In my days as a farmer

Bailu in the 24 solar terms is the dividing line between summer and autumn. After passing Bailu, the heat left in summer will gradually recede and the cold air will gradually advance.

Although this is a dispensable solar term for southerners, for northeasterners, Bailu is a harbinger of the official arrival of autumn.

From this day on, it has been rainy and cold.

The problem is, I don't know if it's because too many dragons have gathered in Xiaojin Village recently. This year's autumn rains are more frequent than before, and even typhoons come to join in the fun.

Going up the mountain on a rainy day is a very dangerous thing, so from the day when Baiyun Mountain was shrouded in mist, the small brick house of Xia Dongli's family became lively-everyone stopped going up the mountain!

Although some staff were arranged to live in the Xiaojin Village Guest House, everyone still habitually came to the small brick house to check in with their superiors. There was a lot of people coming and going.

No way, who made the old Dragon King and Nezha live in the small brick house during this time.

Cough cough, then here comes the problem, as we all know, there are only three rooms in the small brick house.

One is Xun Ao's bedroom, and the other is Xia Dongli's, which is now used to live in the owl family, while Xia Dongli lives in Xun Ao's room.

The remaining one is a guest room, but now that Chen Li lives in it, even if Chen Li slips away in time because he doesn't want to get involved in Xia Dongli's housework, there is only one room. So, Father Long and Nezha How to arrange it?Where did the rest of the people sleep?

In fact, the truth is very simple, the two of them didn't sleep at all, and the guest room was still vacant.

Nezha is playing games in the dark on the lazy sofa with his mobile phone in his hands, while the old Dragon King is holding a projector, addicted to dog blood dramas.

The two sides went their separate ways, and after Xia Dongli contributed his instant water dispenser, they were like two salted fish in the living room.

Comparing them, Xia Dongli and Xun Yu, who have to read the dictionaries and find ways to translate ancient books every night during the Tianlei lines of the dog-blood drama and the crazy DISS of a certain child god to his teammates, are simply the freshmen in this family. .

Then as the rain got heavier, Lao Li and Xiao Zhang were added to the clear stream. The two were busy sorting out the specimens and video materials collected on the mountain.

——No matter how good the tent was, it couldn't stop the torrential rain. The guest house was full again. They never expected to be unlucky and didn't want to go back. The two knocked on the door of Xia Dongli's house with a bitter face, and then successfully obtained the attic and the right to use the room.

"It's not a good thing for the rain to fall like this." Lao Li sat in the small courtyard, watching the raindrops crackling and falling on the rain-collecting board above his head, and said worriedly.

Xia Dongli happened to bring out the coffee, and sat across from him when he saw this, "Is Uncle Li worried about the lynx on the mountain?"

"Hey, that's not true." Lao Li took the coffee cup and waved his hand, "For lynxes, rainy days are uncomfortable, but their fur is thick and has a waterproof layer. Just find a place to avoid the rain. , The problem is not very big, but hunting is a bit troublesome, and what I am worried about is the autumn harvest and next year's spring plowing."

For the Northeast, autumn rain is a good thing, but frequent autumn rain is not.

Most of the crops planted in the Northeast region have entered the most important grain filling period. At this time, the plants need a lot of sunlight and water for photosynthesis, and use this as an energy source to promote the conversion of starch and protein organic matter into plump grains.

This year's summer has alternated between drought and flood, and farmers have already suffered heavy losses. Some families have to resort to the trick of "abandoning soldiers to protect the handsome", concentrating limited manpower to protect fields with higher returns or better conditions.

However, when encountering such autumn weather, anyone can only spread his hands and smile helplessly. It can be watered when there is a drought, and it can be drained when there is a flood. However, no one can do anything about this continuous rainy season.

Plants need light, so we can't put a headlight on the plants, right?This is not impossible, but to promote photosynthesis in a field, there is no effect without a thousand-watt headlight, and the electricity bill paid by such a large light is higher than the grain income.

Therefore, even though technology has developed to the present level, what manpower can do at this moment is still very limited, and most fields can only be left to fate.

"Isn't the autumn harvest bad?" Xia Dongli frowned upon hearing this, and his eyes turned to the courtyard and the fields outside the yard.

The rainwater collector in the courtyard is full, and the buoy in the water tank is raised to automatically close the water inlet, so all the rainwater is now poured into the small pool, even with the sound of rain and the continuous gurgling sound of the two ponds Still very obvious.

The first flowers planted under the wisteria flower trellis are not resistant to waterlogging, and Xia Dongli has dug them out of the ground in advance to raise them.Even so, their leaves seem to be somewhat unable to bear their own humidity and open downwards, which is a manifestation of the plants' efforts to increase the surface area of ​​​​the leaves to increase evaporation.

The place facing the gate of his house is a pasture field, and the herbaceous plants are relatively adaptable to the natural environment, but the continuous rain also makes them bend down and bow their heads, feeling a little wilted.

This year he harvested a wave of grass during the flowering season. If next year, the goat beans at this time should also be gestating grass seeds.

