The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 112
Chu Ying looked at the fence with several gaps and some adobe bricks piled up beside the wall. Maybe it was time to build a fence. Although it is not particularly dry now, the fence should be built sooner. If it is really dry, then build it , others must think that this family must have a lot of food at home, but it will be envied by then.

Chu Ying piled up the earth bricks on the ground to dry, and started to build the wall on the other side. The ash in the middle was directly made of reconciled mud, because the four houses and the utility room were arranged in an L shape. , Chu Ying demolished the original fence and expanded it to the west.

"I'm going to pick some weeds, and I've killed a lot of fish. The yard has put up shelves to dry fish fillets. If you want to kill fish, you can do it later. There's no need to kill so many fish. Today I don’t know what to do, I have to buy fry after killing all the fish, it’s not worth it.”

Chu Ying knew that Ye Qiu felt sorry for these fish, but Chu Ying also thought that it would be more hasty to kill the fish when there was a drought, and at that time, someone else would definitely come to steal the fish.

"Well, that's enough, let's talk about it when the time comes, kill five or six every day, and keep the small ones, and there's not much meat after killing them." Chu Ying looked at the water level that had dropped a little more. Know when it can rain.

The big shed outside chatted with the three rettings so that Chizi Chuying didn't come in. It would take five or six days of work to enclose them, and Pond Chuying didn't even think about enclosing them, so Ye Qiu was asked to enclose them. Kill some every day, or they will all enter other people's stomachs before the time. The most important thing is that there will be no water to clean these fish.

After another half a month, there was still no dripping water, and the yard was full of racks to dry dried fish and vegetables. After going out of the fence and watching the water level in the pond drop little by little, Chu Ying became anxious again.Some vegetables in the field are fine, they don't need much water, and the water in the pond is enough.

Afraid that these vegetables would be sunburned to death, Chu Ying took a sackcloth and tied it to a log inserted on the ground, and covered it with a piece of ground. The sackcloth can slightly block the sunlight, mainly to prevent the moisture from transpiring so quickly.

Chu Ying drove more than a dozen chickens to the chicken coop in the utility room, and they could no longer be kept free-range.Chu Ying gets up early every day to cut a lot of grass and come back to dry. She is afraid that it will be too dry and the grass will wither. The dried hay can be eaten by rabbits. Anyway, the fence has been built, and the dried fish is almost ready. Chu Ying made more hay.

The main thing is that those growing little rabbits need more fresh forage.The big rabbit has already accumulated some fat, and it will be fine if it does not eat for a few days.

After the fish is dried, Chu Ying puts them in the jar and seals it with reed leaves and mud to isolate the moisture in the air. However, there is really not much moisture in the air now, but this method can be stored for a longer period of time. .

The dried fish Chuying did not put too much salt, firstly, the weather is very hot and it will dry out after three or four days in the sun, secondly, the fish is too salty and it will consume more water to dilute the salt in the body, The most important thing is that the salt is more expensive.

"All the wild vegetables are dug outside, but fortunately, those who went there picked some earlier." Ye Qiu dumped most of the wild vegetables in the basket on the ground, and Chu Ying couldn't tell which kind of wild vegetables it was, so she didn't go to help.

"It was picked in a hurry, and there were a lot of weeds mixed in. It was not as easy to pick as it was a few days ago." Ye Qiu drank a large bowl of water, then sat on the wooden pier, picked wild vegetables and put them in a wooden basin to wash. , After washing, cut into small pieces and put them on the bamboo weaving to dry, turn over the previous drying, and put the dried ones in clay pots.

Fortunately, Ye Qiu went to pick wild vegetables early, and the family has already prepared more than ten cans of vegetables to dry. If he started to pick wild vegetables at this time, he would definitely not be able to grab those women.

"It's okay, we already have a lot of hay at home, but it's better to pick some. Others are picking it but we didn't go, and others thought we didn't have any shortage." Chu Ying packed all the dried hay in a burlap sack They are piled up in the house. One of the two newly built houses is full of hay and firewood. When it is needed, there is no need to rush out to cut it. The other house has three large water tanks, which are enough for Chu Ying and Ye Qiu has lived for a while.

"Yes, it's a good thing that all the fish were dried before, and half of the water in this pond has been submerged, and there are still some small fish in it that can still survive. It would be great if there was a heavy rain, even if these dried fish and vegetables It’s okay to do it for nothing, I really can’t bear it this day.” Ye Qiu patted the ashes off his clothes, then climbed down to the pond to pick some water shields and came back to cook.

The sun is getting hotter and hotter. Chu Ying didn't go out to mow the grass and put away all the dried fish. It would be bad to be seen by others.These earthen pots Chuying with dried vegetables and fish were all moved to the attic, leaving only some in the kitchen.

"The rivers over there are half as small. Lizheng is no longer allowed to open canals to release water. They release water every few days. Many men are carrying water to irrigate the fields. When they came back, they saw Wang Nai Garden. It got tanned a lot, the crops are the lifeblood, the rice needs water, and the weather is really killing people."

Chu Ying knew that Wang Naiyuan still owed a lot of money after getting married. Now that there are more people in the family, it is even more expensive to spend food. When the evening came, Chu Ying went to Wang Naiyuan with two dried fish cans.

"Is Brother Wang at home? Is Aunt Wang there?" Chu Ying waited at the door for a long time before someone opened the door. Chu Ying saw that it was Bai Yuhe who opened the door, and her belly was slightly swollen, as if she had a child.

"Niang and Naiyuan have gone out, what's the matter with you?" Bai Yuhe's complexion seemed to be grim, and she was still holding a wooden stick in her hand.

"It's nothing, just kill the fish in the pond and make dried fish. If there are more, then those come. Why haven't they come back so late? Where's the pear garden?"

"Liyuan sent mother to grandma's house." Bai Yuhe lay down on the outer hall and hid the stick.

"Well, are you pregnant? You have to take good care of it, because your complexion is not very good." Chu Ying put the dried fish in the kitchen, and she couldn't let a pregnant woman carry them.

Seeing Bai Yuhe's dazed look, Chu Ying waved her hand in front of her eyes, seeing that her absent-minded and lonely look was quite different from her usual high-spirited look.

"Yes, I will tell him when Nai Yuan comes back. Thank you very much. You can think of us. Do you have enough to eat for yourself? You have to save some. I don't know what will happen in the days to come. "Chu Ying saw that she seemed to be on the hook, so she left early.

When I went out, I saw a spot of fire slowly moving towards me in the distance. I guessed that Wang Naiyuan and Aunt Wang had returned, so Chu Ying went home first. When I met Wang Naiyuan, I was afraid that he would not guard against these things. something.

When Chu Ying wiped her body and was about to take a break, she saw Wang Naiyuan approaching aggressively with a stick. She just sent two cans of dried fish, and Wang Naiyuan wouldn’t be so excited to mobilize people to teach them a lesson with a stick. yourself.

Wang Naiyuan walked up to Chu Ying and threw the stick heavily on the ground, annoyed and annoyed, and sat on the ground without saying a word.Standing by the side, Chu Ying didn't know what to say.

(End of this chapter)