Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

After planting the field, the busy farming is not over yet. The chili seeds that were sprinkled some time ago have sprouted and grown densely. It is time to transplant them to the slopes.

Ruan Xishi turned over the field where peanuts and corn were planted in early spring, bought some fertilizer and mixed it with plant ash, and waited for a cloudy day to pull out the pepper seedlings and plant them on the slopes.

The local custom is to plant spring corn and spring peanuts. In autumn, corn and peanuts are often not planted. Instead, sweet potatoes, chili beans, and beans can be sold for money. Grow peppers.

Ruan Xishi planted pepper seeds on the ground in front of his house. Farmers passed by every day on the road. Seeing that his pepper seedlings were growing well, he wanted to get some from his house to plant.

The first one to come was Aunt Fang, but Aunt Fang didn't come empty-handed, she took two cucumbers from her own family and gave them to Ruan Xishi to eat.

The cucumber grown by Aunt Fang’s family is not a long green one, but the one with thick and short yellow skin. The scientific name is mountain cucumber. They will grow some. It is the hot time in late summer and early autumn. They can be marinated and eaten to cool off the heat.

Ruan Xishi welcomed Aunt Fang into the house, moved a stool for her to sit on the patio, Aunt Fang looked around and chatted with him.

"Shizai, all the loofahs in your house have climbed up the fence, and the withered loofahs are not picked off. If it rains and gets wet, they won't be able to make melon pulp."

Ruan Xishi took a look, and sure enough, the loofah vines on the wall near the chicken coop had not been cleaned up, and the vines had been dried, revealing the loofahs that had been hidden under the melon leaves. The loofahs withered due to the loss of nutrition and water supply.The aged loofah can be air-dried, and when the pulp is only shredded, it can be used as a tool for washing dishes.

As soon as Ruan Xishi was reminded by Aunt Fang, she was about to move the stool over to pick off the old loofah. Lu Ze saw him and stopped him, and said to him, "I'll go pick it up."

After he finished speaking, he walked over and took off the loofahs hanging on the wall to Ruan Xishi without any effort.

Seeing the tacit understanding between the two of them, Aunt Fang smiled and said, "Hey, it's better to have someone at home to help, Ah Ze, why don't you force your memory back and go home, stay here with Shizi."

Aunt Fang's words were a joke, but Ruan Xishi took it to heart. Ruan Xishi remembered that Lu Ze didn't belong here. Maybe one day in the future he would leave here and return to his hometown. At that time, what should he and Lu Ze do? Woolen cloth?

During this period of time, he was immersed in the sweetness of his first love, and he didn't think about this important issue for a while. When he remembered it, he just felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat, and it was hard to ignore it.

Compared with him, Lu Ze's thinking is much simpler. He can't leave here, and it has no effect on his relationship with Ruan Xishi. He will persuade Ruan Xishi to leave with him, return to the modern city, and get in touch with the wider world instead of He took root in this poor and backward village at a young age, and spent his whole life being a frog in a well.

Ruan Xishi is still very young, he has unlimited possibilities to create his wonderful life.

Lu Ze replied to Aunt Fang with a smile, "Don't worry, I will accompany him."

Aunt Fang was simple, and she didn't think about anything else after hearing this, but said, "Aunt Fang will find you a suitable girl in our village, and ask the village chief to find another girl next to Shi Zai's house." Build a house, and you will settle down in our village, and you and Shizai can take care of each other."

Naturally, these are also jokes. There is not so much gossip in the village. We usually pass the time by making some harmless jokes with each other. Everyone doesn't take it seriously. Even so, Ruan Xishi still has to think about his relationship with Lu Ze. future.

Ruan Xishi suddenly became depressed.

But Aunt Fang didn't realize it. She felt that the time was almost up, so she brought the topic to today's focus. She pretended to take a look at the vegetable garden outside, and when she saw those pepper seedlings, she said, "Shizai, The chili seedlings you sprinkled are growing well, if there are any more, I will take some back and plant them."

When Ruan Xishi heard the words, she replied absent-mindedly: "Yes, I have already planted them, and these are leftovers. If you want to take them back and plant them, then come and pull them out when you are free."

Seeing that the plan was clear, Aunt Fang patted her thigh and said, "Okay, I won't be polite to you if you say that. When Uncle Fang helps me plow the slopes, I will come to your house to pull pepper seedlings."

The goal was achieved, and Aunt Fang left contentedly. Lu Ze moved the stool back to the living room. Seeing that Ruan Xishi was still standing in the courtyard listlessly in a daze, he closed the door, walked over and half hugged Ruan Xishi in his arms, and asked softly: "What's the matter, Xiao Ruan, you seem to be unhappy from just now, is it because Aunt Fang wants to pull out your pepper seedlings?"

