Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 98

After another day's exhaustion, Gu Siwei became limp again and became a boneless noodle. After the sun went down, he sat on the ground and couldn't think of getting up. Even eating was almost unattractive to him.

But the moment he picked up the bowl, he immediately waved his hand like a small windmill, swirling large chunks of meat into his mouth, a few bites of meat and steamed buns, it was delicious.

After eating, I found a place to fall down and sleep. At this time, Gu Siwei didn't mention whether there was a bed or not, as long as it was a flat land.

Within 2 minutes of lying down, I was snoring like everyone else, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already early morning of the next day.

As soon as the sky is bright, as long as you can see it, everyone will continue to work, wait for breakfast to be ready, eat breakfast together, continue to work after breakfast, until lunch, rest for half an hour after lunch, wait for the sun to go down Continue to work until dark.

The work in the field is done very quickly. In addition to the contributions of the villagers, there is also the contribution of a group of monkeys such as the pony. .

But having said that, in the field of Gu Siwei's house, it seems that it is not so easy for the seedlings to die. Once the space is watered, unless you hang the roots in mid-air, it seems difficult to die.

It is impossible to plant all the fields with rice. Even if you want to plant all the rice, there are not so many seedlings. After five o'clock in the afternoon on the third day, almost all the rice seedlings have been consumed. Most of the villagers who came to help will not need it tomorrow. Come again.

Only Liu Fulin's grandfather and grandson and Guo Shengshou's family were left, plus Wen Laodao Tao Yisheng who Gu Siwei accidentally rescued, and an unexpected person stayed behind, and this person was Sun Qiumei.

Gu Siwei felt awkward, but Sun Qiumei was asked by Wu Meiling to stay. Fortunately, Sun Qiumei is a hardworking person, and Gu Siwei also knows that a divorced woman returns to her natal home, after all, she has to be looked down upon by her brother and daughter-in-law. , so she was asked to stay and help Wu Meiling take care of everyone's food and drink.

The rice had been planted, and the remaining land could not be left unused. Under Liu Fulin's suggestion, the remaining land was divided into two parts, one was planted with potatoes, and the other was planted with sweet potatoes.

As for why these two types are used, it is very simple and convenient.

These two crops are easier to take care of than other crops. If you ask Gu Siwei to plant wheat again, no matter when you harvest it, you will not be able to kill Gu Siwei brothers and sisters.

Compared with rice, planting potatoes and sweet potatoes is more convenient. At least the seedlings are not as dense as rice. If they are looser, it saves effort.

Of course, those who stay can't plant immediately. The rest of the land needs to be plowed, riddled, etc., and the most important thing is to raise seedlings, sweet potato seedlings and potato seedlings.

Sweet potato seedlings are relatively simple. The villagers all grow this kind of thing in their homes. Just use the unused sweet potato vines raised by the villagers and plant them in the ground. If everyone in a village gathers together, the number is about the same up.

Potato seedlings are not too difficult. Pick potatoes and cut them into pieces, put them on the ground to dry for a few days, wait for the cut surface to grow corks, and then put them in a cool place to germinate. After sprouts, they can be planted in the ground. in.

The problem now is that there are not enough potatoes. Although potatoes are grown in the village, they are food. Last winter, the villagers almost ate them. Many people have changed to grow sweet potatoes this year. Where did they come from? Gu Siwei Nursery.

If it weren't for the sweet potato vines that were left behind, they were not very delicious, and they were still in the cellar, maybe even the sweet potato vines would be eaten by the villagers.

Therefore, potatoes have to be bought, and there are definitely no ones in the town. You can only go to the factory, and only there can buy good potatoes, because the factory is the food supplied by the state, and the variety will not be enough after decades, but in Now that is quite abundant, besides, even if it is less, it is impossible to be less. High-yielding potatoes, aren't they?
If you go to the factory, you have to find the right person. This time, I can find my own cheap apprentice, but it’s not like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, and you can’t always find someone, so this time Gu Siwei is looking for it. It was my cheap cousin, that is, Wu Daorong.

The remaining half of the land had just been cleaned up, and Liu Fulin stopped Gu Siwei by taking a short break.

"Siwei, it's almost time. You should go to the factory to get potatoes. Otherwise, the ridges here have been picked up, and the potatoes on your side have not arrived yet. Isn't it troublesome?"

Liu Fulin leaned on the hoe in his hand and said loudly to Gu Siwei who was also digging the ground a few meters away.

"Don't worry, the sweet potato seedlings on the folks' side haven't been cleaned up yet, wait until I've cleaned them up before going to my side," Gu Siwei said.

Liu Fulin said: "No, that would be too late. You should go earlier and borrow the mule from the village to try to get back on the same day. If there are no ready-made potatoes, you should inform them first and make an agreement." Get it next time."

Liu Fulin arranged things properly, and even thought about the fact that there were not so many potatoes in the canteen over there.

Gu Siwei said with a smile: "Impossible, every time I go to the cafeteria over there, I can see baskets of potatoes. They like to eat potatoes over there, it is impossible not to have them."

