Love delays my farming

Chu Yao really felt that he was very talented. It's only been a few days since he came here, his waist is no longer sore, his legs are no longer painful, and he has more energy to work!Looking in the mirror, the handsome young man with star-like eyes is no longer the weak and delicate little salesman who was dubbed "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger".

"I'm black!" Chu Yao was very happy.

Mother Chu was helping her husband with the finishing work of the fence. Hearing what her son said, she subconsciously said, "Why don't you hurry up and put on some sunscreen?" speak up.

Since Chu Yao went to the big city to work hard, she, as a mother, has not been worried for a day.Every year when my son comes back, he is exhausted visible to the naked eye. The positive and sunny energy he brought from the campus has been polished to scum by the society, and he also wears that hypocritical smile when socializing in his hometown.

She was really distressed, but there was nothing she could do.It's not impossible to force my son to stay in a small county, but this kind of [-]th-tier small city needs a network everywhere, and the waiter who goes to the hotel to bring a plate may have several layers of relatives behind him.After all, her son came from a famous university, can he stand this kind of grievance?Besides, the salary of two to three thousand a month in a small county is said to be cheap to eat without paying rent, but a little self-motivated, who would like to just nestle in a small place without much development?

But although I earn more in big cities, I can't see anyone, and I worry that my children can't take care of themselves.Every summer vacation, she would carry big bags and small bags to see her son, and wait in that small room for the son who worked overtime to come back, and she would wait until the early morning...

Therefore, when the lawyer called and said that Chu Yao could inherit the island, but he could only cultivate the land, Chu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, and then agreed.Just like Grandpa Chu said, having a piece of land at home is a retreat for workers who go out to work.Anyway, if you grow something to eat, you won't starve to death, and you don't have to rack your brains to deal with the group of leaders and colleagues. It can be regarded as a place where you can rest and rectify.

The Chu family didn't really think that Chu Yao could do anything on this island, they just loved their children and didn't want to put too much pressure on Chu Yao.

Under the skillful hands of father Yu Haiyang, all the fences of the first small building were finished.

The verdant bamboo pieces are woven together, and the two ends are fixed with bamboo tubes. Every two meters, a section of bamboo tubes is buried deep in the ground. As long as there is no strong wind, there is no need to worry about the fence falling down.Originally, he thought about moving some stones under the fence, so that he could open a small vegetable field around the fence, focusing on climbing vegetables such as pumpkins and beans.It's just that the few days of leave he asked for will expire soon, and Yu's father has been exhorting and exhorting him, so he reluctantly takes his wife and leaves.

Chu Yao called Kang Huiguo again, rented his car, and brought a lot of local products such as rice and eggs grown by himself in the village here to his parents, until he sent them to the town. Only then did the bus follow Kang Huiguo back.

This town is quite lively, it is said that today is still a big market.Kang Huiguo sent the old people in the village to the market early in the morning to buy things, and at noon he helped to send them back to the villages on the other side of the mountain. In the afternoon, he took the money from Chu Yao's 200 yuan wallet cart, and now he does not plan to go back empty , I plan to go to buy some cheap things on the big market that is almost gone.

Chu Yao is so old that he hasn't been to the set yet. Although the set is about to end, there are still some nearby small vendors who haven't left, and are yelling to deal with the leftovers they brought.He followed Kang Huiguo to buy some dried vegetables, and now it is the time when spring is green and yellow. Although there are bamboo shoots to be dug on the mountain, most of the wild vegetables have not grown yet.Most of the fresh vegetables bought outside are grown in greenhouses, and the price is relatively expensive. People in the village are still reluctant to buy too much food.

Dried vegetables are cheap. Many of them are dried beans, eggplants, potatoes, etc. They are also easy to store. When you take them home and soak them in stews, they are still delicious.

Carrying a few bundles of dried vegetables, Chu Yao turned around and saw a stall selling small chickens.The boss brought several baskets of chicks, and now they are almost enough to be picked.There were only thirty or forty of them piled up in the basket and chirping, attracting a few children to watch, wanting to buy them back and keep them for play.

"Brother Daguo, I want to buy some chicken cubs." Chu Yao looked at the group of fluffy and bright yellow little things, and couldn't move his legs.

