If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

"Of course not."

"Then why are they only counted half when it comes to distribution?"

After a series of questions, Liu Caichang began to stutter. Chu Zeming and the other three couldn't help but look at Meixiang in surprise, seeming to find her aggressiveness a little incredible.

Meixiang sighed secretly and warned herself not to be too hasty. For an old man who has lived in this small mountain village all his life, although his vision, character and prestige are beyond others, they are still limited.

After taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he reorganized his words and continued, "Two village heads, Haoyue has been in war for many years, and it has only been more than 20 years since the founding of the country. I think you know better than us how many able-bodied men there are in each village. It is not easy to build a country, and it is even harder to defend it. Who will we rely on to rebuild our homes after the war is over?"

"It must be the elderly and women in the family, and the children are the future of the family. So the two sentences of 'respect the old and love the young, and provide for the old and rely on the young' are not just for thought and talk, but more for practical implementation, so that there will be no situation where they are hungry and clothed. This is the responsibility and purpose of each of us here."

Meixiang stopped talking after she finished speaking, picked up the tea bowl in her hand and drank the tea slowly. Looking at the thoughtful Liu, the gleaming eyes of Ou, and the mistress with tears in her eyes, her thoughts began to drift away.

Chen San's injury has healed and he has started to work. Doctor Wang forced Sun Shao, who is weaker than Wang Chengen, who was the most seriously injured, to rest for a few more days. The others also gradually started to work, but Sun Shao looked like he could hardly hold it back these two days, so many plans had to be put on the agenda.

"Miss Liu is so kind, I admire you. Miss and the adults, rest assured, Xiaoliu Village will follow your words in the future." Ou Mengde suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted.

Everyone in the room came back to their senses from their own contemplation. Village Chief Liu glanced at everyone, opened his mouth but didn't say anything. Meixiang, Chu Zeming and others were mentally prepared for this, so apart from sighing secretly, they didn't dwell on it anymore. They had already said what they needed to say and had already mentioned what they needed to say.

"Uncle Village Chief, I have something else that I need you to take care of. We plan to continue expanding Liu Mansion after the potatoes are harvested. Please arrange for more villagers who are free to come over, and the wages will be settled according to what we agreed on before."

Before Meixiang finished speaking, Village Chief Ou answered with shining eyes: "Miss Liu, can the villagers of Xiaoliu Village come over to work?"

"Of course, of course, you are welcome. The more people the better, but they must be skilled and capable of doing the work."

"That's no problem. I'll arrange it when I get back."

Just at this time, Xiao San came in to report that everyone was ready outside the house and asked them to come over.

When Meixiang and the others arrived outside the mansion, the potato field was already surrounded by villagers from various villages. Now Liujia Village, especially Liu Mansion, was the focus of attention of all the villages. Any disturbance would immediately spread to the surrounding villages.

"Chen Da, Mei Ying, the ones with more strength, first pull out the potato vines with your hands and put them on the open space over there. Xiao Shi and the other kids can pick the potatoes off the vines. Then use hoes to dig near the roots of the vines. This time is different from the last time we dug in the mountains. This time we dig deeper because some big potatoes grow quite deep. We need to dig thoroughly throughout the area. Be careful not to break them when digging."

Then he turned around and whispered to Village Chief Ou: "Your suggestion is not to dig too clean in the back mountain, so that you can harvest again next season. However, how to prevent the villagers from secretly digging a second time is your problem."

Village Chief Ou stared at Chen Da and the others with shining eyes as he took out a bag of wine, and nodded repeatedly at Meixiang's words.

"Wow, Brother Chen, this is a lot, this is a lot."

"Brother Chen, this is more. Come on, come on, let me get it."

"Come on, big brother! Hurry up and pull this one out. There must be more trees here than theirs."

Xiao Shiqi and his friends, along with several other children from Liujia Village, surrounded Chen Da and the others, shouting as they took the potato vines they had pulled out and stumbled over to the empty space next to them. Over there, Chen Momo, Aunt Li, the village head's wife and others were picking potatoes from the vines while chatting.

As the children shouted, more and more villagers gathered around. Meixiang asked Xiaosan and Xiaosan, who had been trained in advance, to introduce the knowledge of eating, storing and planting potatoes to everyone, and emphasized on reminding them which ones they must not eat, the consequences of eating them, and the first aid after eating them by mistake, etc. This caused the villagers to exclaim from time to time.

Soon Chen Da and his team pulled out all the potato vines in the three acres of land and piled them up in a large area on the open space. The enthusiastic villagers of Liujia Village also joined Nanny Chen and their team to help pick the potatoes. As the potatoes dug out by Chen Da and his team and the potatoes picked from the vines piled up more and more, the scene suddenly became more lively.

"How can such a small piece of soil grow so much? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that this little thing could grow so fast."

"Yes, yes, it's hard to believe, but is this really edible?"

"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen this."

......

Listening to everyone's discussions, Meixiang smiled faintly and asked Nanny Chen and Aunt Li to carry a basket of potatoes each back to Liu's house. After washing and steaming them, they were brought back. Each of the smaller ones was given one, and each of the larger ones was given half to ensure that every villager present had a share.

"I heard everyone's discussion just now. What you got are the two baskets of washed and steamed potatoes that Mammy and Aunt Li just carried away. Can everyone try them and see how they taste?"

"Everyone, eat slowly. This is a bit dry if eaten alone. If you eat it too fast, you will choke your throat." Meixiang added, looking at the villagers who were still a little hesitant.

"Sister, sister, I want some too. Xiao Shiqi also wants to eat potatoes." At this time, Xiao Shiqi smelled the scent and ran over, yelling to Meixiang.

"Xiao Shiqi, come to Aunt Li," Aunt Li waved to the children who gathered around and distributed the reserved potatoes in the basket to them one by one. Xiao Shiqi stuffed the potatoes into his mouth as soon as he got them, and Aunt Li was so anxious that she kept shouting, "Eat slowly, there are more."

"Hehehe...delicious, delicious."

The people watching on the side then picked up the potatoes in their hands, slowly put them into their mouths and started chewing, and suddenly their eyes lit up.

"Yeah, it's delicious."

“Not bad, not bad, tastes good.”