Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 52 Preparing to Plant Rice
Although Mu Ai despised Li Sheng in her heart, she couldn't say that in front of the old lady, so she had to choose some nice words to comfort her.In fact, there was no need for her to comfort her. The old lady heard that her son hadn't had any serious problems, but the return trip was delayed, and she immediately became happy, and she was going to make a fuss about preparing spring clothes for her son's family.Mu Ai sighed, felt a headache, found an excuse and went back to her yard, closed the door, wiped out a bunch of big grapes, one apple, two peaches, fell asleep after eating enough...

The days slipped by day by day, the first month came out in a blink of an eye, and February came to the end. Spring returned to the earth, and the weather became warmer. Most of the snow on the roadside had melted away, leaving some residual snow, which slowly merged into a small stream and flowed along. The dark ditch flows towards the river west of the village.

Last night, Mu Ai took Chun Equinox and two people together, and stayed up until midnight before roughly flipping through all the books in the space, just to find out the detailed planting methods of rice.The hometown where she lived since she was a child does not grow rice. The rice in the space is also the rice seeds bought directly from Wuchang, and it will grow by itself.However, in the future, it will be planted on the ground, and very detailed information will be required in terms of technology.At this time, she began to regret why she kept so many children's story books, but the books that could be used were so rare.The only good thing is that she found two books on beekeeping and vegetable and fruit tree planting, and a miscellaneous diary that contained some simple ways of eating maltose and cream, which gave her some psychological comfort.

However, she couldn’t stop planting rice because she didn’t have detailed planting information. In desperation, she had to rack her brains to recall some details she saw when she was in Wuchang. A few paragraphs of brief introductions about the rice planting process, and a few pages of rough technical descriptions, and ordered the spring equinox who had been waiting for a long time to write them down carefully, as an academic basis for the next few months of work.I feel annoyed that I can't be lazy in the future. This year, I have to go to the field to track the growth of rice every day, so that I can make adjustments at any time. No one can replace her for this task, so I have to prepare for the wind and the sun.

The second day was the day when I made an appointment to go to Xiao Heng's Xiaozhuang to check the terrain. Early in the morning, after a hasty breakfast, Mu Ai changed into a men's outfit under Xia Zhi's service. After the rain, the brocade was embroidered with silver Long gown with silk dark pattern, black hair tied with white jade buttons on the head, on the waist of the same color silver dark pattern belt, a green jade pendant with black silk ribbon hangs, black thick-soled short boots, lining the faint eyebrows and eyes. The brilliance of the aura really echoes that sentence, a gentleman is as gentle as jade.While Xia Zhi was doing the final tidying up, he secretly smiled and looked at his wife, his little face turned red when he thought of something.Mu Ai knocked her on the head with a smile, ignored her exaggerated screams, waved away the food prepared by the autumn equinox on the table, took the spring equinox, met Ouyang and Mu San at the gate, and drove out of the village all the way .

Today I went to Xiaoheng Xiaozhuang to check the soil quality and other conditions. The snow on the road had already been cleaned and dried, and the road was much faster than in winter.An hour later, Mu San parked the carriage at Zhuangkou, Mu Ai and Chun Equinox jumped down, and Xiao Heng brought the stewards of the Zhuangzi to greet him, and with a few words of politeness, they walked casually in the fields together stand up.On the whole, this small village is really a good place to grow rice, with a total area of ​​[-] mu of land, and the soil quality is also very fertile.There is also a small river flowing through the middle of the field. As far as the water source is concerned, there is absolutely no problem, and most of the vegetation on the stubble is Chinese cabbage. At this time, the ground is full of withered and yellow vegetables. It is a good fertilizer to dig deep and bury it in the ground.While watching, Mu Ai ordered the vernal equinox to record briefly. After half an hour, she also had a general impression in her heart.The business in Xiao Hengcheng was very busy, so he didn't show any politeness to her, so he ordered a few words from the steward, and then got into the car and went home.

On the return carriage, I simply ate some snacks to pad my stomach. Thinking that there were still a lot of things to do back home, Mu Ai was a little apprehensive. She clearly wanted to build a manor, be self-sufficient, live and work in peace and contentment, but the things she is doing now are really trivial It's annoying, but it has to be done.Well, with a helper by her side, she doesn't have to do many things herself, as long as she has a good grasp of the general direction.

A few days ago, Steward Guo followed his instructions and led people to change the two acres of land under the old lady's Nanshan Mountain into paddy field specifications. Yes, when the reclamation was done, the fermented manure was dug into the ground with Wen Bo's guidance, and four acres were planned to be reserved on the side near the water source of the mountain stream as a paddy field. It took six strong laborers two days of work to turn it over twice, and carefully The clods of soil were broken up and leveled finely, ditches were dug, and field ridges were built.Ridges were also laid for the remaining four acres, and enough elm trees were cut from the mountain and inserted in the isolation ditch on the edge of the ground. Elm wall.After several months of training, Steward Guo has become more and more proficient in handling things. As long as his wife tells him, he will arrange everything in an orderly manner, and Ah Da and the others are also very capable of contributing.

Mu Ai was very relieved, thinking that after she went back and wrote the details, Xiaozhuang could be handed over to Butler Guo to take care of it, so she also breathed a sigh of relief, the work of making up for this incomplete world is really not lazy like her Competent.

The rest is to take good care of my small experimental field, and wait for the weather to warm up so that rice seedlings can be cultivated. Although there is a super cheating device called ring space, you can't be lazy, because in the future, the whole country will When it was promoted, it was impossible for her to use Lingquan water to raise seedlings for the people all over the country, so she had to fumble and prepare a set of technical materials based on the scattered memories of the past for every step of the details.

On the tenth day of March, the wind is clear and the sun is warm. Although it is still cold in the morning and evening, the temperature in the daytime is enough to change into unlined clothes. The branches are green, and the grass shyly stretches its body. Looking at the mountains closely, you can still find It's nothing, only to be reminded by the hazy greenness from a distance that early spring has quietly arrived.At dinner time, Guo Huai led a few people who had been busy all day back from the small village in a carriage. Although they only instructed the farmers there to dig ditches, prepare the land, and build ridges, the field was really huge, and it was only a matter of walking back and forth. One lap can break your legs, and you have to keep explaining some details that need attention. Therefore, at the end of the day, several people are exhausted, but they are in good spirits, and there is even a faint smile on their faces .

At noon, the farmer entertained them with stewed meat and fine flour pancakes. Originally, this was an excellent meal. Xiao Heng is a good host, but his farmers can’t eat it a few times a year. They can hear it when they are eating. There was the sound of someone swallowing saliva nearby.A few people were very proud. If these people knew that even in the slack season of the farm, they had meat every day, they would be so shocked that their eyeballs would fall out.But they all remember the rules of their own house very well, not to mention the shrewd Miki and others, even the straightforward Ah Da and Ah Er just held their heads up and smirked without revealing a word.

(End of this chapter)