Kang Huiguo took a few glances and said, "It's all left over from other people's picks. I guess there are more roosters."

Chu Yao said with a smile: "Anyway, I'm not very good at raising. I'll practice my hands first. Besides, the rooster is also very good. After a few months of raising it, I will kill it and eat it in stew."

Kang Huiguo thought about it too, Chu Yao's temperament of an elite in the city hadn't faded away, he said he was 27 or [-] and looked like a college student, probably the first time he came to this kind of place, he looked like Grandma Liu.

"Success, I'll bargain for you."

Small chickens are not expensive, fifty cents each.Because it was the last of these, the boss didn't ask for more money. A total of 38 chicks were included in the basket, and he gave Chu Yao a bag of rice bran for 20 yuan.

This basket is a common bamboo basket in the village, but this kind of bamboo is thinner, so it is round, big and flexible.But it can only hold chickens and things that are not too heavy, which is not practical.But Chu Yao likes it, and besides, he just has a fence in his yard now, and there is no chicken pen or anything. With this basket, he just needs to raise chickens first.

After buying chickens and a few pairs of homemade cloth shoes, Chu Yao returned home full of joy.

Kang Huiguo took him to the island by boat and went home by himself. Chu Yao took his things back with his straps on his back. Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu were drying clothes in the yard.

The little chicken won the favor of the old man, Grandma Chu immediately went to the kitchen to chop some Chinese cabbage and mixed it with fine bran to feed the little chicken. Buckle the basket to prevent mice and the like from getting in and killing the chicks.

The two puppies circled around Chu Yao excitedly, Xiao Bai yawned on the window sill, and looked at Chu Yao dissatisfied.

Just now he said that he was afraid that he would torment those chickens, how could it be possible?He's not a real cat!

In the evening, it was Grandma Chu who was busy cooking. In the past two days, she couldn't make up for the work, but she picked up a lot of tender shepherd's purse around with a basket.These small shepherd's purses came out early, and each one is about two inches long. Pick it up, wash it twice with clean water, chop it up, mix it with meat stuffing and eggs to make dumplings, it's fresh and fragrant!

Chu Yao shook off his cheeks and ate forty big dumplings, hiccupping.Even the three little ones in the family had dumplings to eat, five in each bowl, and the puppies who ate were wagging their tails. Even Xiao Bai ate to his heart's content, curling up in Grandma Chu's arms and licking his paws.

"Tomorrow, I'm going to clean up a piece of land and plant some corn. In a few days, there will be a frightening sting. It's not good to delay the farming season." Grandpa Chu took the map of the island, the more he looked at it, the happier he was, "Just behind the house That area is also spacious, and we cook and eat it by ourselves. I went out for a walk today and found a puddle in front of our house, but it was covered by weeds. After the Kuzi is cleaned up, you can grow some lotus, raise fish, ducks, etc. There is also a small stream here, three or four meters wide, and the water is clear. I saw that there are fish and crabs in it."

Grandma Chu stroked Xiaobai, and said with a smile: "I used to live in the city, and I had nothing to do except take a walk every day. Now it's very good, there are jobs everywhere, but you need to let your grandpa exercise his muscles and bones." .”

Chu Yao nodded and said: "There is nothing wrong with activities, just don't be tired. Your two always come here for retirement, and if you get tired, you will be in trouble. My parents can't scold me to death."

Grandpa Chu laughed and said: "Then you will be tired? I also went to the fields when I was young. If you don't believe me, ask your grandma. The family is poor and has no cattle or anything, so I just carried a hoe and planted a few acres of land. If it wasn't for later... ..." He paused and sighed, "Bai has several brothers, one by one..."

Grandma Chu patted his leg, and said, "Anyway, it's all in the past. Anyway, life has been pretty good for so many years. I just didn't expect your brother to still think about our family."

As grandpa and grandma chatted, Chu Yao realized that this uncle was not actually a relative of grandma's side, nor was it a serious relative of grandpa, but Grandpa Chu's old uncle.But this old uncle was also adopted.It is said that it was very chaotic back then, there was no land, no industry, no fart, and everyone was poor to death.The uncle's family is also dead, and the grandma recognized him as a godson, that is, the thing of adding an extra ladle of water for cooking, which somehow brought up a group of children.

