Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

After the autumn harvest, the village started autumn planting in full swing.

In the south, there are usually two varieties a year. The second season should be planted in August and September, and harvested in early winter. The winter is cold, so you don’t have to go out to do farm work.

Ruan Xishi hadn't had time to think clearly about her sexual orientation and future love and marriage, so she had to join the farming team because of livelihood issues, so she put this matter aside for the time being.

First of all, you have to plow the seedling field first. Just after summer, the weather in early autumn is dry, the precipitation decreases, the field is dry, and the soil is dry and hard. After plowing, you need to carry water from the pond to wet the seedling bed and mix it into mud. It's a lot of trouble.

Ruan Xishi plowed the seedling field, and followed Lu Ze to the town to buy grain seeds.

The loofah and beans at the door of the house have shown signs of decline. The eggplant can continue to bear fruit because of its long growth period. After a hot summer, the growth of water spinach has deteriorated in the dry early autumn. .The pumpkin vines were also starting to wilt as the pumpkins matured, but they were left with a dozen or so large pumpkins that could last through the end of the year if kept properly.

Ruan Xishi planned to shovel all the melons, beans, and beans in front of his house after a while, and then plant some seasonal crops, so this time he went to the fair, he picked all the remaining loofahs, beans, and water spinach. The aged loofah and beans are kept as seeds.

Then he picked a few smaller pumpkins and kept them at home, and put all the others on the motorcycle and sold them together with other vegetables, including the eggs laid by the family's chickens and ducks during this period, which were also transported to the town.

The sun-dried corn kernels were also transported to the town not long ago, but the corn kernels were not sold, but were transported to the mill in the town to be ground into fine grains, and then transported back to feed the chickens and ducks.

When they went to the town, Ruan Xishi showed Lu Ze the way, and the two of them first transported the corn to the mill. The proprietress of the mill was married from their village and was once a student of Grandpa Ruan Xishi.She was acquainted with Ruan Xishi, and when she saw him coming on a motorcycle of a strange man, she couldn't help but ask when greeting him: "Shi Zi, did you come by motorcycle?"

Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze worked together to put the bag of corn on the ground, patted the dust on their hands and replied, "Yes, I came here by brother Lu Ze's car, I forgot to introduce you, this is Lu Ze, and now I'm staying with me temporarily together."

The proprietress looked at Lu Ze. Lu Ze had just moved a bag of corn, and the muscles on his arms were still bulging, and he looked very strong.The proprietress smiled and said to Ruan Xishi: "Well, then you don't have to work so hard by yourself."

Ruan Xishi took a pumpkin out of the basket, put it in the mill, and said to the proprietress: "Aunt Sun, this is a pumpkin grown by our family, I'll give you one."

The proprietress was surprised, and then accepted Ruan Xishi's gift. After all, it was a wish from the other party, and it was shipped all the way, so it would be too outlandish not to accept it.

What's more, she married out and moved to the town. On weekdays, when the villagers went to the market or consigned goods, they put too many things in their mill and asked them to help keep them.She does not take money from the folks, and she responds to requests. Over time, the folks will remember her kindness. Not to mention every time, whenever there is any ripe harvest in the hometown, they will pass by them specially when they come to the town and send them some.

So Ruan Xishi gave her pumpkins, she didn't refuse, she accepted it with joy, and then asked what they wanted to grind.

Ruan Xishi pointed to the corn on the ground and said, "I have some corn in the sun at home, and I plan to grind it into fine grains and use it to feed chickens and ducks."

The proprietress patted the corn sack and said, "Now your family still raises chickens and ducks. I remember that your grandfather raised a lot of chickens last year, and he often bought rice bran that others don't want from me to feed the chickens."

Speaking of Teacher Ruan, the proprietress suddenly felt lost, and sighed: "Oh, I didn't expect Teacher Ruan to go so early, what a pity."

Ruan Xishi was also a little sad, forced a smile and said: "Unfortunate things happen, there is nothing to do about it."

The proprietress nodded: "That's right, Shizi, you have to be stronger yourself. Grandpa is gone, and the folks are still here. If you have anything to discuss with them, if it doesn't work, you can also come to my grand aunt. Sun aunt can help me." help."

Ruan Xishi replied with a smile, "Okay."

