Rebirth of the Poor Girl

Qingzhou is located in the south of the southern country. Rice is planted twice a year. Usually, the summer crops have not been dried and harvested, and then the autumn crops are ready to be planted.

The days are busy, the millet is still drying in the drying field, and on the boundary of Yangmei Village, the farmers have already started watering the fields to plow the fields and prepare to transplant rice seedlings.

Tian Minyan's family wanted to raise fish in rice fields because of autumn sowing, and they hadn't rested much since harvesting. After the ears of grain were all fell down, Tian Huairen took his long-term workers with iron hoes to the fields every day to repair the ridges, weed weeds, cut off water and irrigate. field, and the paddy field was reorganized tightly.

The Tian family only had one animal, an old buffalo. In order not to affect the progress of autumn sowing, Tian Minyan proposed to buy another animal, and spent nearly four taels of silver to buy a black buffalo. Xiao Wu was very happy about it and named it Big Black , because this is the exclusive property of their three-bedroom family. In the future, even if the people from the old house come back to get back the old buffalo, they will not have no livestock to use.

After the buffaloes were bought, Tian Minyan divided the manpower into two groups to plow the fields. She herself wanted to double the crops in the fields compared to the past, so she was more concerned and went to supervise the work herself.

The [-] acres of land bought from the Xie family are all in the east of the mountain pit, and Tian Minyan and the others got an acre of land there when they separated. The land is also changed here.

In this way, there are 24 mu of paddy fields belonging to Tian Minyan and his family in Dongtou. Tian Minyan plans to use Yugou and Yudang for the 24 mu of paddy fields. Tian Minyan also dug out a few acres of paddy fields.

Originally, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Tian Minyan thought that they would not do this over there, but after thinking about it carefully, the land they rented and harvested, except for paying [-]% ​​of the rent, the rest belonged to them. That's all, treat those people in the old house cheap.

Therefore, the fields of the Tian family this year are different from those in the past. The ridges of the fields have been increased and widened. There is also Datai, which is as deep as one meter.

Some people don't understand why Tian's family is doing this. It's the first time for Tian Minyan to raise fish in this rice field. She didn't know if it was successful or not, so she didn't promote it. Of course, she also kept a selfish heart in it. , Want to eat crabs?But the Hetian family's joint crop harvesting family, because of their friendship, she simply said a few words, and they got it without asking too much.

But some shrewd people didn't ask any questions when they saw Tian's doing this, and followed suit by digging out Yudang Yugou.

It was time to grab the autumn sowing again, Tian Minyan once again felt the hotness of facing the loess and back to the sky.

After harvesting the crops together, Tian Minyan and the others became friends with Seventh Uncle Luo Huzi and others. This time, they finished their work on their own field, and they came to help grab the autumn sowing without Tian Minyan and the others asking.

Farmers are honest and don't want to be rewarded. For this reason, Tian Minyan went to Butcher Zhang to buy meat and big pig bones to make soup, so as to reward everyone.

With some help, the forty acres of paddy fields were soon filled with seedlings. This night, Tian Minyan and Luo Shi cleaned up a table of noodles, and the people who would help in the future were invited to have a drink.

Peasants always drink big bowls of wine and eat meat. Seventh Uncle chewed the crispy fried pig intestines, took a sip of wine, and said with a crunch: "Third son, it's your daughter who will eat this whole, this large intestine After frying like this, it will be even more fragrant. Pairing with wine is excellent!"

Tian Huairen refilled the wine for him, and said: "She just knows some weird things."

"These peanuts are also good, but they are not fried well." Luo Huzi peeled a plate of salted and dried peanuts, and said with a smile.

"It's delicious, but it's just that my teeth hurt after eating too much, especially in this hot weather, if I eat it tonight, my mouth will be full of bubbles when I wake up tomorrow." Uncle Zhu interjected.

"Sister Yan'er's method is fresh, my wife also dried a vat, and peeled off a few to eat when her mouth was itchy, to satisfy her craving." Zhu Dalang glanced at Wu Shi at the other table and said.

"You boy, it's fine, we've only been married for a while, and we're going to be a father." Luo Huzi thumped his shoulder, hooked his shoulder and said, "Youth means you have drive."

Everyone at the dinner table knew that Mrs. Wu was pregnant, and Zhu Dalang was also a green-headed boy who just started eating meat. He blushed in embarrassment when he said this.

"Brother Zhu, I respect you, congratulations that you are going to be a grandfather." Tian Huairen picked up the bowl and touched Uncle Zhu, and drank it all in one gulp.

