Lin Qin nodded heavily, then mentioned Lin Yi's plan to her. "You know those paddy fields were all planted with lotus roots. Dad always used to talk about following other people's example to grow lotus roots for money, but our family didn't have enough land back then. Now he finally got his wish.
The rest of the paddy fields are reserved for rice, while that whole section over there has been turned into a vegetable patch by Dad. Ginger was planted in a separate plot; those things love rich soil, so the earth will need to rest and recover for quite a while after harvesting them.
I was thinking of having Chen Wenjun buy some fruit saplings after the New Year to plant on the slope. We can grow oranges, sugarcane, loquats, pomelos, mangoes, longans, lychees, and guavas—these are the only ones available right now. If we plant just a few of each, we'll have more than enough to eat."
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