My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 20 Good Field

   "By the way, Susu, this is for you, and you keep it."

  Chen Ling saw Wang Susu's shy head hanging down to her chest, so she stopped teasing her.

   Then he took out a stack of money from his pocket and handed it to her.

"what?"

   "This money..."

  Wang Susu suddenly saw so much money, her eyes widened and she was shocked.

   was not shocked by the amount of money, but the act of Chen Ling handing her the money.

   is a bit unbelievable.

  In the past, Chen Ling would only care about her asking for money, and even get angry at her if she didn’t give it. Where did he see a penny from him?

   "This money is the subsidy for the land exchange between Erzhu and our family. It is 200 yuan per mu of land. Our family's ten mu of land is exactly 2,000 yuan here."

  Chen Ling explained the origin of the money, and handed it over to Wang Susu.

   "Here, put it away."

"what?"

  Wang Susu was still stunned, but she reacted and asked, "Give it to me, A Ling, don't you spend it? Don't you have to go to the county town tomorrow..."

  Chen Ling smiled and waved his hand: "I still have a little bit on me, you don't have to worry about me."

   Half of the two thousand yuan was from Chen Ling selling peanuts, and the other half was left over from the exchange of farmland.

   But there are only over a thousand dollars left.

   That is to say, Chen Erzhu gave half of the 2,000 yuan to himself in less than half a month.

   You must know that this is 1995, and ordinary mountain people can spend more than 1,000 yuan a year.

   The average contracted land costs only 60 to 70 yuan per mu per year.

   It's true that others call him a prodigal son.

  If he wasn't lucky enough, he went to a parallel time and space and got a life experience in a parallel time and space.

  I don't know what to do with this house in the future.

   "Hurry up and put your money away, I'm going to cook."

  Chen Ling said something to his little daughter-in-law and went to the yard to make a fire to cook.

  Wang Susu held a thick stack of money, looked at Chen Ling's back, and felt much more at ease.

   For some reason, suddenly remembering the scene where Chen Ling had just pinched her nose and said about her little housekeeper, Wang Susu couldn't help but curled up the corners of her mouth, walked into the room with the money and put it down.

   The heart of the little daughter-in-law finally settled down.

  …

  In the early morning, the red sun is rising.

  Chen Ling got up and took a shower, then pushed open the door and walked out, a breath of fresh air rushed towards his face.

  In the morning in the mountains, the temperature is much colder than outside.

  Suddenly cold air was inhaled into his lungs, and Chen Ling couldn't help shivering.

   After waiting for the whole breathing organ to adapt, the whole body felt refreshed.

   This cool and pure air is extremely difficult to experience in later generations.

   Chen Ling took a deep breath greedily, stretched his muscles and bones, and walked out of the courtyard.

   On the toon tree outside the courtyard, two or three magpies flew over at some point, chattering non-stop.

   The crisp birdsong, the blue and pure sky in the morning, and the warm red sun in the east make people feel better.

  Chen Ling walked out of the village, planning to take advantage of the morning light to go around in the fields.

   Today, you don’t have to go to the farmers market early, just send the peanuts to the oil mill.

   So it seems quite leisurely.

   "Huh? Rich, what are you doing?"

   "Go to the field early in the morning?"

   When he walked outside the village, a man in his thirties, wearing a police uniform and a big-brimmed hat, came from not far away on a bicycle with a big beam.

   After seeing Chen Ling, he greeted him in surprise.

   "Yeah, go around in the fields."

   "Just came back, Jusheng brother..."

  Chen Ling nodded and passed Wang Jusheng.

   This is Wang Laishun's eldest son.

   is a police officer at the township police station. He works night shifts several times a month, and often sees him coming back early in the morning on a bicycle.

  Chenwangzhuang villagers all know it and have long been accustomed to it.

  Chen Ling walked slowly on the field road, looking east and west, admiring the scenery in the fields at the foot of the mountain in the morning.

   On the other hand, Wang Jusheng, after riding his bicycle past, turned his head to look back at Chen Ling several times, muttering something in his mouth, looking rather strange.

   After a while, Chen Ling came to the wasteland at the foot of the mountain.

  Looking around, he suddenly found that the five acres of land where peanuts had been planted with the Dongtian Stream water the day before yesterday, even had tender grass sprouts.

   Tender green and tender green, just emerging, very young.

