Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 71 Good Harvest Season (Pink)
After dinner, the teary-eyed old lady returned to her small courtyard, and turned to look at the closed side door in front of her. Her heart ached like a fire. On one side were the granddaughter who had been with her for a year and the granddaughter who had been dependent on each other since childhood. On one side is her own son, grandson and daughter-in-law who have been away from home for many years, how should she choose?

No matter how bad the daughter-in-law was, she also gave birth to a grandson who would inherit the incense for the Li family, so she couldn't ask to divorce her.Besides, the son's cowardly temperament, mud can't support the wall, if he really finds another daughter-in-law, I'm afraid it will be the same, not to mention her little grandson has no mother, will he hate her when he grows up?

After all, Shuan Shuan is old and doesn't need her grandma to take care of her, and she should be relieved because of the immortals who continue to teach her. But thinking of the disappointment and indifference on the faces of the two granddaughters just now, she feels extremely guilty.

The old lady let out a long sigh and called her son's family into the house. She wanted to sternly scold her daughter-in-law, but seeing the disapproval on her face and the cowardly and silent son, she suddenly felt powerless, so she simply left her grandson behind and left their husband and wife alone. all kicked out...

No matter how many ups and downs there are in life, the days will not stop because of it. In a hurry, another month passed in a blink of an eye.Waking up early this day, the autumn air was clear and the sky was cloudless. Mu Ai took care of Simba getting dressed, listening to his small mouth shouting "Mom, Mom." The smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be hidden. He slept for a while longer, and refused to go to bed early after dinner. In desperation, Mu Ai took out a big peach and coaxed him to call him mother.

Since Simba drank half a bowl of peach juice the night he first came here, he has loved the taste very much. Even after Muai brought out apples, grapes and other fruits, he still did not change his taste and insisted on holding it every night. After eating one, I will take a bath and sleep obediently.This time, seeing Mu Ai holding the peach but refusing to give it to him, I became a little anxious. After holding back for a long time, I really popped out a sentence of "Mom", the soft and sweet child's voice, to Mu Ai's ears, it was like a fairy voice , was so happy that he hugged him and rolled all over the bed, but he recklessly gnawed on the big peach, dripping juice all over his face and hands.

After Shuan Shuan had finished washing, the family of three began to eat breakfast, and the four of them ate at the small table under the window as usual on the spring equinox.Shuan Shuan helped Simba fill a bowl of meat porridge, and then smiled as he watched his chubby scoop clumsily into his mouth with a small flat silver spoon. There were not a few grains, Mu Ai patted her angrily, and scolded with a smile, "Why do you bully Simba, he still has to call you auntie?"

Shuan Shuan stuck out his tongue playfully, and quickly changed Simba's usual large spoon, then lowered his head and dug a piece of egg yolk from the half of the salted egg he ate for porridge, and put it in his bowl as compensation.

Simba didn't know that he was being laughed at, so he held the spoon and scooped the porridge and egg yolk into his mouth with a smile, so that the tip of his nose and chin were covered with a layer of yellow.Shuan Shuan knew that his sister didn't like dirty things, so he quickly wiped it for him with a handkerchief.While picking up vegetables for the two of them, Mu Ai asked about the vernal equinox, "Have all the tools at the housekeeper's place ready, the six acres of rice at home must be harvested today, and tomorrow we have to go to Xiaozhuang's side."

Chunfen knew the rules of his wife and didn't like their politeness, so he didn't get up, but stopped his chopsticks, and replied, "It's all ready, Xiaozhuang's manager Xiao also ordered someone to send a letter, and everything is ready. Just wait until we send people over tomorrow."

Mu Ai nodded, took a sip of porridge, and said to the two children with a smile, "Go to the field with me in a while, and if the weather is fine in a few days, I will take you to Xiaozhuanger for a walk."

"Really? Sister is so kind, I haven't been out of the village yet! Where is Xiaozhuang, is it fun?" Shuan Shuan was so happy to hear that, he forgot to eat, and asked repeatedly.

Mu Ai picked up a piece of cucumber, put it in the spoon of the ignorant Simba, and coaxed him to eat it. This child is a pure carnivore. Apart from fruits, he only likes meat on weekdays. Vegetables need to be coaxed to eat some .

"You'll know when you go. In a few days, maybe I'll take you to the city to play. Don't jump up for joy."

"Ah, sister, you want to take me to the city. That's great. I'm going to tell Xiaoqing that I want to take her with me." Sure enough, Shuan Shuan was so excited that he didn't even eat, and ran away quickly. go out.Mu Ai didn't stop her, and looked at her jumping figure dotingly, feeling in her heart that this is the appearance of a normal 11-year-old girl, who likes beautiful clothes, shopping, and snacks.

