The daily life of a farm girl raising a family

Chapter 39 Spring Plowing Begins

Zhao Yunshu, who was following closely behind the two of them, saw that they had no intention of complaining, so she turned around and left after pouting at them.

It's not that Zhao Yunxi doesn't want to deal with her, mainly because today is a good day for the two brothers and the family. She didn't want others to see the Zhao family's jokes because of the discord between the sisters.

No matter who invites guests to dinner in the village, everyone will bring out the tables, chairs and benches together, and then move them home after the meal is over.

The villagers who come to have a drink will also bring vegetables and other things from their own homes. If the family is relatively poor, they will come to help in advance.

Today's Shatin Village is extremely lively.

Children in the square were playing games happily, and the whole square was filled with children's laughter.

Seeing the excited smiling faces of the children, the adults who came to help also had smiles on their faces.

It is not easy to eat a meal of meat in this era. Meat is usually only eaten during the Chinese New Year or when there is a happy event at home. But it is usually not the children's turn, so there are very few opportunities for children to eat meat.

Old Zhaotou looked at the villagers who came to congratulate him, and the joy on his face infected everyone.

When everyone came to the table to eat, looking at the flowing feast prepared by the Zhao family made everyone's smiles brighter.

The village only prepares three meat dishes for wedding banquets.

Many people at the dinner table were lamenting that the old Zhao family was too down-to-earth.

By the time the banquet was over, the Zhao family's father and son were so drunk that they couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.

The four people, who had been flattered by everyone for a whole day, were already so happy that they couldn't even think about it.

Of course, the jealous Zhao family continued to slander and curse the Zhao family behind their backs as usual.

In early March, the Zhao family began spring plowing.

The Zhao family's land is indeed not small in the village. Before there were no cattle, only a small part of the land could be cultivated intensively.

With cows this year, all such problems will be solved.

But because there is so much land, the task is still very heavy.

When spring plowing and summer planting come, the whole family must work together.

Zhao Yunxi had soaked the spring wheat seeds in spring water in advance, and mixed some wheat seeds in the space with them.

The six children were divided into two groups, with one person responsible for one line.

After Zhao Yunxi and others finished, Zhao Yunshu was responsible for one third.

There was no way she was going to help.

Anyway, I can’t finish it today, there’s still tomorrow! Don’t be afraid of not finishing.

There wasn't much rain at the beginning of spring this year, but fortunately there was not much water shortage in the heavy snowfall last year.

After working in the fields until it was almost dark, the group of people headed home.

No matter how hard Zhao Yunxuan tries, she will always be one third slower.

In the end, it was Zhao Youli's help that completed the task.

Because he bent down to sow seeds, when Zhao Yunxi got home, he found that his back could not be straightened.

Because they had to bend down to throw wheat seeds, several people could no longer straighten their backs when they got home.

Looking at the bamboo in the corner, Zhao Yunxi thought of a way to ask her father to make a simple version of the seeder.

After modifications and experiments, the seeder was finally put into use successfully.

the next day.

People passing by the Zhao family's field looked at the things in the hands of the Zhao family's children.

They couldn't help but ask, what is this?

Old Zhaotou smiled and introduced the benefits of the things.

Many people were curious and left their work in the fields to come over and have a look.

Seeing the wheat scattered evenly in the ravine, there is no need to bend down all the time.

The speed is not slow either, and many people want to try it. When I went to the fields the next day, I saw that most of the villagers were using them.

Despite the blessings of seeders and cows, the family lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Finally, after ten days of such busy work, the Zhao family's spring wheat was finally planted.

The rest were planted with some beans, winter melon and other vegetables.

After the spring planting was over, Zhao Yunxi went to the market and bought a lot of poultry and eggs.

Prepare to hatch your own poultry. You will grow a lot of grain this year and need to prepare more fertilizer.

Since the beginning of spring, the first happy news is that two brothers passed the county examination.

The second is that the winter wheat grown by the Zhao family is growing very well and is already in bloom and heading.

After another half month, it will be the grain-filling period of the wheat.

Wheat in the grain-filling stage has a large demand for water, but it cannot be excessive, otherwise the wheat roots will die.

Such an important matter needs to be grasped in an old-fashioned way.

In the early days, when people in the village knew that the Zhao family grew winter wheat, they all regarded it as a joke. Many people are even sarcastic behind the scenes. After all, no one in Shatin Village has ever heard of growing winter wheat.

In the later stage of the market, looking at the excellent and green wheat seedlings growing in Zhao's field, no one believed that the wheat seedlings could survive the winter safely and grow ears.

But now I look at the green wheat seedlings in the field, and the successfully heading ears are covered with glowing yellow wheat.

In addition to envy, I feel jealous.

"If I had known it, I would have planted it. The wheat is heading and filling really well."

"Yes, it's too late to regret it now. Fortunately, I will fertilize the spring wheat with the Zhao family. With more fertilizer, I can harvest more grain."

Today it was the big room's turn to deliver food, and I heard everyone talking before I even got close.

Seeing the approaching Yang mother and daughter walking into the fields, they quickly shouted: "I have a grain wife, little girl Xiaojiu. Did you grow the winter wheat last year according to the method your family taught us?"

"Yes, Uncle Liu. They all follow the same method, but each family's land is different. The final harvest will definitely be different, and it still requires everyone's careful care."

Another old man wearing patched clothes said tremblingly: "Good boy, thank you family. If you have a good idea, you still think of all of us, thank you!"

Zhao Yunxi looked at Mr. Zhang who was talking. The Zhang family has three sons. But the second son and the youngest son were both good gamblers and lost a lot of the family's land.

In the end, I had no choice but to separate the family in advance and live together as a married couple with my eldest son.

Looking at these honest farmers and the hope in their eyes when they looked at the food, Zhao Yunxi had the idea of ​​​​helping them improve their current lives.

Looking at everyone's sincere eyes, Zhao Yunxi said in a sincere tone: "Uncle Zhang, you don't have to be polite. As long as you can help everyone, that's fine. The most important thing is that everyone cultivates carefully."

After delivering the meals to the fields, I looked at the winter wheat that was about to be harvested. Looking at the villagers behind him who were still working hard, Zhao Yunxi strengthened his mind.

Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

Time flies to the end of April.

The wheat in Zhao's field has turned golden and will be harvested soon.

During this time, the Zhao family went to the fields every day to look at wheat.

After all, the harvest is almost here, and everyone doesn’t want to make any mistakes.

After returning from today's inspection, Old Zhaotou said: "It will be collected in about ten days. You must guard it and make sure there are no mistakes.

Spring wheat also needs top dressing and watering, and rice is ready for sowing.

There is less rain this year, so you will have to work harder during this period. Go to the fields more often and fix the water in the rice fields. "

The three brothers nodded.

During this time, everyone felt happy and worried, so the two families built a shed next to the field and stayed in the field.

At night, Zhao Yunxi, who had just come out of the space, vaguely heard the noise coming from the village, and his heart suddenly twitched.

(End of this chapter)