Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

In the village, if someone is going to the town, they may inform their acquaintances and friends one day in advance, so that villagers who have no time to go, or are too lazy to spend a few dollars for a ride to the town for a small matter, can ask to go to the town The errands help to bring something.The people in the village are enthusiastic and don’t care about everything. They will pick up whoever can help, and sometimes they even pay for it first, and then ask someone to make up the money when they come back.For example, your family is going to the town today, right? Then you can help me buy something first. Next time I go to the town, I will help you with anything you need. There are back and forth, so every family in the village The relationship with each household is very good.

So after Ruan Xishi decided to go to the town, he asked everyone he met if there was anything he needed to help buy. Now it is the time for spring planting, and everyone is busy planting things in the field, so there is no time to go to the town, so Ruan Xishi asked, It was just a huge help.

The uncle in the west of the village wants to buy some medicine stickers, the aunt in the east of the village wants to buy washing powder, and the bride in the north of the village who is six months pregnant needs to buy acid.

Because the village was busy with farming, there were very few passengers on this bus today. When the driver saw Ruan Xi again, he greeted him warmly.

"Shizi, are you taking your brother to town again?"

Ruan Xishi nodded with a smile after paying.

When the driver gave him change, he said casually: "Few people go to town these days. They are probably busy growing corn and peanuts. Do you grow peanuts at Shizi?"

Ruan Xishi replied, "I finished planting yesterday."

The car attendant was surprised: "The planting is over so soon?"

Ruan Xishi glanced at Lu Ze beside him with a smile, and explained, "With my brother's help, we can finish planting in one day."

After listening to the driver, I had to re-examine the man sitting next to Ruan Xishi. This man looked different from the men in several nearby villages. He didn't look like a rural person, nor did he seem to be able to do farm work. people.

Lu Ze noticed her gaze and nodded to her politely. He and the driver have been married for several years, but he still blushed and felt uncomfortable when he saw her.

He cleared his throat with the driver, and said with a smile, "I never thought that such a gentleman as your brother would be so capable."

Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze accepted the compliment with a smile.

Going to the town, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze first went to the wonton stall last time to eat wonton noodles, and then went to the supermarket in the town to buy things.

The supermarket in the town is small in scale, and it sells much fewer items than supermarkets in big cities, and it is also cheaper, but it is already the largest supermarket with the most complete variety of goods in the surrounding villages.

Because today is the market day, the supermarket is much more crowded than usual, there are some young women with babies and elderly aunts and aunts.The aunts were discussing at the top of their voices what brand of things to buy. A younger woman held a child in one hand and held a child in the other, followed by a six or seven-year-old child. They buy what they want and they just plop on the floor of the supermarket and cry and make a lot of noise.

Lu Ze was frowning all the time because of the noise, but Ruan Xishi seemed to be used to it, completely ignoring the noise and picking the products he wanted in the noisy environment.

Ruan Xishi made an exception today and went to the snack area of ​​the supermarket. He took a bag of French cakes in his hand, turned his head and raised his neck and asked Lu Ze: "Brother Lu Ze, do you like this? Let's buy a bag and go home. When we are hungry, shall we satisfy our hunger?"

The small breads and cakes sold in bags in supermarkets are actually not very delicious. Compared with the freshly made and sold ones in special cake shops, they are far worse in taste, taste and nutritional value, and the materials used are not necessarily good. They are all safe and harmless, more or less mixed with some saccharin flavor and preservatives.

But living conditions are limited, these small cakes can be regarded as the best and most expensive snacks, a pack of ten yuan, containing twenty small cakes.

Ruan Xishi bought this not because he was greedy, but because he was afraid that Lu Ze would be hungry at night, because the village eats early, and if he goes to bed late at night, he will be hungry easily.Ruan Xishi knew that with his family's conditions, it was impossible to cook big fish and meat for Lu Ze every day for the time being. Lu Ze was a tall man, if he ate the same food every day, it would definitely not provide enough nutrients and energy for his body. You can't let Lu Ze take care of him getting thinner and thinner during the time he lives in his house, right?

When going to the cash register to check out, Ruan Xishi was holding a lot of things in his hands, and several children were cheering and playing at the door, and they were about to bump into Ruan Xishi, Lu Ze had quick eyesight and quick hands, and pulled Ruan Xishi into his arms from behind. Encircle him firmly with strong arms, so that Ruan Xishi will not be knocked down by a few children.

The children in the village are very wild, and they are not afraid of strangers. Not only will they not admit their mistakes when they get into trouble, but they will even make faces at them. Ruan Xishi has a good temper and doesn't care about them.

Lu Ze looked at those children for a long time, and forgot to let go of Ruan Xishi's hand for a moment. Ruan Xishi was awakened by his own heartbeat and struggled a little in Lu Ze's arms, before Lu Ze reacted and let Ruan Xishi go.

Ruan Xishi only felt that his back was empty and he was not used to it for the time being. He calmed down and thanked Lu Ze.

After Lu Ze let go of his hand, he always felt that something was missing suddenly, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and said you're welcome to Ruan Xishi.

Fortunately, this strange feeling was quickly dissipated by the bustle outside, Ruan Xishi bought all the things that the villagers entrusted him with, and took Lu Ze to the old market.

