Moving from the city to the countryside

The next day, Zhu Wenxuan got up early in the morning.When he was going to work in the fields, he no longer boiled porridge for everyone to drink. Instead, he used a pressure cooker to cook a pot of rice, stir-fried a few side dishes, and cooked a pot of sauerkraut and tofu soup.

There are still a lot of tofu left over from years ago. He saved a few for Guo Jianjun to make stinky tofu, and cut the rest into small pieces and fried them for storage.Whether it is used as a steamed meat pad bowl or as a whistle when eating noodles, it is excellent to cook soup with fresh minced sauerkraut like this, and it is also an appetizer.

This kind of breakfast seems to be "too much to eat", but in the village, it is basically the same in every household.

Hanyuan has a large area of ​​arable land, and most of the people's income comes from the soil, so the farm work is particularly heavy, which requires a lot of labor and physical support. Therefore, the local customs of Hanyuan are that three meals a day Eat dry rice.

The Zhu family had a variety of breakfasts, and they often drank porridge. This was the result of Zhu Wenxuan deliberately changing everyone's eating habits after he came back.

He has been away for many years, and he eats simple and light breakfasts. Moreover, Grandma Zhu is getting older and has to pay attention to the issue of health preservation. With Guo Jianjun behind him, he pays more attention to diet issues.

When Guo Jianjun eats, he never refuses anyone who comes to him, he eats so much that he feels full, and the timing of his meals is irregular. For a long time, his stomach is naturally not as good as he imagined.Zhu Wenxuan even had the idea of ​​banning his late-night snacks. As a result, the first night when this idea was put into practice, Guo Jianjun's stomach started to growl in the middle of the night, and he was really hungry in the end. He also got up and secretly poured a large cup of tap water =_=

Guo's belly "protested" so much that the ban on supper would naturally not be enforced. Zhu Wenxuan thought that he was such a big man, and he was so hungry that he drank cold water in the middle of the night, so he couldn't harden his heart.Not only was the ban lifted, but they also insisted on preparing supper for Guo Jianjun on time every day. They are all foods that nourish the stomach, are easy to digest and will not accumulate food. Can sleep well.

Here, as soon as Zhu Wenxuan put breakfast on the table, Uncle Zhu came over.After the family had breakfast, Guo Jianjun took the two of them to Ganxi Dam in a tricycle.On the road, I met Wang Guixiang's mother, son, and his father-in-law. Wang Guixiang was carrying a sling, and it looked like they were going to shoot garlic sprouts like them.

Zhu Wenxuan called Guo Jianjun to stop the car, and asked the three of them to get in the car before asking, "Sister-in-law's house is also going to shoot garlic sprouts? Are there many?"

Wang Guixiang's expression was a little embarrassing, her voice was not loud, and the tricycle was running, making a lot of noise, and the cold wind poured into her mouth. Zhu Wenxuan chatted with her for a while, full of wonder, but fortunately, Guo Jianjun was not driving slowly. Within minutes, Wang Guixiang's family got out of the car.She stood beside the car, thanked her with a smile and said, "Thank you for your car, then we will go to the fields first."

The car drove for a while, and Zhu's garlic sprouts also arrived.

After Zhu Wenxuan waited for Uncle Zhu to leave the field, he pulled Guo Jianjun and asked, "How can I see Uncle's complexion is not very good?"

Guo Jianjun gave him a sideways look, thinking how heartless this is, and how hot that family is.However, the little boss didn't know about this, and Guo Jianjun thought he was justifiable, so he said concisely: "The old man you called to get into the car just now is the one who fought with uncle."

Zhu Wenxuan was stunned for a while before he realized what Guo Jianjun meant. He opened his mouth, blushed and shouted in a low voice, "Damn it, why didn't you say it earlier." He hid in the house, but today in the car, he didn't say a word. Wang Guixiang's attitude was also quite strange. He thought that a few people were not used to the small carriage of the tricycle. After all, there are old and young, and the relationship is knot Over the bridge.

Guo Jianjun smiled indifferently and asked: "Last time you said that the person who helped you drive away your superb uncle and aunt was this woman?"

Zhu Wenxuan said with a stern face: "Yes, I have always been very grateful to her..."

