clang farming notes

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-June, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

The field has been shoveled once and twice, and now the crops have grown tall and strong, and they are not as afraid of being bullied by weeds as they were at the beginning. Everyone has a solid foundation in their hearts.Seeing that the crops are growing well, as long as there is no drought or waterlogging, the harvest will not be wrong.The dealers can take advantage of this time to rest and wait for the time to shovel the ground three times.

As the saying goes, "Dumplings on the head, noodles on the second, pancakes and eggs on the third", and you must make dumplings once in Fuding.

The Du family built a shed in the yard, and installed a mill under it. Now it is much more convenient not to go far to grind the flour.I have a donkey at home, which saves more effort.Since you want to eat dumplings, put on a donkey and just grind them.

The noodles are good, but the meat stuffing is not so good.When the weather gets hot, the meat sellers are afraid that the meat will not be sold, and it will spoil if left unattended.But those who buy meat are also afraid that they will not be able to finish eating after buying it, and it will spoil if it is left unused.They come and go, but no one is willing to kill pigs and sell meat in summer, and eating meat has become a problem.

Fortunately, Qingniu Village is backed by mountains, and there are always some people around who rely on hunting up the mountains for a living.Those who hunt rabbits, pheasants, and roe deer on weekdays like to sell them in the market.No, Du Zhongping took Jin'er and bought a pheasant and a large piece of roe deer meat from the market.

As for why Du An's job was taken away by Du Zhongping, I have to talk about Zhao Ba.

Speaking of which, since Zhao Ba talked about himself and Fang Sheng with the Du family, and got the support of the Du family, it was not the kind of talk, but the direct expression in action: Du An especially Winkingly persuaded Fang Sheng to stay at home and cook, and did not go to the field with him; Du Zhongping helped Fang Sheng come up with ideas to find something to do, and he and Du's family were on good terms, now Zhao Ba likes these two people even more.

Zhao Ba was always talkative, and when he met someone with a temper, he would talk endlessly. Fortunately, Du An was also a talker, so he could talk with him.It's just that the two families are together every day now, and there is nothing special to talk about, so Zhao Ba flipped through the old calendar, told Duan again about the matter of just settling down, and solemnly told Du An: "If you want to be a responsible man, you must We can afford it both at home and outside. We arrange the work of planting, shoveling and reclaiming the land ourselves, so that we don’t let the family members suffer from it. I’m so lucky, I don’t suffer at all, what a brilliance we have on our faces! If someone says, “Oh, that so-and-so’s family is really a crime, and they go to work in the fields every day without even taking a break, I’ll tell you Said, let's go out, the waist is not straight!"

Duan blinked and blinked: "This is a couple's talk, right? You are husband and wife, and Brother Sheng is a big man. Let him know this and you won't be spared!"

Zhao Ba waved his hand: "If he was in good health, I wouldn't be like this, so I would work in the fields together naturally. But your brother Sheng has fallen ill and can't do heavy work. Of course I know he is a man, and he sleeps with me every day." On the kang, can I not know? It’s just that although they are all men, they also divide the hard work and the brain. I mean, we must be able to support it so that the family members don’t have to worry a little bit. Use your brain vigorously, even if he can't come up with any tricks, don't worry, there is always food to eat, I can't starve him, I can't freeze him, I am content."

He asked Duan again: "You are willing to let your little scholar go down to shovel the ground, and the sweat beads fall to the ground and eight petals fall?"

Duan quickly shook his head, his brother Ping shouldn't be doing rough work.

"That's it, so you have to support him, so that he can teach if he wants to teach, and if he doesn't want to teach, he can write and draw at home, isn't it good?"

From now on, Duan has followed Zhao Ba every day to learn how to be a man who can "support the family".

At this moment, he and Zhao Ba were looking at a pile of rattan baskets, and they were preparing to pick up potatoes in a few days.

It wasn't until Du Zhongping entered the house that Du An noticed that it was already late, so he was busy taking things and went into the kitchen to get busy.While busy, he said: "Didn't I ask you to call me? It's a hot day, how nice it is to cool off at home."

