Farmer's ancient daily life

After talking about it with Zhang Erlang, Fang Mingfeng and A Duqin left here.

Driving the little donkey, the two first went to buy some white sugar and rock sugar.The current white sugar is not as clean as the later generations. It is said to be white sugar, but in fact it is mixed with a lot of impurities. It does not look like white sugar in color. It should be called brown sugar, and rock sugar is also slightly yellow.

However, considering the current technology and conditions, this sugar is actually not bad.Many people still can't afford sugar.

Without much entanglement, he bought some sugar, put it in a sugar bowl and left the shop.

Then, he and Aduqin went to the grain store to buy grain.Xiaoer saw that he wanted to buy so much food when he came back, so he couldn't help asking: "Why do you want to buy so much all of a sudden? Have you finished eating at home?"

The two are considered to be acquainted with each other, that's why Xiao Er said such words.If it were an ordinary guest, he would never dare to ask such a question.

"Winter is coming soon, don't you want to store up more food, so that people in the world of ice and snow don't have to go out to buy food in the future."

"So that's how it is." Xiao Er quickly agreed for him, glanced to the side, lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Is this what you said?"

Fang Mingfeng nodded indiscriminately, and said, "Second Brother, I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first!"

When the two finally came out of the grain store, a long time had passed.Fang Mingfeng calculated the time in his mind, Zhang Erlang should have told that person the news by now.They have to go faster.

After buying everything else, Fang Mingfeng and A Duqin went to Zhang Erlang's stall again.

Unexpectedly, he didn't see anyone else here this time, Fang Mingfeng waited for a long time and was ready to leave before he found anyone.

Just when he was about to get up, he heard Zhang Erlang's voice not far away: "I'm back!"

Fang Mingfeng turned around and said to him: "Why did you come back now, did you explain it to that person?"

"Make it clear, make it clear." Zhang Erlang didn't stop along the way, rushing over in a hurry. "He's not walking fast, so he'll have to wait a while to come. I'm just afraid that you'll be in a hurry, so I'll come here early and let you know."

"That's good." Fang Mingfeng nodded, took out two small mats from under the donkey cart, handed one to A Duqin and the other to Zhang Erlang: "Sit down and talk."

"Good good."

Not long after, the man named Zhang Ping came slowly.He looks dark and thin, looking a little gloomy.

The three discussed the price in this way for a long time, and finally settled on the price.Zhang Ping said gratefully, "Thank you."

Fang Mingfeng said, "You don't have to thank me, if you really want to thank me, you can clean up my house better."

"Yes, it's definitely no problem." After taking the money, he would definitely have to do things for the master's family.It was hard to find a job again, and he still pointed to this job to earn some money, so he couldn't make a big deal out of a small one.

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After discussing the time to start working, Fang Mingfeng and A Duqin didn't wander around the town market, but went home directly.

The rock sugar I just bought will be useful right now.The green grapes have been washed and are still soaking in water.

Fang Mingfeng took it out and wiped it clean. After it had dried for a while, he picked up one, crushed it all up and put it into the clean clay pot he had prepared earlier.

He originally wanted to buy some wine yeast, but with this, he could save a lot of trouble.But who knows that the current taverns and restaurants all take this as a family heirloom, and it is a guy who eats for the whole family, so it is impossible to buy it.Even if you can really spend money to buy it from the restaurant, it is probably not a small sum.

Fang Mingfeng had no choice but to give up this idea, and instead pinned his hope on the natural fermentation of grapes in clay pots.

Crush all the wiped grapes into clay pots, lay them neatly on the bottom layer, and then put in the newly bought rock sugar.Among them, rock sugar only accounts for less than half of the number of grapes.

Do not overfill the pot to prevent the lid from popping out after fermentation.Sealing is also troublesome, Fang Mingfeng deliberated, and finally chose wood.

After filling up the gaps around the pot, Fang Mingfeng took a short rest.

"Is this enough?" A Duqin leaned over, looking curiously at the clay pot that had been made.He had seen Father make spirits before, but those were made from grain, he had never seen fruit made into wine.

"It's not over yet." Fang Mingfeng saw that he was very curious, so he opened his mouth to explain: "I have to start stirring in the middle, and then I have to wait for a long time before it can be counted."

"How many days?"

"I don't know, maybe seven or eight days?" Fang Mingfeng only vaguely remembered the general idea, and didn't know the specifics.He didn't know how successful the green wine would be this time.

"Oh, well, I'll watch it more these days, and if there's anything wrong, I'll tell you."

Fang Mingfeng stared at the top of his fluffy head, couldn't help feeling a little itchy, cleared his throat, and said, "Then thank you very much."

Just as he was talking, Uncle's voice came over: "Fang Mingfeng, Ah Duqin, you two come here quickly!!"

The voice was extremely anxious, not knowing what happened.The two looked at each other, got up instantly, and hurriedly found Uncle A: "What's the matter?"

Uncle squatted in the cattle and sheep pen, beckoning to them: "I'm here, come quickly."

