My village can't be like this

Chapter 665 Rice Seeds
In the afternoon, many people came to Zhang An's house.

Except for Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye, the wives of Zhang Jianguo's other cousins ​​were basically all there.

They all heard that Zhang An's family had already started soaking this year's rice seeds, so they came here just for this blood rice.

Speaking of which, many years ago, this blood rice was not so rare. Every household in Changqing Village had planted it, and even in several nearby villages, the same was true.

It’s just that the blood rice seeds passed down by our ancestors, although delicious and nourishing, have a low yield.

At that time, even if a family used up all their paddy fields to plant crops, it would only be enough for the family to eat. The remaining amount would definitely not be enough to estimate the share of public grain that needed to be paid.

So when hybrid rice appeared later, in order to harvest more grain and to have more food at home after paying the public grain tax, everyone switched to growing the newly bred rice seeds.

Since then, this ancient rice variety has become unpopular.

Even in the first few years, only a few nostalgic elderly people in the village planted some.

Uncle Zhang was one of them. Although he didn't plant much at that time, he maintained the tradition every year and passed it down. He was one of the few elderly people in the village who still had rice seeds.

Until a few years ago, because of the appearance of Zhang An, the two old people no longer had to work in the fields themselves.

Later, because of Zhang An's idea, he took the remaining blood rice seeds back from Master Zhang Er.

Coupled with the magical effect of space, the replanted blood rice is not only more delicious than before, but the yield is actually much higher than before.

The generation of people who are now in charge of Changqing Village basically grow hybrid rice after they get married.

The impression of this blood rice was from their childhood, so even though they knew that this kind of blood rice would taste much better than the rice that everyone grows now, few people dared to do what Zhang An did and gave up the yield in pursuit of quality.

Coincidentally, when Zhang An's family was planting blood rice before, there was a flood, which resulted in a complete crop failure. Not much grain was harvested that season, so no one paid attention to it.

It was not until the second year, when the yield of blood rice from Zhang An's family exceeded that of most families in the village, that they began to change their minds and found some seeds from other elderly people who had left to sow.

However, because there were not many seeds, and none of them dared to gamble with Zhang An, they only planted a few acres of land to give it a try.

But when it came to the final harvest, the blood rice didn't yield much in total. Compared with the hybrid rice that was mainly planted at home, there was a huge difference.

Therefore, many people gave up on this thing again and decided not to touch it again.

However, once the news spread that the tenants of Dongli Yard came to Zhang An's house and spent a high price to buy blood rice, the other families could no longer sit still.

They also discovered that the blood rice grown in Zhang An's home seemed to be different from the one they grew.

After all, the harvest of blood rice in Zhang An’s field has already caught up with that of their hybrid rice.

With the high prices offered by the tenants, every family wants to grow some and sell them to these city dwellers.

But we definitely cannot plant the seeds left over from the past. If we have to plant anything, we have to plant the ones from Zhang An’s family.

So this year, when Zhang An's family just started breeding, many families came to them as soon as they heard about it.

Of course, those who came were Zhang An’s relatives. As for the others, they were still thinking of what excuse to use.

After all, only Zhang An's family is selling this thing now. If they come to ask for it, it's obvious that they want to steal the business.

Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. The calculating villagers know this truth, so they won't speak directly without a suitable excuse or enough favors. After all, these are not just one or two families.

However, the families of Zhang Xinmin and Zhang Laosan, who had obtained seedlings from Zhang An's house and planted them in previous years, did not come this year.

Because they have already planted for a season, they think they are all the same thing and can save the seeds. It would be unreasonable for them to ask for it again.

"Sister-in-law, how many rice seeds are left? If there are more, we want to plant some this year."

The wives of Zhang Jianzhong and others, that is, Zhang An's aunts, came over and chatted with Wang Fang for a while before telling her the purpose of their visit.

Zhang An's second aunt and third aunt did not come, because their two families were closest to Zhang An's family, and Wang Fang would prepare for them even without asking.

