Farmer's happy event

Chapter 66
There was a good rain at the end of February, and after entering March, there were two or three drizzles one after another.The ground is very humid. I have visited the ground for lotus seeds several times this month, and I think it is almost ready for planting.

At the beginning of the year, Liu Jingren found a spare acre of that uncultivated land, brought cattle over to plow it, and sprinkled enough fertilizer.

There is only one mu of land, and it took the whole family a day to plant it.What is left is the [-] mu of land that needs to be improved.

The land over there has been plowed, and fertilizers have been sprinkled one after another.But to plant these [-] mu of land, it is simply impossible to rely on the strength of two adults and four children in this family.Therefore, Yang and Liu Jingren made a decision, planning to spend money to hire someone to do the work.

Although planting beans is simple, you only need to plow the furrows, put the seeds in, and then bury them in the soil.But twenty acres is not something that can be done in a day or two.What's more, when doing farm work, what is important is the season. Once this season passes, the crops may not grow well.

But who will do it, and how much should I pay?This is really hard to say.

Lianzi originally wanted to ask Zhao and Zhou Wenwen for help. The two families are close friends, and they can do a lot of work without paying money.But Zhao's family lives well because of the large amount of land, and they are very busy every spring and autumn harvest.If they waited until they finished their work before planting beans, it would probably be against the farming season.

Yang Shi and Liu Jingren were still worrying about who to find to work, when they suddenly heard Li Zi say, "Let's find Uncle Ping'an."

When Yang heard this, she slapped her forehead and said, "That's right, why didn't I think of that!"

The Uncle Ping'an that Lizi talked about was the father of Er Gouzi who starved to death during the famine last year.Ergouzi's death seemed to have dealt a heavy blow to Lizi.She used to call Er Gou Zi Dae and Er Gou Zi Niang, but now she actually calls her Uncle Ping An and Aunt Ping An.

The conditions of their family are very poor, and they may not be able to have a full meal until now.

Liu Jingren and Yang are not the kind of mean people either. They must be very willing to ask Ping'an and his wife to help plant beans and give them 150 Wen a day.

The two of them, together with Liu Jingren and Yang Shi, should have planted the [-] acres of beans in two or three days.

That night, Mrs. Yang went to Liu Ping'an's house.Their family is also separated from their old home now, but Er Gouzi has been in poor health for a few days, and he spent an unknown amount of money. When the famine caught up with the famine, the family was emptied, and it was not cured. died.So now the family is still poor and poor.

As soon as Liu Ping'an and his wife heard about Yang's intention to come, of course they agreed very much and agreed immediately.When they separated, they didn't get any land at all, and their daily life was maintained by Liu Pingan doing chores for others.So it was decided to go to the ground tomorrow.

Yang asked them to go to her house early in the morning, have breakfast together, and then go to the field together in a bullock cart.The [-] mu of land is not on Liujiazhuang, it is quite far away, and it will take a lot of time for him and his wife to walk alone.

Both Liu Ping'an and his wife, Mrs. Zhang, felt very embarrassed. They took other people's money and had to eat at their house.

Yang smiled and said: "It's okay, we have to eat by ourselves. There is nothing good at home, so just follow us and eat whatever you want."

Seeing that Liu Pingan and Mrs. Zhang could not refuse, they agreed, and they were grateful for Mrs. Yang's kindness in their hearts.

Although there is a lot of land, growing beans is very simple, and four people are enough.Therefore, Mrs. Yang didn't let the children of the family go to the field, but told the millet and beans to help cook some thin rice soup in the afternoon.After a day's work, they should all be very thirsty, and they must be very willing to drink thin rice soup.As for cooking and cooking other meals, Yang said that it would not be too late to wait until she came back.

I have already brought lunch, and the journey is far away, so I won't come back to eat. Yang asked the four children to eat well at noon, and then got in the car and got off the ground.

After Yang Shi and Liu Jingren left, Lianzi suddenly felt that there was nothing else to do.Look outside, there is a lot of spring, if you are bored at home, you will inevitably let down this great spring.

A few days ago, I promised Ning Qing that I would make strawberry preserves for him, but now that the spring plowing is not over, Mrs. Yang really doesn't have time to help her with it, so she can only do it when the busy work is over.

"Big sister," Lianzi called Guzi and asked, "Do we have wild fruits here?"

Gu Zi was doing embroidery work, when he heard this, he said, "Of course it is, haven't you seen it on the mountain?"

I have seen it, but I have not eaten much.When I went to the mountains to collect herbs, there were mulberries and wild strawberries on the left and right.Or maybe she was too focused on collecting herbs and ignored the wild fruits.

"I want to go up the mountain." Lianzi said.

"What are you going to do?" Douzi raised his head and asked.

Lianzi thought for a while and said, "Go up the mountain to pick wild fruits."

Gu Zi couldn't help laughing: "Where can I find wild fruits at this time? Only wild strawberries."