Seeing that uncle himself was fine, the two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but seeing his serious expression, Fang Mingfeng's heart arose again: "What happened?"

Uncle A pointed to the weak yellow and white cow in front of him, and said: "Look at it, it is foaming at the mouth, I don't know if it's something messy, or it's sick, it's going to die now. "

Fang Mingfeng looked over, the yellow and white cow's eyes were closed, its mouth and nose were panting heavily, and there was a puddle of white foam beside its mouth.

"Ah? What should we do?" Fang Mingfeng panicked at this moment, he didn't know anything about these things.

None of the three people in the family understood this, and it would be fine if it really ate something wrong, maybe it was contracted some kind of disease.When it is not known whether the current situation is an infectious disease, this cow can only be separated from others for a period of time.

After all, if it is really infected with some inexplicable infectious disease, it will be fine if it dies, but don't let the other cattle and sheep in the family go with it.

Throughout the ages, the cattle and sheep on the grassland have been the precious property of the herdsmen. There is no way to grow food here, so they can only raise cattle and sheep.With these livestock, the livestock will give birth to cubs, and the cubs will grow up to give birth to cubs. Is there no hope for the days to come?

Therefore, what the people are most afraid of is livestock getting sick, especially infectious diseases.

Uncle looked at the cow and sighed: "Let's take a look first, if you just ate something wrong, you'll be fine, and the rest... we'll talk about it later!"

With a wave of his hand, Uncle Uncle sealed the fate of the cow.It's not that I don't want to go to the town market to invite a veterinarian, it's just that people can't afford to see a doctor these days, let alone livestock.

In most cases, if there is an animal in the family that is sick or dies due to an accident, it will usually be buried or eaten directly.

People with infectious diseases naturally dare not eat it. It is not worth losing their lives for this piece of meat!

Fang Mingfeng nodded in response: "This is the only way to do it now, so let's have a look first and then talk about it."

Uncle's waist was not good, so Fang Mingfeng let him sit aside to rest, and asked A Duqin to help, and carried the heavy cow onto the donkey cart.Pulled by the little donkey to another circle.

After temporarily settling the cows, Fang Mingfeng couldn't help but frowned. This group of livestock hadn't suffered from any illness for several years. Not only did they often bathe them, but they also didn't let them eat. How could they suddenly foam at the mouth? ?

This incident was so strange that Fang Mingfeng didn't have a clue, so he could only let it go and think about another matter.

Renovating the house has been put on the agenda, and I have to be busy these days.Fang Mingfeng thought about what to buy in his mind, and also calculated that the money he had just saved should be enough.

When renovating the house, Fang Mingfeng planned to clean up the yard and the house, and naturally the walls of the yard also had to be rebuilt.

It is very windy here in winter, and every time it blows on the face, I can't wait to scrape off my face.The cold wind is biting, since the courtyard wall needs to be refurbished, the best blue bricks must be used.

Although I haven't encountered it, Uncle Ah said that there might be wild animals coming to find food in winter, so it's better to prepare early.After all, if the yard is stronger, they will feel more at ease.

Taking advantage of nothing to do in the afternoon, Fang Mingfeng took a group of sheep to eat seedlings in the melon field.According to what he thought in his heart, it would be better to clean up the land, and then plant other things in the future, so it would not be so hard to tidy up the field.

In the past few days, Uncle has been uneasy, and has been staring at the foaming cow, for fear that it really has some strange disease.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the cow to gradually improve. Although it looked a little sick, it was not an infectious disease.Uncle Ah breathed a sigh of relief, and then freed up his energy to take care of the flock.

In fact, there are not many cattle and sheep in the family, only a few dozen. Nothing happened this time, but it reminded Uncle very highly that he cheered up and began to pay attention to the livestock in the pen.

Uncle has already made a plan in his heart. This batch of cattle and sheep has been raised for a long time, three or four years.He planned to keep the lactating ewes and cubs, and one or two males, and planned to sell the rest at the end of the year so that he could concentrate on raising the cubs.

In the end, before he could contact the next family to buy the livestock, a person came to the door with something.

This person was Zhang Erlang and Zhang Ping whom Fang Mingfeng had contacted with him before.They had already made an appointment, and they came here on time.

Fang Mingfeng was so busy in the past few days that he almost forgot about it.Seeing the two of them coming to the door, I finally remembered: "You guys are here? I almost forgot about it. How are things going? When can we start?"

Zhang Erlang said with a smile: "I have already bought almost everything, so I will use it first, and I will go when I don't have enough later." After that, he turned around and asked Zhang Ping: "When can we start work? Can it be done now? "

"Okay! I can start working now!"

"Really?" Fang Mingfeng said with a smile, "I'm just asking casually, you guys should take a break for the time being all this way."

As he spoke, he poured bowls of water for the two of them and asked, "What did you buy? Is it still enough?"

