Rebirth in another world is good for farming

"Hey, Ah Zheng, pick up the tiles."

The sky was still gloomy, and a bamboo ladder was built in front of Zhang's house. A thin middle-aged man bowed his head to clean up the tiles on the roof, stood up and walked around from time to time, or handed the things in his hand to Zhao Zhengze who was helping.

Zhang Xiaoliu was on the ground looking at them in fear, walking around on the two-meter-high roof without any safety protection, and it would be a disaster if they fell off.When he went to Dashun Momo's house, only Fulai was at home.I heard from him that most of his family's paddy fields are below the river, which has benefited a lot in dry years, but it is not easy in rainy months.And judging by the weather, there might be heavy rain again, and the family rushed to dig ditches in the field with their hoes.

Seeing that his house was so busy, Zhang Xiaoliu was too embarrassed to speak up.But thinking about the scene where he had nowhere to sleep last night, he gritted his teeth and went to Lin Cao'er's house again.Although he already knew quite a few people in the village, these two families were the only ones that had given him the most kind help, which made him feel closer and more familiar, so they were naturally listed as his first choice.

Fortunately, Lin Cao'er's husband, Li Sheng, didn't go out because of the rain just now. After hearing what he said, Lin Cao'er fully agreed and pushed her husband to help.As for the salary that Zhang Xiaoliu said, he automatically ignored it.

In fact, it has just rained, which is not a good time to repair the roof.But Lin Caoer also said just now that there is a lot of rain at this time, and it is not surprising that it will continue intermittently for the next month.There was a rain leak in their house in just one night, and they would not be able to live well unless it was repaired.It's just that they didn't think about it a few days ago, so now they have to clean up first.

Although repairing the roof is not a technical job, it can be done well or badly.Li Sheng is obviously a master of the middle class, and he cleaned up a roof in less than an hour.

"Hey, why are there more tiles instead?" Zhang Xiaoliu watched them come down the bamboo ladder, and there were tiles that had just been passed down one after another at their feet, most of them were damaged, and a few were intact.

"It doesn't cost that much to pick up some. Your father didn't look for me at that time, otherwise there would be no need to cover the thatch. Come on, let's tidy up the other one too." Li Sheng spoke very boldly, and he seemed to be a cheerful person. .

"Uncle Li Sheng, why don't you rest first?" Seeing that he was about to go up to the roof just after he got off, Zhang Xiaoliu greeted him quickly.

"What are you waiting for? It's going to rain again." Li Sheng looked at the gray sky, and it might rain at any moment.

Zhang Xiaoliu was not sure, so let them do it.After more than half an hour, before it was lunch time, Li Sheng and Zhao Zhengze came down smiling.

"Brother Liu, it's all done. It shouldn't be leaking in your room. There are still some tiles missing in Ah Zheng's place. I also tidy it up in a corner. You just need to put a bucket there to catch the water."

Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly took out the fifteen copper coins he had prepared and handed them over, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Li Sheng, otherwise we wouldn't know what to do next."

Li Sheng got Lin Cao'er's words to help, so how could he dare to accept money from a child? He glanced at him, feeling a bit guilty: "Brother Liu did this, I will not dare to help in the future. How much money do you have?" Wheat and Komatsu are still small, so there will be more places to spend money in the future! If the harvest in the field is good, and after a few years there will be more money to renovate these two houses, you can’t always blow the wind and irrigate like this It's raining."

Zhang Xiaoliu said yes, the money in his hand was pushed back several times but he did not give it out.He had seen his mother forcefully return gifts to people who came to the door like this before in the countryside. He only thought it was funny at the time, but now he realized that this is really not an easy task.

"Okay, what are you doing on a rainy day? I can't stand those children. They all want to come out to play in the water. I have to go back soon." Li Sheng has worked all year round, and the strength in his hands is that of a child. Can compare, push away his hand and hold the ladder and leave.

"Hey, Uncle Li Sheng, you don't need to accept the money, but in two months my chickens will grow up and I will send two of them to Cao'er to make up for me. Then you can't refuse." How dare Zhang Xiaoliu let others It's okay to do this kind of thing once or twice, but there are still many things they can't do now, and they will inevitably have to ask for help.If you ask people to leave empty-handed after finishing work again and again, you will definitely get bored after a long time.He suddenly heard the chickens under the eaves still huddling together and chirping, he said in a hurry.

Li Sheng also saw the two cages of chicks they raised, some of which looked like they had just hatched.After hearing Xiao Liu's words, he only took them as children's words, wondering when these little chickens would be able to grow up.But he didn't want to dampen the child's confidence, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you have raised so many chicks, and when they grow up, you can let your cao'er have a taste."

Although there are many people raising chickens in the farm, not all of them are willing to kill and eat them.The hens should keep their eggs, and the roosters should also be used for sweeping sacrifices and offering sacrifices to the gods during the New Year. Occasionally killing a chicken is not a big event, it must be a distinguished guest at home.Just like Li Sheng’s family, my family and my elder brother are very good at living. The vegetable field is not left empty all year round. The eggs are not only sold but also used to make up for Yao’er. As for the chicken, we can see them all year round. Less than a few times.So when he heard Zhang Xiaoliu say in a strong tone, "Two chickens for me", he smiled and said it was for a taste.

