Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Lin Shuo felt that he was already well, and there was little point for Zhang to stay here.

He advised, "Now that Anan and Yunmo are here, I will not be in danger. You should go back. The children will make a scene when we are not here."

Zhang wiped her tears and refused to agree. The situation was so dangerous at that time. If Anan had not arrived in time, she would have lost him.

She doesn't want to experience the pain of almost losing again!

She and Lin Shuo have been married for so many years and they have never had a quarrel or an argument, and their feelings are very deep.

Even the children she gave birth to could not replace Lin Shuo's place in her heart.

Seeing the couple in a stalemate, Yun Mo tried to persuade them, "Second Aunt, the soldiers have already dug a path down the mountain. You can come anytime you want. Anan and I will stay in Chi'an these days. With so many soldiers here, there will be no danger."

Zhang hesitated for a moment and finally decided to stay for a few more days before going back.

Old Mrs. Zhao said nothing, patted her hands, and took Li Shulan and Lin Yiheng down the mountain.

As an old woman, she is happy to see that her son and his wife have a good relationship.

She had no special abilities in her life, and the only right thing she had done was to find wives for her two sons that they liked.

Yun Mo sent more than twenty secret guards to accompany him. As the number of Chi'an people increased, the tools on the mountain were not enough, so they had to be transported from Longtan.

The day after Lin Yiheng and his group left, Hong Mu and others who were learning rice planting in the mountains also left.

Before leaving, he bought rice seeds, various curved plows and farming tools that they had never seen in the north from Lin Suo on behalf of his tribe.

Ever since Yun Mo came, he no longer had that kind of thoughts about Lin Yinan. He knew his own worth very well.

The weather is getting hotter, and it is not good for so many people to keep sleeping in the shacks. We cannot delay farming, nor can we ignore building houses.

So, Yun Mo divided a team to assist the villagers in building houses in the selected location.

"City Lord, the terraced fields on the southern hillside have been repaired."

Lin Yinan took a book about planting from the space and was reading it with great interest, and called Mang to come and report.

"Let's go and take a look." She stood up and walked out with Zhao Mang.

Because the mountain stronghold was unable to spare any manpower, the fruit trees bought from Huaizhou City had not been planted yet and had been kept in the woods, needing to be watered every morning and evening.

The slope on the south side was full of rocks, had a steep slope, and was covered with thorns and weeds. It was very difficult for the villagers to repair it, so the progress was very slow.

The two men reached the slope, waved and pointed to the smooth hillside, their tone full of pride.

"Look, City Lord, we prepared all of this under the guidance of Lord Lin."

Lin Yinan squatted on the edge of the field and took a closer look. All the gravel was piled up on the edge of the ridges, making the outside higher and the inside lower. Each terraced field was slightly tilted inwards, and the slope was smaller than that of the rice field.

This type of terraced fields is difficult to develop and requires a lot of manpower.

According to the book, this type of terrace is ideal for growing drought-resistant fruit trees and crops.

"Well done, let's start planting the fruit trees as soon as possible." Lin Yinan said.

In ancient times when there were no modern equipment, it was indeed not easy to achieve this.

The honest and straightforward Zhao Mang grinned after receiving the compliment and nodded happily, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

There were thousands of lychee trees delivered this time, but the transportation conditions at that time were limited, and it was inconvenient to transport the ripe lychees.

The head of the Zhong family wrote to say that there are farmers who grow lychee trees all over the south, but the sales are not good when the lychee trees are ripe. When they heard that someone was interested in buying lychee trees, they dug up the trees that met the requirements and sold them.

After planting so many lychee trees, Lin Yinan plans to process them into dried fruits or make lychee wine.

The fruit wine they made last year was well received, and she plans to open a large workshop. They have a boat, so transportation will be convenient.

There are still too few fruit trees planted around Longtan. The lychees planted now will take at least three to five years to bear fruit. This is based on the premise that they purchase large fruit trees. If they are seedlings, it will take even longer to bear fruit.

Soon, Zhao Mang brought all the villagers carrying fruit trees here.

Lin Shuo asked Zhao Mang to divide the people into groups of three. After he personally led the people to try planting one tree, he assigned tasks for the day to each group.

In the following days, Lin Yinan would go to the fields.

That day, she found that among the lychee trees that had been transported, there were a few trees that looked very familiar.

Ask the natives like Zhao Mang, but they grew up in Chi'an and have never been to other places, so they don't know anything about it.

After repeated confirmation, Lin Yinan was very sure that this was the longan tree!

"Anan, these trees seem to be different. Have we been deceived by the manager of the Zhong family?" Apparently Wu Song also discovered it. He grew up in the Central Plains and had never seen a longan tree.

Lin Yinan's heart leaped with joy. "Wu Song, take someone to count and see how many trees there are."

Wu Song thought that she was going to point out these unfamiliar fruit trees and ask the Zhong family's manager to settle the account, so he quickly counted the number.

"City Lord, there are as many as thirty trees!" Wu Song, who didn't understand the situation, clenched his fists in anger.

“This is a longan tree.”

"Longan tree?"

"Yes, the longan tree..."

Lin Yinan patiently explained to everyone what a lychee tree is.

Longan, also known as laurel, is even better than lychee. It has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, and nourishing the skin and beautifying. It can not only be eaten as fresh fruit, but also can be dried and used as medicine, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Therefore, Lin Yinan sent people to Huaizhou City and Yongqing City to purchase more.

After planting the fruit trees, Lin Shuo let the villagers rest for two or three days.

After dinner, Lin Shuo came to Lin Yinan to discuss the subsequent work arrangements.

"Anan, shall we continue to open up new land?"

Lin Yinan pointed to several bags of soybeans in the room and said, "Second Uncle, these are the beans that the secret guards brought from Longtan. Let's soak them overnight and have everyone plant them in the orchard tomorrow."

Lin Shuo was shocked. "Aren't the fruit trees about to be planted? Where is the space left for planting beans? Besides, it's already summer. Is there still time to plant beans?"

"This is summer sowing. The fruit trees haven't borne fruit yet, so it's totally fine to interplant soybeans in the gaps between the fruit trees. Once the fruit trees start to bear fruit, it will no longer be suitable to interplant soybeans." Lin Yinan smiled as she pursed her lips.

Harvesting two crops from one place can increase grain production, so Lin Shuo would naturally not object.

Although the price of beans is not high, the advantage is the large quantity.

After all the crops were planted, Lin Shuo taught Zhao Mang and the villagers how to ferment fertilizer and how to weed the rice fields.

The idle villagers went to cut down trees and speed up the construction of houses.

Lin Yinan and Chen Shi were recording Chi'an's account books in the office.

Qianxia brought Yun Shijiu and Yun Junding, who were having a lot of fun, to see her.

Now Yun Shijiu was holding on to the table and chair, and she could stand for a while with trembling legs. No matter how Qianxia and her sister teased her, she would not speak anymore and could only grin.

During the follow-up visit, Guo Xun said that the patient might have suffered from aphasia due to shock, and as to when he would be able to speak again, it would depend on luck.