After crossing, start from the courtyard

Chapter 186 Chapter 177 New Invention
"Uncle Yu, can we plant potatoes tomorrow?"

"Should I still buy potato seeds?"

Mei Xue turned her back, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and said to He Yu and Miao Ling inside the room.

Mei Xue's voice is very soft, soft like snowflakes, her voice is clear and pure in the dark night.

"Yes."

"Girl, go to bed early, good night, sweet dreams."

"Good night."

The sound is so soft and magnetic.

"Good night, Uncle Yu..."

The immature voice gradually disappeared into the darkness, and for a moment, everything was silent.

The sky is getting brighter, the sky is pale, the morning light is weak, and the sun, which is about to enter summer, is warm, weak and humid.Cool dewdrops condense on the plants in the mountain forest, the air smells of grass and trees, and the singing of birds is deep in the jungle, far away, more quiet and ethereal.

Accompanied by a cock crow, He Yu stretched gently, rubbed her eyes, and looked out the window, a new day has come.

He divided the prepared potatoes into two halves, all of which were seed potatoes.

After finishing all this, he simply fried a shredded potato and cooked some porridge.

At about 8 o'clock, Mei Sanniang woke up, and she deliberately stood at the kitchen door and looked inside.

He Yu didn't notice her at first, but then he looked up and saw a figure standing at the door, so he called Mei Sanniang to come in, "Wake up so early in the morning? Why don't you come over and help me? Bring all the good meals over there." Go to the table and wake them up by the way! Before noon, finish your meal and go planting, otherwise the weather will be hot at noon."

Mei Sanniang nodded, and obediently brought the rice and dishes He Yu had prepared into the main room.

When Mei Sanniang came to the kitchen to pick up chopsticks, she said, "You will take good care of Xueer for me, right...Xiao Yu..."

"Thank you……"

The voice is so weak that it is almost inaudible.

He Yu looked at Mei Sanniang, showed a smile, and didn't say anything.

Immediately afterwards, He Yu took out a fresh sweet potato from the charcoal fire and wrapped it in paper.

As he walked to the main room, he yelled at the back room, "Breakfast is served!"

Xue'er ran out of the house first, propped the table with her hands, and looked at the table full of meals, which were as rich as lunch. There were not only porridge, but also special cabbage, and the most important thing was potato shreds.

"Uncle Yu, have you boiled the seeds?"

"Little guy, this isn't it! Come and do it, after you finish eating, you will feed Guitang, and after feeding, we will plant potatoes!"

"Great!"

Mei Xue happily climbed up to the table, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and then noticed something wrapped in paper on the table, which looked familiar. It was covered with a layer of charcoal and looked black.

"What do you think this is? Why is it so black that it looks like black coal balls? How did you put the coal on the table? Is this thing edible?"

He Yu almost laughed out loud, and came to explain to Mei Xue, "Don't you know what this thing is? It was the sweet potato you picked up when you dug the ground yesterday. It happened to be this sweet potato. It fell from the soil. If you don't eat it, you can eat it." It's going to break, so I put it in the fire today when I lit it! Try it!"

Mei Xue took it with her hands without hesitation, but it turned hot and turned the sweet potato back and forth in her hand.

"It's hot, it's hot!"

This hot potato was really hard to handle, so Mei Xue quickly threw it on the table.

"You said this is too hot, you can't take it at all, I'd better not eat it!"

"Don't eat such a delicious thing? Let me teach you, you wrap the sweet potato in paper with your hands, and then gently pull it!"

He Yu showed Mei Xue a demonstration, and he gently broke it off with his hands, revealing the commendable flesh, which was golden, like the color of harvested fruits in autumn.

Just as Mei Xue wanted to have a bite, she completely divided the sweet potato in half and handed the other half to He Yu.

"Uncle Yu, you should try it too."

He Yu shook his head, and politely refused, "You should eat it, you picked this up!"

"When you have planted the first potato, bring it to me to taste, it's almost the same!"

Xue'er nodded, "Okay, when the time comes, I'll give Uncle Yu to taste the first potato I planted, and leave the rest to Mother, and sell the rest, and then I'll save money to save those potatoes." Buy the cow!"

"If money is not enough..."

At this moment, Mei Xue's voice became much lower, because she knew that selling potatoes alone would not sell much money.

