Reborn Scholar

Chapter 11

Xiaoman is the time that rural children looked forward to the most besides the New Year.

Because when Xiaoman was in Xiaoman, there was Xiaomanhui.

In fact, it is just before the summer comes, a township fair where various villages and towns in the countryside rotate around. Unlike other minority areas, where there are temple fairs and the like, the Xiaomanhui here is very monotonous, but it is still the most anticipated by the children. looking forward to.

The streets are covered with rainproof shelters covered with rain cloth, one after another, there are sellers of clothes, sandals, toys, cotton candy, rice dumplings, and circus performances. Tickets are two yuan for adults and one for children.

Meng Shi in the past was no exception, of course, he liked Xiao Manhui very much.

Mom will buy her a pair of sandals, a short sleeve or something. Of course, she can also give her a few cents in change to buy rice dumplings and ice cubes.

However, this Xiaomanhui is not so attractive to Meng Shi now.

But the younger brother, Meng Xiangfei, just likes to be lively.

Meng Shi received the manuscript fee, and although it was handed over to her parents, she also left a few hundred yuan.

This is a large amount. When she said that she wanted to keep such money, her father hesitated for a moment, but her mother probably formed a blind trust in Meng Shi because of her work in Z city, so she nodded directly.

Therefore, it is a trivial matter to bring my younger brother to the meeting to eat candied haws and rice dumplings.

Of course, the zongzi only dared to let my brother eat one, and it would be indigestible if there were too many.

Many parents are reluctant to take their children to the circus.The tickets for two yuan for an adult and one yuan for a child are indeed not cheap.

Meng Xiangfei is a boy. In previous years, he and his sister would argue about going to the circus, but his mother never agreed.

On the contrary, several times, the siblings secretly opened a corner from the edge of the tent of other people's circus, looked at it through the fence, and were chased away by the patrolling people of other people's circus.

Originally, this time, Meng Xiangfei didn't have any hope, but he didn't expect that after eating, his sister would take him directly to the circus!

After buying a ticket to go in, I was finally able to see it openly.

Although the air here is super invincible, although the stage effect is unbearable to look at directly, although those so-called circus Meng Shi don't even want to take a second look...

But the siblings still enjoyed watching.

Looking at Meng Xiangfei's happy and innocent smile, Meng Shi felt very satisfied.

A few days after Xiaoman passed, the school had a school holiday.

In fact, at this time, some wheat matures early and can be harvested, but some wheat matures late and it will take a few days to harvest. , Meng Shi's family's wheat is a few days later. In fact, this year, most of the wheat is similar to Meng Shi's family's, and it has to be harvested a little later.

Regardless of the difference between the early days and the late days, the fullness and dryness of the wheat grains are different, and of course the prices are also different when they are sold.This is also the reason why people would rather wait a few more days before harvesting.

Although it is said that the wheat will not be cut for the time being, it is not that there are other things to do.

The most crops grown at home are cotton, soybeans, peanuts, sesame and the like.

This is not like the Northeast, where there are hundreds of acres of fields at every turn. This is the Central Plains area, with a large population, and the per capita land area. Some villages have more than an acre, and some villages are even less than an acre.

Every household basically relies on this little land to grow wheat for their own food, pay public grain, grow peanuts and sesame seeds to extract oil, and sell soybeans and cotton.

The planting area is not large.

It can be said that the most important economic crop is cotton.

But to the disappointment of the farmers, the cotton harvest has been bumper for several years in a row, and the price of cotton has been suppressed again and again. Last year, the price of cotton even fell to the bottom.On the contrary, the price of sesame is rising steadily.

So this year, many people have started to grow sesame instead.

To be honest, growing cotton requires a lot of work and is very tiring. This is why after 20 years, the amount of cotton planted has continued to decrease and the price of cotton has continued to rise.It's very simple. People nowadays don't feel tired or tired at all in order to make money, but 20 years later, when the conditions are better, people are unwilling to grow cotton, which is a super troublesome plant.

But now, the price of cotton was not high in the past two years, and they couldn't make much money. On the contrary, the price of sesame, which was planted less because of the low yield in the past, has been rising steadily.

In addition, growing sesame is much easier than growing cotton, so many people no longer grow cotton, but instead grow sesame.

However, Meng Shi's family has been growing cotton for many years, how to say, has formed a habit.

