I Love Farming

Cui Qichao came to Northumberland for the seventh year. Looking around, the manor was full of neat wooden or stone houses, and there was no sign of thatched houses anymore.

The rich peasants set up a small yard as a vegetable garden and flower garden, imitating the master's other courtyard.The stables were as clean as their faces.Water conservancy projects make it not only difficult to water the cultivated land, but also people no longer need to worry about domestic water

Now, the average yield per mu of all food crops in Northumberland has reached more than 600 catties, close to [-] catties. Due to the continuous increase of cattle, horses and tools, under the condition of intensive farming, a family of three laborers can grow about Six acres of land.

In addition, the output of sugar beets, cotton, grapes and other economic crops is stable, which brings a lot of income to Northumberland farmers every year. The cotton for self-use is enough for everyone to change into a cotton jacket and quilt in winter, without the risk of freezing to death.

Every half a month, a meeting is held on the square of the manor, and even the neighboring territory also comes to participate. It seems to be a small trade point like a parish trade fair.Serfs who had surplus food on hand could afford bread and wheat porridge, and could also exchange for other foods. Unlike in the past, it was rare for women to eat an extra bite after giving birth.

In the past few years, the captives who left from Northumberland quickly spread the farming methods here, so it is not only Northumberland that has increased production, at least now in the whole south, there is no trace of feces on the streets .

In the discussion of the outside world, Northumberland seems to be the most affluent place in the south. It is small and small, but its per capita quality of life is high.It was even said that it was better to be a serf in Northumberland than a poor little lord.Not to mention the rich peasants, some rich peasants in Northumberland would spend part of their land to hire people to cultivate it.

Because the Baron Cat Slayer said that he would not consider accepting more people to follow for a few years, he must first work hard to improve the current level (although he does not know how to improve it), and some people even ran to Northumberland to live or learn secretly The farming techniques here were deliberately attacked, and then taken as prisoners.

Inseparable from Northumberland, the archbishop has also skyrocketed in the church because he has mastered a large number of brown sugar business and trading points.In return, he also took good care of Northumberland, and repeatedly tried to introduce a partner to Cui Qichao, but Cui Qichao refused them all.

Because Northumberland became more famous, this incident spread outside, and everyone suspected that Baron Northumberland had some hidden disease, no wonder he liked to abuse cats so much.

In addition, there is really nothing wrong with the Baron of Northumberland. He is rich, so he leads the people to get rich together, and gives tax relief to the people. People who live here have to pay the least tax.

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"Lily, isn't that Lily?"

"Why did she leave the manor, is she going home?"

"Lily is in a terrible situation now..."

Unbelievable, not because Lily works in the lord's kitchen, which everyone admires, but also because she is favored by the lord.Everyone still remembers that Lily was almost tempted by the devil at first.Now, Lily is a maid whom the lord trusts very much, and she is allowed to abuse cats with the lord.

Only these two are so vicious that even black cats are afraid, and demons dare not possess them.So every time a black cat was caught in the territory, it was reported to the lord and handed over to Lily to deal with, and even the priest agreed.Speaking of priests, William, the head of the Northumberland Church, had been promoted and transferred away, but the relationship between the priest and the baron was still so close. The place is rich and the people are well-educated, which makes the job of the priest very easy.

It was winter, and Lily was wrapped in a cotton coat with beautiful red and yellow flowers on it.The neem tree brought back by the trade team a few years ago has already grown up. In addition to killing insects, the fruit it bears has become a natural dye. This is the flower that Lily dyed herself.

She has grown into a beautiful girl, and she has attracted people's attention all the way.

Lily went to the cottage to go home. Her sister gave birth today, so she, who rarely goes back, went to visit.

Time has diluted the resentment. Although Lily still complained about her parents' indifference in her heart, she would go back several times a year. When she walked to the door, she heard the movement inside, stopped and listened quietly.

This is Lili's sister's house, but her parents are also there, and there seems to be someone else.

"Lily is so old this year. Working in the lord's kitchen will definitely bring benefits. However, my nephew is also very good. He has a job in the cloth workshop and is a skilled person. You marry Lily to my nephew, he My family is willing to give you a calf! From now on, it will be a farming ox. Isn’t your youngest son also going to start a family?

Lily's face turned ugly when she heard the calf. She thought that every winter, her mother would sigh and take care of the cattle. Both she and the cattle were sick, and her mother ignored her.When she was unable to do heavier work, the only thing she could do was to water the cows.

Lily was immersed in the memories, and couldn't help but squeeze her hands tightly.

