I farmed in ancient times

The weather in the Song Dynasty was very strange.

Since March, the Song Dynasty has been from south to north, and it has been cloudy and rainy every day.

If it is said that there is a lot of rain in the south, it is understandable, but in April, even the long-drought land will usher in days of non-stop drizzle, which seems a bit strange.

It rains for most of the month.

Li Zheng took a look at the weather and discussed it with the big guys in the village. It was a good day to plant rice, and he didn't need to irrigate the paddy fields back and forth.

So when the season came, Damo Township began to raise seedlings and grow rice.

If you go south, rice is the main crop in the south, and when you go north, wheat is the main crop in the north. Damo Township is located in the south of Yang County. Usually, rice and wheat are grown together. Now it is a helpless move to completely change rice.

Early in the morning, when Caesar opened the window, it was misty and rainy again.

No time to sigh, Caesar went to the well to fetch a bucket of water, and hurriedly washed up.

Father Cen also got up, and saw that the hair of Cassia Ming was already covered with a layer of water, and he held an umbrella to hit Cassia Ming's head, "Although it is raining lightly, I still need an umbrella."

Caesar had a toothbrush in his mouth, so he didn't answer, he rinsed his mouth a few times, and rushed to the east kitchen to cook.

Father Cen asked the carpenter to order the planks, and this morning is the day to pick up the planks.

After eating, Father Cen took Cen Chao'an to class, after Jue Ming finished washing the dishes, he locked the gate of the courtyard and ran down the mountain holding a small umbrella.

After waiting for a long time at the intersection, I could hear the sound of "da da" coming from the direction of the town, and then looked down the road, and saw a carpenter driving a donkey cart and dragging a cart of wooden boards through the slanting rain.

"Carpenter Liu." Jue Ming hurriedly went up to meet him. Carpenter Liu smiled innocently and greeted him, "Cauming, why are you the only one?"

"It's just me." Caesar trotted ahead to lead the way. Cen's family lived at the foot of the mountain, so the donkey cart had to stop at the foot of the mountain and lift the boards up one by one.

It was impossible to hunt in this weather, so Uncle Shi was idle at home, when he heard some movement, he saw that it was Caesar Ming who was lifting the plank, and said loudly, "Cherry Ming, put it down, Uncle is here to help."

"Good morning, Uncle Shi." Jueming picked up a small wooden board and hugged it, and the two adults lifted the long board.

"I don't know when this terrible weather will end!" Carpenter Liu said, and said to Jue Ming: "Fortunately, the wood is all painted, so it is not afraid of water bubbles. If you want to make a bathing place, first use stones for the bottom, and planks. It's not easy to be bad."

The three of them were talking, when the door of the small courtyard next door opened with a "squeak".

Wu Yuan was dressed in a soap-colored bunt, his cuffs were tied tightly, and his long hair was neatly tied together. He walked out quickly and walked down the mountain without saying a word, resisting a pile of wooden boards.

"Hey——" Jue Ming shouted, "Your injuries are not fully healed yet, so let go."

Wu Yuan's steps were relaxed, did he look like he had been injured?

Li Xiurong came out from the courtyard gate, stretched out his arms, and stretched his waist, "Ah—"

"I'm so sleepy, what are you doing?" Li Xiurong watched sleepily as several people moved the planks.

"Make a bathroom!" Jueming wanted to pry open Li Xiurong's head to have a look. This matter was discussed four or five times during dinner, and it was Li Xiurong who said he thought it was good, and Father Cen made the final decision.

"Oh——" Li Xiurong just remembered, "I remember you promised me to use it when you said it was ready."

Cassia rolled his eyes at him, "In the end you said you would make one too!"

Wu Yuan walked to the door, put down the wooden board, and said a few words to Li Xiurong in a low voice, Li Xiurong's brain seemed to have just started up, and the memory came back in an instant.

Scratching his head, Li Xiurong said, "I'll carry it too, and I still have half of my wood."

Wu Yuan said: "Officer, you should rest first, as long as I'm here."

"No, no." Li Xiurong waved his hands, "I'll also get up and exercise my muscles."

As he spoke, he walked towards the donkey cart, dragging a piece of wood and running up the hill.

Cassia raised his eyebrows, dragging the board like this, the paint on it was worn off by the time he got home.

Li Xiurong also noticed this problem, and waved to Jue Ming on the mountain, "Come on Jinshan, this thing is solid, I can't lift it by myself."

Jueming had no choice but to help Li Xiurong, and the two of them worked together to lift it up the mountain.

With the help of three young men, the wooden boards were quickly carried to the door of the two houses. Jueming took out a small teapot and poured tea for them, then went back to the east chamber, counted the copper boards, and strung them into a hanging for Carpenter Liu.

After drinking tea, Carpenter Liu stood up and said goodbye.

