In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 146 A Tremor!

Li Zheng's home.

Looking at the books, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones that Chen Da and the others had brought over, Li Zheng's smile never stopped. He was a scholar, but due to his limited financial situation, he could only afford a very small number of books. Even writing was a luxury for him.

Fortunately, there's no need to worry about that now. With the books, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones brought by Chen Dao, Li Zheng can now write freely.

As for those books, those are for children's enlightenment, such as the "Thousand Character Classic" and the "Three Character Classic", but they are not suitable for Li Zheng to read.

"Mr. Lee."

Chen He smiled and said to Li Zheng, "The school starts tomorrow, so you'd better teach the village kids to read well!"

As news of Chen Dao's priority admission of literate people spread throughout Chenjia Village, the issue of children's education has become the most pressing concern for the villagers, and Li Zheng has become one of the most sought-after figures in Chenjia Village!

Over the past three days, quite a few villagers have come to Li Zheng's house to deliver gifts and urge him to teach his children diligently.

Of course, Li Zheng did not accept the gifts. Although most of the gifts from the villagers were not particularly valuable items such as grains and wild vegetables, the villagers of Chenjia Village were not doing well these days, so Li Zheng was naturally embarrassed to accept them.

Besides... the reason why Li Zheng was able to return to his teaching position was entirely due to Chen Dao's efforts, how could Li Zheng dare to take credit for it?

"Don't worry, village chief!"

Li Zheng said with a smile, "I will definitely do my best to teach the children in the village well."

"Then I'm relieved!"

Soon after, all the books, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones were moved into Li Zheng's school. Afterward, Chen Dao and Wu Han returned to their own house.

As for Chen He and others...

They were still somewhat afraid of Xu Zhiwen, the county magistrate, so they did not return with Chen Dao, but went directly to the farmland to arrange for people to build houses.

"Young friend Chen."

Upon seeing Chen Dao return, Xu Zhiwen asked with a smile, "I heard your village is growing crops?"

"..."

Chen Dao paused for a moment. He knew that the fact that Chenjia Village was farming could not be kept secret. After all, the farmland was so large that even if Chen Dao was very capable, he could not keep others completely unaware. Not to mention, the villagers of Xiahe Village all knew that grain had already been grown in Chenjia Village.

"That's what happened."

Since Xu Zhiwen had already asked, Chen Dao couldn't hide it and replied, "The crops in the fields have already sprouted!"

"what?!"

When Chen Dao said this, Xu Zhiwen, Zhang He, and Wu Han were all stunned!

They knew that the entire Chenjia Village was engaged in farming, but they didn't know that the crops planted in Chenjia Village had already sprouted.

It's not unusual for crops to sprout. In Xia, a country that is primarily agricultural, even someone like Xu Zhiwen has witnessed crops sprouting.

It would be a great miracle if it could sprout in such cold weather!

After years of severe cold, it had become a consensus throughout Qingzhou that no crops could be grown in the second half of the year. However, at this time...

Chen Dao told them that the crops planted in Chenjia Village had already sprouted, which shocked everyone.

"Young friend Chen..."

Xu Zhiwen's voice was a little hoarse as he asked, "Did the crops you planted really sprout?"

Grain has always been a major concern for Xu Zhiwen. He cannot do without grain if he wants to govern Taiping County well. Therefore, when he heard Chen Dao say that the crops had already sprouted, Xu Zhiwen showed a rare look of shock on his face, and even doubted... whether Chen Dao was joking with him.

"It is true!"

Without hesitation, Chen Dao replied, "If the county magistrate is interested, he can go and take a look."

"Of course we have to go and see!"

Xu Zhiwen didn't even want to wait a second longer and got up to ask Chen Dao to take him to see the farmland.

Even Zhang He and Wu Han looked anxious; they desperately wanted to know if the crops in Chenjia Village had really sprouted.

"Then let's go!"

Chen Dao didn't keep them in suspense. After slinging Xiao Yuan over his shoulder, he led the group toward the farmland south of the village.

In the fields, the villagers of Chenjia Village are still busy. Having eaten steamed buns in the morning, they are all working very hard, carefully protecting the tender seedlings that have just sprouted in the fields, afraid of damaging them in the slightest.

"The wheat is growing well; it's sure to have a good harvest!"

An elderly villager chuckled and said that he had been farming for most of his life and was very familiar with the growth of crops. Just by looking at the wheat in the field, he knew that the wheat would definitely have a good harvest.

Of course, this is also related to the meticulous care of the villagers of Chenjia Village. They have never slackened in irrigating and fertilizing every day, which is why these wheat crops are growing so well.

"Yes, yes! I don't know where Brother Dao found such magical wheat seeds that can grow in such cold weather."

"Don't ask too many questions about Daoge'er's affairs, just focus on your work!"

"With this wheat, no one in our village will ever starve to death again!"

"Yes! Knowing Daoge'er's personality, he definitely won't let us go hungry!"

"..."

The villagers, busy in the fields, always wear hopeful smiles whenever they see the tender shoots sprouting in the fields.

This wheat is the very thing that Chenjia Village has to live on!

"It really... sprouted?"

Standing on the edge of the farmland in Chenjia Village, Xu Zhiwen stared blankly at the tender green of the fields.

Three days have passed, and most of the sown wheat has sprouted. Looking around, the vast farmland is dotted with tender green, as if...were in springtime.

Zhang He and Wu Han stared blankly at the situation in the farmland, their hearts pounding with shock!

They could hardly believe that crops could actually be grown in the farmland of Chenjia Village in such cold weather.

Zhang He couldn't help but step into the field and carefully examine a wheat seedling. After confirming that it wasn't fake, the shock in his heart was beyond measure!

"How on earth is this done?"

Zhang He muttered to himself, "Coming from a rural background, I may not know as much about crops as the old farmers in Chenjia Village, but I definitely know more about Chen Dao."

In Zhang He's mind, although there are winter wheat varieties of wheat, winter wheat cannot grow in such cold weather!

If winter wheat could grow in such cold weather, why would there be so many starving people in Liangzhou?

But the wheat seedling that had sprouted and was growing well completely shattered Zhang He's preconceived notions!

There really is wheat in this world that can grow in extremely cold weather!!!