At this time, Lily's father's voice sounded: "Hmph, you think I don't know. Your nephew is too lazy to work, and he only entered the cloth shop because of his relationship. He is scolded by the manager every day, and he might be kicked out one day. I don't want My daughter is married, farming cattle is great, and if my daughter gets married in the future, I will give her all the sheep."

"Uh, hehe, I can't say that. My nephew is studying hard in the cloth workshop. Lily doesn't come back very often. You say that, it doesn't mean that she can't make decisions for Lily. She follows the lord, and the people she meets are not good. too much."

Lily came back to her senses slowly, and suddenly thought that the present is not what it used to be, life is no longer so bitter, and her father speaks more confidently, she feels very complicated.She also gradually understood what the lord said before.Maybe still can't forgive, but she's relieved.

"Sister, I'm here." Lily pretended not to hear, and entered the house, "Sister, I brought you eggs."

Lily's older sister was lying on the bed, with her parents and in-laws beside her. It seemed that the people who persuaded Lily's parents were the parents of Lili's older sister's husband.

Seeing Lily's expressionless face, they thought Lily hadn't heard what she said before, so they all exchanged pleasantries.

Lily's parents were embarrassed when they saw her. After all, Lily had been estranged from them in the past few years, and they didn't feel much at first, but since the life at home got better, they felt a little more guilty, and they all came forward to greet them.

Lily's elder sister was holding the basket of eggs, and she didn't look like Lily's eyes turned green when she saw the eggs when she was a child. At that time, the strong laborers in the family had to eat all the food first, and the little girls could only eat leftovers last.

"What are you doing with the eggs, eat more yourself, the eggs laid by my hen have been eaten by me every day recently." My sister has a good relationship with her, and complained unceremoniously, "Look, get me some eggs." Cotton cloth is not good, I can make clothes for my son with dyed flowers like yours."

"No, I have to keep the cloth for later use, the master said, find me a good husband." Lily didn't mean to say that, but Cui Qichao really mentioned, "If you have eggs, just laugh, I wanted to sell it for candy.”

Food and clothing are all handed out, and the baron never treats his servants badly.Even because everyone is close by, they often have good and new things, they try them out first, and then promote them to the whole of Northumberland.

After visiting her sister's house for a while, Lily went back with a basket on her shoulders.

Along the way, you can see people's gardens, including cabbage, parsnips, pumpkins, cucumbers, blueberries, oranges, sweet cherries, chestnuts, etc. There are many kinds.

Northumberland's trade team wandered around other places every once in a while, and at the farthest point they reached the northern end, bringing back various fruit and vegetable seeds, which were screened by the lord and then spread to all parts of the manor.

When it comes to the autumn harvest, on the day of the harvest festival, the lord’s banquet, everyone will move the vegetables and fruits they have grown to the grassland where the banquet is held, to compare who’s planted bigger, and there are some competitions such as moving pumpkins and peeling chestnuts, festival activities Every year and every year, it's not just a banquet, but a whole day's celebration, with revelry into the night.

Even if Lily is no longer a child, she still looks forward to the harvest festival. The children in the territory regard this day as the most anticipated season.

Newcomers to Northumberland will always marvel at the festive atmosphere of this day, and a few years later, the Harvest Festival has become a symbol of Northumberland.Although there are harvest days and feasting habits everywhere, the Harvest Day in Northumberland is a real festival.

On the way back, Lili also saw a few four- and five-year-old children squatting on the side of the road to catch voles and play. They were much stronger than Lili's friends of the same age when she was a child.Because they are lucky, since they were born, they have not experienced the days and nights when they can only have a small handful of beans and water.If the parents work a little harder, they can still have sweets. Even if they don't work hard, they won't starve to death under the control of Zhuangtou.

Lily still remembers that when she was this age, she had to feed pigs, cook beans, and collect wheat grains in the field...

After being in a trance for a while, she came back to her senses and walked briskly across the stone path.

After returning to the courtyard, and entering the small courtyard full of flowers, there were many people who greeted her, and she responded one by one. When she arrived at the Lord Lord's courtyard at the back, she could see Lance lying on the ground.

"Lance, if you don't get up yet, your clothes are going to be dirty." Lily quickly pulled Lance up. The fourteen or fifteen-year-old child already looks like an adult, and the thick light-blond hair when he was a child is now darker. Quite a few, but his eyes are still blue and blue, and his snow-white skin has become a healthy wheat color after playing outside all year round. He eats well, is tall, and has long legs like his father, but his expression and tone are somewhat different. Like a lord.

