Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 57

After the paddy fields were planted, the rapeseed in the field was ripe. The rapeseed that Luo Tian had been looking forward to all winter had finally come to harvest.

Rapeseed is no better than other crops. It is best to punch out the rapeseed and put it in the warehouse when it is cut off. Otherwise, in rainy or cloudy days, the rapeseed will become moldy and it will have to be thrown away. .

Luo Tiandu observed that most of the rapeseed pods in his field were almost ripe, and some of them cracked when touched lightly, exposing the brown rapeseed inside. The seeds were harvested.

It is best to cut rapeseed early in the morning and evening when the air humidity is high and the rape pods are moist and not easy to burst. Otherwise, when the rapeseed is cut, the mature pods will crack and the rapeseed will be sprinkled on the ground. I can't get it back either.

Luo Tiandu first explained in detail the method of harvesting rapeseed at home. Early the next morning, the family ate two bites of food in a hurry, took the sickle and oilcloth, and borrowed Changhui's cart to go to the farm in a hurry. Going to harvest the rapeseed that Luo Tian has emphasized several times, it is said that a hundred catties can be exchanged for a penny.

The four members of the family work together in a division of labor. The Fang family is the chief harvester, and Luo Mingdu and Luo Tian are both responsible for spreading the oilcloth, and putting the rapeseed down by the Fang family on the oilcloth. Luo Baisu then carries it on the cart and drags it to the family. The ancestral hall in the house is hanging outside.

Because it can only be harvested in the morning and evening, it took Luo Tiandu's family three full days to harvest the rapeseed on the [-] mu of land.When the last rapeseed in the field is also cut down and placed on the oil cloth, the first rapeseed has been dried in the sun, and the corners of the fruit are basically opened. It is only necessary to spread the rapeseed branches evenly. When it is the largest, beat it back and forth twice with the lid, and the rapeseed will fall off on the oilcloth.

The beaten rapeseeds are exposed to two suns for a while, and the dust and other impurities are sieved with a sieve. Choose a place with strong wind, and raise them once to the field. Even if they are processed, they only need to be collected or sent to the oil mill for oil extraction. And it was done.

Luo Tiandu went to the grocery store to find Mrs. Lizheng to borrow a big bang for weighing grain, and weighed it once. The sun-dried rapeseed was actually more than 500 catties, and the yield per mu was more than [-] catties. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. .During the flowering and fruiting stages, she did not apply boron fertilizer at all, and she was able to achieve such a high yield, which is really surprising.

When Luo Tiandu's family was busy collecting rapeseed, everyone in the village was secretly laughing at their family.Even if it's a wasteland, it's such a big piece, it's more than ten acres. If you plant anything, you can harvest some grain in autumn.This Luo Dalang's family is great. They don't grow food in a good land. They insist on planting cloud sprouts that no one eats, and they plant them until they bloom and bear seeds. They are so precious. I really don't know what to think. Then Luo Dalang has studied seriously and passed the examination of scholar, but he did such a ridiculous thing.

In the end, even Fang couldn't hold it anymore, and asked Luo Tiandu secretly: "Is what you said true? Can this really squeeze oil?"

Luo Tiandu has answered the same question asked by Fang Shi these days, and he has already answered it more than ten times. At this time, he no longer even has the desire to answer. Being urged by Fang Shi to ask again, he really couldn't bear it, said : "Anyway, the cloud sprouts have been taken back. If you don't believe me, let's send them to the oil workshop today. There is still time to plant a round of summer corn in the field, so it is not too late."

Fang Shi was choked to the point of being speechless, knowing that it was Luo Tian, ​​she thought she asked too many questions and didn't believe her, so she became angry.She had this matter in her heart, she couldn't eat well, and she couldn't sleep soundly, unless she really exchanged nearly a thousand catties of rapeseed for oil and sold it for money, she would be at ease.

This time, the rapeseed was pushed to Zhengjia Youfang. His family is a time-honored brand, honesty is not to be mentioned, and the price is reasonable.

Mr. Zheng's good eyesight saw Fang pushing a cart of rapeseeds in, grabbed two handfuls and looked at them carefully, and said, "Sister-in-law, is this cloud sprouts?"

The Fang family gave Luo Tiandu a look, and replied: "The master's good vision is exactly the seed of cloud sprouts."

Mr. Zheng frowned, picked two of them into his hands, squeezed them hard, and the tiny rapeseeds turned into powder in response, and they were quite dry.

It's just that the oil is extracted from the seeds of cloud sprouts, which is unheard of.

"Our old Zheng's family has been running oil mills for several lifetimes, but this is the first time someone has dragged cloud sprouts seeds to squeeze oil."

Fang was extremely embarrassed immediately, and was about to say something, but was rushed by Luo Tiandu and said: "I also heard it from someone, and I don't know if it's true or not, I want to ask the head of the family to help me, it would be best if I can get the oil out of it." , if the oil cannot be squeezed out, we will not let the head of the family do it for nothing, and we will not pay a lot of money."

