Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 31

Sun Xin held Hu Sanniang's hand, and the two quickly walked into a small courtyard. Looking at the small courtyard where the rammed earth wall was just being demolished and the wooden shed was being demolished, Hu Sanniang asked Sun Xin: "Where will this courtyard be built?" What? Why are all the good houses demolished?"

Sun Xin looked at the construction progress of the masons who were enlarging the new house, and smiled at Hu Sanniang: "This is our future wedding house."

Hu Sanniang's face turned red to the base of her neck when she heard the word "marriage room".

It wasn't until Sun Xin took her to introduce where was the barn and where was the kitchen, that she slowly retreated Hongxia.

Hu Sanniang walked around the small courtyard with Sun Xin, thinking about her married life in the future.

Sun Xin asked her: "When the time comes, do you want our garden to be placed in front of the house or behind the house?"
Thinking of getting up from the bed and opening the small window to see a scene of flowers after marriage, Hu Sanniang was very yearning.

"It's fine... put it behind the house."

Sun Xin nodded, he also planned to put it at the back of the house - it would be convenient to grow some loofah or something like this, if it was placed in front of the house, the sun would shine directly, and a shed would be needed to grow vegetables in summer.Well, the front of the house was used to raise chickens.

Looking at the small courtyard in front of him, Sun Xin also has some expectations in his heart. Now Sun Xin is not as extravagant as those big landlords who build carved beams and painted buildings in their manors. He designed them for himself and Hu Sanniang. This first small courtyard was basically modeled after the rural courtyards of later generations:

There is a large drying yard in front, toilets and barns on the left and right, a row of bright houses in front, and a small garden where flowers and vegetables can be grown behind the houses.

Now the area circled on the ten-mile card is big enough, and he doesn’t need to decorate it with carved beams and painted buildings, and the funds are loose. It’s easy to build such a small yard, and he can plan it all, so although Sun Xin’s yard is small but It must be very comfortable to live in.

He looked at Hu Sanniang, who was wearing a beautiful embroidered dress and had a red face, and looked at such a small farmyard with him. Sun Xin said sincerely: "It's just that I wronged you. I live in this farmyard."

Hu Sanniang said: "It's enough to have a place to eat and a place to sleep. How can there be any grievances?"

Sun Newsyan shook his head, he looked at Hu Sanniang solemnly and said, "This is the only thing for now, give me a few more years, then I will earn you everything back, and I will never let you live worse than others!"

How can a man promise something to a woman these days, even Hu Sanniang's father is afraid of his wife, and he would never coax her mother like this.Hearing this, Hu Sanniang was instantly infatuated.

Blinking her eyes, Hu Sanniang quickly turned her head away, pulled up her collar to cover her flushed face, and was only slightly relieved when she saw that Sun Xin went up to chat with the carpenter and didn't look at her.

I can't help but think to myself: Sanniang, you are really worthless, how can anyone say a word to make you look like this, don't do this again!

These days, ordinary farmers don’t eat lunch at noon, and Sun Xin’s family didn’t have the habit of eating lunch at first, but today when Hu Sanniang came, Sun Xin caught a chicken at noon and asked the farmer who was good at cooking to clean it up. some meals.

During the meal, Sun Xin learned that Hu Sanniang had been asked by Hu Taigong not to leave the gate of Hujiazhuang before, so he could not come to see him.

Two days ago, Taigong Hu went back from Shili Pai. He didn’t go home, but went to Zhujiazhuang first. He didn’t know what he said to the other party. If you want to go, you can go, but you must not go for a day like before, and you must be accompanied by your own servants.

Sun Xin knew in his heart that Taigong Hu must have sent Zhu Biao back to Zhujiazhuang that day.

In the past, the reason why Taigong Hu didn't let Hu Sanniang go out was to not give Zhujiazhuang an excuse. Now that Zhu Biao of Zhujiazhuang has done such a shameful thing, it is estimated that Hu Taigong has enough reason in the matter of retiring the engagement. There is no need to worry that Hu Sanniang will give Zhujiazhuang a chance to talk about Shili Pai.

Speaking of her leaving in the afternoon, Hu Sanniang was full of reluctance. Although she didn't stay for too long when she came to Shili Pai before, she felt more and more comfortable being watched by a servant sent by Hu Taigong like this now. Sun Xin's time with each other is precious.

Seeing the little girl's reluctance, Sun Xin postponed his work in the afternoon, and accompanied her to wander around the village after dinner.

Sun Xin walked around and looked around, squatting down from time to time to grab a handful of soil and hold it in his hand to check, and from time to time to carefully look at the growth of the crops in the roadside fields.

Hu Sanniang saw that Sun Xin's field had horizontal and vertical furrows, but two kinds of things were strangely planted in one field.

Two different crops were planted alternately in the field. One row of crops looked like wheat seedlings, which she knew, but she had never seen the other row of thicker stem crops. The farmers are fertilizing and weeding the fields, and those farmers seem to be quite unaccustomed to such troublesome planting methods.

Seeing Sun Xin approaching, a farmer raised his head and greeted him: "Master, take a look at the situation here, do you want to change the manure after the manure is wet?"

Sun Xin reached out and touched the corn leaves, and then said to Hu Sanniang, "I'll go down and have a look." Before Hu Sanniang could answer, he jumped into the field.

Hu Sanniang looked at the scene curiously, and after walking around, she also discovered that Sun Xin, the owner of the farm, was completely different from her father. Facing the tenants, Sun Xin was never a high-ranking landlord, and the other farmers were not afraid of him. Ask any question, and Sun Xin seems to know how to farm better than the most experienced farmer, answering every question, never stuttering, and never putting on airs.

Sun Xin went down to the field to check it out, and told the farmer some precautions for irrigating the land before returning to the field.

Hu Sanniang asked Sun Xin: "What kind of food is this tall thing?"

"It's corn, which has a high yield. It's an overseas crop. It's the first time we plant it in Dengzhou. It has grown fruit. I'll pick some tender ones and send them to Hujiazhuang."

Hu Sanniang nodded, and asked again: "Why are the two crops planted row after row in this field?"

Sun Xin said with a smile: "This is called the interplanting method. Corn and wheat have different growth cycles and plant heights. Interplanting wheat and corn, as long as the gap between each other is mastered, both corn and wheat can be exposed to sunlight and can be grown at the same time. Utilize the fertility and water source of a piece of land. This method is convenient for management and can save fertilizer and labor, and more grain can be produced on one mu of land.”

Hu Sanniang listened to Sun Xin silently, and every time Sun Xin talked about these methods of farming, she was very devoted. Although Hu Sanniang was not very interested in farming, she also felt that Sun Xin's confident appearance when talking about these things was very attractive people.

Sun Xin said to her: "I don't have any other skills, but I am definitely good at farming. Within two years at the latest, I will build you a big village. I can build you any house you want." what house."

He said such things again... Hu Sanniang blushed and thought.

(End of this chapter)