"Sister Lily, I'm looking at the growth of this carrot. I've used different fertilizers for this row of carrots." Lance is also quite similar to the master in terms of hobbies, or the master is a good teacher, and he usually studies it. Farming methods, but compared with the master, this young man is not less interested in riding horses and using swords, and he always has good results in hunting.

"That can't be so casual, look at this body." Lily patted him a few times, "Master, after seeing the crops, why is his body clean?"

Lance smiled mischievously, "I haven't learned this yet."

Lily pulled out some garlic and went back to the kitchen. Today, I want to make garlic fried mushrooms for the master. Chop the garlic and saute it with olive oil. Then put the mushrooms in and fry them. Sprinkle some salt and fry until the mushrooms are golden brown. Add some white rice porridge.

Every year Raymond always goes to exchange some rice, the master likes it very much.

With garlic fried mushrooms and white rice porridge, the meal was sent directly to the master's room. In recent days, the master did not eat with everyone, but stayed alone in the room, as if he was writing something.

When Lily walked out of the room, she heard the master seem to be talking to Lance, saying something like "the church must be cautious". She wondered in her heart, isn't the church the master's backing, why should she be cautious.

But Lily didn't care so much, she knocked on the door and went in, and helped the master clean up the paper on the table. Lily couldn't read, but besides the words and pictures on the paper, it seemed that they were all farm tools, plants and the like .She guessed that this might be an agricultural book written by the master.

Sure enough, the master said to Lance: "In addition to what I just said, this is some farming knowledge I wrote down. It will be useful in Northumberland in the future. There are a few plants that you can pay attention to and bring them back to cultivate."

Lance's eyes were red, "Uncle, why are you talking about this? Are you going on a long journey?"

Lily was taken aback, "Master is going on a long journey? What about Xiaobai?"

Her first reaction was actually this, without the master, wouldn't she be asked to feed this hard-to-serve master cat.

Xiaobai heard what Lily said, jumped off the wooden plank fixed on the wall, landed on the master's lap, and meowed twice.

Cui Qichao touched Xiaobai's head, "Xiaobai will go with me. Lance, I should go to another continent on this trip. I don't know how long it will take me to come back. I may even settle down and die there. I I have contacted all parties, I have no wife or children, and you will be my heir."

The live broadcast time was coming to an end, and Cui Qichao also began to say goodbye.As early as a few years ago, he began to think about what would happen to Northumberland after he left.Now Northumberland is thriving, but as long as there is a greedy lord, even if the food production is high, they will fall into the same predicament as before.

When he saw Lance for the first time, Cui Qichao kept an eye on him. This kid had a good heart and was related to him by blood, so he left Lance to observe.After thinking that Lance is a malleable talent, he also intends to guide his thinking.Although Lance is still young, Cui Qichao believes that this kid will be able to govern Northumberland well in the future.

This news was too sudden for Lance and Lily, and Lily cried and said, "Sir, why are you going to another continent? It's too dangerous to take a boat, and what should we do... You also said that you want to find me a husband .”

Lance was also shocked, thinking that since he came to Northumberland, his uncle has taken extra care of him and taught him everywhere. He even felt that this decision was made by his uncle from the very beginning, "Uncle, do you... want to go back to the East?" ?”

He thought that his uncle had lived in the Eastern Continent for a long time, and maybe he liked it more in his heart, so he would go back sooner or later.

"Almost." Cui Qichao patted their heads and said, "Okay, don't cry, there are gatherings and separations in life, and I will leave after Lily's wedding is over."

Saying goodbye for the second time, Cui Qichao was still a little bit reluctant. These data were so real that he even wanted to interfere with the future operation of this world and this territory, because he couldn't rest assured.

"Parting and reunion means, can we meet again in the future?" Lance asked, wiping his red eyes.

"...Maybe." Cui Qichao said sadly.Maybe one day, he can really go back and see those students, leaders, and piglets he has fed.

In the spring of the eighth year, after Lily got married, Cui Qichao left Northumberland after showing everyone how to farm for the last time. The last image in his memory was a group of leaders with reluctant eyes.He felt very relieved, because all the people in the territory were fat...

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"Mr. Cui? Mr. Cui?"

Lin Lin's voice appeared next to her ears, and gradually brought Cui Qichao back to the real world. She was like a seal, representing reality.Cui Qichao got rid of the mood of parting, opened his eyes, and was about to speak when he saw Lin Lin handing him a glass of warm water.

"Thank you." Cui Qichao took a long sip. This time he stayed in the virtual plane for a longer time, a total of eight years, and nearly three months have passed in reality.

Although there was machine maintenance, Cui Qichao's body was still a little stiff. He stood up and moved his hands and feet.

