pastoral fragrance

Chapter 238
The two were chatting and laughing, and for a moment they forgot about the fish basket in the river.After a long while, Qiulin realized this, and quickly jumped away and ran towards the fish basket.Ouch, I forgot about this while talking to Xia Yan, and I didn't know that there was a fish in the fish basket.

Xia Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw her looking furious.This girl usually does things in an orderly manner, only sometimes she will be like this now, like a puppet out of strings.However, he didn't think it was a shortcoming. On the contrary, he felt that looking at Qiu Lin's cute little appearance, the pity in his heart surged up.

When she got to the river, Qiulin didn't dare to make a fuss anymore, and squatted down carefully. After her feet were firmly planted, she reached out to untie the grass rope tied to the root of the grass.Catch the fish basket completely out of the water, only to feel that the weight of the fish basket is heavier than before, obviously the fish is caught.Back to the shore, I took a closer look into the fish basket. There were two crucian carp weighing half a catty inside, their mouths opening and closing, spitting bubbles.

Although there are only two of them, the crucian carp is a good tonic. I will make soup for my grandma when I go back later, just right!Qiulin took a limp wicker with no leaves, and began to string the two fish.

At this moment, Xia Yan also raised the fish basket to the surface of the water, his fish basket had been in the water longer than Qiu Lin's, and there was more stuff in that basket.There was a grass carp weighing more than one catty, and three crucian carp. After stringing these together with wicker sticks, I realized that there was a small turtle!

Qiulin likes to mess with these little things, and I'm afraid he will like this turtle.So he hurriedly said: "Qiu Lin, look here is a turtle!"

After hearing this, Qiu Lin ran over happily and looked at the little turtle that Xia Yan was holding.It was covered in black, and its small head shrank into its not-so-hard shell at the moment, not daring to stand up again, and even its four feet shrank back, forming a ball.Thinking of the idiom of the turtle with its head shrinking, Qiulin couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw the reaction of the little turtle in front of him.

"Haha, Brother Xia Yan, look at this turtle with a shrunken head, it retracts its head when it sees people, it's so funny!" Qiu Lin simply laughed, if only an adult tortoise is not so funny, why? This little turtle is only about the size of a quail egg, and it looks cute when it does this kind of action!
The little tortoise was very cooperative. After listening to the movement, it stretched out its head a little bit, and swayed its head left and right. The poor little mung bean eyes meowed left and right, and finally retracted its head. Honestly stay inside and don't stick out.

Xia Yan couldn't help laughing when he saw Xiaobie's appearance. "Do you want to raise this turtle, or throw it in the fish pond to raise it, and when it breeds, there will be turtles in the fish pond in the future."

That's exactly what Qiulin planned, "That's good, let's wait for the turtle to eat later, haha." There is no need to worry about the turtle being out of the water, but Qiulin doesn't know if the little turtle will die too. Fearing that it would starve to death, Qiulin found a straw rope to tie up its legs, then threw it into the water, and tied the rope to the grass roots.I don't care about it any more.

The two continued to put the vacated fish basket in the water, and then continued to chat about the topic that hadn't been finished just now.It's not boring for the two of you to talk to each other.Qiu Lin was originally a lively person, she started most of the topics, and Xia Yan cooperated with her very well, even though there were only two of them, it was not too cold.

Xia Yan looked at the little girl chattering in front of him, and didn't think she was noisy.I just feel that the mouth that keeps talking and twittering has become very cute.This is probably Aiwujiwu.

At this moment, Qiulin had already caught five or six fish, and one of them weighed about a catty and a half, and it could be fried and eaten later.Qiulin Xike, now that he met Xia Yan, he naturally dragged him home.Xia Yan never refused Qiulin's visitors, the two hit it off immediately, and naturally went to Qiulin's house.

Xia Yan really felt like he was hanging out at Qiulin's house, but didn't he eat at Qiulin's house for more than a year? Thinking about it this way, he felt relieved.

Poor Xia Yun had prepared the food and was waiting for his young master to come home for dinner. After waiting for a long time, no one appeared, so he knew that the young master had gone to Qiulin's house for dinner again.He was used to such things, so naturally he didn't make a fuss.It's time to eat and work, and when the young master is full, he will come back.So Xia Yun didn't wait any longer, just ate by himself, and continued to consult and get medicine for the people who came to see the doctor.

After arriving at Qiulin's house, Xia Yan and Qiulin went to the fish pond on the back slope to release the turtle they caught.Now the back slope is barren and desolate, only the fish pond that leans like blue is a little bit of vivid color on the monotonous background.After the two put the turtle into the fish pond, they both raised their eyes to look at the barren slope connected to the fish pond.

The barren slopes in this area have not been excavated because the land is relatively poor and unsuitable for farming. There are some weeds such as sedge, wormwood, sour grass, corn grass, and horsesweed everywhere, but there are no pines and cypresses. How many.

