Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 31 Planting Rapeseed

The young boss raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said, "What do you want this for?" Most of the people who come to his shop are scholars, naturally to choose textbooks. Although most of his books are old books, there are still many people who have read them. Many people buy second-hand books just to read the experience of their predecessors, but few people choose agricultural books or craftsmen's books.

Luo Tiandu said casually: "We farmers, what do we read if we don't read agricultural books?"

The boss was amused when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, I really have a copy here, I'll find it for you."

After I finished speaking, I searched through boxes and cabinets, and finally found it in the corner of the bookshelf against the wall. There was a layer of dust on it, and a layer of cobwebs. I don't know how long it has been thrown in that corner.

The boss found the book, patted it twice, handed it to Luo Tiandu and said, "I heard from my grandfather that this book was written by a minister in the previous dynasty. What's his name?" I don't remember.

Luo Tian took it over and took a look, the book was really torn, even the cover and title page were gone.She flipped through it, glanced twice, and found that the reclamation of paddy fields was really mentioned in the book, but it was written very roughly, one page would be enough, but for her, just mentioning it was enough.

She deliberately read it for a while, and felt that it was almost done, so she returned the book to the young boss, then followed Fang to the grocery store, pushed the cart, and went home.

Although Yao shi made a fuss, he didn't know whether it was because he really didn't have the money to hire him or because Luo Baihan himself refused to agree to it, so the marriage still fell through in the end.

The Fang family has already begun to cultivate wasteland.

The paddy field project is relatively huge, and Luo Tian is anxious to plant a season of rapeseed, so he thinks of digging out the barren slope and spreading rapeseed to raise seedlings.

That piece of wasteland, together with the large depressions, was full of weeds. The first thing to do when opening up the wasteland was how to deal with this piece of weeds.At this time, the weeds have all started to set seeds, and it is not easy to handle them. The grass seeds fall to the ground, and next year we will just wait to plant grass.

The Fang family is used to planting land, so they took a sickle, cut a circle, and separated their own wasteland. On a windless day, they burned it cleanly, and the leftover ashes could still be recovered. Fertile land.

Luo Tian took advantage of this opportunity to wear off his lips, and finally assured Fang that he would definitely make back his capital in the coming year. He said a lot of good things, and when he followed Fang to the town to pick up the custom-made farm tools, he finally arrived. I spent more than 80 cash in the grocery store and bought more than six catties of rapeseed.

The rest of the day is clearing.

First divide the whole land into countless ridges according to the area, and dig a deep ditch between the ridges to separate them. This ditch is used for drainage. The hoes carefully crushed and leveled the large clods of soil so that crops could be planted.

This wasteland has hardly been cultivated, the soil is covered with plates, and the grass roots are dense and deep. When digging the ground, the grass roots must be picked out, piled up, dried and burned, otherwise Another year of weeds all over the place.

Fang first used a hoe to turn the ground deep. This was a laborious job, and children couldn't help, so Luo Tiandu took a dustpan and took the small flower hoe Fang made for her to go around picking up cow dung and sheep dung. Then he piled it up in his own cesspit and covered it for a few days. After Fang's land was turned over, it happened to be fermented. He mixed it with the stove ash and humus in the cesspit, and sprinkled it on the ground as fertilizer.

Just because of the matter of the Tujia fat, the Yao family made a fuss, yelling that they were not allowed to use it, and in the end he was scolded by old man Luo before he was honest.

After turning over the ground, it is time to level the ground.This job is no better than digging the ground, it doesn't require much strength, but you have to bend over all the time. After a long time, you can't even straighten your waist. Fortunately, Luo Baisu finished picking the embankment at this time, and came back to help with a piece of land preparation, adding a strong man Labor, the efficiency is naturally much faster, and within two days, two acres of land were reorganized.

Because of lack of strength, Luo Tiandu spent time on Fang's land preparation, and she only washed and cooked at home. When Fang's land was reclaimed, she picked the rapeseeds she bought, and picked the round and plump ones, which were evenly distributed. Scatter in the ground to raise seedlings.

After the rapeseeds were sown, Luo Tiandu breathed a sigh of relief. It would take some time until the rapeseeds sprouted. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he could plant a few more acres of land and then grow a few acres of rapeseed.

The barren slope was only four acres of land, and Fang and Luo Baisu worked day and night for four or five days, and they finally got it all out. Before they could catch their breath, Luo Tiandu ordered them to dig a ditch. .

Now it is almost entering the dry season, and the slightly higher places around the depression have already dried up, only the area near the stream is still wet, with a shallow puddle of water accumulated.Luo Tiandu's plan was to dig a deep ditch, divide the depression into two parts, and open up the perennially wet place underneath as a paddy field. The surrounding highlands are not easy to divert water, so he simply took some soil from the ditch and filled it to form a dry land.

Luo Baisu thought more carefully, dug deep and widened both sides of the creek, dug a pond, used it to store water during the rainy season, planted lotus roots, and could harvest dozens of catties of lotus roots in winter.

The work here was in full swing, old man Luo finished the farm work at home, carried the shovel, rolled up his trousers and silently helped Luo Baisu dig the pond.Fang used baskets to fill up the surrounding highlands with the excavated mud. After half a month of such busy work, he managed to reorganize an additional five mu of land.

