Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 52 Borrowing Food
after a few days.

The two brothers of the Fang family brought back a total of 1500 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and Fang Wei went to the team headquarters to find Zheng Xianfa.

"You brothers have a lot of sweet potatoes? Little scholar, you are really capable. So, I can't let you suffer any loss. These sweet potatoes are loaned to you by the team. I will write you an IOU."

Zheng Xianfa didn't even ask where the other party got the sweet potatoes from. The members of the cooperative had been holding on for so long that they could hardly hold on any longer. This was a life-saving thing.

But these sweet potatoes could not be given away for free. The team wrote IOUs to the two Fang brothers, and the members had to write IOUs to the team.

"Okay, Captain, you can do whatever you want. I'll find someone to transport the sweet potatoes over right away."

Fang Wei didn't say anything more and directly asked Zheng Hu and others to push the cart to his house.

1500 kilograms of sweet potatoes were quickly transported to the team headquarters. Many members were so excited when they saw this scene that their eyes turned green.

"Did the team get sweet potatoes?"

"No, I heard it was obtained by the Fang brothers."

"There's a shortage of food everywhere. Could it be that these two have some magical power?"

"Stop talking and ask the captain."

The news spread from one member to another, and without any notification from the team, they spontaneously flocked to the threshing ground.

"Are all of them here? If they're not here, go and call them."

Zheng Xianfa stood at the entrance of the team office and asked the accountant to prepare the scale and the clerk to prepare the IOU quickly.

The members were whispering together in groups of three or five. Fang Wei, Fang Ping and Tian Guihua also came. Everyone looked at the two brothers with a slightly different look than usual.

"Now that everyone is here, let me say a few words. First, please refrain from gossiping. Remember the kindness of others, and no one should go out and tell others about it.

These sweet potatoes will be distributed to everyone now, but you must write an IOU, which will be deducted from your rations later. Remember, keep your mouth shut. Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, and don't say things you shouldn't say.

If any of those who sell hemp leather don't obey, don't say I didn't warn you, they'll starve to death and there won't be anyone to help bury them."

Zheng Xianfa did not name anyone, but many people speculated that it was the Fang brothers who did this good deed.

Just in case, he also emphasized the need to keep it confidential.

In short, even if there are any problems in the future, the team will take care of it. If anyone dares to disobey him, he will definitely teach him a lesson.

"I know, Captain. If anyone acts mischievously, we'll take care of him without you having to say a word."

Zheng Xianfa has a high prestige in the team and he always says what he means. No one dares to go against him.

Everyone expressed their opinions and then smiled kindly at Fang Wei and Fang Ping.

Then they started distributing the sweet potatoes, dividing them equally among everyone, leaving no one behind.

Although each household's allotment of sweet potatoes wasn't large, it was enough to last until the summer harvest. After a while, each family's private plot would also yield melons, ensuring they wouldn't be constantly hungry.

night.

Zheng Xianfa delivered the IOU to the Fang family and said that he would repay it in installments in the future.

After this incident, the Fang brothers gained a good reputation in the village. Reputation is something that can be useful or useless, but Fang Wei didn't care too much about it.

After resting for two days, he went to the other side of the valley again and saw the lotus.

"I figured you'd come find me by now, but I didn't expect you to be later than expected."

Fang Wei couldn't help but laugh. Life was not easy for Team Two, so how much better could life be in the village?
"Brother Fang, it's been so long since we last met, and yet you're laughing at me the moment we meet. Grandpa didn't let me look for you before, saying I should try to overcome the difficulties on my own.

But I can’t make it any longer. Can you lend me some sweet potatoes? I’ll definitely return them when the autumn harvest comes.”

Pan Lianhua walked up to Fang Wei and looked at him with blinking eyes.

She had nothing to exchange with Fang Wei this time, so she didn't come because she was afraid of being embarrassed.

But the situation this year is very special. Every household cannot even make it to the summer harvest, so Pan Lianhua has to shamelessly come to borrow grain.