The proprietress asked her husband to come out and weigh the corn, ready to put it on the rice grinder, and then asked: "Shizai, how many chickens and ducks are you raising now? Do you want to bring some rice bran home to feed? Aunt Sun has accumulated a lot here." .Didn’t the grain be harvested recently? Everyone has fed the millet, and no one wants the rice bran. If you want it, take some home, Aunt Sun won’t take your money.”

Ruan Xishi thought about it, the chickens and ducks at home are in the egg-laying period and need a lot of food to supplement their nutrition. Their family only has a fifth of the land, and the millet they grow is barely enough. If they only rely on leftovers to feed them, they probably won’t be able to feed them enough, so there is still more Mix in some rice bran.

He replied: "Okay, let me pretend to be thirty catties, but I can't charge for nothing, I will pay as much as I want."

Aunt Sun smiled and said, "You honest boy, how much is a few dozen catties of rice bran worth? No one wants thirty cents a catty now, so what do you care about with your grand aunt for nine yuan? I also gave Aunt Sun a pumpkin, and these rice bran will be used as a gift in return."

Ruan Xishi said honestly, "No matter what, it's not easy for you and Uncle Quan to run a mill."

Uncle Quan, who is Aunt Sun's husband, said while debugging the machine: "If your Aunt Sun asks you to take it for free, you can take it. Don't be polite to her, otherwise she will be a tigress. "

This was obviously a joke between the young couple. After hearing this, Aunt Sun glared at her husband with feigned anger, and said with a sneer, "Who are you calling a tigress, huh?"

As he said that, he was about to go over to flirt, but Uncle Quan blocked her a little bit, and coaxed helplessly: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble, I'm just about to grind corn for Shi Zai, I'm already in her [-]s and [-]s, why not?" Unsteady focus, shameless."

That's what he said, but with a happy smile on his face, Uncle Quan obviously enjoyed this way of getting along.

Aunt Sun poked him on the head angrily, but the strength was very light, and she laughed and scolded: "Who are you talking about, my wife has 31 flowers."

The two of them showed their affection as if no one was there, but it made Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze laugh. Aunt Sun turned her head and found that there were insects singing and kind smiles on their faces. She felt embarrassed and patted her husband's cheek Tell him to work faster.

"Shizi is still waiting, hurry up, don't waste time."

Ruan Xishi hurriedly said: "No rush, brother Lu Ze and I have to go to the big market, and we probably won't be able to pick it up until the afternoon. It doesn't matter if you take your time."

Aunt Sun said: "It's fine, you two go shopping first, I'll leave it for you when it's finished, and wait for you to come and get it."

Ruan Xishi nodded, and said to Uncle Quan: "Uncle, the corn will be ground in a while, please help me pick out a few catties and grind them into corn flour."

Uncle Quan started the machine and replied without looking back, "Okay, I'll pick out five or six catties for you."

Saying goodbye to Aunt Sun and his wife, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze went to the vegetable market. The two of them put out the vegetables to be sold. The vegetable vendor next to them saw that they were not only selling vegetables, but also eggs and duck eggs, so they chatted with them.

"Handsome guy, are these eggs laid by your chickens and ducks?"

Ruan Xishi replied while laying out the eggs: "Yes, I have raised a few chickens and ducks to lay eggs to eat. It's not too much, I can't finish them, so I have to sell them."

Their chatting was overheard by the woman who was shopping for vegetables next to her. While the vegetable vendor was giving her change, she leaned over, picked up an egg and asked, "Are these eggs laid by your own chickens?"

Ruan Xishi didn't expect someone to ask so soon, and quickly responded: "Yes, the old hens at home just laid these few days, and they are still fresh. Do you want to buy some?"

Seeing that Ruan Xishi was young and so enthusiastic and familiar with the business, and thinking of the disobedient devil king in her own family, the woman who bought vegetables couldn't help feeling good about Ruan Xishi, so she asked casually, "How much is it per catty?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "Six yuan a catty. Don't think it's too expensive. These are all from the old hens in our family that have been raised for almost a year. There are seven or eight hens in total, and they are all mixed with grains." Chickens fed with a small amount of feed and green vegetables, kept in captivity in the yard, and laid one a day or two days, are definitely not comparable to eggs laid by hormone-fed chickens, you can tell by the uniform size of the chickens.”

He talked for a long time, with a sincere expression and a smooth tone. He didn't seem to be fooling someone. The grocery shopping woman thought that he went shopping at a young age, and out of a little overflowing maternal love, she randomly picked a few eggs for him to count the money.

