, Mrs. Li deliberately memorized the appearance of this river beach. Nearly half of the taro had been dug away, and what was the remaining half?

On this day, Village Chief Bai also took his two and a half older sons out to dig taro. He followed Li's example and dug with a hoe by himself, while his son wrapped his hands in a cloth towel behind him to pick up taro.

He was very cautious, and only dug up more than a dozen catties of taro and went back. He tried to see if it was really edible, and threw the taro into the stove to roast and then fed it to the chickens.

The taro has a scent, and the caught chicken smelled it and immediately ran over to peck at it with flapping wings. The two sons of Village Chief Bai were envious and wanted to have a bite.

Village head Bai definitely can't let them eat it, at least until the chicken with taro is fine tomorrow, he will try it first.

The guard who came to inform the news said that eating taro was directly ordered by the emperor. The county magistrate has already taken the lead in eating taro every day in the county government. As the village head, he should also take the lead in eating taro in the village and lead everyone together. eat.

On the third day, when Mrs. Li came to the river beach again, she found that half of the remaining taro on the river beach was missing a lot, and only one-third of the original weight remained.

Mrs. Li didn't say anything, she just reminded Li Chengzhi and the others to dig quickly. When they came back tomorrow, there might be nothing left on this river beach.

The missing taro must have been dug by the villagers. They all said that they thought the taro should not be eaten, but they must have their own ideas about whether the taro could be eaten. After all, the government had publicized it.

But they were too embarrassed to dig river beaches that had not been dug, so they came up with the idea of ​​this piece of taro beach.

When returning home in the evening, Mrs. Li deliberately left a few large clumps of taro in the middle, just to wait and see if there would be any left of these taro tomorrow.

On the fourth day, when Bai Xiuhe was making breakfast, Mrs. Li slipped to the river beach to check the situation. All the taro she left on purpose yesterday were poached.

At the same time, some of the taros on the nearby river beach have been dug up. It seems that some people have tried it and found that the taro is edible, so they began to dig taro at home quietly.

The taros on these river beaches are all grown randomly, and no one has ever dug them. There are a lot of big taros. A few days ago, the Li family dug casually in this not-so-large taro beach and harvested about [-] catties. The part on the river beach that was dug away by others is not counted.

After breakfast, Li's family went out with taro digging tools as they did a few days ago, and found another taro beach that was closer to Li's house, and saw other people on the taro beach as expected.

This time it was Mrs. Huang's family who was familiar with Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li asked Bai Xiuhe and the others to do the work first. She went to talk to Mrs. Huang: "How does the taro taste?"

"Okay, it's better than sweet potatoes." Mrs. Huang responded to Mrs. Li.

At the beginning, she believed the old lady Li's words and bought a lot of food in advance, so now she doesn't worry about her family being hungry.

After seeing Mrs. Li leading her family to start digging taro that day, she waited until there were fewer people and went to ask Mrs. Li if she could eat taro.

If Mrs. Li is still the same, if you can eat it, you can dig it home and store it first, so that you don’t have to dig it later.

Mrs. Huang didn't quite believe it. She quietly dug a few up and went home to try it out that night. First, she ate it for the chicken at home, and then she ate it too. She was sure that the taro was fine. She brought her family here today to join the Li family. Dig taro.

Not only Mrs. Huang, but also Mrs. Chen's family, Li Erye's family, Li Chengli and others.

Second Master Li, Second Mistress Li and Li Caoye listened to Mrs. Li's words, they didn't dig on the beach of Qianshui River, they went to the creek in the back mountain to dig taro there.

As for Li Chengli, Qian Xinghua had the same thoughts as other families in the village. Before she was sure that the taro was really edible, she pulled Li Chengli to her death and refused to let Li Chengli go out.

Because Qian Xinghua was unwilling to buy food before, the second room of Li’s family has almost no fine grains now, only coarse grains are left, and Li Chengli, Qian Xinghua, Limingchun and Limingxia can only eat [-]% full every day. Half full, even under Qian Xinghua's threatening eyes, Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia couldn't eat half full. They were full of water, and now they are much thinner than they were during the Chinese New Year. .

Fortunately, under the acquiescence of Mrs. Li, Li Mingjin secretly brought food to them from time to time, so that the two sisters would not starve to death under Qian Xinghua's hands.

This time, Qian Xinghua, who was not full, could not stop Li Chengli. Li Chengli carried a hoe and found a rag under the eaves, and went out with a basket on his back. He found a river beach and started digging taro.

He only brought a basket of taro out and couldn't hold much taro. Li Chengli returned home with a basket of taro in a short while. He lit the fire and threw the taro into the stove cavity. According to Mrs. Li's instructions, he used the simplest and safest way to put the taro into the stove. The taro is cooked.

Li Chengli was busy with his work, ignoring Qian Xinghua's whispers in his ear, and after he estimated that the taro should be cooked, he took the taro out of the stove cavity.

The burnt part on the outside was thrown away, and the aroma of the taro was released instantly. Qian Xinghua was attracted by the aroma of the taro, and all thoughts stopped, looking eagerly at the roasted taro.

At this time, Li Ming, who had just run into the yard, smelled the fragrance: "What is it, it smells so good, mother, I want to eat it!"

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