"Do you all want them?"

Thanks to Zhang An's reminder, Wang Fang was not surprised that her sisters-in-law came to ask for rice seeds.

When the Zhang family's wives heard what Wang Fang said, they all nodded and expressed their desire.

"We are all family, so I won't hide it from you. Last year, Xiao An left behind nearly 10 kilograms of rice seeds. I have already soaked them all. They are all here. We cannot use them all, but you also know that we have a lot of fields, so I guess less than half will be left. If you all want them, there may not be much left. Probably only half a kilogram per family."

Although the sisters-in-law would occasionally have some disputes, to be honest, those present were all three generations of blood relatives of Zhang An's family and had a very close relationship. They were a real family, so Wang Fang did not refuse.

However, Zhang An only gave her so many rice seeds. Even if she wanted to share them with others, she had to use them for her own use first.

If we divide the remaining amount among so many families, they will definitely not get much.

As the saying goes, what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality. We are all brothers and sisters-in-law and one family. If one family has more and another family has less, someone will definitely have complaints in the end.

In recent years, this branch of their family has been generally harmonious and united. Wang Fang doesn't want the brothers to quarrel over this matter, so she must say the ugly words in advance.

According to Changqing Village's method of planting rice twice and then transplanting it, this half-pound of rice seedlings can definitely cover an area of ​​more than five mu of land, which is not too small.

"That's enough, that's enough. We don't have much land."

Hearing Wang Fang's words, the sisters-in-law were immediately satisfied. They didn't think it was too little. After planting these seedlings, they could at least harvest several hundred kilograms of blood rice, which was enough.

"Sister-in-law, where are you going to plant all these rice seeds? If you need a vegetable plot, I just found a plot of land near my house."

Afterwards, all the sisters-in-law helped Wang Fang soak the rice seeds, and Zhang Jianzhong's wife also asked Wang Fang about it.

They didn't think of taking some rice seeds back to sow and cultivate seedlings. They were planning to ask their sister-in-law Wang Fang to help them cultivate them and then directly divide the seedlings for transplanting when the time comes.

Because they can't guarantee what the seedlings they cultivate back home will be like. If they turn out to be like the old blood rice, with low yield, then they will suffer a huge loss and would have wasted such a great favor. So it is better to leave professional matters to professionals.

When the time comes, they will all come to help, and after they have learned how to do it, they can grow seedlings on their own in the second year.

So in the first year, not only would they come to help voluntarily, but they would also take whatever was needed.

"That's not necessary. The land in front of our house has been cleared. We can dig it out tomorrow and spread it after it has soaked well."

If it were in the past, Wang Fang would definitely agree, because at that time their family’s vegetable garden was not big, and there was no way to sow more than ten kilograms of rice seeds.

But now it's different. Not to mention the large vegetable garden in the backyard, the vegetable plot under the embankment at the door that the village used as compensation for their family is already quite large, enough for sowing rice seeds this year. "That's fine, we'll come over to help tomorrow."

After hearing this, Zhang An's aunts all began to express their opinions.

"Come if you want. It may take me several days to dig alone."

Wang Fang did not refuse them. It was such a large piece of land that it would take two or three days for her family of three to dig it.

But if all these sisters-in-law come to help, it will definitely be dug in less than a day.

After dinner in the evening, Su Ying taught her son some pinyin and numbers as usual.

After this period of teaching, although Xiao Siqi is not able to recite all the initials and finals fluently, it is not a problem at all if it is only a part of them.

Seeing her son's excellent performance, Su Ying was very happy and did not make things difficult for him anymore.

After letting Xiao Siqi go play by herself, Su Ying washed up quickly and went upstairs.

Zhang An originally thought that his wife would prepare lessons and make some teaching preparations in the room as she did before.

But when he went upstairs, he found that Su Ying was not in the bedroom, but in the study, sitting in front of the computer.