Zhang Xiaoliu went to check around, and occasionally saw water seeping into the house, but compared with the situation of water leaking everywhere last night, it was nothing.The corner that Li Sheng mentioned was about the size of a palm and was not covered by tiles, so it belonged to the key prevention area.In case of heavy rain, probably have to keep both buckets there on standby.But in any case, today's remedy is very effective.

In the next few days, as expected, it rained again.Except for Zhao Zhengze who would go to the fields every day when the rain stopped, everyone stayed inside.

Zhang Xiaoliu saw through the rain curtain that the grass and trees in the distance became greener after the rain for the past few days, something suddenly flashed in his mind, and he turned around and asked, "Ah Zheng, can we find small seedlings on the mountain now?"

He remembered the house in the countryside before, because there were many trees planted, the front and back of the house were shaded in summer.Those saplings were originally dug by my father from the mountains. Later, the town distributed free saplings to promote fruit tree planting. Unfortunately, the survival rate was not as high as those dug by myself.In particular, there is a kind of hackberry, which is planted in almost every household.

"There should be. Many people have dug it back and planted it." Zhao Zhengze thought for a while and said with certainty.Some people will dig saplings from the mountain and plant them around their own land, so as not to be occupied by the neighbors.After a few years, the saplings grow up and can be cut down to make houses.

Zhang Xiaoliu's eyes brightened: "Then when the rain stops, we'll dig some back. Now that we plant them at this time, we don't need to water them, so it's easy to grow."

"I know where it is. Last year, the neem tree by the river lost many seeds, and now it has grown quite tall." Maimai, who was playing finger guessing games with Xiaosong, heard it, and interjected.

"Neem tree?" Zhang Xiaoliu asked suspiciously, not knowing what tree he was talking about.

"It's the kind of tree in front of Dashun's house. It grows fast and can catch longhorns in summer." Mai Mai explained.

Zhang Xiaoliu thought about it carefully, and it seems that the neem tree in the mouth of wheat can indeed be seen everywhere here.This kind of tree grows very fast, and it can grow to two or three meters high in two or three years, but he doesn't like it very much, because in autumn, the neem tree will bear many green fruits the size of fingertips, which are inedible and smell very bad. bitter.If you plant a lot, you can smell the bitterness when you get close.

The thought that had just flashed through him just now was actually to see if he could find some fruit trees to plant.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhengze was also very interested when he heard Mai Mai's words: "Really? The rain may stop this afternoon. I'll dig some back."

The enthusiasm is really too high, Zhang Xiaoliu thought silently.However, being trapped by the rain for the past few days and being unable to do anything, even he himself felt a little unaccustomed to it.

"The neem tree bears no fruit..." he said hesitantly.However, he remembered the mulberry trees he picked when he first went up the mountain. Mulberry trees can survive by cutting branches, and he can also get some branches back to try.

"Do you want to plant fruit trees? There are many fruit trees on the mountain, but I don't know if we can find saplings. Only Uncle Zhang in the village can dig some fruit tree seedlings every year, but I can't recognize them..." In Zhao Zhengze's heart, brother Liu has a very good idea Yes, since he said planting fruit trees, he is only responsible for taking care of them.But thinking that I couldn't recognize what those fruit trees looked like, I was a little embarrassed.

"Uncle Wu? Does he have a lot of fruit trees in his house?" Zhang Xiaoliu thought about it. This Uncle Zhang is probably the Uncle Wu who drove the ox cart. Zhao Zhengze would call others by his name if he wanted to talk about things on weekdays.

"Behind their house is a small orchard with more than a dozen fruit trees. His ox cart was originally used to pull fruit to sell in the town."

If this is the case, it is not easy to come to the door to ask for fruit saplings or ask him to help identify fruit trees. After all, it is because of this unique ability that people can grow fruits and sell them.

"Why don't we go to the mountains to have a look before the rain stops? We can dig whatever saplings we see, and we don't need to recognize them. It's better than neem trees," he suggested.If it can bear fruit, it's good, if not, it's okay to plant it, at least it won't have the nasty smell of neem tree.

"The road on the mountain is slippery, and it's even more difficult to walk after it rains..." Zhao Zhengze was a little worried when he heard that he meant to go up the mountain as soon as the rain stopped.

"Well, but after this period of time, let alone whether it can be planted, even if we find it, we won't be able to dig it out. Let's be careful and don't go far. We can try it first."

Zhang Xiaoliu was really eager to try it. Before this house, the land in front of the house was empty and overgrown with weeds all the year round.Although they have almost cleaned it up now, if you ignore it, it will definitely grow back soon.Planting some trees will make the neighborhood more lively, and they can enjoy the shade in summer, and the chickens raised can also be placed under the trees. He has seen many people raise them like this before.