My village can't be like this

Chapter 361

After lunch, Zhang An didn't even take a break, so he went back to the nest to spread grass seeds.

This time Zhang An was no longer sowing alfalfa from the orchard on the mountain, but replaced it with bullwhip seeds.

Because the sheep and deer at home prefer green bullwhip to alfalfa flowers.

This kind of grass grows everywhere in Zhang An and his family, whether on the roadside or in the fields.

Even the grass in the school is covered with bullwhip, making it very soft and comfortable to sit on.

When Zhang An and his friends were young, they went to cut grass to feed cattle. Their favorite thing was to cut bullwhip on the field ridges.

Because this grass is very green and tender, has good palatability, and has a slightly sweet taste when the stems and leaves are tender. Horses, cows, sheep and other livestock at home like it very much.

Usually in spring and summer, as long as the bullwhip grows luxuriantly on the ridge of someone's field, it will be cut down.

However, bullwhip is a perennial herb, and like leeks, it will grow again once it is cut.

Zhang An still remembers that before the start of their elementary school, students who had livestock at home would carry baskets and sickles on their backs to cut grass on the school lawn the day before school started.

Because no one stepped on or sat on them during the few months of vacation, the bullweed grew tall and lush on the grass in the school.

Those who go early may be able to cut a few more baskets and go home to feed the livestock. Everyone will be praised a few times when they return home in the evening.

Because of this, in this era, many schools in the mountains initially required students to go there a day in advance to pull weeds.

Soon, Zhang An sprinkled the entire field with bullengrass seeds, and then asked Dahei to plow it again.

Although these grass seeds can grow and germinate when they are wet with mud, spring has come and the birds in the sky have begun to return.

Especially those thieves from their hometowns who have left their nests like to eat such grass seeds.

Especially these grass seeds were soaked by Zhang An in space spring water, and they liked them even more.

So Zhang An plowed the plow again, turning up the soil underneath to cover the grass seeds to prevent them from being pecked by birds.

"Hey, Anzi, what are you doing here?"

Zhang An led Dahei home. When they reached the intersection, everyone they met greeted each other.

"I'm going to plant some grass in that field, Third Aunt,"

The speaker was Wang Shoucai, who was Zhang An's elder. He came from the same village and was somewhat related to him.

"Growing grass? Don't coax me to play with it. I have to grow any kind of grass at home."

When Wang Shoucai heard Zhang An talk about planting grass, he thought Zhang An was coaxing him to play.

In rural areas, when grass is needed, they go outside to cut it. After all, each family now only has a few animals, and they have never heard of anyone who specializes in growing grass.

"What are you trying to do with you, old man? I have so many sheep and deer in my house. Even if we go out to cut the grass every day, we won't get that much grass for us to cut. Why don't we spread a few pieces of land at home so that we can save ourselves a few trips in the future?"

After Zhang An explained, Wang Shoucai believed that Zhang An was really going to plant grass and came back.

After all, they have so many sheep and deer, so they really need a lot of grass.

Horses cannot fatten without night grass, and the same applies to sheep. Spring and summer are here, and it is time to cut grass and feed livestock.

"By the way, where are you going to push shit with my uncle?"

After chatting for a while, Zhang An saw his younger son Wang Renli, who had not been separated from the family, sitting on the handle of the rooster cart to catch his breath, and the cart was pushing grass dung from the pen.

"Haven't the seedlings been transplanted at your place? Our family will push some grass manure to fertilize the land first."

Wang Shoucai's family also plans to plant kiwi fruit this year and has already ordered two acres of seedlings from Zhang An.

For this reason, Zhang An and his third uncle Zhang Jianye were specially invited to have a drink at home and asked some questions about growing kiwi fruit.

Although Zhang Jianye is not an experienced fruit farmer, he has learned a lot from this kiwi fruit in his hands for a year.

Therefore, it gave them a lot of experience. For example, they took the matter of fertilizing the land in advance very seriously.

After Zhang An's family started transplanting seedlings, they began to dump grass manure in the pen, so that the ground would be more fertile when planting.

"That's fine, but the dung needs to be well soaked before it can be spread on the ground. When spreading it, let it sit for two days before plowing it."

After all, they were from the village, so Zhang An still told them some precautions.

The fertility of farmyard manure in rural areas is not bad, but attention should be paid to fermentation. Good retting means good fermentation.

If they don't do it right, the seedlings and roots will be burned, so Zhang An reminded them to spread it in the ground and leave it for two more days.

Although farmers who have been growing crops for several years know this truth, some people do not want to waste the fertility of grass manure and bury it directly in the soil.

"Okay, we know this. Jianye has mentioned it to us."