When I got closer, I saw Su Ying chatting with her roommates and best friends via QQ, while searching for many things on her computer.

It's just that the input method on their computer is the most mainstream Wubi input method. People like Zhang An, who have used it for a long time, can use it proficiently after a review, while Su Ying, a novice who has just started using computers, can only type it out bit by bit.

Su Ying was so focused that she didn't notice Zhang An walking behind her. Her eyes were still fixed on the screen.

"Hey, you've already started surfing the Internet."

Zhang An couldn't help but smile. He didn't expect that his wife was so addicted to the Internet. She was so engrossed in it on the first day of using the computer.

"Oh, can't you walk a little more noisily? You scared me to death."

Su Ying, who had been oblivious to what was happening outside, was startled when Zhang An shouted at her.

He turned around and glared at Zhang An while patting his chest.

"I feel even more wronged than Dou E. It was obviously you who didn't pay attention, but you still blame me for walking quietly."

After being glared at by Su Ying, Zhang An immediately showed an expression of extreme grievance.

"Okay, stop being weird. What did you just say about surfing?"

Looking at her man's expression, Su Ying felt a little embarrassed.

"Hey, this is a new meme. Playing on the computer is called surfing the internet, and the English word for surfing the internet is surfing the internet. Isn't this surfing?"

Although Zhang An's English was not good before, that was in the past. Now with his abnormal memory, it is not a problem for him to memorize some English words.

"It seems to be true, but this computer is really interesting. You can find a lot of things here. It's so convenient."

Although Su Ying has only been using computers for a short time, she found that some problems that usually required searching for a lot of information can now be found with just a simple search, which is extremely convenient.

"It's not a big deal now, but it will be more convenient when more and more people use computers in the future."

There are not many users on the Internet now, so the information on various aspects on the Internet is not much.

Only after a few years, when the number of Internet users explodes, can it be called a virtual world.

However, this is not entirely a good thing, because as there is more information on the Internet, there will naturally be more false information.

Although the information is not as comprehensive now, its authenticity is not as low as in later generations.

Afterwards, Wang Min and the others sent messages again, and Su Ying once again immersed herself in the fun of chatting on QQ.

Zhang An didn't bother her. He picked up a book and went back to his room, leaning against the head of the bed to read.

That night, several more ewes in the sheepfold gave birth to lambs, but everything went smoothly without any accidents.

The next morning, Zhang An knew that his mother had to dig the ground and sow rice seeds, so he got up, washed up, and picked up a hoe to go and help.

But when he got to the door, he found that the field under the road was already filled with a large group of aunts, each of them swinging hoes and digging the ground.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Zhang An was not at home yesterday afternoon, so he didn't know that his aunts had gone home to look for his mother. So he was a little dazed when he saw so many people.

"Xiao An is here to dig too. You should go back soon. We are here to help."

When everyone in the field saw Zhang An, they all smiled and said.

Although Zhang An is their junior, no one in the family treats Zhang An as a junior.

Finally, after Wang Fang said a few words, Zhang An finally understood what was going on.

So he didn't go to the fields, but went home with his hoe.

Although the women in the fields are all our aunts, they are still a group of women after all.

Although they are considered elders, they sometimes talk about anything regardless of the content of the conversation. Zhang Anke doesn't want to stay here and be teased by them.

Although digging the ground requires digging with a hoe, the vegetable fields are usually fluffy and not as difficult to dig as the crop fields on the mountains.

And with so many people working on the field, with everyone digging, it won’t take long to finish digging.

As the saying goes, more hands make work easier. Wang Fang led a group of sisters-in-law to dig for an hour, and in the afternoon it took less than two hours to finish digging the seedling field.

After the ridges were leveled, they brought sieves from their homes and sifted fine soil on the banks of each ridge.

Now you just need to soak the seedling bank with water, wait until the rice seeds are fully soaked, and then directly scatter them. Finally, sift a layer of fine soil on it and cover it with seedling film.

(End of this chapter)