Luo Tian went to have a look at the rapeseed seedlings, they were all green and very gratifying, and when the rapeseed seedlings could be cultivated, Fang's planted two more acres of land.

Fang's rough plowed the land before, loosened the soil, and began to officially plant rapeseed.

Pulling out the strong rapeseed seedlings requires skill to pull the rapeseed seedlings. The main root cannot be broken, and it is best to reduce the leaves.The new rapeseed seedlings are very crisp and tender, and the place where the roots and stems are connected often bends and turns. When pulling the seedlings, you should touch the roots underneath, and then pull out the seedlings. If you want to be quick, grab the vegetable stems and pull up The rapeseed is broken, and the roots are still in the soil. Such rapeseed cannot be planted. It can only be fried and served on the dinner table as a dish.

The rapeseed seedlings that are pulled out can be cultivated by wrapping the roots of the seedlings with a layer of fertilizer.

Planting rapeseed does not require much effort, as long as you squat in the ground, calculate the row spacing, shovel into the soil with a shovel, make a small gap, stuff the rapeseed root in, and then cultivate the soil, and it will be considered planted.Even the sky can do this job. She was used to doing it at home before. The planting was fast and straight, and the rapeseed planted was neither sparse nor dense, and the spacing was even, as if they had been measured with a ruler.The only uncomfortable thing is that after squatting in the ground for a day, the neck and spine seemed to be broken, and the pain was severe. When I stood up, my eyes were black, because I used a shovel for a long time, and my hands were blistered and worn out. Just running water, excruciating pain, really miserable.

Although it was very bitter, as long as Luo Tian thought of the coming year, where golden rapeseed flowers would be in full bloom everywhere, the aches and pains would disappear without a trace as if they had grown legs.

She also grew up in the countryside. She doesn't know the hard work of farming. Every crop in the field is planted by the blood and sweat of the farmers. She only hopes that God will open his eyes and give a good harvest in the coming year, and everything will be worth it. up.

Luo Tian planted rapeseed seedlings all day long, and when he returned home, he threw himself on the kang and never thought about it again. In the end, even the rice was brought into the house by Mrs. Fang and asked her to eat on the kang.

Fang felt sorry for her, and worried that she was too young and too tired to be healthy, so she asked her to stay at home to wash and cook.

In order to be able to reclaim two more fields before planting rapeseed, the Fang family and Luo Baisu worked almost day and night in the fields. Originally, Fang's cultivation was fairly solid, but after this period of time, it became She was dark and thin, her face was flaky, and her lips were dry and cracked, almost out of shape.

Luo Tian saw that Fang was so exhausted, and when he got home he was busy with cooking, laundry, and housework, how could he agree.

In the early morning of the next day, after struggling for a while, he got up after getting dressed, and followed Fang to the field.

After working so hard for six or seven days, I finally planted more than [-] mu of rapeseed. There are still hundreds of rapeseed seedlings that were cultivated earlier, which will be used for future seedling replacement.

These days, because I am busy with the work in the field, I don’t even have time to eat. After finally freeing up, Fang thought about making some delicious food to supplement the family, especially the two children, who insisted on being adults with them all the time. I've been busy so far, and I haven't complained about suffering.

Fang's heart was cruel, and she went to the butcher's shop to weigh half a catty of meat, and bought two catties of flour and a few eggs.Stewed a pot of potatoes with half a catty of meat, mixed white flour and fried half a pot of leek pancakes, and boiled a pot of broken rice porridge. The whole meal was extremely rich, even during the Chinese New Year.

Fang first filled a bowl of stewed meat, then rolled four pancakes, and let Luo Tiandu send them to the main room.

Although the family is separated, if the family makes any delicious food, it is customary to give a copy to the old man. Besides, the two of them live in the same courtyard. To the daughter-in-law, or to the two little granddaughters, Fang is also willing to honor this honest and dutiful father-in-law.

Luo Tiandu was carrying a bowl, and when he arrived at the main room, Mrs. Yao and old man Luo were also eating.

"Grandpa, today Auntie made delicious food and asked me to bring it over." After speaking, without waiting for old man Luo to respond, he put the stewed meat and leek cake on the table, turned around and ran away.

Here, Mrs. Fang has set up the bowls and chopsticks, waiting for her to eat.

Luo Tiandu used to like to be a vegetarian in order to preserve his health. Now, after two years of cooking, there is no oil in his stomach. After working hard for more than a month, he smelled the smell of meat and oil for the first time. That is, she can eat a few pieces of fat, which she least likes to eat.

Halfway through the meal, I heard someone sniffling at the front of the yard, saying: "It's so delicious, sister-in-law fifth, what delicious food do you make?"

"Is it Changhui Niang? Have you eaten yet? If not, come over and eat together." Fang hurriedly put down the bowl and chopsticks, and greeted.

Changhui Niang waved her hand and said "I've already eaten", but the person still walked in.

The two of them are the most acquainted with each other, and Chang Hui Niang came in, sat down on the chair and asked: "You go out early and come back late every day, are you done with your work?"

"almost."

"That's just right. Lizheng sent word yesterday that the village will organize people to pick up autumn tomorrow. Will you go this year?"

(End of this chapter)