My village can't be like this

Chapter 618 Planting Garlic

Chapter 618 Planting Garlic
After the garlic seeds are prepared, there is less than a week left until the Frost Descent.

If it were just Zhang An's family, a week would definitely not be enough.

Planting garlic is a delicate job, unlike harvesting rice which is a strenuous job. Zhang An has no place to use all his strength.

Even though he is so big, the job of planting garlic is still better done by the young aunts and old sisters-in-law in the village.

"Mom, you should go find some people and finish the planting in a few days."

While having dinner in the evening, Zhang An discussed with his mother about hiring someone to plant garlic.

In the past two years, they were used to hiring people to do the work. But this year, when it was time to harvest rice in autumn, everyone was busy with their own affairs and there was really no one to hire. Zhang An was exhausted after harvesting so much rice by himself.

Nowadays, the villagers are not so busy, and he doesn't want to work himself like a cow anymore. Why not spend a little money and make himself more relaxed?

"Then I'll go look for them after dinner. There should be about four or five of them."

Wang Fang also didn't object to paying someone to do the work. After all, once something like this happens, it will happen again and again.

Early the next morning, Zhang An and his father Zhang Jianguo went to the fields with Dahei and his wife.

After harvesting the rice, several acres of land are still barren and must be plowed before sowing.

Wang Fang had already found the people who were going to plant garlic last night. They had to plow the fields quickly this morning so that everyone could go into the fields.

But there is no need to worry, as the family has two horses, and the father and son can plow the fields together, so there is no need to rush.

Dahei was still as energetic as before, running wildly while pulling the plow, so Zhang came personally to drive it away.

On the other hand, his wife is much more steady when pulling the plow.

"Go, go, go and play. If you like pulling a plow, I'll prepare one for you some other day, and you can try it next year."

At this moment, Zhang An regretted very much that when he led the Dahei couple out, he also released their son Xiaohei.

Because this guy is curious about everything, when he sees his parents working with the plow, he curiously follows them and scares them away, which really wastes time.

Actually, Xiao Siqi is one month older than him. Now he is over one year old. He looks almost as tall as other horses, even taller than some pack horses in the village. He is already considered a big horse.

That is, it is in Zhang An's home. If it were in any other family, it would have been put on a bridle and started learning how to pull the plow and harrow. It really seems like it is not grateful for what it has.

After being chased away by Zhang An, it indeed stopped running around Dahei.

But don't expect it to be obedient, because this guy ran to his mother's side.

The plow was working well in the snow, but it had to stop several times because of this rebellious guy.

"Come on, Dad, you plow it first. I'll take it home and lock it up first. It's taking up too much time."

This time Zhang An was not going to let it go. He asked Dahei to stop and then dragged it into the circle.

I have to say that without its interference, the two horses were still able to plow the field quickly. Because this field had been used to dry millet some time ago, the rice stubbles left in the field had been dug out, and half of the field was plowed in a short while.

Afterwards, Zhang An took Dahei to plow the field, while Zhang Jianguo took Taxue and turned around to dig out ditches in the places that had just been plowed to facilitate garlic planting.

When Zhang Jianguo had just dug a few ditches, several people found by Wang Fang last night also came to the fields with their hoes and quickly started planting garlic.

Wang Fang didn't come because Su Ying went to class again and there was a little ancestor to look after at home.

However, after the largest field was plowed and Zhang Jianguo dug a ditch, he also joined the garlic planting army.

Zhang An led Dahei to continue plowing the other fields, but there was no need to rush to dig ditches because they could not plant here today. They could come back to dig ditches when they wanted to plant. It wouldn't take much time anyway.

After all, the field we just mentioned is more than two acres in size, and it would be considered a fast achievement if we can finish planting it today.

"Zhang An, your family has so many fields, are you using them all to grow garlic? You don't even grow rapeseed at all?"

Zhang An's family was working hard in the fields, and there were quite a few people watching by the side of the fields.

In the village, growing garlic is not a rare thing at all, but here in Zhang An's family, all six acres of land are used to grow garlic, which is a precedent in the entire village.

Nowadays, no matter what Zhang An does, he will attract the attention of the villagers, because he eats too many crabs, and everyone thinks that he will not do something for no reason.

"No, no, no, it's very troublesome to grow rapeseed. You have to sow seeds and transplant them. It's hard to weed when they grow up. It's easier to grow garlic."