Hearing what Zhang An said, Wang Shoucai thought that it was not in vain that he invited Zhang Jianye back for a drink. He knew that he was telling them the truth.

After leaving Wang Shoucai and his two brothers, Zhang An rushed Dahei home.

On the way, Zhang An also met many villagers, all of whom were sending manure to the fields just like Wang Shoucai's family.

Spring has just emerged these two days, and the rapeseed flowers in the fields have not bloomed, and fertilizer has been provided before.

There is not much work in the fields for the time being, so everyone is sending manure to the fields.

Some people use chicken carts to push them, some people use dung baskets to carry them, and some people use oxen and horses to carry them.

But their faces were full of energy and they didn't feel dirty or tired.

The reason is just to make the land where fruit trees are planted more fertile through my own efforts.

After the fruit trees are planted, they will grow better and have a bumper harvest when they bear fruit.

"Hey, you didn't sleep today."

Back home, Zhang An was a little surprised that Su Ying was watering the flowers in the yard and was not sleeping in the house as usual.

"You're back. I'm not very sleepy today, so I didn't want to sleep."

After letting Dahei enter the circle, Zhang An shoveled the fence on the rake before putting it down.

By the time he put the rake away, Su Ying had already come out with a washbasin and towel.

"Zhang An, let's eat fried potatoes. Didi wants to eat potato dumplings."

When Zhang An was washing, Su Ying patted the dirt and grass clippings off his body.

"It's really just a thought. Hehe, then I'll peel the potatoes after I finish washing and change clothes."

Zhang An laughed and teased his wife, and then was slapped twice by Su Ying.

It's just fried potatoes. It's not that Su Ying doesn't know how to do this simple thing.

But now that she is pregnant, Wang Fang doesn't even let her enter the kitchen, let alone touch the frying pan.

Su Ying didn't want to trouble her mother-in-law, so she waited until Zhang An came back before telling Zhang An.

Zhang An changed his dirty clothes, and when he came downstairs, Su Ying had already started peeling potatoes.

It was a rare time to clean up, and Zhang An suddenly wanted to eat, so he picked up half of the pot and peeled it together.

There was no knife for cutting wolf-tooth potatoes at home, so Zhang An cut them into chunks directly.

After cutting, soak in water to remove the starch, and sprinkle with some salt to marinate.

This will make it easier to fry the potatoes, and the salty flavor will be revealed after frying.

"Daughter-in-law, how do you want to eat?"

After cutting the potatoes, Zhang An cut half a piece of tofu from the refrigerator and fried it together later. "Mix it and eat it. It will taste better when you mix it."

"Okay, I'll go get some condiments."

Zhang An took a hoe and went to the vegetable garden to dig for condiments, which were actually root of Zhejiang, coriander and green onions.

To eat it as a dip, the fried potatoes are directly dipped in chili powder. To eat it with a mix, you have to chop these condiments and mix them with the potatoes.

However, the mixed potatoes are indeed more fragrant when eaten, and the taste is more uniform, especially when the aroma of coriander and chopped green onion meets the hot potatoes, the fragrance is very addictive.

Soon, a pot of golden fried potato cubes came out, and chopped condiments and oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar were poured on it.

The oil is homemade Sichuan peppercorn oil, so there is no need to add Sichuan peppercorn powder.

"Husband, why don't you chop some sour radish and mix it together? I want to eat sour radish."

"Sure, I'll chop it up and it'll be ready soon."

Only then did Zhang An remember that his wife had been fond of eating sour food recently.

He immediately fished out two red pickled radishes from the pickle jar and chopped them into small pieces.

Then I took some pickled cabbage from another jar, washed it, and cut it into pieces.

Now you have all the pickled radish and sauerkraut. Add some fried peanuts and mix it into a small pot.

"It's done. Wife, eat it while it's hot. I'll fry some tofu for you."

"Thank you for your hard work, husband. I'll give you a piece to eat first, so you can open your mouth."

Su Ying picked up a piece of potato filled with coriander and fed it to Zhang An's mouth.

Zhang An suddenly felt that no matter how hard he worked, it was worth it.

"Godfather, what are you and godmother eating? I can smell the aroma."

While the two were immersed in their world, Li Yao ran in with a group of little guys smelling the smell.

"Here, you've fried the potatoes. You have a pretty good nose."

He called them all over and took some dishes and chopsticks from the kitchen and gave them to them.

Zhang An peeled half a pot of potatoes in total and cut them into pieces. The pot was full. The two of them would definitely not be able to finish it. He also prepared some for a few children.

