Miao'an's farming life

Chapter 43

In summer, the character is always pungent and refreshing, with rolling heat waves, heavy rain, and even the wind before the rain is aggressive, like weeping willows.

Miao An stood at the door of the main room, looking at the gray-black cumulonimbus clouds rolling in the sky, the wind slapped him rudely on the face, but he felt very comfortable.

Can you be uncomfortable?Since the beginning of summer, the temperature has been soaring day by day. Without an air-conditioning fan, it is almost dead. Miao An can't wait to stay in the cellar every day, and the cattail fan is almost bald.And every time the wind before the rain is like a salvation, it seems to come out of the steamer, even if it will be hotter after the rain, I can't care about it.

It stands to reason that although Miao An has never experienced a summer lack of cooling equipment, Mo Su Youyou and the others are doing well as before, except that he sweats at every turn, has no appetite, and can't lift his spirits every day.

Seeing him like this, Mo Su was anxious but had nothing to do.Seeing that my husband lost a lot of weight in a few days, I can only fan him a little more at night, and make more watermelon and other food to relieve the heat on weekdays.

As life went on like this, Miao An gradually felt that she had adapted a lot.

The high temperature is a good thing for crops. All kinds of crops are growing happily during this time. The rice planted at the end of May and the beginning of June quickly grows higher than knees, the corn is directly higher than people, and the sweet potato seedlings It began to spread, squeezed together.

After surviving the summer and finally ushering in the end of summer, Miao An felt relieved. Even if there are "autumn tigers" behind, it's nothing. The temperature can finally drop. At least when the sun doesn't see in the morning and evening, the weather It is very cool.

At the beginning of August in the lunar calendar, near Bailu, the sky is high and the air is crisp, and the autumn harvest has begun.

Starting with Peanut first, Miao An and Mo Su have no experience, and most of the time they just do whatever they see other people doing.Yesterday I went to the field to pull a few peanuts, and they grew well, except for some rotten ones, most of them were plump and fat.But because there were no pesticides, there were a lot of bugs in the field, and they ate a lot of peanuts, which made Miao An feel so distressed that she stomped her feet.

Now that they were ripe, the three of them started harvesting peanuts the next day.Planting peanuts requires ridges, and there are two rows on each ridge. Mo Su drives the oxen and pulls the plow to pass between the two rows, and the peanuts on both sides will be turned up with the soil. Easy to fall off from seedlings.

Youyou is in charge of pulling out peanuts, which is relatively easy, while Miao An is in charge of dropping peanuts from the seedlings. Every household has the tools used. Miao An used it for the first time, and he couldn’t help but marvel at how smart the working people are.

Use a large rectangular rattan basket, about one and a half meters long, thirty to forty centimeters wide, and fifty centimeters deep.Tie a wooden board at one end to cover about one-third of the mouth of the basket, then stand at one end of the short side of the basket, pick up peanut seedlings and throw them on the wooden board, making sure that the boundary line between peanuts and seedlings is stuck on the edge of the wooden board , so that the peanuts will fall into the basket by themselves due to inertia, and most of them will be concentrated under the wooden board. After falling for a while, the basket should be lifted to make the peanuts evenly distributed, otherwise the peanuts will easily fly out of the basket.

The three of them cooperated tacitly, and within a few days, they finished the peanuts and spread them out to dry in the wheat field in the village.

During this busy period, there is an important festival - the Mid-Autumn Festival, just a few days after Bailu.Miao An went to the town to buy mooncakes and candies, and cooked a large table of dishes after returning home. It was not only a reward for everyone, but also a celebration of the harvest.The mooncakes here are not as gorgeous and diverse as the modern ones, not to mention the packaging. There is only a layer of kraft paper and a length of hemp rope, but the taste is exceptionally good.The mooncakes are made of meringue, sweet but not greasy, and the fragrance stays after a bite. Even if it is made of five kernels, Miao An can't stop. In addition, there is jujube paste filling, which does not have the feeling of being so sweet that it is too bitter, maybe because it has been too long Miao An was satisfied without eating this delicate little pastry.Yoyo is also like another little greedy cat when it comes to food that can only be eaten during the holidays.Only Mo Su was the calmest, thinking to himself, watching the two of them eat is actually more interesting than eating by himself.

