Tianyuan Shoufu is two and a half years old

Chapter 15
Situations similar to those of the Qin Chunlan sisters are common in Qinjiazhuang, and even in other places.As for the rule of not marrying with the same surname, there is no hard and fast rule in Qinjiazhuang and nearby villages.

Some people even think that it is better to marry their daughters to people of the same clan. At least they know that their daughters are being bullied and they can come to the door to reason and even ask the clan chiefs and elders to make decisions.

Both Qin Chunlan and Qin Chunying are relatively tall, and even Qin Chunlan is 1.7 meters tall. She is capable and cheerful, and her popularity in the village is very good.

Although Wang Mingya stayed at home for a while, her relationship with Qin Chunlan was not bad, and she was warmly received when she came.

"Why are you here?" Wang Mingya poured a glass of water for Qin Chunlan and Qin Chunying, and said with a smile, "Come and drink some water, it's been a hard day for you to help me grow sweet potatoes and corn, come here, drink some water and rest."

"Songtao's family, we came here this time because we were curious about whether the sweet potato can be eaten. Your daughter-in-law Azhang said that she also planted some sweet potatoes at home, and said that the leaves of sweet potatoes can also be eaten. We just came to have a look." Qin Chunying After taking a sip of water from the water glass, he said impatiently.

"Ah? Are you here to see the sweet potatoes?" Wang Mingya understood it, and then said with a smile, "It's okay, come and have a look. The sweet potatoes planted by Zhang's wife are growing well. Our family has already grown them." Picked two crops of sweet potato leaves and ate them."

"Look, the luxuriant clump in the corner over there is the sweet potato leaves. You can eat the tender leaves after you pick them off." Wang Mingya took Qin Chunlan and Qin Chunying to the sweet potato and introduced them.

Speaking of which, Wang Mingya knelt down and picked several sweet potato vines. The sweet potato vines and leaves were very tender and edible.

Wang Mingya handed the cut sweet potato vines to Qin Chunlan and the others and said, "Here, this sweet potato vine is cut off like this, and then the leaves will be cut off like this again, and the film on the petiole can be cooked and eaten."

"Sweet potato vines that have had their leaves removed can also be grown alive. You can keep the tip at the top, and it will grow faster and better when you plant it." Wang Mingya smiled.

Although she is a perfumer, she is not ignorant of planting and agriculture. Perfumers need to understand the habits of the materials they use for perfumery. Although sweet potatoes may not be used as a material for perfumery, she also has a little understanding a little.

The main reason is that my daughter-in-law told her how to eat sweet potato leaves, how to transplant sweet potato vines, etc., and she remembered them all.

"Can you continue to grow after pinching it like this?" Qin Chunlan looked at Wang Mingya in surprise.

"Yeah, isn't that what you have been planting these two days? Sweet potato vines can be planted directly. You pick off the leaves and then make the sweet potato vines into similar sections with three or four sprouting openings. You can continue planting." Wang Mingya said.

"Come, come, I'll pick some for you, and you can take them home to taste, and then you can find a place to bury these sweet potato vines in your own yard, and then they will grow new sweet potato leaves."

Qin Chunlan and Qin Chunying were stuffed with a small handful of sweet potato vines by Wang Mingya. They each took about ten sweet potato vines home.Moreover, the sweet potato vines picked by Wang Mingya are relatively long, each one is at least one meter long. After the sweet potato leaves are picked off, the sweet potato vines can be cut into several sections, so that more can be planted after a long time.

After Qin Chunying and Qin Chunlan took the sweet potato vines home, they picked off the leaves according to Wang Mingya's instructions, and after tearing off the film on the petioles, they cooked and ate them according to their own ideas.

If you don’t want to fry it with oil, then blanch it and mix it with green onion, garlic and vinegar. The taste is also very good.

After Qin Chunlan and Qin Chunying tasted the sweet potato leaves, they felt a little more relieved about Qin Songtao's family planting sweet potatoes, and they stopped persuading Qin Songtao's family when they helped his family grow sweet potatoes and corn.

They also cut the sweet potato vines they brought back into several sections, and then planted them in the corners of their yards, so that they can have an extra dish in the future without occupying much land.

Qin Chunlan and Qin Chunying tasted the taste of sweet potato leaves, and told other helpers, and then everyone believed that sweet potatoes are edible. The taste of its leaves is not bad, much better than some wild vegetables .

Everyone is also working harder when planting sweet potatoes. Everyone is imagining that the Qin family has planted so many sweet potatoes. When the vines grow and the leaves grow, their family will definitely not be able to eat them all. Will they also You can change it up and try it at home.

As a result, the sweet potato growers worked even harder.

Because there were so many people helping, it took about three or four days to plant the twelve acres of land.After all, planting sweet potatoes and corn does not need to be transplanted like rice. It is enough to plow the ground and gather it up a little, then dig holes and sprinkle seeds or put sweet potato vines in and cover them.

That is to say, watering the dry land is more troublesome. After looking at it, Qin Muzhang built a water wheel that was not too big. In the dry land of sweet potatoes and corn.

The water brought up by the water wheel after turning by the river flows into the bamboo supported by Qin Muzhang, flows to other bamboos, and then slowly spreads to the entire dry land.In this way, there is no need to manually lift water bucket by bucket or carry water for irrigation.

This is much more convenient. When you want to water, you only need to move the bamboo from the source to the water source brought by the waterwheel. When you don’t need to water, just move the bamboo away, so you don’t have to worry about too much water will make the ground The sweet potatoes or corn were soaked.

It took Qin Muzhang about five or six days to complete the waterwheel and bamboo irrigation system. Fortunately, on the third day after everyone planted their dry land, he almost finished these things, and watering the land did not need to be so hard. up.

"Azhang, this thing you made is so convenient, you don't need to work so hard when watering the ground." Qin Jingzhe looked at the things made by his cousin, and then at the rows of watered ones in their field. Bamboo is really amazing.

The men in their family had to carry water loads to irrigate the land. He didn't expect his cousin to build such an irrigation system that didn't need to carry water. It really opened his eyes.

Qin Muzhang smiled and said, "Our family is small, and it is impossible for me and my father to water the fields every day. If my wife and mother carry water every day, my father and I will feel distressed."

"Since our family doesn't have so many people watering, I don't want my wife and mother to work hard. Why don't we make something that doesn't require too much effort? When my wife or my mother wants to water the field, Just go to the waterwheel and move the bamboo to water it."

(End of this chapter)