allonlinenovel Chapter 167: The Widowed Mother in Famine 9
Chapter 167: The Widowed Mother in Famine 9
After the New Year, Nan Xi led people to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land, turning the soil, loosening the soil, applying fertilizer, and carefully planting various crops.
From corn, soybeans to vegetables, melons and fruits, every crop is included in her plan.
Various crops were planted and quickly took root and sprouted. With Nan Xi as the bug, the crops on the mountain grew well, no worse than those in fertile fields.
The fields in the village were also not left out and were all planted with crops.
Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao were secretly amazed that this barren mountain was actually a treasure trove. The two families felt more comfortable living in the mountain than in the village.
Time flies, Li Cuiyun is about to give birth, her belly is bulging high like a small hill, but the fetal position is surprisingly correct, thanks to the internal energy she insisted on practicing during pregnancy.
The practice of internal energy has gradually strengthened Li Cuiyun's physique, not only making her body healthier, but also allowing her to have more physical strength and endurance during childbirth.
It only took a quarter of an hour from the onset of the disease to the birth of the child.
When Grandma Zhao learned that Li Cuiyun was about to give birth, she hurried over to help. As soon as she entered the door, she heard the baby crying.
"Is this...born?"
Nan Xi wrapped the child in a blanket and carried him out.
"It's a big fat boy. I'm a grandmother now."
Nan Xi chuckled. She actually became a grandmother now, and she felt she was still very young.
Grandma Zhao smiled and congratulated him. She went home, got a basket of eggs, and brought back a full basket of eggs.
This chicken was a pheasant caught in the mountains. Its wings were clipped and it was kept in a pen. It is no different from a domestic chicken.
The two families also raised rabbits, and the rabbit cages were also made by Grandpa Zhao. Rabbits reproduced quickly, so even if they didn't go hunting, they didn't have to worry about not having meat to eat.
As soon as Li Cuiyun finished her confinement, the village at the foot of the mountain became lively. It turned out that the village chief and his men had returned.
Nan Xi looked around and found that more than half of the people in the village were strangers. It seemed that the other villagers had either died on the way to escape famine or settled in other places. These strangers should have been reallocated by the court.
I don’t know if it was because of Nanxi’s artificial rainfall, but the natural disaster that was supposed to cause at least two years of drought actually passed just like that. After just one year, the climate returned to normal.
Zhao Kangping looked out from the top of the hill, "Sister-in-law, do you think we should move back?"
Nan Xi smiled and said, "Do you really want to live in the mountains for the rest of your life?"
Zhao Kangping touched his chin, a little embarrassed, "Actually, I think this mountain is pretty good, more comfortable than the village."
Nan Xi shook her head. People always live in groups. If she didn't go down now, she would become a mountain dweller in the future, without land and without collective protection, which might not be a good thing.
Take daily necessities for example. If the Lin family members did not all know martial arts, it would be very convenient for them to go up and down the mountain. Zhao Kangping would have run his legs off just to get there.
“We need to look at the long term. It would not be a good thing for the children to be mountain dwellers in the future. It would be difficult for them to get married.
Not to mention the inconvenient transportation, the shortage of daily necessities, the high humidity in the mountains, and other problems. Being isolated from the outside world for a long time can make people become withdrawn.”
Zhao Kangping was dumbfounded. He had never thought about these questions at all.
"Then let's get down the mountain quickly."
Nan Xi nodded, "We have to go down the mountain. Let's go back and repair the house first, then add furniture, and then move in when it's done."
Zhao Kangping took Lin Xuan back with him to repair the houses. Lin Xuan was very strong and Zhao Kangping was very experienced. The two of them worked together in perfect harmony and within two days, the houses of both families were cleaned.
Lin Xuan and Lin Ya helped the Zhao family move all their things down the mountain. Some of the bulky items were thrown away directly. After using them on the mountain for nearly a year, most of the furniture was damaged, so they were simply thrown away.
