The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

After hearing this, Pei Yuanqi looked at him silently, and after a while said: "Godfather, be careful all the way, go early and return early." Xue Yinsong thought in his heart that only this child is the most obedient, only to hear Chang Hui next to him also loudly imitate: "Xue Yinsong Uncle, be careful all the way, go early and return early."

Xue Yinsong nodded with a smile, and greeted a few people to eat: "It will take longer for me to leave, maybe ten days. You should be good at home and don't cause trouble."

The little scholar was taken aback: "Walk for so long?"

"Well, this time I have to plant rice seedlings when I go back. It will take 3 or 4 days for two acres of land, and I have to irrigate the paddy fields, and I have to fix the cowshed."

Little Xiucai nodded in disappointment, lowered his head to dig a mouthful of food and said: "This guy's cooking is not good." Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "Be good, all of you, I will bring you some wild game when I come back."

Chang Hui was the most supportive, and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Xue is the best!"

Xue Yinsong set off to drive home before dawn. With cattle at home, it was much easier to plow the land. In two days, the land should be plowed and irrigated, and the fat pits buried in winter had to be dug out. Alas, this is a lot. There are a lot of endless farming tasks that are really annoying. Sometimes it is impossible to go out even if you look at the sky. The animals in the family always have to eat three meals a day, and one meal can give you two taels of meat when you are hungry.

Xue Yinsong rushed to Chenjia Village while thinking about his thoughts. He turned off the water in two days, transplanted rice seedlings in three days, and fixed the cowshed in two days. He could finish it in 7 days at the fastest, and he could return in 8 days at the earliest if he took half a day to go back. In the county town, as the saying goes, a little farewell is better than a newlywed, enen, maybe it is beneficial to say goodbye once in a while...

"Brother, is Qilipu the road?"

Xue Yinsong turned his attention and took a closer look, only to see a young woman about eighteen or nineteen years old asking for directions anxiously: "Going forward, there is Qilipu Village. I have never heard of Qilipu."

The woman was stunned, her eyes straightened in shock, and she asked in a loud voice: "No? Why not? When I asked for directions the day before yesterday, an uncle clearly said that Fuchun County is thirty miles south of the city."

Xue Yinsong shook his head: "Thirty miles to the south of the city is Qipu Village." After speaking, he raised his foot and walked forward. He has never been a nosy man, and he intuitively felt that the young woman in front of him was a trouble.

The woman staggered back a few steps and sat down on the stone on the side of the road. Xue Yinsong's fleeting sympathy jumped out, and he turned his head and said: "This road is a bit remote, you should go back to the city and hire a car, otherwise it will be dark." I can’t even reach Qipu Village.”

The woman was chanting something, and she didn't know if she heard it, but she just looked at him blankly and nodded, Xue Yinsong didn't bother to pay attention to hurrying on her way.

It was still early in the morning when he arrived in Chenjiacun, and it was not time for lunch. When Old Xue saw him coming, he poured the last remaining material from the dustpan into the cow trough and said, "I'll go in the afternoon, the cow is still young. We can only plow once and take a rest, and we have to make up for the middle.”

Xue Yinsong didn't think so, but he had no choice but to agree: "Okay, you have the final say." As he spoke, he went to the water tank to scoop up a ladle of cold water to drink. What are you going to drink that unboiled water for?"

Xue Yinsong sweated from the heat in the morning, and said with a smile, "It's so hot, how can you drink hot water?"

Father Xue shook his head: "You young children, just want to cool off, drink cold water and wear short jackets, and when you get old, you will have stomach pains and low back pains."

It's not that Xue Yinsong didn't believe it, but because he was young, he smiled and continued to drink water.

After eating at noon, the warm spring sun made people want to doze off. Xue Yinsong managed to grab the plow and hoe, and followed the cow.

As soon as the calf enters the ground, it wants to run happily. After all, it is still a child with a young mind. Father Xue smiled and let it run wild for a long time before he went to hold the rein: "Go to the plow, change two lines and one line, and strive for today Half an acre has been plowed."

Seeing his father harnessing the cow, Xue Yinsong held onto the plow frame and said, "Okay, let's go!"

The calf is not yet an adult, so he has to rest for a while every two rows. The Xue family and his son pull two more rows by themselves, and the speed is much slower. This afternoon, they only plowed half an acre, but after all, it is much easier than human plowing. Mr. Xue Dad is very satisfied.

Xue Yinsong dug the ditch with a few hoes, and saw a stream of cool river flowing into the field. It took at least an hour for the water to drain, and then Father Xue sat down to rest and lit a bag of dry tobacco.

"Father, how can Tun Mi prevent mold?"

Father Xue heard the words: "Tuning rice is afraid of tides. We ordinary people usually don't remove the germ when we harvest rice. If we have germs, we have to germinate when we meet the tide. Even if we remove the shell, it must be dry. Do a good job of waterproofing and moisture-proofing."

Xue Yinsong frowned and thought for a while, "It's possible to prevent ground tides, but what should we do if there is water vapor in the air?"

Father Xue said: "Usually when Huang Meiyu happens, a charcoal pot needs to be baked in the storeroom, and limestone has to be piled up in the corner of the room. This is very costly."

Xue Yinsong frowned even more. In order to stabilize the price, he had to hoard goods. If the cost of hoarding goods is so high, let alone the warehouse, even the charcoal basin and lime are not a small expense. How high is it?"

Father Xue thought for a while, then smacked his cigarette and said, "1-2%, but that's the market in our north. It may be different in Chenjiacun."