There are two markets in the town, one is new, which is the one they went to last time, and the other is old. The old market is smaller and the buildings are older, but it is not completely abandoned.The new market sells vegetables and clothes, while the old market sells agricultural products.Farmers in villages near the town make some dustpans and brooms, and make some simple furniture items, and sell them in the old market on fair days, earning some money to support their families.In addition, there are also those who sell seeds, vegetable saplings, herbs, plasters, rat poison and cockroach medicine, chickens, ducks, dogs and piglets, which attract many people to patronize, even more lively than the new market.

Ruan Xishi first bought medicine stickers for the uncle, and then took Lu Ze to the seed stand to buy vegetables.Spring is here, and the vegetables planted last winter are all old and withered. Even if they are still alive, it is difficult to grow new ones because of the bad climate, so Ruan Xishi recently plans to turn over the vegetable field and replant some seasonal ones. vegetables.

In spring, cabbage and cabbage are usually planted, and then some loofahs, winter melons, pumpkins, beans, eggplants, and eggplants are planted. When the weather is warmer, potatoes, vines, and water spinach can be planted. By then, a vegetable garden can be planted, and there will be no worries about food for several months.

Cabbage, melon and beans can be sown directly, but eggplant, potato, vine and water spinach have to buy root seedlings from other farmers. Ruan Xishi has not had time to reclaim the vegetable field, so this time he only plans to buy rapeseed and go home.

Ruan Xishi bought a small bag of cabbage seeds and cabbage seeds, and a dozen of melon seeds and beans each. He asked the vendor to wrap the seeds for him, and carefully put them in his pocket so as not to lose them.

Seeing his serious look, Lu Ze seemed to regard those rapeseeds as treasures, so he couldn't help but find it funny, and asked him with a smile, "Those who don't know thought you picked up gold?"

Ruan Xishi also laughed, squinting her eyes and said, "It's not gold. When they are planted in the ground and harvested, they will be more precious than mountains of gold and silver."

What he said made Lu Ze look forward to it.

In the end, the two of them went to buy ducklings. The farmer who sold the ducklings surrounded a field with bamboo strips in the market, and put the newly hatched ducklings in it for people to choose. The ducklings were yellow, orange, and fluffy. , was tilting his head curiously to look at the outside world.

There are quite a few people who come to buy duck cubs today. Everyone thinks that the warmer weather is suitable for raising poultry, and at the end of the year, they can sell the raised chickens and ducks and make a fortune.

Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze seemed particularly awkward among a group of dark and honest farmers. They didn't seem to be here to buy duck cubs, but they seemed to be people from the city who came here to join in the fun, so the boss ignored them both.

When Lu Ze saw these little fluffy things, he remembered that when he went to pick up his nephew from the kindergarten, people would often sell some colorfully dyed ducklings at the gate of the kindergarten. The attitude of being responsible for a life did not agree, and he even asked his nephew: "The little duck will be served by people after buying it home, eating and drinking, are you sure you have the patience to take responsibility for it?"

The child who was only a few years old was frightened by the word "responsibility", and never dared to mention this matter to him again.

Now that Ruan Xishi wants to buy duck cubs, Lu Ze is actually a little doubtful whether Ruan Xishi can feed them. After all, Ruan Xishi is similar to his nephew in his eyes, they are still children, so when Ruan Xishi asked him how many duck cubs he wanted to buy, he Subconsciously said a very small number for a long time.

After hearing his suggestion, Ruan Xishi frowned in confusion, and said to him: "But if you buy so little, you won't be able to lay a few eggs in the future. Let's buy a few more eggs?"

Lu Ze subconsciously asked him: "You bought so much, can you afford it?"

Ruan Xishi said: "Yes, I can cook more rice, then go to the mill to buy rice bran, feed them grass and vegetables, or dig earthworms and catch small fish to feed them, and they can always be raised."

Lu Ze had never raised ducks before. Hearing what Ruan Xishi said, he thought it was very troublesome to raise ducks, but Ruan Xishi swore that he would let him do it. At worst, he would also join the ranks of digging earthworms and mowing grass to raise ducks.

Ruan Xishi consulted Lu Ze's opinion, asked the boss for ten duck cubs, and asked the boss to choose a female duck for him.

The boss was surprised that he would buy duck cubs, but he would be a fool if he didn’t do business. The boss grabbed a few duck cubs and got up, and they were about to stuff them into the net pocket. Ruan Xishi couldn’t bear to see the duck cubs suffer, so he quickly I bought a cage from the boss and asked him to put the duck cubs in it.

The cage is much more comfortable than the net bag, and the ducklings are not afraid after entering the cage. One or two curiously look at their new owner through the gap in the cage.

Ruan Xishi was about to be melted by these furry cuties, he put his finger in to tease them, was tickled by their mouths, and then happily said to Lu Ze: "These ducklings are not afraid of me. "

Lu Ze looked at his innocent smiling face, couldn't help rubbing his head, and laughed too: "Maybe they know you're a good master."

Ruan Xishi was very happy to get Lu Ze's approval, she nodded heavily and said, "I will definitely take good care of them!"