Although the price of cotton was not high in the past few years, and they barely managed to keep their capital, but this year, Meng Shi's family still raised cotton seedlings at the right time.

When raising seedlings, it was almost when Meng Shi was writing Jurassic Park. She didn't help, and she couldn't help.

Cotton seeds are mixed with pesticides to prevent pests and diseases, and a small area is specially opened in the field. The soil is soft and moist. After seedlings are raised, because the temperature is still low at that time, they must be covered with plastic film first, otherwise the seeds will not germinate.

Now, after harvesting the wheat, it is time to transplant the seedlings and plant the seedlings.

Seeing that the weather is so dry now, and it hasn't rained for many days, the cotton seedlings must be watered after harvesting the wheat.

First find out the water pumps and hoses used for watering, overhaul and so on.

"Are you going to grandma's house to play?" Mom asked on the first day of the holiday.

Meng Shi nodded, "Go."

Mom hummed, and then asked hesitantly, "Are you writing again? Write if you can. If you can't, don't use your brain."

Meng Shi smiled, "I see. Mom, don't worry, your daughter is smart, and she will eat by her brain for the rest of her life."

Lu Caixia glared at Meng Shi angrily, "Little man, don't make a fool out of your head and you won't be happy."

Meng Shi made a grimace, packed two pieces of clothes, and prepared to go to grandma's house.

But just as she was about to go out, her feet suddenly retracted.

"Mom, when will our family harvest the wheat?"

"Why do you ask this, I won't let you go anyway."

"What time is it?"

"It will take another three to five days. The wheat is good this year. I estimate that one mu of land can yield [-] catties. Oh, why are you telling me this? Go ahead, be careful on the road." Lu Caixia said nonchalantly After saying that, he turned around and entered the house, and continued to pack the beans for soaking bean sprouts.

Suddenly, Meng Shi's heart skipped a beat.

If she remembers correctly, H province, which has been dry for more than a month, will usher in heavy rain in a few days.

Meng Shi clearly remembered that even though it was raining heavily, her parents were still harvesting wheat in the field. There was a severely waterlogged field, and even when she stepped into it, the mud covered her knees!
Thinking of this, Meng Shi suddenly came back.

She had to recall it carefully, after all, the memory of the past was too long for her now, she was sure it happened, but she was not sure about the time.

Is it this year, next year or the year after?
Meng Shi began to think about what happened that year.

But the sad thing is that for real children, what they care about is never whether the harvest is good or not, the price of the things around them rises and falls, etc., they only care about eating, drinking and playing...

Recalling the memories of her childhood, there are really not many clear events for her to refer to.

He was in extreme distress when Meng Shi suddenly remembered something.

It was this autumn that my aunt came back from her part-time job because of a blind date.Coincidentally, her and auntie's birthdays were on the same day. When auntie came back, she bought a cake from the only cake shop in the city, and celebrated the birthday together as a family.

This was Meng Shi's first time eating a cake, and the shape of the cake was very beautiful, and the flowers made of cream, etc., in the eyes of the rural children, it was extremely novel, and the taste of the cream was also delicious.

She clearly remembered that she had a fight with her younger brother for whom to light the nine candles on the cake.

And now, she is nine years old. Of course, she has not passed her birthday yet, and people in the countryside like to talk about her virtual age, not her first birthday.

Finally confirmed, Meng Shi took a deep breath and began to consider how to tell his parents.

You must know that this heavy rainstorm has a very, very large impact on the harvest in the countryside.

It has been raining heavily for a week, and the wheat that was already full, mature and dry in the ears of wheat has been drenched by the rain for a long time and has been re-moistened.If the harvest is not timely, 80.00% of the wheat has sprouted.

The wheat harvested in the rain was moldy because it was not dried in time.

Although it is not a failure, the loss is also very, very large. The original harvest year has become a disaster year!
Thinking of this, Meng Shi couldn't sit still.

This time, Lu Caixia also came out of the house, she looked at Meng Shi suspiciously, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Meng Shi gritted his teeth, "Mom, let's start harvesting wheat today!"

"Why? The wheat is still wet at the moment. After a few more days in the sun, the grains will be full and dry, and the price will be high. Your children can manage their studies well, and don't worry about the things in the field."

"Mom, I know it's better to be in the sun for two more days. But what if it rains for these two days?"

(End of this chapter)