Parents are busy farming

"Girl! Why are you here today?" the old doctor asked in surprise after seeing Ye Zifen.

"So... I have something to ask you about." Ye Zifen didn't know how to open her mouth when she thought of asking about cow birth.

This was the first time the old doctor saw Ye Zifen's embarrassment, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

'She also wanted to speak directly, but she was a little embarrassed. ’

Zi Zifen closed her eyes and said shamelessly: "My cow seems to be pregnant with twins. I would like to ask the old doctor if he has any good prescriptions..."

After hearing this, the old doctor was shocked and asked uncertainly: "The cow is pregnant with twins?"

Ye Zifen lowered his head and nodded.

"Haha... you girl, I am a doctor, not a veterinarian. How do I know that?" the old doctor said, patting his leg.

"Then what... I didn't think they were all about production, so there should be some similarities!" Ye Zifen whispered quickly.

The old doctor finally stopped laughing and said with emotion: "Hey! Now, maybe cows are really worth more than people. Anyway, trouble always happens in your family, so I will give you a prescription in case the cow does not give birth smoothly. , feed it to the cow."

After saying that, he picked up the brush and wrote the prescription on the paper.

"Thank you!" Zi Zifen was still very embarrassed, so she took the prescription and hurried out.

Go to the outside room and hand the prescription to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took the prescription and read it over. He felt that the old doctor's prescription today was a bit heavy. He was about to give a warning when he saw the last word on the prescription was "for cattle".

The shopkeeper also became uneasy, "Are you giving the medicine to the cow?"

Ye Zifen could only bite the bullet and nodded again.

"You girl, you're so weird, do you even give birth-inducing medicine to cows?" The shopkeeper's voice rose involuntarily.

The people around him who were waiting to see a doctor all looked sideways.

Ye Zifen cleared her throat and said, "Um, my cow is pregnant with twins. Aren't we afraid of an accident? Be prepared!"

The shopkeeper found that she had no reason to refute her, and just said: "You!"

What can be done? Turn around and grab the medicine.

The shopkeeper grabs medicine all year round, and his hands are much more accurate than his scale.

I saw him holding an iron plate, quickly opening several drawers, and then reaching out to take out the medicine.

Finally, after grabbing all the medicine, I poured the medicine from the iron plate onto the large square straw paper, folded the four sides, and tied it up with a rope.

"How much?" Ye Zifen took out his wallet and prepared to give money.

"Twenty coppers!...Remember to come back and tell us whether this medicine works or not!" the shopkeeper reminded in a low voice as he handed the medicine to Ye Zifen.

Ye Zifen thought to herself: ‘Are you using my cows for experiments? ’

But he still nodded and went back to the mutton soup restaurant to prepare the mutton soup for tomorrow.

Recently, the family has added more than a dozen sheep, all of which are self-produced.

Zi Zifen thought that after becoming self-sufficient in the future, the mutton soup restaurant would definitely make more money.

The next morning, she did not go back with Mu Hongzhou and the others. Instead, she rented a donkey cart and went to look at the sixty acres of land.

Unfortunately, winter wheat is all planted, and its growth is average. It seems that the land is barren due to growing the same crop year-round.

The fertility is not enough, the leaves of the wheat are a little withered and yellow, and the yield will definitely not be high.

She remembered her mother saying that what Wang Tingmei wanted was high-quality fertile land, and it was in tracts. Unexpectedly, after all these years, the fertile land had become what it is today.

Ye Zifen felt distressed after seeing it.

My mind kept spinning, thinking about how to fertilize these sixty acres of fertile land again.

*

"A light rain brings new flowers, and a thunder starts to wake up the insects. The Tian family has been idle for a few days, and farming begins."

The awakening of insects has finally arrived, and everyone is busy with spring plowing.

Ye Zifen's family still has ten acres of land, which is the white stubble left over from last year (the land that was not planted with winter wheat after the corn was harvested in the autumn of the first year is called white stubble when it is cultivated in the spring.)

