Chapter 659: The Five-Zero Motherly Dao System (16)

After the start of spring, a late spring cold snap arrived, nearly causing the rice seedling cultivation to be missed.

Fortunately, after several consecutive days of overcast rain and a cold wave, the sky finally cleared.

The villagers, one by one, happily carried their hoes and iron shovels down to the fields.

Xie Yang also went to her own fields, first filling the deep-plowed Paddy Field with water, then turning over the Dry Land once.

Then she transplanted rice in the Paddy Field and sowed wheat in the Dry Land, also leaving two fen of Paddy Field to grow rapeseed, and half a mu of Dry Land to grow soybeans, Corn, and sorghum.

It could be said that from the start of spring plowing, she had not been idle for a moment.

Fortunately, although she did not take a Physical Fitness Potion, she practiced her skills morning and night, cooked special meals for nourishment every few days, and this body was already well-versed in farm work.

In the past, those few mu of land belonging to the Zhuang family were almost entirely managed by the original owner and Zhuang Laotou; Qiu Caohua had hardly stepped into the fields since the original owner married in, at most going for a few days during the busy farming season.

The original owner's muscle memory was still there, so for her, although two mu of land was busy, she could handle it.

While busy, she still had the energy to listen to the old farming hands in the adjacent fields chatting:

"We are still considered lucky; the sun came out and the temperature rose after the cold wave lasted only a few days, so we didn't delay the spring plowing too much by rushing. I heard from the branch secretary that many places have suffered frost disasters!"

"No wonder the branch secretary went to the township for a meeting yesterday; was it about this? Which places? Are they far from our county? Is the frost disaster serious?"

"It's already been reported on the radio, how could it not be serious? The branch secretary said that in the worst-hit areas, there is no hope for the wheat seedlings."

"That serious? Heavens! It looks like there will be another wave of refugees fleeing famine this year, sigh. I just hope they don't come to our county."

"That shouldn't happen; it's not before the founding of the country anymore, now they advocate that 'when one side is in trouble, all sides support'. But having said that, it's hard to say if we can even feed ourselves, where would we have surplus grain to support others."

"That's true, let's hope for favorable weather for the crops for the rest of the year..."

Hearing this, a thoughtful look appeared in Xie Yang's eyes.

From before the New Year until now, the Smart Orchard had already harvested four rounds, with each round yielding 20 apples, 20 peaches, and 20 pears; the "20" here, like in the Smart Vegetable Garden, also meant 20 portions, with each portion being ten jin. That is to say, every time each fruit tree matured, it yielded two hundred jin.

During this period, the Orchard's level rose from Level 1 to Level 2, unlocking the second batch of fruit tree saplings, which were grapes and jujube trees respectively.

Xie Yang planted the jujube trees by the back courtyard gate and the grapes between the front courtyard Chicken Coop and the main house.

When the time came, she would build a grape trellis, and when midsummer arrived, the little hens would come out; with peach trees for shade in the front and a grape trellis for shade in the back, there would simply be no chickens happier than them.

The crop rotation pattern for the Nine-Grid Vegetable Garden had also basically been fixed—

Except for two plots respectively growing the vegetables and fruits she liked to eat and the Immortal Grass with a relatively long growth cycle, the remaining seven plots: two grew newly unlocked crops; two continuously rotated wheat and rice; three rotated crops that could serve as both vegetables and staples, such as Corn, Potato, sweet potatoes, yams, taro, and pumpkins.

Except for the Immortal Grass—which had only yielded one harvest in three or four months—the other eight plots yielded at least one harvest a day; for those with short maturity periods, two or three harvests a day were not a problem. The stockpile in the Warehouse was already extremely vast.

She alone could not eat so much; the reason for the continuous rotation was, on one hand, to grind experience, and on the other, she thought that in the next ten or twenty years, domestic supplies would be generally scarce, so she could sell a little at the black market when the timing was right.

But now she did not think so.

