Yipin Farmer

After harvesting rice for three days in a row, the yard at home is already full.Others were harvesting rice in the field, and Ting Shuang was threshing in the yard at home. This season's rice was very competitive, the grains were full, and it was easier to thresh.Take a handful and slap the ground vigorously to remove the rice grains.Ting Shuang was very strong, and she fell several bundles in a short while. The remaining straw was piled up in the corner of the yard as feed. Aunt Li put the rice grains in a basket and put them away.

But there is no rice milling tool at home.Ting Shuang had no choice but to drive the ox cart back and forth to transport the rice grains to the city's mills, where the rice was milled and sold directly to the Dafeng Grain Store in the city, and then the chaff was pulled back, which could be fed to chickens and ducks.The milling room can't do it, and there is no spare warehouse in the family, so I have to sell the rice to the grain store, which is much cheaper than selling the rice directly.After calculation, it is more cost-effective to have a mill at home.

Seeing the bundles of rice brought back home, Ting Hui was very excited and said: "When my elder brother opened up wasteland, the villagers still said strange things, saying that this is not the right way, that you should not borrow money, and that you can do as much as you have. The matter of money is well-spoken, but they haven’t talked about it now, have they?”

As he said, the villagers looked greedy, and someone had already approached him, wanting to buy some rice seeds, and planned to grow rice next year.Ting Shuang still insisted on the purpose of benefiting everyone and promised to provide rice seeds in the coming year.

Ting Hui was also used to his way of doing things, so he curled his lips and said nothing.

For those who work hard, Ting Shuang's purpose is to never treat them badly, and told Aunt Zhou to stew fish every day.

Earlier, when the seedlings were about the same size, hundreds of fish fry were released. Originally, fish farming in rice fields was a hit-and-miss thing, so I didn't pay much attention to it.After several months of natural growth, the fish has grown to about a catty. Some of them were harmed by waterfowl that ate them, some escaped, some were caught by children, and there are still many fish left.

After the paddy fields were filled with water, the fish gathered in the cross-shaped fish ditch in the paddy fields. Tingshuang bought a fishing net and cast it down to catch three or four fish. Xiaodouzi held a small net bag and could catch one at a time. One or two, sometimes you can catch frogs, but Ting Shuang said that frogs are beneficial insects, you can't eat them, so Xiaodouzi put them back into the water.

Every meal is very hearty, the grass carp has enough time to slurp on the pot, the taste is stewed in, a large pot of vinegared potato shreds is fragrant and crisp, and the egg drop soup with spinach leaves is very refreshing to drink.

There are a lot of people eating, including the family and the hired laborers, a total of a dozen or so people. There are many people eating and eating lively, plus they are hungry, the food tastes very sweet, and everyone is like grabbing food.After finishing the work, the hired workers felt that the head of the house was very generous, and expressed their willingness to do it next time.

The newly harvested rice grains were plump and crystal clear. Tingshuang and Xiaoye held them in their hands and studied them repeatedly. Xiaoye threw a grain into his mouth and chewed it carefully. His excited eyes lit up, thinking that the rice seeds were good and the fertilizer was enough.Ting Shuang thinks that the water is good and the land is good. When selecting seedlings for raising seedlings, he used the mineral water in the pond to soak the rice seeds. This once again proved that the water in the pond is very unusual and conducive to the growth of plants.

The mules had to be pulled out for a walk, and the grain had to be tasted to know. Ting Shuang cooked the rice herself, washed the rice, added enough water, and started to light the fire.Soon, there was a soft gurgling sound in the pot, like a beautiful rice song, and the fragrance of rice gradually spread.Mrs. Li also knew that this meal was unusual, her face was beaming with excitement, and she was cooking vigorously. Braised chicken gizzards and livers were cut into two plates, chicken blood soup was boiled in a pot, eggs fried with green onions, and shredded potatoes in vinegar One pot, and borrowed a large pot from the next door to stew fish, and Xiao Douzi also caught a basket of crabs from the rice field and steamed them together.

In the evening, when the people who went to work in the field returned home from work, they smelled the fragrance of rice from afar, forgot all their fatigue, and started running.Sniffing vigorously around the pot, Ting Shuang saw that everyone was there, and lifted the lid of the pot solemnly, as if holding a sacred ceremony.The white rice in the pot has a strong and pure aroma, making everyone salivate.Looking at the white rice in the pot, Ting Shuang suddenly felt very moved. This is the fruit of labor, the joy of a good harvest, and somehow remembered a sentence that O. Henry said: It is the sound of the horn that promotes the development of the world.Haha...that's so funny.

