The resentful best friend travels through daily life

Shen You smiled and said, "Okay."

After saying that, Shen You stretched out her palm. Qi Ji looked at her bright smile and became happy unconsciously. He put the wooden bird in her palm.

The two of them didn't talk any more and went into the house together.

The New Year is an especially joyful time. Every day, apart from eating, we sleep or collect water and store it.

However, the unusually cold weather made everyone, including the Shen family, feel uneasy.

Spring is coming soon. As the saying goes, spring rain is as precious as oil, but this year God is very stingy and refuses to rain at all.

It can’t be said that it didn’t rain at all, it was just a little bit.

After Qingyi came back from the town again, he told Zhou Ning very seriously that they should prepare for famine in advance, as the coming year might be very difficult.

Zhou Ning knew that not only would there be a problem of reduced crop yields or even a total harvest, but there would also be bandits and refugees. They were not in a town, so whether the government would intervene was another matter.

Shen You once discussed with Zhou Ning about proposing to the county magistrate to build a reservoir or something, but Zhou Ning immediately rejected the idea, saying that this person was not qualified and would definitely not do such a thankless job.

Shen You suggested talking to Qing Yi again.

Although it was never mentioned, Shen You and Zhou Ning both understood that Qing Yi and the other two were not simple people. According to the plot of the novel, they might be royal nobles or something.

But Qingyi shook his head in embarrassment. It was not that he did not want to help, but the situation in the court was unstable now, with powerful forces from all over the place, so he really had no say.

Now all hopes are placed on Shen You’s “big baby”.

Shen You's "big baby" rice, the quality and yield of her small experimental field is stable, 70% more than the rice here, and its drought resistance is much better than the rice here.

When seeing the first successful harvest, Shen You hugged Zhou Ning and cried all night.

In the evening, the Shen family held a meeting.

Liu Qingxiu was the first to speak: "Xiao Si, are you sure that your harvest is real?"

Shen You sighed and said, "Mother, mother, dear mother, I have said many times that this harvest is real. There is a 90% probability that no matter which piece of land in our village we go to, the harvest will not be less than this number."

Shen Shi said, "Xiao Si, if a family's harvest is 20% more than others, it's considered very good. Your 70% more is really... weird."

This place is in the north, and most of the crops are wheat, with a small number of crops growing upland rice.

The average yield of dry rice here is 300 kilograms, and even if it is % higher, it is only about kilograms.

In modern times, this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the hybrid upland rice that can produce up to 2000 kilograms per mu.

If she had studied harder at that time... Never mind, without various equipment and materials, she couldn't have done it even if she was a genius.

Seeing Shen You's tired look, Liu Qingxiu also understood that her daughter had been working for this dry rice for almost a year. She watched the dry rice grow every day and sometimes sat up in the middle of the night to check whether her dry rice was dead.

But we can't do things based on emotions alone, we still need to use reason.

Liu Qingxiu asked: "What do you think?"

Zhou Ning was the first to say, "I support her."

The two of them have always been inseparable, doing everything together, and naturally have the same opinions, so Liu Qingxiu automatically ignored Zhou Ning's words.

Shen Zhong and Zhou Wan looked at each other, and said as if after careful consideration: "Awan and I have already discussed it, so I will listen to Xiao Si."

"Last year, our family stored food for this year, didn't it?"

"If this year is not a disaster year, the worst that can happen is that there will be no harvest, but our family assets can also withstand a year of no harvest."

"If this year is a disaster year, then Xiao Si's grain seeds may be a hope, and the grain stored in our family is enough for us to survive the disaster year if we eat it sparingly."

"So Awan and I support Xiaosi."

Shen Xin and Shen Yi also agreed.

Shen You looked at Liu Qingxiu eagerly, and Liu Qingxiu relaxed when he saw that everyone in his family agreed.

But the question is, how to promote this upland rice?

Not to mention being a good person, even in the village, I know all the aunts and sisters-in-law, and I can't just watch them starve to death.

Even if you can be cruel enough, when the time comes, you will be the fat meat, waiting to be slaughtered. People are inhumane when they are extremely hungry.

Early the next morning, Shen You dragged Zhou Ning to the village chief's house.

Why is it the village chief’s house?

Although the clan leader is closest to them, he is only the clan leader of the Zhou family after all, and his status in the village is not as high as that of the clan leader.

Although the village head has great power, he is in charge of several villages and it is not convenient for him to do such things.

He is the village chief, with neither too much nor too little power, and he is just right to help Zhou Ning and Shen You promote dry rice in the village.

Shen You carried snacks and smoked pork, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Is the village chief home?"

A sturdy woman stood in the yard. She was the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law, Qian Xiang. She was holding a broom in her hand. When she saw Shen You, she first glanced into the house, then said in a cold tone: "Shen's girl, my father is not here, you can leave if you have nothing to do."

It seems that the village chief still holds a grudge against Zhou Ning for confronting him that day.

Shen You smiled and said, "I'm here to bring some food to the village chief. Ah Ning's words were quite offensive that day, and we're here to apologize. I hope... Auntie will be magnanimous and not bother with little brats like us."

After saying that, Shen You opened the food box, which contained some exquisite snacks.

Qian Xiang stood on tiptoe and glanced at the food box. Seeing Shen You smiling at her, she shrank back a little embarrassedly and said, "Well, my father..."

Before he could finish his words, a young girl appeared behind Zhou Ning and Shen You.

"Hey? Miss Ning, Miss Shen, why are you here?" Zhou Lan'er asked.

Qian Xiang's face darkened. It was over. She had forgotten that her daughter was still working in Zhou Ning and Shen You's factory. This job was sheltered from the wind and rain, and she could eat well every day and get paid. It was a job that she could never ask for.

Seeing her mother's serious expression, Zhou Lan'er asked, "Mom? What's wrong with you?"

Qian Xiang asked with a straight face: "Why are you back at this time? It's not even noon yet."

"Me? I forgot to take something." Zhou Lan'er had a very good relationship with Shuanzi in private. She secretly sewed a handkerchief for him, but forgot to take it, so she came back to get it.

In this situation, Qian Xiang couldn't decide whether to chase them away or not. She was caught in a dilemma and stood there in the middle, not knowing what to do.

At this time, the village chief came out of the house, coughed twice, and said, "Let the two girls in."

Shen You and Zhou Ning smiled knowingly, finally taking the first step, and went into the house together.

The village chief was sitting at the head of the kang, which was covered by Zhou Ning's head. Thanks to this kang, this winter was not so unbearable.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" The village chief knew at a glance that the two of them must have something to ask for, otherwise they would not have come to him specifically to apologize.