It was only then that she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She could wash away the scars on her back with spiritual water, but the scars in her heart had to be healed by the little girl.In the future, I will slowly teach her how to be a housekeeper, and teach her some skills that will allow her to settle down.She can't hide under her own wings for the rest of her life, there will be a day when she gets married, and there will be a day when she has to face life by herself.No one can guarantee that she won't meet a villain like Gu Shi again in the future. All she can do as a sister is to teach her how not to be bullied anymore...

Mu Ai walked on the path beside the field with the vernal equinox. The heavy golden ears of rice in the field swayed with the breeze. Ada and the others were wearing bamboo hats and were vigorously waving the sickles in their hands, happily harvesting the labor in front of them. The fruit is really a beautiful harvest picture...

It seemed that the whole village gathered to watch the fun, and the small road in the ground was full of people, chirping and chatting.When several clan elders and Lian Fu saw Mu Ai approaching, they greeted them from a distance. The ten acres of new crops in the village were growing very well, and they would have a bumper harvest in a few days. That would cost hundreds of taels of silver. They can't wait to squat in the field every day to watch.

Today, I heard that Muai is going to harvest the new crop planted in the water, so I rushed over to see the novelty. Unexpectedly, after a closer look, several old men were shocked. This new crop is so similar to the ears of wheat , Wheat can be ground into flour, isn't this a new kind of grain?
Puzzled in my heart, no one dared to ask the old men who were old and refined. Although they didn't know how important the impact of a new grain appeared in Baihua Kingdom, they could vaguely guess it based on their years of living experience. There is a complicated relationship behind this, so everyone has made up their minds, and they will never be involved if they are not absolutely sure.Money is very touching, but you have to spend it with your life. Instead of dying with silver ingots, everyone is willing to continue to live in poverty.

Mu Ai greeted a few people with a smile and greeted them with a few polite words, glanced at everyone's expressions slightly, and knew their worries. She didn't expect to hide these old people who had been working on the crops all her life, and she didn't wait for them now. When he opened his mouth to inquire, the inside and outside of the words revealed a little bit of Xiao Heng's identity, which made the old men even more determined to keep their mouths shut.

Mu Ai led several people to the vegetable field instead. The fresh and crisp cucumbers, slender dark purple eggplants, red persimmons, strings of beans hanging on the seedlings like small knives, got the old men's tsk tsk Surprisingly, she is not stingy, she is still the same, stating that next year if the villagers want to grow these kinds of vegetables, she can give away the seeds and seedlings as usual, and it will not be a problem for each family to earn a few dozen taels.There are always horse-drawn carriages running between the village and the city these days, and the old men also see it. Now that they can still make money next year, and there is no risk at all, they immediately put aside their little regrets about the rice and take a closer look. Inquire carefully.

Mu Ai responded with a smile, saying that this year's harvest is imminent, and next year's "Qian Jing" also has hope. The old men were so happy that they offered to inform the whole village to keep the secret. Use the land in the village to test large-scale planting first, and if it is successful, then spread the seeds. In fact, you want to monopolize the market for a year before you get ahead.

Of course Mu Ai agrees, with her cautious personality, she is happy to see anything that can reduce the attention of interested people from the outside world.Besides, Xiao Heng's side, judging from how careful Xiao Gui was when transporting vegetables every time, I'm afraid he is trying his best to hide the fact that this is the place of production.The actions of the elders of the clan were really wrong, and saved Xiao Heng a lot of trouble.

Waiting for the elders to leave and go back, Mu Ai realized that the two children were not behind, and looked around, and saw the two of them squatting by the field, one dressed in pink and the other in green, with their heads next to each other. I don't know what I'm studying, but there are occasional clear and crisp laughter, which makes her couldn't help but roll her eyes along with the smile.

Looking up at the clear blue sky above, the green and deep forest, the golden rice waves in the distance, and the hardworking people, I sigh in my heart, the harvest is really a good time!
With the concerted efforts of everyone, the four mu of land was harvested in one morning.Aunt Guo had prepared hot meat buns and egg soup early on. Ada and Aer, two people with big appetites, let go of their stomachs and ate more than a dozen in one go. Guo Huai was afraid that when they bent over in the afternoon Uncomfortable, I persuaded them to stop after eating only [-]% full.

After eating and resting for half an hour, everyone harvested the two acres of land under the Nanshan Mountain. The ears of rice were neatly tied into bundles, and they were carried to the four acres of land with poles to dry together.Then, keeping Mu San and Mu Wu who were more careful and conscientious as guards, he hurriedly led people to Xiaozhuang to help direct the harvest.