The head of Zheng's family chuckled, and said, "That's fine. Anyway, no one comes to extract oil now. If the cloud sprouts can really extract oil, I will also thank Mrs. Fang. This is another extra step for our family." Pile business."

Mrs. Fang was made a joke by Mr. Zheng once, and panicked with embarrassment, after carrying the cloud sprouts seeds into the oil workshop, she hastily dragged Luo Tiandu back.

On the way back, Mrs. Fang thought that she had heard a lot of gossip and suffered a lot because of the cloud sprouts in the past few days, so she grabbed Luo Tiandu's ear and said, "If you can't squeeze out the oil, I won't peel it off." Your skin! It’s you who yell at home every day, so I believe it.”

It was the first time that Luo Tiandu was "domestic abused" by Fang Shi. He bared his small white teeth and said to Fang Shi, "Take it easy, my ears—oh, mother, you want to twist my ears off!" gone."

When Fang let go, she smiled as if nothing happened, and comforted Fang: "Don't worry, mother, when did I cheat you and dad about making money? The people in the village, if they like to joke, they can make jokes." , I was laughed at, we won’t lose a piece of meat, when our family squeezes rapeseed oil, fry, fry, fry, boil every day, and they will know that they are hungry.”

Fang was still skeptical, but thought for a moment that what Luo Tian said was right, she had never lied.At the beginning, she said that she wanted to steam rice noodles, but she thought it was troublesome. Although she didn’t steam it a few times, she was lucky and earned back about 20 acres of land; it was the 100 acres that Xiaodu insisted on buying. Those who came down, said that they could turn the lowlands into paddy fields, and up to now, the paddy fields have indeed been opened, and even rice has been planted. Although I don’t know how the harvest will be, at least in terms of the paddy fields, I am not lying. Not to mention black tallow oil, when the black tallow oil was squeezed, didn't I also be skeptical?In the end, didn't he drag back more than [-] catties of oil, even if he could only light the lamp, Luo Baisu read and wrote all winter, and did needlework by himself. When would he not light that black tallow oil?

Thinking about it in this way, Fang's confidence gained a little bit more, and he also faintly believed that cloud sprouts seeds can really squeeze out delicious oil that can also be used for cooking.

Now that she believed it, Fang couldn't help but think again, the soybean oil in the grocery store in the town is 500 cents a catty, so how much oil should be squeezed from the more than [-] catties of cloud sprouts seeds that her family just sent to the oil shop?How much should it sell for?

The more Fang thinks about it, the happier he is. When people are happy, they are extraordinarily generous, and Fang is no exception: "If the cloud sprouts really squeeze out the oil, I will listen to you in the future."

Luo Tiandu's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Really? You can listen to me in everything?" She was worried that because of her age, even if she had any good thoughts and opinions, she could only keep them in her heart. Promises are more to her liking than anything else.

Fang knew that he had said something wrong when he said it, but he couldn't regret it directly in front of the child, so he could only stammer and say: "I can listen to you in the family affairs, but I am not the only one who decides the family. And your father." She decided to communicate with Luo Baisu after returning home, otherwise a five-year-old child has the final say on all matters in the family, wouldn't it make people laugh out loud if they spread the word.

Luo Tian couldn't guess Fang's thoughts, she just laughed secretly in her heart, and didn't say anything.Although she has more knowledge about some things than Fang's or even the people in Luojia Village, and when it comes to how to survive in this world that is completely different from her previous life, she is no match for Fang's in any case.She doesn't really want to replace Fang Shi or Luo Baisu to take charge of the family, what she wants is that Fang Shi can allow her to have a little say in some more important matters in the future.For example, like Yuntai this time, if Fang could support her firmly, she would not have so many troubles later; of course, the most important thing is that in the future, Luo Mingdu and her marriage, she hopes that at least You have the right to express your opinion.

Men are afraid to enter the wrong line, women are afraid to marry the wrong man.

In this era when men are superior to women and men can justifiably have three wives and four concubines, if women want to live a stable life, they must keep their eyes open and choose carefully. If you lose someone, you will regret it too late.

Naturally, Fang couldn't guess what Luo Tiandu was thinking. After returning home, she hurriedly pulled Luo Baisu back, told Luo Baisu that she had said something wrong on the way, and told Luo Baisu repeatedly , in the future, you must be cautious about the big and small things at home, and you must not randomly agree to Luo Tiandu's request just because you dote on your children.

Luo Baisu had a different opinion: "I think it's right to listen to Xiao Du for everything in the future. You see, after the separation, if you listen to you and me for everything in the family, It’s not necessarily possible to do better than her.”

Fang was at a loss for words for a while, but still insisted: "No matter how smart Xiaodu is, the family cannot be run by a child. If it is spread, it will make people laugh to death."

Luo Baisu frowned, nodded in agreement, but thought in his heart, his small capital is still like a child now.

It's already April, other people's spring plowing has long been done, and they can take the opportunity to rest. Only Luo Baisu's family still has [-] acres of rapeseed land waiting to be cleared.

The rape stalks in the field have to be cleaned up and dragged home, and they can be used as firewood for a season behind the house.

(End of this chapter)