It's just that the relationship between my uncle and my grandfather's brothers was not very good back then, so I just went out to do business in the end, and I haven't heard from him for decades.After so many years, he finally came back, and distributed all the family business he earned to the juniors of his god-brothers, even his own daughter-in-law.What kind of houses are those things, jewelry, and money that can be seen seriously, only the one allocated to Chu Yao is the island.

It looks quite big, but it will definitely burn money if you want to develop it, not to mention that it can only develop agriculture.

According to the lawyer sent over there, after all these things are divided, even if the uncle has repaid the kindness of the old lady's upbringing, he will be able to rest in peace when he dies.Moreover, the inside and outside of the words also revealed that some relatives over there wanted to grab a large amount of property, and they were about to break their heads. If it weren't for the will that said that the children of married women would also have a share, they would not have given away a penny of the money.In this regard, we still have to worry about which family has more sons and who gets more. In the end, the lawyer couldn't see it and told them that they were divided according to the head, which was no different from sons and daughters.

In short, it was not too lively over there, but Chu Yao was quiet on the other side. After reading the place, he signed directly, and the process was over and the matter was over.

Even Grandpa Chu only goes back to visit the grave every year.Later, the burial was changed to cremation, and a sum of money was paid to move the grave of my great-grandfather and grandma to a regular cemetery. Now even if I go to the grave, I will stagger it with his brothers and sisters, and I don't want to get involved in those messy things at home.

Although it is said that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, it can also be seen that Grandpa Chu has a lot of resentment towards the brothers in the family, complaining that he did not say that the land was only allocated to men and not women, I don't know why, and it's like this, as if those daughters are not their own sisters' daughters, for fear of eating more.

Chu's mother, Chu Zhiyuan, has been favored since she was a child, and Grandpa Chu is also reluctant to marry such an only daughter, so he started thinking about recruiting.Later, it was Chu's mother who fell in love with Yu Haiyang, and it happened that Yu Haiyang's identity was also suitable for recruiting, so they got together.

In fact, Grandpa Chu was thinking about whether to let his daughter have a surname of Sui Haiyang, but Yu Haiyang refused.He thinks that if a child is well-raised, one is enough, and whoever's surname is right?Could it be that after his surname is Chu, he won't burn paper for him after he dies?Besides, it's a lot of suffering to have a child, and he can't bear to let his daughter-in-law suffer again.

Later, when he learned of his son's sexual orientation, he just sighed and said that it was fate, and at worst, he would adopt a child in the future and still be able to provide for the elderly.

Maybe it's because the Chu family has a good temper that they can raise Chu Yao like this.He looks like a young master, but he is actually more determined than anyone else, and he has a lot of ideas in his heart.

"That's a good man." Mentioning that brother, Grandpa Chu sighed, "Our father left early, our mother dragged several children, and later added a mouth, and the villagers pointed at them in various ways. Originally said yes If you want to enter the Chu family, you can be regarded as a brother, but you are afraid of dividing the property over there—what kind of property is divided? No one can wear poor pants! Later, the child also lived up to his expectations and was able to work, and everyone was smiling. Afterwards When I was in my twenties, I said that I would go out to make a living. When my mother was still there, I could still send a letter back, but when my mother left, there was no news. If I say it was the Chu family who treated him badly, but those white-eyed wolves... that's all That's all."

Grandpa Chu rubbed his forehead and continued to look at the map, "Why don't we hire a few people to open up the rice fields? It's distressing that this good land is deserted. I've seen it all. It's all very fat land. The grass It came down as soon as it was pulled out, and the soil was black and very soft. And I saw that the peach trees on the hillside were all sprouting, and they were about to burst into flower buds and bloom in a few days."

Chu Yao said: "Don't be so anxious. The villages near here are either old people or children. You have to go to the town to hire someone. Who in the town is willing to come to farm? I'm thinking about cleaning up by myself first. I don't understand. Just call the village chief and ask them, and it will be done when they find time to teach us. And I don’t plan to use pesticides and fertilizers, just grow green food, and we eat it ourselves.”