Yes, Lianzi actually overlooked this point.It seems that the best way to find wild fruits is at the end of summer.

There is no leftovers in the morning, so I need to make my own lunch.The four sisters went on stage together, lighting the fire, chopping the vegetables, they were very busy, and finally cooked the meal, and they were very happy to eat.

"How about, let's cook dinner for the evening too." Li Zi suggested, "Father and mother must be very tired after a day's work, so let's cook at home."

"Okay." Gu Zi smiled and nodded.

It turns out that Lizi, who seems carefree, also has delicate thoughts.

As for what to do, let's think about it carefully.

Lianzi thought that her parents would definitely keep Liu Ping'an and his wife at home for dinner in the evening, so they must prepare enough.It doesn't matter if there is too much, put it in the cellar, and you can still eat it tomorrow, if there is less, it will be troublesome.

Thinking in her heart, Lianzi went to the cellar, walked around, and found that there were quite a lot of ingredients available.Lianzi tidied up and decided to show off her skills with her sisters tonight to surprise her parents.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and things are not easy to store, but it is impossible without meat.Therefore, Lianzi took tens of pennies from Yang's small pottery pot, went to the butcher's house in the village to buy two catties of pork, and spent another five pennies to buy a pair of pigs.

It was also a coincidence that the butcher's family had just slaughtered a pig, packed up the pork, and planned to sell it tomorrow, but the pig was unedible in the water, and the butcher's wife was about to throw it away when Lianzi saw it.So he paid five Wen and bought all the pigs.

This is a good thing, if you throw it away, it would be a waste of money.

When she took it home, Gu Zi was really taken aback and said, "Why do you want these stinky things? You can't eat them."

"That's right, it stinks to death." Li Zi said, pinching her nose exaggeratedly.

Lianzi smiled mysteriously, and said, "No, this is edible, and it's very delicious." Seeing that the three sisters didn't believe it, she said again, "If you are cooking other dishes, just leave me a pot, and I will cook it." This is it. Keep you eating once, and want to eat a second time.”

As he spoke, he handed over the pork to Guzi, and he carried the pair of pigs into the water and went out.

There is a clear river just a few steps away. The water in the river is not polluted, and it is fine to drink it directly. It is really suitable to come here to wash these things.

Lianzi washed the pig offal in the river and took it home.

Guzi had already cooked rice soup, put it on a disk, and kept it warm in the stove.

The three of them were tinkling and busy in the kitchen at the moment, Lianzi glanced at it, and it seemed that they were going to make stewed pork with sauerkraut vermicelli.

Lianzi went to the main room to get a basin, put the pig intestines in it, scooped a scoop of flour with a dried gourd ladle, poured it into the basin, and rubbed the intestines vigorously with her hands.Little by little, rub very carefully.

Pig intestines eat fire and need to be stewed for a long time.Lianzi put a whole string of intestines that had been thoroughly washed into the pot, added water, added firewood to the stove, and started to light the fire.

There is no need to keep watching the firewood, so Lianzi took advantage of the spare time to cook the pig lungs, pig heart, pig liver and pig belly together.These are definitely not edible, so just make a part of them, and put the rest in the cellar for good storage, and they can be eaten for several days.

After all these things were cooked, Lianzi cut some pig lungs, put peanuts and other condiments on it, and made a peanut pig lung soup.Then cut half of the pork liver and half of the pork belly, put onion shreds, ginger, coriander, pour soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil and mix.

After these two dishes were ready, the soft and rotten intestines that had been boiled were fished out, cut into half, and fried with fresh chili. The smell was delicious.

When Lianzi made these pigs into the water, the three sisters watched curiously all the time. They didn't believe that Lianzi could use this to make dishes.But who knew it would smell so good.

Lizi couldn't help it, picked up a piece of cold pork liver and ate it, his eyes lit up immediately, and said to Guzi and Douzi, "It's really delicious."

Lianzi rolled her eyes triumphantly, so is it fake?
I also tasted the millet and beans. The pork liver was just cooked, and it was still hot. It tasted soft, and it was very delicious with this seasoning.

Spicy fried sausage, peanut pork lung soup, and cold pork liver and pork belly. After finishing these three dishes, Lianzi thought that her task was over, so she washed her hands, served these three dishes on the table, and sat down. While resting, watching the three sisters are still busy.

In addition to stewed pork with sauerkraut and vermicelli, there are scrambled eggs with fungus, stir-fried baby Chinese cabbage, stewed tofu with leeks and spicy shredded potatoes.

Lianzi thought for a while, and she felt that something was missing after all she just ate.She shook Liu Jingren's jug under the table, and there was not much wine in it, so he took a few pennies, lifted the jug, and went to the canteen to buy half a jug of wine.

I'm tired after a day's work. Drinking some alcohol in moderation is good for your health.Don't drink too much, only this small half pot.

　A chapter fell on Monday, and I will make it up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)