"What are you making fun of yourself? Hurry up and serve the meal." Of course Baoqi is the one who can challenge the authority of the head of the family in this family, and he tapped on the side of the bowl with chopsticks to urge.

When the rice was put into the bowl, Xiaoye couldn't wait to take a mouthful into her mouth, biting while chewing while resisting the heat, "Hello Seven..."

Ting Shuang also chewed a mouthful of the rice, closed her eyes and savored it slowly, the grains were crystal clear, white and sticky, soft and chewy in the mouth, a pure and natural rice fragrance circling from her mouth several times down to the In the stomach, the whole body feels comfortable.Compared with the northeast rice Yuanyang rice that I ate in my previous life, it is not inferior at all. It must be because the seeds were soaked in special mineral water when raising seedlings, and the farmyard manure without chemical pollution was used, especially because of my superb cooking skills. So delicious, the appraisal is complete.

"The food grown with my own sweat tastes delicious." Ting Zhi broke his fantasies with one word.

So people nodded in agreement, and Ting Shuang had no choice but to nod.

There was a pot full of rice and a pot of fish, and several dishes were robbed, not even chopped green onions left.

"It's the first time for me to eat rice, so it's so delicious." A hired worker put down his bowl and rubbed his belly and said, while another hired boiled water to rinse the plate and drink it.

"The wages will be settled tomorrow. When you leave, each of you will bring back ten catties." Ting Shuang threw down the reward with a wave of his hand.

"My boss is really a kind person." The faces of the four hired workers beamed with joy.

"Anyone who works hard, I have never treated you badly. This is my purpose. Come when you are willing to help in the summer harvest next year." Ting Shuang said, and gave Baoqi a look, meaning that you are the most leisurely guy.

The hired workers nodded repeatedly, expressing that they would come to work at his house in the coming year, eat well, and take extra rice before leaving. There are not many such kind-hearted employers.

Peasants pay attention to the fact that you respect me one foot and I respect you one foot. The hired workers are not the ones who just take it and leave, saying: "We are not in a hurry to leave tomorrow. The owner will give us the money and send us ten catties of rice home to cook. We also know that it’s good to feed the baby, seeing that your family has a lot of chickens and ducks, let’s get some grass for your family before leaving, and your cowshed should also be repaired.”

Chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep can find food on the grassland and woods in spring, summer and autumn. You can eat grass seeds, small fish and insects. If you don’t eat in the wild in winter, you have to rely on people to feed them, so It is necessary to prepare a large amount of food for poultry and livestock to survive the winter.

Some employers do not pay people to work, but only give a few bags of food, or deduct wages.Now these hired workers met a generous and kind employer who took all the money and extra rice. They felt sorry and were willing to work for two more days to prepare fodder for their family.Ting Shuang also felt that they were kind, and she took the initiative to stay for two more days, so she had a good impression of them.

Because the two sides give each other benefits, they both feel that the cooperation is pleasant, and they will meet again next time.

After the meal, the steamed crabs on the pot were cooked too. Farmers were short of oil and water, and their favorite was big fat meat slices. After eating, I bit my belly part whole, and spit out the scum all over the place. Only Baoqi ate it carefully.Ting Shuang looked at it and it hurts. This thing costs at least 50 yuan a catty in a modern supermarket, and these people are spoiled like this. If I knew I wouldn’t give it to them, I could get some money by picking the crabs and selling them in the city. .

After more than ten days of autumn harvest, the yards of every household in the village have set up grain hoards.Soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and corn should also be put into cellars, and those that should be put into warehouses. The crop poles are brought down, and the earth becomes bare.

Meng's harvest is the largest in the village.Xiaoye finds it unbelievable, because the wasteland opened in the first year can only recover the seeds, but now it is far more than expected.

For this season's harvest, Ting Shuang has made good arrangements. The family's previous land plus the wasteland opened up this year totals nearly [-] acres. In modern rice fields that use chemical fertilizers, an average of one thousand catties of grain is harvested per acre. In this era without chemical fertilizers, only With natural fertilizer, the hit was less than a third, and it was not as high as he had expected, but the total was still impressive.

