She was robbed by the leader of the family and had three children.

Chapter 627 The Rain Never Stops

Ye Shu discovered that after the Chinese New Year, the soldiers in the camp no longer went out on missions as frequently as before.

Therefore, this year at least 30% more soldiers in the camp will no longer go out.

In this way, there are enough people to take care of the camp's land reclamation, planting, irrigation, weeding, going up the mountain to chop firewood and hunt, and even cleaning up the eighteen villages.

As the weather gets warmer, the species on the mountain gradually become richer.

The female comrades stopped clearing wasteland and instead went into the mountains to dig wild vegetables, weeds and medicinal herbs.

People eat wild vegetables, wild goats and rabbits eat wild grasses, and the medicinal herbs are given to Mr. Huang. He takes Yaya with him and teaches her some secret ways of preparing medicinal herbs.

In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and the first batch of buckwheat planted is growing very well.

Sister Jin and the others were very happy: "In just over half a month, we can harvest!"

"Yes! As long as we store it, we won't have to worry about food for the winter!"

"I'm worried too. There's still not enough to eat, but at least I won't starve to death!"

There is not much food left in the camp now. We have to drink mixed grain porridge every day, and it is the kind with less rice and a lot of soup.

The amount of multi-grain steamed buns has also been reduced to one a day.

There is no other way. If we don’t eat sparingly, the little food we have won’t be enough to last until the buckwheat is harvested.

Ye Shu mentioned this to Huo Yisheng several times: "How about finding an opportunity to take out the grain I stored, saying it was allocated from above and then transport it back?"

But Huo Yisheng refused: "No, what you have in your hand is our trump card, and we can't use it now."

He is not the kind of person who would swallow his bitterness, so as soon as there was a difficulty here, he would report it to his superiors.

Seeing that his wife was still worried, he comforted her, "Don't worry, just hold on a little longer. The higher-ups will probably send us some food, and things will get much better after the buckwheat is harvested."

He added, "If you don't have enough to eat outside, let's come back and eat more. Don't starve yourself."

He didn't care, but he was mainly worried about her. She ate by herself, and three people absorbed the food, so she couldn't be hungry.

Ye Shu would definitely not make things difficult for himself, and there were three little ones growing up at home, so every night after coming back, he would secretly give the children something to eat.

For example, steamed buns, bread, biscuits, and canned meat or fish that she didn't like to eat before.

These are things that can be eaten without cooking and will not attract other people's attention.

It’s not good to eat alone, but she really can’t take the things in her hand away!

So, she went down to the river almost every other day and caught more fish.

In this way, although the people in the entire camp did not have enough food to eat, there was enough fish, meat, wild vegetables and mushrooms. Everyone had enough food in their stomachs, so they did not feel that life was difficult.

If the soldiers don’t have enough food, they won’t have the energy to work or train. This won’t work in the long run!

A few days later, Huo Yisheng led the transport team to Wumu Town to pick up supplies.

Sure enough, they brought back some food. Although it was not much, it really solved the urgent problem before the buckwheat was harvested.

Political Commissar Lin was overwhelmed with admiration for Huo Yisheng's ability: "It has to be you! I really got you some food!"

Huo Yisheng: "I have to pay it back."

Political Commissar Lin: "...That's fine too. We have to get through this difficult time!"

The soldiers must be well fed to have the strength to work and carry out their missions, so the food in the camp is given to them first.

The female comrades spontaneously requested to continue eating thin food and wait until the buckwheat was harvested to see the results.

It is the critical period for buckwheat to grow. As long as it rains again to moisten the soil, we will definitely have a bumper buckwheat harvest this year!

Sure enough, it was raining, and it started to drizzle after nightfall.

Everyone heard the noise and came out to see what was happening. They couldn't help but cheer with joy. Several families even shouted through the wall:

"This rain is great! It's been raining for two days straight, moistening the crops enough so they can grow well. We're sure to have a bumper harvest this year!"

If buckwheat can have a good harvest, it will solve the problem of delayed spring planting.

However, God always likes to play jokes on people.

The drizzle that moistened the earth lasted for two days and then did not stop.

According to normal growth logic, this rain is a good thing for buckwheat and other crops that are still growing.

Buckwheat needs rain to produce better ears and fruits, and other crops also need the nourishment of this rain to germinate or grow.

However, too much is as bad as too little.

Whether it is buckwheat that is about to produce ears or other crops, they only need rain. Too much rain will affect the harvest and growth.

Since the snow melted, it has been fine, with very little rain. Even if it does rain, it is only a light drizzle overnight, and most irrigation is done manually.

But this time, after two days of light rain, the rain not only did not stop, but it got heavier.

On the third day, the rain didn't stop and everyone was worried, but there was still hope.

It’s okay, it’s okay, it doesn’t matter, it’s just one more day of rain, it doesn’t matter, the wasteland area is already very dry, one more day of rain might be just right!

On the fourth day, the rain did not stop and it was getting heavier. Everyone started to get impatient.

The fifth day, the sixth day...

This rain lasted for seven days, a whole week!

During this period, everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pan!

We watched helplessly as the buckwheat, which was growing well and about to produce ears and bear fruit, all wilted because of this sudden rain.

Before, when we knew about the food shortage, everyone actually still held out hope, thinking it wasn’t a big deal, because we still had buckwheat, which would mature in two months!

Although we may not have enough food and clothing, at least we won’t starve to death!

But after this rain, it’s really hard to say how we will live in the future!

So, even though Huo Yisheng brought another batch of food, no one dared to eat it without restraint.

Lao Lin issued a solemn order: "From now on, when not working in the fields, everyone in the camp will eat porridge. When working in the fields, they will eat one solid meal a day!"

We need to prepare for a rainy day, as we may not have enough food later on!

Although it was raining, Ye Shu still went down to the river twice.

Firstly, she needed the river water to relieve her fatigue, and secondly, everyone in the camp also needed to eat fish!

If there is not enough food, then use fish and meat!

Huo Yisheng led the team and accompanied her. When they arrived at the flat land upstream of the river, they looked down and were all shocked.

Ye Shu: "It's flooding!"

Huo Yisheng raised his head and looked upstream: "It seems that the rain is getting heavier up there!"

Ye Shu nodded. Now, she finally understood why wasteland had not been reclaimed and cultivated on a large scale since ancient times.

Because this is the head of the source of most rivers in China. Although it is not the source, the waters in this area are very important.

The rain and snow here do not follow the rules of the plains. They fall whenever God wants.

So it’s hard to grow food here.

But it is also because of this that the mountains and rivers in the plains of the country can flow continuously.

This is probably nature's way of balancing!