Escape from the desert

Chapter 123
Haoyue was hanging in the air, the cool breeze was blowing, the old wooden windows were blowing slightly, the Lin family was still discussing the business of braised pork, and the soap factory at home was slowly getting back on track.

"Bang bang bang..."

Suddenly there were several explosions, and a few people ran out of the door immediately. This was the first time the Lin family had stayed in the town, and it was also the first time they heard such a sound. Everyone was curiously looking at the door. They also gathered around.

A firework rose into the sky and shattered, scattered into a colorful stream of light, and the stars were shining like a star river.

Immediately, there were several sounds one after another, and one after another, the fireworks "swish, swish" flew into the sky, bursting suddenly in the dark night as ink, and the clusters of bright starlight came one after another.

The people on the street were amazed, and the faces that were illuminated by light and shadow from time to time were smiling constantly. This is the joy that comes only during festivals.

"Is it an auspicious day today? It's the first time we've seen fireworks, and they're so beautiful!"

"I didn't expect that the first time we stayed in the town, we could see such a beautiful scenery."

Jiang Yan can't help but sigh, although she has seen more, more beautiful and gorgeous fireworks in modern times, but this is the first time she is with her family. At the moment, she also smiled with a happy face.

"Dongzi, motherfucker! Today is not an auspicious day. It's the daughter of Mr. Cheng from our town. Make your husband happy!" The owner of the snack shop next to her said enthusiastically.

"When we got married some time ago, fireworks were set off for three consecutive nights, which made us ordinary people feast for the eyes. Otherwise, we can only see this kind of scenery every year during the New Year."

"So that's the case, then Yu Xiucai is very happy, Miss Cheng likes him very much."

"That's right, if there's that eldest lady willing to set off fireworks for me, I'd also be willing to marry him into his house. What's the matter with the door, money is serious..."

Where there are women, there is gossip. Before Jiang Yan spoke, the two daughters-in-law had already chatted with several bosses outside the shop.

The fireworks were still making a sound, and they were hung up several times in a row. When the sound stopped, the family reluctantly returned to the store.

"The ingredients for braised pork are a bit complicated, but Jinhua and Xiaomeng have both learned how to do it. The ingredients are ready, and it is easy to marinate. Since you don't want to sell it, let's supply it every day like cold tofu. meat."

Hearing this, Lin Dong nodded immediately: "Mother, let's follow this method. Anyway, I have to send cold tofu every day."

Jiang Yan nodded, and for the time being she didn't want to sell the braised pork recipe: "By the way, the crops in the fields are about to be harvested. We closed the store earlier these days, and took some time to go back to harvest. Our family grows rice. Not much, harvest early, and save the business of the town."

Thinking of the rice harvesting, the late rice has to be planted, and then I have to be busy for a while. This year's rice harvest is a little later than in previous years, but it can still catch up with the late rice planting season, and I will be able to eat new rice after the cold winter in November. .

"Mother, our family only has five acres of paddy fields. My eldest brother and the second brother can cut it in three or four days. There is nothing to do in the fields. We will buy more paddy fields in the coming year and plant a few more acres of land. Don’t be afraid of running out of food.”

Lin Xi said with a smile, the simplicity and honesty on his face was obvious. He used to look forward to harvesting the grain in the fields early, so that the family could have a full meal. Now that he has some money at home, he wants to harvest it. After that, earn more money and buy more land.

"Don't you plant late rice?" Jiang Yan raised her eyebrows slightly. In her original memory, it seemed that no one here grows late rice, but she remembered that rice is grown twice a year, and even three seasons in some places. I don’t do farming, but I also stayed in the countryside with my grandmother for a period of time. It would be too wasteful to plant only one season a year.

"What is late rice?" Lin Xi asked suspiciously.

"Yes, mother, we only know rice, which is divided into morning and evening?" Lin Nan also said in surprise.

"We don't have late rice here, but if the autumn harvest is finished, it will be too late." Jiang Yanmeng slapped his forehead. In this era, the food was already poor, and the harvest was a lot worse than in modern times. If there is only one season of planting a year, who would The family is not full, but if there are two seasons a year, at least after paying taxes, the family can still have some food left over in previous years.

"I was thinking that after we harvest, the fields are empty and wasteful. Now our village is not short of water. Otherwise, we will plant rice again and see if we can harvest it again at the end of the year."

Lin Dong suddenly shook his head: "No way, mother, no one in the village has done this before. I have indeed heard others say that in some places, two crops of rice are grown, but the land is good and it rains often. There is more nutrients in the soil than what we have here, and the harvest is more than ours."

Lin Dong is the eldest, and he and his younger brothers planted the land in the family. In order to learn how to farm, he learned a lot from the villagers. In addition, he helped people work in the town all the year round. Lots of gossip.

Although he didn't understand what his mother said about early rice and late rice, he had heard of two crops of rice. The land in their village was not half as much as others, let alone two crops.

"I have a way to do this. The land in the village is either unable to grow two crops of rice, or the land is not fertile enough. After harvesting the rice in the field, you burn the stalks into ashes and scatter them all into the field. It can be counted as fertilizer, and some of it can be put into the fields, so that when the late rice is planted, there is no need to worry about the soil being not fertile enough.”

The climate here is not too bad. Yongan Town is considered to be relatively southern. Jiang Yan can be sure that it is no problem to grow two crops of rice a year here, but the rice seedlings in this era are still very poor, not the ones of later generations. A high-yield and high-survival hybrid hybrid.

"Really?! Mother, if this is the case, wouldn't we be able to plant late rice right away?" Lin Dong was excited. If they could really plant two crops of rice, then their family wouldn't have enough to eat every day before. .

"I'm not sure, but we have a suitable climate here. If you plant it now, you should be able to harvest it a few years ago, but you have to take care of it."

"No matter what it takes, if it really can be done, I'm happy to pick up manure every day and carry water to the fields every day, and we don't have two crops of rice here, and the officials don't know, that is, how much to plant in the second season. There is no tax to pay, and how much we plant is ours!”

Lin Nan's face was full of excitement, and the more he talked, the more feasible it became. When he thought that all the food he planted in the second season was his own, he could not wait to go to work in the fields immediately.

"I just don't know if it can be done. There are not many paddy fields in our village, but there are a lot of wasteland. It would be great if rice could be planted on the wasteland." Lin Dong felt a little regretful.

(End of this chapter)