Although it was still raining, Jueming didn't want to wait until the weather cleared up to start work, so he hurried out of the bathroom to take a nice bath early.

Cassia went into the house to get the blueprints.

"Do it for Jinshan first." Li Xiurong patted Wu Yuan's shoulder, "You also come to help."

Wu Yuan cupped his hands: "Yes!"

Uncle Shi was also curious about what kind of bathroom he was going to mess with. In Damo Township, bathing was always done in a hurry, so be careful, find a place in a house that is not easy to see through, and put a wooden bucket in the bath.

What Uncle Shi didn't know was that in some places, a small house was specially built, with a big iron pot inside, and a fire could be lit outside the house, and the people in the house directly took a bath in the big iron pot. In winter, the pores of the bath will open, and the whole body will be comfortable. .

Now building an iron pot is really shocking and vulgar, and Jueming just wants to imitate the past and build a bathroom.

"Let's build a bluestone ditch first to drain the water smoothly, and then make a bottom." Jueming spread out the drawing, and Li Xiurong stretched his neck to look at it. There were a few crooked lines drawn on it, and it was barely recognizable as a small house. .

Li Xiurong sneered mercilessly: "It's just you, a ghost drawing talisman, is it still called a blueprint?"

Jue Ming ignored Li Xiurong, "There is a hut in the northwest corner, and there is a place in the northeast corner that is close to the kitchen, so the ditch should go around the back of the main room and merge into the hut."

Uncle Shi understood.

"I'll see how this bathroom is made, and I'll make it for Xiaohuaniang later." Uncle Shi said while rolling up his sleeves, helping Cassia Ming and the mud.

The yellow mud on the ground is used to build the wall. Cassia has already made it a few days in advance. Now add some appropriate amount of water to make it thicker. Next to the wall in the northeast corner, first use bluestone to build a drainage ditch, and then build a circle Calf-high stone wall, leaving a place for a closed door.

After waiting for a while, after the stone wall was solid, Uncle Shi went home and brought a can of things, wiped it on the stone wall, met Jue Ming's suspicious eyes, and explained: "This is glue. Glue and paint are used in shipbuilding. Wipe the wooden boards, the water will not seep through, your wooden boards are already painted, and the wall will be more waterproof if you apply glue to it."

"Thank you Uncle Shi!" Jue Ming was moved.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. This sentence is useless in modern times. In a community building, once the gate is closed, they are just acquaintances who nod at ordinary times. Unlike in ancient times, Uncle Shi's family is very enthusiastic, and it is no different from a brother's family.

Put glue on the stone wall and cover the ground with bluestone.

It's noon, it's time to cook.

Jue Ming returned to East Kitchen first, took out the bamboo shoots he had planed on the mountain, and stood beside the stove to peel the skins.

"Cooking?" Li Xiurong walked in with his hands behind his back, "What's for lunch today?"

Cassia: "Eat."

"Master, come help me." Li Xiurong rolled up his sleeves, but was blocked by Cassia Ming, "Hey, hey, go help Uncle Shi and the others, the kitchen is too small to open."

"The two of them are making the roof, and I can't help you." Li Xiurong raised his chin, "Master is so noble, and the oily smoke is usually not close to him. If he didn't want to know how the rice is made, he wouldn't come to this place."

—Hmph, want to help?

Jueming stuffed the unpeeled bamboo shoots into Li Xiurong's "noble" hands, and peeled them a few times with a knife to signal. Li Xiurong was really standing by the stove, obediently peeling off the thick layer of skin on the bamboo shoots.

It was a bit late for cooking today, and Jue Ming had no time to take care of Li Xiurong, so he quickly picked and washed vegetables.

There are still very few vegetables that can be eaten now, in order not to make them suspicious, Jueming dare not let them eat the vegetables and fruits produced by the blue pearl.

First cook the rice, then turn around and cut off the mushroom root, cut two knives on it, blanch the mushrooms, put the chopped chicken into the water to remove the blood, take it out and wash the pot, add oil, ginger, garlic and onion to fry until fragrant , and then stir-fry the chicken and mushrooms, add water and simmer slowly.

The rice in the small pot was almost cooked, and Caesar scooped out the rice soup. After the rice soup was slowly dried into rice, he put it in the small stone pot and covered it.

Scoop out the rice from the small pot, both Chaoan and Jueming like to eat this.

Li Xiurong sniffed the freshly steamed rice, "It smells so good, I'm starving to death, when can I eat?"

Cassia Ming hurriedly walked around, and answered casually, "We'll have to wait."

Reaching out to lift the lid of the cauldron, the aroma of stewed chicken and mushrooms has come out, the soup is boiling, the cauldron is turned to low heat, and is slowly simmering.