Although the north produces rice, they like to eat noodles, so the fluctuation of rice price does not have a big impact on them. Xue Yinsong looked up and looked into the distance. Chenjia Village is located in the middle south, but it is mainly rice. If the price of rice fluctuates by [-]% The effects are dramatic.

It seems that selling rice is not so easy, Xue Yinsong breathed out and asked, "Plant the rice once, it shouldn't be a big problem, Dad, do you want to go back to your hometown?"

Father Xue was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "Just go back and have a look, you and Aunt Huan go back and have a look, and give incense to grandparents by the way."

Father Xue nodded: "It should, it should..."

After resting for a while, the water gradually flooded the ground, Xue Yinsong pressed the soil again and said: "Let's get this small piece first today, and try to plow the big field for one day tomorrow."

Father Xue was heartbroken for the cow, but the sowing was only a few days away, so he couldn't delay it, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, go back and get some grains for it to eat, so that it will have strength."

When the two returned home, Aunt Huan was cooking in the kitchen. Seeing them come back, she hurriedly greeted them with a smile, and brought a jug of wine and a plate of peanuts first.

Father Xue fetched water to wash his hands, took a sip first, slammed his mouth and squinted his eyes: "I don't expect anything else in this life, just drink two taels of wine every day."

After hearing this, Aunt Huan stretched her head out of the kitchen and scolded with a smile: "You are so beautiful, this wine is for entertaining Zha Jin." polite."

Xue Yinsong actually doesn't like to drink, the strong wine from this farmhouse is throat-cutting and spicy, but after being tired for a long time today, a little drink can relieve fatigue, so he also poured a small glass and said: "I'll have some too, drink it Soothe the tendons and activate the blood, so as not to have a sore back tomorrow."

The four of them had a lively dinner, then sat in the backyard to rest, the dim oil lamp on the stone table was swaying with the wind, Xue Yinsong suddenly became a little intoxicated, recalled his childhood in a trance, and asked in a low voice: "Father, are you still a child?" Remember that Mid-Autumn Festival, we also sat in the yard like this, and you exchanged a can of badger oil for a few mooncakes for me to eat."

Father Xue was taken aback for a while, as if recalling the past, he sighed, and after a while he asked, "Are the mooncakes delicious?"

Xue Yinsong smacked his mouth: "It's delicious, I still remember the one with jujube paste, it's sweet and soft."

Father Xue smiled, as if recalling something, and sighed: "That was when you were three years old? Do you still have memories? I almost can't remember."

Xue Yinsong thought to himself, that was the first Mid-Autumn Festival I wore, how could I not remember it?But he said in his mouth: "I will never eat such a delicious moon cake again."

Father Xue became interested: "I will buy it when I go back next time. It was made by the old man of Feng's family at the head of the village. The old man's skill is excellent. I heard that he used to make cakes at the official's house, but he was fired for some reason. .”

Xue Yinsong thought for a while and smiled, "Okay."

The whole family was tired after sitting for a while, so Auntie Huan had boiled a pot of hot water and asked Zha Jin to wash first, and then came to greet the father and son.Xue Yinsong just stood up, only to hear someone knocking on the door in the front yard, and Aunt Huan put the wooden basin on the stone table: "Hurry up and wash it, I will open the door."

Xue Yinsong asked his father to wash first, and then he went to fetch new hot water to wash himself. He only heard a few words from the woman's voice in the front yard, and slammed the door behind him.

"Aunt Huan, who is it?" Xue Yinsong asked with a smile, squinting his eyes and burning his feet.

Aunt Huan led someone in and said, "It's a big girl. If you want to visit relatives, you can't find it after searching around. Come to my house to stay overnight."

When Xue Yinsong opened his eyes, he saw that woman looked very familiar: "It's you?"

The woman was a bit cramped and couldn't let go of her hands and feet, but when she raised her eyes and saw Xue Yinsong clearly, she sniffed and cried: "It's you...how is it you again...you are unlucky."

Xue Yinsong was angry: "Hey! Be careful what you say, did I offend you? I'm kind enough to show you the way."

The young woman cried again: "I went back to the city and hired a car...I took a whole morning to Qilipu Village, but no one had heard of Qilipu, and I had to cross the city boundary...The driver refused. Let's go, I said to go back to Fuchun County to live at night, the driver said he was afraid that I wouldn't pay, so he had to pay half of the fare before he would take me off. The car ran away by itself... I walked to the village until my feet were broken. I wanted to beg for a drink, but who would have thought that every household would not open the door... or your house opened the door..."

The words were a little unclear, Auntie Huan understood roughly, and quickly asked her: "Did sister not have dinner? I don't have anything left at home. I happened to have noodles that were dried yesterday. Can I get you a bowl?"

The woman was also refreshing, and hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, "I'll light the fire."

Xue Yinsong wiped his feet, poured the footwashing water with a splash, and hummed: "I told you earlier that there is no Qilipu here, and you don't believe it."

The woman burned a small piece of firewood nonchalantly, and replied with a smile: "I will never give up, I will come all the way, I always have to see it with my own eyes."

Xue Yinsong snorted and wanted to leave as soon as he threw the basin away, but Aunt Huan called her to stop: "Tiger, the old man will sleep next to you tonight, and this girl will sleep with me."

Xue Yinsong frowned: "Isn't Changhui's room still empty?"

Aunt Huan replied: "You have removed all the quilts, what are you using to cover them? Go back to the room and call the old man, don't fall asleep and don't want to move your nest."

Xue Yinsong had no choice but to agree, and murmured back to the room to ask his father to change rooms.