Uncle Zhu also drank the wine in his bowl, and said boldly: "I'm happy today, my grandson will be born in the future, let's make good noodles, and then treat everyone to eat their fill."

At the women's table, Wu's face was blushing, and Tian Minyan said loudly: "Uncle Zhu, the grandson will invite you to the table, but what about the granddaughter? I won't invite you?"

"Please, why don't you please! Grandchildren and granddaughters please. Sister-in-law, even if you have a daughter, you are not afraid, father and mother are not too disliked. You and Dalang are young, and if you have children one after another, you will always give birth to someone who will lead you." Uncle Zhu Shouting loudly, the young couple blushed like blood with embarrassment.

Aunt Zhu laughed and cursed here, and said: "You talk too much after eating two cups of horse urine, don't you know how embarrassing you are?" She said to Luo Shi: "It's always like this. You can say anything."

"Her aunt, let him be happy today. Besides, his uncle is right, the child is young, it is better if the first child is a baby girl, it will bloom first and then bear fruit." Luo Shi Cheerful, he said to Wu Shi: "You are a lucky one. You got pregnant not long after passing through the door. You will be even more blessed in the future."

"Aunt..." Mrs. Wu snorted in embarrassment.

"Girls like our Yan girl are top-notch." The seventh uncle spoke this time, and said with a smile: "Yan girl, come over to uncle, and tell uncle what is it like to raise fish in rice fields? What’s the matter, now that the seedlings are planted, when will the fry be released?”

Tian Minyan hurried over, picked up the jug and personally poured wine for several people on the table, and said crisply the time to release the fry, usually seven to fifteen days, when the seedlings turned green, they would start to release the fry, because in this way The seedlings have grown steadily, and the fish will not eat them.

"My old man has lived most of his life, and this is the first time I heard that fish can be raised like this. If it can be done, it is really insightful, even if you die, you will die in peace." Seventh Uncle said, stroking his beard.

"Seventh Uncle, you will grow stronger and stronger, you have to live at least a thousand years before you can see the Buddha." Tian Minyan said with a smile and blinked.

"Haha, then am I no longer an old monster?"

"What are you afraid of? I'll be with you at a thousand and one years old." Tian Minyan said again nervously.

"Haha, you girl, why is your mouth so sweet?" Seventh Uncle laughed out loud.

"Speaking of which, if fish farming in this paddy field is really successful, our Yangmei Village will be the first one. If this technology is rolled out, it will be a great merit." Luo Huzi pursed his lips and said: "Yan girl, we all Remember this friendship."

"Brother Huzi, why are you saying this? You guys believed me, and it hasn't matured yet." Tian Minyan said hastily, "Even if there are mistakes, there will be."

"I'm not afraid of that, it's all about the fish dying, girl Yan, we trusted you."

"In a few days, my uncle will send the fish fry, and it will be put in at that time. Seventh uncle, we all have fields connected together, that's what I think..." Tian Minyan explained his plan.

There must be someone guarding the fish fry. Her family’s [-] mu of land is concentrated in one piece, so naturally they have to build a thatched house, and let the long-term workers take turns guarding it at night, while the fields of the other families are mostly connected together. Doing it this way will prevent someone from stealing fish from happening.

And this idea has also been agreed by everyone.

Then, Tian Minyan talked about the need to grow potatoes in his own wasteland. This person must be hired. Luo Huzi would go to the town to find work during the slack season. Tian Minyan asked him to help at the price of a part-time labor, and Qi Shugong's family is also capable. Those who worked were also hired. As for Uncle Zhu's house, because there was a blacksmith's shop and there was no manpower, they gave up.

Day by day, the seedlings turned green soon, Tian Minyan checked the growth, and it was ready to put in the fry, so she quickly sent someone to send a message to ask her uncle to send the fry.

The fish fry had been prepared long ago, even Seventh Uncle and his family bought the fish fry from Uncle Tian Minyan and shipped them together.

When Tian Minyan's uncle entered the village, many people were enjoying the coolness under the banyan tree at the head of the village and knocking their teeth. Luo Yaoguang and his brothers came to help Tian's family with farm work for a few days. Looking at the bucket, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Her uncle is here, what is this pretending to be?"

"It's fish fry!" Luo Yaoguang smiled and replied, "Send it to my sister's house."

fry?The villagers looked at each other in blank dismay after hearing this. They had never heard of Tian’s family digging a fishpond to raise fish. Where did they go to raise fish?

People who gossip said: "Go, let's go and see the excitement."

So, a swarm of bees followed the bullock cart behind Luo Yaoguang.

Tian Minyan had received the news a long time ago, and had waited with her people. Seeing that her uncle was coming, she instructed several long-term workers and the seventh uncle who was waiting together to get busy.