With this incident, Zhu Wenxuan worked very hard, and kept going to Uncle Zhu.According to the thoughts in his heart, the uncle must not be too depressed in his heart, yo, I am the one who fights for you, but you have good intentions, and you will give someone a ride when you turn around.

Feeling guilty in his heart, Zhu Wenxuan pouted his buttocks and beat the garlic so fast that he didn't know he had to straighten up to take a breath.It was Guo Jianjun who saw that he was exhausted and panicked, so he went to the ridge of the field to get a glass of water, let his uncle drink it first, then went to the field to touch his arm and said, "Drink some water."

Zhu Wenxuan straightened up abruptly, his eyes puffed out, and he took a long time before he let out a long breath, but Guo Jianjun could clearly hear the gasp.Uncle Zhu also glanced at him, and said, "There's not much garlic here. We'll finish it in a day at most. Don't work too hard. This is just the beginning. You have to get used to it."

Zhu Wenxuan grinned, reached out and rubbed his waist.

Guo Jianjun stared at his hand with squinted eyes, his eyes were so hot that he wanted to chop off his paw.That gaze was too scorching, Zhu Wenxuan looked at him with the corners of his mouth twitching, his eyes looked like he was looking at a psychopath, he was also jealous, didn't he just touch and rub him?While thinking, he moved his fingers again and kneaded a few times.

Guo Jianjun threw a knife at his hand, if the uncle was not there, he might have helped others and replaced him.

Hitting garlic sprouts is really physical work, and Shimoda basically just bends down and sticks his head down to work hard.

Zhu’s garlic sprouts are growing well, the roots are higher than the knees, almost reaching Zhu Wenxuan’s thighs. In order not to break the garlic stems, when he bends down, he must not bend too low. Cut off the garlic sprouts at the same position as the soil, and don't bend too high, otherwise the arms will not be long enough.Although the long tool is used, compared with the old one in the past, I don't know how many times lighter it is, but Zhu Wenxuan is still very tired.

Oh, speaking of this tool, the most high-quality land in Hanyuan is sown twice a year. The locals call it Dachun and Xiaochun. Dachun is for rice, and Xiaochun is for garlic sprouts.

With such mass production, since Hanyuan can be called the hometown of rice, it can also be called the hometown of garlic sprouts.Fortunately for rice, although the landform of Hanyuan is not suitable for the unified operation of large harvesters, small harvesters can still be used, so harvesting rice is not particularly troublesome.

The garlic sprouts are not the case, they must be pulled out of the garlic sprouts one by one.At the very beginning, when the people of Hanyuan harvested garlic sprouts, they cut the stems of the garlic sprouts and brought them home, and then peeled and tied them up after returning home.This method is too time-consuming, but there is nothing you can do about it, but the wisdom of the working people is endless. A native farmer in Hanyuan, named Chen Xinxin, after years of pain and happiness in harvesting garlic sprouts, finally It is to invent a simple tool for harvesting garlic sprouts, which the locals call garlic sprouts scraping.

As the name suggests, this thing can scrape the garlic stems. It has sharp teeth. In addition to the sharp teeth, it also has a knife edge, which is convenient for scraping the garlic stems and peeling off the garlic sprouts.As a result, hitting garlic sprouts is rarely called cutting garlic sprouts anymore.

Chen Xinxin became famous because of this, and also started a side job.And the people of Hanyuan gradually discovered the benefits of using this tool. First, it saves a lot of trouble. They only take garlic sprouts from the field and go home, and they just say "carrying" the work, which saves a lot of work.In the past, I had to recite all of them home several times.

Furthermore, the leaves of garlic sprouts have a pungent taste, so they should be taken home and peeled off, and they cannot be fed to pigs, so they have to be thrown away.There are no special garbage dumps in the countryside. When people take out garbage, they usually dump it in their own bamboo forests, or in the ditch at the door. Tree leaves, vegetable leaves, etc. can also be dumped into the pigsty, so that the pigs will trample them. Pig manure is mixed together and used for fertilization.There are too many garlic leaves, and everyone has a headache when dealing with them.

The second advantage is that a person with rich farming experience and careful handling of crops found that when cutting garlic sprouts, only cut off the garlic sprouts and leave the garlic leaves on the stem. If there are garlic whiskers in the garlic sprouts, it can turn into An independent garlic sprout, and a garlic sprout grows out of it again.