  If it wasn't for Chen Ling's improvement in his body, his eyesight greatly increased, he would not have noticed it immediately.

   "This guy, fortunately I'm cautious enough!"

   "Every peanut is planted, the stream will pour a little bit..."

   "Otherwise these are not grass buds now, I am afraid the grass must be half a person tall."

  Chen Ling pulled out a small grass bud, pinched it, and a fresh smell of green grass came out.

   Although the grass buds are very delicate, they can grow at the foot of the mountain with low temperature, which obviously contains not weak vitality.

  Chen Ling couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

   Fortunately, I was cautious enough at first.

   Thinking that half a bowl of stream water can make the morning glory seeds in the yard grow like a small tree.

  When growing peanuts, the stream water is not much use.

  Otherwise, half-height green grass would grow all over the ground now...

  It’s okay not to be seen, but to be seen is a lot of trouble.

   "I still underestimate the effect of the Dongtian Stream."

   "It seems that in the future to use Dongtian Stream water to irrigate things, you have to properly dilute it with ordinary water."

  Chen Ling thought to himself.

  Sun and Moon Cave is a great creation. If you want to keep it, you have to develop in a low-key manner.

   He has no capital to be reckless.

   Then, Chen Ling calmed down, took out a stone **** from the cave, and dug a deep hole on the ground.

   "The hard and solidified soil below has also become soft, and now it can be ploughed."

   "I believe that by ploughing the land twice, turning over the soil once, and planting crops several times with the stream water, these 30 acres of wasteland can be turned into fertile land."

  Chen Ling estimated in his heart that if he was quick, he could finish it this month.

   "Then let's do it!"

   gritted his teeth, spat on his hand, and rubbed it hard.

  Chen Ling walked to the land where peanuts had never been planted, picked up the **** and started digging pit after pit.

   He took out a bucket of stream water from the cave, and reduced it by two or three points according to the previous amount, and began to plant peanuts in the pit.

  Two hours passed, about half an acre of flowers grew to maturity, and the harvest was completed.

   After working in the fields for a few days, he is now familiar with the rhythm of farm work and enjoys it.

   He is energetic and does not feel tired when he does farm work.

   It takes one morning for someone else to plant half an acre, but he also harvests the plant, eliminating unnecessary steps such as weeding, plowing, and furrowing, and he can finish the job in two hours.

   Going to the ground like this only has fun and a full sense of achievement, why would you be afraid of work?

   "Try to grow some more vegetables."

  Chen Ling got more and more energetic, ready to plant some vegetables, and tested the planting situation in the outside world in detail, so that he had a good idea.

  Because of the few kinds of vegetables grown in the cave, if you plant them casually, you will be seriously overborn.

   beans, eggplant, cucumber, spinach, tomatoes…

   The growth is too gratifying. Most of the seeds were bought from the county seat. They have all been fruitful, and the vines and branches have been bent.

  The spinach has grown a lot, and all of them are old, and the flowers have grown spinach seeds, which can't be eaten.

   Enter the cave and take out the rapeseed of cucumber and eggplant, ready to plant.

  The spinach seeds are also collected to make seeds, and the eggplants are bought from the county seat.

   Then take it to the outside world, and the eggplants continue to be planted in pits.

   Spinach is not needed. After turning over the soil, the rapeseed can be sprinkled directly on the ground, but it should be even.

  Otherwise, if it is too dense, it will crowd together and grow into a lump.

   After working for more than half an hour, I planted a small half of the three vegetables, spinach, eggplant, and cucumber.

  One acre is ten ten percent of the field, and a local border is almost two ten percent of the field.

   is about half an hour to plant one point of land.

  Chen Ling mainly observes and tries. When he is not mature, he hurriedly digs down the roots and puts them into the cave with a wave of his hand.

   So slow down.

   "The water in the cave is just like this. The cucumbers don't need to put up a shelf. Just insert two branches and climb up a large piece by themselves."

  Chen Ling picked a thick and long cucumber, simply stroked the thorns on the surface, and bit a bit.

   When you eat it, it is crisp and refreshing, and your mouth is full of fragrance.

   "The taste is good, although it is a lot worse than the one grown directly in Dongtian."

  Chen Ling chewed it carefully and felt it, "It's okay, it's much stronger than ordinary greenhouse cucumbers."

   "End of work, it's time to go home for breakfast!"

  Chen Ling put the stone **** into the cave, stretched out, and walked home.

   (end of this chapter)