Grandpa Chu laughed loudly and said, "Farming is a tiring job, can you handle it?"

Chu Yao also laughed, "Then try it, anyway, young and strong."

The next day, Chu Yao got up early, ate a bowl of dumplings cooked by Grandma Chu, and went to the ground with a hoe and a basket.

Although it is said that this island is mostly mountainous and hilly, there are few flat places.But why is this also more than 2 mu of land? The area in front of the house alone is at least 300 mu of flat land. If the creek and water puddles are removed, more than 200 mu of land can be opened.

These fields have not been cultivated for many years, but the soil here is good and fertile, and the land is not hardened.In addition, the surrounding water is also sufficient, and the soil dug out with a hoe is black, and you can also see fat and big earthworms.

The overgrown weeds were pulled out and thrown aside, and the bushes were cut down and rooted.Don’t be afraid of the remaining small grass buds that have just emerged. Turn them out and dry them in the sun for a few days before they die in the sun and wither directly into fertilizer.Turn back and pile up the dried weeds and shrubs into a pile and burn them into plant ash, which is a better fertilizer.

But he was so busy that the sun was hanging above his head, and when he looked back, he didn't even clear half an acre of land.Those fairyland-like farming scenes in the video did not exist at all, but he was so tired that he was panting.

After a short rest, he heard his grandma call him home for dinner.

This made Chu Yao a little dazed. He remembered that he was naughty outside when he was a child, and his parents were too busy to take care of him. Every day, his grandma called him to go home for dinner.Now that he has grown up, when he hears grandma calling him, he misses him immensely.

"Our Yangyang really looks like a worker." Grandma Chu patted the dirt and grass leaves on Chu Yao's body with a broom, and couldn't help laughing, "Looking at that back from a distance, he looks like a little farmer .”

"Farmers are good. Who hasn't been a farmer for three generations? It proves that Yangyang has not forgotten his roots." Grandpa Chu also laughed, but he was chopping wild vegetables for the chickens.I picked up the old leaves of the wild vegetables I dug before and did not throw them away. I found a large cutting board from the storage room today, and I just took it to the yard to chop vegetables for the chickens.

The little chick was let out to let the wind out, rolling all over the floor like fluffy balls.The two puppies were still lying at the door and staring at the group of fur balls, afraid that they would run out without paying attention.

The yard hadn't been tidied up, and weeds sprouted everywhere.The group of little chickens were pecking around in the grass, and it was estimated that the buffet would be enough to fill their stomachs.

The earthen stove in the kitchen was emitting the aroma of food. Grandma Chu soaked dried beans and dried eggplants, took out half a chicken from the freezer, chopped it, and stewed it in a large pot.The stewed vegetables in a wood-fired iron pot are delicious, not to mention that the old lady also posted a circle of small rolls, which were crispy and crispy on one side, and soft and delicious after soaking in the vegetable juice.

Grandpa Chu boasted as he ate, "That's the taste. Hey, I haven't eaten such delicious food for a long time. Although it is said to be dried vegetables, they are absolutely tender when dried, and there are no stalks. We can eat them in the city. Eat such a good dried vegetable? Even if you have it, it’s expensive. And this chicken, the stew is soft and not loose, only free-range chicken can be like this. The broiler chicken sold in the supermarket will be rotten as soon as it is stewed, and it tastes bad very."

"I can't stop you from eating, so let's take a rest." Grandma Chu also smiled. She felt that since she came here, she felt relaxed and comfortable.I am also willing to go out for a stroll, dig a wild vegetable, and chop a bamboo shoot or two, and I have strength in my body.Even eating feels a lot sweeter than before, and the appetite is bigger.

She was in poor health, and her nutrition did not catch up when she was a child. After giving birth to her daughter, she lay in bed for more than half a year before she could get up.On weekdays, if I have a headache and brain fever, I can't do my work, and I will be full after a few mouthfuls of food.It was also because of this that she hadn't been to work much in her life.I used to be poor, so I managed to get some handicrafts to do at home. Later, when I had a little money, my daughter and son-in-law were also filial, and she was not allowed to do anything.If it weren't for Chu Yao's obedience since she was a child, she probably wouldn't even need her to watch the children.

