I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 15 Farming
"Silly girl, who should apply fertilizer first when planting vegetables? If you apply fertilizer first, aren't the seeds soaked in fertilizer?" Li Xiuju took the shovel and prepared to return it to its original owner, "You two siblings haven't rested these days. Leave the seeds to me."

"No, no, no, I want to grow vegetables too!" Zhou Chenyu jumped to Li Xiuju's side, showing great interest in growing vegetables.

Although she had never grown a vegetable since she was a child, after being severely beaten by 996, she dreamed of saving enough money to go back to the countryside, rent a piece of land, and grow some of her favorite vegetables.

To this end, she also watched many programs on the agricultural channel to lay a solid foundation in advance.

But in modern cities, land is at a premium. Not to mention having such a large piece of land to grow vegetables, it would be nice to buy a house with a small balcony.

Zhou Chenyu didn't expect that this extravagant wish would be realized here. He was eager to get started with it himself, "Old lady, I'll help you."

Seeing Zhou Chenyu's initiative, Li Xiuju couldn't help but smile, "That's fine, I didn't think about it. After all, it's her daughter's family. If she learns how to cook and farm, she will marry into her husband's family. Naturally, her father-in-law and mother-in-law will not be able to choose. It’s your fault.”

Isn’t this kind of vegetable cultivation a gene hidden in the bones of Chinese people?
She farmed for herself, not for others.

Father-in-law and mother-in-law are just a ball.

Zhou Chenyu didn't bother to refute, lowered his head and smiled shyly, making Li Xiuju believe him.

The next day, Li Xiuju and Zhou Chenyu took the seeds and started planting vegetables.

Li Xiuju made two homemade small wooden rakes to rake the surface of the vegetable field. "Just follow my mother's example and rake up a thin layer of soil, then scatter the seeds over it, and then cover it back with soil."

"Is this so?" Zhou Chenyu demonstrated it live and asked humbly.

"No, no." Li Xiuju picked up some of the seeds she dropped, "Don't throw them so densely, otherwise the vegetables will have no place to grow."

"Oh, then I understand." Zhou Chenyu did it again naively, and Li Xiuju smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's just right."

Zhou Chenyu was like a child in kindergarten who got a small red flower reward, raking the ground and scattering seeds hard. Her legs and feet were easy to move, and she quickly finished planting the seeds in her hands. She didn't have enough fun: "Old lady, is there anything else you want me to plant?" ah?"

Seeing that she was eager to try, Li Xiuju gave her the remaining seeds, "You can plant this land again, and I will go to the stream at the foot of the mountain to fetch some water for watering."

"Okay, wrap it up on me, no problem."

After Zhou Chenyu finished scattering the seeds, when he saw Li Xiuju coming back with a bucket, he also picked up another bucket.

Li Xiuju smiled and quickly stopped, "This kind of seed has just been planted, this bucket of water is enough."

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Before the seedlings were planted, the chickens and ducks raised in the village were free-range. The ducks liked to spend all day pecking in the paddy fields, while the chickens liked to run all over the mountains and fields.

There are often chickens scurrying around in the wasteland in the back room, so Li Xiuju picked up eggs a while ago.

If you don't want the vegetables to be eaten by chickens, you must fence them. Small bamboo is the best material. There is a large bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain behind the wasteland. You can just use local materials.

It's okay to ruin her, but it's not okay to ruin her food.

Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu sharpened their knives on the bamboo.She was responsible for chopping bamboo. She cut down the smooth green bamboo with one stroke. The blade of the knife scraped against the surface of the bamboo, making a sharp sound, like the sound of scraping a foam board, which made her skin crawl.

Zhou Chenyu was really helpless against the large bundle of bamboo, so he could only find two pieces of scrap cloth to make earplugs, which was much better.

The bamboos were cut down, and Baoyu quickly tied them together and put them in the vegetable garden.

After Li Xiuju got the bamboo, she first cut it in the vertical direction along the edge of the vegetable garden, one by one, without leaving any gaps, and then inserted it into the soil in the middle position, in the horizontal direction, like threading a needle. Reinforce well.

A small vegetable garden was formed.

After holding the shovel and knife for a few days, the calluses on Zhou Chenyu's palms grew stronger. Fortunately, everything paid off.

Zhou Chenyu looked at the vegetable garden, which was still bare and black, with a smile overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

From now on, she will also have a vegetable garden.

After the vegetable garden was finished, Zhou Chenyu's favorite thing every day was to get up early in the morning and run to the back room to water them, and then check to see if the seeds had germinated.

The gray spring rain swept over again, and quietly, the seeds broke out of the ground, revealing two tender green bud tips.

The seeds in the vegetable garden sprouted, and patches of green seedlings sprouted out of the barren paddy fields.

There are two types of rice fields in Zhoujia Village and even the entire town. They are planted in spring, harvested in summer, sown in early autumn, and harvested again in winter.As long as the harvest is good in winter, you can usually have a good year.Spring seedlings need to be planted before Qingming.

That night, the rain kept falling in the yard. The family was sitting in the main room having a meal, when an uninvited guest suddenly came outside.

"Aunt Li, I came at the wrong time. I've delayed your meal." The person who came was a strong, honest young man named Zhou Shuqing. People in the village called him Brother Qing. It was Grandma Wang who borrowed the shovel from them. grandson.

Li Xiuju stood up hurriedly, "Shuqing, have you finished eating? I'll give you a bowl."

"Auntie, no, no, no, I came here to tell you something. After I finish speaking, I have to go back." Zhou Shuqing shook off the rainwater on his bamboo hat and his pants were also wet, but his face was full of smiles and he looked at very good mood.

Li Xiuju stopped. Zhou Shuqing only had the elderly Grandma Wang and her pregnant daughter-in-law at home. It was really inappropriate to stay for dinner. "Hey, tell me."

"Auntie, my daughter-in-law Hongmei has given birth to a big fat boy." Zhou Shuqing said with a smile.

Although Li Xiuju had guessed this result, she was still overjoyed, "This is great. Your old lady was telling me a few days ago that she didn't know whether she was having a boy or a girl. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be a big fat boy. Her old lady I finally have my great-grandson in my arms, congratulations."

"I will accept your blessing." Zhou Shuqing was overjoyed and said: "That's why I came here. I thought it would take more than ten days for the red plum blossoms to bloom, but I never thought it would happen so early. Morning. Isn't it time for spring plowing?"

"My grandma has limited mobility and cannot take care of the red plums. There needs to be a man at home to keep an eye on her at all times. But the seedlings in the fields are getting longer and longer, and they also need manpower. I am very busy, so I thought of your family."

Zhou Wenbin's condition worsened the night before, and Baoyu was young. It was Zhou Shuqing who helped carry him to the town to see the doctor, who relieved their urgent need.

Li Xiuju was grateful, but never had the chance to repay her kindness.She smiled and said back to him, "Shu Qing, our family has just finished repairing the vegetable garden and is currently busy. We have three people at home, so your few acres of land will be cultivated in a few days. You don't have to worry about this, just leave it to me." "

(End of this chapter)