Rebirth in another world is good for farming

They said they were going out to step on the road, but the two walked to the paddy field.The weather is dry and dry, and it hasn't rained this month.Fortunately, there is still a thin stream of running water in the ditch dug from the mountain, and it is distributed to each family's field in turn without drying the ground.The rice in the field had already started beating, and Zhang Xiaoliu hadn't come to see it for many days, only then did he realize that the crops in the field had begun to mature.

Of course, the growth of the rice here is far inferior to the hybrid rice he has seen before, and the stalks are low and not strong enough, and the rice ears will not have any unexpected results, because the stalks cannot hold up.But because the situation of the surrounding people is similar, it is probably the normal level.

The crops in the dry field made Zhang Xiaoliu even more happy. The corn stalks were taller than him, and the buds on them were as long as the palm of a hand.The vines of sweet potatoes are layered on top of each other, and a piece of green covered half of the field.The soybeans have pods, but the beans inside are not mature and are still shriveled.

"These sweet potatoes are growing really well. It seems that we have to find out the sickle to cut the sweet potato vines." Zhang Xiaoliu said happily as he pulled a sweet potato vine and saw that it was almost five feet long.

"But sweet potatoes are grown at this time, and the sweet potatoes in the ground are not big. You can see that other people's homes grow a lot of corn, and they only plant sweet potatoes in the second half of the year." Zhao Zhengze was puzzled. He came to Zhang's house not long after spring Kind of, even though he was puzzled at that time, because he couldn't figure out Xiao Liu's character, he just said what to do.

"No way, we don't have any food left at home, and I still want to raise a pig!" Because there are many people in the nearby fields, Zhang Xiaoliu lowered his voice when he spoke: "Use potato seedlings to feed chickens and pigs , sweet potatoes can be boiled and eaten, and besides, there are not as many corns as sweet potatoes.” At least its stalks are useless except for composting and burning, but sweet potatoes are not wasted at all.When he was a child, he used to wake up with the sound of his mother chopping potato vines. When he got up early in the morning, he cut a bunch of potato vines, cut them into thin sections on a wooden board with a large hatchet, added water to the pot and cooked them, and he could cook them for two days. Feed for chickens and pigs too.

"It turns out that's the case, then let's harvest it and plant another batch!" Zhao Zhengze was very happy when he heard that, and felt that Zhang Xiaoliu was really a thoughtful person, and he liked it very much.

"Sweet potatoes must be planted, but we have too little land, and I'm afraid we won't be able to grow other things." Zhang Xiaoliu also felt that he should continue to plant sweet potatoes. They can be preserved for a long time, have a high yield, and can also be used as a staple food. He is really reluctant give up.

Zhao Zhengze thought about it for a long time and said, "I saw that several families told the village head that they would open up wasteland this year. How about we go to the village head and talk about it?"

"Open up wasteland?" Zhang Xiaoliu looked up and down his little arms and legs amusedly, well, although it is time to grow taller, he has also raised a lot in the past two months, so he doesn't look pitiful. There are bean sprouts, but they are still not tall enough for a hoe.Besides, although the first three years of land reclamation were exempt from taxes, basically nothing could be planted well in the first three years.

"How much land do you think you can open up? We don't have any labor force in our family." Except for the migrant population who have just arrived and have no land but want to take root, those who want to open up wasteland are basically people with surplus labor at home.Like a family with many brothers, although it takes many years to cultivate the wasteland to improve, but after all, the land is recorded in his name and can be passed down from generation to generation.

Zhao Zhengze also felt that he was a little whimsical, so he smiled embarrassedly.

"Let's raise chickens first, and then buy some paddy fields when we have money." Now the wasteland is all at the foot of the mountain, and it is not convenient to divert water, and it can almost only be used for dry fields.

"En." Zhao Zhengze responded, and began to worry.In his heart, the field of seven or eight taels of silver per mu is a high mountain in front of him, and he doesn't know when he can climb it.

The harvest of the vegetable field is very happy to see. Zhang Xiaoliu is not willing to waste it at all. After the beans and bitter gourd are ripe, they are picked and boiled in water before drying. Eggplant and leeks that cannot be preserved become the main force on the dinner table.He changed many styles and cooked fried eggplant, braised eggplant, steamed eggplant sauce and mixed eggplant, and finally made everyone eat the eggplant.

"You can't do this. We have managed to grow these eggplants. In another month, these vegetables will be gone. Be careful that you will be given salt and rice every day." Zhang Xiaoliu mainly criticized Xiaosong, Mai Mai and Zhao Zhengze Although the guts were obviously reduced, he never dared to complain.

Xiaosong obviously has a young mind, he forgot all the hard times a few months ago, and stared blankly at him.

"I want to eat meat, otherwise eggs are fine too..." He was probably still a little jealous of this big brother, and moved his body to the side of the wheat, but he still refused to give up trying to improve the dishes.

"Okay, go out and see who eats meat in the village, and then ask them if they want you as their son." Zhang Xiaoliu sneered and said, "It's fine if you don't eat, but I just feel that I don't cook enough food today. , just give me yours later."

"No!" Xiao Song hurriedly covered his bowl after hearing this. White rice still has a certain place in his heart.

"Mai, let him watch the big chickens from now on, and you will feed the little ones. The family has no money to buy rice, so we will eat all of them in the future." Before eating, Xiao Song was not happy when he saw eggplants on the stove again. After careful coaxing for a long time, Maimai didn't want to eat it. Zhang Xiaoliu was very annoyed.