Two days later, as soon as the group of them came back, they spread linoleum in the yard, set up threshing buckets, and began to shake the rice grains down. Finally, they weighed and found that a total of 700 catties of rice had been threshed in the six mu of land. The hook is more than [-] catties per mu, which is a little more than the base amount Mu Ai gave Xiao Heng at the beginning.

At this point, Mu Ai can finally let go of the heart that has been hanging for several months.After taking a nap, he changed into a water-blue light gauze dress, half leaned in the pavilion and ate grapes while watching Simba play in the water on the inflatable cushion.The girl Shuan Shuan, after going through all those accidents, gradually receded from her youthful and frizzy temper, and became much calmer. Recently, she was able to patiently follow the winter solstice to learn embroidery, and she didn't say a word of hardship.

Autumn Equinox came over and looked at the drowsy madam in the pavilion, and asked softly, "Madame, what light dishes do you want to eat tonight, I'll prepare it."

Mu Ai sat up lazily, yawned, and suddenly remembered her favorite fruit shaved ice in midsummer.So I chose a few tools and a small bowl of fruit in the space, and said enthusiastically, "It's too hot, I don't have much appetite, you call them all over the winter solstice, and bring some ice cubes, I'll make a sample for you Eat ice cream."

Speaking of this ice cube, it is a rare thing that only a few rich families have here. It is frozen in winter and stored in the ice cellar.For ordinary small households, it is not easy to guarantee clothing, food and warmth for a year, so how can they have a leisurely heart.So, since she came to this different time and space, she hasn't had a bite of ice in two summers.A few days ago, I occasionally saw in a miscellaneous book in the space that saltpeter absorbs a lot of heat when it meets water, and can make clean and impurity-free ice. People who often hunt borrow half a plate of saltpeter, because all animal fur must be nitrated with this before they can be sold.This really made Mu Ai depressed for several days, she thought it was a rare thing, but someone took it out casually, it seems that she still didn't know enough about this time and space, so she spent two summers in vain.

Hearing that the wife was going to make new ice products, the four daughters of spring, summer, autumn and winter and Shuan Shuan soon gathered together. Mu Ai instructed them to cut half of the various fruits into small pieces, squeeze the other half into juice, and then burn them with bright and delicate With a small silver hammer, the ice cubes are hammered into fine powder little by little, and finally the ice powder, diced fruit and fruit juice are mixed together and placed in a pure white fine porcelain bowl, poured with a spoonful of honey and you're done.Mu Ai took a bowl of strawberry-flavored ones and started to eat. She nodded in admiration, and signaled to the girls to taste it quickly. It was the first time for the girls to see fruit. Out of curiosity, as the sweet smell wafted into the air, my mouth was already full of water. At this time, I didn't care about giving in politely. I chose a bowl one after another, scooped it up with a small silver spoon and put it in my mouth. The honey is sweet, the ice foam is cold, it all melts in the mouth, and the refreshing air penetrates the heart. There is no better thing in this world than this bowl of ice to relieve the heat.

A few people were eating happily, when Simba yelled crisply in the pool, "Mom, mom!" The girls at the spring equinox blushed immediately, put down the bowls in their hands in a hurry, and secretly scolded themselves for being a servant. It's so unruly, actually only caring about being greedy, but let the little master watch in the water.Mu Ai smiled and waved her hand, signaling them not to care, got off the soft couch, sat by the pool, ate deliciously, and asked Simba, "What's the matter, Simba, what's the matter calling mom?"

Simba blinked, stretched out a white and tender little finger, pointed to the bowl in his mother's hand, and then pointed to his own mouth. The meaning was very clear, that is, I want to eat too!However, his unscrupulous mother just pretended not to understand, and shook her head while eating with a puzzled face. Seeing that she had already eaten half of the delicious food with bright colors and attractive aromas, Simba became a little anxious , the small mouth bulged for a long time, and said, "I want to eat too."

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Mu Ai quickly pulled the rope tied to the pavilion on the shore, pulled the air cushion to her side, hugged the fat boy in her arms, and pampered the soft hair on the top of his head, "Simba wants to Eat, that's good, tell mom what you want to do in the future, mom likes a cheerful and talkative child the most."

Simba didn't know if he listened or not, he happily swallowed the strawberry ice that his mother handed to his mouth, and smiled contentedly...

　Red wine honeymoon, do you just stay at home every day?
　　Not reconciled! !

　　So I decided,

　　Go downstairs to the garden every morning! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)