Ruan Xishi carefully packed the eggs, weighed them with an electronic scale, and when a catty was over a little, he simply erased the change and said to the other party, "Your six yuan."

Seeing how straightforward he was, the woman who bought the vegetables had a better impression of him. After paying, she said to him, "I feel good after I finish eating. I will come to buy next time. I wish you a prosperous business, little brother."

Ruan Xishi responded with a smile on her face, "Well, Auntie, please go slowly."

Once the first person came to buy it, people came to ask questions one after another. As soon as they heard that the eggs were laid by their own chickens, the customers eagerly asked about the price. Chickens that are kept in iron cages and fed with feed will lay different eggs. Chickens that are fed with grains will lay eggs that are more nutritious.

There were too many people buying eggs, and Ruan Xishi's eggs and duck eggs were limited, and they were sold out quickly. Those who didn't buy them sighed and looked disappointed. Ruan Xishi introduced them to their own vegetables.

"The vegetables are all grown in my own land. They are watered with groundwater and organic fertilizers. They have not been sprayed with pesticides or ripening agents. They were picked when I went out today. They are fresh. Come and see for yourself, and you can squeeze out water. Come."

The customers who didn't buy eggs and duck eggs bought other things under Ruan Xishi's guidance. Ruan Xishi said that all the vegetables on his stall were sold out all morning.

When closing the stall, he was tired and thirsty, so he sat down on the stone steps. Lu Ze twisted a bottle of mineral water for him, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Xiao Ruan, drink some water to moisten your throat, and I'll clean up the stall." Just fine."

Ruan Xishi took the mineral water and said weakly: "Then I will trouble you, Brother Lu Ze."

They rested on the spot for a while, then found a small frying shop for lunch, and then went to the old market to buy grain seeds.

Because the autumn seeds are here, there are a lot of vendors buying seeds in the old market. Ruan Xishi bought a bag of grain seeds, and seeing other seeds on sale at the stall, he bought some.

After buying something, the two of them went to Aunt Sun's house to get their corn. Aunt Sun and the others were eating, and when they saw them coming, they warmly invited them to sit down and eat together.Ruan Xishi hurriedly said that they had eaten: "You and Uncle Quan eat slowly, we come to get the corn and then go back."

Aunt Sun said: "Okay, put your things in the corner, the cornmeal is in there, and the bag next to it is rice bran for you, remember to take it with you."

Lu Ze went over to carry the corn and rice bran into the cart, Ruan Xishi took out his purse and asked, "Aunt Sun, how much is the total?"

Aunt Sun didn't pay attention to the calculations, and didn't want to take his money at first, after all, it's not easy for him to live on his own as a child, so she just said casually, "12 yuan."

Ruan Xishi knew that she didn't want to argue with her about money, so she took a 20 yuan note from her purse and put it on the dining table, and said, "Here you go, no need to look for it. Brother Lu Ze and I will go back first, Aunt Sun Goodbye, uncle."

Aunt Sun put down her chopsticks, took the money and chased after him, shouting, "Shizai, come back to Aunt Sun, and Aunt Sun still wants money from you!"

Ruan Xishi had already urged Lu Ze to drive the car a certain distance, and when he heard Aunt Sun calling him from behind, he just waved his hands and quickly disappeared from Aunt Sun's sight.

The author has something to say:

Hey, the embarrassing emotional scene hasn't come yet

If there is anything that attracts me about rural life, it must be the human touch. The atmosphere of helping each other is particularly good. Although there are also quarrels and conflicts, once there is a place to help, I will help regardless of the past.The only bad thing is that some villagers don’t know how to respect others, and love to gossip qwq

This is really a personal experience!Because I have never had a boyfriend since I grew up, and I also said that I don’t want to get married. I left my hometown for a while, and went back during the Chinese New Year. I heard from my neighbor’s little sister who had a good time saying that there are eight wives in the village. I'm not interested in falling in love with men and prefer to get along with young ladies, but I didn't publicize this everywhere. I was super angry when people pointed behind my back and said I was gay, but my mother wanted to save face, others When you say something bad about me, you always let me bear it, and don’t even let me go out) I originally planned to live in my hometown for a while to find inspiration when I wrote this article. After hearing what my little sister said, I was disgusted and gave up After thinking about it, let's not listen to it_(:з)∠)_