Naturally, Gu Siwei was not in a hurry. Liu Fulin wanted a lot of potatoes, at least five or six acres of potatoes, even if a whole potato was divided into six pieces, it would still be a lot.

But what Liu Fulin didn't know was that Gu Siwei was going to get a potato of [-] to [-] catties. When the time came, he would throw it in the space. If he couldn't do it, he would pour water twice, and the potatoes that would be enough for planting would come soon. Is it?

Wu Daorong's factory is so big, can't even produce dozens of catties of potatoes?

Tao Yisheng also interjected at this time: "Siwei, your family is under the orders of your Uncle Fulin, go early, and we will be prepared when we come back with news. If it is really not enough, I think the remaining ones can be planted." Cotton, anyway, this thing is not afraid of being useless."

"That's a good idea."

Gu Siwei thought it would be nice to grow some cotton, and in winter he could make two more cotton-padded jackets for himself and Si Cui.

"How much cotton can be planted, at most half an acre, how about planting some daylilies?"

Guo Shengshou in the distance has a new proposal.

Liu Fulin listened and said with a smile: "What kind of coaxing did you two start? We have agreed to plant half of the sweet potatoes and half of the potatoes. Now we have changed it and planted other things? It's okay, you two don't make any trouble, let's hurry up and work." ".

Guo Shengshou laughed aloud after hearing this, and then said to Gu Siwei: "Brother Siwei, your place is really good, but there is one thing that is not good."

Gu Siwei asked strangely: "What's wrong?"

Lao Gu felt that his land could be said to be a blessed land of gods, so why did Guo Shengshou still have bad things in his mouth?

Guo Shengshou smiled and said: "It's just inconvenient to go up and down. Even if you have money in the future, it may be difficult to get a big animal up after you buy a big animal. If you use something to hang it, how many people will it take to pull it up?"

Before waiting for Gu Siwei to speak, Liu Dezhu next to him smiled: "Uncle Shengshou, aren't you stupid? If you can't get a big cow, you just need to get a calf. If you feed a year and a half, you will become a big cow." ?”

Hahaha!
Gu Siwei, Liu Fulin and others immediately became happy when they heard this.

Guo Shengshou was blocked by Liu Dezhu's words, and then laughed a few times before saying: "I really didn't think of this, but the cow is so small that it can be pulled up."

"It's fine after weaning, but you still worry about what to do with it. Isn't it time to worry about the money to buy the cow?" Liu Dezhu lost his usual naive look at this time.

After Liu Fulin laughed a few times, he said to Gu Siwei: "Siwei, this is just for fun, but you have to prepare to buy a cow here. I know you have many ways to get money, but you I still have to save some money, the money can be less, but the more food stamps the better, when the time comes to buy cattle with these things will be tougher than buying words with money, if you can get a bicycle ticket, or a sewing machine ticket, that thing is more solid...".

Tao Yisheng also nodded when he heard Liu Fulin's words: "Siwei, what Uncle Fulin said is serious. Although you have many ways to make money, you can't spend it like this. If you spend like this, you are considered a golden mountain." It's not enough to spend."

Although he has only been with Gu Siwei for a few days, Tao Yisheng has understood Gu Siwei's character. If not, it would not be a human being but a god.

The personality is very good, but this kind of personality is really a bit of a prodigal, just like this time the folks came to help with the work. At this time, it is a good thing to bring steamed buns to the house. Everyone, including Tao Yisheng himself, can't live more than a few days in a year like this.

"I know, I just keep it here." Gu Siwei smiled.

Seeing the expression on Gu Siwei's face, Tao Yisheng knew that he was talking for nothing, so he kept silent. It wasn't that Tao Yisheng was angry that his suggestion was not listened to. It is not easy to listen to the opinions of the elderly.

Most of these things have to be suffered by the young people themselves in this matter, so that they can understand the significance of the old man's persuasion.

When the untouched head is bleeding, you tell him ten thousand times, and he won't take it seriously.

"Talk about potatoes, why did you go to another place? Siwei, you set off tomorrow, didn't you mean to find that Wu Daorong, don't go empty-handed, when you leave tomorrow, you go to my place, my house is still there Bring a salted fish weighing more than three catties," Liu Fulin said.

"Salted fish? Uncle, you should save yourself and De Zhu to eat, I have something to bring here." Gu Siwei is not really sixteen or seventeen years old, he is sixteen or seventeen years old and lives in his thirties Soul, do you want to bring something with you when you go to find someone to do errands?

"It's okay. We're short of everything here, except fish. If it weren't for the fact that salt is a little hard to come by, we can marinate it as much as we want. It's probably not worth much at the factory, but it's just for fun," Liu Fulin said.

Tao Yisheng said: "How about this, I will grind a pair of medicinal materials for you to bring."

"I said old man Tao, so don't mess around with me. They go to someone to do business, and you deliver medicine, and you don't need to beat you out with a stick."

When Zheng Youcai heard about the gift of medicine, he couldn't help talking about Tao Yisheng.

"Oh, Siwei, if you have extra money to buy two cans of malted milk, these monkeys might still be able to use it." Liu Fulin thought of the monkeys again.

(End of this chapter)