farming female castellan

Chapter 260 A Busy Month
Qin Zheng went back to Zhang Zhai and brought some gifts.Chen Fan gave them to Fifth Sister-in-law and Seventh Sister-in-law.

In the afternoon, the sky started to rain heavily.

"Will it rain on New Year's Eve?" Chen Ya asked Chen Fan.

"In terms of festive celebrations, rain is not good because it is inconvenient for people to go out to pay New Year's greetings. But it is good for crops. When there is rain, crops are good, and spring is full of treasures. In spring, the weather is warmer and the rainfall has begun to increase. , very suitable for crop growth.”

Chen Ya had a look of sudden realization: "There are a lot of things to do in the field now, right?"

"Yeah, the wheat fields and vegetable fields are starting to get busy."

Zhang Ci sent people to the major grain stores in the county to buy indica rice.

Japonica rice is basically grown in the Eastern Xia Kingdom, and the indica rice grown in Jiangnan and Lingnan will also be shipped here for sale. There are many in the market.But the indica rice in Yuanfeng County is obviously not enough.

Changping Township reclaimed a lot of wasteland last year, excluding those distributed to the villagers, and excluding the sandy soil for other plans, there are still a total of [-] mu.Calculated on the basis of four catties of rice seed per mu, [-] catties of indica rice are needed.

Yuanfeng County was a sensation.I have seen a large number of people hoarding grain, but I have never seen tens of thousands of catties of grain sowing.The major grain stores are surrounded by many common people watching the excitement.

"Gyeongju and Pingzhou don't grow indica rice. Is it good to buy so much indica rice?"

"That's what Changping Township Lord wants to plant. Last year, she planted eight stones per mu."

"When will this indica rice be planted?"

"I don't know either, I heard it was very early."

Yuanfeng County is far from having [-] catties of indica rice.Zhang Ci asked Cui Yunlang and the others to buy rice seeds in other places last year.The nanny also brought some over from the capital.

They returned to Guiyunju in the second year of junior high school.

On the third day of junior high school, the younger generations of the Liu family came to pay New Year's greetings.There is no need to give the new year's money, but a copy of the pen, ink, paper and inkstone is still given, and the pastries and candies are also asked to take home.

Red Maple has arranged for people to clean the ditches and drain water in the wheat fields to remove some silt and weeds.Many villagers in Wangjiadun are busy in the fields.

The New Year's greetings have just been lively, and the fields are already busy.

"Are you going to work in the field now?" Chen Zhongyan didn't understand.

"Too much water will rot the roots." Chen Fan explained to the children.

There were also people busy in Su Yuan.The fallen leaves, weeds and sundries under the fruit trees must be cleaned up.

"Do you want to fertilize?" Chen Zhongyan asked again.

"Yes, after the cleaning work is completed, you can apply fertilizer. The jointing and earing of wheat, and the bolting and flowering of rapeseed all need fertilizer."

It was raining every day, and there was also a snowfall, and the weather suddenly became much colder.

On the tenth day of the lunar new year, the weather cleared up and gradually warmed up.

They set off and returned to Changping Township.

Changping Township is more green.Vegetables are growing, and the wheat seedlings are also green.Much of it is newly refurbished.

"The spinach and carrot seeds distributed to the villagers have all been planted." Mo Jian reported.

Chen Fan nodded: "Let's take advantage of the sunshine these days, let's dry the peanuts."

There is a piece of sandy soil in the east of Changping Township, and Chen Fan divided it into several areas.Peanut fields are part of it.

Mrs. Xu brought a lot of peanuts from the capital, and spread them out in the sun for two days.The villagers contracted to grow peanuts began to peel peanuts, choosing the ones with full seeds and removing the bad ones.

After the Lantern Festival, it is the solar term of Awakening Insects, and it is also the season of "nine-nine plus one-nine, and cattle go everywhere".Calculate the date, probably in early March.

Cui Yunlang and the others have all come to work, bringing a large amount of indica rice and other seeds.

The school is also open.Dozens of freshmen have been added this year, and the popularity is quite strong.

Liu Dingkang and Liu Liuchenfeng came, and so did Yang Yun and Yang Hong.

