Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 21

Mrs. Su Zhang was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, and Su Qinghe was sitting in front of the stove with a small stool to light the fire.Grandma Su smiled and said, "You have built a new house, do you want to change the furniture in this house?"

"At first I thought it was a replacement, after all, Xiaohe is getting older, so there must be two cabinets in the room." Su Zhangshi looked at Su Qinghe meaningfully and said with a smile: "Preparing now, I won't be too busy in the future. "

Uncle Su Li answered with a smile: "That's the reason, our family Qingfang, it's just that I didn't have enough things to prepare before, and now I'm in a hurry."

"Sister-in-law, the good days of Qingfang are approaching, and you and elder brother will have a good time in the future." The second aunt, Su Song, opened the cauldron next to her and put all the rice inside into a wooden bucket, Laughing and joking: "Zhi Shan is [-] years old this year, does sister-in-law have any plans?"

"Fourteen is not too big." Su Li shook her head with a smile: "I'm still waiting for Zhiping and Zhian. After the two of them are admitted to Juren and become high-ranking officials, what other girls can we find?" No? Besides, there is still Qinghua on Zhishan Mountain, we have to wait for his second sister to get married."

As he said that, he asked with a smile: "Qingfen is also fifteen this year, right? Are you optimistic about her?"

Su Song raised her head a little proudly: "That's natural. Qingfen is good-looking, and I can't bear to match her with someone else indiscriminately. It just so happened that her grandmother came over a while ago and said that there is a shopkeeper in the next town. Eighteen, she is about the same age as Qing Fen from my family, her grandma said, let’s make a match, if it works, it’s a good thing, if it doesn’t, it’s okay.”

Their Liu Village is under the jurisdiction of Dafeng Town in the west, and two villages away is Taiping Town next door, which is relatively prosperous, but not as good as Dafeng Town.

Su Qinghe picked up the edge of the bucket and looked at it. It was not pure white rice, but some sorghum rice mixed in, which looked a little ugly.However, these days, unless it is a landlord's house, there are still not many pure rice.

The steamed buns in the other pot were naturally not white flour, but mixed with sorghum flour.However, the Su family is considered rich now, so the sorghum noodles don't need to be so rough, but they are specially ground several times, so that the sorghum noodles are fine, except for the taste, the texture is almost the same as that of white noodles.

The steamed buns are round, plump and soft, and when pinched, there is a big hole. After taking a bite, it is sweet, glutinous and soft. Su Qinghe squeezed a piece and stuffed it in her mouth, and continued to squat down to light the fire.Mrs. Su Zhang patted her on the head with a smile: "But are you hungry? I asked you to eat more in the morning and you didn't eat it. Now that you're hungry, you know what to eat."

Su Qinghe swallowed the steamed buns in her mouth, curled her lips and said, "I just woke up in the morning, mother, you let me eat something so greasy, I can't even eat it."

"Hey, Xiao He still hates it? This is the best pork belly." The second aunt Su Song smiled and put a piece of it to Su Qinghe's mouth: "Try it, it's delicious, but not greasy .”

Su Qinghe thought for a while, opened the steamed bun, asked the second aunt to put the meat in the middle of the steamed bun, took a bite and said with a smile: "Second aunt, your cooking is much more delicious than my mother's, so my mother will take this The meat is fried twice in the pan, and then it's for us to eat."

Mrs. Su Zhang pretended to be angry: "Since your second aunt's cooking is delicious, can I give you to your second aunt as a daughter?" The second aunt laughed and put her arms around Su Qinghe: "That's just right. I just want Qing He to be my daughter, who is beautiful, smart, and blessed, and I am so rare."

Uncle Su Lishi knocked on the basin: "Okay, don't joke around, it's already noon, let Zhishan and the others deliver the food."

Both the land reclamation side and the house building side have to be given away.Divide into two.One was sent by the eldest cousin Su Zhishan to the new house, and the other was sent by the second cousin Su Zhiyan to the riverside.The eldest uncle Su Jingqing and the second uncle Su Jingshu both have only one boy, and the third uncle's family has no children.It seems that the fourth child Su Jingsen's family has more children, two boys.

"Mom, I'll go too, let me see how much wasteland has been opened up." Su Qinghe hurriedly got up, Su Qinglan was helping to wash the vegetables, but now she came over and said with a smile: "Then let me help light the fire."

In the matter of Su Sanbo and the little widow in the next-door village, in the end, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su made a compromise. They have already set a date. When Su Jingsen's house is finished, they will build a house for Su Jinglin, and then the little widow will come in.

Su Qingfang got married in March, and the happy days are not far away.Probably because there are more happy events, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su are also very energetic during this period, and there are more smiles on their faces.

"Okay, Xiaolan is here to light the fire. Come on, grandma will tell you a few things." Grandma Su asked Qinglan to sit down beside her, and began to talk in a rambling manner. When I was bullied, I came to the old courtyard to ask my grandparents for help.

