The daily life of a farmer through farming

Due to the frequent rainfall this year, the grain production in Jingchuan and the large tracts of land in the town has been greatly reduced. The rainwater that has nowhere to flow will soak the roots of various crops with insufficient oxygen, which makes it difficult for the roots to breathe, thus affecting the growth of crops. and crop yields.

The villagers in Jingchuan also began to panic because the harvest was less than half of the previous year. Just the meeting of the elders of the ancestral hall took place for three full days.

On this day, the villagers of Jingchuan were summoned to the sun-drying field at the head of the village. Bai Shui and Lu Yu hid in the crowd, waiting for the serious-faced elders of the clan to announce the results of the past few days of research.

Bai Shui originally thought that the result of the elder's announcement this time would be to call on the villagers to hunt together in the mountains, or to go to other places to collect grain according to his idea to alleviate the famine caused by the disaster.

However, the result announced by the elders was beyond Bai Shui's expectations. After a few days of discussion, the result was a gathering of people to hold a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven. According to the older generation, the rain this time was due to punishment from heaven.

Jingchuan itself is a small mountain village in a remote area. When the weather is good on weekdays, the harvested food is barely enough to survive. This kind of coming and going, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven has not been done once in decades. This time the famine broke out, many elderly people They all believed that it was caused by the folks in Jingchuan not offering sacrifices to heaven.

This time, Baishui was extremely disappointed with the elders of the ancestral hall and Gu Tiecheng. The elders of the ancestral hall in the center of the crowd were still shouting at the top of their voices, but Baishui couldn't stand it anymore. The reason is that the weather is a bit cold, Bai Shui lowered his head and saw Lu Yu's reddish nose tip sharply, and pulled Lu Yu out of the crowd without saying a word.

Although Lu Yu looked a little confused, he still followed Bai Shui's footsteps and asked behind Bai Shui, "Bai Shui, are you in a hurry?"

Bai Shui didn't look back, but just said to himself, "It's so cold to stand here, it's better to go home."

"But the village chief hasn't finished talking yet." Lu Yu was still puzzled.

When he was about to get home, Bai Shui let go of Lu Yu's hand, with an indescribable bitterness in his eyes, "I don't quite agree with them discussing the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, I think the problem should be solved from the root instead of blindly relying on Make decisions with a belief.”

After hearing this, Lu Yu nodded in agreement, and said again, "Actually, this is how it is here. Some things can be solved by relying on the elders to get good results, but there are also some things that will get worse with the help of the older generation. We have nothing to say."

Bai Shui now only hopes that this kind of sacrifice ceremony can save some time and spend precious time on practically solving specific problems.

In fact, the ritual of offering sacrifices to the heavens held by the elders of the clan took a full three days to complete. Jingchuan, which was originally a precious grain of rice, now had no food and could only use livestock to perform sacrifices to the heavens.

During the ceremony, Gu Tiecheng and other elders began to collect fat livestock from door to door, ranging from fat pigs to small red roosters pecking worms on the ground.

When everyone received Baishui's house, the animals used for sacrifice had already been collected. Let's look at the three old cows in Baishui's house who were frightened by Haohao Tangtang's battle of catching livestock, Bai Momoo, and the one who bullied Moomoo. None of the ewes and hens dared to make a sound, but tremblingly stared at the crowd who were already red-eyed in the cattle pen.

Gu Tiecheng was the first to speak to Bai Shui, "Now that we have enough livestock, we don't need to embarrass your family. If you two just got married and I fooled the three old guys of your family, what would it be?"

"Uncle, I don't think it's appropriate to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens because everyone can't open the pot." Bai Shui listened to the heart-piercing yells of all kinds of livestock outside his house, and couldn't bear to speak out all his thoughts.

After hearing this, Gu Tiecheng frowned, his voice became softer, and he patted Bai Shui's shoulder and said, "The elders in our village have all experienced these things, so let them do whatever they say, I know your intentions are good. .”

Bai Shui also had nothing to say now, he could only wait until everyone left, and closed the door angrily.

A few days after the heaven sacrifice ceremony, it started to rain and sleet in Jingchuan. This terrible weather was not relieved by everyone's sacrifice, but it was getting worse.

On this day, Bai Shui drove the ox cart to the town, and the place where the ox cart rolled was wet all the way, and the scenery in the town was as gloomy as Jingchuan.

There were two or two pedestrians on the road, and they moved in a hurry, without any intention of stopping for any shops. Now the shops in the town look deserted.

Baishui did not go straight to Yipinzhai as usual, but went to the grain store in the town according to Lu Yu's idea, but before the ox cart arrived at the grain store, Baishui saw half a queue from the entrance of the grain store A street-length queue.

Bai Shui smiled wryly at Lu Yu and said, "Sure enough, we're still late. Look at the queue, it seems that it's probably already sold out by the time the two of us go in."

"Then we still have to wait, otherwise it will be more difficult to solve in the future." Lu Yu got off the bullock cart one step earlier than Bai Shui, and ran to take a seat first to queue up.

Seeing this, Bai Shui shook his head helplessly, then drove the ox cart aside, and stood in line with Lu Yu, waiting to buy grain.

Time waits for no one, and the weather is also very good at picking time to torture people. The weather is getting colder and there are snowflakes falling from time to time, which makes Baishui impatient to continue waiting.

Bai Shui ignored Lu Yu's inquiry and left the queue, looking for the direction of the queue, and walked to the entrance of the food store. Some people looked bad because they were afraid of Bai Shui jumping in line, Bai Shui didn't take it seriously, and circled around the door.

When he saw the shopkeeper, Bai Shui yelled at the pockmarked little boy, "Brother Liu, it's me, Xiaobai!"