"Okay! I'll lend you 500 kilograms."

Fang Wei didn't waste any time and directly agreed to lend the other party 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes. This touched Pan Lianhua so much that she kept saying that she would repay him with pork in the autumn.

Fang Wei nodded repeatedly, and then he and the other party delivered 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes to the vicinity of the forest trail.

"Brother Fang, go and do your work. My brother and sister will come to see me soon."

After sitting cross-legged in the woods waiting for someone, Fang Wei returned to the valley, picked up a load of sweet potatoes and started his journey home.

After his statistics, he found that one acre of land in the valley produced 3300 kilograms of sweet potatoes, a full 1000 kilograms higher than last year's yield per acre.

[Harvest crops, points +3300, total points: 3576]

The sweet potatoes he lent to the team and Pan Lianhua totaled 2000 kilograms, and he kept 1300 kilograms for himself.

After giving some sweet potatoes to Guan Chongyang, Wu Maosheng and his friends, Fang Ping went to visit his father-in-law and second sister before he finally calmed down.

In the past two days, Fang Ping and Tian Guihua started making dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato vermicelli again.

Jiang Yuling and Jiang Yufen also came once. The Fang family had ample food reserves, so they sold them 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes. The price was a friendly price of 2 yuan per kilogram, a total of 20 yuan, which made the two feel very proud.

The underground transaction price in the city is more than 3 cents per pound of sweet potatoes, and they are often out of stock.

The two sisters were so happy that they gave Fang Wei a few feet of cloth coupons.

Cloth coupons were very precious in those days. A person could only get two feet and seven inches of cloth coupons a year, which meant that the cloth coupons of two people combined were needed to make a pair of pants.

Fang Wei's clothes had long been torn, and so had his eldest brother's family.

Once he has saved enough cloth coupons, he and his family should buy some new clothes.

"Third brother, are they still growing sweet potatoes over in the valley?"

There was still some time before the summer harvest, and Fang Ping, who couldn't sit still, discussed with his third brother the matter of planting sweet potatoes in the valley.

Fang Wei thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we plant peanuts and soybeans, and then consider planting sweet potatoes or potatoes in the fall."

Over the past year, everyone has been severely malnourished, and some people in the village have even developed edema.

He estimated that food would not be a problem in the future, so he would have to consider more about side dishes.

Peanuts and soybeans have high nutritional value, especially soybeans, which are rich in plant protein and are very beneficial to the human body.

Moreover, the growing cycles of these two crops are not long. Locally, peanuts can be planted for two seasons and soybeans can be planted for three seasons, without any delays.

"Okay, I'll go to the valley to prepare the land in the next two days and ask your sister-in-law to prepare the seeds."

The team had peanut and soybean seeds, so Fang Ping asked Tian Guihua to borrow some and return them after the harvest.

In fact, in previous years, every household would plant some of these two crops in their private plots, but last year's severe drought changed this habit.

Fang Wei has been quite busy lately. Now that the rice has reached the critical period of fruiting, he needs to worry about it all the time.

After the eldest brother had prepared the land, the two brothers went to the valley together to sow seeds.

After several rounds of crop cultivation, the infrastructure of this land has also made great progress.

Fang brought a stream from the pond to the farm, making watering very convenient. He also dug several drainage ditches to ensure that the land would not be flooded.

There are all kinds of rotten leaves and dead branches in the forest, as well as some wild animal excrement and dead bodies of small animals.

Add wood ash and it can be used for compost.

The composting site he chose is located on a gentle slope on the sunny side. It has plenty of sunlight, ventilation and dryness, making it an ideal location.

The brothers brought lime powder for disinfection from home. It should be sprinkled layer by layer when making compost, which can kill parasites, viruses and bacteria.

Both brothers were good at farming and quickly finished all the work in the valley.

However, field management for growing peanuts and soybeans cannot be too extensive, and it is less troublesome than growing sweet potatoes and potatoes.

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