farming female castellan

Chapter 79 Arrived in Shengping County

The carriage is only that big, and those people are super capable of storing it, so it fits well.This is not over yet, hatchets, kitchen knives, hoes, rakes, and hammers are also prepared for her.

Chen Fan felt that she could stand at the three-way intersection with a rake on her shoulders and shout: "I drove this mountain, and I planted this tree. If you want to pass by from now on, save money to buy roads!"

Early the next morning, Chen Fan set off, and Liu Da sent her there.

The positions of Shengping County and Yuanfeng County are a bit like "stones". Yuanfeng County is the mouth, and Shengping County is the horizontal one, half enclosing Yuanfeng County.Liu Da drew a map for her. If you want to go to Yema Beach, you can walk in Yuanfeng County first, and then pass through several villages in Shengping County.

The carriage traveled west and then south, and after walking for nearly an hour, it came to a river.This is the Qingxi River, which runs through Shengping County and Yuanfeng County.The rivers and embankments in Yuanfeng County are wide, while the rivers in Shengping County are very narrow and the embankments are also potholed.

"Did no one clean up the silt?" Chen Fan watched the river fall from Shengping County to Yuanfeng County like a waterfall.

"No one has taken care of it for many years. As long as there is a few days of heavy rain, the water can overflow the embankment. Look at the water, it's only been a few days since the rainy season, and the water is almost full."

"People can also organize themselves."

Liu laughed: "Who organizes it? Who will do the work?"

Chen Fan was speechless.

"Wild Horse Mountain is not far from the river. Go to Wild Horse Mountain first, and then go north to Qijiadu."

The official road here is not smooth and muddy, Chen Fan is a little tired from driving.

"What do they do with their corvees every year?" Chen Fan muttered.The two days of fleeing famine were sunny days, and I walked on foot, and I didn't feel that the road was bad.Now it rains a little every day, and the difference in the road is obvious.Chen Fan has already begun to miss Yuanfeng County.

"It's hard to say, just think about it for yourself." Liu Da put it off.

Chen Fan didn't ask any more questions, saving his energy to drive the car.

After walking for nearly two hours, I finally arrived at Yema Mountain in Shengping County.It was already noon.

The two got off the horse, moved down the stove, boiled water and boiled noodles, and settled the problem of lunch with pickles and scallion pancakes.

Looking at the bare mountain, Chen Fan asked Liu Da: "What do you like about this mountain?"

"The soil is loose, not damp at night, with good ventilation and water permeability, and there are not many big rocks around, which is suitable for planting. It's just that the people here cut down the trees too much, and they just cut down and don't plant, so the shortage is so severe."

"Planting trees now, is it enough for them to cut them down?"

"It depends on how you train it." Liu Da disagreed.He got on the horse, waved to Chen Fan, and left gracefully.

Chen Fan washed the pots and bowls, put them back in place, got on the horse again, and began to circle the mountain.

The mountain has 600 mu. Chen Fan turned around and roughly drew a square in his mind, which was 540 meters long and [-] meters wide.It is estimated that when they measured the mountain, they also measured all the corners and corners, and then made up a whole number.

She found a gap and drove the carriage inside.There are loess layers along the way, and countless tree stumps are stuck there.Some grass sprouts appeared on the ground, shaking delicately.

There are a lot of small stones on the mountain road, but it makes the mountain road less muddy and difficult to walk.

After walking for a while, it suddenly opened up in front of my eyes, and there was an open space in the middle, almost flat land!
There is a pond in the mountain, and there is a waterfall in front of it.There is water, there is water here!

The presence of water actually made the mountains look like this!Chen Fan's heart ached so much that he wanted to beat the ground.

There were a few thatched cottages in the mountains, Chen Fan walked into one and looked at it, and it was deserted; he went into another one, and it was also deserted.

This is how messed up it is.

She parked the carriage under the waterfall and let the horses drink water. Seeing that there was no one around, she climbed up the mountain and checked from time to time to see if anyone was approaching the carriage.

The mountain is not difficult to climb, and Chen Fan quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.At the top is a large lake, with a visual estimate of fifty or sixty acres.There are no big trees by the lake, only a circle of high and low stones, and finally some grass and shrubs grow.

There are only these grasses and shrubs, and some aquatic plants in the water.Chen Fan's heart ached and he wanted to beat the ground again.

Looking around, there are four villages scattered around, all of which are sparsely populated with more than a dozen families.Compared with the more than 100 high-walled courtyards in Wangjiadun, these villages can be described as withered.

Chen Fan walked slowly on the top of the mountain for two or three miles without feeling tired at all.This mountain can be said to be surrounded by several mountains. The terrain on the top of the mountain is very flat, and there are several strange rocks, which can be used as scenery.

There is only one steep mountain wall, which is the mountain with a lake and a waterfall. The rest of the slopes are very gentle and wide.There are stumps that have been cut down on the slope, which is shocking.

There is also a pond at the foot of the mountain in the northeast direction.The area seems to be less than ten acres, and the surrounding area is also bare.The water in the pond is a bit cloudy.

After walking for so long, she didn't see a single villager come out to work.Why don't you have any work in the fields?Don't you want to come out to watch the fun?
Chen Fan got to the carriage and looked at the hillsides.She didn't want to go to those villagers for the time being.

She closed her eyes, quietly thinking about those sweet potato vines, thinking about those trees on the third plot, and imagining them falling on the clearing in the mountains.

She waited for a few minutes before hearing a constant thumping sound.

The space did not disappoint her. When she opened her eyes, she saw saplings like hills, sweet potato vines like haystacks, and sweet potatoes like small slopes.

The young saplings are lying there and need to be planted.A few thick trees made big holes and stood there.

Chen Fan took out a shovel and cultivated the soil for these trees.Close your eyes and water the trees.

Let's go to the villagers to work.She got into the carriage, found a few sacks in the space, and packed all the sweet potatoes into the sacks.

She drove the carriage to a house and yelled twice: "Is anyone home?"

An old lady came out and looked at her: "Girl, what do you want?"

"Ma'am, I want to cook something, can I borrow your kitchen?"

The old lady nodded and opened the fence gate.Chen Fan led the carriage in, and removed the bag of sweet potatoes from the carriage.

Two young women and five children came out of the house.

She picked out five large sweet potatoes and said, "These are for your family. You can fill your stomach with them. You should put them away first. I will cook some small ones now, and they will cook faster."

She took some smaller ones, washed them with the old lady, put them in the pot, added some water, and started to light the fire.

During the chat, Chen Fan learned that this village is called Shangma Village, the one to the north of the mountain is called Xiama Village, the one to the east is called Shuanma Village, and the one to the west is called Huima Village.

The name of the mountain is Ma, and the name of the village is Ma, but the people in the four villages are not Ma, but Du, Yuan, Xia, and Jiang.

The old lady's surname is Luo, and her natal family is more than 20 miles away from here.

Mrs. Luo has two sons, both of whom have gone to the city to look for work, and their daughter-in-law and grandchildren are at home.

The sweet smell of sweet potatoes came out, and the five children stood in front of the pot, watching eagerly.

(End of this chapter)