At that time, if the goat beans encounter such a rain, I am afraid it will not be good.

"Farming is really difficult." Xia Dongli couldn't help but let out a long sigh with his chin in his hands.

"Haha, that's where it is." Lao Li waved his hand, drank a few sips of coffee, and said, "The autumn harvest is fine, the key is tomorrow's spring plowing. In fact, the Agricultural Bureau has sent people to I did data research, and the results..."

He shook his head: "Not ideal."

If the farmers still value the crops in the field, the relevant agencies are more concerned about the forecast of the next year's harvest. One of the most important reference data is the moisture content of the soil. After investigation, this figure has almost reached its peak.

This also means that the reserves of these natural reservoirs in the Northeast today have reached their peak and have become a burden.

The Northeast region is different from the Jiangnan region. Although there are large tracts of virgin forests and mountains and valleys here, the self-regulation ability is relatively weak.Autumn rain in the south is a gift from nature. It can be absorbed through the soil of mountains and forests, and after infiltrating layers, it will flow into groundwater, and then be discharged into rivers along the river channel, but autumn rain in the north does not have this condition.

Because here, the temperature here will drop to freezing point in another month or two. At that time, whether it is soil or meadow, it will be like a sponge that has absorbed water and will be frozen in place. It will take months for the climate to warm up to thaw.

And if there is another winter with snowfall exceeding the standard line, or a spring with slow temperature rise, the precipitation that has not had time to penetrate into the ground will stop the snow from melting and infiltrate, which will cause farmers in the Northeast to smell it. The existence of change - spring waterlogging.

As the saying goes, people mistake the place for a while, and the place mistakes people for a year.Once the spring flood occurs, the delay will not be a short-term delay, and almost the entire crop production in the first half of the year will be affected.

What's worse is that the north is the main producing area of ​​many commercial grains in Huaguo. Once the local grain production decreases for two consecutive farming hours, it will inevitably cause fluctuations in grain prices.To put it mildly, it is the pressure on the people's food basket, and to say it is the turmoil in the social situation.

"Actually, wheat, rice, and other staple foods are pretty good. The most stressful ones are corn and soybeans." Lao Li shook his head. Amidst the roar of "Love me or her" in the background sound of the room, he chatted with Xia Dongli without being disturbed by it at all. He said, "Our province is the main corn-producing province in the country, and corn is the main formula of feed for most of the breeding industry. If this rain does not stop, the price of feed will increase next year. By then, meat, egg and milk will not be able to escape. "

Xia Dongli paused when he heard the words, and frowned slightly, "So serious?"

"That's right, our country doesn't have much corn storage, and the relationship with the neighboring lighthouse country is not good, and the import price is not low. Soybeans have just changed suppliers."

Lao Li sighed: "Our bureau is alright, the office next door is all gloomy these days, hair is falling out in handfuls, and the accumulated black clouds are about to pass over, so we must hurry up and slip away."

"By the way, if you want to buy some feed, it's best to buy some of the storable feed now, and be careful next spring. Spring floods may also cause small floods in the mountains. Have you bought insurance for your house and land? ? Remember to buy it."

Xia Dongli was speechless for a moment.This dialogue is so familiar, as if someone reminded him at the end of spring.He raised his eyes to look at Baiyun Mountain not far away. The highest mountain in this area was mostly blocked by cumulonimbus clouds at the moment. A group of people warned of the danger of flooding.

He held the cup in his hand and turned it around. In fact, he never said it. Although everyone felt that Baiyun Mountain seemed to be in danger at any time, for some reason, he felt that Baiyun Mountain was always stable and gentle. Maybe it was because he had never You've seen the reason why this mountain went berserk, after all Xia Dongli is a city boy.

But only by listening to people's persuasion can we have enough food. Xia Dongli understands this truth very well.

He breathed out lightly, drank all the coffee, and stretched his waist: "Except for the cherries that were just planted, I basically bought everything else. I'll ask if I can make up for it when the rain stops."

"Huh? You also planted cherries? That tastes good, but it's not easy to transport!" Lao Li thought he was growing small local cherries, and suddenly frowned, "You are still close to the mountains and forests, so be careful of the birds in the sky. "

"I'm not worried about the birds, I've already found bodyguards." Xia Dongli put the coffee cup on the tray and said very seriously, "I'm just worried that those bodyguards will guard against themselves, and I have to give them some ideological education. "

Old Li laughed when he heard the words, he didn't know that Xia Dongli was serious.

The bodyguard he was looking for was of course the crow family. The cooperation between the two parties was quite pleasant this year. Xia Dongli personally thinks that they can consider renewing the contract.

But obviously the crow family has some different opinions.

Since the owl family moved in, the relationship between Xia Dongli and the crows has gradually become a little alienated.There was no way, after all, these two owls were protected by him at first glance. According to the logic of birds, they were like a brood.

The owl did something bad, so Xia Dongli would naturally be imprisoned.

