Chapter 194. Lian En’s Study Journey
The rice seeds were precisely optimized by Shuzhen on purpose, and the community members treated them like treasures, pouring worm castings into the fields as if they were free. A thriving growth was inevitable.
Even the corn and soybeans, ridiculed by old members in secret as pure nonsense, not reliable at all, were intercropped with corn, potatoes, and cabbage three times a year, now growing vibrant and lush. Planting a few rows of soybeans followed by a couple of rows of corn didn’t result in the anticipated mess; the soybean pods were densely packed, and the corn stalks mostly bore two ears at the top, both quite long, thick, and big, promising a good harvest.
The early corn and early potatoes, planted at the beginning, will mature and be ready for harvest in ten days, allowing for another crop of cabbage or radish after tilling the soil, without any delay. It’s practically a slap in the face to those old stubborn folks who claim that three crops a year in the Northeast is nonsense.
Of course, the crops haven’t been harvested yet, and the exact yield hasn’t been calculated, so saying anything else would be nonsense.
But every member of the village believes that once the rice in the paddies is harvested, and when the corn, soybeans, and potatoes in the fields are stored and the specific yield is out. Lianshan and Shuzhen, these two treasures of the production team at the Liu family village, will be renowned throughout Northeast, and even the entire Republic.
Just thinking about such great and powerful experts, living simply like ordinary farmers without seeking fame and fortune in their Liu family village, fills the villagers with pride, respect, and gratitude, an unspeakable admiration. Naturally, they want to treat Shuzhen and her husband a bit better, better than before, respecting them in all sorts of ways.
Concerned they might feel slighted even slightly, this pair, seen as deity-like, might grow tired of the land of Liu family village, pack up and move away, heading elsewhere to shine brightly.
After all, with such superb techniques for optimizing and improving seeds, any idea they casually toss about in farming is far more brilliant than the skills of old farmers working year-round in this rugged soil. If they walk into any village, who wouldn’t want to treat them to good food, drink, and reception?
With this awareness of crisis, Shuzhen’s family’s already privileged status in the village became even more revered.
Not only were they respected wherever they went, but even Little Lian’en and the twins became objects of everyone’s praise.