The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

The children made rapid progress. Qingmo's math problems were even at the level of high school students, and Zhou Yue could hardly teach her anymore.

Chunniang had no problem with mental arithmetic and oral calculation, and could multiply and divide four-digit numbers. Zhou Yue was hesitating whether to increase the difficulty for her. For a simple and practical purpose, four-digit numbers were the limit.

Chunniang was in the middle stage of her pregnancy, which was a stable period. She ate well during this period, eating a variety of foods such as small fish, wild boar meat, and chicken every day. Her face became round.

One time, Zhou Yue took her to the town to see Doctor Yang to take her pulse. He was relieved to confirm that she and the child were healthy.

But she is a pregnant woman after all, and I am afraid she will be too tired with so many questions every day.

However, Chunniang herself did not feel tired, she enjoyed it.

Yuan Mo has learned more words, but Zhou Yue himself doesn't have much knowledge about agriculture, so he plans to buy him some agricultural books when he has the chance.

Books were in short supply and hard to come by; there was no bookstore in the town.

To buy books, you have to go to the county.

When Xuanmo goes to the county to study, it will be much more convenient to ask him to buy books for you.

Everyone in the family needs to read books, and Qingmo needs to read business books. I wonder if he can buy them.

Yuan Mo needs books related to agriculture, and Yang Mo needs books like "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" to broaden his knowledge.

Xuan Mo needed even more books. Admission to the county school required a test on reciting the Four Books and Five Classics, so he had to buy a set for Xuan Mo quickly.

As for Jun Mo, although he could read, he refused to speak and no one knew what he needed.

He needs a dog.

Brother Dao used to be Xuanmo’s little follower, and now Junmo is Brother Dao’s little follower.

As a result, Jun Mo also liked Xuan Mo, and the two of them and the dog often chatted together.

Of course, Xuan Mo is responsible for chattering, while Jun Mo and Dao Ge are responsible for being the listeners.

The one who works the hardest right now is Xuan Mo. In addition to going to school every day, he also has to memorize a lot of homework assigned by his mother.

Although Zhou Yue could not recite the Four Books and Five Classics, she could recite the "Tao Te Ching", "Shennong's Herbal Classic", "Huangdi Neijing", etc.

She asked Xuanmo to recite a long passage every day and write it down, and ask her if he didn't know how to write a word.

Xuan Mo is too busy, so catching fish has to be done by other people.

Tomorrow is market day in town, so we must go fishing today.

Except for Old Man Ning, Chun Niang, and Xuan Mo who went to school, everyone went to the river to catch fish.

This was Zhou Yue’s first time coming to the river.

I saw a small river flowing east-west, the water was clear and the bottom was visible, and the river was not big.

Just across a section of the river, there is a man-made large pit that stores water, so that people can scoop water from the pit when irrigating the fields.

This big pit is full of running water. Once it is full, it will flow down naturally.

The big pit is usually very deep, about one person deep, and adults will always tell children not to play in the big pit.

Water and fire are merciless, and falling into the water is no joke.

Everyone fished in the creek for a while but didn't catch much.

They were all a little dejected.

Yang Mo said: "This fish is hard to catch. Normally, kids don't catch many either. Xuan Mo and his friends were lucky that day. They found the fish's lair and caught so many at once."

Qing Mo was so anxious that she almost cried. She prepared the seasonings, the clay pot for frying fish, oil, and the red clay stove, and loaded them all onto the cart at home.

Under the guidance of his grandfather, Yang Mo personally took several days to fix all these things on the cart.

She watched how her mother fried and crisped the fish that day, and over the past few days she asked her mother for advice on methods and tricks.

Everything is ready, except for the most important thing - fish.

If I fail to catch a few fish, my first business venture will be declared a failure before it even begins.

When Zhou Yue saw the water pepper growing along the river bank, he knew what to do.

She asked everyone to pull out the hot water pepper, then found a big rock by the river, pulled the hot water pepper into small pieces, placed them on the big rock, and smashed them with small stones.

Ask Qingmo to go home and get some wood ash, and mix the Polygonum multiflorum and the wood ash together.

Then we found a section of river with little water and tried our best to block the water upstream. This way, as the river flowed, the water in this section would gradually become shallower.

Then pour most of the mixture in from the top of this section of the river.

Then walk to the middle and fall down the other half.

After waiting for a while, a miracle happened.

The small fish in the river slowly swam to the riverside. Some of them turned upside down and floated on the water half-dead.

Most of them are not so smart, swimming listlessly by the river and can be fished out with hands.

Everyone was surprised and took baskets to catch fish.

Zhou Yue urged everyone to hurry up, as the effect of the medicine would soon wear off.

While Yuan Mo was catching the fish, he asked his mother worriedly, "Mom, is this fish poisonous?"

"No, this Polygonum odoratum can be used to make wine yeast. Its anesthetic effect is temporary and will disappear after a while.

Don't worry, I can guarantee it."

Hearing Zhou Yue say this, Yuan Mo felt relieved and hurried to catch the fish.

After about half an hour, the fish regained their vitality and became less easy to catch.

Zhou Yue called a halt and asked everyone to gather together to count today’s harvest.

Let Yuan Mo dig up the rocks and soil upstream, the water will flow down, and this section of the river will return to its previous appearance.

Everyone put the fish they caught together. It seemed that they caught a lot more fish than Xuan Mo and his friends caught last time.

As the sun sets, I hurry home because I still have to clean up after dinner.

Everyone took turns carrying wooden basins and buckets and walked home.

Zhou Yue picked up a piece of hot water pepper and took a bite. It was very spicy.

Thinking about the benefits of this grass, it can also be used to make koji and brew wine.

I'll find out if I have the chance whether private individuals in this dynasty can brew and sell wine.

If you are selling it, check whether there are any procedures required and what fees you have to pay.

When I returned home with the fish, Xuanmo had also returned and the meal was ready.

After dinner, I quickly cleaned up the fish and studied while working.

Those who need to recite should recite, and those who need to write should write.

After finishing writing, I came back to continue picking up fish.

It’s good to have more people. We clean up until dark and every household turns off the lights and goes to bed.

Here, marinate the fish to be fried, put the fried fish on the fire, simmer on low heat, and the work is finally done.

Qing Mo checked it again and breathed a sigh of relief. The truth will be revealed tomorrow.

hope everything is fine.

The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, the whole family got up.

Qing Mo got up the earliest. He first went to check out the crispy fish pot and then the pickled fish.

There were some whitebait among the fish we caught yesterday. They are delicious.

The bones of whitebait are small and soft. It becomes crispy and fragrant when fried. It is especially delicious and is a small fish that is unique to the local area.

This kind of fish does not grow big, the largest is only one foot long. It has high requirements for water quality and is very irritating. It will soon die of anger after being caught.

This kind of fish is not suitable for breeding, the water quality is difficult to guarantee, it is easily frightened, and most importantly, the yield is extremely low.

Therefore, outsiders are basically unaware of this fish.

This fish is rare and will never be hard to sell. Everyone has a psychological shadow on crucian carp. I sold my first order today, which was quite challenging.