Huanxi Farm: Pick up a husband for farming

Chapter 6

Rong Shui nodded, watching Xiao Duan carry Li Jun on his back, his figure is flexible, but he is heading down the mountain.After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly realized that it must be that Xiao Duan didn't want her to know that they lived on the top of the mountain, so he deliberately used a trick to go down the mountain and then go back to the top of the mountain. The secret was leaked to her.

Rong Shui quickly put all these messy things behind him, picked up the bamboo basket and followed down the mountain, and went home.

After returning home, it was just in time for lunch. After she went back, the people from the Rong family also came back one after another.Rong Wan was doing a bunch of sewing work, Rong Zheng was carrying a hoe and was holding up her trousers just after finishing the crops, followed by Rong Ming, who was also holding her trousers, and the bouncing little sister Rong couldn't come back to eat except at a private school Rong Qing and the Rong family all gathered together.

Rong Ming looked at Rong Shui carrying a basket of sheep Danmiao back, and asked strangely: "Second sister, why do you pick these things? This is inedible, and it tastes bitter. Only in the years of natural disasters and famines are there really nothing to eat. Only then will I get this goat milk fruit to fill my stomach. If you want to eat something delicious, brother will go to the river today to see if there is any loach. When the time comes, I will hunt the loach and exchange it for you with sour and sweet plums. .”

Rong Shui thought in his heart that this was called goat milk fruit, and quickly refused: "Thank you brother, no need, I just want to see if I can make candied fruit, and then go to the town to sell it to see if I can sell it. Anyway, this goat There are milk fruit mountains everywhere, and it’s just a little bit of effort to get in.”

She lowered her head and smiled shyly, and said: "Brother, you have seen it too. My embroidery work is no better than sister's. I really can't do it. Otherwise, I can learn to be a female celebrity and earn a little money. So I thought about finding something else. The way to see if there is any gain."

Mrs. Li heard it from the side, and was very relieved. She came over and patted her head, and said lovingly: "My good boy, it's hard for you to think about it. Since you want to do it, do it, just pass the time. Come on, let's Let's eat first."

Rong Ming also echoed: "Yes, Second Sister, you can do what you want, if there is any inconvenience, just come to Big Brother."

Feeling warm in his heart, Rong Shui nodded and said "Mmm".

Only Rong Xiaomei was mischievous, ran over to see the bright and lovely color of Yang Danmiao, grabbed a few and couldn't wait to stuff them into her mouth, chewed them a few times and then spat them all out, wrinkled her face and said unhappy: "Not sweet! Bitter!"

That naive look made the Rong family laugh.

Moved by family affection, but the fact of poverty is still a fact.Looking at the dining table in front of him, Rong Shui was filled with melancholy.

In the original owner's memory, the Rong family only had a little bit of meat during the Chinese New Year, and the rest of the time, white rice was a treat only during the festival.

She looked at the thick-faced corn-bread sorghum rice on the table, and couldn't help but ask, "Mother, why doesn't our family have white rice?"

Mrs. Li sighed and said: "How can our family afford white rice! Ah Shui, you have to be content, our family is not bad, although you don't have white rice to eat, but your father and elder brother are hardworking people, We rented [-] mu of land from Li Dahu’s family at the head of the village, and apart from the rent, we can still have some rations left over every year, which can fill our stomachs anyway, and some families can’t even afford sorghum rice.”

Rong Shui was silent, bowed his head and said nothing, he took a big mouthful of rice, and swallowed the sorghum rice with rough grains grinding his throat.No matter how unpalatable it was, she had to eat it. She had to take in enough nutrients. She didn't want to be sick when she grew up.

However, she was thinking while eating, this place is a hilly area with a subtropical climate, and there is a high chance of rain throughout the year. In fact, the water source is sufficient, and there are conditions for planting rice.And according to her previous life experience, rice can be grown here twice a year.

But when she went out for a walk, she found that most of the fields here are dry fields, and there are relatively few paddy fields. The crops are also drought-resistant and easy-to-live grains such as wheat, sorghum, and millet. It is easy to take care of, and there are relatively few people who grow rice.

However, there is no way to do this. It depends on the people's sentiments at the time. After all, this place is not as technologically advanced as her previous life, and the rice yield is also very low. Generally, a yield of four to five hundred catties per mu is good land.

The Rong family has no land themselves. The Rong family rented six acres of land from the landlord Li Daming's family. They have to pay taxes and rent every year, and they have to raise seven mouths. Be hungry.

Rongshui swallowed the rough grains with difficulty, feeling a little worried. It seemed that if he wanted to eat white rice, he had to start from the source.

After lunch, Rong Zheng led Rong Ming to go to the fields to tend the crops again, while Rong Xiaomei carried bamboo baskets and walked around the village, picking up cow dung and pig dung to fertilize the field.In this year, there is no chemical fertilizer or insecticide, and everything can only be done by manpower.

