Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine-Chapter 156 tired

"Alright, let’s finish our task and then head out."

This year, Tan Shaoting wasn’t planning on asking Bai Lisheng to help take care of the livestock; now that they had the Zhao Family siblings, he didn’t worry about leaving.

"I actually wanted to take the train all the way back. I read the letter from blacksmith Yang, and it seems things won’t be too good over there either.

I thought I’d lend a hand to those few people who have been kind to me."

Tan Shaoting had no objections, "Okay, wherever you want to go, I’ll go with you. We don’t need to buy fertilizer now; there’ll be a drought next year, same as this year. Buying fertilizer won’t help."

Su Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows but didn’t ask him how he knew about next year.

"You stay here, I can manage by myself."

Tan Shaoting shook his head, "I insist on going with you."

Su Yuanyuan spread her hands, thinking, if you want to come, then come. Anyway, the biggest secret he already knows a bit about, so no need to hide it anymore.

The next day, the mud in the field wasn’t sticky, so the two began weeding.

It wasn’t until early September that all the weeds in the fields were cleared.

They decided to start digging up sweet potatoes at the end of September.

"Let’s order a specialized digging tool from the blacksmith."

"What kind? Not using a big hoe to dig sweet potatoes anymore?"

Su Yuanyuan nodded and sketched out a design.

Once Tan Shaoting glanced over, he understood its principle.

"Alright, but it might damage some sweet potatoes and potatoes."

Su Yuanyuan shrugged, "Even with a big hoe, it’s not guaranteed that they won’t get damaged."

Tan Shaoting nodded. "Alright, I’ll go to the city tomorrow to order two. Since there’s nothing else to do, I’ll wait there until they’re ready and then come back."

Su Yuanyuan nodded. Nowadays, private blacksmith shops are no longer allowed, so they had to find someone privately.

"When you leave tomorrow, remember to bring the coal tickets from home and buy some coal."

"Think about what else you need? I’ll bring it back with me."

When Tan Shaoting left, he returned a week later. But he did bring back two digging tools, along with a cartload of coal and many household supplies. He even bought two bags of salt, the kind used for pickling vegetables. Salt is used generously.

He returned. The two of them tried it out, and it really was quite effective. Because the yields of sweet potatoes and potatoes this year were not abundant, using the tool didn’t damage them.

It was already mid-month; in fact, they could already start the harvest now.

"Let’s just wait until the end of September. The two of us can finish within a month, there’s no rush."

"Alright, sure, I’ll listen to you."

With this digging tool, their autumn harvest would be much quicker.

The corn ears were now with yellow husks, and they couldn’t rush these.

Today, they were tidying up the vegetables in the yard, pulling out cucumber vines and eggplant stalks. The chives were covered with the ashes from their daily fires and overlaid with straw mats and corn stalks, which would greatly protect the chives.

"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan."

Yanli came rushing over energetically.

Behind her were Yanping and the Zhao Xiaojing sisters.

"Quick, come in and sit down."

"Yuanyuan, we’re here to give you money. For the oil money last time, and to take some salt back."

They had also planted cabbages and radishes, so they needed to pickle vegetables too, as the five siblings needed to eat.

Su Yuanyuan accepted their nine yuan. Whatever the amount was.

"When are you planning to start the harvest?" Zhao Yanli asked.

"At the end of this month."

"Earlier than us; we’re starting in October. My brother said if you finish earlier than us, the five of us will come over and help for a few days."

Su Yuanyuan thought for a moment. "Alright. You can come over on the 27th. We’ve made new digging tools and tried them out; they’re useful for digging out potatoes and sweet potatoes. They’re quite fast; once we’re done, you can use them too."

"Sure, I’ll tell my brother to come early.

Yuanyuan, if we make money this time, can you help my brother buy a watch? We don’t know the time." Zhao Yanli murmured.

Su Yuanyuan was taken aback. "Sure, I’ll take you to the city, and you can pick for yourselves."

Zhao Yanli nodded with a smile; that would be wonderful.

Su Yuanyuan sent them back with some chives and dried small fish.

"Yuanyuan, these little fish, when crushed and mixed with chopped chives in cornmeal, make a great steamed bun."

"As long as you like it."

After seeing the sisters off, Su Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting began cutting sweet potato vines.

The two of them used the same method as last year, with four sickles in hand, walking backward and cutting.

At night, they used their superpowers, so in three days, they finished one hundred acres.

Afterwards, they took a day to bring the corn cobs home. Now the crops were ripe, and leaving them out wasn’t much use.

They harvested three acres a day, including the corn stalks. Compared to last year, the size of the corn was still small and poor, and the tips of the cobs had no kernels, indicating the drought’s severe impact.

In the evening, they ate in the courtyard, looking at the corn drying outside, both sighing.

"It’s actually not bad; other people’s corn has hardly any kernels."

"At least we have corn kernels, right?"

Tan Shaoting nodded, and Su Yuanyuan sighed, continuing their meal. They had worked so hard for this year’s crops, even sneaking to water them frequently, yet there was still such a reduction in yield.

"Are we going to use all these corns to fulfill the task?"

"Probably not a good idea," Tan Shaoting felt if they used it for cornmeal, it wouldn’t be easy to explain.

"Then let’s use sweet potatoes and potatoes instead."

"Actually, we planted sweet potatoes and potatoes."

"Let’s start with the potatoes tomorrow. Should we call Group Leader Ma to collect directly?"

"I’ll go ask tomorrow morning. We should hand in most of it and keep the rest to convert into money."

Both understood that sweet potatoes and potatoes had to be reserved for seeds.

The next day, Tan Shaoting went to find Ma Changshun, but he couldn’t decide, so they took a carriage to find Feng Baoshan.

"Alright, I’ll send some people over to select the good ones and bring them back."

Tan Shaoting nodded, this would save them a step.

"Director Feng, we will start harvesting the potatoes today."

"Alright, I’ll send someone over this afternoon."

Tan Shaoting went to the Zhao Family and asked them to bring a carriage over to help.

Potatoes were turned up using the tool, still attached to the vines, and needed to be plucked off.

"Yuanyuan, your family’s potatoes are really good. They seem just like in years without drought."

"I didn’t expect them to turn out this well either."

The three boys led the donkey cart in front, while four girls followed behind, shaking the dirt off the potatoes, and picking up any that fell. They neatly placed them on one side, waiting for the potato collectors to pluck the good ones, leaving aside any damaged or small ones for their own consumption.

During this time, Su Yuanyuan and Zhao Yanping were responsible for picking the biggest ones, which would be used for seed potatoes. Once they filled two baskets, they carried them back home.

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