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

As both were farmers who had worked hard all their lives, the two village heads felt a sense of sympathy for each other and soon started chatting.

"It will take a day's walk to get to Gudao County. There is a flat area about 20 miles from our village. Walk faster and you can stay there tonight."

"Is there any water?"

"Yes, there is a stream that flows down from the mountain. It is almost dry. It is enough for you people and livestock to drink."

Village Chief Lin bowed to him again and thanked him sincerely.

"Thank you for your advice, brother. We will meet again in the mountains and rivers, and we will say goodbye now."

Village Chief Cheng listened to his boasting again and opened his mouth to say dryly, "Take care on your journey."

After the Linjia Village team walked away, the villagers of Chengjia Village surrounded the village chief and talked a lot.

"Village Chief, how about we go south as well?"

"Yes, I heard from my aunt's aunt that many county towns are empty."

Village Chief Cheng gave everyone a slap on the face and yelled angrily, "Get lost! We have lived here for generations and at least we have a roof over our heads. It's getting cold soon. How are we going to survive outside?"

"Didn't the entire Linjia Village also leave together?"

"Yes! There are many of them, we can follow them."

Some villagers were not convinced.

"You are blind. Don't you see that every household has livestock to pull carts? How can you compare with them in terms of wealth?"

The villagers' arrogance was silenced by the village chief.

Finally, Village Chief Cheng said in a deep voice, "Let's wait and see, maybe it will be fine next year."

These words were meant to advise the villagers and also to advise himself.

After walking for nearly two hours, Lin Yinan and his companions finally reached the flat land that Village Chief Cheng mentioned.

Yun Mo looked around and found that, just as the village chief had said, this place was very suitable for rest, so he asked the team to stop and prepare to spend the night here.

As soon as he stopped, Lin Yinan prepared to go and see the stream that was about to dry up.

Lin Yian had been sitting on the cart for a whole day, and her butt was almost broken in two. When she stopped, she was ordered not to run around. When she saw her sister was going up the mountain, she dragged Lu Changqing and Lin Yibai and followed her.

"Sister, we want to go up the mountain with you too."

Seeing this, Lin Yichun also ran after him with his short legs, shouting as he ran, "Brother, sister, wait for me."

Lin Yinan had no choice but to stop. Lin Shuo and Lin Yiheng were busy setting up the tent, Lin Yizhang was helping, and Mrs. Zhao and Zhang were setting up the pot to prepare dinner.

So she led a group of children towards the water source.

The water in the stream was indeed very small, so the village chief directed the villagers to dig a hole to make it easier to get water.

Brothers Lin Yizhang and Lin Fu took their livestock to drink water downstream.

"Anan, where are you taking your brother and sister?"

Lin Yinan, "Second brother, let's not go far, let's go up there and take a look."

"By the way, check if there's any grass up there. I'll come cut it later."

"it is good."

Lin Yinan agreed and led the children up the stream.

The slope was not very steep, and there were quite a few bushes on both sides. The trees were sparse, and it seemed that people from Chengjia Village had cut down a lot of them.

Suddenly, her eyes were attracted by a plant climbing on the bushes.

I pulled off a leaf and looked at it, and found many small fruits on the vine.

Lin Yinan picked a few and was overjoyed after seeing them. This was - yam.

She found a wooden stick, sharpened it with a dagger, and began digging along the roots of the vine.

Chinatsu squatted aside and helped pull away the excess vines.

"Girl, what's under this vine?"

"It's delicious." Lin Yinan curled the corners of his mouth.

Qian Wu told the children not to go too far and found a stick to start digging.

This place was close to the stream and the soil was soft, so they quickly dug out a piece of rhizome as thick as a child's arm.

"Girl, is this it?" Qianxia asked happily.

"Yes, that's right. Keep digging. There's still a long section underneath. Don't break it."

Lin Yian and the others didn't leave either, but came over to watch them dig.

After some effort, the three of them finally dug out a half-meter-long piece of yam.

Just at this time, Lin Yizhang and Lin Yisong climbed up.

"Anan, what treasures are you digging here?"

Lin Yinan raised the half-meter-long yam in his hand to show them, and said with a smile, "Look, we have found a treasure."

"What is this? Can I eat it?"

Lin Yisong took the yam and scraped the mud off it with his fingers.

"It's edible."

Lin Yinan nodded, then turned to look for other yam vines. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she ran towards the cut-down woods not far away.

Sent! Sent!

She actually found a large patch of yam here.

Afterwards, Chinatsu and Qianwu discovered many yam vines one after another.

"Girl, there are so many here."

"Girl, here too."

Lin Yizhang leaned over to take a look and found it a little unbelievable.

“This thing was dug out from under this vine?”

"Yes, it tastes better than wild vegetable porridge." Lin Yinan searched in his mind and realized that the people here didn't even know that yam was edible.

"Then I'll get a hoe and start digging."

Lin Yizhang turned around and was about to leave. She quickly grabbed him and said, "Second brother, go call your father and the village chief up. The hillside is full of them. We can't dig them all."

The two brothers took the piece of yam and ran down the mountain quickly.

Lin Yinan looked at the yam fruits on the vines, turned around and said to Qianxia and the children, "Help me pick these small fruits off the vines."

"Sister, can I eat this too?" Lin Yian asked.

Lin Yinan, "We can eat it, and we can save it for seeds. When we settle down in the future, we can plant it in the fields."

Upon hearing this, Qian Wu hurriedly took out the small cloth bag from her body and said, "Master An, pick them and put them in this bag."

Lin Shuo, who was living at the foot of the mountain, heard that there was a lot of food to be found on the mountain, so he picked up his weapons and came up. Even Su Yunzhi and Yun Mo followed the villagers.

Doctor Lin was so excited that his face beamed with joy when he took the yam given to him by Lin Shuo.

"Anan, where did you find this potato?"

Lin Yinan pointed at the vines on the ground and said, "It's right under this vine."

The villagers still didn't believe it. Who were they trying to fool when something that looked like a tree root could be eaten?

Doctor Lin explained, "Sweet potato is a very good medicinal herb. It has the effects of strengthening the body, helping digestion, stopping sweating, and stopping diarrhea."

Yun Wu had only seen dried and processed sweet potatoes, and this was the first time he had seen them raw.

He took the hoe from the guard and started digging along a vine. The villagers gathered around and watched.

Lin Yinan said to Lin Yizhang, "Second brother, light a fire and roast the potatoes in the fire and you can eat them."

"I come."

Yun Mo walked out of the crowd, took out a tinderbox, and the guards around him cut some hay.

The fire was quickly lit and Lin Yinan threw the sweet potatoes in.

In just a few moments, Yun Wu dug out a sweet potato that was even bigger than Lin Yinan's.

Everyone was stunned. If it was edible, one person could eat this one for a day.

Yun Mo's gaze moved from Tu Shu to Lin Yinan's face, his deep eyes filled with inquiry.

"Sister Anan, the bags are full, do you still want to pick more?"

Lin Yibai came over carrying a full cloth bag.

Everyone saw that the open cloth bag was full of small brown beans.

"What is this?" Su Yunzhi didn't recognize this thing.

Lin Yinan said calmly, "It's sweet potato. It can be eaten and can also be used for planting. It is a plant with high nutritional value."