Come on!Foodie!

As soon as the first month is over, the days seem to start to pass faster.It's not like the sun and the moon shuttle, but for farmers who make a living from farming, they will start planning to start spring farming after the New Year.

Although the winter here is a month longer than where Xiaoyang lived before, that doesn't mean that the preparation for spring plowing will also be delayed by a month.In fact, as long as the river water boils, the land can be turned over.Of course, every household at this time is also the busiest time.

During these days, Xiaoyang spent most of his time researching those seeds, except for making shortbread stuffing and stewed tofu.He had to admit that it was nonsense to tell Zhu Hai that he knew how to do farm work when he first came here.In the month of selling seeds, I have learned some knowledge, but basically it is not even on paper.After all, in modern times, there must be chemical fertilizers to induce labor and pesticides to eliminate harm, as well as production equipment that does not use human or animal power at all.He has to pick and choose whether the content on the seed instructions is useful or not.

But fortunately, the requirements for soil and temperature are clearly written in the sample species, and Zhu Hai, who raises seedlings, is also used to it.Of course, after discussing this matter, Xiao Yang realized that the reason why his Dazhuang's crops were better was because he had one more job than other families before planting, which was to sort seeds.This will naturally add a lot to the harvest.

For Xiaoyang and Mumu's four acres of new land, Zhu Hai and Wang Erbao unanimously decided to plant all of them with corn.First of all, this is the highest harvest of all grains, and even if half of it is handed over, the remaining crops are more than other crops.The second is that it is easy to take care of. Since the locust plague many years ago, there has been no pest infestation in the local area.Moreover, the land on the northern hillside is very close to the water source. As long as the canal is well connected, irrigation will be much less laborious.After waiting for three years, they felt that they could follow Xiaoyang's suggestion and change places into paddy fields, either paddy or upland rice.At that time, selling white rice will be a considerable income.Even if the rice seeds need to be bought from the provincial capital, I don't know if they can be planted successfully.Anyway, Xiaoyang said that although the rice fields in the north of his hometown only harvest one season, the quality of the rice is excellent.Of course, this is all a few years later.

While preparing grain seeds, the two families, like other families in the village, began the hard work of digging the land.

At this time, the old Wang family's big gray became the main labor force of the two families.Of course, the master’s family must use it first, so the four of them first started with Wang Erbao’s four acres of land, then Zhu Hai’s four acres of land, and finally the four acres of Mumu and Xiaoyang’s land on the hillside. acres of land.

If it was in modern times, these ten acres of land would be turned over in one day, but in the case of relying entirely on people and livestock, it would take some time.Fortunately, the temperature takes good care of the hard-working farmers. Since the fourth day of February, the weather has been getting warmer every day. Naturally, the black land that has been frozen all winter has melted faster.

Stepping on the ground that has just been turned over is as soft as stepping on a quilt.Smelling the very obvious earthy smell in the air, Xiao Yang took a deep breath, feeling so comfortable from inside to outside. "Don't do it yet, come and eat!"

After starting to do farm work, Xiaoyang and Mumu took turns making lunch.Of course, we still have to follow along.Although Da Zhuang and Er Bao are not willing to make their daughter-in-law work hard, Comrade Da Zhuang can't bear the words of his little lamb staring and shouting: "Why don't my old men go down to work in the field? Are you putting Do I look like a bitch?" Comrade Da Zhuang could only teach Xiao Yang how to work and feel distressed at the same time to prevent being kicked into the hut and collapsed.Similarly, Comrade Erbao didn't have a good time going there.Although Mu Mu didn't have any violent language, but he used the action policy of going directly to the field and not listening to advice to go home.After talking too much, I handed over a look that looked aggrieved but was actually very firm. In the end, Brother Erbao had no choice but to compromise...

In fact, it is completely unnecessary for two people to deliver food.The land is not far from the village, and many people go home for lunch at noon.Some were unwilling to go back, but some family members brought food over.It's just that Zhu Hai's house and Er Bao's house are not far from the entrance of the village, which can be regarded as the closest family to Tian.This food delivery has a sense of "showing off" in it.

Anyway, whenever I heard people in the village chanting: "Look at the daughter-in-law of Dazhuang and Erbao's family, not only does she look good, but the food is also delicious. You can smell it from a long distance!", Erbao He Dazhuang was so beautiful that he floated into the sky.

Of course, Mumu is a little embarrassed at this time, but Xiaoyang is very dark.Are these people nonsense?How far do you put it?It's not like every time it's time to eat, I just make do with it!

But in this way, Xiaoyang's craft has been learned a lot.Home-cooked food is not what ordinary people eat at home. How can it be called home-cooked food?But when writing scrambled eggs, fried tofu, fried cabbage, etc., Xiaoyang Children's Shoes will never be stingy.

After digging the land, it is Comrade Zhu Hai's decision to select the seeds.Xiaoyang started to work in his yard.There was no place to grow vegetables in the front yard, but he moved chicken coops and rabbit coops into the firewood shed, so that he had a flat space around the pigsty.I plan to plant two grapes, but of course the seedlings will have to be bought in the city later.I also planted two melon seeds I brought with me. They are all climbing vines anyway, so they don’t take up much area.Of course, there are still a few seeds left in the bag, so they are naturally given to a few familiar people.If it grows out, it counts. If it doesn't grow out, it's just a quality problem.He also asked for a small bag of gourd seeds from Sangu Niu, and scattered all the gourd seeds at the gate of the courtyard. It will grow as much as it can grow, anyway, Sangu Niu gave it to him in this way...