This is also the season when apples begin to ripen. When Miao An went up the mountain, he saw patches of apple trees. The information that flashed through his mind became clear when he heard Youyou talk about apples. Such a good geographical condition, the hillside fruit trees It will be an excellent way to get rich.And look at the wild apples growing so strong, because no one pruned the branches and thinned the fruit, the green fruit hung on a tree, and the branches were bent. If it is taken care of, I believe it will be better.

The fruit trees were transplanted at the beginning of spring, and now it's impossible, but this batch of fruits should not be wasted. Hearing Youyou said that no one would pick the apples before they were ripe, Miao An changed his mind and made up his mind.

"What are you doing?" Mo Su found Miao An in the small study, and saw that he started making glue again, and felt strange, didn't he stop doing movable type printing?

"Hey, you came just in time." Miao An rolled up his sleeves and wiped his face with his arms. "You can write some more characters. For words like Fu Lu Shou, you need thicker strokes, which are easier to recognize, regular script."

"What do you want?" Mo Su asked, and he had already reached the table and began to spread paper and ink, "How big do you want?"

Miao An picked up a green apple from the basket under the table, shook it, "I'm going to stick it on it, you guess it, it shouldn't be too big."

"Why stick it on an apple?"

"Uh... In the world before me, there were many apples with words on them. I just pasted the words on the apples while they were not red, and the areas covered by the words couldn't reach the sun. In the end, they were still green, while the rest of them were red. So Apple has a word. Will it make a lot of money if you take it out?"

Mo Su suddenly realized, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, that world is so magical, just this little bit revealed by Miao An is enough to shock people, what kind of life did Miao An live before?Sighing, Mo Su began to write.Anyway, Xiao An is here now, isn't he?

When the temperature dropped in the afternoon, Miao An took Mo Su and Youyou up the mountain and found a relatively remote apple grove.Choose an apple with a good shape, a moderate size, and a smooth surface, and gently wipe off the fruit powder on the part where the words will be pasted. Miao An carefully pasted the words and flattened them, then removed the surrounding branches and leaves that blocked the light, and thinned the fruits a little to ensure the supply of nutrients.

The three people posted a total of 120 apples, all of which are Fu Lu Shou.

Posting notes on apples is extra work, and the work in the field has to continue. Miao An and the others started harvesting corn.This is considered light work. The thumb and forefinger of both hands pinch the leaves at the top of the ears of corn and tear them to the bottom. The bright yellow corn emerges from the leaves. Then hold the leaves with the left hand and break the corn from the root of the ears with the right hand. just come down.

The corn broken in this way does not have leaves and is to be sold. In addition, the part that is not sold is usually broken off with leaves so that it can be hung up to dry.After breaking off, the corn stalks are cut down with a sickle, spread out in the field to dry, and then transported home to make firewood. The leaves can also be used to build houses, and they are bundled together to make roof fillings for tile-roofed houses.

After the corn was placed, the three of them collected the beans non-stop. They used a sickle to cut off the roots of the bean seedlings and pulled them home, knocked the beans out of the pods with a stick, and then used a fork to pick out the bean seedlings to collect the beans.Bean sprouts must also be kept, they are excellent firewood.

Between harvests, Miao An would go to the mountains to look at the apples every six or seven days. If one side turned red, he would turn the fruits around to make them evenly colored.

At the beginning of September in the lunar calendar, when the rice is harvested, the apples are almost ripe.This year, with Mo Su, oxen and carts, the three mu of rice has been harvested much faster than last year.Miao An, who is holding a sickle, cuts rice much faster, at least he won't be slowed down by Youyou, but he is always in a trance, unknowingly, he has been here for a year.

