Beloved Plantation King

After the county magistrate and the others came, most of the villagers knew that Yin Peinan's rice had used new seeds, and they all asked Yin Peinan about the new seeds.

"Ah Nan, where did you buy this kind of seed? Can you tell us, we will buy it too."

Seeing that there are still more than 20 days before the second season will be planted, everyone is a little anxious.

Yin Peinan thought for a while, the rice varieties at this time have a long growing season, even in their southern regions, they can only be harvested in the first ten days of July of the lunar calendar.

The time of the first season is extended, so the rice transplanting of the second season is late.If the second season rice is transplanted after the beginning of autumn, the yield of the second season will not increase.

However, he used an optimized variety before, which contains the excellent genes of modern early rice varieties, and the growth period should be shortened.It is not clear how many days will be shortened, but at present, comparing the growth of rice in my own field with that of others, it may be about ten to fifteen days earlier.

Now in summer, the time for raising seedlings is basically only about ten days. At that time, it is possible to get out the seeds first and replace them with their own millet.

Yin Peinan replied: "I bought this from a merchant by chance before. He is not from our county, and his whereabouts are very uncertain. I will look for him again in the next few days to see if I can run into him. There are extra seeds, and I will buy them all back for everyone at that time. It’s just that there may not be many, and you may not get many.”

The village head replied on behalf of everyone: "Thanks for your hard work, Nan, as much as you can get in the second season of this year, and in the spring of next year, everyone will be able to use new seeds."

Yin Peinan said: "I will try my best. But let me say it first. I can go out to find seeds, but I have to count the cost of board and lodging and the cost of hiring a horse cart or ox cart to transport them back to the seeds."

This request is very reasonable, and the village chief said, "It's natural. Why don't you find someone to go with you?"

Yin Peinan shook his head and said, "No need, I can go with my husband."

A villager said in a low voice: "Then you will have the final say on the cost of board and lodging and carriage and horses."

Zuo An heard it with the tips of his ears. He glanced at the villager and said coldly: "That's right, we have the final say. If it's too expensive at that time, we don't have to buy it. Or we don't have to go, it's a big deal." In hot weather, we can save trouble."

The other villagers stared at the villager.

Tell you to talk too much!In the whole village, only Yin Peinan knew the merchant and where he was from. Why should he help us run errands and let him earn some money? !

The villager immediately touched his nose and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

The village chief hurriedly said: "We all believe in you, so I will ask Anan Ange."

In addition to seeds, many people also began to cut bamboo.After all, they had been watching the fields where Yin Peinan's family kept the ducks, and they really didn't weed much.

As for the other field where they didn't put ducks, they removed grass three times, and the ears of rice in that field didn't seem to be as many as in the field where ducks were raised.

There are about a hundred households in the village, and there are so many fields, but there are not so many bamboos to cut in the back mountains.Several quarrels broke out over this, and on one occasion a fight nearly broke out.

Yin Peinan and the others saw that this was not a solution, so they asked the village chief to gather all the villagers to the grain field where the millet was dried.

Yin Peinan said: "Uncles, raising ducks can indeed increase production, but we don't need to go to war for bamboo. In addition to bamboo, we can also use rattan, shrub branches and so on."

"Oh, by the way, there is a better one. You can weave fishing nets and weave them finer, so that the ducklings can't get out. This is more convenient than bamboo. We didn't expect to use bamboo before. Everyone But don’t fight over bamboo anymore, it’s not worth it.”

The villagers nodded after hearing that they could still use fishing nets. It is true that weaving fishnets is easier than chopping bamboo, but it only requires some cost.

Yin Peinan walked down, and then the village chief went up, and he said: "The planting method of Ah Nan's family is great.

Everyone has seen that it can increase production.He and his husband will go out tomorrow to help everyone find grain seeds. During this period, if there is anything wrong with his family, please take care of him and help us. "

"Okay, okay, no problem." Everyone responded.

"Also, I want to ask everyone, do you want to raise ducks in the rice fields?"

"Yes, raise!"

The village head pressed his hands down, everyone quieted down, and he said again: "That's right, since everyone raises ducks, Ah Nan has another suggestion, I think it's very good."

"What proposal?"

The village chief said: "If you want to raise ducks, everyone has to build a fence for each field, one here and another, which is very troublesome. But if you don't do it, the ducks from different families will be mixed together, and you won't be able to tell them apart, and you will quarrel."

The villagers laughed out loud.

"It's absolutely going to happen, don't laugh."

"What should I do?"

"It still needs to be surrounded."

"Listen to me." The village chief and the others calmed down, and said again: "So Ah Nan and the others have thought of a way, but they need everyone's opinions."

"any solution?"

The village chief took a look at everyone: "It's just changing the fields."

"Change fields? How?"

The village head: "That is, one mu is exchanged for one mu. For example, my family has an acre of fertile land and Lao Hu's next to it is an acre of fertile land. I will exchange it with another fertile land of the same size. Eight sides are surrounded, and after being combined, only the original six sides need to be surrounded, and the two adjacent sides do not need to be surrounded, so there is no need to make such a long fence.”

When everyone hears it, hey, it makes sense, and it can save a lot of effort.

