Song Tan's Notes

Chapter 12. Chatting in the Village
The end of February and the beginning of March are the rare leisure time for farmers throughout the year.

The year has passed, and the children flew away with their families and their families. The swallows on the beams have not turned around, and more and more land is abandoned. The tones of withered yellow and gray-brown occupy a large area.

Except for the green hills in the distance and the vast greenery, the entire village is a lonely and silent silence.

But today, in the fields beside the bamboo forest of the old Song family, it was lively and bustling again.

"Song Sancheng, what's up with your family this year? Are you ready to make a fortune? Do you have to clean up so many fields?"

"That's right, Lao Song, what are you planning to plant? There were two tea trees in the ground, so don't you want them?"

Everyone was invited by Song Sancheng to clean up the fields.

In the corner, the cultivator was rumbling, and before plowing the land, they had to clear all the weeds and trees in the field.

Otherwise, the small machine will probably get stuck.

Fortunately, there are many people, and everyone working together is not only fun, but also quite efficient.After finishing a piece in the front, the cultivator in the back ploughs it twice, and the match is just right.

They are all about the same age as Song Sancheng.

At their age, they go out to work, and most factories don't want them.

Those who do the hard work can relax the age requirements, but other bosses are also afraid of accidents.

In addition, people in their 50s and [-]s suffered hardships when they were young, and how many bodies still have ailments and the like...

Now stay in the village, that is, take a break for a while, and try not to burden the children.

Therefore, Song Sancheng said that asking people to work, and bending over to work hard for one hundred and fifty days is not a good job, but everyone is willing to come.

As I get older, I also want to have fun.

Song Sancheng also sighed: "This tea is not worth much, and there is still such a large piece on the hillside. I haven't cared about it for many years... What do you keep it for?"

This is true.

They are not a hometown of famous tea, but ordinary tea from the valley.After it’s fried, it’s sold out, and it costs 50 yuan a catty to drink it by yourself, and there are really few people who are willing to pay for it.

The tea trees in this field are purely bare in the field...

But getting older!
Those farm work that requires a lot of hard work really can't be done, so I slowly accept my fate.

"Then what are you trying to do to clean up the land and the mountains?"

It was neighbor Li Baoni who asked the question.

Speaking of this, Song Sancheng didn't know how to speak.

What do you say?
Your daughter is not going to work and planning to come back to farm?

How many young people these days know how to farm? People in the village will not die of laughter when they say that!
So he also said lightly: "It's nothing, my Tan Tan work is too hard, and my body can't stand it anymore. I told her that the family needs help in farming, and let her rest at home for a year and a half before going out. work."

This is true.

Whose young people are not rushing outside?
Neighbor Li Baoni also sighed: "That's true. My daughter came back from the New Year with a sallow complexion. When asked, she would work overtime until one or two o'clock. The salary is only that little, and there is nothing left for the whole year."

Li Baoni's daughter sells clothes in a chain store.Sweet mouth can say that now the size is a supervisor. From time to time, late at night, it is hard work.

The general environment has been bad in the past two years, wages have not risen, and I have to worry about layoffs...

When it comes to children, every family has a difficult scripture to read.

Zhou Maozhu, who was farther away, also sighed: "My son said last time that we asked the old couple to live with them in the city, and help take care of the children by the way - the chili peppers in the supermarket at the door cost more than ten yuan a pound! That's good to eat! Are you up?"

"Bring the children, send them to kindergarten in the morning, pick them up in the evening and then send them to the interest class. They are not in the same place. The bus makes me dizzy. The air conditioner is blowing every day in the house. How can we burn the stove to keep warm."

"I stayed for a week, and I couldn't take it anymore, so I just came back first."

As for the old lady at home, of course, she was reluctant to bear her grandson, so she stayed there to take care of her wholeheartedly.

It doesn't matter if farming is reliable or not, but anyway, the reason Song Sancheng found is a decent one:
"Tan Tan also said that the food in the past few years is not as good as it used to be. I thought about it, anyway, people are staying, so I can just grow some vegetables and rice for my children, and it's delicious to eat by myself."

The villagers were also happy to hear it.

"Song Sancheng, now you are the one who farms the most fields in the village, and you are the landlord. When your rice is ripe, I will not buy rice, but yours."

"Yes, yes, I bought it too. The rice outside looked white. It was all polished and had no nutrition at all. Not to mention several pieces per pound, and there was no fragrance of rice grown by myself before."

Song Sancheng didn't dare to agree: "My family only grows two fields, and it's not enough for my own family. I won't sell it if I don't sell it."

Who has never planted fields?

Everyone was unhappy when they heard this: "The two fields add up to several acres. Why, how many kilograms of rice does your family eat a year?"

Song Sancheng also laughed: "Then what should I do? I am a good rice seed. It tastes good, but it is expensive. It is best to only produce [-] catties per mu. If [-] catties produce [-] catties of rice, it is enough for two or three people to eat one. year."

"Looking back at my old man and old lady, my child's grandmother, uncle, aunt and uncle... Don't every family get points?"

"That's enough to eat at home."

This is how the relationship between people in the village is. Neighbors and relatives always have to share a little bit, not too much, but they have to express their affection.

After everyone counts, there is not much more, but there must be more: "No, I have to eat your rice this year, or I won't come when your house is planting rice!"

The guys complied.

The meaning of this is that it is definitely not to mention money for helping rice transplanting.

Song Sancheng didn't dare to answer: "There are only two fields like this, and it will take us less than two days to plant the rice seedlings by ourselves... Eat, eat, and help when you are really harvesting the rice, and the rice will be full!"

Everyone was laughing and laughing. When a field was cleaned up and ready to change place, it was only then that someone remembered:
"Then you clean up the [-] acres of land and plant a few acres of rice. What are you going to do with the rest?"

Song Sancheng didn't hide it: "Grow vegetables."

"I'm thinking that if we don't fight drugs, we will take the bus to the market to sell them, so we won't lose money."

It doesn't make much money either.

If you don't spray medicine, the grass and insects will be layer by layer, and it's too late for the couple to clean up, so don't worry about it.

What's more, it's not easy for them to walk on this road. Every village has a bus that runs every day, and it costs 40 yuan to go back and forth...

That vegetable still needs to be fattened and worked hard, so many vendors in the vegetable market are also from rural areas near the urban area. They are closer than they are, and the competition is also greater...

Earning and earning is hard work.

You guys have made a calculation in your heart, it's really not worth it!
But after thinking about it: "That's ok, Lao Song, your family Qiao Qiao is watched, we are old, and no one wants to work, so it's good to grow your own vegetables."

"When the time comes, I will come to the ground to buy and pick now!"

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Most of the plantings in the village are of a single variety, and the maturing seasons of each household overlap, and vegetables are often bought.

In addition, it is now possible to sell pigs in rural areas, and it is also possible to kill pigs to eat them. It is illegal to kill pigs to sell them.

Tan Tan is going to plant rice, watermelon, various vegetables, chestnuts on the mountain... She can keep bees, because the nectar of Vetch is really not to be missed!There are also many wild vegetables.

Raising pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks and geese, as well as fish and shrimp, water chestnut.

What are your favorite crops, please leave a comment!

(End of this chapter)