Farmer's ancient daily life

Time is not long, not short.

After coming and going for almost a month, the renovated house has reached the finishing stage.

During this period of time, apart from helping at home, Fang Mingfeng wandered around the fields.But now most of the fields are empty, so there is nothing for him to worry about.

After people have paid their wages, it is already the winter season.The wind blew against his face, causing him to wrap his clothes involuntarily.

The cow is perfectly well now, and has never foamed again.As for why he suddenly fell to the ground in the first place, Fang Mingfeng didn't have a clue about it, so he had to treat it as if the cow had eaten something wrong. Anyway, he didn't lose anything, so Fang Mingfeng didn't pursue it anymore.

After the courtyard was refurbished, the courtyard walls were much taller and stronger than before, and they added a heated kang to the house as Fang Mingfeng originally thought. In winter, the outside is cold and windy, but the house is extremely warm.

Uncle's back pain has also improved a lot because of this, and he is no longer as sad as last winter.It is really troublesome to move around every year. It happened that the house was renovated this year. With the kang and stove, it is much warmer this winter.After a few people discussed it, they decided not to move at all, and spent the winter here directly, saving them from running around with their belongings.

Speaking of which, this heated kang is really convenient, as long as a fire is lit in the stove, the heat can flow into the kang along the masonry pipes, and people lying on it are just like lying in a warm bed.

Moreover, the smoke cannot enter the house, and every day when I return to the house from the outside, the warm air rushes in as soon as I lift the curtain.

Uncle Uncle is not to mention how happy he is since he got this kang.Zhang Ping spent a sum of money to buy the blueprint and production method of the heated kang, and now he is busy making heated kangs for people every day.

Everything was fine, except that after stepping on Fang Lili's nest that day, he was watched by his uncle and rebuilt Fang Lili's nest.

It's not that he doesn't want to make a nest for Fang Lili, it's just that his workmanship is really poor, and it took several days to make it together. Now Fang Lili is living in the newly made nest in the main room.

Every time he saw it scurrying around, Fang Mingfeng had to worry, would that crumbling cabin really last?

After winter came, the family didn't go out much. They walked around the yard for a while on weekdays, and they wouldn't run outside for nothing.

But Fang Mingfeng's trip today was not just to wander around, but to take the big scissors and go to the field to prune the branches.

The branches of the apple tree were so messy that he wanted to prune them a long time ago.

This autumn, the apple tree only bears a little bit of fruit, and it is so small and sour that it cannot be eaten. If it is fed to cattle and sheep, the cattle and sheep will spit it out in one gulp.Fang Mingfeng thought about it, and buried those fruits in the ground as fertilizer.

Just after walking out of the house not far away, I saw a tightly wrapped figure running towards this side.Fang Mingfeng took a closer look, wasn't that A Duqin!

He quickly stopped and shouted: "Why are you here? It's cold outside, go back!"

"No!"

A Duqin had a rare stubbornness, wrapped his clothes tightly in the bitter cold wind, trotted all the way, and sat directly on the donkey cart.

The little donkey is also afraid of the cold in winter, so Uncle specially used fabrics that were not used before to make it a cold-proof clothes.

Fang Mingfeng had a headache: "What are you doing out here now?"

A Duqin buried his face in his clothes, and said, "You don't know when you will be alone, can you come back sooner if you go alone?" It is much stronger to go alone.

"Okay then." Fang Mingfeng didn't hesitate, just said: "Then let's go back quickly, the weather is really cold." It's already so cold before it snows, and it's impossible to go out when it snows.

The best time to prune an apple tree is now, before it's too late in spring.In spring, the branches of the trees begin to sprout and grow. If they are cut at that time, the wounds will not heal easily.

Although it is a bit cold at this time, it happens to be a suitable time for pruning.In the field, the fruit trees in winter are all bare without a leaf, and they are bare branches from a distance.

Fang Mingfeng took out the prepared large scissors from under the donkey cart, without wasting any time, he went straight forward and started pruning.

Cut off the dead branches here.The branches of that tree are also a bit too dense, so cut off the excess.Be bitten by insects, necrotic branches, still cut off.

Except for some healthy branches with the right density, all the rest are cut off.Only in this way can the limited nutrients flow into the flowers and fruits instead of wasting them in vain.

In addition to this, the too long branches at the top of the fruit tree must also be cut.After all, Fang Mingfeng didn't keep them to make them grow taller than anyone else, but to see which tree bears more fruit.

Only by picking off the top branches and young shoots can the future fruits and side branches grow better.

There were not many apple trees, and with A Duqin helping to hold down the branches, Fang Mingfeng picked up the scissors with both hands, and pruned all the fruit trees in this area not long after.

"Okay, it's almost done." Putting away all the tools, Fang Mingfeng turned to call Adu Qin: "Go home."

"it is good!"

A Duqin looked extremely happy today, his face was flushed by the cold wind, but his eyes were sparkling.

.........

The winter days passed quickly, and not long after eating, the sky darkened, and the sky was covered by dark clouds, not even a ray of light could come through.