This is the same as the second result, and everyone is indescribably happy.Garlic whiskers are basically ubiquitous, so why not do it if you can harvest one more garlic sprout.However, to be in such an uncomfortable posture, while paying attention to efficiency, it is really difficult not to cut off the garlic stalks. Not many people do it.

When Zhu Wenxuan was a child, he helped Grandma Zhu with work. I heard about it every year, but the garlic sprouts he beat were basically reduced to flat ground =_=

In addition to the benefits of one more garlic sprout, people have also discovered another advantage of leaving the garlic stem in the field, that is, the garlic buried in the soil together with the pole will use the outside world after the garlic sprouts are gone to compete for nutrients. The stem absorbs more sunlight and nutrients, the garlic will grow bigger, the meat will be better, and the color of the garlic skin will be better.

In short, this can be regarded as a history of excavation and accumulation of farming experience, and Chen Xinxin's name has also resounded throughout Hanyuan.For many years later, the garlic stalk scraping used by the people of Hanyuan was produced by Chen Xinxin, and this tool was also introduced by farmers who grow garlic stalks in other places. It can be regarded as the pride of the Hanyuan people.

Garlic sprouts scrape, from invention to improvement, has also replaced several generations of products.At the beginning, there was a long wooden handle, with an opening at the bottom, holding a special toothed blade.

Later, after using it, people reported that the tines are too long, some thin garlic stems will be cut through, and the garlic sprouts inside will be melted, which will affect the appearance.But if the tines are too short, they won't be able to pierce thick garlic sprouts at all.Chen Xin's second-generation product improved it into two sharp teeth, one long and one short.In the third generation, it is improved to three sharp teeth, so that even if you encounter a very thick seedling stem, you can basically peel off the garlic sprouts inside with a single knife.

After that, it will be the fourth generation product. The hand-length scraping handle of garlic sprouts is a bit short. Every time you want to cut off the roots of garlic sprouts with a knife, you have to repeat the action of "bending and pressing your legs", which is to learn to dance. Little girls can't stand it, let alone farmers of all ages and genders.The improvement of the fourth-generation product is the length of the handle, which is as long as the forearm. You only need to bend slightly to reach the root.

Of course, with such a long handle, the force is naturally not as good as that of the short model, and it is normal that the cut is not as smooth as the short model.But practice makes perfect, farmers are born with a pair of skillful hands, it is not difficult to make a smooth incision, but if you are used to the long style, no one will use the short style again, it is really killing your old waist.

In order to prevent the wooden handle from grinding, the new product also has a rubber on the handle.At this moment, Zhu Wenxuan was scratching the long garlic sprouts with one hand, and wearing a plastic glove with the other, constantly peeling garlic sprouts from garlic sprouts.When garlic buds first sprouted, the output was not high. Although in order to sell them at a good price as soon as possible, those with buds less than five centimeters were all filtered out, and only the long ones were pumped.

Even so, each garlic sprout has to be harvested individually, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.Fortunately, Uncle Zhu is an old farmer, and he is very fast, while Guo Jianjun is born to be hardworking, and he can do everything very quickly. Zhu Wenxuan wronged his uncle because of guilt, and worked hard, but he was not as good as the two of them.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, three people cleaned up all the garlic fields in Ganxiba. Zhu Wenxuan estimated that they could harvest 80 to [-] catties of garlic sprouts, but in the end they harvested more than [-] catties.

Uncle Zhu laughed and boasted: "That's right, after trying to grow it, it's already amazing to be able to grow it like this."

Zhu Wenxuan was naturally happy to be praised, but he still had self-knowledge, so he said modestly, "Uncle, don't give me a high opinion of me. It's not you who give me advice on when and what to do."

Uncle Zhu curled his lips and said: "Who is giving you a high hat? I'm praising Xiao Guo. His fertilization time and amount are just right. Otherwise, you think everyone is the same. Why do your garlic sprouts come out so early?"

Zhu Wenxuan: "..."

Guo Jianjun was on the side, packing his bag as if nothing had happened, and preparing to go home.

Zhu Wenxuan glared at him, and helped clean up with a sore heart.