No wonder it is said that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Eating meat a few days ago made him lose his temper.When the meat was cut, many people in the village looked at him. The whole family only cut two or three catties of meat, so it's a bit stingy, just half a catty for show.He cut more than four catties of meat in one go, most of which were used to make bitter gourd stuffing, and he had just finished eating a large pot of stuffed bitter gourd.

"Big chickens peck people, I don't want to feed them!" Xiaosong often followed behind Mai Mai, hiding away every time he watched him release the chickens from the cage.Sometimes a very hungry chicken will jump up when it sees something in a person's hand. Xiaosong was pecked at by standing stupidly.

"Chickens don't lay eggs, so you don't want to eat eggs." Zhang Xiaoliu snorted and continued to hit him.Some time ago, he ate all the eggs at home. He thought that he was full now, and the few of them no longer looked as green and yellow as before, so he didn't buy eggs anymore.

"Is it okay for me to eat?" Xiao Song didn't dare to say any more, and quietly moved some more, holding up the bowl.

"There's nothing wrong with it. You don't work and eat for free. It's useless to say anything." Zhang Xiaoliu decided to give him a good blow. Maybe Zhang's father was more tolerant to him before, not half as sensible as wheat.Before, he only thought he was too young, but during this time, he has become more and more skinny.As the saying goes, three-year-olds look younger and seven-year-olds look old. If you don't set up some dignity now, you won't be able to control it when you grow up.

Xiao Song had always been hugged in his arms before, and although he didn't understand what he was told, he looked at Mai with tears in his eyes.

"You, don't be like this, hurry up and eat, listen to the elder brother." Although Mai usually defends him, he is more obedient to the elder brother who is now in charge, and feels that the elder brother is willing to spend money if the family can eat rice.Therefore, seeing Xiaosong's pitiful expression, he just patted his buttocks and persuaded him in a low voice.

"Xiaomai, don't hug him wherever you go from now on. Do you think there is any child who is so big and always acts like a baby? Let him feed the chicken with you. When he finds eggs, he will make them for you."

In addition to letting Xiaosong learn how to do things, in fact, Maimai is not able to take care of so many chickens by himself and does need help.The fifteen chicks that I bought back for the first time died for unknown reasons at first, and three of them died one after another. Later, when they were raised as they grew older, they did not lose any more.Fourteen of them were bought back for the second time, and there are a total of 26 in the family, which is quite a number.Now Zhang Xiaoliu is woken up by the crowing of chickens every morning, wishing to move all the cages under the eaves far away, and fearing that the unsheltered dew outside would blow the chickens and break them.

Anyway, Komatsu has learned his lesson.If you want something in front of your big brother, it's useless even if you cry and play tricks, but it may cause yourself something to do.

I don't know if there are too many people talking about it, but it actually rained moderately in the next few days.Because soybeans have to be pulled up from the ground whole, people who watch the weather every day and wait for the harvest are very happy.When the ground is wet, it can save a lot of energy, and I am afraid that I have to carry water from the river to water it like in previous years.

At the end of the month, the fields began to get busy again.The first thing that can be recovered is the corn. We have to break the corn back home in a hurry, then cut the corn stalks and turn over the ground.The underground roots of corn grow too much. If the ground is not turned over for half a month before planting other crops, it will be affected.

The total amount of corn in the Zhang family is just over two cents. Zhang Xiaoliu tried it a few times, but seeing that there were almost no tender cores left, he quickly picked up the baskets and broke them back.They are short in stature, and sometimes they have to stand on tiptoes to reach the corn growing on the top, and their speed is also affected. It took an afternoon to harvest the corn.

Regardless of whether it is good or bad, pick them up first, and Mai and Xiaosong sit in front of the house and peel off the corn husks, leaving only the innermost two layers, and then tie them into a bunch of three or five stalks.People here build houses, and there is a thick and long wooden column running across the eaves in front of and behind the house. It can be used to hang baskets to dry bacon, and it is also the best place to dry corn and garlic.

After harvesting the corn, Zhao Zhengze continued to plow the field, while Zhang Xiaoliu harvested potato seedlings and vines with a sickle in the nearby field.The sweet potato itself can be stored in the ground for a long time, and there is no rush to harvest it.But after a few days, the other crops in the field should be harvested quickly, and I will definitely not be able to take care of this end at that time, so I can only harvest first.

Although busy, the whole family is very happy.For Zhao Zhengze and Zhang Xiaoliu, there was finally some food in the house, and they didn't have the fear of being empty everywhere.Mai Mai is happy that the chickens raised at home can finally be fed, and they will definitely grow faster in the future.

Except for the fresh ones, the picked potato vines must be chopped up and dried in the sun.Zhang Xiaoliu hadn't thought about it before, and was worried when he saw the potato seedlings and vines piled up in front of the house.In the end, I could only work with Zhao Zhengze. The two of them switched hands morning and night to cut them up, and spread a thick layer in front of the house to dry.

When the corn field is turned over bit by bit with a hoe, and the potato seedlings and vines are also exposed to the sun, the sweet potatoes in the ground must be dug up.Wheat simply brought Xiaosong to the field, and when the two elder brothers dug up the sweet potatoes with hoes, they walked over to pick up the sweet potatoes into a pile and put them in the basket.