The mountain range around Chenwangzhuang is called Wuyun Mountain. For many years, it was covered with dark clouds and thunderstorms were frequent. It did not gradually improve until after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The entire county is surrounded by Wuyun Mountain in the center, and the former county seat was named after Wuyun.

Later, in the 1950s, Wu Yun was changed to Ling Yun.

When Chen Ling came to the foot of Wuyun Mountain, he easily found the large barren land.

The ruins of the lime factory can no longer be seen, after all, nearly ten years have passed.

But discarded bricks and stones are still everywhere.

Looking around, there are not even a few dead grass, and it is completely bare.

There are also deep ditches running horizontally and vertically.

It was washed out by the water in the mountains when there was sufficient rainfall in summer.

In short, everything is abandoned and desolate.

This has nothing to do with the current season.

Whether a piece of land has vitality is just like whether a person is full of energy or depressed. It is relatively easy to distinguish.

Especially this piece of land, which is thirty acres in size, is not suitable for growing anything in such a large area.

As a person, you know there is a problem.

Chen Ling took out the hoe from the cave and dug a few times.

I grabbed a handful of soil in my hand and saw that the surface soil was severely dispersed and there was no moisture in it.

But the further you go down, the harder the soil becomes, and when you dig down with a hoe, it feels like hitting a rock.

After just a few strokes, Chen Ling's wrists were numb from the shock.

"Damn, this is too hard!"

Chen Ling was stunned for a while. He originally planned to find a plow and plow the land twice.

Now it seems that there is no need to think about it.

It can't be plowed at all.

The main reason is that there is a huge amount of lime buried underground, and the water and nutrients in the soil cannot be retained at all.

Over the years, without anyone taking care of it in the past ten years, the surface layer of the soil has become loose and the lower layer has become severely solidified.

It's easy to build houses and factories.

If it were used for farming, it would be a veritable wasteland.

"If there were no Sun Moon Cave Sky..."

"In five or six years, it would be good if the cemetery is leveled and some fruit trees can be planted on the thirty acres of land to set up a breeding farm."

Chen Ling looked around with the hoe on his shoulder.

Then he walked around the field ridge, sorted out the discarded bricks and rocks inside, found a flat place, dug out small holes with a hoe, grabbed a handful of peanuts and scattered them one by one.

Buried in soil.

Then he fetched a bucket of stream water from the cave and poured some into each small pit.

Although it is not much, half a bowl of stream water can make the morning glory grow into a large piece. For this amount of peanuts, it is more than enough.

Soon I saw peanut seedlings sprouting from the ground.

In less than two minutes, it has grown to maturity.

Chen Ling plucked one, peeled it open and tasted the flavor.

Slightly more delicious than regular peanuts.

But if you compare this with the peanuts grown in the cave, the difference is not even a tiny bit.

the reason is simple:

First, Dongtian Creek water is used less.

Second, the soil here is too bad.

"However, the effort was not in vain."

Chen Ling knelt down and grabbed some dirt, showing a satisfied smile.

"It's about what I expected. Planting crops with streams will improve the soil a lot."

"My previous idea is still feasible."

"Plant one acre today and another acre tomorrow. You can plant all over the land in a month and complete the initial improvement of the soil."

"And we can also harvest thirty acres of peanuts."

"When the time comes, find someone to sell it to in the county town..."

"It just so happens that greenhouse cultivation has been promoted in the past two years. I just say it's fresh peanuts that have just been dug up in the greenhouse. Well, I can use this excuse whenever I want to sell things in the future."

Thinking of this, Chen Ling immediately became motivated and stood up to continue digging holes to plant peanuts.

In less than an hour, one acre of peanuts had been planted. However, harvesting peanuts was much more difficult than planting them. It took a lot of work before Chen Ling received them into the cave.

"I seem to have made a mistake in my estimate. It doesn't take much time to plant an acre of land."

Of course, it was mainly due to the miraculous power of the Dongtian Stream, and his own physique was improved and strengthened by Dongtian. His strength and endurance increased significantly, and he had endless energy all over his body.

When coupled with a plow, it can be used as an ox, which is no worse than a machine.

Ordinary people have to rest after working for a while, but now he doesn't need to rest at all and can finish the job in one breath.

That’s why planting and harvesting can be completed so quickly and easily.

Afterwards, for most of the day, Chen Ling planted another two acres of peanuts and received them all within the cave.

Then he couldn't help but hold his waist, sowing and harvesting again. His physique had just been strengthened, and it was faster to work like this for the first time. Once he relaxed, he felt a little tired and exhausted.

"The yield of my peanuts per acre is probably more than 1,000 kilograms. I harvested two acres of land in most of the day. With this amount, I think I should sell it."

Because the yield of each peanut tree is relatively uniform, it is relatively easy to roughly estimate the yield based on the number of peanuts.

As for why Chen Ling chose peanuts.

Mainly this was in 1995, not in later generations, and we still need to keep a low profile.

It is also based on long-term development considerations.

Otherwise, it would be too eye-catching to produce high-quality fruits, precious medicinal materials and the like from the very beginning.

Technology can’t reach it? How did you do it?

This becomes a problem!

Wouldn’t it be nice to live a peaceful and enjoyable life?

Why bother getting yourself into trouble?

Although he was not afraid of the cave, it was really meaningless.

Furthermore, although peanuts are inconspicuous, they are necessary for oil extraction.

In this era of food crops, prices are on the high side.

The money from the sale of thirty acres of land and peanuts was enough for him and Wang Susu to live a comfortable life for a while.

…

When Chen Ling returned home, it was almost noon.

Two puppies, one black and one yellow, were held in his arms, looking around with their dark eyes open.

The two little guys were quite comfortable in the cave. They slept in the hut for most of the day, and Chen Ling tossed peanuts without even waking them up.

He is very energetic now, and it is not honest to be held in Chen Ling's arms.

He kept twisting his body, trying to climb onto Chen Ling's shoulders.

"I'm back, Susu!"

Chen Ling shouted and walked into the courtyard gate.

At this time, Wang Susu was sitting in the yard collecting shoe soles.

Spring is coming soon and my cotton shoes are too thick to wear. I have to make new shoes.

Hearing Chen Ling's voice, I looked up and saw him walking in with two puppies in his arms.

"Yeah, puppy?"

Wang Susu, who was originally disturbed by the plowing, suddenly got up and trotted over.

"Aling, don't you like dogs? Why did you suddenly bring back two puppies?"

Gently touching the two little guys in Chen Ling's arms, Wang Susu was a little curious.

"I picked them up from the Tutu Temple. These two puppies were not weaned yet, and the mother died."
To be continued...