After crossing over, it's hard

In order not to make others suspicious, Li Ran asked Ji Nan to open a vegetable field in the yard of their house, and Li Ran sprinkled rapeseed on it, and Li Ran poured water from the pond with him every day, and now it has grown It's quite big, but it's not as good as the growth in the portable pond.

Fast forward to late March and the days start to get longer.Li Ran planned to transplant the watermelon seedlings first today. Li Ran moved the watermelon seedlings out of the pond with the soil early and put them in the shade of the house.At four o'clock in the afternoon, Ji Nan was carrying two wooden buckets filled with watermelon seedlings. Li Ran hugged Xiaoyuan, locked the door, and went to carry watermelon seedlings.

When they came to the field, Li Ran asked Xiaoyuan to sit on the ridge and play by himself. He and Jinan took out the watermelon seedlings in the wooden bucket and prepared to start. Li Ran told Jinan how to plant them, and then started to do it.Although the fields have already been prepared, it is still a big project to load the five acres of land before dark.

A couple digging in the field next door saw Li Ran and his wife carrying seedlings they had never seen before, and they both asked curiously: "Xiaoran, what is your kind? Why did you start planting so early? "This couple is Li Ran's neighbors. Their house is right in front of Li Ran's house, about 5 minutes away. Li Ran's house does not have a well, and now they go to their house every day to pick up water. water to eat.The two couples are typical rural couples. The husband is called Zhang Guihua, who was married from Zhangjiawan. Wang, the eldest in the family, is called Wang Da. They have three children, the oldest is a brother, and the two youngest are men.During the time Li Ran and the others moved here, they took good care of Li Ran and his family.

Li Ran stood up with a smile, looked at Zhang Guihua and said, "Brother Osmanthus, I planted watermelon seedlings. My seeds were sown early and they grew so big. results sooner.”

Zhang Guihua listened to Li Ran's words, looked at Li Ran in shock, and said, "Xiao Ran, what do you think you are? Watermelon seedlings? Don't you know that we can't grow them in Daqing? I heard that when I married The younger brother who went to another town said that there was also a family in their area who heard that watermelons were very expensive, so they wanted to grow watermelons to sell for money, but the watermelons they planted either only bloomed and did not bear fruit, or even produced fruit that was small. It’s not sweet, it’s worse than boiled water, and you’ll lose all your money. Xiaoran, stop planting soon, and don’t be like the family my brother mentioned.”

Li Ran knew that he was really worried about losing money, and it was for his own good.Li Ran said with a smile: "Brother Osmanthus, it's okay. Didn't I go to Qingyun Mansion last time? I heard a businessman from the Western Regions say that the sandy soil is very suitable for Chinese watermelons. Their Western Regions The watermelons in China are grown in sandy fields, so I wanted to come back and try it myself. Besides, this sandy field is not suitable for growing food, and even if it is planted, the output of food is not high, and there will not be much left after paying taxes. I just thought If this thing is not successful, the compensation is not much, and I only planted the first half of the year. If I lose money, I can pull out the watermelon vines in the second half of the year, and it is also possible to plant late sweet potatoes and rapeseed. Anyway, I don’t use all of them. Good land to grow watermelons."

After hearing Li Ran's words, Zhang Guihua kept asking: "Is it true, sandy fields are really suitable for growing watermelons?" Seeing Li Ran nodding repeatedly, he felt relieved and said, "I hope your watermelons can grow successfully. "

Li Ran said with a smile: "By my brother's auspicious words, I will invite you to eat watermelon if it succeeds."

"Okay, then I'll wait to eat your watermelon, and let us country mud legs taste what this big and rich family eats." Zhang Guihua said jokingly.Then he said: "This is also your uncle and aunt who have no conscience. After gaining the success of your family's fields for more than ten years, they finally figured out what. Brothers who become monks cannot inherit the family wealth, unless the first born The child and your surname, I think it’s all nonsense, isn’t it just trying to occupy the family property left by your father, Amu, and I don’t know where to make up the reason. It’s just that Jinhua, shamelessly talking about how generous she is outside every day , I gave my nephew five acres of land. Hmph, he didn’t even think about it. He has been working in your field for more than ten years, and he still lives in your house, so he just bought the five acres of sandy land. It's not enough!"

After hearing Zhang Guihua's words, Li Ran just smiled and didn't say anything. Jinhua and Li Dashan, Li Ran will definitely clean up in the future, and he will definitely take back every penny that belongs to him. Li Ran took revenge.Of course, there is no need to tell Zhang Guihua and the others these words.And now his main thing is to live his life well.