After harvesting the rice, Miao An went to the mountain to harvest apples.After being exposed to wind, sun, and dew, the paper pasted on it has become warped and crumpled, but fortunately, it did not affect the effect.When the red apple is peeled off the paper, there are green auspicious characters such as "Fu" or "Shou" underneath, which are clearly identifiable.Mo Su and Yoyo, who saw it for the first time, were amazed, and each held an apple and looked at it over and over again.

It was even easier to grow wheat. Miao An and Mo Su didn't go to the field when they met, and went to the town to sell apples.The stall certificate for selling Spring Festival couplets last time is still there, and there is no business limit, so you can continue to use it.

When they spread the apples on the table, the market exploded in a small area.

"Ah, look! That apple has the word "Fu" on it." A child pulled Ah Mo and said.

"How could there be words on the apple." Ah Mo didn't believe it, but when she saw it later, she couldn't help being very surprised, "My God, how did you do this?"

"Look at those apples, there are words!"

"..." "..."

Miao An looked at everyone's reactions with satisfaction. This effect was what he wanted. Seeing that the time was almost up, he cleared his throat and said in a loud voice: "Look, take a look, there are auspicious apples, good luck, wealth and longevity. Give them away! If you have noodles, come here for your own food and longevity. Come and take a look, the quantity is limited, first buy, first served!"

"Hey, your apple is so weird, can you eat it?" a man stretched his neck and shouted in the crowd.

"Absolutely no problem." Mo Su took out an apple from the basket with unclear words, cut it with a knife, and ate it crunchy.

After taking a few bites, someone bought it.

"Give me three different words, and I will give it away."

"Okay." Miao An took three and didn't rush to give them to him, "Two apples and one tael of silver. Do you want it?"

The other party was taken aback, then laughed, "Hey, I thought it would be more expensive. Of course."

unwise!The price is set low.Miao An thought to himself, it seems that the spending power of the people in Qingxi Town is higher than he imagined.

Excluding the six illegible ones, I kept five as gifts for myself, and the [-] apples were quickly sold out.People who saw or heard the news kept coming to ask if Miao An was still there, but Miao An could only shake his head.At that time, I was busy with the autumn harvest, so I didn’t post much. Now that the apples are all red, it’s too late.

Scarcity is the most precious thing, and Miao An earned more than 50 taels of silver in one morning, and he was so happy from ear to ear.

"Let's go, buy big pig bones to reward you!"

Although it was my own idea, without Mo Su's handsome words, without Yoyo's help running around, I couldn't do it by myself.But the family doesn't speak two languages, and there is nothing that cannot be solved by eating.

Mo Su and Yoyo were also full of joy, and Yoyo took a candied haws and ate them happily. While driving the ox cart, Mo Su said to Miao An: "Let's just plant apples on the mountain. The wild ones save effort. , but there are not many good-looking ones to pick and choose.”

Miao An laughed: "I think so too, but I don't know much about planting fruit trees."

"When the time comes, let's explore together, and then ask if you have planted any, and ask."

"it is good!"

When the bullock cart turned into the alley, Mo Su raised the corners of his mouth, leaned over and kissed the smug Miao An, and it was instant.

Miao An covered the place where he was kissed with a face full of disbelief, that Mo Su would take the initiative to kiss him outside, this is simply an epoch-making event!

Mo Su couldn't help feeling better when he saw the shocked expression on his husband's face. He just thought that Miao An was too cute just now, so he couldn't help but kissed him.

After returning home, the wheat planting is the end, and the autumn harvest is almost over. Miao An hums a little song while sweeping the yard, because there is no need to go to the field tomorrow.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Miao An went to open the door with a broom in her arms.I thought it was the butler again, but when I opened the door, I found that it was wrong. It was a handsome boy. He was really handsome, not just handsome. He looked like a wealthy family who had never suffered. His skin was fair and tender, and his eyes were bright. Although the clothes are not conspicuous, they are exquisite, and when they stand there, they exude a sense of nobility.This is also the first time Miao An feels that a person's aura can really be seen.

