Rebirth in another world is good for farming

Autumn is established, and then the catalpa is younger.

People in the village are busy almost all year round depending on the harvest in the fields.In addition to weeding the crops in the field every now and then, diverting water for spring planting and summer harvest, we also have to take care of the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs at home, and collect firewood and mow grass.Occasionally, when I am free, I just sit in front of the house and take a nap, or go from house to house to talk and keep the news.

When the excitement of Fulai's marriage passed, the anxious people began to look into the fields frequently.During the winter harvest, the first thing people do is harvest potato vines, because after several months of growing, the underground sweet potatoes have already formed.At this time, harvesting the potato vines on the ground a few days earlier or a few days later has little effect. Harvesting early can just avoid the hassle of rushing to harvest rice.

For the work in the field, Zhang Xiaoliu always looks at the movement of other families first, and then the situation in his own field, and closes it when it is not too far away.This winter was no exception. Seeing that the rice was still a few days away from being good, he hurriedly took Zhao Zhengze to cut all the potato vines in the field and pick them back.At this time, the sweet potatoes in the ground are not in a hurry, unless the land is vacant to grow vegetables, you can also let it spend the winter in the ground.

After the potato vines are dried and the patio is cleaned up to dry the millet, half of the households in the village have already started harvesting the millet.The two of them couldn't make it in time to rest for a day, so they also went to the paddy field.

At this time, the days are getting shorter and shorter, and it is not yet bright when we wake up at three or four quarters.

"Brother Liu, I'm going to the field first, you can come back later." Before he could see the road clearly, Zhao Zhengze was about to go out and yelled into the house.It takes a quarter of an hour to go to the field, and the fog will clear by then.

Now Mai Mai still has to go to school, so she can only help make some porridge and wash clothes in the morning.Zhang Xiaoliu spread out the millet collected the day before in the courtyard to dry, then went to the old house to feed the chickens, and prepared the shoulder poles, sacks and other things. He was at least half an hour later than Zhao Zhengze when he finished his daily work. hour.

The summer harvest has to be harvested in order to continue the summer planting. Although the main crops such as rice will no longer be planted after the winter harvest, the fields will also not be free.At this time, vegetables are grown in the fields, just in time to eat during the Chinese New Year.

"Brother, why don't I go to school today, and go to the field with you?" Mai also got up, looking at the sky and hesitated.

Today is the third day they have harvested the millet, and they can take back all the millet if they rush.Zhang Xiaoliu said it last night, so Mai Mai wanted to help.

"What are you talking about? If we can't finish harvesting, can we continue to do it tomorrow? It doesn't matter if it rains." Zhang Xiaoliu didn't think it was important to miss a day of school, but there were not many fields at home, not to mention that Mai was young. Little can't do much work.

Seeing his relaxed expression, Mai Mai stopped insisting and said, "Then I'll cook."

"Mai, bring Xiaosong back first when you come back in the afternoon, so don't go looking for us in the field, just sweep up the millet in the patio." With a patio, it is much more convenient to dry things, at least the millet will not be mixed Clay.

"I see." Mai Mai agreed and walked into the kitchen.

Ten days before and after, when the other family was still busy, Zhang Xiaoliu and the others had already collected all the things.But this is not because they are the fastest, but because they have too little land.

"Ah, I'm exhausted. Ah Zheng, let's buy a cow next year too!" After finishing the most important work, he relaxed.Zhang Xiaoliu rubbed his shoulders, feeling miserable.Although the millet was lifted by two people together, they were so crushed that they couldn't straighten up.At this time, I am particularly envious of those people who are driving oxen and pulling carts.

"Okay, after the new year, let's go to the town to see if there are any suitable calves, and bring one back." Although Zhao Zhengze was also tired, he still tied up the sack containing the millet.He always agrees with Zhang Xiaoliu's ideas.What's more, now that he has money in his hand, he doesn't have to think about other issues.

"Just follow me and talk nonsense, we only have so much land in our family, and we can't get back the money to buy cattle after ten years of planting..." It is not easy to buy cattle here. A cow in the family can be worth the labor of several big men .Generally, those who can afford to buy cattle are relatively well-off families, and that is also the family's eye-catching property.Even to buy a one-year-old calf, it would cost upwards of ten taels of silver at every turn.

"Then let's buy some more land... You don't like rice mixed with sweet potatoes, we don't have enough rice." Zhao Zhengze suggested after thinking about his words seriously.

"Buying cattle and land? Have you dug up the silver box?" Zhang Xiaoliu's eyes widened, he didn't expect him to say that.Although I made a lot of money this year, I spent ten taels on building a house and inviting people to eat wine. The items in the house are all new, and I went to the town to buy things for the kitchen on weekdays. Five six two.Anyway, in the end, the money from selling Ganoderma lucidum was spent, and now he only has the money for wine making.It must be quite a lot in the village, but he still has to cover it, if there is really some big event, it will be considered as a reliance.

However, Zhao Zhengze's temperament is introverted, and he never speaks casually.He thought about it wrongly, and asked again: "How much did Master Wang sell for you for the Buddha you carved last time?" Zhao Zhengze now only occasionally visits Xiangxi Pavilion when he is going to the market, and Master Wang is also in the shopkeeper Zhang After seeing his Demon Conquering Buddha, he gave him a drawing and asked him to carve another one. Even the wood was brought from Xiangxi Pavilion, and it is said that someone asked him to make it.