"If the money is not enough, I need Uncle Yu to help me pay for it. Can I pay you back when I grow up?"

"You little guy should eat, don't worry about this cow, I won't let him be slaughtered, at least not so far!"

The ultimate fate of the cow is actually to serve the dinner table. He knew that Xueer couldn't bear to watch the cows she got along with be slaughtered, but she didn't know that the chicken, duck and fish she ate were all fresh life.

"En." At this moment, Mei Xue handed the other half in her hand to Mei Sanniang.

"Mother, try it. It's delicious. I picked it up myself. It's the big sweet potato we picked up yesterday. Do you remember?"

Seeing her mother's expressionless face, Mei Xue remained patient, and demonstrated to Mei Sanniang face to face, let him hold it first, and then slowly peeled the sweet potato by herself, and then bit down gently.

Sure enough, the aroma of sweet potatoes came oncoming, giving off a faint sweet aroma.

Mei Sanniang also followed Mei Xue to do the same. She first looked at herself curiously, and said that the black thing in her hand was half golden and half black.

"This is edible, mother, you can taste it just like I did just now, just sip it gently with your mouth!"

Mei Sanniang dubiously peeled off the skin of the sweet potato with her hands, and then gently put a little bit into her mouth. She felt that the taste was very special.

Eating sweet potatoes, she couldn't help thinking of the days when she and Li Zhantang ate sweet potatoes together. At that time, she had just met Li Zhantang, and it was Li Zhantang who rescued her and Xueer.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she ate the sweet potato, which frightened Mei Xue, thinking that mother thought the sweet potato was unpalatable, so she hurriedly asked, "Mother, is this sweet potato not tasty? You can change it to mine. The one below you must be broken, you can taste mine, it’s delicious!"

Mei Xue innocently handed the remaining sweet potato to Mei Sanniang. At this moment, Mei Sanniang shook her head and began to eat, faltering out two words, "Delicious."

"Well, I think it's delicious too! Mommy, after we finish planting potatoes, we'll plant sweet potatoes, okay?"

Mei Sanniang nodded repeatedly.

Seeing Mei Sanniang's reaction, Mei Xue smiled happily. This is the first time in history that her mother responded to her. Before, her face changed, and she would not agree no matter what she said. Recently, her condition seems to have improved signs.

"Xue'er, eat more, look at how thin you are!" He Yu reminded, then picked out a piece of meat from the shredded potatoes and gave it to Mei Xue.

"Well, Uncle Yu, you should eat more."

Mei Xue took the sweet potato and ate it in big mouthfuls. After a while, the delicious sweet potato in her hand was gone, and she had already eaten it, but she still wanted to eat it, so she went to see the sweet potato peeled off just now, and she picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. In the middle of the day, she still ate the sweetness in the burnt paste, so she ate all the skins of the sweet potatoes.

Seeing this, He Yu quickly stopped her and told Mei Xue, "Xue'er can't eat this, you can just eat the meat inside, and throw away the rest or feed it to chickens and ducks!"

"I'm sorry Uncle Yu, I forgot. It used to be good to have something to eat, so I didn't get rid of this habit. I couldn't help but feel that it was a pity to throw it away, because the skin of sweet potatoes is very thin, and the outside is just burnt!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ling also picked out the meat from the shredded potatoes and gave it to Mei Xue.

"Miss Xiaoling..."

Xiaoling said indifferently, "Your Uncle Yu and I don't like meat, you can eat it alone! Leave the rest to your mother! I'm almost full, so I'll go feed Guitang first, when the rice bowl comes Whoever eats it last will wash it!"

There is a saying in the countryside that whoever eats the last washes the dishes.

Just as He Yu was about to speak, Mei Xue scrambled, "I'll wash it, I'll wash it!"

Children, they like to fight over everything.

"Xiaoyu, I'll go feed Guitang first! Xue'er, stop washing the dishes and leave it to Xiaoyu to do the washing!"

In fact, to put it bluntly, Xiao Ling wanted He Yu to eat to the end, and then let him wash it alone, but he didn't pick it out.

After everything was cleaned up and Xueer finished eating, He Yuyan went to wash the dishes. It was him who was cooking, but in the end it was down to him washing dishes.

Fortunately, while he was washing the dishes, suddenly a small hand came over from the side of the sink.

"Uncle Yu, I'll help you!"