Rong Shui once again sighed in his heart, after the saying that science and technology is the first development force is indeed the most reasonable saying, he dragged the basket of Yang Danmiao to the well, intending to wash it and hang it to dry.

Rong Wan and Mrs. Li stayed at home to be female celebrities. Rong Shui thought of Mrs. Li's hands, which were covered with calluses and needle holes. They were used to store insoles for the seven members of their family and to do embroidery work for others. Seeing the traces left by Xiaoqian, she felt a faint pain in the heart of a hard-hearted person in her previous life.

And her elder sister, Rong Wan, has already started to follow Li Shi's footsteps at a young age, so her fingers must be similar to Li Shi's after meeting her.

Her father, Rong Zheng, was actually only in his forties, but in order to support the family's livelihood, his temples are gray now, and he looks more than 50 years old.Her elder brother Rong Ming is also eighteen this year, and it's time to think about marrying a wife.

Her second elder brother, Rong Qing, is the only one in the Rong family who can go to school, and he often skips private school classes in order to take care of the family's work. He fishes for three days and spends two days drying the net. He has no time to study hard. How can he go to high school in the future? Woolen cloth?It's summer now, and seeing that autumn is just around the corner, Rong Qing is fifteen years old, and he has not passed the county examination to become a child student, and he is not qualified to be a scholar.If he can find time to study hard, he will no longer be a white man after being admitted as a scholar. In ancient times, having this status was equivalent to having a privileged junior VIP card. At least he would not have to kneel when he saw the county magistrate. .

And all these piles cost money.Where does the money come from?This is what Rong Shui is most worried about right now.

She washed Yang Danmiao and hung it in the yard, and asked Rong Wan to take a look at it for her to avoid being pecked by birds. She found a long bamboo pole, an old piece of clothing, and a fire bag. Then he went up the mountain excitedly.

Rongshui asked Mrs. Li, there is no such high-end food as honey at home, not even sugar, and sugar is an extremely rare luxury these days, usually it is dark brown sugar formed into a big lump, looking at Just disgusting.But even if Rong Shui dislikes brown sugar and is disgusting, she still doesn't have the money to afford brown sugar.

She had no choice but to grit her teeth and continue to try her luck on the mountain to see if she could find any beehives and the like. If she really couldn't find it, she would think of other ways at that time.

Rong Shui ran for a long time in the mountains with that bamboo pole, and she was so tired that she was so tired. Seeing that it was getting dark, she still couldn't find the hair. Just when she was about to give up helplessly, a hornet flew past her nose. .

Then, another wasp.

Her gaze followed the wasps involuntarily, and when she looked up, there was a giant hornet's nest on the tree, about the size of a wax gourd. Those wasps got in, and a few more came out. The honeycomb was covered with a layer of golden sticky The liquid of honey flowed down slowly, pulling out a very long thread with excellent elasticity, and it dripped down after half a day.

Rongshui subconsciously reached out to catch the drop of honey, and licked it. I have to say that even if she doesn't like sweets, this drop of honey is the best thing she has ever eaten since she traveled to another world, especially in the After being tortured by sorghum rice, this honey is extraordinarily sweet.

This was unexpected to Rong Shui, because she never knew that wasps also had honey, and this honey seemed to have more fragrance than honey from bees.

When he looked up at the terrifying hornet's nest again, Rongshui's eyes changed.Good guy, she swallowed her saliva, thinking that heaven and man are at war, there must be a lot of honey in such a big hive, but hornets are known to be vicious, and if one is not done well, it may even be killed...

She stood there and hesitated for a while, the faces of the Rong family caring for her kept appearing in her mind, gritted her teeth, and she made up her mind.

Rongshui first found some dry leaves that were easy to ignite, lit them with a torch, then stuffed them into a bunch of half-dry grass, tied the grass to a bamboo pole, and wrapped his head tightly with old clothes. Yan Shishi, with only two eyes exposed, held up the bamboo pole, tremblingly came to the bottom of the hornet's nest.

She carefully brought the smoking grass balls to the hornet's nest, and the hornets couldn't stand the smoke, and flew out in dense numbers. Rongshui was still worried, and chased them with a bamboo pole for a long time, making sure to get rid of them After they were all chased away, she let go of her feet and ran back, poking down the hornet's nest with a bamboo pole, quickly wrapped up the torn clothes, and ran down the mountain desperately, for fear that the hornet would come back and chase her out.

When Rongshui managed to get down the mountain, her heart was beating wildly and almost flew out of her mouth. She hugged the huge beehive like some rare treasure, and rushed towards Rong's house furtively.

It is undeniable that besides being nervous and exciting, she also has an indescribable sense of accomplishment, as if all of a sudden she has confidence in her heart.

After returning home, Mrs. Li saw her small body hugging a big hornet's nest, and she almost fainted from fright. After recovering, she wanted to scold her but was reluctant, so she kept telling her not to do it next time. After doing this, Rong Zheng and Rong Ming must go if they want to destroy the hornet's nest, there is no reason to let her go.

(End of this chapter)