In the past year, whenever Nan Xi was free, she asked Lin Xuan to follow Grandpa Zhao to make furniture, so the furniture for both families was ready-made and could be used directly after moving down.
By the time the village chief's family was settled, the Lin and Zhao families had also moved in.
The village chief looked at his own family members who were pale and skinny, then at the Lin and Zhao families who were tender and smooth, and then compared the two houses, one was desolate and old, and the other was newly renovated.
He feels miserable!
If he had known earlier, he would not have left. By hiding in the mountains, he did not suffer any hardship and even had an additional population. Unlike them, they were lucky to have enough people at home.
Not to mention the thrills along the way, which cost me half my life.
The fields of the Lin and Zhao families were not abandoned. Vegetables were planted on the mountains and the fields were full of grain.
The village chief looked at the beautiful crops in the fields and felt jealous again. He thought how great it would be if these were their crops.
Unfortunately, their fields had not been tended for a long time and had become barren, overgrown with weeds.
"Hey……"
The village chief counted the population, crossed out the dead from the rolls, reclaimed the fields and houses, and allocated homesteads to some of the immigrants, redistributing the fields...
The village chief is very busy. Not only does he have to run around in the fields, supervising the busy figures of the villagers to ensure the smooth planting and growth of crops, but he also has to deal with all the big and small affairs in the village.
While actively coordinating the villagers' work to resume production, he was also busy transforming the village and building homes.
Soon, the whole village regained its vitality and became full of life.
The private school in the village also began to recruit students, and Nan Xi quickly sent Lin Le in. The child was too young and was not diligent in practicing martial arts, so it would be better for him to study cultural subjects to be educated first.
Zhao Kangping followed suit, and Zhao Shitou also went to school.
When night fell, Lin Le returned home. As soon as he entered the house, Nan Xi came to greet him and said to him with a smile: "Tonight you come to help Lin Xuan, Li Cuiyun and Lin Ya with their homework, and I will also study with you."
Lin Le had just learned some knowledge and wanted to show off, so he readily agreed.
After dinner, Lin Xuan, Li Cuiyun and Lin Ya sat around the desk, curiosity revealed in their eyes.
Lin Le began to teach them to read seriously, explaining the meaning of the book word by word.
Nan Xi sat quietly aside, seemingly reading attentively, but in fact she kept glancing at the children with a faint smile on her lips.
Before long, everyone was surprised to find that Nan Xi had an amazing learning ability. After only one teaching, she could easily understand and remember what she learned, and even apply it to other situations.
This made Lin Xuan and others open their eyes wide, and they secretly sighed in their hearts that their mother's intelligence and wisdom were indeed beyond their reach.
Inspired by Nan Xi, Lin Xuan, Li Cuiyun and Lin Ya were not to be outdone and redoubled their efforts.
However, the three of them were really not good at studying. No matter how hard they tried, they would just fall asleep during class. Nan Xi shook her head when she saw this, so she didn't set strict standards for them and just let them recognize a few words.
The lives of the Lin and Zhao families did not change much. They just moved down from the mountain, and everything else remained the same as before.
Nan Xi was taking care of her grandson at home when a girl came in at the door.
Nan Xi looked over and found that it was Li Wanwan, the little granddaughter of the village chief.
After a year of fleeing famine, Li Wanwan is no longer the soft, tender, white and plump girl she used to be. She is still in good spirits, but she has become tanned and looks much stronger.
It seems that without the nourishment of the spiritual spring, the heroine will change drastically.
Nan Xi felt inexplicably happy.
"Aunt, my grandfather asked me to ask if you have any extra seeds. We would like to borrow some."
Nan Xi stood up, took the seeds from the house and handed them to Li Wanwan.
"These are all we have. Please use them."
Li Wanwan took the seeds and pursed her lips, "Thank you, auntie."
She looked at the clean yard, with beans and peanuts drying on the open space. There was a grape vine next to the patio, and a little baby crawling on the ground under the vine. What a pleasant day it was.
Nan Xi didn't say anything, just looked at Li Wanwan with an envious expression, then left the Lin family.