happy apocalypse

Chapter 128 Planting Rice
When we arrived at the corner where the tricycle was parked, Jiang Zhi and the others hadn't come back yet, so I hid in the shadows and waited.After a while, Jiang Zhi and the others came back. Seeing me waiting safely beside the tricycle, Jiang Zhi let out a sigh of relief, as if he let go of his long-hanging heart.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, we got the things, let's go back quickly."

When I went back, Li Cheng was still riding a bicycle. I sat in the car and asked if they were all right inside?
The rare Li Shanqing took the initiative to speak and said: "It went well, but someone has been absent-minded. After entering, he went straight to the target. He didn't even look at the other things in the warehouse. He went out after getting the things."

Jiang Zhi was not embarrassed at all when he heard that Li Shanqing was taking care of him, and said: "Everything is there, what are we lacking, and we will come again in the future. Xiaoyi is my own daughter-in-law, she is outside by herself, can I not worry? You haven't had a daughter-in-law for too long, and you can't even feel the feeling of missing, after we go back, we have to hurry up and find you a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, then you will know this feeling."

Li Shanqing was stunned for a moment when he heard Jiang Zhi's words, and then he came back to his senses, feeling a little embarrassed by Jiang Zhi's words.

"You're almost there, your wife is still there."

"It's okay, my wife is more concerned about this matter than I am, don't you see that her eyes are shining when she looks at you now?"

After hearing what Jiang Zhi said, I quickly corrected my expression, put away all the gossip on my face, and said to Li Shanqing seriously: "Brother Li, you are not young at this age, An An is so old, When are you going to find another mother for An An?"

When Li Shanqing heard that I really asked about this matter, he was very helpless and pretended not to hear it.

I won't let him off lightly, I finally seized the opportunity to inquire more about the inside story.

"Brother Li, what do you like? Tell me, so I can show you some consideration."

"Brother Li, do you have any requirements for your significant other? Do you want a big girl? Divorced little daughter-in-law?"

"Is it okay to bring children?"

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We discussed it, and instead of going out of the county the same way as before, we chose another way. We wanted to visit the commercial street in the county.There are some shops on the commercial street that are already open for business. A few of us went in to have a look. They are all selling daily necessities, and some of them charge money, but the items they sell are very expensive.For example, a bowl that cost 1 yuan now costs 15 yuan, and toilet paper that used to cost 3 yuan now costs 40 yuan, which is basically a 15-fold increase.

Then I also felt that I made a profit, so I hurriedly pretended to take out the money from the bag, bought a few large bags of toilet paper, and thought about going back to give the eldest sister and the second sister a share.

Then we rode tricycles back to Tashan Village. Before entering the village, Jiang Zhi deliberately took out an oil barrel from the ring and put it on the tricycle, saying that it was for everyone to see, and we didn’t find much diesel. , just one barrel.

On the way home, several villagers saw us and the oil drums on the car, but most of them pulled it down after looking at it. Only a few people specifically asked about the situation in the county, and Jiang Zhi answered truthfully. .

I think they don’t think much about this barrel of diesel now, but when they want to use diesel, they will know that diesel is not easy to get. The village issued a letter of introduction, and then exchanged it for grain. If they saw us bring such a large bucket of diesel back, they would definitely be jealous.

After returning home, Jiang Zhi went to the village head’s house with his uncle to borrow a tractor with food on his back, and asked his uncle to go too. The main reason was that Jiang Zhi had never driven a tractor before. All these drivers have to be trained by my uncle, and they can only drive after learning.

After a while, my uncle drove the tractor to our yard. Jiang Zhi jumped off the tractor with him, and they started to work.First, the tractor was filled with diesel oil, and then my uncle cleaned up the iron plow behind the tractor. Finally, my uncle gave them a simple driving training. These people are old drivers. After my uncle demonstrated, They will understand that driving a tractor is actually easier than driving a car.

After watching them drive the tractor, I found the eldest sister and the second sister who came to the shed to serve the rice seedlings together, shared the spoils I bought today, and then talked about growing rice.The eldest sister and the second sister now say that rice is a set of sets. I heard that I will start plowing the land tomorrow and insert the seedlings in the greenhouse into the paddy fields as soon as possible. They all agree very much, saying that the seedlings are big enough. Just in these two days, I can do the preparations before transplanting, such as ventilating the seedlings, squatting to strengthen the roots, etc. It is said that after transplanting, the rice seedlings will take root well and turn green quickly.

I told them whether they listened or not, but it's good that they understand.

On the second day, our whole family was dispatched and started a vigorous spring plowing operation.Under the guidance of my uncle, these newbies in our family finally cleaned up all the land thoroughly in two days.