Zhang Xiaoliu also took a look at the blueprint. A monk with a ferocious face in cassock walked in front, followed by two ghosts holding umbrellas and swords on both sides.As for the wood, he couldn't tell, but it was heavy to the touch, and the color was black and bright, which was not usually available.

Zhao Zhengze grinned when he heard the words, he wanted to talk about it when he came back after Jiangmo Buddha bought it, but Brother Liu didn't ask, it seemed too deliberate to just talk to him.Hearing his question at this time, he said, "Master gave me 50 taels." He had also seen the Conquering Demon Buddha carved by Master Wang, which was much more vivid than his own.But the master likes his carvings, he only said that he is sincere, so he is full of righteousness.

"50 taels?" Zhang Xiaoliu was taken aback. He saw that Zhao Zhengze had only been carving for a few days.I used to think that it would be good to earn a few taels of silver a month from brewing wine, but now I compare it, and I can't earn that much in half a year.

No wonder when I heard him talk about buying land just now, I always felt rich and powerful.

"Now you can really use it to buy land... The money is still there, and it would be great if you can have a few acres of land." However, Zhang Xiaoliu has not inquired about the matter of buying land.Apart from buying from the villagers who sold their fields, there should be other ways.Now Zhao Zhengze doesn't have any land under his name, so maybe he can ask the village chief about it.

Zhao Zhengze nodded, that's exactly what he thought.

After harvesting the millet, I can rest for a few days in between.After the stalks in the field were tidied up and the millet at home dried up, they began to plow the ground and plant things again.

This time the land was vacated, and almost all of it was used to grow garlic and vegetables.Vegetables in winter are mainly white radish, mustard greens and peas.White radishes are used to store vegetables for the coming year. If the fields are fertilized enough and the radishes grown are big, one radish can be worth two handfuls of vegetables.Growing radishes is the least labor-intensive, as long as the ground is roughly leveled and seeds are sprinkled on it.And it has a lot of cooking tricks. It can be washed and cut directly into dried radishes, and it can also be marinated in a large vat to become appetizing sour radishes or spicy radishes.Big mustard is specially used to make sauerkraut, and it is enough to plant some on both sides of each garlic field.As for garlic, people usually don't eat much at home, and people come to the village to collect it every year.

As long as the winter harvest is in time, we can plant some white radishes and garlic in the free space. Not only can we accumulate some dried radishes to eat in March and April of the next year, but we can also earn money by selling garlic after the Chinese New Year.

"Ah Zheng, is everything planted in the field?" When Zhao Zhengze came back from the field, Zhang Xiaoliu cleaned up the millet at home and moved it into the house.

"After planting, it's so easy to order radishes!" Zhao Zhengze put down his hoe, saw him carrying a heavy sack, and hurried over to help him.

"That's good. I'll pick up all the stalks tomorrow, and it will be fertilized. It will rain in a few days, so don't waste the efforts of the previous few days..."

"Understood, I will pick it up early tomorrow." Zhao Zhengze promised from the side. The dried straw is very light, and it doesn't take much effort.

"It's not easy, a year is about to pass. Ah Zheng, when these things are done, let's take a good rest and have a good year..." Throughout the year, I count on being lazy for more than a month.

"Brother, brother, I will go to school next year..." Xiao Song came back early today, and said sullenly.Brother Mai went to school, and the children who played with him also said that they would go to school. He thought that there might be more interesting things in the school.

"Okay, as long as you can walk to the school by yourself." Zhang Xiaoliu joked after wiping off his sweat.It was quite a few miles to walk from home, and Xiaosong probably didn't have the physical strength.

"If there's any difficulty, I'm sure I can go by myself." Xiao Song knew what his brother meant when he saw his expression, and said angrily.

"Then next year, you can try to go a few times first. If you still want to go, I will find Mr. Chen." Zhang Xiaoliu originally wanted him to go earlier, but the journey is far away, not to mention that the teachers in the school have no patience to coax the children. So I think two years is more suitable.But Xiaosong put it this way, he has a lot of ways to make him retreat.

"I'm going to cook first—it's okay to eat and rest early, and I'll go to the mountain to get some firewood in two days."

Ever since I dealt with the fields, as long as I didn't jump out from here, I had to bow down for five buckets of rice all the time.During the four seasons of the year, how many people have been farming on this land for generations, and when night falls, they fall asleep again.

Of course, there are differences—whether you can have a tile to cover your body and have a full meal.

"Time flies, I remember that at this time last year, I was still at my uncle's house..." The winter sky was darker, and occasionally I could see stars, but they were also faintly visible.Zhang Xiaoliu and Zhao Zhengze sat in the patio talking with their two younger brothers.

At this time last year, I hadn't been here yet.Zhang Xiaoliu thought silently in his heart, but said in his mouth: "That's right, spring planting and summer harvesting, why not be busy for a month? When you take a breath, half a year will pass."

"Yeah, I still remember that there was nothing to eat at home at that time, and Xiao Song lay in bed crying all day..." At that time, Mai Mai never thought that she could go to school so soon.

"It's enough to live well now—it will definitely get better and better in the future." Zhang Xiaoliu also remembered the feeling of a thunderbolt when he woke up, but more things gradually faded away.

"Brother Liu is right, it will definitely get better and better in the future." Zhao Zhengze looked at him sideways, his eyes as simple and focused as ever.

Such a serious look made Zhang Xiaoliu almost look away in embarrassment.

He touched his chest, thump, thump, the beating of the heart was steady and powerful, but it always felt like something was different.