The other party seemed very happy to see him, his eyes lit up immediately, he pointed at him and said excitedly: "Then what... the king of heaven and the earth tiger!"

"!!!" Miao An buzzed in his head, a little dazed, "The pagoda... Zhenhe demon?"

"Hahaha." The other party became more emotional, grabbing his arm with both hands, "Your forehead seems like a horse race!"

Miao An also became excited after a short period of sluggishness, "You have such a big face!"

"Hahaha..." The two laughed together.

"Come in quickly." Miao An grabbed someone to enter the door, "How did you find me? By the way, what's your name? Are you also born again? How long have you been here?"

"My name...now Rong Che."

Rong Che followed Miao An into the door with a smile. When he saw the book "Journey to the West" before, the feeling of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land was beyond description, especially when Wu Chengen signed it. He immediately began to ask for the person who wrote the book. Sure, as soon as he saw Miao An, he had an absolute intuition, and it turned out that his intuition was correct.

After communicating, the two of them briefly explained the situation. Rong Che came half a year earlier than Miao An, and he also pretended to be a brother, but his identities were different.

"Mist Grass! You are actually the prince!" Miao An stood up with a "swish", and a prince of a country came to his family? !In this way, the surname of Huang seems to be Ronglai.

"Shh, shhh!" Rong Che signaled him to be quiet, "I slipped out this time with great difficulty, so don't make a fuss. With our relationship, do you still care about this feudal hierarchy?"

Rong Che should be a lively and cheerful person, and he is more casual. Miao An also calmed down when he heard the words, but he had mixed feelings in his heart. Looking at him, he is the prince. It doesn't look like he has to think about making a living. Uh, But if it wasn't like this, we wouldn't be able to meet Mo Su and Yoyo, so let's just do it now.

"By the way, shouldn't the prince be the father?"

Rong Che raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "We are modern people, what is it to be a prince?"

Miao An didn't say a word, just looked at him like that, Rong Che finally couldn't stand it anymore, coughed a few times, "Then what, it's actually because they fought too hard for the throne, so the emperor gave me the seat, it's up to you An imperial decree issued not long ago."

Brother was the emperor in the previous dynasty, so everyone is not surprised. Although Rong Che is a little off-line, he is really capable, otherwise the emperor would not have made this decision.

"Eh? Then since you are also a brother, don't you have to marry?"

Rong Che's expression froze, and then he became a little weird, "I don't!" After a pause, he said, "Haha, you are married, how do you feel? Do you have it in your stomach?"

Miao An dismissed the other party's hand reaching towards his belly in disgust: "It's so easy for you to conceive a child? The fertility rate in this world is not much higher than that of our side, where we only have two or three years of marriage."

"Okay, you have accepted it very well."

"Maybe it's because I met Mo Su." Miao An spread his hands, if it wasn't for Mo Su, asking him to have a baby?Beat him up!

Rong Che was thoughtful, and Miao An was about to speak again when Mo Su came in.

"Yo, this is Mo Su." Rong Che immediately got up and approached him, walked around the person, rubbed his chin and looked at him.

Mo Su was confused, and gave Miao An a puzzled look.

Miao An also stood up and came over, "This is Rong Che, heh, he is also from our world. Well, he is a prince."

I thought Mo Su would be very shocked when he found out, but he just knelt down calmly and saluted, "Caomin has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Don't be too polite, get up quickly." Rong Che asked people to get up, and turned to Miao An, "I didn't expect you to have a showdown."

Miao An just laughed and didn't say much.But now what Mo Su thinks in his heart is that fortunately Rong Che is a brother, otherwise he and Miao An are in the same world, and there must be a lot to say. If he is a father, even if he understands, he will definitely be jealous. better.

But Mo Su soon knew that even if he was a brother, he would be jealous too.Rong Che, who stayed here, was inseparable from Miao An every day, not to mention during the day, and chatting until midnight at night, he didn't even have time to make out with his husband.

Once again, Mo Su, who stayed alone in the empty room in the first half of the night, stared at the bed curtain and sighed silently, alas, when will such a day be so bad.

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