The vegetable seeds brought by Xiaoyang were divided into two parts. The yard of his own house is really not too big, so local produce like leeks are ready to be planted in the field.The place does not need to be big, it is mainly used for seeding.Tomatoes and two kinds of pepper Xiaoyang must be planted in the backyard first. In terms of the number of seeds, if they all grow after planting, it is estimated that they can grow some celery.But the seeds in the package can't be kept for too long, so he decided to discuss with Zhu Hai and plant some in the yard of Erbao's house.In this way, both families can eat, and the seeds can be kept by both families.With Wang Erbao and Lin Mumu, Xiaoyang has never hidden any intentions.

In fact, it is the watermelon that worries Xiaoyang the most.This thing needs an area, and it doesn't grow well in a corner.And there are watermelons here, but because they grow in the south, they are only brought here in summer, which is a relatively rare thing.

Seeing Xiaoyang scratching his head thinking about how to plant these seeds, Zhu Hai touched his wife's shoulder and said, "You don't have to think so much. Plant as much as you can, plant a little bit if you can't, and wait until the seeds are planted." If it is planted, what is not planted is not a waste, right?"

Xiao Yang's eyes lit up after hearing this: "That's right! Why didn't I think of it! But this watermelon needs a lot of space, we can't make do with it!"

Touching the number of seeds in the bag, Zhu Hai thought for a while: "Are you going to plant these and sell them for money?"

Xiao Yang shook his head: "No calculation. I just want to plant it and try it. When the time comes, it will bear fruit. It will be cheaper for everyone to share it than to buy it outside! How beautiful it is to eat iced watermelon in summer !"

Zhu Hai smiled: "That's not easy. Niu Jincheng opened a field in the valley and planted some herbs. You can give him all the things you can grow."

"Eh? Brother Niu opened up a piece of land in the mountains by himself? Does the government not care?" Does that mean that he can also occupy land in the mountains? ! !Xiaoyang was excited.

But Comrade Da Zhuang's answer disappointed Xiao Yang: "He bought the title deed for that piece of land. It's different from the title deed for our cultivated land. He has a title deed for that piece of land."

"That means the land is his own, and he doesn't need to pay taxes?" Xiao Yang was shocked again.

Da Zhuang nodded: "That's right, it's just like our yard, your own land, you can fix whatever you want. You don't need to give money to others."

Xiao Yang immediately asked: "Is it expensive to buy land?"

Da Zhuang continued to nod: "It's very expensive to buy from the Yamen. In the countryside, a place as big as ours probably costs 70 taels."

Xiaoyang black line, this is really not a small amount! "Then how much did you spend for the yard?"

"Five taels of silver." Da Zhuang answered truthfully.

"What?" Xiaoyang was shocked N times.

Zhu Hai smiled and touched Xiaoyang's cheek: "Because I inherited it from my second grandfather. The five taels of silver are tax money for the deed."

Speaking of this second grandfather, Xiao Yang knew about it.Because Zhu Hai told him more than once about this lonely old man who took Zhu Hai in.

The second grandfather is also surnamed Niu, and he is somewhat related to the third grandfather Niu.This old man's life is actually quite bitter.After getting married, she gave birth to three sons with her daughter-in-law, but the daughter-in-law died of dystocia when she gave birth to the third child.The third child didn't know whether it was because of being too weak due to premature birth or what, but he died before his first birthday.The eldest and the second child remained, and none of them lived past the age of ten.After the second grandfather beat his eldest son to death, he completely gave up the idea of ​​marrying another wife and having children.Farming alone, eating and drinking alone, although life is lonely, it is still passable.

Zhu Hai was already ten years old when the second grandfather took him in.In fact, no one remembers how this kid came to Niuzhuang.In fact, there are not too few abandoned or lost children like Zhu Hai.The best fate is to be picked up and adopted by someone, at least there is a house to shelter from the wind and rain; the worst fate is not to die of freezing and starvation, but to be caught and sold to a slave farm by human teeth. Whose family's servants can say that if they are sold into the Huanguan, life would be worse than death.And a child like Zhu Hai who grew up eating a lot of food is another kind of luck.

Ever since he moved into the second grandfather's house, Zhu Hai never moved.Although the second grandpa would not greet Zhu Hai and talk to him, he would still give him a share of cooking every day.In winter, clothes will be prepared for him in advance.Compared with the previous days when the host was a few days away and the west was two days, this second grandfather who barely communicated with him made Zhu Hai feel like he was home for the first time.But this kind of life didn't last long, and the second grandfather died of illness.Because he was so sick, Zhu Hai didn't have time to serve him for a few days, so he just disappeared.It was also after Second Grandpa's death that Zhu Hai obtained from Third Master Niu the deed that Second Grandpa wanted to hand over the title deed of the house to himself, which bears Second Grandpa's fingerprints and Third Master Niu's signature.

Speaking of which, Zhu Hai met a good man who could give him a home and the capital to settle down and live.Xiaoyang also met a good man, who was also a good man who gave his family and money to settle down.So after hearing about the second grandpa, Xiaoyang felt admiration and gratitude for this seemingly withdrawn old man. "Exchanging deeds is so expensive! Then I don't want to worry about it. By the way, you can take me to visit the second grandfather's grave in Qingming."

Zhu Hai nodded: "Of course I have to take you with me! Second Grandpa will definitely like you."