Rebirth: Farming Skillfully with a Mrs.

In the blink of an eye, it is mid-July, which is midsummer.

The Nian families take turns to see the young, and the corn matures half a month earlier than other families.

On this day, the family gathered in the field.

In front of you is a piece of green gauze tent, the corn stalks are swaying and flying with the wind, the thick and plump corn spits out golden spikes, and the leaves are starting to turn yellow.

The busyness also kicked off.

Everyone took cloth bags, bamboo baskets, and dustpans, and all got into the vast cornfield.

First peel off the withered yellow skin on the outside, then break and twist, and put a full corn cob into the basket, and then pour it on the ground when it is full.

"Let's move forward in parallel, and one person is responsible for a row, so as to prevent leakage and ensure that the grains are returned to the warehouse." Xiaoyong is a good farmer, directing.

So, Yan Mo, Nian Xiaomi, Sister Lanhua, Xiaoyong, and Gu Yunfeng lined up, humming songs and chatting about rural anecdotes without feeling bored.

"Drive! Drive!"

A carriage came along the village road in the distance, and when it stopped, Xue Yourong got down.

Nian Xiaomi hurriedly put down the farm tools and went to meet her: "Sister Yourong, why are you here?"

Xue Yourong found a good date recently, and she became more and more radiant, with a smile on her face:

"I didn't hear that your corn is about to be harvested, so I brought someone to take a look."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to a middle-aged man with extraordinary appearance behind him, "His name is Hu Dahai, he is a grain merchant, and I specially brought him to see him today."

Nian Xiaomi greeted her with a smile, Hu Dahai also nodded, and then walked into the corn field.

After looking at it carefully, he exclaimed, "Yourong said that your corn ripens early, but I still don't believe it. I saw it today, and it's really amazing. The grains are plump and the juice is thick."

Nian Xiaomi thought about it, the corn harvest at home has been bumper this year, and besides the ones for personal use, there are still a lot that can be sold.

So he negotiated the price with Hu Dahai.

The hands of the two kept gesticulating. This is the way the ancients bargained. It is not clear, but gestures are used instead.

Yan Mo straightened up, looked at Nian Xiaomi from a distance, and smiled.

He loves to see his daughter-in-law's careful planning, which is not at all like the usual carefree him.

The earth-shaking changes in the family are all due to his little "calculations".

Nian Xiaomi's family planted three mu of corn, with a yield of about 3000 catties per mu, and finally negotiated a total price of 100 silver.

The two parties agreed on the acquisition time, and they were about to leave.

Nian Xiaomi hurriedly stopped Xue Yourong, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Let's have some lunch at home!"

Xue Yourong understood that the harvest season is the busiest, and everyone's lunch is sent to the fields. She didn't want to trouble Nian Xiaomi, so she said with a smile:

"No, Dahai and I are going to visit other villages."

Just as he was about to get into the carriage to say goodbye, he suddenly remembered something and asked quickly:

"By the way, do you know about the village chief's family scholar?"

Everyone heard about it, and suddenly thought, Yan Shubai hadn't come to see Xiaoyong for half a month.

Xiaoyong was also taken aback, but then said: "He is going to take the provincial examination next month, so he should study at home. What can he do?"

Xue Yourong got off the carriage, and said mysteriously, "Ah! You don't know yet? He can't take the provincial examination!"

"What? Can't you take the township exam?" Xiaoyong said in shock.

"You don't know, I heard that because of the divorce, I also heard about it from the disciples of the academy in the city."

Nian Xiaomi shook her head in a daze, why can't she take the township examination after retiring the engagement?

Xiaoyong also opened his mouth wide, dumbfounded.

Although they have not formally established a relationship with Yan Shubai, they already have a slight feeling for each other.

And he and Gu Yunfeng had even more emotional changes. They were like a pair of twin brothers, and they no longer had other feelings.

Yan's greatest wish is for her second son to pass the examination. If Yan Shubai can't take the provincial examination, wouldn't she be going crazy?

Besides, Yan Shubai spent so much time studying hard, if he can't take the provincial examination in August, will he have to wait another three years?

So Nian Xiaomi asked what was going on, but Xue Yourong didn't know the specifics.

When she left, everyone sighed for Yan Shubai.

Sister Lanhua said, "You don't have to be an official to be happy. In fact, life in the village is very leisurely!"

Xiaoyong had also heard from Yan Shubai before that he didn't really want to go to the examination for fame, but he wanted to stay in the village and be a private school teacher in the future.

While discussing, everyone picked up the jade again.

Gu Yunfeng lay next to Xiaoyong's ear, and whispered: "Are you conflicted in your heart? You want him to participate in the rural examination and you don't want him to leave the village?"

Xiaoyong blushed and asked, "How do you know what I'm thinking?"

Gu Yunfeng chuckled: "The two of us are like brothers, I know you too well. But I can remind you, at this juncture, don't ask about this matter, lest his mother-in-law of a tigress trouble you again!"

Sister Lanhua listened with pricked ears while picking corn, and shouted, "She dares! Sister, my fists are itching these days!"

Everyone laughed, started working again, and gradually forgot about it.

The sun is scorching hot, and the fields are like steamers.

Everyone was very itchy from the corn leaves all over their bodies, sweating, and their clothes clinging to their bodies.

But seeing the fruit of the harvest, everyone can't care about it, just bear it and go back to take a bath at night!

In the evening, donkeys and oxen played their roles again, and piles of corn were loaded on carts and pulled home, forming hills in the yard.