Zhang An was busy planting garlic while talking to everyone, without delaying anything.

"Garlic is easier to grow than rapeseed, but can you make money from it?"

This is the main reason why everyone came to watch. It's not that people don't want to grow some crops that are easy to care for, but they are worried that they won't be able to sell them, and they will be left with nothing, wasting a whole season's efforts in growing the crops.

Although rapeseed is a little difficult to grow, the advantage is that many people will go to the countryside to harvest it, so it won't be left to waste.

"I can't guarantee whether I can make money, but growing garlic is definitely not worse than growing rapeseed. Think about it, if you grow rapeseed, you can only sell rapeseed, but if you grow garlic, you can sell garlic sprouts, garlic stalks, and finally garlic. How bad can it be?"

Zhang An did not hide anything from anyone and told everyone whatever he was thinking.

"Hey, it seems to be true. In two months, the garlic sprouts will be on the market. They are much more expensive than garlic heads."

"And garlic sprouts aren't cheap either. Do you remember that during the Qingming Festival, when we were hanging paper, garlic sprouts were sold for more than one yuan."

After being reminded by Zhang An, everyone immediately understood the reason behind this.

However, Zhang An just smiled after hearing this. Garlic sprouts worth more than one yuan are nothing at all. They will only become more and more expensive in the future. At the most expensive time, they will cost more than ten yuan per catty.

"But having said that, isn't it a bit of a gamble to plant so many? If you can't buy any, then all your efforts will be in vain."

Although many people are attracted by garlic sprouts and garlic scapes, there are still some people who are sober.

No matter what you grow, sales are always the biggest problem. If you can't sell it, everything is wasted.

"Hahaha, I'm not worried about that. Ding Yi has opened so many supermarkets. I can just let him collect the garlic when the time comes. How much garlic can I get from my few acres of land?"

Even if the garlic sprouts and garlic scapes cannot be sold, Zhang An is not worried. At worst he can just sell the garlic buds.

Anyway, this thing is easy to store, so I can let Ding Yi collect it and sell it slowly when the time comes.

"Yes, with Boss Ding here, Zhang An will have no trouble selling his garlic."

When Ding Yi was mentioned, everyone suddenly realized what was going on. After all, everyone knew that Zhang An and Boss Ding had a relationship as good as two brothers.

The question was answered and the crowd quickly dispersed.

With more people working together, work can be done faster. Moreover, the people Wang Fang found were all very hardworking and never cheated. Together with Zhang An and his son, there were seven people in total. It took them three days to plant all six acres of land with garlic.

However, Zhang An's estimate of the garlic seeds was still a little off, but not by much, only about ten pounds.

This little bit of garlic was not worth buying again, so Zhang An found more than ten pounds of leeks from other families in the village and planted them in the remaining space.

Shallots are a good thing. Although they are similar in size to scallions, they are very refreshing and crispy when pickled. It is one of Zhang An's favorite side dishes.

Zhang An's family had just finished planting garlic, and the next day was the day Zhang Ping was going to send the horoscope to the girl's family.

Originally, he was thinking that if he couldn't make it in time, he would stop for a day and continue working after Zhang Ping's incident was over. Unexpectedly, he just happened to make it in time.

Although Zhang Jianwen and Bai Xue's families have discussed it, it's just a formality and there's no need to make it too grand.

But Zhang Jianwen's lifelong popularity in the village did not allow it, and everyone took the initiative to help. When they finally set off, there were three cars in total, two from Zhang An's family, and Chen Ze also went with them.

If Li Hongbin hadn't gone to the construction site, there would have been one more.

A few days later, the last solar term of this autumn, Frost Descent, arrives.

Speaking of Frost Descent, it is a hurdle. Every year after the 16th day of the ninth lunar month, the temperature immediately turns cold.

Not only are there fewer sunny days, but there is also frost every morning and it even rains.

Although the rain is not heavy each time, it is basically just drizzle, but it makes everyone feel cold.

After all, every autumn rain brings a chill, and this is not just talk.

It was during this period that people began to give up their cool short-sleeved shirts and shorts and started wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants.

Because winter will soon be here.

It is said that God was very kind. As soon as I mentioned the autumn rain, it started to drizzle and the air was hazy the next day.

Early in the morning, Wang Fang was worried that her grandson would be cold, so she dressed little Siqi in thick clothes.

