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The weather gradually warmed up, and the villagers' fields were all planted with crops.
Only Madam Xie's field was still planted with garlic sprouts, and seeing this, everyone was afraid that she would miss the farming season and end up with nothing to harvest. "How will you get through this year?" they worriedly advised Madam Xie, "Hurry up and pull out the garlic sprouts, plant the crops. However profitable the garlic sprouts may be, it's not a long-term solution. Grains are the real deal; they can fill your stomach anytime. If you keep hesitating, you will miss the spring ploughing, and your mother and daughters will go hungry this year!"
Madam Xie thought this made sense; for thousands of years, farmers have relied on their fields for food. Earning extra cash is never the main affair, so she quickly went home to discuss with Xuexue.
