Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

These days Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze stayed at home and didn't go anywhere. They finished picking peanuts and peeling corn, they were extremely busy.

After two days of husking the corn, the corn kernels on the cobs will loosen. Ruan Xishi carried the corn cobs into the house in a basket, and could peel them while watching TV.

There is no special thresher in the village, so it can only be done manually. The corn grows densely, and you need to use an awl to shovel a hole, and then peel it along the hole, which will save a lot of time and effort.

Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze were sitting around the basket, each holding a corn cob to peel corn kernels, the TV was tuned to the music station, and there were songs and programs on it, it was very lively, even though it was impossible to stare at the TV screen all the time because of the corn peeling It doesn't matter.

After Ruan Xishi peeled one, he threw the remaining corncob into a worn snakeskin bag, and when the weather was good, he put it outside to dry and it could be used as fuel.He lowered his head into the basket to find the next one. The corn kernels buried the cob at the bottom, and it took him a long time to turn over the unthreshed corn cob.

He turned a few out, raised his head and put them on Lu Ze who was holding the corn cobs with his head down. There was a bang sound, which made him look up at Lu Ze nervously, and asked nervously, "Brother Lu Ze, did you hurt you?" ?”

Lu Ze touched the bumped chin. Fortunately, the bump was not severe and it didn't hurt too much. He lowered his head and met Ruan Xishi's concerned face, only to realize that they were so close at this moment, so close that he could Seeing every eyebrow of Ruan Xishi clearly, even as long as he leans in a little bit, his lips can kiss the tip of Ruan Xishi's nose.

Ruan Xishi also noticed the ambiguous distance between the two, he even felt Lu Ze's breath, with a little mint refreshing taste, seeing Lu Ze staring at him intently, Ruan Xishi's face slowly burned up , subconsciously turned his gaze away.

He was just a little embarrassed by Lu Ze's look. He felt that if he continued to look into Lu Ze's eyes, he would not be able to control himself to do some inexplicable things, which was too outrageous for him.

Lu Ze then said: "It's okay, there is no pain."

Four or five snakeskin bags of corn on the cob, after peeling, there is only a basket of about [-] catties of corn kernels, at least a little less, but Ruan Xishi's original intention of growing corn was not to sell it for money, but to keep it for chickens and ducks Yes, although it can't be fed for long, but as long as it can be fed, it can save some feed money.

Speaking of chickens and ducks, it rained during this period, and the chicken coop and duck shed were all wet. When Ruan Xishi fed the chickens and ducks, he just poured the leftovers mixed with rice bran into the food bowl for them, and he didn’t go inside to pick up eggs for many days. up.

After a few days of rain, it finally cleared up and the sun rose again. Although it had rained for a few days, the weather was still hot, even worse than before.

Taking advantage of the fine weather, Ruan Xishi took out all the peanuts and corn to dry. He swept the roof once, and carried the peanuts up to dry with Lu Ze, while the corn stayed in the patio to dry.This arrangement is because the area of ​​the patio is not large, and there are not many corns and they are heavy and inconvenient to carry, so they are placed in the patio for drying and storage. There are more peanuts, but a basket of peanuts is not very heavy, so it is easier to carry them up the stairs. .

Standing on the top of the building, Ruan Xishi took advantage of the higher terrain of his house, and could see that the roofs of several neighboring houses were also covered with peanuts and corn, which can be said to be a bumper harvest.

Xiaohui usually likes to play in the yard, but now the yard is full of things to dry in the sun, and it has no place to run wild, so it ran to the place where the corn kernels were dried, angrily ran to the place where the corn kernels were dried, and played with scratching the corn with its claws. When Ruan Xishi saw it, Ruan Xishi sternly chased it away, and went to sweep back the corn kernels that it had dug everywhere.

Xiao Hui felt that he had done something wrong, and the whole dog was listless, holding a corncob and biting it sullenly, looking at Ruan Xi from time to time, and howling sadly and aggrieved.

Ruan Xishi felt aggrieved when she saw that it made a mistake, and her heart softened. She walked over and patted its head, half blaming and half coaxing: "There is a corn drying place over there. Yes, you know?"

Xiao Hui seemed to understand his words, sobbed softly, Ruan Xishi's heart softened, and coaxed it: "Be good, I will give you meat later."

As soon as Xiao Hui heard that he could eat meat, he immediately became cheerful, sticking out his tongue and licking the back of Ruan Xishi's hand non-stop.

Seeing this, Ruan Xishi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she turned her head and said to Lu Ze, "I think Xiaohui has become a spirit."

Lu Ze also laughed: "Maybe he really became a genius."

In a few days, the corn and peanuts can be temporarily stored in the house when they are [-]% or [-]% sun-dried, and then poured out to dry for two days before the oil is pressed or the corn is ground.

Then it was time to harvest the rice. The rice in the field had already matured, and it was a piece of yellow. The ears of rice were covered with grains of plump millet, which pressed down heavily, looking like a golden ocean from a distance.

I don't know which farmer proposed to harvest first, but everyone went to the field the next day.

There are only two threshing machines in these villages, and the threshing machine will stay in each village for two days. After the expiry date, you can only transport the rice ears to other villages for threshing. However, it will cost extra manpower and money, which is very expensive Few are delayed.For the convenience of threshing millet, everyone acted as a group, and went to harvest together on a sunny day, and then made an appointment for the threshing machine. In those two days, everyone lined up. Suiciao goes to the threshing machine to thresh the millet, and after threshing, finds a place to dry the millet in the grain drying field, and then transports the millet home after drying.

When Ruan Xishi heard Uncle Li say that he was going to cut rice tomorrow, he got up, sharpened his sickle, found old clothes and poles for sun protection, went to the mountain to cut bamboo and cut bamboo strips, and took his tools to the mountain after dinner the next morning. field hole.

