Escape from the desert

Chapter 179 Strengthening the Confidence of the Whole Village

The sun was shining brightly, and more than a dozen people bent over to plant seedlings in the fields. Several paddy fields were full of green seedlings, which were neat and orderly. When the wind blew, the seedlings would sway slowly, which made people feel refreshed and happy.

"Pangpang, the seedlings of you and Wangcai are both down, and they need to be inserted in the middle of the soil, otherwise they will be lifted up when the wind blows and the water shakes." Lin Bei looked at the row of fallen plants in front of the little fat man and Wangcai. Although the two seedlings were planted neatly and arranged in an orderly manner, the roots were too shallow.

"Hey! How could this be?"

"That's right, young master, why did the two of us fall down?"

The two looked left and right, and it seemed that only the seedlings they had planted were unstable. The two of them were downcast, seeing that the results of a whole morning's hard work had almost fallen by half, and tears were about to come out.

"You should start deeper. You see, your seedlings are higher than ours, which means they are too shallow. When you take the seedlings to the field with your fingers, go deeper, almost to the waist, and that's fine." Lin Bei Demonstrating patiently again and again, the three of them were about the same age, one was speaking instructively, and the other two were listening attentively.

Fortunately, the location chosen by the two was near the edge of the field, and it was too late to replant the raised seedlings now. Listening to Lin Bei's teaching, the two stretched their arms and legs.

"Is that so? Look at Lin Bei?"

Wangcai was in charge of picking up the floating seedlings and putting them back one by one, while the little fat man slowly filled in the vacant positions, shouting excitedly to Lin Bei every time he inserted one.

Lin Bei nodded: "That's it, the strength is constant, and the water is only halfway up the seedling pole, so your speed will be faster."

"It seems to have surfaced again!" Shangguan Zixuan said decadently. Most of the excitement just now dissipated. take a break!"

Lin Bei looked at the fat man who suddenly changed his face, and looked at Jiang Yan helplessly. Jiang Yan gave him a reassuring look, and walked to the side of the little fat man in a few steps.

Reaching out to take the wet seedlings in his hand, taking his chubby white and wrinkled hands that were soaked in water, he guided them to plant a few seedlings, and said patiently: "The method that Xiaosi taught you just now is correct, you It’s also done very well, but when you pressed your fingers into the mud pit, the seedlings will definitely not be able to stand stably in it, if you can’t avoid the mud pit, just cover it with soil when you put the seedlings in.”

The warm breath rushed to the ears and neck, and the doting and gentle voice came into Shangguan Zixuan's ears. He blushed in embarrassment, making his blushing face even more bloody. He said awkwardly and embarrassingly: " I... I know, auntie, I will!"

When Jiang Yan was far away, he glanced carefully, and couldn't help but echo Aunt Jiang's gentle figure and doting face, his mother's appearance was already blurred.

He no longer remembered what his mother looked like, and his father would not show him a portrait because he was afraid that he would be sad, but now, when he thinks of his mother, his whole mind is filled with Aunt Jiang's smiling appearance...

Hearing that the Lin family planted rice seedlings today, the villagers more or less came to take a look. Seeing the green seedlings, the whole village was even more anxious to turn over the fields at home. Now seeing the green seedlings with our own eyes, everyone's enthusiasm is even deeper.

By noon, the seedling fields were almost planted, so Jiang Yan wiped the sweat off her forehead and took a deep breath. When she turned her head, she saw the villagers surrounded by the fields and Qiao Le who had been watching them.

Although Qiao Le didn't go to the fields, he delivered water and tea, handed seedlings and handed sweat towels every second. Although it was not heavy work, but the hot weather and his lame leg made him panting from exhaustion, and his fair skin was even more tanned. flushing.

Jiang Yan washed her hands and feet, rinsed her face again, and looked at Qiao Le: "Mr. Qiao doesn't need to come to help in the field. I invite you to come back to be my husband. I'm so embarrassed that you do this."

Qiao Le looked at Jiang Yan's bright dark eyes, her open and closed red lips, and her exaggerated red face, and she was a little dazed for a while, and he murmured: "I am very interested in the late rice that Aunt Jiang proposed. , Anyway, I haven’t formally taught the children yet, Aunt Jiang is very kind to me, but it’s something within my ability.”

"Xiaojiang! Why did you plant it outside the village? Thirty acres of land! That's thirty acres of land. If it doesn't work, you've been wasting your time!" The Lin family planted a lot of land in the village. Who knew that Aunt Jiang bought [-] mu of land outside the village and planted it all.

Jiang Yan said: "Village chief, don't get excited, I must be sure to plant it. Don't you also trust me, otherwise why would you bring the villagers to plant together?"

The village chief clicked his tongue for a while. He believed in Aunt Jiang, but not completely. The reason why he mobilized the whole village to plant late rice was just a big gamble. It's useless to work, but Aunt Jiang spent money to buy land and hired labor!This is all white money!
"Don't worry, I'm sure that the matter of late rice will be successful. Besides, you and Uncle Lizheng have told the county, and the county magistrates are also watching. If it succeeds, maybe no one will starve to death in the future. "

The village head nodded vigorously, his eyes fell eagerly on the seedlings fluttering in the wind, thinking of the people in the village who starved to death all these years, and seeing this piece of green oil that will grow into golden rice in the future, the excitement in his heart surged .

Thinking that Aunt Jiang dared to buy [-] acres of land to plant late rice, he was even more convinced that it would be successful, and immediately shouted to the surrounding villagers: "Everyone has heard and seen it, if our village can harvest another crop of late rice this year, the village No one will starve to death anymore! Don’t talk about eating meat during the New Year, it’s possible for everyone in the family to wear new clothes!”

Following the words of the village chief, everyone's eyes became more enthusiastic and excited. Looking at the seedlings in the field, the light in their eyes was unprecedentedly excited. They wished that the seedlings in the field would soon turn into white rice.

The village chief coughed and continued: "The agricultural tools in the village were invented by Aunt Jiang's family. Everyone has used them. I don't need to say the benefits. The money to buy the seedlings must be given to Aunt Jiang, and if the harvest is not harvested by then, no one is allowed to complain!"

The people in the village nodded one after another. Some of them were reluctant, but they just kept their faces blank. After the autumn harvest, everyone gritted their teeth and took it out.

Especially seeing that Aunt Jiang has planted dozens of acres by herself, many people are convinced and quick-witted. They even think about digging two paddy fields, hoping to grow more, so that it will really yield a harvest. Yes, and I have more food.

(End of this chapter)