This year, we plan to plant five acres of cotton, the rest of the land with spring corn, and another three acres of experimental corn and soybeans.

Today, Ye Yongwang found cotton seeds and soaked them in a large vat.

Cotton can be sown directly, but it will take a long time for the seedlings to emerge, and the seedlings may even not emerge due to unsuitable soil temperature and humidity.

So under the reminder of my aunt, the Ye family soaked the seeds in advance.

Lao Li knew some day laborers, and they gathered in the sheep shed early on the day when work started.

The cattle that Zi Zifen rented were also sent over.

So together with several members of the Ye family, Lao Li and Li Daniu, a large group of people walked into the fields.

Villager A: "The Ye family must have hired a lot of day laborers! Haha! There are also two cows and two donkeys."

Villager B: "Huh? Why didn't you see Ye's big scalper?"

Villager A: "Oh! It's true, the Ye family's big ox is so strong that it doesn't even go to the ground!"

Villager B shouted loudly: "Yongwang! Where is your big scalper! Why didn't you see it?"

Ye Yongwang replied loudly: "I'm pregnant with my baby, I don't dare let it work now!"

Villager A: "Cows are precious things. It would be bad if something goes wrong."

Villager B: "That's right... the cows from Old Liu Tou's family stopped pulling people after they got pregnant!"

Villager A: "It's not a loss if you don't take people in. A calf can be sold for at least four taels of silver!"

Villager B: "That's right, okay! I'm at the field and I'm busy."

After Ye Yongwang finished answering, he went to his own land, and Lao Li assigned work to everyone.

Ye Zifen didn't dare to be arrogant, it was better to leave this matter to experienced farmers like Lao Li.

So the day laborers were assigned to help plows and flatten the bottom.

Ye Zifen and others were responsible for leading the animals.

Five acres of cotton-growing land were plowed out in the morning.

Sisters Zi Zifen and others went home early to get their meals, and Mrs. Feng had already prepared the meals.

Ye Zifen made bean sprouts half a month ago. There is still a lot of bacon at home, so I made a big pot of bacon bean sprouts.

Steamed two large pots of mixed-noodle buns and six sausages at the same time.

After Zhi Zifen cut the sausage into slices, she and Zhi Fei went to the fields each carrying a bucket of vegetables.

In addition, both Ye Zifen and Ye Ziwei have large backpacks with steamed buns in them.

Li Daniu carried two buckets of cold water.

When I came to the field, I quickly served food to everyone and took the steamed buns by myself. It was enough.

Everyone's bowl has a few slices of bacon and two slices of sausage.

Ye Zifen and the others ate together with the day laborers.

"Miss! What kind of fertilizer do we have on our five acres of land?" Lao Li asked.

"I remember there was a lot of sheep dung behind the sheep shed!" Ye Zifen asked.

"Yes, there are still a lot of leftover fodder from the sheep soaked in it." Lao Li said.

"Okay! Let it sit in the sun for two days and then put it in the ground!" Ye Zifen said.

"But those are not enough for these more than ten acres of land!" Lao Li said quickly.

Ye Zifen knew Lao Li's worries and comforted him: "It's okay. You can use these five acres of land first, and then move the rest elsewhere."

Lao Li felt relieved after hearing this.

"In the afternoon, I will ask them to plow the remaining land and hire some female workers to pick up the grass roots tomorrow?" Lao Li discussed with Ye Zifen.

"You just have to make the decision. My father said I'll listen to you, so you can make bold arrangements. I'll give you an extra two hundred cents this month, and a hundred cents for the big cow. I know that the sheep are born at night. You and your son have worked hard. "

Lao Li was even more excited when he heard Ye Zifen's words, "With this money, his family can save enough money to build a house!" ’

"Thank you Miss Fifth!" Lao Li said quickly.

"Don't thank me! Go eat quickly and take a rest after eating. We will be busy in the afternoon!" Zi Zifen drove Lao Li to eat.

I can't stand Lao Li's thank you, it's like this every time!