The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 110
Ye Qiu uses an appropriate amount of japonica rice, glutinous rice, and well water to mash them in a stone mortar and glue them together to form green rice balls.Then knead into small pieces and steam them in a steamer to make ramie glutinous rice cakes.

It was fragrant and delicious, and there were some sticky teeth, "It's delicious." Ye Qiu looked at Chu Ying's gorge and smiled without saying a word, "You can't eat more, if you eat too much, you will get stagnant."

It took about ten days for all the ramie in the ramie field to be peeled, and the paper business was still going on, but Ye Qiu said that the speed of peeling the hemp was already very fast.

Looking at the yellowed ramie skins on the shelf, which can be used to make paper after drying out, Lu Ming's side has gradually improved, but only a few dozen pennies a day, Chu Ying let Lu Ming Well, it's good to get it together when the time comes.

The remaining ramie stems and leaves are spread in the wheat field to return nutrients to the land and reduce the germination rate of grass. Because these stems and leaves cover the ground, the sun is covered, and the ground is not nourished by sunlight. The weeds will grow more slowly, and it will be easier to plow in autumn.

"Sister Chu, I heard from Naiyuan that you want firewood, and you still need it every day. What kind of business are you doing? Burning bricks or porcelain?" Chu Ying and Ye Qiu were thumping wheat together in Uncle Qi's new shed. They asked Qi Shuxin to make two new toon seeds that were the same as before, so that Chu Ying and Ye Qiu could chat while working.

"It's nothing, it's just a paper business."

"Make paper? You know how to make paper? It seems that you are underestimated." Bai Yuhe looked around at these new guys, and they looked decent, but there was no paper-making curtain in other paper workshops. , but made a big brush, and I don't know what Chu Ying is doing.

"What is Mrs. Wang here for? Do you need help with farm work? Just say if you have something to do, we will definitely go, and we will go here when we are done." Chu Ying sat on a specially made high stool, looking at the woman who had been dangling for a long time. Bai Yuhe didn't know where she was making trouble.

"No, I just came to ask you how to sell your rabbits. I think you can raise one or two rabbits at home. See how fast your rabbits are born. You already have a litter in just a few days." Bai Yuhe grabbed a small white rabbit. The rabbit groped up and down.

"No, just take two if you like. The water you drink should be boiled, and there should be no dirt on the fodder. Just clean it more."

Ye Qiu tilted his head and whispered into Chu Ying's ear, "How many are the pure white ones? Don't let her carry them. This pure white rabbit skin is valuable."

Chu Ying smiled lightly, "It's okay. It will give birth at that time." This rabbit has a strong reproductive ability. If Chu Ying hadn't asked Ye Qiu to separate the rabbit that gave birth to cubs from the male rabbit, the female rabbit would have been born too. Live like this.

"Then how can it be done? How much money would it cost for five little white rabbits like this?"

Chu Ying followed Ye Qiu's back. These little white rabbits, Ye Qiu, are precious. It's very uncomfortable for a mother to see the little cubs about to be taken away.

"No, you can take it." If it was Wang Naiyuan who asked Chu Ying, he would definitely send it to Wang Naiyuan without saying a word, but Bai Yuhe felt that Chu Ying was a little awkward.

"If you want it, I think it's 10 cents a piece in the market. Let Naiyuan send you the money...you don't need to give it away." Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu who was sulking with her lips pursed. On weekdays, she is like an old woman who has read everything, but today she looks like a little girl.

"Will you still be alive if you take it? At worst, I'll just catch a few more. See, I'll make you angry." Chu Ying didn't know how to coax people, so she made faces to make Ye Qiu laugh.

"Okay, okay, your face is going to be torn by you, rub your face quickly, why can I be angry, it's not mine, I'm just a grass feeder, you don't mind, what do I worry about Ah." Ye Qiu gently wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve.

"Still crying, really crying like a cat." Chu Ying shook her head in disgust and walked away. Although this summer is not as hot as the concrete forest in modern cities, it is still very uncomfortable. Chu Ying gulped down a bowl of lotus leaves herbal tea.

Even the lively fish in the nearby pond sank below the water and didn't move much. I don't know how hot it will be in summer here.

"This summer seems to be extraordinarily hot. Next time I go to the city, I need to bring more mung beans and some wheat to the city to exchange for some rice. I will go when the weather is cooler." Chu Ying nodded. , continue to drink water, this day feels hot and wrinkled, and my face that is not fair now looks like it will turn into bark.

But in the next few days, I didn’t see the cool days that Ye Qiu mentioned. It’s been almost a month without a drop of rain. I heard from Mrs. Wang that the threshold of the newly built mountain temple was stepped down for a section. Those who go to the mountain god to pray for rain.

Chu Ying is a little groggy every day, and she needs to drink medicine to get better. Waiting to make those sun-dried ramie skins into paper, Chu Ying has to tell Lu Ming that she is going to take a high-temperature vacation, even if she works indoors. Some can't stand it, let alone facing the stove.

In addition, the amount of making these days has gradually increased, and Lu Ming can't sell that much for a while, so he asked Grandpa Li to send the whole car when he is free.Even Grandpa Li drives an ox cart in the morning and evening, and does not drive on the road during the day, for fear that the cow will be exposed to the sun.

"Drink the medicine quickly. I'll cut these papers. No matter how hot you are at night, you have to cover your stomach with something. Seeing you wriggling and sleeping at night, you look like an earthworm that has been watered."

After receiving the medicine from Ye Qiu, Chu Ying blew for a long time before drinking it, fearing that the medicine that was drunk while it was hot would be like a fire burning in her throat.

"This day is really weird. It's not like this in previous years. The water in the pond has dropped by a foot. At that time, some fish have to be caught and dried. Otherwise, the fish will not survive."

Chu Ying climbed to the attic to look at the food. These are enough for herself and Ye Qiu to eat until the spring of next year. After all, there are only two girls, no matter how much they eat, they can’t eat much, but Wang Naiyuan’s house is different. Look at it these days Big Brother Wang always gets up early and stays late.

Fortunately, Chuying grows wheat, which is more drought-tolerant, and it is harvested in summer and planted in autumn. It is different from other rice plants. These days, people are opening canals to release water to increase the amount of water.

Chu Ying moved all the fungus in the grove to the shade of the trees and covered them with thick pine needles. The rotten wood that was brought back with great difficulty can’t just be dried in the sun, no matter whether it will get hotter or not in the future , getting dry, Chu Ying had to be prepared.

During the day, I lie in the house and take a nap, and wait until the sky is slightly brighter and it is almost evening before I start making paper, which will be a little cooler. Originally, Chu Ying thought it was too extravagant to dig such a big pond to water the crops. , Now I feel that it is quite good to have such a pond to store water, at least in addition to eating and drinking water, other laundry and the like can use the water in this pond.Waiting for it to be cooler tomorrow morning, Chu Ying has to buy two big water tanks to hold clean water. Even if it rains in the future, these water tanks can also be used for retting. "What's the matter with you? You're as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and you don't stop to take a rest. Don't worry, it will rain in half a month. Look at your fuss." "Really? In half a month It’s raining this month?” “It’s always been like this in previous years, but this year it’s a little bit hotter. I asked Aunt Wang the same way last time. Don’t worry too much. Go to sleep for a while. You're sweating, go in and cool off."

(End of this chapter)