"Hungry, so hungry, so hungry, I'm really hungry." Li Xiurong smacked his mouth, "I'm not so hungry if I don't smell the smell of chicken soup..."

Caesar lowered his head to put the rice crust, took off a piece and stuffed it into Li Xiurong's mouth.

Li Xiurong was chewing, the crispy rice was delicious, and he couldn't help wondering: "What is this?"

"The rice cake still can't stop your mouth?" Putting the rice cake in the cabinet, Jue Ming went to wash the vegetables with a small vegetable basket.

"Crispy rice?" Li Xiurong smacked his lips. It was really delicious. He glanced at the rice crust in the cabinet.

— but really hungry.

When Caesar returned to the kitchen, what he saw was Li Xiurong staring at the crispy rice in the cabinet with green eyes, drooling.

It looks the same as Cen Chaoan, who is greedy for sugar, and Caesar brings out the crispy rice, "Eat something first."

Li Xiurong dropped the bamboo shoots and reached out to grab them.

"Hey hey!" Jue Ming held up the rice dumpling, "Wash your hands!"

"Why pay so much attention to it?" Li Xiurong muttered, went to the well to wash his hands, holding a plate of crispy rice, as if guarding a pile of gold, and gnawed in the kitchen.

The bamboo shoots peeled by Li Xiurong were quite clean, so Cassia directly washed them, cut them into shreds, and fried them with shredded pork.

Stir-fry green rape shoots, stir-fry tender spinach and garlic, stir-fry the tenderest part of celery and smoked tofu, just two meat dishes are not enough. After going to the hospital, Jue Ming picked two green peppers and fried another plate Twice-cooked pork with green peppers and scrambled eggs with leeks.

"It's time to eat—" Jueming dragged out a long ending, and went to the main room with two plates of vegetables.

It's raining every day now, and the place to eat has already been moved back into the house.

Hearing the sound of Cassia Ming talking about eating, Uncle Shi suddenly realized that it was already noon, so he hurriedly washed his hands and wanted to go home, but was stopped by Cassia Ming at the door.

Jueming held him back with a smile, "Why is Uncle Shi leaving in such a hurry? I already told Sister Xiaohua that you ate here at noon today."

"You slick boy!" Uncle Shi laughed and scolded, the cassia had already been chopped off first, and the little Huaniang would definitely not keep her own food, so she slapped the cassia and rubbed it hard on the head, "you're a ghost. "

"I was just about to say that there is a bottle of good wine hidden in my home, and I was thinking about when I would invite you to come and taste it together." Cen Daonian held an umbrella and pulled Cen Chaoan into the courtyard, "Today is a good day."

Uncle Shi shook his head, "You still have to go to school in the afternoon, I have rice wine at home, bring some to drink."

Father Cen smiled, "That's fine, you're more thoughtful."

Cassia left the two adults behind and went to the kitchen to serve dishes and rice.

The small square table was full of dishes. Uncle Shi brought rice wine and said, "This rice wine is suitable for all ages, everyone can drink some."

Jueming went to the East Kitchen to find a few clean rough porcelain bowls, and poured rice wine on them. The fermented sweetness and aroma of the wine mixed with the aroma of the food, and drifted away along the open door of the main room.

There was non-stop laughter and talking in the room, Caesar was fooled by Uncle Shi and drank two bowls of rice wine, and Father Cen stopped him.

The group of people finished eating and took a short rest. Father Cen got up, and while it was raining lightly outside, he and Uncle Shi continued to build the bathroom.

The roof is already done.Jueming and Li Xiurong lifted up a wooden board, put it upright in the one-foot-deep gap left in the middle of the wall, filled it with yellow mud, placed another wooden board, supported by Wu Yuan and Cen's father, and Uncle Shi used nails between the two boards. Tighten the nails so that it won't shake after a test, and then put the other planks.

After a wooden wall was built, Jueming let go. Uncle Shi borrowed a ladder from the village. Everyone worked together to put the roof on and nail it in place. The thatch is dried and put on the roof."

"Yeah!" Jue Ming nodded, his mind full of bathrooms.

There is no window in the bathroom, but there is a place for ventilation. Cassia Ming asked to open two places at a high place, and asked Carpenter Liu to nail them down with thin wooden strips.

In this way, you don't have to worry about exhaust, and you don't have to worry about opening and closing windows.

Uncle Shi looked at it, and secretly praised him in his heart, as expected of being the son of a Jinshi, Jueming had such a clever mind to come up with such a method.

In the afternoon, a few people went to Li Xiurong's yard, and built a bathroom in the southeast corner according to the bathroom of Cassia Ming's house.

After the building was completed, Uncle Shi didn't go home, but went directly to the town to ask Carpenter Liu to order the planks.

In terms of spoiling his wife and being a madman, Uncle Shi can be said to be the number one in Damo Township.