The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 115

When autumn was about to enter, it rained heavily for two or three days, the water in the pond overflowed, and the mud in the vegetable field became loose and was washed away by the water. Chu Ying hid in the bed to keep warm. Mrs. Tang, use the ink sticks I made last time to practice writing on the lacquered wooden board.

After the writing is finished, wipe it off with a cloth and then write again, which saves paper. Fortunately, Wang Naiyuan taught himself for a period of time a few days ago, and he can understand some basic common words.

I am practicing calligraphy according to the copybook given by Wang Naiyuan. From the beginning of the dog crawling to the present, I can tell what characters are written. The cloth for wiping the wooden board is already a little black and cannot be washed off, and the raw lacquer on the wooden board is also brushed. several times.

"Seeing that your body is getting stronger now, you don't need to go to the city to dispense medicine anymore. Before, you always took medicine, and even the house smelled of medicine."

Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu who was making embroidery pieces. The original piece of plain cloth came into her hands. After he arranged it like this, it blossomed into flowers and flew into birds. This prodigal old lady, ordinary hemp shoes are quite comfortable to wear, and she really wants to make such fancy shoes for herself.

"Don't look at it like this. Girls always want to have a pair of beautiful shoes to wear when going out, waiting for a big day to wear."

Chu Ying saw that it was still raining outside, and she didn't know how many more days it would be. She waited for the weather to clear enough to replenish the rabbits with food and grass. The hay stored last time was almost eaten up.

The meat that grows in this day should be thinner.

"You also learned Chinese characters for a period of time before. At that time, your writing was more elegant and light, but now your writing is very powerful and strong, which is quite different from before."

"I'm getting stronger. Let's eat noodle soup today, add some dried vegetables, don't go out to pick vegetables, those vegetables will probably be poured in the mud and can't get out, so you don't get wet when you go out." In hot weather, there is nothing wrong At that time, Chu Ying ground two sacks of flour, and the rest of the wheat would be good for making porridge or rice.

"Okay." The noodles in this noodle soup are dead noodles, and there doesn't seem to be any yeast here, so Chu Ying just asked Ye Qiu to add water to the noodles and knead them into a dough, then flatten the slices and pull them into small pieces by hand. of.

This noodle soup generally does not need to add any ingredients, and it can be eaten with a little salt, which is easy.

Waiting for the sunny weather, the big guys helped out. The women washed and dried the clothes that were a little hard after wearing for a long time, and the men took the farm tools to see if the rice in the field was still alive.

It was just a sunny day and the ground was relatively humid, so it was not easy for Chu Ying to mow the grass right away. When the ground dries up a bit, Chu Ying will speed up mowing the grass. This autumn, the ashes and ears of the grass will be more nutritious. The rabbits and longevity at home They are all herbivores, so they have to prepare enough forage in autumn, so that when it snows in winter, they don't have to worry about running out of forage.

Chu Ying looked at the disgraceful Wang Nai Garden, she must have had an accident with the rice on the ground, but there was nothing she could do about it, the drought was almost 3 months, and the water in the pond was almost dry at that time, Chu Ying made the pond grow so much Some big lotus roots have been dug out.

It has been raining heavily for a few days now, and I don’t know what the ground looks like. Fortunately, the terrain on Chuying’s side is relatively high, and the underwater is faster, and the wheat field is covered with the hemp stalks left by the hemp peeling last time. It also plays a certain role in preventing soil erosion.

"Chu Ying, it will take some time before you can pay back the previous money. The rice on the ground is still alive, but this year's harvest must not be good after being so dry. I'm afraid it won't be there in a while." Chu Ying Seeing Wang Naiyuan bowing his head in silence, he naturally knew his difficulty.

"No, Lu Ming exchanged the money he earned before for rice and brought it to me. It can be eaten until the next wheat harvest. If you don't have enough, come to me. How much do you think the rice can harvest?" Chu Ying didn't think so. How much rice can this rice grow with the moisture of more than a month.

"Only 3% of the rice is still alive. Even if the rice is produced, it is only [-]% of the previous year. There is no choice but to wait."

"Why don't you plow those dead ones and plant wheat, so that the waterways will be blocked and it won't be too wet. This wheat can be harvested in summer, and it can also relieve urgent needs earlier than autumn. Plant some beans and wait until spring to plant rice."

Wang Naiyuan thought about it for a while, and this is indeed a solution. After seeing for a few days whether the other rice can survive, "Your wheat is about to be planted, you must plow this land, and wait for me to work on it." Come to help you, don't refuse, since the money can't be paid back to you earlier, let's do some work as interest." Wang Naiyuan took a sip of hot water and got up to leave.

"Okay." Wang Naiyuan had a tough temper, and since he had made up his mind to do this, Chu Ying would be a little puzzled to refuse.

But just now Wang Naiyuan said that a lot of rice has died, and the dried rice stalks are good paper materials. When I see it, can I buy some in large quantities? Anyway, the name of the village is used to make firewood. If we use grain to exchange Should be able to change a lot.

The hemp stalks on the wheat field have been dried out in the sun, and they become dust after a little stepping on them. These useless hemp stalks can provide nutrients to the land, and it can be regarded as the last effort.

In the next few days, I saw bundles of straw from Wang Naiyuan moving home, and the quantity was quite a lot. Chu Ying handed the sickle to Ye Qiu and went to check the situation.

"This is really a crime. With this terrible weather, all the hard work of this year is gone. There are only so few things left. It's really not worth it. I'm going to worship the mountain god in the temple tomorrow to get rid of bad luck." Aunt Wang threw these straws into the stove. The straws were relatively dry after not being burned for several days.

"Brother Wang, there are quite a lot of straw, can you use it?"

Wang Naiyuan put down his shoulder pole and wiped his sweat, "Why do you want some? I'll carry it to you later."

"No, I want to exchange some, more. Do you want money or food?" Chu Ying looked at the straw that was neatly bundled into bundles.

Wang Naiyuan's face darkened, "You don't need to help me like this, I will send it to you if you want it, this thing is not worth much, there is no need to exchange it for something. I know you are kind, but no one wants this thing if it is thrown on the ground now , why do you need to change it?"

Chu Ying quickly shook her head, "No, I really want to change it. You also know that I have made paper over there. It is very good for making paper. I don't know how to change it. You Let's see how to change it."

Bai Yuhe put the washed clothes to dry with a big belly, and moved over after hearing what Chu Ying said, "Change, why not change some, Naiyuan, since Chu Ying needs it, we have a lot, so let's change it." No matter how cheap this straw is, it can be used to light a fire, isn’t it, and it’s not so cheap.”

Seeing Wang Naiyuan's distressed face, Chu Ying didn't make a sound, picked up the pole and the hook and went out, "You go back first, I'll carry some over there for you first."

Seeing Wang Naiyuan walking away, Chu Ying shouted to Aunt Wang to go back, but she was stopped by Bai Yuhe as soon as she went out, "Sister Chu, look, my stomach is getting bigger and bigger, and my life at home is not good. Well, don't worry, I won't overcharge you. It would be nice if the straw can be exchanged for some millet. The child will be born in a few months. I'm afraid there won't be any milk at that time. I just want the child to eat Rice mush."

(End of this chapter)