Chapter 358 – A Changing Stage

The early summer breeze carried an unexpected chill.

It was early June, normally a season of wonderfully pleasant weather, yet this year had turned out to be the opposite of last year. The complete change in the weather left me feeling bewildered.

Even the still-immature long-range forecasts of the time predicted that this summer would be cooler than usual. Just as in the history of my previous life, a cool summer, followed by crop damage from the cold, seemed all but certain.

On the other hand, the spread of the cold-resistant rice variety Norin No. 1 had been pushed forward at full speed since 1931. Some research reports even claimed that its introduction had contributed to turning last year’s bumper harvest into an even greater one.

In addition, rice from the Tohoku region had long been considered poor in taste and unpopular on