Selling grain at the black market, no matter how careful one was, could not guarantee not being targeted. Moreover, how much could circulate in the black market of a small place?

"System, your long-distance delivery is unlimited, right?"

Main System: 【……】

Its Host was eyeing its long-distance delivery function again...

She wouldn't find a loophole in it like she did with the built-in space, would she?

"I'll pay you points."

【……】

"If I have enough points, I'll buy another Flying Vehicle."

The Main System didn't say a word: 【Deal!】

Xie Yang really bought another Flying Vehicle.

Who else but the Flying Vehicle had such a large space and the capability to pay!

After finishing the spring plowing, she found a day to go into the mountains, arriving at the valley where she had previously deployed the vegetable garden, and using it as an intermediary, she first released the stockpiled grain—rice, wheat, Corn, sweet potatoes, Potato, etc. —from the Warehouse, then one by one took them into the empty cargo hold of the newly bought Flying Vehicle.

These items were just an icon plus a string of numbers in the Warehouse; only after releasing them did she realize how large the stockpile was.

The cargo hold of the Flying Vehicle, the size of two shipping containers, was full, yet the icon numbers in the Warehouse were mostly still 999.

Xie Yang took out the background check information the Main System had helped her compile during this time, and the first one on the list was the field logistics for the troops aiding Korea; she put a checkmark on it: "System, deploy it!"

A few seconds later, the Main System replied: 【Host, it's done.】

Xie Yang nodded; the second one on the list was the logistics for the command post of the troops aiding Korea, and she did the same—checked it and deployed.

Just like that, while releasing grain and collecting grain, she had the Main System deploy them.

After the grain deployment ended, she proceeded to deploy vegetables and fruits...

At a supply distribution center north of the Yalu River, another batch of the Chinese People's Volunteers was gathering here. Combat supplies from all over the country were also converging here, and would subsequently be transported to the front lines in batches.

Yet even with the gathered strength of the entire country, combat supplies remained scarce.

Especially grain; due to frost disasters in various places, this year's harvest could be imagined. The common people could not even feed themselves, so how could they support the front lines?

"Sigh!"

The logistics director in charge of supplies let out a heavy sigh.

"No matter what, the rations for the soldiers on the front line are the most important! We will tighten our belts; if we don't have the strength, we'll just move less, but the front-line supplies must be guaranteed!"

"But Old Xiao, even if we transport everything away, it won't last a few days." The Deputy Director was full of worry.

"Then what do you suggest we do!"

The two looked at each other and both sighed heavily.

"Director!"

"Director!"

The young soldier responsible for counting supplies ran in, pleasantly surprised and panting as he reported: "Re-report, Director! Grain! So much, so much grain!"

"Did another supply truck send grain?"

Both the Director and Deputy Director stood up with a start.

Only to see the young soldier shaking his head and waving his hands.

Director Xiao sat back down in disappointment: "There are no supply trucks, so why are you babbling about food? Are you trying to give us even more of a headache?"

The young soldier took a deep breath, then brought his legs together, straightened his back, and gave a military salute: "Report! The supply warehouse has suddenly gained a large amount of food, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables, piling up the warehouse so much that I can't even squeeze inside."

"What?"

Although the Director and the Deputy Director were completely confused and did not believe such a thing could happen, they still followed the young soldier to the supply warehouse.

When the warehouse full of fine grains, coarse grains, vegetables, and fruits came into view, the two of them: "!!!"

"Old Xiao, pinch me; I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"Old Miao, you pinch me too; I suspect I'm dreaming!"

"Director Xiao, Deputy Director Miao, you aren't dreaming; it's real!"

The young soldier reported with a straight face: "I couldn't believe it either just now, so I broke off a piece of the Cucumber closest to me and took a bite, only then realizing it wasn't a dream! Look, the Cucumber I broke off is still here; it's crisp and tender, and it even has a fresh fragrance! If you don't believe me, smell it!"

"!!!"