The main reason is that there are not many pines and cypresses on this slope, and other trees are even rarer. Usually, there is a cemetery on the other side of the forest, and everyone seldom goes there, so the villagers come to cut trees on this slope.If a tree is not planted after the tree is cut down, the number of trees will naturally decrease.With fewer trees, the water source that can be conserved on the slope is limited.Over time, the land has degraded and become the virtue it is now.

However, as long as the slope is well planted and the water source is conserved, the tree-lined scene can still be restored.Qiulin is full of confidence in this, and I am afraid that after two years, the situation on this slope will not be what it is now.

Looking at this endless barren slope, Xia Yan sighed in his heart, such a large area might be occupied by neighbors from other villages.Fifty acres of wasteland is not a small amount. How many people will Qiulin be busy with?
"Qiulin, with such a large piece of wasteland, your family may not be able to handle it. Why don't you go to the town and buy two honest and hardworking servants, so that the burden on your shoulders will be easier?" Thinking that Qiulin's family now not only wants Those who want to open up wasteland slopes and raise silkworms may have to plant some corn braised in braised braised grains in front of the slopes, how busy they are!

Qiu Lin thought about the busyness of next year, but he didn't think the same way.It's just that the thoughts of parents and small farmers are deeply ingrained. It is estimated that buying two servants to help manage the barren slopes is not frightening.Hearing what Xia Yan said now, he also sighed, "Isn't it? It's just that my parents are honest peasants, I'm afraid it will take some trouble to persuade them to sell slaves."

But looking at this large area of ​​barren slopes, the family really couldn't keep up.It will be a matter of time to buy servants. At that time, let them build an adobe house next to the fish pond in front of the slope, help take care of the acorn and fruit trees on the slope, and look after the fish pond at the foot of the slope.At that time, their family will have less to worry about.

The lotus roots in the field have been dug up and sold in the town, and the family has more money.Then go to the town to collect the rent, and then the money for selling the servants will be collected.

The family built a house and bought a barren hill, and there is not much left.Qiulin also didn't want to use the dozens of taels of silver at home to buy servants, so it was better to keep some silver with him.But now is the time when farmers are free, and there is not much work to do at home. Every day is just cooking water, cooking, washing, washing and chopping firewood.Let's talk about it after the new year.

Seeing that Qiu Lin had plans in mind, Xia Yan was afraid that this girl had already thought about this matter, and she had her own ideas.There was no need to mention this matter, so we went to the courtyard of Qiulin's house hand in hand.

In the idleness of the peasants, the Jingzhe has come slowly.Luoshui Village has come to this season of white pear blossoms and red peach blossoms again. The mountains and plains are like new clothes. The bleak and yellow in winter has become full of spring and the grass grows and warblers fly.As the saying goes, when it’s the Waking of Insects Festival, the hoes can’t rest. In this field, farmers are everywhere digging the ground with their hoes in their hands.

This spring plowing cannot be slack and slack. There is a saying that spring plowing is one inch deep and can cover the dung once. Therefore, the plowing of the ground needs to be dug deep and thoroughly, which is conducive to the growth of crops.

Some families with better conditions have raised cattle, so they directly pull the cattle to plow the fields.But those whose lives are not so good can't save this effort, so they should dig the ground honestly.

At this time, not only those who grow crops are busy, Qiulin's family is even busier!The Han family led the eldest brother Qiuyue and the second eldest Qiusong to reclaim and excavate the circle of land under the slope, preparing to plant corn, red sweet potatoes, yams, soybeans and soy beans.

Qiulin and Qiuhe were not idle either, they just carried baskets on their backs to dig oak seedlings in the woods. If they came across loquat seedlings, persimmon seedlings, peach seedlings, and mulberry tree seedlings, they would dig them all and go straight to here. On the edge of the wasteland, dig a hole in the wasteland, pour some water into it, plant the dug saplings into the hole, and then surround the dug out soil.

Although this job is simple, it has to be done meticulously, otherwise the root of the seedling will be dug up, and it will be more difficult for the seedling to survive if it is injured.If it weren't for the fact that the soil was too bulky, Qiu Lin would have dug up all the soil that was entwined with the saplings.

The saplings they dug were of different sizes, some were as tall as their own height, and some had just emerged from the soil with two identifiable young leaves, which were also dug up by them. .

Xia Yan saw that they were busy all day, and they were hungry and full, so he also came to help them reclaim the wasteland. He also brought two family members from his medical center to help carry water and plant trees.Otherwise, according to these few tossing, I don't know when and what month it will take to finish planting?

He felt that the face that had grown fat in the autumn forest and winter had become sharper and sharper in these busy days.If I continue to worry and be busy like this, I should go back to before liberation, and I will be dry and skinny like when I was six years old.She doesn't care about herself, but he loves her!
　Recommend ancient palace fighting and house fighting essays: Mo Yu's "Marrying the Princess", Feng Yirou's "Handbook of Rebirth", Zimeng's "Empress's Scheme", and Early Spring Blossoms "Pretty Struggle for Spring", all of them are well written, everyone can Go take a look!

　　


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