In addition, the weather is getting colder now, and the insects that crows can prey on in the forest are gradually decreasing. According to the natural law, they are about to start preparing to migrate.

Before the migration, the crows must replenish energy for themselves and their young, so the crows' demand for barley worms naturally increased significantly.A few days before Xia Dongli went to the magic capital, the crows were clamoring for a salary increase, and they even had the idea of ​​coming together to eat the big family.

But Xia Dongli doesn't really want to raise money, although it's not a problem for him to get more barley worms, even if his breeding can't keep up, there is still almighty Taobao, and he still has a greenhouse.

The problem is that crows are omnivorous animals. They do not feed on insects. Under normal circumstances, they are forest predators, an important part of forest pest control, and an important delivery medium for fruits. If you rely too much on them If the barley worms in the house are destroyed, it will definitely have an impact on the ecosystem of the entire forest.

And there is also the important problem of pooping. These birds poop after eating in their house. The guano is very corrosive and it is quite troublesome to clean it.

Hey, how about he go buy some glitters to fool the crow?

But now that the breeding season is over, birds shouldn't be interested in Jingjingjing, right?

Xia Dongli was walking into the room with a plate when he suddenly felt a light flash in front of him. He was taken aback, and looked reflexively at the place where the light came from.

The old Dragon King still maintained the same posture as before he went out, lying on the beanbag without any image, fiddling with something in a small box with his fingers.

The light that pierced Xia Dongli just now came from that small box, and even now, everything inside is blingbling.

What is it baby?Xia Dongli didn't think much about it.

Probably because of his age, the old dragon king inevitably likes to dish things up like an old human being.Xia Dongli had seen jade walnuts, luminous pearls, black pearls the size of walnuts, and coral beads a few days ago. Anyway, he was a little shocked from the beginning to now completely numb.

After all, as a dragon from the prehistoric era, he would not be surprised by what kind of plate the old Dragon King took, as long as it wasn't some strange animal bones, his requirements were very low.

He was calm, but the old dragon king suddenly became interested when he saw him passing by, and he waved at Xia Dongli: "Xiao Xia, come here!"

Xia Dongli responded, thinking that the old dragon king was going to tune in again, so he leaned over casually and sat down.Unexpectedly, as soon as the man sat down, a box was stuffed in the palm of his hand. It was the one that the old Dragon King was playing with before, but now it was covered with a lid.

He looked down with some doubts. It was a white box. He didn't know what material it was made of, but he felt it was warm to the touch. Although it was white jade in color, it didn't have the coldness of jade products. Instead, it had a woody warmth.

The box is small, but it is as long as his middle finger, but the hollow patterns on it are layered and complicated. It is estimated that you need to use a magnifying glass to see it clearly.

Xia Dongli tilted his head, and asked with some doubts: "Uncle Geng?"

"It's the tribute to me from the birds here." The old dragon king looked a little complacent, he raised his orchid finger, took a sip of the sparkling wine on the lazy table, and said very generously, " They come to worship the top of the mountain, and they leave as soon as they put them down. I can't refuse, but if it spreads, it's not appropriate for me to accept the filial piety of ordinary birds, so I will give you this thing, and you can enjoy it. What are they, that’s how it went.”

"By the way, although these birds are ordinary, they also have some good things. You can spread them out and buy some delicious food for the dog. It said it wants to eat beef tendon and bone molar sticks. You can buy ten or eight sticks first. Just come back and pile them up for fun.”

The old Dragon King's manner of speaking was as if Xia Dongli had abused their dog.

The corners of Xia Dongli's mouth twitched, and he scanned the room, but found no sign of rice. Obviously, the dog hid immediately after encouraging the old Dragon King to stand up for it, fearing that it would be punished by its master.

Do you think it's okay to hide?Xia Dongli squinted his eyes, and made a strong mark on the family dog ​​in his heart, but on the surface he accepted the filial piety of these birds quite respectfully.

He was actually quite curious, what would the birds here bring, by the way, are the birds here so sensitive?How could he see the abnormality of Jinlong at a glance?

Then why don't they pay homage to Nezha?Could it be that the Dragon King was chosen because everyone is inhuman?That Dragon King can't control the birds.

Xia Dongli was full of curiosity, and opened the little white box when he returned to the bedroom.

Seeing what was inside, he fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, until Xun Yao opened the door and came in to look for him, Xia Dongli just sat there blankly.Xun Yao suddenly approached with some doubts: "A Dong?"

"Xiao Yu..." Xia Dongli turned his head slowly, pointing to the small box with tears in his eyes, "Come out to mess around, you really have to pay it back."

what?

Xun Yao took a closer look and fell silent for a while.

The box is shiny and full of extravagance. It is very bright under the light of the desk lamp, so bright that it is quite familiar——

"Isn't this the rhinestone you gave to the crows?"

"Yes." Xia Dongli replied with a sad face.The old Dragon King also said to use this to buy bones for rice, not to mention it is a molar stick that can be piled up and played. If you spread these out, you may not be able to buy them back in a packaging bag! !