Crossing the wasteland: Farming and peasant girls can't be provoked

Chapter 33 Custom Tools
Qiao Hong was driving the carriage, and Jing Yi said to the village chief in the carriage: "Uncle Wang, the autumn harvest is about to begin, and I want to tidy up the wasteland after the autumn harvest. Anyone in our village who is willing to work can come to me." Sign up. I don’t care about eating, and the wages are calculated according to the amount of land reclaimed. I will give [-] Wen to those who are qualified to reclaim one mu of land.”

Jing Yi's use of land reclamation area is also to stimulate the enthusiasm of workers, which can improve efficiency and sort out wasteland as soon as possible.It's okay to spend a little more money.

When Wang Xuhuai heard that it was not cheap to reclaim one mu of land at thirty liters, the wasteland had nothing but weeds, so reclaiming it was not difficult.If the whole family went to open up wasteland, they would not be able to open up a few acres of land that day.

"Then let me talk to the villagers. I heard that there are patients in your home, so don't let the villagers go to your house to disturb you, let those who want to work come to my place to sign up, and I will give you the list later. Those who usually I'm going to get rid of the sneaky ones for you."

Jing Yi was very grateful when she heard that, "Then thank you, Uncle Wang."

It was already noon when Jing Yi arrived home, and Qiao Yan had already prepared the meal.Although it can't compare with Jingyi's, it's not bad.

What Xiao Yilin ate was still meat porridge, but as soon as he ate it, he knew it wasn't made by a teenager, and the taste was quite different.But he still insisted on eating more than half a bowl, and ate another piece of steamed bun.

After lunch, Jing Yi came over to feel Xiao Yilin's pulse.

Xiao Yilin asked: "Going to the county government to buy land went well, right?"

As soon as the matter of buying land was mentioned, Jing Yi was very happy, "This time it went very well. Not to mention that the wasteland only cost ten taels of silver, and the tax was exempted for ten years. Now I don't have any pressure. As long as that If there is some harvest on the land, it won’t be a loss.”

Seeing the juvenile's cheerful appearance, Xiao Yilin felt joyful as well, and asked with the corners of his mouth curled up, "What are you going to plant?"

She didn't hide it when she got the land, "That piece of wasteland is a saline-alkali land, so no crops grow. You have to remove some of the salinity in the land to meet the planting standards before you can grow anything.

Moreover, crops suitable for growth in saline-alkali soils must be grown.This year it is too late to grow things, but if the land is sorted out, some of the salinity is washed out, and the land is raised again, it will be possible to grow crops next year.

Next year I plan to plant some cotton or something.Now the price of cotton in the market remains high, as long as you can collect a little, you won't lose money. "

Xiao Yilin was very interested in the young man's way of managing the wasteland, and he was going to learn it.

Jing Yi asked Feng Zhi to boil hot water to cook the medicine, give Xiao Yilin a medicinal bath, and then acupuncture.

Half an hour later, Xiao Yilin sat in the bathtub again and began to take a medicinal bath.Today he obviously felt much more relaxed than yesterday, not as painful as yesterday.

After the medicated bath, acupuncture and moxibustion were performed, followed by poisonous blood injection.Today's poisonous blood is much less than yesterday.

When Jing Yi brought a bowl of medicine to Xiao Yilin again, she still asked Qiao Yan to come over with a new quilt.Let Feng Zhi prepare hot water.But today the mattress was covered with a sheet.

Xiao Yilin knew at a glance that today he would still be covered in dirt like yesterday.I don't know where all the dirt in his body came from.

After drinking the medicine, Xiao Yilin soon couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell asleep.Today he woke up before dinner, and without anyone telling him, he asked Gu Yu and Feng Zhi to wait for him to take a bath.

However, he obviously felt that there was not as much dirt as yesterday.Body feels more relaxed after bathing.

For dinner, Jing Yi still cooked ginseng chicken porridge for Xiao Yilin, which was easy to digest.The bean sprouts Jingyi gave birth to with supernatural powers, and they grew very well and were ready to eat.Jing Yi fried two plates of bean sprouts today.

She also stewed two pheasants, and the staple food was steamed buns.Everyone is naturally satisfied with the food.

Xiao Yilin was not satisfied with what he ate at noon, and he couldn't help but eat more at night when he ate the boy's handicrafts.

Gu Yu has been by Xiao Yilin's side all the time, so he naturally knows him very well.

"Master, Mr. Chu is so good at cooking. I think she will teach the cooks in our house in the future, so that you can eat delicious meals in the future."

Xiao Yilin heard the words and said, "We'll talk about this later."

The next day, Jing Yi and Qiao Hong drove the carriage into the city again. Today, she had to order some tools for land reclamation, as well as tools for farming in the future.

When he arrived in the county seat, Jingyi went to the blacksmith shop to order some farm tools such as hoes and picks.She saw that the plow used for plowing was really not very good, so she drew a picture by herself and asked the blacksmith to make an iron plowshare according to her drawing.

Jing Yi's painting is an ordinary plow, but it is much better than this ancient plow.At least the efficiency will be much higher, and the depth of the cultivated land will also be deepened.

Ironware was relatively expensive in ancient times, and Jing Yi spent dozens of taels of silver in no time.

Then Jing Yi went to the carpenter's shop to order plow shafts.She drew a drawing of a reclining chair before, and gave it to the master in the carpenter's shop to make two reclining chairs together.

She mainly made this recliner for Xiao Yilin.In the future, Xiao Yilin can lie on a deck chair in the yard and bask in the sun, which is good for his health.

After ordering the tools, Jing Yi went shopping in the market and found cumin seeds, which she bought.Cumin comes from the western region and is both a medicine and a spice.It was a surprise to meet cumin here.

Next year, we can plant some cumin, and we will have another seasoning at home.It is essential when making barbecue later.

Jing Yi and Qiao Hong drove the carriage back home, and as soon as they entered the house, Qiao Yan ran over, "Master, the vegetables in the vegetable field in our backyard have sprouted."

Qiao Hong was surprised when he heard that, "Sprouts sprouted so soon?"

Jing Yi was not surprised, because she knew it would happen, but she still pretended to be surprised and said: "I just soaked the seeds in advance, but I didn't expect them to germinate so soon. I'll go and see, Qiao Hong, put the seeds in the car stuff in and drive the wagon out to the backyard."

Jing Yi walked quickly to the backyard, and saw tender green seedlings growing in a vegetable field.

Qiao Hong drove the carriage to the backyard to see the vegetables in the vegetable field.Qiao Hong and Qiao Yan were born in farming families, so they know a little about crops.As for a woman from a family background like Miss Liu, she doesn't know anything about it.

Feng Zhiai joined in the fun and also came to see the vegetable field in the backyard.Although he has never grown vegetables himself, he also knows some common sense. It is true that the seeds of this vegetable germinate within two or three days after being planted.

In the afternoon, Jing Yi still gave Xiao Yilin medicinal baths and acupuncture.

Two days later, Xiao Yilin felt much better and could get out of bed and walk around by himself.

Jing Yi brought back the farming tools and the custom-made reclining chair this morning. One reclining chair was placed in her mother's bedroom for her mother, and the other was for Xiao Yilin.

She asked her mother to make two sets of rectangular cushions suitable for the recliner and spread them on the recliner, so that it would be very comfortable to lie on.

(End of this chapter)