"Farewell, when the time comes, let your elder sister Xiaoling see, she's going to talk about me again, let me do it by myself, you go and play alone, or you can help me prepare the tools for digging!"

"Okay." Mei Xue obediently went to prepare things.

"Uncle Yu, then I'll go first."

After finishing all this, He Yu took a bag of potatoes and shouted into the room, "Sanniang, Xiaoling, Xue'er, let's go plant potatoes!"

Holding a shovel and a hoe, Xue Er happily ran towards He Yu, "Uncle Yu, I'll give you a hoe!"

"I knew you guys were going to plant potatoes today, so I'm here to help!" Xu Erzhu's voice suddenly appeared, and he came over with two short hoes.

"Look, I brought two more. I'm afraid that there are too many of you and you don't have enough hoes, so I made an extra one at the village chief's house."

"You see, this short hoe is still new!"

Xu Erzhu held up this section of hoe high. This short hoe is different from other hoes. Not only is the dam short, but the digging distance is also small, but it is easy for children to hold in their hands.

He Yu looked at the hoe, a little annoyed, thinking, so he put down a bag of potatoes and asked Xueer to wait.

He thought of a more convenient way to grow potatoes, that is, according to the distance of the cultivated land, and then set each hoe for digging.

"Xue'er, do you see if there is such a short hoe in the house!"

Xue'er immediately went to look around the house, and found a short hoe, so she took it out and handed it to He Yu.

He Yu put the three short hoes together and sawed off a lot of the wooden sticks they set, leaving only about an inch.

When He Yu made this move, Xu Erzhu was extremely shocked, but it was too late to stop him, as He Yu had already removed them all.

"My eldest brother, this is a new hoe. If the village chief finds out about it, I will have to pay him a new one!"

"Why did you take it apart?"

He Yu looked up at Xu Erzhu, "Don't worry, this thing I made is absolutely reliable!"

Immediately afterwards, He Yu took out a hammer, extra wooden sticks, and nails, and put the wooden sticks on the three hoes to make a thing similar to a nine-toothed rake, which could dig out three hoe with just a wave of the hand. a hole.

"Don't you see that this is much simpler and easier? I can dig three holes and put potatoes in it! It's so simple and easy! Isn't it great that it saves more effort than before? "

Xu Erzhu immediately understood this truth. He felt that what He Yu said made sense. Wouldn't it be faster to dig the ground this way?If it is longer, then five or six soil holes will do.

"Xiaoyu, you have a good idea. What kind of brains are you? Since you came up with such a precise method, why didn't I think that it would be more efficient for us to dig together. When you say that, I think you alone Everyone beats the three of us!"

He Yu laughed and said, "This is called one Zhuge Liang tops three cobblers!"

"Let me tell you, if there is a machine, the efficiency can be faster, but we can't afford this machine, and if we want to buy it, it's not impossible. I want to wait for everyone to harvest the results and rely on their own efforts to buy the machine. Moreover, the machines on the market are generally easy to break, and repairing is a troublesome problem!"

"When I have time, I will study it by myself. Based on this principle, I will make a simple and convenient working machine for everyone!"

Xu Erzhu sounded very tall. He had never seen an artificial machine before. He hadn't seen what this machine looked like. In the past, seeds were planted by hand.

"Xiao Yu, is your thing really reliable? What if these costs..."

"Uncle Yu said, can the things you make be unreliable? I believe in Uncle Yu, Uncle Yu, I will wait, and then I can use the machine to plow the land."

"At that time, other children will envy me. I can also have a farming machine. Teacher Zhao said that children who can do farm work are the best!"

"He told us that there is no shame in farming. He said that people in the city don't like those who come from the countryside, because they think that the country people are dirty, so they will cast contemptuous glances, but he said that in fact this It’s a shame at all, but those people don’t understand, eat the vegetables grown by the farmers, and still despise the dirty farmers, and us, don’t they just despise the dirty vegetables grown by the farmers?”

"I think Mr. Zhao is right. They dislike us for being dirty, but they don't know that these vegetables are grown with our hands and watered by our sweat!"

He Yu nodded lightly, "You are right, little guy. No matter what your profession is, we should know how to respect it. No matter whether you have a job or not, or you are a farmer, you are worthy of respect!"

"The world will change in the future. People's concepts and thoughts will change with the passage of time, and people will not look at it like this in the future!"

(End of this chapter)