In this way until she was in her [-]s, Grandma Chu really lived on her time every day, and she felt that she might not be able to do it any day.But when she came here, she didn't know whether it was a Feng Shui problem or what, she felt that she could keep her strength and her spirit improved a lot.

Looking at her wife, the handsome grandson, the chickens in the yard, the energetic puppies and the fluffy cats, she felt that it was better to be alive.

There is no courier service in the village, so anyone who buys a courier can only deliver it to the town, and let Kang Huiguo take it back with him.However, people in the village seldom buy express delivery, except when the children come back during the holidays, or people who worked outside to send things home a few years ago.

But Chu Yao likes to buy and buy too much. He bought several pairs of water pants on a certain treasure, and he will use them to clean up puddles in the future.I also bought a lot of special vegetables and grain seeds.What fruit corn seeds, what Beibei pumpkin seeds, and certain varieties of watermelon and melon seeds.These seeds are not available in the village. Everyone still prefers to grow some cash crops. After all, they are easy to serve and can be sold for money when they are ripe.

I am afraid that the seeds of various colors will not be planted well.Some seeds cost a lot of money, and it really hurts if they are broken.

In addition to seeds, Chu Yao also bought some flower seedlings and fruit seedlings.Most of the flower seedlings are insect repellent and mosquito repellent, such as tuberose, mint grass and the like.For fruit seedlings, I bought a few figs and vines, which are specially used to decorate the yard.In addition to my own yard, the yards of several other small buildings have to find time to gather around and tidy up before renting out, otherwise it would be a waste to leave them empty.

With a thunder, the spring rain fell, moistening every inch of soil.

Xiaobai crouched on the window sill and looked outside, couldn't help shaking his hair.A layer of faint brilliance rolled in his soft hair, making him unable to help but let out a contented sound.But not long after he felt comfortable, he saw two thieves with round heads appearing outside the fence through the dim night and the splashing rain.

The two gadgets were arching back and forth, probably unable to find a place to come in, so they opened their mouths anxiously and shouted.This startled the two dogs resting in the living room. The noisy sound not only woke up the two old people sleeping on the first floor, but also woke up Chu Yao, who could sleep like a dead pig as soon as he touched the pillow recently. .

"What's going on?" Chu Yao quickly put on his clothes and pants, and ran downstairs with his slippers.

Grandpa Chu opened the door with a flashlight and looked out for a long time. He squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time. He called to Chu Yao and asked, "Yangyang, take a look. Are there any small animals outside the door?"

"Don't be a weasel..." Grandma Chu was worried about the little chickens she kept in the storage room.

Chu Yao took an umbrella from the door and opened it. He walked to the fence and looked carefully, then turned around and said loudly, "Grandpa and grandma, there are two cats."

"Oh, is it the little bobcat that got separated from the big cat?" Grandma Chu's heart softened when she heard that it was a cub.

Chu Yao went back to the house to find a basin and turned back, opened the fence door and threw the two drenched fur balls into the basin to carry them back to the house, "Two orange cats."

The little kitten who picked up the rain was only as big as a palm, and its fur was soaked, and it pitifully barked at Chu Yao.

Grandma Chu hurriedly found a dry towel and came over to wipe the fur of the two cats, "Orange cat? Then this is not a bobcat cub. I guess it was born by a house cat that came to the island? Oh, look at Dong Yes. Old man, go and soak a bowl of rice in hot water, and add some leftover fish soup to see if they can eat it."

The kitten seemed to be very hungry, so he ate soup and rice with a bowl, and crawled on Chu Yao with his swollen belly.

Xiao Bai, who followed, looked coldly at the two shameless cats and purred dissatisfied.

One of the kittens looked at him, then narrowed its big round eyes, let out a more tender cry, and rubbed against Chu Yao's hand several times.

After settling down the grandparents to rest, Chu Yao carried the newly-baked kittens back to the house to sleep, and unceremoniously put the two kittens into the nest that Xiaobai had settled for before, "Xiaobai, you are a big brother, Take good care of your brother, you know? Tsk, I'll buy some deworming medicine tomorrow, and I don't know if you have fleas or anything."

Two little orange cats: ? ? ?

Meow meow, we don't have fleas! !