No matter how many potatoes there are in rural areas, this stuff is really something you won’t get tired of eating, especially the deep-fried ones, which are even more popular among children.

In many families, adults don’t often fry potatoes for their children because it consumes a lot of oil.

Su Ying's appetite had increased greatly during this period, but seeing the way these children ate made her food even more delicious.

Then Zhang An cut the white tofu into small pieces and fried it in the pan until both sides were golden brown.

Cut it out from the middle and put the mixed root and sauerkraut inside. It's called a fragrant dish.

It's a pity that this is old tofu. If it is specially used to eat the small tofu from the hot pot, it will taste more fragrant and delicious.

Early the next morning, Zhang An got up and carried a sprayer to the fields to sprinkle water.

Although she has to take her daughter-in-law to the hospital today, Su Ying is not awake yet.

It was still early anyway, and Zhang An didn't want to wake up the sleeping Su Ying.

"Anzi came to apply medicine so early. The seedlings are growing really well."

When Zhang An was sprinkling water in the fields, many villagers passing by stopped to whistle a few words.

"How is this a potion? You bitch, the potion you bought at home has no taste, huh?"

Before Zhang An could speak, several villagers nearby started arguing.

"Haha, this is indeed not a potion, but a nutrient solution that can make the saplings grow better."

It's filled with space spring water, so it's not wrong to say it's a nutrient solution.

"So there is such a thing. No wonder the saplings here look the same every day and grow so fast."

Zhang An didn't even know it, so he gave a casual reason and dispelled everyone's questions in the future.

Whenever someone comes out and asks why these saplings in Zhang An's family grow so fast.

Someone in the village would answer for him and say that he had injected the nutrient solution that the plants needed.

It took more than an hour to sprinkle water on all the saplings before Zhang An packed them up and went home.

At this time, Su Ying had already gotten up from the bed, packed her things and waited for Zhang An to come back.

Wang Fang, on the other hand, was very confused. During the pregnancy test, she was required to have an empty stomach, so she couldn't eat breakfast in the morning.

But Su Ying didn't eat breakfast and Wang Fang was worried that she would be hungry. In the end, Zhang An had to comfort her.

In fact, Su Ying is really not hungry. Although she didn't eat anything this morning, her appetite has increased greatly during this period. Skipping breakfast all morning will have no impact.

Moreover, the mother-in-law in the city must have prepared something. After the examination, Su Ying will not be hungry.

Finally, after Wang Fang gave an explanation, the two of them got in the car and went to the city.

Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen were already waiting for them at the entrance of the hospital.

Moreover, the father-in-law also carried an insulated lunch box in his hand, which contained black-bone chicken soup that the mother-in-law had woken up early in the morning.

This was just as Zhang An guessed. The mother-in-law was afraid that Su Ying would be hungry. After all, she was her own mother, so how could she not care about her daughter.

As a result, during the examination at the hospital, it was just a urine test and blood draw, but nothing like obstetric B-ultrasound, fetal heart rate, etc.

After all, this is just a county hospital in a remote area, and it is still in this newly developed era. There is no need to check this and that like later generations.

As long as you make sure that you are healthy and the fetus is normal, and you are not one of those special pregnant women such as uterine cold, the pregnancy test will be a normal result.

After this experience, Zhang An no longer plans to take Su Ying to the hospital for check-ups.

Today's pregnancy tests are not like those of later generations. You can't check this and you can't see that.

At most, it is just a test, and then based on the results, we can see whether the pregnant woman is in good health and whether there are any other problems.

There is no need to go to the hospital for this. You can see it yourself at home.

Su Ying's pulse was very strong and steady in all aspects, and she was healthier than normal people.

Even if there is a problem that Zhang An cannot solve on his own, there is still Zhang and his party at home, which is much better than in this hospital.

Instead, he came to this hospital, where he had to draw blood and get injections, which made Zhang An feel very distressed.

Finally, the urine test results came out, confirming that Su Ying was two months pregnant, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law were relieved.

Although Zhang An and the others had confirmed it repeatedly before, they had not gone to the hospital for a check-up. They were always worried that the grandson was not real.

Now that the results from the hospital have come out, they are really relieved.

But today, the young couple shouldn't even think about going home, because the mother-in-law won't let them leave no matter what, and they have to stay in the city for the whole day.

Otherwise, when school starts in a few days, Su Ying will be busy with classes again, and there will be no time to come back by then.

Moreover, tomorrow is the weekend, so the two old men are not going to work, and they are thinking about getting something delicious for their daughter.

In this way, the couple stayed in the city for a day. On the afternoon of the next day, Su Ying and Zhang An returned to Changqing under the reluctant eyes of their mother-in-law.

(End of this chapter)