Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 35

Su Qinghe didn't bother Su Jingsen and the others. In the morning, when Su Jingsen and Su Zhang went out to the field, she straddled a basket and started breaking corn.However, if the dust on the ears of corn falls on the body, it will be very itchy, and the corn leaves are also very cutting, so Su Qinghe had to wrap herself tightly.

The broken corn was thrown to the corner first, and the land was not very big, but Su Qinghe did it alone, and it took more than three days to do it.When everything is done, peel off the outer corn husks one by one to reveal the golden corn cobs.

Just throw the corn cobs in the yard to dry for ten days, and when they are almost dry, they can be peeled off.

At that time, the work in the field was almost done.Su Jingsen and Su Zhang's two people definitely can't finish it, and this year, Su Zhiping and Su Zhian are both in school, and there is no one to help at home, so they simply hired someone to do it.

After drying the peanuts out, Su Jingsen and Su Zhangshi came to help Su Qinghe: "Girl, you said this thing, just peel it off? How do you eat it?" Su Jingsen pinched a corn kernel and put it in his mouth Li, chewed and frowned: "It's a little sweet, but it's still a little astringent."

"Father, this is just like wheat, it's made into noodles and eaten." Su Qinghe said with a smile, picked up a peeled corn cob and an unpeeled corn cob, rubbed them up and down vigorously, and then they came out There was a gap, Su Qinghe signaled: "That's how to peel off the top, don't throw away this shaft, let's use this to make a fire in winter."

Su Jingsen took a look, picked up two and started to move. Almost in a blink of an eye, a corn cob was completely removed and turned into an empty corn cob.The corners of Su Qinghe's mouth twitched, as expected, he was someone who had been working all his life, and his hands were so fast that he couldn't even tell.

Mrs. Su Zhang also helped, and asked while doing the work: "Xiao He, didn't you say that Mr. Shen left a seed as a deposit? How much do you think should be given to him? Is half enough?"

"Mother, Mr. Shen said that he still wants to see what it looks like to make food. When we are done, first grind some golden rice noodles, and then make something to eat. Later, let the elder brother write a letter to Mr. Shen." , and then just bring a cloth bag of seeds.”

Su Qinghe said with a smile, since Mr. Shen left in March, and now the corn has been harvested in October, Mr. Shen has not sent a single seed. Maybe she doesn't remember this matter, and she has to remind her.

"By the way, dad, I think that pole is quite strong. Didn't you say a while ago that the cowshed is too short? Use this to tie it upright, is it high enough?" Su Qinghe gestured, Su Jingsen took a look, He smiled and nodded: "It's not bad, it's not like a reed, it's too thin. That's good, hasn't that pole in your field been shoveled yet? I'll go and shovel it off."

Saying that, he threw away the corn cobs in his hand, went to the utility room to get a shovel out, and went straight to the backyard.Su Qinghe is thinking of changing the name of Golden Rice, she is more used to calling it Corn, if she slips up in the future, it will be bad.

When Su Zhiping came back, Su Qinghe dragged him to start writing letters.The content of this letter is not just a single star, it first needs to write about Su Qinghe's planting process.

"Little sister, where did you fertilize? I haven't seen you do these things, can't you write like this?" Su Zhiping was a little embarrassed, and Su Qinghe glared at him: "Who said I didn't fertilize? I also fertilized, but brother You didn’t see it, really, if you don’t believe me, go to the field and have a look carefully, I spilled something.”

"What did you sprinkle?" Su Zhiping was a little surprised, he really didn't notice that the field was fertilized, and he would see his little sister catching bugs and pulling weeds, or loosening the soil with a small hoe on her back. , Fertilizer or something, is it done in the middle of the night?

"I dug the river mud, burned it, and then sprinkled it on the ground. Of course you can't see it." Su Qinghe rolled her eyes and said with a smile. Su Zhiping thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "It's your golden rice that started When the ears are earing, you let me and dad go to the river to pick up the river mud?"

Su Qinghe nodded, and Su Zhiping was a little puzzled: "Didn't you just pile it up in the yard and leave it alone?"

"That's retting. It's said in the book that retting the fertilizer is more useful. Okay, brother, write it quickly. After finishing it, let's grind the noodles." Su Qinghe urged, if Su Zhiping continued to ask, there would definitely be a loophole. .

Su Zhiping lowered his head and wrote: "Use river mud fertilizer before earing... When the outer skin is green and tender, you can break it off and boil it in water, and when the outer skin turns yellow, peel off the leaves and pinch the rice grains, you can harvest. The rice grains can be used for grinding. A practical method. The empty shaft can be used for grinding, and the horses like to eat it..."

At this point, Su Zhiping stopped again: "Little girl, what's the matter with this horse likes to eat? There are no horses in our village, how did you know that horses like to eat these? And that pole, you can also hit it Cheng Mo, when did you fight?"

"Brother, you definitely don't know. You were not at home when I did this." Su Qinghe's mouth twitched again, deeply feeling that it was a mistake for her to ask her elder brother to write a letter, and she should have written it herself. How to play on how to play.