In summer, the temperature is high, and the corn cobs are easy to be heated and moldy. The whole family burns the lights and fights at night, peeling off all the outer skins to dissipate heat.

Then use the tassels on the corn heads as ropes, tie two corns together, and hang them in every corner of the yard.

At midnight, Grandma Qi and Aunt Liu brought fish sauce, which was made from small whitebait in the stream.

Then it is served with Chinese cabbage leaves from the vegetable garden, fish sauce and rice are put on the leaves, and some shredded green onions and cucumbers are packed into rice buns, which is called a fragrant dish.

After eating supper, everyone worked until they were ugly, and then they all went back to their rooms to rest.

(From 11:1 to 1:3 p.m. is "child time", and from [-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] p.m. is "ugly time")

The next day, the dawn light shone on the courtyard, and the walls and eaves of the courtyard were covered with golden corn cobs.

The whole family got up early, bathed in the morning light, with happy smiles on their faces.

The sun has been shining brightly these days, which is the best weather for drying corn.

Wait until the corn is dry before threshing.

In ancient times, there was no thresher, and it was all peeled off manually.

The family spent another two days working hard to pack the peeled corn kernels into bags, carry them to the roof and dry them in the sun for another two days before putting them into the warehouse.

And the bare corn cob bones are piled up in the firewood room, which is the best raw material for warming up in winter.

In the early morning of this day, Aunt Liu made potstickers with freshly ground cornmeal.

The tortillas are golden, and then smeared with a layer of sun-dried watermelon chili sauce, which is crispy, crispy and fragrant.

After breakfast, Nian Xiaomi Yuhu, Niuniu and Xiong Er went to the fishing ground to play.

Passing by the stream beside the field, where green wild celery grows.

Nian Xiaomi bent down and pulled a few handfuls, planning to take them back to feed the ducks.

Suddenly, on a piece of bluestone, a guy the size of a spinning top broke into sight!

It is furry all over, and the cover at the bottom is separated from the body, as if opening its mouth to look for food, and it seems to be breathing through its nose.

Haha, snail girl!

Nian Xiaomi thought of the extremely spicy stir-fried snails.

The snails grow in the lake. Every April, they move from the deep water area to the shallow water area, absorbing in the shallows, stone walls, and rice fields, and last until autumn.

Nian Xiaomi asked Yuhu to go home to get the bamboo basket, while she rolled up her trousers, stepped on the cool stream, and slowly removed the stone.

The frightened snail immediately shrank, plopped, and fell into the water.

Before Nian Xiaomi could pick it up, Xiong Er picked it up and "Ge Beng Ge Beng" bit her...

When Yuhu came back, the three of them, defying the heat, wore straw hats on their heads, straddled their arms in a bamboo basket, bent their waists and knees, and began to pick up snails in the water.

It didn't take long to pick up a bowl full of pots and return with a full load!

Noon the next day.

Nian Xiaomi took out the snails that had been emptied of mud and sand, washed them again, and cut off the tails.

After the oil is hot, pour in the snails, stir-fry a few times, and then add chili, salt, pepper and other spices to simmer.

Until the house is full of fragrance, uncover the pot, sprinkle with chives, and serve it to the table.

The whole family came here after smelling the fragrance, and everyone served a bowl, and they were already salivating without eating it!

Nian Xiaomi demonstrated first, and Yan Mo, who is very talented in food, learned it immediately.feather.hope.casket.good.

He picked up one, took a mouthful of the soup in the snail, then sucked away the fresh and tender meat, and chewed it in his mouth to leave a mouthful of fragrance!

The whole family was immersed in the joy and laughter of eating snails.

After the corn is harvested, this period of time is basically slack.

That night, when the two of them finished their homework, Nian Xiaomi suddenly said:

"Sir, I want to open a grocery store in the village."

He had mentioned this idea to Yan Mo before, to sell all the weird things he made.

Originally, he wanted to open a shop in the city, but he really didn't have the energy to go to the city every day.

It's better to try it in the village first, and when it becomes famous, no one in the surrounding villages will come to buy it.

At that time, it would not be too late to go to the city and hire someone to open a shop.

Grandma Qi has an old house in the village, but it has not been lived in for many years.

On this day, Nian Xiaomi brought Yan Mo to the village.

The old house stood alone at the entrance of the village.

The houses in the village are all connected, only this one is independent, about ten meters apart.

Seeing the location of the house, Nian Xiaomi immediately became happy.

This is right on the way to other villages, the location is unique!

"Hurry up!"

He urged Yan Mo to run to the front of the house.

The mouse in the grass was frightened, and quickly retracted without a trace.

The lock on the door has been rusted for a long time, and it took Yan Mo a lot of effort to open it.

Pushing open the door, a burst of dust rushed into the nostrils, choking the two of them to sneeze several times, and hurriedly backed away.

"Cough cough..."

The sun shone obliquely on the house, and the thick dust floating in the air could be clearly seen.

Inside was an old, peeling table and three bamboo chairs covered in a thick layer of dust.

The eaves are covered with dense spider silk.

Nian Xiaomi is very satisfied. The house is indeed a bit old, but the area is not small, and it can be used as a grocery store after cleaning it!

After that, the two began to clean up the spider silk and dust.

After cleaning, Yan Mo climbed to the roof and rearranged the displaced tiles to prevent rain leakage in rainy days.

After working for more than an hour, the house was finally cleaned and looked brand new.

At this moment, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open...