Just in case, the village head said: "Of course, this is all voluntary. Good fields are exchanged for good fields, and poor fields are exchanged for poor fields. If you can't exchange them, just spend more time. That's all, let's leave. "

The villagers began to think about changing the fields, and those with quick brains had already gone ahead to find someone to change the fields.

Yin Peinan and their fields are all fenced, so there is no need to change them, and the young couple went home hand in hand.

The next day, Yin Peinan and Zuo An dragged their carts out, first went to the county government to get a guide, and said they were going to the merchant's hometown to find someone, but in fact they went to the next county, and then found a deep mountain to get seeds went.

This time it was the same as before. They first found an inn, bought mats and sacks, then went to the deep mountains, hid the cart, and then found a place with a stream to start working.

Yin Peinan gave birth to all the seeds, and separated them from the plants when they were ripe. Zuo An picked them up with a burlap bag, and then put them on the mat to dry.

With Zuo An's help, it was much more convenient this time.After harvesting the millet, there was no need to bury the rest of the stalks. Zuo An directly manipulated the ability to sink them into the ground, and then continued...

It doesn't take much work, but the quantity is a bit large, the mats are bought a little less, and the place for drying the millet is a bit small.

After filling up the mats, the two stopped to rest for a while, and Yin Peinan began to experiment with the new seeds they wanted to plant.New seeds are more troublesome, and it takes many trials to get plants that can reproduce stably.

But this was also done in a day, and the rest was repetitive work.For the next few days, they only had to work for half the morning every day, and the rest of the time they sat under the tree and waited for the millet to dry, and the sun went down to harvest the millet and return to the inn.

Sometimes hunters come to the mountains to hunt, and when they hear someone is coming, they have to collect the millet and hide it, and then open it in the sun after the person leaves.

Fortunately, the mountain they chose is secluded enough, and few people come to this big mountain.

The weather at the end of May was already very hot, and the cicadas kept screaming in the trees.The two sat under the tree to hide from the shade, and Yin Peinan fanned them with a cattail fan.

"There is no wind at all today, and this ancient summer is so hot." Zuo An leaned against the tree trunk, resting his head on Yin Peinan's shoulder, hesitantly.

Thinking that his daughter-in-law didn't eat much at noon, Yin Peinan's heart moved, and he changed his hand to fan the wind, and the other hand directly gave birth to a watermelon seedling.different

After a while, the seedlings turned into vines, quickly blooming and bearing fruit...

"Honey, come, eat watermelon." Yin Peinan held a basketball-sized watermelon, smashed it open with his fist, and then divided it into small pieces with a dagger.

watermelon!

As soon as Zuo An saw the watermelon, he became energetic, sat up straight cross-legged, picked up a piece and ate it.

The skin is thin and red, sweet and juicy!

The sweet watermelon juice filled the mouth and slid down the esophagus into the stomach, and the whole person was shocked.

"Cool! You should eat watermelon in summer!" After eating one piece, Zuo An sighed, and took another piece to eat.

Yin Peinan was also snoring and eating.

After eating three or four yuan, Zuo An finally stopped and had time to talk.

"If you want to say that the most refreshing thing in summer is watermelon and mung bean soup."

"That's right. Honey, are you full?" Yin Peinan asked.

"I'm full, I'm about to hiccup." Zuo An looked at the pile of melon rinds on the ground, the two of them finished eating a melon, so he made a hole and buried the pile of melon rinds and watermelon vines.

Yin Peinan thought for a while and said, "How about we grow watermelons? Did this dynasty have watermelons?" In Yin Peinan's original impression, he hadn't seen it much.

Zuo An nodded: "Yes, it seems to have been passed down from the west, but there are very few, and only the princes and ministers in the capital can enjoy it. It is too expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it."

Yin Peinan's eyes lit up, and said: "Then we will plant this. I wonder if we can still plant it now?"

Zuo An was also very moved, and said: "In a few days, I will bring back two seeds that have seeds, give them a taste, and then try to plant melon seeds in the yard first. If not, I will plant them next spring."

"Row!"

The two of them lived happily ever after.

In the morning, I had breakfast and went up the mountain. I finished my work in an hour, and then enjoyed the coolness under the tree, read a book and took a nap.At noon, I brought my own pot, and cooked some dishes that I usually can't eat, so I had a good time.When the sun is about to go down, we gather the millet and go back to the inn.

There is no one in the mountains, and sometimes they come to have a harmonious physical exchange when they are in the mood.

Under the trees, on the grass, in the stream, you can find the fun of the wild everywhere anyway.

"Can it work? Is it a hand? Do you want to change the place? A tree trunk is also fine." Yin Peinan hugged his wife's waist from behind, leaned close to his ear, and asked worriedly.

There is a relatively large tree growing beside the stream, and there is a big stone half the height of a person under the tree.The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, leaving mottled light and shadow on the stone.

Zuo An propped his hands on the big rock, the rock was not round and had some edges and corners, Yin Peinan was afraid that he would hurt his daughter-in-law's hand.

Zuo An stepped on the knee-high stream, shook his head and said, "No, it's cool here, continue."

After speaking, he turned his head.Yin Peinan met her knowingly and kissed her daughter-in-law's lips, starting the journey.

The breeze is blowing, the stream is flowing happily, and the mottled light and shadow on the water surface gather and disperse.

Circles of ripples have been rippling from the stone, adding a different style to the creek...