It's a pity, since I'm a girl, I can only ask my elder brother or second brother to write all the letters to the outside world, otherwise, I'll try my second brother next time?Or, second brother doesn't have so many questions to ask, does he?
"I'm not at home? When did it happen?" Su Zhiping asked sullenly, Su Qinghe frowned and recalled: "Ah, yes, it happened a month ago, didn't I cook golden rice for everyone before? I didn’t throw away the empty shafts and poles, I put them in the backyard. I was planning to go to the river to play that day. Then I saw a horse parked by the river. I didn’t recognize it at the time. I saw it several times Eye, and then the person standing next to it said it was a horse, and that horse kept coming to sniff the empty shaft in my hand, so I threw it to it to chew on, but it was probably too big, so it didn’t move.”

Su Zhiping frowned, and was even more unhappy: "You are a girl, you are only seven years old this year! How dare you go up to someone by the river? Are you not afraid that you will be cheating on Hanako? If that person is a villain, I will throw you into the river." or kidnapped directly, you will never see your parents again!"

Su Qinghe pouted, and Su Zhiping didn't let her go: "Next time you are not allowed to go to the river alone, do you know? If you dare to go alone, I will not beat you when I come back!"

Su Qinghe nodded aggrievedly, and pointed to the letter paper: "Brother, are you still writing? It's getting dark, if you keep talking, we won't be able to grind noodles today."

Su Zhang interrupted: "If you can't go today, you can go tomorrow. Your elder brother is right. You are stupid and bold. Fortunately, that person is not a bad person. If he is a bad person, you can still stand here properly? I will let you come back." Dad will beat you up! See if you run around or not!"

Su Qinghe hurriedly hugged Su Zhangshi's arm and acted like a baby, saying that she dared to go there because she saw other people by the river, and she would definitely not go there alone next time, and she made a promise very seriously, Su Zhangshi Just let her go.

Before finishing writing a letter, the sky had completely darkened, and Mrs. Su and Zhang had already prepared dinner. Su Jingsen came back from the backyard with a shovel on his back, and said with a smile: "Xiaohe has quite a lot of poles, just enough to Tie two walls, next year we will have more varieties of this thing.”

"Brother, I will write the rest tomorrow. I have to weigh the sixty percent of the land we planted, how much we can harvest, and how much flour is ground." Su Qinghe explained twice, then turned to talk to Su Jingsen .

"Father, this one is also delicious. We have a variety of it. We are the only family in the town that has this stuff. It will definitely sell for a high price. I think that Boss Yang is quite knowledgeable. It's an exclusive deal, and it's unique. He will definitely do business with us."

Mrs. Su Zhang sneered: "You know it's delicious? If it's not delicious, the field will be delayed again, and it will be a big loss."

"I thought it should be delicious, Mom, didn't you try it too? It's delicious when you cook it." If it wasn't for the lack of corn planted, she would definitely have enough to eat, but in order to save the seeds, She only ate it twice, one at a time.He didn't even dare to sell it. The corn cooking business can only wait for the next year.

"Well, it's really delicious to cook, but it only takes half a month." Su Zhang said, "Why don't we make more varieties next year, and sell half of them to shopkeeper Yang early for cooking and eating. Save half for other things."

Su Jingsen laughed: "Just now you were worried that you would not be able to make money and waste land, but now you have figured it out?"

"Go, it's about the same for a single one. Didn't Qinghe say before, did Mr. Shen say that it's quite expensive to sell at the seaside? Let's not say too much, ten copper coins each, and one mu of land can grow at least [-] plants Right? That's five thousand copper plates! Five taels of silver!"

Mrs. Su Zhang calculated, and her eyes lit up: "This is more expensive than growing peanuts. An acre of peanuts costs at most one tael of silver. That golden rice, there are more than five hundred plants per acre of land." Woolen cloth."

"Mother, this ground flour must be delicious. If parents are worried about losing money, let's only plant ten acres." Su Qinghe narrowed her eyes with a smile, and must seize a big opportunity before others start planting corn. , and then if Mr. Shen sent other seeds, that would be just right.If he doesn't give it away, then he has proved that he has the talent for planting, and then he will offer a reward for seeds!I don't believe it, it's just a cotton seed, maybe it will never appear?
Su Jingsen smiled and nodded: "Well, okay, listen to my daughter, my daughter is very good at farming."

After two days, all the corn was peeled, and Su Jingsen drove the ox cart to the noodle shop by the village.The noodle workshop is divided into two rooms, one side is equipped with a water pestle, which is used to pound rice or hustle wheat.There is a huge stone mill on the other side. After the wheat has been shelled, it is pulled here to grind the flour directly.

People who are more particular, that is, rich people, will sift the ground flour twice, and then grind it again, so that the flour will be fine and white, that is, white flour.Most people eat whole wheat noodles that are slightly gray.

The first time Su Qinghe came back to this noodle workshop, she was very surprised, and pestered Su Jingsen to keep asking, "Father, is there no one to take care of this thing? If it breaks, who will be responsible for repairing it?"

"You little girl has a lot of leisure time. Every family in this village has to pay [-] copper coins every year, and then use it casually. If it breaks, I will find someone to repair it, and I will replace it with a new one." Come forward. However, each family has to find the donkey for pulling the mill." Su Jingsen explained with a smile while pouring wheat into the stone mill.

(End of this chapter)