Zhang Erlang saw that his cousin was bored, so he answered directly for him: "I bought some blue bricks, and some lime mortar, and the rest of the utensils that can be used are brought by ourselves, so there is no need to buy them."

"Lime mortar?"

"Yes, lime mortar is often used by people who build houses nowadays. We both agreed that it is very good, so we bought some back. We thought, buy a little first and use it. If it is not easy to use or not enough, we can use Go buy it again." Zhang Erlang scratched his head: "Isn't it because you are afraid that you will lose money if you buy too much!"

"So that's how it is. I haven't heard of lime mortar before." Fang Mingfeng said with a smile, "Thank you, Second Brother Zhang, for saving me money!"

Zhang Erlang's visit this time was not only to match Fang Mingfeng and his cousin's business, but also to help Zhang Ping.

The relationship between the two families is close, they have played together since they were young, now that he has become like this, Zhang Erlang naturally feels uncomfortable as an elder brother, now he can earn money for the family again, I think he is also happy in his heart.

At this time, Zhang Ping took the initiative to ask: "Which place are you going to demolish first?"

Fang Mingfeng thought for a while, "Let's demolish the courtyard wall first!" The surrounding area was desolate, and there was a large piece of land of his own. First, the courtyard wall was completed, and then the house could be refurbished with peace of mind.

Of course, it's better to renovate and tear down the courtyard wall, after all, there are still some livestock wandering outside the courtyard wall at night, and Fang Mingfeng alone has heard the movement several times.

He explained his plan to the two of them in detail, and they nodded to express their understanding.If it were my own home, I would do the same.

Although there were not many people, the two packed up their things and started working quickly.

The courtyard wall itself has been in disrepair for a long time, and it was made of wood and stones.Now it was already on the verge of collapse, and the two pushed a wall without much effort.

Then I took out some tools from the cart, and put the blue bricks and plaster on the foundation, and the work had already started.

Fang Mingfeng was worried that the two of them would not be able to finish the wall before dark, so he rolled up his sleeves and went to help: "Come, come, I'll help you!"

The three moved swiftly, and the wall quickly rose again.It was noon now, Fang Mingfeng was about to ask the two to stop and rest.

Before he could speak, Uncle poked his head out from the main room: "You guys take a rest, let's deal with eating a couple of bites here at noon! A Duqin said that he has already cooked the meal."

"Okay!" Fang Mingfeng responded immediately, and said to the two of them, "Let's go, let's go into the house and have a rest."

The two didn't refuse much, and followed Fang Mingfeng directly into the main room.Uncle A said: "How long will it take for that courtyard wall to be cleaned up? Can we go up tonight?"

It's not intentional to embarrass others, it's just that wild things like to run around at night, if half of the courtyard wall is gone at night, he will feel uneasy.

Fang Mingfeng waved his hand: "Uncle, don't worry, this courtyard wall will definitely be cleaned up today!"

Even if the two of them were not ready when it was time to go back to town, he would make do with it first.

According to the order of the courtyard wall, the kitchen, and the inner room of the hall, if they were faster with their hands and feet, they should be able to complete the work in about a month. Fang Mingfeng tried their hands and feet today, and felt that they were still very dexterous. They should be able to do it before winter came. Finish the job.

However, Uncle Fang's worries did not come true, because the three of them hurried to finish the wall before they left.This courtyard wall isn't too big, it's just a part next to the gate. Now that it's been repaired, it looks good.

Of course, before Zhang Erlang and Zhang Erlang left, Fang Mingfeng made a special request: "If there is anyone who can do these jobs quickly, you can also call them over, and the price will be paid according to the market price, and you will not lose a penny." Yes, I want to finish renovating the house before the weather turns cold."

Zhang Erlang pondered for a moment, and said: "Okay, if you still have some money on hand, the renovation of this yard can be done much faster. When we go back, we will find a few more people for you, and strive to finish the work as soon as possible."

"The relationship is good, so I'll leave this matter to you, Second Brother Zhang, please take care of yourself." If you can find more people, it is not impossible to speed up and complete the work as soon as possible.If you really don't have any money on hand, you can just go to Uncle A to borrow it.

With a lot of thoughts in his heart, Fang Mingfeng said: "Second brother Zhang, you should go back quickly, it's hard to hurry on the road when it's late."

"Yes, yes, I'll be back now. Tomorrow should also be Chen Shi. Zhang Ping has already bought the materials and put them in his home. It may take a lot of work to move them here in one go. In the future, we should bring them back every day. Will it work?" ?”

"Success! No problem."

After finishing talking, the two left the small courtyard before the sun set, and hurried to the town fair.

Now, it is estimated that the two are still on the road discussing who to ask for help.

But Fang Mingfeng didn't care about what they thought in his heart, he was thinking now, he accidentally stepped on Fang Lili's nest just now, how would he explain it later!

The author has something to say: rounding up is five thousand words, and rounding up is two in one!

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感谢在2021-08-2621：18：12～2021-08-2820：52：50期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: it is a bottle of Moon Streamer;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!