When Lu Ze heard that the ears of rice should be harvested before the threshing machine came, he was worried that Ruan Xishi would not be able to do it alone, so he took a sickle and followed.

Farmers are everywhere in the field holes. They wear long-sleeved trousers, bend over and use a sickle to cut off the ears of rice, put them on bamboo strips and tie them up, and then pick them up to the drying ground. When the threshing machine comes, they can directly thresh the rice. up.

Others have many families and many fields. When a family is dispatched, there are only a few people standing in a field, and the harvesting speed is very fast.Ruan Xishi's family only has him and Lu Ze, and they are not considered veterans in farm work, so the speed is slower, but their family only has five cents of land, no matter how slow they are, they can finish harvesting in a whole day.

In order to facilitate the sun-drying of millet, the village built a large sun-drying field beside the field hole a long time ago, and each household divided lands of different sizes according to the number of people for sun-drying the grain.But now some villagers have money to build new houses, and they are more willing to transport the millet home for easy transportation and drying, so there is more than enough space for the sun-drying farm.

After harvesting the rice, Ruan Xishi tied the ears of rice into a small bundle with bamboo sticks, which was just enough to hold a bundle full of arms, so that it would not be tiring to hold. He used a pole to carry two bundles at a time to the sun-drying field, although it was not very heavy. , but it will still be tiring to go back and forth a few times.

Lu Ze felt sorry for him, so he took the burden from his shoulders and let him stay in the field to concentrate on tying ears of rice.

Ruan Xishi was afraid that he would not be able to take it anymore, so she walked with him back and forth, seeing that he was carrying the burden, walking like flying, blushing and not panting, so she was relieved to let him carry it.

Ruan Xishi, who owns the land of the Ruan family, has already covered the tarpaulin with the ears of rice on it. Firstly, it can keep out the rain, and secondly, it can catch the scattered rice and avoid waste.

Lu Ze walked back and forth a few times, even though he was very strong, he couldn't take it anymore. He returned to the field, put down his pole, and sat down on the ridge to rest. When Ruan Xishi saw Xiao ran over, he handed him water and The fan, even pinched his shoulders to make Lu Ze feel uncomfortable.

When the passing villagers saw it, they made fun of them and said, "Oh, it's Shizi, looking at me from afar, I thought someone's little daughter-in-law loves her man so much."

Ruan Xishi blushed suddenly because of this ridicule, and quibbled in a low voice: "I just see that brother Lu Ze is too tired to carry the burden, so give him a massage, uncles and aunts, don't make fun of me."

Lu Ze secretly laughed when he heard this.

The ears of rice were piled up in a tall pile, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze worked together to cover the tarpaulin, pressed it tightly with stones and blocks, and then went home.

When I got home, I still had to collect corn and peanuts for cooking. There were still many things to be busy. Ruan Xishi had no time to rest, so she had to go upstairs with the shovel to collect the undried peanuts.

Seeing that he was going to work before sitting down to rest, Lu Ze called to him and said, "Little Ruan, sit down for a while, and I will collect the peanuts. You will be responsible for cooking and feeding the chickens and ducks later. Cooperation will be faster."

Ruan Xishi thought about it for a while, and it seemed to be the same. If you finish everything early, you can rest early, and tomorrow you have to thresh the millet to dry the millet.

Lu Ze drank a couple of sips of water, wiped off his sweat, and went upstairs to collect peanuts. Ruan Xishi went into the kitchen, scooped out the leftover rice from the rice cooker, and then washed new rice to cook. After plugging in the electricity, he Feed the leftovers to chickens and ducks.

When Ruan Xishi was feeding the chickens, he went in and picked up the eggs that he hadn't picked up for several days. Because they had been accumulated for several days, he picked up a pot of eggs, at least a dozen, and he was very happy with the heavy ones. Wait for some more, and you can take them to the town and sell them.

After placing the eggs, Ruan Xishi went to the duck shed to feed the ducks. The ducks grew bigger and bigger, especially the two male ducks, which were fat and beautiful, and quacked every day.

The tarpaulin of the duck shed was crooked by the rain a few days ago. Ruan Xishi went in to tidy it up. He walked into the duck shed and found a few duck eggs with green shadows in the corner where the ducks like to sleep.At first, he thought they were garbage plastic bags and didn't pay attention to them. When he got closer, he realized that they were really duck eggs, which were a circle bigger than eggs, and they were heavy.

Eight female ducks, six eggs in the duck shed. I don't know which duck laid them. It's been a few days, but he still decided to feed the ducks more and supplement the ducks that haven't laid eggs. Give some nutrition, let them lay eggs, and feed the ducks that lay eggs better, so that they can continue to lay eggs.

After collecting the peanuts on the roof, Lu Ze came down and went into the kitchen to see how Ruan Xishi's meal was doing. As soon as he entered, he saw more than a dozen eggs on the cabinet. He asked in surprise, "These eggs belong to our family." Did the chickens lay so many?"

Ruan Xishi, who was cooking, heard his question, turned around and said happily to him: "Brother Lu Ze, the ducks we raised have also laid eggs. Look, the relatively large eggs inside are laid by ducks."

Hearing this, Lu Ze really went over and looked carefully, and there were really a few eggs that were different from others. After all, the ducks had been raised for three or four months, and it was time to lay eggs.

He said with a smile: "If we can lay so many eggs every day, we will be able to get rich selling eggs in a short time."

Ruan Xishi frowned and said: "It's more difficult to get rich, but it will increase your income, and it's true that life will be easier."

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When I come from the countryside, I am afraid of myself

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