Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 4 Work on the team, grind slowly
When he was approaching the entrance of the village, Wang Manyin saw a group of villagers from Guanzi Village standing guard in the mountain gelao, which was facing the sun from the wind, as if there was something wrong.

Curious, he wobbled closer.

At first, I thought there was something exciting to watch, but when I got closer, I realized that this group of people was playing Zhafang chess together.Beside them are dung rakes, shovels, and poles.On the platform further away, a donkey cart was parked.

An old man who was smoking a pipe saw him and greeted him from a distance: "Man Yin, why are you here?"

The other party's name was Wang Lianshun, a generation older than Wang Manyin, and the production captain of the second team.

"It's okay to be idle, just wandering around. Uncle Lian Shun, what are you doing? Playing square chess..." Wang Manyin greeted casually, and also came to him.

"It's not that we're tired of putting manure on the team. No matter how busy we are eating pot smoke. Full silver, two puffs..." Wang Lianshun enthusiastically handed over the pouch.

"Forget it, Uncle Lian Shun, I don't smoke." Wang Manyin waved his hands repeatedly.

He was clear in his heart that these people were just looking for a reason to work abroad.

No way, that's what working for a large group is all about.

If you can contribute less, you will never do more.

Aren't there a few jingles now? "The work on the team is slowly grinding", "As long as people enter the field, the work points will still be recorded", "If you shout and ring the bell, the members will not go to work for a long time, wait by the village or roadside, and sit in a pit when you arrive at the field ..."

Now that the wheat rape has just come out for a few days, there is actually not much work in the field, and fertilization can be waited until spring.

But we can't let the members be idle... Now the breeders on the team and the migrant workers can earn work points every day.

In this way, it appears unfair to those who remain in the village.

So in order to balance, Wang Lianshun led them to spread manure in the field to earn work points.With work points, more food can be returned home at the end of the year.

Wang Manyin didn't tell the truth, anyway, he didn't join the team in the village, and he didn't care about his own business.

Now that he has come, he can't leave immediately, so he simply gathers behind the two villagers who are playing square chess to watch the fun.

The materials needed for Zha Fang Chess game are simple, just fold a few grass stalks in the field, find some soil bumps, and find a flat place to draw five vertical and five horizontal squares, and the battlefield can be laid out.

Therefore, it is very popular with the villagers of Shiliba Village.

The predecessor was also relatively good at this game, but was soon stopped by Wang Lianshun.

"Man Yin, let's tie a party."

"Yes" Wang Manyin did not refuse.

They come, the security.Now that I am a member of Guanzi Village, I naturally have to establish a good relationship with the villagers. After all, these days are no worse than later generations, and going it alone will cause problems.

When he first started playing Zhafang Chess, Wang Manyin was not used to it and lost two games in a row.When he found the feeling, he killed Wang Lianshun thoroughly.

It was almost noon, Wang Lianshun threw the chess piece in his hand and waved his hand: "It's time to get off work, go home..."

A large group of people who were warming up got up one after another, carrying farm tools, and driving a donkey cart to the village.

At this moment when the sun is just right, the mothers-in-law and aunts have already rubbed the sweet potatoes into finger-wide slices and spread them flat on the roof of the cave to dry.

From a distance, the large expanses are shining white.

Farm slack, it sounds very idle, but in fact, farmers in this era have no idle time at all.

Especially the mothers-in-law and aunts of each family open their eyes in the morning to carry water for cooking, wash the pot after eating, feed the pigs and chickens, then cut and dry sweet potatoes to dry, and return home before dark in the afternoon.

In addition, there are mending seams, miscellaneous work.

I was busy almost all day long, constantly turning around.So the mothers-in-law and aunts on the Loess Plateau age very quickly, and they look like women in their 30s in later generations.

When he got home, Wang Manyin thought of more than a dozen small fish fry, and hurriedly entered the space to check.

Probably due to the relatively high temperature in the space, those small fish appeared to be very active, and none of them died.

Wang Manyin felt relieved, and planted the water plants he had dug on the edge of the pond.

Then they dug holes in the nearby loess to raise chickens...there is no chicken coop at home, so we can only raise them like this for now, and we can weave a few chicken coops with wicker later.