Fang Mingfeng didn't expect that Aduqin would have a fever after returning home at night.

His face was flushed from the heat, and he was curled up in the blanket with cold sweat all over his face.Eyes closed, shortness of breath.

Sitting beside his bed, Fang Mingfeng couldn't help but start to worry. In this dynasty where even wind and cold could kill people, fever can be regarded as a very dangerous disease.

He stood up abruptly, and suddenly remembered that the medicine pack he had specially bought earlier was still useless, so he immediately ran out to look for it.

Uncle saw him flustered, so he couldn't help but said: "Don't worry too much, it's dark and the road is not easy to walk, first boil the medicine for him, if he is still not well tomorrow morning, then let's go to the town market for a while." trip."

"Well, Uncle, I know about it." Nodding indiscriminately, Fang Mingfeng found the medicine pack he bought earlier in a certain box.Although it has been placed for a whole month, it has not been affected by moisture, so it should still be usable at this time.

The stove was burning, and he found an empty pot.He began to decoct the medicine without stopping.

After a long time, Fang Mingfeng decocted the medicine, poured it into a bowl, and carried it carefully back to the house.

In fact, his illness started suddenly, which should be caused by catching cold during the day.But this year, a new kang was added to the yard, so it's not as cold as before.

When he returned to the room, A Duqin had already woken up, his eyes were open and he was a little hazy, thinking about something.

When Fang Mingfeng walked in, A Duqin only showed his head under the blanket, pursed his mouth and did not speak.

Fang Mingfeng saw that he was in good condition, so he said with a smile: "Are you awake? From the looks of it, it shouldn't be a big deal. Here, I just made the medicine. After drinking it and sleeping, it should be all right."

A Duqin stared at the medicine on his mobile phone, maybe his mind was not as clear as usual due to illness, he was much more courageous now, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I don't want to drink."

"Why don't you want to drink it? If you're sick, you have to take medicine to get better." Fang Mingfeng continued with a good temper, "Are you afraid of suffering? Then wait, I'll look for it. There are still a lot of rock sugar left."

A Duqin shook his head and said softly, "Can you..."

The further back the voice became lower, Fang Mingfeng really couldn't hear what he said, so he could only ask: "What did you say?"

When he asked this question, Aduqin suddenly didn't have the courage to say it again, so he said instead: "I want to eat candy, and I want to eat dried fruit... is that okay?"

"Okay!" Fang Mingfeng felt very uncomfortable that he had a fever due to the cold, how hard it is to heal the illness these days!So it's not too much for Aduqin to make this request at this moment, not to mention that he got sick because he went to prune fruit branches with him during the day.

Thinking of this, Fang Mingfeng felt that he shouldn't have agreed to go with him at that time, it would have been fine if he hadn't been allowed to go with him at that time.It's a pity that there is no if, Fang Mingfeng stretched out his hand, handed the medicine bowl to him, turned around and went out to get him dried fruit and rock sugar.

When he went out, only A Duqin was left in the room.He hadn't been sick for a long time, and he almost forgot how uncomfortable it was.

Now dizzy, hot and cold, he couldn't pull himself together, his lake-colored eyes looked at the rim of the medicine bowl.He drank the medicine in the bowl in one breath, then lay down on the bed again, and closed his eyes.

When Fang Mingfeng entered the room with dried fruit and rock sugar, he saw A Duqin curled up in one place with disheveled hair and closed eyes.His face was still reddish from the fever, and he didn't know what he was muttering.

Fang Mingfeng suddenly felt that it was not good for him to be like this, after all he was a little brother.

But now that he doesn't take care of him, why should Uncle come? It's obviously impossible.Sighing, he still lifted his foot into the house.

As he got closer, he found an empty medicine bowl on one side, turned his head to look at Aduqin, and then realized that Aduqin's face was flushed at the moment, half of his face was buried in the quilt, and he was crying softly Call father and mother.

Calculating the time, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old this year. Although he never mentioned the past, Fang Mingfeng knew how he was feeling at the moment.

In fact, he himself sometimes thinks of the scene of lying in the hospital in his previous life. Although he was sick at that time, his parents never talked about the hospitalization and treatment expenses in front of him.

It has been several years since he came here, and he has adapted to his new life.He is already content with having a healthy body.Parents would be happy for him if they knew about it.

His eyes moved to A Duqin, Fang Mingfeng sat beside him and covered him with a quilt, and said in a low voice: "My father and mother must be happy to know that you are doing well now."

He didn't say "Your father and mother" in his heart, and now that A Duqin is asleep, he should not know these details.

After a while, it was completely dark, and it seemed that there was still a little bit of rain and snow outside. It was not appropriate to stay in other people's houses in the middle of the night.Fang Mingfeng got up and planned to leave.

Before he could cover Aduqin with the quilt, he was pinched by a soft hand.

Looking down, it was Aduqin.He opened his eyes at this moment, and said pitifully, "Can you accompany me?"