After dinner, Ting Shuang settled accounts under the oil lamp.Divide the harvest into several shares, because the open land is unowned wasteland, and the government's household houses are not registered, so there is no need to pay taxes, which is a big deal.I set aside two thousand catties of rice for my own use, set aside another portion for rice seed, sold most of it, and got a total of more than 50 taels of silver. After deducting the money paid to hired workers, the rest can be paid back to the money from the bank.

Sure enough, selling rice is much more profitable than selling rice. Next year, I must build a warehouse and repair a pestle to grind the rice myself.

Then I kept some of the rice for my own use as gifts. First, I gave [-] catties to Shi Jie in the city, and another [-] catties to Li Zheng’s family, and Li Dazhu’s family who taught them how to plant land and helped to see green. Aunt Zhou's family who taught him how to hunt and watch greens, Shen Jianzhang who taught him to hunt and watch greens, and Ma Yaozi's family who gave them medical treatment also gave [-] catties each. There were old people who gave [-] catties for porridge, and other households gave [-] catties each. catty.

Ting Hui saw that he was using a piece of paper to record the distribution, and he didn't take it seriously, and said, "Brother, you are poor and generous again, and you have lost hundreds of catties in one fell swoop."

Ting Shuang looked at the account book without raising his head: "We came here empty-handed, relying on the help of the villagers, father's burial, mother's funeral, how can we manage such a big event, and we all rely on the help of the villagers. Even the food is provided by the villagers. The Lizheng family also gave us chickens on credit, lent us pots and pans, and helped us plant rice seedlings. Uncle Dazhu taught us to farm and borrowed our farm tools. Otherwise, how could we Farming. Aunt Zhou’s family often helps us mend and wash. The wheat harvested this summer was planted by his family last year, and we still owe them.

Not to mention the historians have helped us a lot. Now that we have the conditions to repay, we naturally have to repay. We must not forget the goodness of others. "

Baoqi watched him settle the accounts, and said with a smile, "You send rice to every household, do you want to mobilize the whole village to grow rice?"

Ting Shuang looked up at him and smiled: "Xiaobao understands what I mean. I want everyone to plant stubble rice and get rich together. However, it depends on the terrain. Some high-lying land is dry land, which is not suitable for rice planting. Everything else is fine."

Baoqi became curious again: "What is stubble rice?"

Ting Shuang tried to speak to them in an easy-to-understand language. To put it bluntly, it means planting wheat after harvesting rice, and planting rice after harvesting wheat in the next year, which is called replanting rice and wheat.

Unlike in the south where crops can be grown three times a year, only two seasons can be planted. Winter wheat must be planted before the frost, and it will turn green in the next spring, and it will be harvested when it is full.Then plant autumn crops, such as sweet potatoes, peanuts and soybeans. This is dry land cultivation.

The wasteland of his family is low-lying and prone to flooding, and other crops are hard to find, so he grows rice. He needs to transplant mid-season rice after the wheat is harvested. The rice field is soaked in water for a long time, and the soil is easy to harden. Through multiple cropping of rice and wheat, alternating dry and wet, and paddy and dry rotation, it can be done. Improve the soil quality, so hurry up and prepare the ground for sunning.

This is said in the book, but it is theoretically so. When it comes to practical application, you have to consult experienced farmers. How high the weir should be, how wide the ditch should be, how to store water and drain water according to local conditions are practical problems to be solved.

After the autumn harvest, there are still many things to do, such as planting, mowing, harvesting vegetables, fishing, digging manhole covers, cowsheds, and building houses.

When everyone else fell asleep, Baoqi propped her head up and watched Ting Shuang settle accounts and make plans under the oil lamp with meaningful eyes.

"What are you doing looking at me so affectionately?" Ting Shuang teased him during the calculation.

Baoqi's face was slightly red, but she still had a proud expression: "I was just thinking about how many bowls of rice you ate tonight."

"Oh," Ting Shuang touched his chin in a contemplative state, "I just ate and forgot to count."

"I don't even know how many bowls of dry rice I ate, so it's still an account." Baoqi looked at it contemptuously, "Let me tell you, you ate three bowls today."

"Just eat your meal, why are you peeking at me? How many bowls of rice I eat is none of your business." Ting Shuang fought back.

"Do you think I'd like to see you? It's because your eating is too scary." Baoqi was not to be outdone.