Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 375 Selecting Wheat Seeds

"We have to plant the plants closest to home first. Otherwise, if they are too far away, the plants we plant will only benefit the small animals in the mountains."

"Hahaha, that's true."

Seeing this, Xu Han punched Lu Chuan's chest and said, "Keep your voice down. If you wake up your son, go and comfort him yourself."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan smiled grimly and leaned over to hold Xu Han down...

Autumn mornings are particularly cool, especially in the mountains. It was only the end of August, but when Xu Han got up this morning, she clearly felt that the temperature outside had dropped a little. She quickly put on a coat because it was the busy farming season and she couldn't catch a cold.

Xu Han came into the yard and saw that several people had already started training. She didn't say anything and just got busy on her own.

While they were plowing the soil and since she couldn't help, Xu Han simply started picking wheat seeds to be planted in two days.

These wheat seeds were bought by Xu Han before the drought and placed in the space separately. Because they were stored well, they did not get infested with insects or anything.

After taking out the wheat seeds, he first poured them into a large winnowing basket to dry. Then Xu Han brought a small stool and sat aside to pick out the impurities in the wheat seeds.

After picking for a while, Xu Han felt that it was too slow, so she simply took a small winnowing basket and started winnowing the fruits.

Pick out all the straw and wheat that is not particularly full, leaving only the wheat with full grains. This way, the germination rate of the wheat grown will be higher.

There is actually a lot of land at home, totaling 26 acres. Excluding the five acres of land for growing rice, and two acres for growing winter vegetables and next year's vegetables, there are still 19 acres of land left. If all of this land is to be planted with wheat, a lot of wheat seeds will be needed.

After selecting the wheat seeds, put them in the sun to dry for a while and then collect them at night.

After Xu Han finished all these, she remembered that she had not taken out the distiller's yeast to dry yesterday.

So he went to the back yard and took the bamboo mat out to dry in the corridor in the back yard.

The sun is shining brightly today. I would feel sorry for the good weather if I don’t dry something in the sun. So Xu Han took out all the cotton-padded clothes she would wear in winter.

The weather is getting colder and colder. You can bask in the sun today and wear it directly next time. Cotton-padded clothes will not be warm if you wash them too many times. After wearing them, you should wash them and store them. You can wear them directly after drying them in the sun.

In a moment, the yard was filled with fruits drying in the sun, which was a pleasing sight.

Mu'er, who had just finished class, ran over from the backyard, "Mom, I want to eat some fruit."

Xu Han stood up, dusted herself off and said, "Okay, whatever fruit do you want to eat, I'll get it for you."

"I want apricots. Big sweet apricots."

"Okay, after you wash it, remember to give something to your brother."

"Okay mother."

The days passed peacefully like this. Just as the wheat was planted, it started to rain.

"Hahaha, this rain came just in time. Otherwise, how could we say that God has been so kind to us this year? Next year's wheat crop will definitely be abundant."

Lu Chuan continued, "After this rain, the weather will start to get cooler. Let's go to the mountains to pick some mushrooms after the rain stops. If we don't pick them up now, they will be gone. We will have to wait until next year to pick mushrooms."

"Okay, okay, I agree with this. We've dried quite a lot of mushrooms this year, and we definitely can't eat them all. Next time we go to the county town, we'll bring some to sell."

"Okay, I'll listen to you and let's go make some money."

Xu Han thought for a moment and said, "We haven't been down the mountain for a long time. We've gotten used to living in the mountains in the past few years, so we haven't thought about going down the mountain for a walk."

Grandpa Zhao laughed and said, "Hahaha, that's because we don't lack anything in our lives now. If we lacked something, we would want to run to the county town every day."

"This is good. We don't go down the mountain often, and people don't know that there are people living in this deep mountain."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan changed the subject and said, "How is the war going now? Yunhua hasn't sent any news back recently."

The Taoist priest drank tea and said leisurely, "I sent a letter back a few days ago. The war has already started. But now only the Canglang Country is at war with us. So far, there has not been any large-scale war. General Qin can hold on."

Grandpa Zhao then asked, "What about the people? Are they living and working in peace and contentment?"

"Except for the people at the border who were slightly affected, the people in other cities are relatively safe."

Grandpa Zhao heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "That's good. This good life that we finally got needs to last longer."

Ever since the Taoist priest told everyone about the war in the front last time, Xu Han and Lu Chuan never asked about these things again.

After all, these wars were still relatively far away for the two of them. In addition, they had been living in the mountains and there was a Taoist priest in charge, so Xu Han had not asked about it.

Besides, if something really happened, Yunhua would definitely send a letter back as soon as possible, which is why the two of them were so generous.

Xu Han was just thinking about it when she heard the Taoist priest slowly say, "I'm afraid this surface peace can't last much longer?"

Everyone became nervous after hearing this, "Is there going to be a war?"

"Yunhua wrote to say that the leader is dying, and the three countries will definitely take this opportunity to attack our Yuanqing Country together. By then, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos again."

Everyone was silent for a while, and after a while Xu Han spoke up, "I just hope that the new ruler can show some sympathy to the people of our Yuanqing country. At least he can't abandon them."

The Taoist priest comforted him, "Don't worry, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be a good king who cares about the people."

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved. As long as there is a king who puts the people first, then the king is worthy of everyone's support and admiration, and the people will suffer less.

However, Xu Han had heard Yun Hua say before that after a long period of natural disasters, the national treasury was not full at present. She was afraid that when the new emperor ascended the throne, there would still be a period of hard times.

A few people chatted in the house for a while, and the rain outside gradually stopped.

The next morning, the weather cooled down and the sky was foggy. After breakfast, the whole family started running into the mountains.

After more than half a year, everyone has become very skilled in picking mushrooms.

At present, the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan are the main force of the mushroom picking team. Every time, they pick the most mushrooms, and each one is very fresh and tender. Xu Han really admires their eyesight. They can see where the mushrooms are from a long distance.

And Xu Han could only find mushrooms by picking through pine needles, which made her really jealous.