There are ten lessons in the winter vacation homework, and a piece of paper will be rewarded for completing one lesson, and an additional ink ingot will be awarded for completing all of them.The children in Class A performed very well. They memorized all the texts.The girls' class performed equally well.

All the students stood in the yard, and Zhang Ci publicly praised the students in Class A and Girls' Class, and gave them prizes.

Yang Hong also earnestly completed his winter homework and received two prizes.This is the first time he has accepted the award in this way, and he is more excited than other children.

Those students who couldn't memorize the text well were locked in a special room to memorize the text.

Cui Yunlang looked at Zhang Ci: "Are you planning to use prizes to help those children study?"

"Prizes alone are not enough, just give them some encouragement." Zhang Ci smiled.

The fields have been deeply plowed, and vegetable beds and drainage ditches have been prepared.Chen Fan soaked the peanuts in stream water and asked the villagers to plant them.There is no plastic film in this era, but the common people will use straw to weave straw mats to cover and keep warm.

Mrs. Xu is going back to the capital, and the children are very reluctant.She looked at Zhang Ci with great reluctance, tears streaming down her face.

"This grandma is so nice." The boat was gone, and the children were still muttering to themselves.

"Will she come again in the future?" Chen Fan looked at Zhang Ci.

"Maybe it will come at the end of the year." Zhang Ci looked into the distance.

Chen Fan leased all the land to the villagers, and reduced the land tax of the entire township to two Dou per mu, which is fully half of the land tax of four Dou in neighboring counties.The villagers are very happy.

The land under their own names has been plowed, and they have been busy with the cultivation of the fields these days.

Chen Fan announced his plan to plant double-cropping rice this year.Because the villagers grow very little wheat and rapeseed, it is a pity that the fields are empty.You can't all plant grass, can you?The common people still have to eat and have straw to cook.

There is a record of double-cropping rice in "Shan Hai Jing", and Chen Fan has every basis to carry out this farming plan.

The villagers are all a little curious: "In the past, we planted a single crop of rice, and then planted some wheat or rapeseed. Is there enough time to grow two crops of rice?"

The people of Qijiadu are kind-hearted: "Last year, this paddy field was planted very late, but the yield per mu was extremely high. First plant one season and harvest one season, and then plant late rice in time."

"When will the first season of rice be planted?"

"Early rice seedlings are cultivated at the end of March, and they are sown during Qingming. After harvesting, the paddy fields are plowed and late rice seedlings are planted. The late rice harvest is completed before the frost." Each village is responsible for explaining.

Chen Fan took the people from the Xiangjun Mansion to grow watermelon seeds.There are very few seeds, so they will not be handed over to the villagers for planting.

"First make some mud balls and stuff them with seeds. Each mud ball has one or two seeds." Chen Fan said.

The children are very interested in this kind of thing, not only stuffing the seeds with great effort, but also kneading the mud ball into various shapes.

"Why did you stuff them into the mud ball first?" Chen Zhonglin was eager to learn.

"Let them germinate first, and those that germinate will be officially planted in the ground, and those that have not germinated will not be planted." Chen Zhongyan guessed.

"That's right," Chen Fan affirmed his thoughts, "Many plants can be grown seedlings first and then planted. It is also possible to plant them directly, but the survival rate is uncertain, so we need to sow more seeds. The seedlings are too dense and have to be removed." screen."

"Where are the watermelons grown?" Chen Ya asked.

"Planted in sandy loam to the east."

"It's too far away, it's inconvenient to run around." Chen Zhongyan frowned.

"At that time, we will build a shed to live there." Chen Fan said.

Cotton is also grown.She bought some at the grocery store, Xu brought some from the capital, and she took some from the space to make up a hundred acres.

The sun has been shining for several consecutive days, and the surface temperature has risen rapidly, and small buds have grown from those mud slabs.Chen Fan touched the soil and ordered someone to plant the watermelon seedlings.

Breeding of early rice began, and by the time of Qingming, all the rice seeds had been sown.

Busy and busy, more than a month has passed.

The chapters were still spot on, and a lot of labor was arranged to do some preparatory work for building the dam of the reservoir.

(End of this chapter)