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

After saying this, Lin Chunfang ran away.

Aunt Li watched her disappearing figure and said jokingly with a smile, "This girl may have grown up and become sensible. Since coming to Longtan, she has become more diligent and not as greedy as before."

Lin Yinan nodded, "People have to go through some things before they grow up."

A child is born with a blank piece of paper, and the quality of what is written on the paper depends entirely on the teachings of his parents.

Children who are spoiled by their parents will develop bad tempers and bad habits.

Just like a tree, if it grows crooked when it is young, it will be difficult to straighten it when it grows up!

The reason why Lin Chunfang was greedy when she was a child was that Yu Suqin gave all the good things in the house to Lin Chaohui and Yu Qiutao, which made her develop such a greedy character.

Lin Dongmei developed a timid and cowardly character because of her mother's strong personality.

As she fled southwards and gained much knowledge in Nanzhou Prefecture, her ideology began to awaken. She dared to pursue her own life and was no longer controlled by Yu Suqin.

Living in this era, Lin Yinan still admires the sisters' courage, resourcefulness and self-improvement.

The village chief sighed, "As long as people are diligent, they will not starve to death and will always find a way to survive."

As they were talking, Lin Chunfang came back with a pile of winnowing baskets in his hands.

Seeing the clan leader and Lin Yinan looking back at her, Lin Chunfang lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, put the winnowing basket on the ground, and deftly picked up the chopped potato pieces and placed them neatly on the winnowing basket.

When all the potatoes were cut, there was already a small pile of moldy and spotted potatoes on the ground.

The clan leader felt distressed again, "Anan, don't you want these anymore?"

"No more." Lin Yinan said.

Yu Niang picked up a potato with mold spots and peeled off the skin, revealing the tender yellow flesh inside. She was immediately surprised and said, "An Nan, the inside is still good."

"Even if there are good potatoes inside, you can't throw them away because they will rot if they get moldy. If they are mixed with other good potatoes, the good potatoes will rot along with them. So don't be reluctant to throw them away."

Aunt Li looked regretful and asked, "Can I eat that?"

Lin Yinan thought for a moment, "You can cut off the bad ones and save the good ones to eat, but you have to stew them thoroughly when cooking, otherwise it will cause human poisoning."

The clan leader and Uncle Lin looked at the intact potatoes and swallowed hard. The yellow color made them very appetizing. They had never tasted what these potatoes tasted like.

"Chief, I'll peel it and cook it for you right now!" Aunt Li smiled brightly.

The clan leader nodded hurriedly, "Okay, Yuanzhi came back yesterday and brought a rabbit that he couldn't bear to eat, so he hung it under the porch. I'll go get it now and stew it with these potatoes. It will definitely taste good."

The patriarch was so curious about the taste of the potato that he turned around and walked home without looking back.

Lin Chunfang turned the potatoes over while listening to the conversation of the clan leaders. She secretly swallowed her saliva from time to time. She could not resist food.

Lowering her head to hide her embarrassment, Lin Chunfang saw that the potato she had cut at the beginning had already dried up.

So, she raised her voice and asked Lin Yinan, "Sister Anan, the cut edges of these potatoes are dry, can we apply some wood ash on them?"

After a quick inspection, Lin Yinan confirmed that the initial cut of the bean block had indeed dried up.

Picking up a piece of wood and sticking it in the basket with ash, she said to Lin Chunfang, "Look, stick the cut surface with ash like this."

"Will applying wood ash to them prevent them from getting infested with insects?" Lin Chunfang asked.

"Yes, Chunfang is really smart!"

Lin Chunfang lowered her head with a sad face and said softly, "My second sister's hands were rotten from helping others wash clothes. Mother didn't give her money to buy ointment, so my second sister secretly used plant ash to smear them herself. She said this would prevent insects from growing."

Lin Yinan did not respond. She had no position or qualifications to judge what Yu Suqin had done to her and her sisters in the past.

"It's all in the past. You two sisters can earn money now. In the future, you can buy whatever you want with the money you earn," she comforted.

Lin Chunfang nodded vigorously, "Thank you sister An Nan for taking us in. Only then did we find work in Longtan. I will always remember sister An Nan's kindness."

The two of them chatted casually like this.

Over there, Aunt Li asked the guard for an iron pot, and the clan leader brought the wild rabbit. Aunt Li and Yu Niang quickly stewed the peeled potatoes and rabbit in the pot, and added ginger and star anise as seasonings.

Everyone was working in the yard, talking and laughing. By the time all the dried potato cubes were coated with wood ash, the potatoes and rabbit meat were ready to be stewed, and the whole county government was filled with a strong aroma.

When the lid of the pot was opened, the potatoes soaked in the soup were golden in color, and the rabbit meat was stewed to be fresh, fragrant and soft. Aunt Li picked a few green onions from the wall of the simmering room and sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions on the dish when it was served. The dish was now delicious and fragrant.

Lin Yiheng and the guards brought bowls and chopsticks, and Yu Niang helped several tribesmen to serve a small bowl.

Lin Yinan took a bite of the potato and it still had the familiar taste in his memory, without changing at all.

After tasting a piece, she handed the bowl to the guards and asked them to share it. Then she picked up another small bowl and waved to Lin Chunfang who was hiding behind the crowd.

"Here you go, take it and eat it."

Lin Chunfang thanked him, took a bite carefully, his eyes lit up, and then he ran out of the county government office with big strides.

She wanted to take the potatoes and rabbit meat in the bowl back home and eat them together with her sister when she came back from work in the evening.

When she came back, the bowl in her hand was washed clean, while the clan leaders were licking the bowl.

Lin Chunfang glanced and turned her head away, put down the bowl and hurried to help Lin Yinan move the dustpan to the original dining room of the county government.

"Sister Anan, when will the potatoes be planted in the ground?"

"It takes five to seven days for them to sprout before they can be planted in the ground."

After leaving the kitchen, the clan leader, the village chief, Uncle Lin and the others kept praising the potatoes for being delicious.

"The potatoes are stewed until they are soft, and I can eat them even though I have bad teeth."

"Yes, it tastes better than vegetable steamed bread and flatbread."

"When I grow them in the future, I will eat potatoes in addition to rice."

Several people smacked their lips as they talked.

Seeing the kitchen door wide open, the patriarch became worried, so he asked the guard for the key and locked the kitchen door with a click.

He hung the key on his belt and chuckled, "This way I can be sure that nothing goes wrong. I'll come here every day to watch over it and won't let anyone get close to me!"

Seeing how persistent he was, Lin Yinan just let him go.

Before they could wait for the potatoes to sprout, they first waited for the villagers of Shidong Village who came from Nanzhou Prefecture to seek refuge.

Lin Yiheng already had an idea about the resettlement of the villagers in Shidong Village.

He discussed with Lin Yinan that the reason why the villagers of this village fled was because they had conspired to kill five officers and soldiers of the Nanzhou Military Government.

Although they were forced to do so, they did kill people collectively and escaped successfully.

If they are arranged together, whenever they encounter something unpleasant in the future, they are likely to cause trouble or even kill people like before.

This will be very unfavorable for future work management.

"Take your household registration and line up to register. Someone will take you to the village you are assigned to." He shouted to the team of more than 200 people with a simple loudspeaker in his hand.