Du Zhongping curled his lips, he didn't know what happened for a while, Duan seemed to want to become omnipotent, at home and outside, in front of and behind the house, everyone was busy, so he could only drink tea leisurely, more and more like A raised rice worm.In this hot weather, Duan was already tired enough, and even asked him to go out to buy meat and vegetables, and he couldn't bear it in his heart.

The dumplings that day were stuffed with chicken and mushrooms. They were light and not so greasy, so they were perfect for summer.As for the piece of roe deer meat, braised in soy sauce and stir-fried, just made up for Zhao Ba's lack of oil and water.It's just that the meat is too big, and there is no end to it.

Du Zhongping drank half a bowl of dumpling soup, added a few drops of balsamic vinegar, and the original soup turned into the original food, which was really comfortable.Seeing that the table was being cleared, I volunteered to hang the remaining meat into the well to cool, and brought up the watermelon that had been cold for a day.

This is why Du Zhongping insisted on digging a well at home: in summer, there is a watermelon or cantaloupe hanging in the well, and it can be eaten when it is cool at night or when it is hot at noon. What a pleasant thing that is!By the way, you can also put away the leftovers, hang them in the basket, and they won't go bad the next day. It's really a natural and pollution-free refrigerator.

In the past few days, everyone eats with some stomachs, waiting to eat some cool melons and fruits after meals.Jin'er has been waiting since Du Zhongping went to the backyard.How I want to eat watermelon as a meal, it’s cool and sweet, but unfortunately my father won’t let me eat it. There are only him and Uncle Sheng at home, and I can only eat one or two yuan each time. He can eat whatever he wants, so that when he eats watermelon, he always eats it in small bites, for fear that he will eat it too fast, and he will only have to watch others eat it.

Several people talked about the upcoming potato harvest.Although the potatoes were planted in the first year, when the seeds came out, there were talks about how to plant them, how to harvest them, how to store them, and even how to eat them. I also went to the field to see them two days ago, and they have indeed grown quite large.When it comes to dog days, I'm afraid there will be more rain. If it is soaked by rain, it will all rot in the ground.

The Du family picked a sunny day to harvest potatoes. The two families only had a few acres of land, so they only hired two or three people to help.

Pull out the potato seedlings first, and dig out the roots, so that large and small potatoes are exposed.He piled the ones that were close together, and Zhao Ba drove a cart into the field to pull them up, and then transported some back.This thing can't be exposed to the sun for a long time, or it will turn green, and it will have a very astringent taste in the mouth.But I didn't dare to pick a cloudy day for harvesting. If the potatoes were covered with rain, no matter how I dried them after returning home, they would rot in a short time and would not survive at all.

The potatoes are also very particular when they are stored. They must be placed in the room to be ventilated and dried in the shade. When the mud on the skin is almost dry, they can be bagged and put away.

While everyone was working, they were gossiping. The land that was half harvested had already been pulled back for several carts, and the harvest was really high.I just don't know how it tastes like?If it's okay, I'm afraid I won't be afraid of famine years.Those who came to help reclaim the land were used to it carefully, and even the plum-sized ones were picked up and loaded into the car, so there was no waste at all.

For the remaining few days, the Du family and the Zhao family built a shed in the yard, spread the potatoes under the shed during the day to ventilate and dry, and took them back to the house at night.At the same time, they also vigorously developed the dishes of potatoes, such as potato shreds, potato chips, and potato cubes. Several people ate them all.Even those small potatoes were cleaned by Du Zhongping, who rarely met once, put them into the pot, added some bean paste, pepper, cowpea, perilla leaves, and a piece of pig skin, and cooked them together until the potatoes were cooked. It will be fine when the skin is slightly tightened.It tastes salty and slightly spicy, so it's really good to serve with rice.

It's just, "mynah, don't we have too many potatoes in our family? We can't finish them all. And it doesn't mean that there is still a crop of cabbage or radish in this field. There are a lot of them again, what should I do?" Du Zhongping became worried.

Everyone grew food before, and never grew vegetables in such a large area.Every household is basically self-sufficient, and now they must sell the surplus, but where to sell it is a problem.