As a result, the villagers saw large wooden basins lined up in front of Tian's house, filled with some clear water, and Tian Minyan's uncle brought fish fry from the car, and poured them into clear water to soak.

"Second girl, do you use wooden basins to raise fish?" Someone in the crowd asked with a smile: "Fish farming needs muddy water, but it can be raised in clean water?"

"Second girl, where is your fish pond? Why don't you see your pond digging?"

Tian Minyan smiled: "Our family didn't dig a fish pond, the fry were thrown in the field."

As soon as she said this, the crowd immediately became quiet, and they immediately thought of the Tian family's field for sowing in autumn this year. They dug pits and holes. Come to fish?

Soon, a pot exploded in the crowd, buzzing with each other.

On Tian Minyan's side, the fish fry that had been soaked and sterilized in salt water were also good, so they quickly weighed them according to the original ratio, and put in [-] catties of fish fry per mu, mainly carp, grass carp, and crucian carp.

And Seventh Uncle and the others also took fish fry here, and they went to their own fields to put them in one after another.

It was unheard of to raise fish in rice fields. The people in the village exploded, and they all followed Tian Minyan and the others to the field to watch.

They all stared wide-eyed when they saw several long-term laborers of the Tian family dumping the fry from the barrel into the field.

"Old man Li, old man Chen, you two are old crops in our village. Will the Tian family's method work?" Someone asked two gray-haired old men who were watching the excitement in the crowd.

"How can this be done? No, there is nothing to do." Old man Li looked at it for a while, frowned and shook his head.

Uncle Chen hesitated for a while, then approached and looked around, and saw the fish that had fallen into the field swimming happily among the seedlings in groups without making a sound.

"Uncle Chen, are you in the middle?"

"I don't know for sure, but the fish didn't bite the seedlings. What happened to the fish when it was drying the fields." Old man Chen said, taking a puff of dry tobacco.

"I don't like it either. The crops are already dry in autumn, and the crops are drier. Didn't all the fish die when the fields were dried? No, no." A middle-aged man shook his head and said.

"Then Tian Laosan has too much money and nowhere to spend it?"

"I don't know for sure. Look at the Tian family's troubles, but they are all paid for. Isn't the preserved egg also belonged to the Tian family? That one also made a lot of money."

"The Liu family also has a role."

"the same."

"Oh, if it really works, then we will be at a loss again." Someone slapped his thigh suddenly, and said angrily: "Why don't we also buy some fish fry to release now."

"Don't be stupid, the land before planting rice seedlings has been dug with ditches and holes. It may not be possible. Let's see, if it can be done, we will do the same next year."

And those who followed the Tian family to dig ditches and fish holes, saw that Tian Minyan and his family dug them like this, so they hurriedly contacted the fish fry to put them in.

All the paddy fields were filled with fish fry, and Tian Minyan made a special trip, seeing those fish swimming in groups, he seemed to be overjoyed.

The next feeding and management is the most important thing. After all, the field needs to be shallowly irrigated for drying. If it is not done well, the fish will die due to lack of water when drying the field.

Such a big commotion at Tian Minyan's house quickly reached the ears of the county magistrate.

"Fish farming in rice fields?" Wen Shanchu stood up behind the desk, looked at Master Dai and asked, "Are you sure it's the Tian family in Yangmei Village?"

"Yes, my lord, it's just that many old crops don't like this method very much. I heard from the officials that it was all done by the girl from the Tian family." Dai Zhubo was a little disapproving of the Tian family's approach: "Xiao I don’t know what it sounds like to be a girl. Heh, the grown-ups of Tian’s family also believe her and let her mess with her. If the fertile land reduces production, then it will be..."

Wen Shanchu mused for a moment with his hands behind his back, and said: "Recently, the official affairs have piled up together, and my head has swollen. It just so happens that the autumn sowing has come down, and I haven't visited the towns. You and Lin Xiancheng are the most important things, Mr. Dai. Pick out the official business and deal with it first, and then we will go to the villages to inspect."

Dai Zhubo was taken aback for a moment, then said: "Yes, my lord."

"By the way, what I want is an unannounced visit in disguise. The commotion of going back to Yangmei Village was too much, and it was a waste of people and money. Don't notify Li Zheng, the mayors of all towns, especially those gentry and local tyrants." Wen Shanchu glanced at him. : "This official is not the magistrate of the greedy county." He was talking about the former magistrate of Qingping County.

Dai Zhubo received the warning gaze, and hurriedly lowered his head and responded tremblingly: "Yes, my lord."