Normally the little guy is quite nimble, but because of the thick clothes he wore, he looked a lot more clumsy. Even when he was simply climbing on a chair, he looked naive.

When I walked into the yard, I saw that the ground, which was covered with only a few dead leaves a few days ago, was now covered with fallen leaves.

Looking up again, I saw that the leaves on several tall and straight Davidia involucrata trees in the yard had almost all fallen. This must be the work of the autumn wind that blew so loudly last night.

But this is already remarkable, as those deciduous trees on the hills outside had already started shedding their leaves some time ago.

Of course, not all trees lose their leaves. For example, the honeysuckle that was planted just a few months ago is still green.

In this bleak late autumn, it adds a touch of green life to the entire yard.

After all, honeysuckle is also known as honeysuckle. Even if the temperature drops to minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius, they will not be affected.

The same thing happened in the backyard. All the leaves on the huge grape rack had fallen off, leaving it a pile of bare vines.

Wang Fang came out of the house with a big broom, ready to sweep up the fallen leaves.

"Mom, give it to me, I'll sweep it."

Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I naturally can't just watch my mother clean the yard.

But when he was sweeping the leaves together, God was very unkind and blew the autumn wind.

So the dead leaves that had just been gathered together were blown everywhere again.

As soon as the little guy saw the leaves being blown all over the sky, he immediately started chasing them around the yard.

But now he has lost his former agility, and the thick clothes make him look much more bloated.

He just jumped a few times in the yard, then slipped and fell to the ground.

As personal bodyguards, Xiaohu and a group of big dogs immediately came over to protect him.

Suddenly, the yard was filled with dogs running around.

However, Zhang An ignored them and continued to sweep the leaves. Even though the little guy fell down, he didn't feel anything because of his thick clothes. Instead, he played with Xiaohu and the others.

Later, Zhang An learned his lesson, took the bamboo basket and continued sweeping. Every time he swept a pile, he put it into the bamboo basket first, so that it would not be blown everywhere by the wind.

"Qiqi, we are playing."

When the little guy was having fun with Xiaohu and the others, Zhang Jianwen came over.

"Grandpa~~"

The little guy ran over and called out "Grandpa", then went back to the pile of dogs.

"Uncle is here."

Zhang An stopped brooming and greeted Zhang Jianwen.

"You wanted eggs a few days ago, right? I happened to have saved some these days, so I'll bring them to you."

After Zhang Jianwen finished speaking, he handed over the basket in his hand.

"Actually, uncle, you don't have to be so anxious. I'm not in a hurry to get it."

Zhang An looked into the basket and saw about twenty eggs.

But maybe because the hen is smaller, the egg is not too big.

"Your aunt and I don't usually eat it, but yesterday your mom mentioned that your family happened to have some brooding chickens, so I brought it over for you."

Zhang Jianwen's family really doesn't eat eggs very often, because they save them and sell them to Ding Yi.

"Uncle, take these eggs back and let my aunt make them into preserved eggs for the New Year."

Zhang An didn't give Zhang Jianwen any money because he knew Zhang Jianwen wouldn't want it, so he simply gave him a basket of his own eggs.

Everyone in the village knows that their eggs are not only delicious when fried, but also taste delicious when made into preserved eggs.

"You kid, I'm just bringing you some eggs, why do you think I'm coming to your house to buy goods?"

Looking at the basket full of eggs, Zhang Jianwen immediately refused.

"Uncle, if you refuse, I won't want it."

Zhang An didn't care and just stuffed the basket into Zhang Jianwen's hands.

Seeing Zhang An say this, Zhang Jianwen had no choice but to accept it.

"Zhang An, do you have anything to do this afternoon?"

Then Zhang Jianwen asked again.

"There's nothing to do. I've finished what I need to do."

Now that the garlic in the field has been planted, Zhang An is just waiting for the weather to clear up in a few days, and then pick up some tiles for the pen house to prepare for the snowfall after winter.

"We are going to look at the land with Chen Ze this afternoon. If you have nothing to do, come along."

Seeing that Zhang An was fine, Zhang Jianwen spoke again.

"Oh? Has this been settled?"

Although Zhang An took the lead in this matter, on one side were his friends and on the other side were his own village, so he did not intervene in the talks between the two sides.

"We have already negotiated it a few days ago. We can get 15% of the shares if we provide 10 acres of land. We just need to choose the land and then sign the contract."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jianwen couldn't hide the smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)

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