Ruan Xishi was amused by his words, she gave him a look and said, "I'm such a stingy person!"

Lu Ze imitated his expression just now, and said meanly: "Your face was like this just now. It looks like you have bitterness and hatred. I thought you were unhappy."

Seeing his exaggerated expression, Ruan Xishi pinched his face from embarrassment, and explained: "It's not because Aunt Fang wants pepper seedlings. Alas, I can't tell you."

Seeing that Ruan Xishi turned back to the house, Lu Ze told him that Ruan Xishi had something on his mind, so he also chased after him, and asked persistently, "Why are you unhappy? Tell him, and I will help you solve it."

Ruan Xishi saw that he was a little funny, so she smiled and said to him: "I'm not happy because of Aunt Fang's joke."

Lu Ze: "Huh? What joke did Aunt Fang just play?"

Ruan Xishi saw his bewildered face, didn't know whether he was pretending on purpose or really didn't know, puffed up her cheeks and said, "Aunt Fang said that she will find a good girl for you and let you settle down in our village."

Lu Ze didn't expect Ruan Xishi to be unhappy because of this, he smiled and hugged Ruan Xishi to the bed and sat down together, nose to nose, eye to eye and said, "So you're jealous."

Ruan Xishi blushed and said firmly, "I didn't!"

Lu Ze laughed loudly, pinched his nose and said, "You can rest assured, I will definitely not agree to Aunt Fang, you are enough for me."

Ruan Xishi said angrily: "Then when others ask, how are you going to answer? You can't say that you want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life, can you?"

Lu Ze teased him and said, "At that time, I will say that I have made a private decision with you for life."

Ruan Xishi hurriedly covered his mouth, and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense in front of others. Although the people in our village seem to be friendly, rumors are terrible, so be careful not to be stabbed in the back."

Lu Ze kissed his palm, and asked tentatively, "If one day I regain my memory, will you leave with me? Leave here, go to a place where no one knows you, where there is no discrimination, and we will live again."

Ruan Xishi hesitated, he couldn't make a decision for a while.On the one hand, he likes Lu Ze very much, and wants to be with Lu Ze in an open and honest way, without being discriminated against by others, and start a life that belongs to the two of them. Staying here, Qingming doesn't even have anyone to go to the grave, and he is uncertain about the unknown future.

He looked at Lu Ze apologetically, and said in a low voice, "I, I have to think about this."

Lu Ze saw his embarrassment and didn't force him. He hugged him and patted him on the back, comforting him: "I'm just making a hypothesis, you don't need to reply me now, in case I can't recover in my life Do you remember?"

Ruan Xishi leaned in his arms, heard his extremely irresponsible words to her, and said dumbfoundingly: "The memory still needs to be restored, you can't just forget your parents and family like this."

Lu Ze was suddenly preached, and coughed guiltily. He didn't dare to admit that he would call his parents every now and then whenever he had the chance, for fear that his faking amnesia would be exposed.

Now is not the time to confess.

But Ruan Xishi is so considerate of her parents, she will be able to live in harmony with his family when she goes to his house in the future.

Thinking of it like this, Lu Ze was so elated, he kissed Ruan Xishi hard on the face, and said, "Little Ruan, you are so kind."

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Ruan Xishi planted five-fifth of the pepper field, and interplanted some peanuts and soybeans in the pepper field. The peanuts can be used as peanut seeds in the early spring of next year, and some can be eaten in spare time, and can also be sold as new year's goods. It will be used at times, and soybeans can be used for cooking, and they can be sold if they are harvested well. If they are stored well, they can be eaten until this time next year.

In addition, he also planted a few rows of sweet corn. Sweet corn sells well in winter and is used for barbecue and soup, because there are fewer people planting it and the price is relatively higher.

Then there was the sweet potato planting. Ruan Xishi, the village chief allocated the land allocated to Lu Ze, used it all for planting sweet potatoes, and the white-skinned purple-heart sweet potatoes that were sold in the market were expensive and good.

Ruan Xishi has been busy like a spinning top for the past few days, and even the other villagers couldn't help but praise him when they saw him being so diligent, saying, "Shizai has suddenly become very hardworking, it seems that this winter is going to make a lot of money. "

Ruan Xishi supported her waist that was a little sore from growing things, and replied: "Because there are more people in the family to eat, and we must grow more things to make life easier."

Others made fun of Lu Ze and said, "Did you hear that, Ah Ze, Shizai is talking about you. Look at how lucky you are to meet Shizai who is so loyal. You will be prosperous in the future, but don't forget to repay him." Shi Zi."

