Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 345 Pulling out the Seedlings

A few people chatted while peeling bamboo shoots. Before they knew it, it was already mid-afternoon.

Xu Han didn't make lunch, but took out some snacks directly from the space. Everyone ate them bit by bit and didn't feel hungry.

"Finally, I've peeled all of them. There look to be a lot of bamboo shoots, but I only peeled a few." Lu Chuan said.

"Let's take advantage of this time to pickle the peppers and bamboo shoots. We can cook dinner right after we're done." Xu Han suggested.

"Okay, I'll follow you. Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest can go and have a rest. They haven't taken a nap today."

"Okay, then you guys put these away and we'll go back." After saying this, Grandpa Zhao got up first and left the main room.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest followed him out. After they left, Xu Han put all the peeled bamboo shoots into the space. They would be used as compost later, so that she wouldn't have to search all over the mountains and fields for them.

Take out the bamboo shoots used to make pickled peppers in advance, and put the rest into the space first.

When you have time, you can cook them and dry them into dried bamboo shoots, or you can just keep the fresh bamboo shoots and eat them.

In the evening, everyone had a sumptuous dinner together.

The next morning, it was still raining, but fortunately it stopped completely by lunch time.

Even in the afternoon, the sun was faintly rising from the west.

"The rain has stopped, let's go out for a walk." Xu Han said to Lu Chuan.

"Okay, wait for me to change into a pair of straw sandals."

After saying this, Lu Chuan went into the room, and when he came out again, he was wearing straw sandals and worn-out clothes.

Seeing this, Xu Han also went into the house and changed into a more torn set of clothes. The two of them said goodbye to Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest and went out together.

"Why did you decide to come out? Where are we going?" Lu Chuan asked as they walked.

"Let's go to the hillside and see if there are any ground vegetables. We can pick some and fry them with eggs."

"It should be available this season. Let's go look for it together."

"There seems to be too much water in the paddy field. Should we drain some water out?" Xu Han asked when passing by the paddy field.

"I don't know either?" Lu Chuan scratched the back of his head and said in confusion.

"Okay, I asked the wrong person." Xu Han smiled embarrassedly.

Then he continued, "Why don't we release some water? It seems like there's too much. After releasing some water, we can plant the rice seedlings tomorrow. We can go to the county town after planting the rice seedlings, and the road will be easier to travel on then."

"Okay, I'll put it up when I come back. Let's go find some ground vegetables first."

"Well, let's go, it will be dark soon."

In the end, the two of them lived up to everyone's expectations and brought back a basket of ground vegetables, and each of them was particularly plump and delicious.

Moreover, Xu Han and Lu Chuan both picked clean and large ground vegetables, which were also easy to clean.

"Mom, this is so delicious. I like it." Mu'er said as she ate one bite after another.

"This is called ground vegetable. If you like it, I'll pick some more and make it for you next time."

"Okay, I want to go pick ground vegetables with mother." Mu'er said with a smile.

"Okay, mother will ask you to go with her next time."

"Today, when Xiaohan and I went out, we saw that the paddy fields outside were full of water, so we released some.

The rice seedlings in the backyard have grown up, why don't we take advantage of this free time tomorrow to plant them." Lu Chuan said.

"Okay, no problem. The seedlings in the backyard are growing well, green and strong. It's time to plant them." Grandpa Zhao agreed.

"Then let's start tomorrow morning. I estimate we can finish the planting in one day. The three of us can work quickly on more than three acres of land." Xu Han said.

"Well, let's get up early tomorrow to plant rice. Otherwise, the sun will be too strong at noon and it will make our backs hurt." The Taoist priest also agreed.

"Okay, that's settled."

A few of them finished today's dinner while chatting and laughing. After dinner, they played a round of mahjong together before going back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, when Lu Chuan got up, Xu Han got up with him.

After the two of them put on their clothes, they went to the backyard to pull up seedlings without even having time to wash up.

There was a lot of water in the rice seedling field. Lu Chuan took off his shoes and went into the field, then pulled out the rice seedlings.

Then use the straw prepared in advance to tie it into bundles, stack them neatly aside, and then you can carry them directly to the paddy field later.

"You two got up quite early. Is the water cold?" Grandpa Zhao asked as he walked towards the backyard.

"It's okay, it's not very cold." Lu Chuan replied.

Xu Han did not go down into the rice seedling field, but stood aside to help Lu Chuan tie up the rice seedlings.

Seeing this, Grandpa Zhao took off his shoes and went down to the rice seedling field to pull out the seedlings.

"I don't know if these seedlings are enough. This is my first time raising seedlings by myself, so I'm a little unsure." Xu Han said embarrassedly.

"It's okay. If there are too many, we can just clear out a small piece of land. If there are too few, we can just plant them sparsely later." Lu Chuan said with a smile.

"Hahaha, that's what you said. I was afraid that there wouldn't be enough, so I planted more seeds on purpose."

"That's great. If we plant more, we can harvest more food." Grandpa Zhao also replied with a smile.

"I'll pick out these seedlings first." The Taoist priest said as he took the shoulder pole and backpack beside him.

"Okay, just throw these seedlings evenly into the paddy field, and you can use them directly when you plant them later.

Throwing them into the paddy field will save you from having to go back and forth to get the seedlings. The paddy field will be flattened by trampling them back and forth." Xu Han reminded.

"I understand. Isn't it just throwing it away? It's not difficult. Don't worry." The Taoist priest said nonchalantly.

Somehow, the three people present suddenly had a bad feeling at the same time.

What should I do? I was afraid that the Taoist priest would scatter all the seedlings. Xu Han kept recalling whether she had tied the seedlings tightly just now. They should not all scatter.

Lu Chuan was thinking whether it would be too late to call the Taoist priest back now. It would be better to pick up the seedlings later or be beaten by the Taoist priest now.

Grandpa Zhao was thinking, why does the Taoist priest look so unreliable? Should he follow him now?

In this way, the few of them spent a few minutes in anxiety. Finally, they were still worried, so they picked up the seedlings they had just pulled out, looked at each other, and walked out together.

As soon as she walked out of the courtyard gate, she saw the Taoist priest throwing seedlings. His strength was so great that Xu Han couldn't help but worry that the seedlings would break.