Lin Lin was at the side congratulating, "Mr. Cui's ratings on the male channel are also very good, and the program is quite successful, especially in our affiliated forums. The discussion is also very high. In the past few months, many people have sent gifts. "

These gifts are temporarily placed in Lin Lin's office, because Cui Qichao's temporary dormitory in LJJ Company has all plants planted by him, and there is no place to put them.

At first glance, Cui Qichao found that the gifts were all kinds of strange things. There were creative chocolates with "Jin Kela" written on them, and a hoe tied with a bow—in this day and age, no one really uses a hoe anymore. This one is definitely custom-made. , and those who gave big red banners said something on it: "Dark Shennong, with immeasurable merit".

Cui Qichao always felt weird, and didn't know what the audience was thinking. There seemed to be some stalks he didn't know.

"There are still flower baskets, some of which are withered, but I took pictures." Lin Lin pointed to him.

Cui Qichao saw that there were also words on the flower basket, with different tones, and some even scolded him, "Bastard Cui Qichao, you have the ability to plant it for a lifetime."

Of course, this is a very small number, and most of the tone is still kind and weird, such as "President Cui Chong Duck" and the like.

"This, this...hehe, there are always some audience members who are more excited." Lin Lin said, "I'll ask someone to get rid of this."

"It's okay." Cui Qichao didn't care. To him, it didn't matter what the audience thought. Last time he came out, he didn't even look back at the barrage.

However, now that there are even flower baskets and gifts, he is probably really as popular as Lin Lin said.

"Mr. Cui." Lin Lin said with a smile, "It's like this. You have also recorded two programs, and your popularity is at the forefront, but you have less communication with the audience. I think, can you hold a live meeting?"

"This doesn't seem to be an obligation in the contract." Cui Qichao said flatly.

"Yes, I know not, this is our additional request." Lin Lin immediately said, "But, I am very sincere, and I hope you can agree. There are still sponsors for this event, if you are willing to attend..."

As she spoke, she fell silent, because she found Cui Qichao's expression extremely cold.

In fact, Lin Lin was already mentally prepared, but the company asked her to talk, so she had to give it a try, "Well, it looks like you won't agree."

"I'm very sorry, I just want to have a good rest now." Cui Qichao said, "By the way, I'm going to adjust the irrigation system in my room." Before he left, he set automatic watering, lighting and other programs for the crops in the room, but the programs were dead , The plants are alive, he has to check the growth situation, and then adjust according to the specific data.

Lin Lin said regretfully: "Okay, after you have a good rest, I will talk to you about the next show."

"Thank you very much." Cui Qichao bid farewell to Lin Lin, returned to his dormitory, and poured water manually. Compared with the machine, he prefers the feeling of touching the crops with his own hands, whether he can do it himself or do it himself.

Lying on the bed, Cui Qichao tossed and turned for a while, instead of sleeping, he got up and searched for information based on keywords: animal husbandry.

……

After a day's rest, Cui Qichao met with Lin Lin in her office.

Lin Lin held a stack of materials in her hand, and her expression was a little unnatural, "Mr. Cui, the next plane is selected by internal votes in the company, I mean, including all employees. This is also a respect for you."

"Really? Since the vote was voted, why didn't the vote be made public?" Cui Qichao asked casually.

"Hey, this..." Lin Lin said embarrassingly, "You don't know how skinny your audience is. They might vote for you to which plane of attributes."

"Skin?" Cui Qichao hadn't even seen the barrage, so how could he know that his audience was probably crazy, "That's my protection, what is the background of the next world era?"

"About the 23rd century, human beings have entered the pre-interstellar era..." Lin Lin introduced the relevant background and technological level to Cui Qichao. For some reason, her expression was always slightly weird.

"By the way, are you still checking Xiaobai's question?" Cui Qichao asked.

"No, in fact, I also suggest that you continue to bring it to the live broadcast this time, so that we can continue to observe." Speaking of this, Lin Lin was a little puzzled, how could they not be able to find out whether their company's server was pumping?

Cui Qichao nodded, thinking about Xiaobai's treatment in the Middle Ages, he smiled slightly and said, "As long as the world we live in this time is not malicious to cats—by the way, is there a special label?"

For example, in the youth campus of the first plane, he was trapped in the campus, and he had to be the lord of the second plane.

"This..." Lin Lin swallowed, and said, "A-actually, a considerable part of the data of the next plane is also original, the full name is Interstellar ABO..."

The faint smile on Cui Qichao's face because of the mention of Xiaobai hadn't subsided yet, and there was a hint of doubt, "What is that?"

Volume [-] farming in interstellar abo