Our family has a total of 18 mu of paddy fields, plus the 12 mu of paddy fields at my uncle’s house, a total of 30 mu. Next to our house is the land of Aunt Guo next door to my second sister’s house, and next to my uncle’s house is the field of Aunt Qin’s house. When we were plowing, we plowed out three or four mu of land for them. Dad Jiang said to see if there were enough seedlings in our family. Yes, after all, when we first came, the two of them gave our family a lot of help, and our family should give back appropriately when conditions permit. stay for a long time.

The little uncle disagreed with us when we helped his family plow the land, saying that he would rush to plow the field after raising the seedlings himself, instead of plowing the land now, Jiang Zhi was not polite to the little uncle, and told him directly that they The family does not need to raise seedlings this year, and the seedlings in our greenhouse are enough for the 30 mu of land.My uncle's house is the same as ours. The day after tomorrow, we started transplanting rice seedlings.

People say that one mu of seedlings is worth ten mu of fields. Our family has so densely cultivated seedlings that 30 mu of paddy fields must be enough.

It can be seen from my uncle's expression that he is a little hesitant and doesn't dare to mess with us with the 12 acres of paddy fields at home. After all, he watched us when we were raising seedlings and knew how unprofessional we were. , I also know that the seedlings in our greenhouse are planted too densely. Although the seedlings have reached the tillering stage, each seedling sheet is relatively thin. He should be afraid that he will not survive after transplanting. Even later, this year's rice harvest will be even more uncertain.

Jiang Zhi didn't give him any time to hesitate, so he went straight to his aunt to settle the matter. My aunt trusted Jiang Zhi's nephew very much. Hearing Jiang Zhi said that the seedlings we raised also belonged to her family, she repeatedly agreed, Just plant rice seedlings with our family.

The little uncle saw that the overall situation was settled, so he stopped struggling and asked Jiang Zhi and the others to go to the fields with hoes and shovels to release water, while he went to the greenhouse in the backyard to instruct everyone how to raise seedlings and prepare for transplanting.

After plowing the fields and drying the rice fields for another day to allow the mud to settle, we officially started planting rice seedlings.Aunt Qin's family and Aunt Guo's family who have a good relationship with our family in the village came to help, and a few young men who got along well with Jiang Zhi also came to help transplant rice seedlings.

The whole family of our family is also dispatched. Except for the second brother-in-law who can’t work now, Jiang Ma, Qu Ma and Aunt Liang are cooking at home. I'm going to be a farmer here, and I still have to learn things like farming from scratch.

Basically, one master and two novices, we all went down to the paddy field to learn how to transplant rice seedlings. Throwing rice seedlings is too difficult for us people, and rice seedlings are very precious now and cannot be wasted, so we all chose the more tiring one. way of transplanting rice seedlings.

The little uncle first threw a small bundle of seedlings evenly out of the shed in the morning into the paddy field, then bent down, picked up a bundle of seedlings, held a handful of seedlings in his left hand, and quickly began to plant the seedlings in his right hand. While the right hand is transplanting the seedlings, the thumb and middle finger of the left hand quickly "separate" the seedlings from a handful of seedlings at the same time, stepping back while inserting, and the depth of transplanting is controlled between 2-3 cm.

Uncle and the others explained the main points of transplanting rice seedlings to us while planting rice seedlings, and we learned how to do it next to us, trying our best to follow the requirements of transplanting rice seedlings that my uncle said.Among these people, the eldest brother-in-law learned the fastest and planted the best seedlings, which was highly praised by the younger uncle.

After we all practiced planting a few rows, we dispersed and officially started transplanting rice seedlings.Just look at a paddy field, more than 20 people, big and small, are bent over and busy.

After I finished planting a small piece, I got up and beat my sore waist. Looking at the crooked seedlings in front of me, I really realized the difficulties of farmers and the exhaustion of farming.

Next to me is Han Han, who is wearing a pair of water pants today, squatting in the paddy field and still planting rice seedlings seriously. Looking at the seedlings in front of him, although they are quite different from mine, they are neater than mine.

"Hanhan, are you tired? If you are tired, go to the edge of the field to rest for a while. If there is water, you can drink some water." I feel very distressed when I see such a young child going to the field to work.

"I'm not tired, it's okay, mom, go and rest for a while, I'll finish inserting this piece in a while." Hearing my call to him, Hanhan still squatted on the ground, rubbing his forehead with his little muddy hands Sweating, but the sweat didn't wipe off, and the little face was covered with flowers
"Hey, Hanhan, don't touch me, you're already a pretty face." The second sister Qu who was next to Hanhan saw Hanhan's face, smiled and hurried over, pulled out the towel she was carrying, Han Han wiped his face clean.

The children An An and Xuanxuan laughed when they saw Hanhan's little face, and An An also recited "Pity for Farmers" in response to the occasion, "It's the day of hoeing, sweat drips down the soil, who knows... "In an instant, the field was filled with the laughter of children.

(End of this chapter)