There is oil and water in the morning, and I have the strength to do my work.

After half an hour, the deep pit was dug.

Wang Manyin took another pair of scissors and cut off most of the wings of the three native chickens, then untied the rope and threw them to the bottom of the pit.

I got another rotten earthen jar and filled half of it with space spring water to prevent them from dying of thirst.

The jar village is short of everything, except for this kind of dilapidated earthen jar.

In the old society, there used to be a small pot kiln in the village, which specialized in the production of various pots and pots for sale.The village name of Guanzi Village comes from this.

Later, the crock kilns were abandoned, but there were many rotten crock pots left in the village, even at the entrance of Wang Manyin's cave, which happened to be useful.

There is not much food in the house, and he does not intend to use it to feed the chickens.I went directly to the pond and cut a few handfuls of grass, counting it as food for them.

Wang Manyin originally thought that native chickens were not very good to eat, but he didn't expect these guys to rush to eat the grass as soon as it was thrown into the pit.

After a while, I ate everything.

Seeing this, Wang Manyin cut off a few more and threw them over.

While mowing the grass, he found clusters of greenish-brown things growing in the wet soil by the pond, resembling fungus in shape, and they were the famous lichens in later generations.

Wang Manyin didn't know why so many ground worms suddenly grew in the space. The most likely reason was that the plants transplanted from the outside world were unintentionally brought in two days ago.

Now there is a lunch dish.

The garlic sprouts in the space have grown to [-] centimeters long, just a handful of them can be fried and eaten with soft ground, which can be regarded as improving life.

Cabbage, radish, and potato are the three most commonly eaten vegetables in rural areas on the Loess Plateau.There are quite a few of his predecessors in the cave, and these days Wang Manyin feels like he is about to become a rabbit.

But in my memory, not every family can eat the old three.Because now each family only has a palm-sized private plot, and there is not enough to grow vegetables.

Many people often have a dish on the dinner table in autumn and winter... pickled sauerkraut.

At noon, there is still corn porridge with rice, but with ground soft fried garlic sprouts, Wang Manyin has a big appetite.

While eating, he heard movement at the door, and subconsciously opened the door.

I saw a khaki figure rushing up quickly, and stopped a dozen meters away, barking.

It was the mangy dog ​​in the morning, which made him very curious, how did this guy find his home.

Cats come poor, dogs come rich.

Seeing this guy's appearance, Wang Manyin's heart softened for a moment, and he found another broken crock pot, added a few spoonfuls of corn paste into it, and poured some pickle water to finish the job.

The mangy dog ​​was probably starving, and when Wang Manyin left, he immediately ran to the crock and started eating.

After eating, Wang Manyin saw that the firewood under the stove was still sparking, so he put two sweet potatoes in it as usual.Firewood roasted sweet potatoes, this is the only food that Wang Manyin finds delicious.

The temperature difference between day and night on the Loess Plateau is large, and the sweet potatoes produced are high in sweetness and starch content. After roasting, they taste sweet and silky.

Then, he took out tooth powder and toothpaste, scooped up half a bowl of water, and squatted in front of his cave to brush his teeth.

With a fiddle, the mouth was filled with an indescribable coolness, and the whole person immediately felt much more comfortable.

After eating and drinking enough, Wang Manyin didn't stay at home, and went directly to Geliang Liang to find a place with a leeward direction to bask in the sun.The mangy dog ​​seemed to really recognize him, and squatted not far away.

When the sun is hot at noon, it can be seventeen or eight degrees.

After a while, Wang Manyin fell asleep.

Feeling itchy in the waist, subconsciously touched it a few times, and twisted out a flea.

Crackling...comfortable.

In fact, this kind of life is very good, there is no [-] blessings, and there is no need to bear the pressure of mortgages.

There is space, and the future will not be hungry.

Marry another daughter-in-law, have a few children, and life will be complete...

When I woke up, the sun was only a foot above the west cliff.

When Wang Manyin returned home, he put on his blue khaki jacket, and with a thorn basket on his arm, he swayed towards the river bay behind Shuangshui Village.

Not surprisingly, the earth dog followed from afar.

At this point in time, it's time for Orchid to come back from the mountain.

(End of this chapter)