Farmer's ancient daily life

After a while, A Duqin happily ran to Uncle A and showed off his new Chinese name to him.

Uncle Ah heard the reason, and stroked his beard with a smile: "Okay, this name is quite good."

Thinking of what he thought when he first agreed to keep A Duqin, Uncle Ah felt that as long as the two children were happy, nothing else was required.

The wind and snow on the grasslands are much heavier than those on the plains, maybe someone is living with him, and this winter is extremely comfortable and safe.

It was almost the New Year's Eve, but because the family didn't have much food, they didn't eat too much.

On the day of the Chinese New Year, Uncle got up early and prepared to cook some delicacies on the prairie for the two children.

But as soon as I arrived at the kitchen, I saw the smoke rising from the kitchen, and the smell of food came out of the room.

Pushing open the door, it was Fang Mingfeng and A Duqin who were making meals.These days, because of the heavy wind and snow outside, and the north wind blowing on people's faces, Ming Feng simply stayed at home and learned how to cook.

Now after so many days of practice, although the meals made are not as good as Aduqin's, they can still be eaten anyway.

Uncle Ah suddenly remembered the food that Fang Mingfeng made at the beginning, there was a hint of ashes from the bottom of the pot in the charred black, and the color, fragrance and taste were not complete.

The entrance is simply a mixture of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty flavors.Uncle Ah recalled the taste, and couldn't help being excited, and hurried forward to see how the New Year's meal was done.

Although the food on the plate was not the best, it didn't look like it smelled like the burnt smell when Ming Feng started cooking.

Now that he can eat, Uncle is no longer picky about anything, he puts his heart down and said with a smile: "Aduqin, you have to help me take care of him, don't burn down our kitchen one day!"

Although he now has a Chinese name, Uncle A is still used to calling him A Duqin.According to him, both names are called Ducheng.

After he said this, uncle no longer struggled with what to call him, and just called him whoever he said.

Because there are only three people in the family, they didn't cook much.The New Year is festive, and Aduqin specially made some delicious food for Fang Lili and Rhubarb.

After lunch, the three of them were not idle at all.After packing up the things, I started to prepare for the evening meal - dumplings.

Uncle Ah and Fang Mingfeng were originally from the Central Plains, and they were happy to eat dumplings no matter where they were, but now that they are celebrating Chinese New Year, they have to prepare some dumplings to eat.

The dumpling stuffing was prepared a long time ago, using wild vegetables picked in the mountains in autumn, and some dried mushrooms and bacon were chopped together and sprinkled with seasonings.

Now it smells, fragrant and seductive.

Fang Mingfeng thought of the dumplings he ate a long time ago, and looked at the pot of dumpling stuffing in front of him, and couldn't help feeling nostalgic.

The wind outside the house was whistling, and snowflakes were falling on the window sill one by one. The valley was quiet and peaceful.

Uncle Uncle looked at the hot fire beside him and couldn't help laughing.How could he live so comfortably in the past until now.

In previous winters, the cold wind was so bitter that it would often blow through the paper windows, and the cold wind poured into the house, making people so cold that they couldn't sleep.The house is also gloomy and there is no warm place.

Now, Aduqin took apart his old clothes, stuffed some cotton wool into them, and changed them into cotton curtains and door curtains.

Then I put a hot stove in the room, and the smoke came out from the wall next to the room, so I don't know how much hotter it was than before.

"Uncle, there seems to be a little air leakage in the sheep shed today. When I went to add water to them, I saw a lamb hiding in the innermost part, and it was shaking all the time."

A Duqin suddenly remembered what he saw in the sheep shed on the way to the kitchen.The lamb is only a few months old, so it might be a bit cold now.

"Really, I'll cover them again later. It won't be a problem." After speaking, Uncle got up and said, "I'd better take a look first, or I won't feel at ease."

He lifted the heavy curtain and walked out.

After a while, uncle opened the curtain again and came back, washed his hands aside, and said, "Let's start making dumplings!"

"it is good."

"it is good."

The two spoke in unison, but it seemed a tacit understanding in Uncle's eyes.

Uncle smiled, found a topic, and said, "Ming Feng, what are you planning to plant after spring? Or do you mean to wait until the saplings grow before talking about other things?"

Mentioning this, Fang Mingfeng became energetic. After a little thought in his mind, he talked about his own thoughts: "I plan to plant some melons and fruits after the beginning of spring. These things grow fast. If they are taken care of well, It can harvest several crops a year, and it can also add money to our family."

Not to mention whether you can earn a lot of money by growing melons, but for money, less is worse than more. Who would think that they have too much money?

Moreover, even if the money is not needed at home for a while, it will make you feel happy if you put the money at home.

In short, plant melons first in spring, and wait until the saplings grow out in a few years before talking about other things.So far, growing melons and fruits is the quickest way to improve your home slightly.

Uncle heard this, thought for a while, and then said: "That's fine, but I don't know if this melon can be sold."

Nowadays, everything in Karita is better than before. Since the two countries have established good relations and opened up business with each other, there have been many barbarian merchants here on the border grasslands to do business.

It's inevitable that they will bring some weird things to buy. If they can't be sold at that time, wouldn't it be distressing for melons and fruits to rot in the ground?

Fang Mingfeng shook his head and said, "Uncle, don't worry, the melons and fruits we plant will definitely be sold!"

Let's not talk about what kind of melon Xizhou honey is, just talk about the other seed that Brother Bai sent—grapes, and I will definitely not worry about not being able to sell it.

Even if they can't be sold, the grapes can be sun-dried to make wine. No matter how you say it, the melons and fruits won't rot in the ground in vain.

Seeing that Fang Mingfeng talked about planting melons in a clear way, Uncle couldn't bear to pour cold water on him, so he just nodded and agreed: "Okay, when the spring is warmer, we will prepare to find a piece of land for land preparation."

"it is good!"

A Duqin listened quietly at the side, nodded while listening, and finally said: "About what month?"

Fang Mingfeng thought about it, and it takes about February to plant melons, and it takes January to March for grapes.Then add the time for soil preparation and watering: "The soil preparation should start in about January."

A Duqin nodded, and said: "Can you buy some tools like hoes? If you need them, when will you go to the town market to buy them along the way, and save yourself looking for tools later."

"It makes sense," Fang Mingfeng pondered for a while, and said, "I'll think about it another day, and then I'll buy all kinds of things together."

"it is good."

In the evening, after the dumplings were gurgling and cooking, the three of them had free time to rest for a while.

Although the New Year's Eve is good, it is also quite tiring.

I didn't rest from the beginning to the end of the whole day. I was busy with this and that, and my feet almost didn't touch the ground.