Zhang Guihua shook her head and said with a sigh: "Xiaoran, you are a soft-hearted child. Fortunately, you are separated now, and your life will be more prosperous in the future."

The five acres of dry land, Li Ran and Ji Nan, hurriedly planted it before the sun went down, and only watered it. Fortunately, there is a small river not far from their field, and this river flows through this basin of five villages.Ji Nan went to fetch water from the small river, and Li Ran watered it. Now it's getting dark, here only Li Ran and the others are still watering the field. Li Ran puts his hand into the wooden bucket, letting the pond water enter the wooden bucket inside.After pouring the water, it was almost dark, and the three of them returned home in the dark.After working like this for four evenings, Li Ran finally planted the other four mu of land.

After the seedlings are planted, only the fertilizer remains.Li Ran thought about it again, and paid attention to a small puddle not far from his door. He said it was a puddle, but it was actually a quagmire. The water in it was up to his knees, but the silt in the puddle was very fat. How long has it been.Li Ran wanted to dig out the puddle and use the sludge as fertilizer in the vegetable field.

Li Ran told Ji Nan about this. Jin Nan didn't know, but as long as it was what Fu Lang said, he would foolishly agree. In Jin Nan's current pure thinking, what his husband said was right. of.Li Ran patted Ji Nan on the head and let out a light snort, and said with a smile, "Your brother is a fool, you know it's okay." But he was happy and warm in his heart, it's great to have someone who believes in him so unconditionally.

The puddle is not big, only the size of one mu of field. Li Ran thought about asking two people to do it with Ji Nan, and it could be done in a few days.Li Ran wants to buy this puddle. When the time comes, it will be dug out and filled with water. It can also raise fish, grow lotus roots, etc. It is not intended to make a lot of money. After all, it is also an income for the family.As soon as they thought of it, Li Ran and Ji Nan came to Li Zheng's house and told Li Zheng that they wanted to buy the puddle and the surrounding wasteland.

Lizheng was a little curious about why Li Ran would think of buying that puddle and wasteland, where no crops could be grown, but Lizheng didn't ask.In Jijia Village, things like puddles cost four taels of silver per mu, while wasteland was cheaper, only three taels of silver per mu. The wasteland Li Ran wanted to buy was not that big, only about three mu.One mu of puddle, three mu of wasteland, a total of fourteen taels of silver, Li Zheng asked Li Ran and Ji Nan to bring the money, and he happened to be going to Pingyang Town in three days, so they went to the government to register and transfer the property.Li Ran agreed with everything, and left Lizheng's house.

After coming out of Lizheng's house, Li Ran Ji Nan came to Ji's grandma's house. What he thought was that he would go to Pingyang Township to register for household registration in three days, so he might as well buy the livestock back with him, so as to avoid having to run again when he could It's the busy farming season now, so I don't have time to run to Pingyang town again and again.Li Ran went to Grandma Ji's house now, just to inquire with Uncle Ji about the market for buying livestock.

Grandma Ji's family was happy for Li Ran and Ji Nan when they heard Li Ran and the others said that they wanted to buy livestock. In this countryside, livestock is an important property of the family.Uncle Ji asked Li Ran if he wanted to buy a cow or a donkey?The strict management of the Ma court is not something that ordinary people can buy.

Li Ran couldn't make up his mind, cow or donkey?In the end, it was Uncle Ji who helped Li Ran decide to buy the cattle. Uncle Ji meant that Li Ran's family had a lot of land. If they bought cattle, they could help plow the land. Although donkeys could also be used, they were not as durable as cattle.Deciding to buy a cow, Li Ran took Ji Nan to the carpenter's house in the village and asked them to help him order a car similar to Uncle Ji's.

After finishing these things, Li Ran and Ji Nan returned home and prepared lunch at noon.Three days passed quickly, and Li Ran, Ji Nan, Li Zheng and Uncle Ji drove the bullock cart to Pingyang Town early in the morning.Li Zheng got acquainted with the registration official of the government, paid the money, and the registration was completed soon. He only waited for the land deed in a few days, and the puddle and wasteland belonged to Li Ranji Nan's family.Lizheng had something to do, so he separated from Li Ran and the others, and then Uncle Ji took Li Ran and Ji Nan to the tooth shop to see the cattle.

After choosing for a long time, Li Ran took a fancy to a one-year-old bull, negotiated with the dental dealer, and finally bought it for 20 taels of silver.In this era, cattle are still very expensive. Although the government's management of cattle is not as strict as that of horses, it still needs to be registered.Fortunately, this dental shop has a relationship with the government, so it will be fine soon.I bought some meat and some other vegetables in Pingyang Town, and took the cattle home.