Chapter 1660 - 1079: Heroine of the Republic 53

Chapter 1660: Chapter 1079: Heroine of the Republic 53

Gift giving something that’s unavailable in the market yields results far superior to ordinary festival gifts that anyone can buy.

Although An Yi no longer resides in the village, who knows if she might need help from the villagers in the future? Keeping them in reserve is also good, since she doesn’t mind sparing a few resources.

"Teacher An, thanks to the fertilizer you gave last year, our harvest has increased by a full 20 percent. Um, is there any chance of getting some fertilizer again this year?"

When the team leader looked at An Yi with a flattering smile, she was quite shocked: "20 percent? Isn’t that a bit too exaggerated?"

"Exaggerated? No, not at all. Didn’t you notice yourself that there’s an extra hundred or so jin of grain at your house this year?"

An Yi was taken aback, "Extra," realizing that the captain’s voice had lowered, she quickly followed suit.

"I, I haven’t weighed it. The team weighed it, but I hadn’t checked after getting home. Oh dear, how embarrassing, Captain, you’re being too polite."

"It was just an extra hundred-plus jin of sorghum and corn, it’s nothing much. It’s our honor that Teacher An trusted us. But the yield indeed increased by 20 percent this year. Regardless of the reason, everyone thinks the fertilizer contributed significantly. You see, can we get some fertilizer before spring arrives?"

Fertilizer is scarce in this era. Kids have to collect manure after school, and every household has a septic tank by the door, with kitchen waste, and feces from livestock and people fermenting into liquid fertilizer. Such cooperative production efforts require everyone to pitch in. Without chemical fertilizers and pesticides, crop yields are extremely low. Fertilizer indeed plays an unimaginable role.

An Yi’s fertilizer comes from space, its effectiveness greatly exceeding her expectations. She never calculated the yield from what she planted in her yard before. She rarely communicated with neighbors, so she didn’t realize her chili was quite plentiful before the first snowfall, nor did she know her tomatoes were not only large and grainy but also kept growing non-stop. Was this all thanks to the space fertilizer?

Realizing the benefits of space fertilizer, she pondered while looking at the team leader.

"I need to write a letter to ask my friend. However, last year he hinted that he might prefer grains to money. Not sure if that’s feasible?"

The leader suddenly slapped his thigh: "Why wouldn’t it be? We can exchange at market prices!"

An Yi felt that even though grain yields were low now, at least it was natural and pollution-free. Besides, she wasn’t short of money; grain was more precious than money. Choosing grain over money was a wise decision.

"Okay, I’ll talk to him when I return."

"Let me know as soon as there’s news. They’re constantly thinking about when they can get the fertilizer, oh, I’m nearly sick of it. Have to trouble Teacher An to give us a hand."

After returning from the team leader’s house, An Yi took the time to go home and quietly moved most of the firewood from the room to space while Hu Zi wasn’t paying attention, leaving only a small portion. She even stored all the stock in the cellar into space, without leaving any. She didn’t know why she was doing this, but felt it was useless to keep it here and better to have it in space for easy access.

Hu Zi was sent out early to bring some New Year’s gifts to the two struggling families in the village. Their children attend classes with her for free, specially selected by the commune. These are the two poorest families in the village, with similar situations: one family had originally a dozen members, but successive deaths had left only two, a grandparent and a grandchild. The other family had also once had a dozen members, but only a mother and daughter remained. It’s nothing valuable, just a slab of dried kelp, two jin of salt, three jin of dried sweet potato, five jin of dried vegetables.

Because the dried kelp yields many dishes, even though there’s only two to three jin, it’s enough to last until spring.

She moved her home’s items to space while Hu Zi was out, locking the door and waiting at the edge of the village for Hu Zi. As soon as he returned, they rode their bike away from the village, and by then, snowflakes were falling again.

"Mommy An, is the snow on our roof really okay? Shouldn’t we shovel it off before leaving?"

"It’s fine. The team leader said he’d find someone to shovel it tomorrow. I’ve left him money. We don’t have a ladder, so we’ll skip the hassle."