Chapter 14
Shen Muchun knocked off the cigarette ash, and pinned the cigarette stick on his waist, "I'll teach you, it's nothing, just take your time."

Teach Chen Miao step by step, especially how to drive the little donkey.

"This donkey is well bought and gentle. Do you know how to drive it?"

"Master, let me try."

After going back and forth, Chen Miao got a feel for it, and he was not as flustered as he was at the beginning. This little donkey is really obedient.

"Third Master, do you think I can do this?"

"Okay, it's good, just do it like this, what do you want to grow?"

"I want to grow one acre of corn, one acre of wheat, half an acre of cotton, and half an acre of sweet potatoes."

"I said you don't want to grow sweet potatoes here. The west side of your house is empty. You can plant some sweet potatoes there. You should grow some corn."

"Third Master, I want to exchange some sorghum seeds with you."

"Okay, sorghum doesn't pick land. There is a lot of wasteland in the west of our village. If you have time to open up wasteland, planting some is enough for you."

Chen Miaoxin said that the old man just let himself grow corn.Knowing the kindness of others, I think it is right to listen to the old man. "Third Master, what should I plant? Our two families are next to each other. What does your family plant?"

"Chen Miao, my family doesn't grow wheat, and the yield is too low. If you grow it, you can plant it on the ground so that there is ventilation. In fact, cotton should also be planted in a ventilated place."

Chen Miao remembered that he had land on both sides, so he should grow corn.But this cotton cannot be planted, and the winter cannot survive the winter.

"Third Master, I plant cotton in the open field to the west of my house, where I grow wheat and corn."

"It's fine. You can look at the arrangement yourself, just don't waste the land."

Chen Miao carefully drove the little donkey to plow the ground.It's getting better and better, although the speed is not fast, but it's okay.You can't compare with others who have more people working, so take your time.

It has been working all morning, and the ridges have been dug out.I watched it turn over a quarter in the morning.

The women from the Shen family came to deliver food, but they ate in the field and never went back. Country people can really suffer.

Chen Miao also brought rice. They eat in Nanditou, but she is in Beiditou.Milk, meat, and pancakes are also quite plentiful.Let the little donkey rest, and she starts to plant. This job can be done, and she does not plant intensively in order to save trouble.In this way, the thinning of seedlings after emergence is also labor-saving.

It ended at four o'clock in the afternoon.Shen Muchun came over.I've been observing this girl all day, she's okay, she can endure hardship and work.

"Chen Miao, the soil cover at home is used up, you can use it."

She also knows that there are many clods of soil covered in this way.

Shen Muchun still taught her how to stand on the soil cover and pull the little donkey, and sighed in his heart that this girl is more clever than the boy.

That is, four back and forth, today's work is done.

She went to deliver the soil cover to the Shen family. "Third Master, where can I buy a soil cover?" I lack this kind of tool now.

"Your dad will do it."

Chen Miao nodded, it seemed that the rest of the land had to be covered by her feet.

When I got home, I really didn't want to move anymore. There was no time to be idle this day.

The wheat was planted in Nanditou. I thought that the wheat should be harvested in August, and some radishes and cabbages could be planted at that time. It would be convenient in Nanditou.Before the rice was cooked, Chen Jiang came over.

"Third sister, can you do it alone?"

"The third master taught me that it's okay. I replanted almost half an acre of land today. Don't worry, you can work hard too.

correct.You see if dad has time to help me make a soil cover. "

"That will have to wait until Dad's spring planting is over."

"Well, it's okay. I only have three acres of land, so I'm not in a hurry."

Did not stay to eat, ran home.

The next day was still the same, today it was a little more diverse than yesterday, and it was still covered with the soil from the Shen family.

The women in his family didn't look good on him.Chen Miao knew it should be because he was going back to the land.

I don't have the same knowledge as them, and I know clearly that it's good when I give it, and it's annoying when I want it.

After five full days, the three mu of land was finally planted. Chen Miao felt dry as he touched his face and wore a mask and scarf every day.

There was no work in the field for a short time, and she was about to clean up the other side of the field. In order to avoid someone planting, she had already driven the little donkey to rummage some at night. There was no way, because cotton had to be planted this year.

Because I'm used to it, there's nothing wrong with it. There is only half an acre of land in the west, which should be able to plant cotton seedlings.

After the ground is turned over, picks are used to hook out the cages so that the cotton stalks will not fall down.

It took a whole day to lay the ridges on the half-acre of land.Cotton seedlings are not big enough to grow for a few days. Anyway, they need to be watered when they are planted.

It's already mid-April.Chen Miao thought that he should buy a perpetual calendar or something, so he was in a daze these days.

Move all three boxes out the next day, and let them dry in the sun at noon, so that they will be stronger.

The next step is to grow vegetables. Chen Jiang has already helped to turn over half of the vegetable bed, just in time to plant leeks, green onions and cabbage.

Chen Miao was thinking wildly while working, he hadn't spoken for several days!It's so lonely alone.

Treat yourself at noon, the cooked quick-frozen dumplings are so delicious.

After a whole day, the yard is tidy.After two or three days, we will be able to grow pumpkin seedlings, and I want to go to the mountains to plant some.

The yard is quite big, and the dishes can be eaten by one person. They can be stored, and fresh vegetables can be eaten in winter.

She didn't want to open up wasteland. Her three acres of land was already the limit, so she would change it if it didn't work. Besides, she didn't particularly like sorghum porridge.

Lying at home for a day, I feel that there is no place that does not hurt.The next day I was still lazy and did nothing.

In the afternoon, I went around the field and saw that the wheat planted on the first day had already dug into the soil.Now I am looking forward to another rain, when the seedlings will emerge more neatly, and I don’t need to water the cotton myself.

Looking up at the sky, it seems to be a bit cloudy.Chen Miao prayed in her heart, let it rain, let it rain.

"Chen Miao, what are you doing here? Isn't it already planted?"

"Let me see when the seedlings will emerge. When did you finish planting your land, Third Aunt?"

"I finished planting in one day yesterday. I have a lot of family members. At that time, when Landlord Xing divided the land, we divided it into two."

Chen Miao nodded, and walked back with Qingshi's family.

"Xiuyue found a lot of sweet potato seedlings for you, but it will take some time to plant sweet potatoes."

"Third Aunt, I don't have any land left. I'll buy some after autumn."

"Buy everything, how do you live? You don't pick any land for sweet potatoes, or you can open a field by the river and plant enough for yourself to eat."

Chen Miao thinks about it too, since they are all country people, it would be quite different if they bought everything by themselves, then they would definitely have everything, and besides, they would not have that much money.

 Happy Lantern Festival!Hope your life is like Lantern Festival, clean outside and sweet inside!
  
 
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