Su Qinghe jumped out of the yard, Su Qinghua was washing clothes outside, looked at Su Qinghe, smiled and waved: "Xiaohe, do you still have the bean sprouts you made yesterday? That tastes delicious."

Su Qinghe originally planned to use the bean sprouts to exchange for some money, but Su Jingsen and Su Zhang suddenly decided two days ago that they would hand over the method of growing bean sprouts to their sister-in-law, and then let them sell bean sprouts.

Grandpa Su and Grandma Su were overjoyed at the time, and said that Su Jingsen and Su Zhang were honest and sincere, and Uncle Su and Second Uncle Su were also very grateful. It was a little uncomfortable, and now it's gone.

"Also, I made fried pork with bean sprouts today. Second sister, have your bean sprouts grown?" Su Qinghe asked with a smile, and Su Qinghua shook her head: "Only grow so little, your uncle said, wait until it grows." , take half of it for cooking, and send the other half to the town to sell."

"Well, if you sell more money, you can still buy a dowry for the elder sister." Su Qinghe said shaking her head, and Su Qinghua patted her on the head dumbfoundingly: "Kids, do you know what a dowry is? Aren't you going to send food to the fields? Don't hurry up and ask your second brother to go."

Su Qinghe stuck out her tongue, and went out of the courtyard to her new house. Uncle Su led Su Erbo, Su Sanbo, and the eldest cousin and second cousin to help build the house here. Su Qinghe shouted loudly: "Elder cousin, second cousin Brother, I'm going to deliver food."

After a while, two teenagers, 14-year-old Su Zhishan and 13-year-old Su Zhiyan, came out from behind the new wall that was half a person high. What dish?"

"Stir-fried pork with bean sprouts, stewed cabbage with pork, shredded radish and pork, and big bone soup." Su Qinghe raised his face and smiled. She had to call Su Qinghe's aunt's son cousin.

The four of them went to the old courtyard together with Su Qinghe, two people in a group, took the food, and went straight to the destination.Su Qinghe followed and soon arrived at the riverside. After Su Jingsen got the land deed, he came back to find the head of the household. The head of the household took people to measure [-] mu of land, and then laid down the boundary of the land.

The so-called land boundary is to dig a deep pit of one or two meters on the four corners of the land, and bury it with green bricks or wooden prongs, but the wooden prongs are easy to rot and need to be replaced frequently.In this way, with the certificate of demarcation, land disputes will also be reduced.

"Father, it's time to eat!" Su Qinghe shouted with open arms, and among the group of people who were doing it in full swing, Su Jingsen raised her head and said back: "Hey, a while." Then she turned her head and shouted: "Everyone rest, eat Let's continue with the meal."

After finishing speaking, he took the lead in resisting the iron rod and walked to the ground.He is the master, he doesn't stop, and others are too embarrassed to stop working to eat.

"Xiao He, what dishes are you cooking today?" Su Jingsen asked with a smile, Su Qinghe answered again, turned and walked into the field.It is said to be a wasteland by the river, but it is at least 50 meters away from the river.

Except for scattered reeds, it is just a piece of wild grass.After setting the fire on, one side of the soil must be turned over again with an iron drill, the grass roots must be picked out and thrown away, and then the silt dug out of the river will be covered.

Su Qinghe thought about it in her heart, it was almost February now, and it was too late to plant other grains, so she had to plant a crop of early rice first.Early rice is almost harvested together with wheat. According to the plan of parents, sorghum and peanuts are to be planted. For many years, people in the village have basically grown this way.Or, it is to replace the sorghum peanuts with soybeans or the like.

But Su Qinghe planned to plant some yams first.Sorghum is not picky, but the sorghum planted on the barren land will not yield much.Peanuts are even more delicate. With a little less fertilizer, the number of fruit bearing will be reduced by half.

The yam is different. This land is next to the river, which is made of clay. The top and bottom soils are the same. There is no fault in the middle, and the river silt on the top is the bottom. In addition, the wasteland digging is relatively deep, and the ground has been turned over again. It is just right to plant yams in the first year.

However, how to convince parents is a big problem.However, there are still three months, don't worry.

"Little girl, what do you see?" The person eating next to him looked at Su Qinghe studying the soil clod with a serious face, and couldn't help but want to tease her. Su Qinghe threw down the mud in his hand, clapped his hands and smiled: "Look What kind of land is suitable for planting here?"

Everyone laughed loudly. Although a group of people were not considered veterans of farming, they all had some experience. Now seeing a seven-year-old girl seriously talking about researching what is planted in the field is not ordinary funny.

Su Jingsen was unhappy, and knocked on the edge of the bowl: "Why are you laughing, my daughter is very smart, I just bought a book related to farming a while ago, my daughter will definitely grow good things."

After all, they work with other people's money, but not many people continue to laugh.Su Qinghe curled her lips, and came over to talk to Su Jingsen: "Father, tell Uncle Lizheng to give us that piece of land too?"

(End of this chapter)