Besides, this Liu Mazi is really a foodie. Almost all of his monthly money as a mistress is spent on food, and the place to eat must be the Yipinzhai in the town. He likes the taste of white water cooking, and usually I love to give feedback on the various dishes prepared by Baishui, and I became friends with Baishui after chatting.

When Liu Mazi didn't see Baishui at first, he still helped everyone trade food with a tiger's face. When he saw Baishui, his face suddenly smiled, and he handed over the work in his hand to other brothers. squeezed out the door, took Bai Shui aside and said warmly, "Xiao Bai, why are you here? Are you short of food at home?"

Bai Shui sighed at the side, and then said sadly, "It's not because of our weather here. The grain production in my field has decreased. I was afraid that my husband would be hungry, so I wanted to come here to have a look."

Liu Mazi looked around, and whispered to Bai Shui, "Nowadays, the store sells old rice and old grain, and the new grain has to go far to the north to collect it. Now I can only give you the old one, and the quantity is still small." not much."

Now that Bai Shui was in trouble, he hesitated for a long time and said, "Brother, do you know when you will go to the north to collect the latest batch of grain?"

"It's hard to say. Our shopkeeper's family has an emergency. Before leaving, he told us to close the store after selling this batch of grain. There is no plan to go to the north to collect grain."

There is only one grain store in this town, and according to Liu Mazi, there is not much grain left in the store and none of it is fresh. Baishui's family still has enough grain to satisfy their hunger in a short time, but there is no guarantee of grain for the winter.

Bai Shui stood on the spot and thought about it for a while, thinking of Yipinzhai and thinking of his own home, suddenly realized that the only way to solve this problem is to go to the north to collect grain.

Thinking of this, Bai Shui whispered to Liu Mazi, "Brother, do you know where your store usually collects grain? We also need food in Yipinzhai. I'm afraid our store will not have enough food."

After Liu Mazi heard this, he sneakily dragged Bai Shui away from the crowd, "If it weren't for the sake of our brother's ability to chat, I really wouldn't be able to do this. I told you not to disclose the address of the grain collection, and I will tell you now, so listen carefully."

Bai Shui remembered what Liu Mazi said in his heart, thanked Liu Mazi, and left the food shop to go to the place where Lu Yu was queuing.

Lu Yu shrunk his neck from the cold wind, and now he saw Bai Shui coming and hurriedly greeted Bai Shui, and when Bai Shui approached, he whispered, "I thought you were going to grab food, and you were going to see if there was any food. Where I need my help."

Bai Shui took Lu Yu's slightly cool hand, and said softly, "Of course, let's stop queuing up and go back to Yipinzhai to discuss with Xiao Lan."

When I arrived at Yipinzhai Baishui, I saw Xiao Lan leaning on his face with one hand, playing with Wenwan's bitter appearance with the other, staring at the door with his eyes fixed on him.

Seeing this, Bai Shui stepped forward and shook Xiao Lan's hands in front of Xiao Lan. Seeing Xiao Lan recovering, he said just now, "What are you doing?"

Xiao Lan sat up straight, and said in a dead breath, "I was thinking about what to do after Yipinzhai. Now that many restaurants are closed, we are the only Yipinzhai left to hold on. The food in stock is getting less and less. Go to food Asked by the shop, they also said that there is no more, so what should I do?"

"Why don't we collect food?" Bai Shui continued to guide Xiao Lan with a smile in his eyes.

However, Xiao Lan just didn't go on the road, and now he is lying on the table, saying in a deadpan way, "You said it easily, who knows the price of the grain harvest and where is the location?"

"Bai Shui knows." Lu Yu really couldn't stand Xiao Lan's decadent and confused appearance, so he repeated to Xiao Lan the plan he had said on Bai Shui Road.

Xiao Lan, who was originally lying on the table lifeless, was instantly refreshed when he heard the good news, and discussed with Bai Shui about the plan to go to the north to collect grain.

When the grain was harvested the next day, Lu Yu also set off with Baishui. The inside and outside of the house were tightly locked, and the living animals, such as white radishes and ewes, were all fostered by Baishui in Mi's home. .

During the period, Ma Ju agreed with Bai Shui's plan, and asked to go to the north with Bai Shui to help the family store food.

In this way, Bai Shui drove the ox cart with Lu Yu, and Ma Ju, who was also driving the cart, left Jingchuan regardless of the strange eyes of the villagers, and went northward to collect grain with Xiao Lan and others in the town.

On the road, the carriages and ox carts of Baishui and his group were so thick that passers-by looked at them curiously and were puzzled.

After driving for noon, everyone got off the car and gathered at a small restaurant to order food to fill their stomachs. Although they all brought dry food and dried meat, Bai Shui decided to save dry food and other easy-to-store foods for the last, just to be on the safe side. If you can eat in restaurants, try to eat in restaurants as much as possible.

At this time, Bai Shui and the others had almost left the city, and the small restaurant they were in was located in the suburbs. The conditions of the restaurant were not very good, but the owner was so friendly.

"This year's harvest is not good, and there are even fewer rice and noodles. Our restaurant is also like what the brothers have seen, and all that can be seen has been eaten up." The owner dismissed Xiaoer because of the sudden famine, Acting as the second child, he walked towards Baishui and the others with the boiled sweet potatoes.

Bai Shui looked at the red-skinned sweet potatoes in the basin, picked the biggest one, broke it in half and gave the half to Lu Yu, and ate the half by himself.

Xu Shi was exhausted. Although the main meal was only sweet potatoes, everyone ate it to their heart's content. The owner was even more happy when he saw it, so he followed up with his plan, "You are the last batch of customers in this small restaurant. After that, I closed it."