Lu Ze replied with a smile: "I will definitely not let him down. From now on, my things will be his things, and I will never treat him badly."

Ruan Xishi finally planted all the crops for the second season before the autumn rain. After two days of autumn rain, it cleared up. The clear sky and cloudless weather are the most suitable for drying things.

Every household in the village took out the peanuts they had put away to dry, and Ruan Xishi was no exception. Lu Ze helped him carry the peanuts up to the roof, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you suddenly want to dry peanuts?"

Ruan Xishi spread out the peanuts on the roof of the building, and replied, "Dry the peanuts in the sun while the weather is good, and then they can be transported to the oil mill for oil extraction."

Lu Ze suddenly realized: "It turns out that it is like this. Can I go and see when the oil is pressed? I haven't seen it yet."

Ruan Xishi smiled and said: "I want you to help me transport the peanuts to the oil factory, and I'll let you see enough when the time comes."

The peanuts are dried in the sun for two days, until the peanuts in the shell are dried until they taste crisp and can be packed into bags and transported to the oil mill for oil extraction.

There is only an oil workshop in the next door village, and they are the only two oil workshops in the nearby villages. Everyone takes advantage of this time to squeeze oil, and they have to queue up very early. Before the oil workshop opens, there is already a long queue at the door. Carts of peanuts are placed at the door.

Ruan Xishi's family had five bags of peanuts, and Lu Ze brought them over after two trips. Others' homes had more than twenty or thirty bags, and some had a dozen or so bags. However, other people's homes also had a lot of people eating, and some were specially grown. It is sold by squeezing the oil, and the pure peanut oil sells very well, selling for more than ten yuan a catty in the town.

However, Ruan Xishi's family has limited land and cannot learn from other people's family to sell oil to get rich. At this stage, he only wants to let him and Lu Ze live a life of food and clothing without worrying about food and clothing.

When it’s their turn to extract oil, they have to go to the oil workshop to help unpack the bags, put the shelled peanuts into the sheller, and the shelled peanuts will go into the drying box, heated until the fat comes out, and then put into the oil press for pressing Oil out.

Peanut shells are crushed by the shelling machine. If necessary, farmers can pack them home by themselves. They can be used as litter for poultry or as fuel. The crushed peanut kernels become pieces of slag, which are fragrant and crisp , can be eaten as a snack, but more is used to feed poultry.

Farmers who do not raise poultry or have a lot of peanuts will choose to sell the peanut dregs to the oil mill, and the oil mill will resell them to others to earn the difference.But basically every household in rural areas raises some pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, and usually brings home peanut dregs.

Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze watched from a short distance when the oil was being squeezed. Lu Ze watched the peanuts enter the machine with their shells, until they came out in pieces, and the oil dripped into the barrel.

Ruan Xishi grabbed a few pieces of peanut residue and put them in front of Lu Ze, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to taste it?"

Even if it loses its essence and turns into residue, the peanut residue is still very fragrant, with a strong peanut flavor, and it has been heat-processed, making it crunchy and delicious.

Lu Ze couldn't bear it, and ate several slices in a row. Ruan Xishi stopped him from continuing to eat with a worried face, and said to him, "You can't eat too much of this, it will hurt your throat."

Lu Ze looked at the peanut crumbs in the bag and said, "Then let's take it home and eat slowly."

Ruan Xishi said to him dumbfounded: "These peanut residues will lose their crispness after two days, and they are not specially for human consumption. They are mainly used to feed chickens, ducks, pigs, and fish."

Lu Ze resentfully said, "Well, I think it's quite delicious."

After the peanuts were squeezed, there was just one barrel of oil, more than 50 catties, and the oil yield was not bad. When returning home, Ruan Xishi tied the oil barrel to the back of the motorcycle, put two bags of peanut dregs in the basket, and put one bag on each side of the car.

Ruan Xishi cherished this barrel of oil, and carefully placed it in the corner of the living room after returning home, and sprinkled a circle of lime powder around it to prevent insects and mice.

After doing all this, he clapped his hands and said to Lu Ze, "This barrel of oil will last until this time next year."

Lu Ze nodded, thinking that maybe they didn't have to finish the barrel of oil, and they left here.

The author has something to say:

Oil pressing is really a childhood memory!It happened more than ten years ago. Youfang is super invincible!The roasted peanuts are also delicious!Better than fried peanuts!Peanut crumbs are also good, but my throat hurts after eating_(:з)∠)_

God, although the data of this article is really bad, but I am so happy to write it, even the daily code of 4000 is trivial (I feel like my head is going to be bald when I write 6 words a day in the last article T^T) I want daily [-] To the end!