Chapter 123 Fireworks for free

The bright moon is in the sky, the cool breeze is blowing, the old wooden windows are blowing slightly, the Lin family is still discussing the braised pork business, and the family soap factory is slowly getting on track.

"Bang bang bang..."

Suddenly there were several explosions in a row, and several people ran out of the door immediately. This was the first time the Lin family stayed in the town, and it was also the first time they heard such a sound. Everyone looked curiously at the door, including the bosses on the left and right.

They also gathered around one after another.

A firework rose into the sky and burst into pieces, scattering into colorful streams of light all over the sky. The stars were as bright as the stars in the sky.

Immediately, there were several more blasts one after another, and one firework after another "swooshed" soared into the sky, suddenly exploding in the ink-black night, and clusters of bright stars appeared one after another.

The people on the street were amazed again and again, and their faces illuminated by light and shadow from time to time were smiling. This is the joy that only occurs during festivals.

"Is today an auspicious day? This is the first time we have seen fireworks. They are really beautiful!" The two daughters-in-law's faces were filled with happiness, and stars seemed to be shining in their eyes.

"I didn't expect that we would see such beautiful scenery when we stayed in the town for the first time."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but sigh. Although she had seen more beautiful and more gorgeous fireworks in modern times, this was the first time for her to be with her family. Although she had only used Yu Xuan's fireworks for nothing, she was still hungry when she saw the gorgeous fireworks in the night sky.

At that moment, she also smiled happily.

"Damn it, Dongzi! Today is not an auspicious day. It's Mr. Cheng's daughter-in-law's wife in our town who is here to make her husband happy!" the proprietress of the pastry shop next to her said enthusiastically.

"When I first got married some time ago, the fireworks were set off for three consecutive nights, which was a feast for our eyes. Otherwise, we would only be able to see such a scenery every year during the Chinese New Year."

"So that's it. That Yu Xiucai is very happy. Miss Cheng likes him very much."

"That's right, if that eldest lady is willing to set off fireworks for me, I would also be willing to marry into his house. It doesn't matter if I barge in on the door. Being rich is serious..."

Where there are women, there is gossip. Before Jiang Yan could talk to her, her two daughters-in-law were already chatting with several bosses outside the shop.

The fireworks were still sounding, and several were set off in succession. Until the sound stopped, the family reluctantly returned to the store.

"The ingredients for braised pork are a bit complicated, but Jinhua and Xiaomeng have both learned how to make it. The ingredients are ready, and it is easy to stew it. Since you don't want to sell it, then we can provide braised pork every day just like we serve cold tofu.

meat."

Hearing this, Lin Dong immediately nodded: "Mom, let's follow this method. Anyway, I have to deliver cold tofu every day."

Jiang Yan nodded. She didn't want to sell the braised pork recipe yet: "By the way, the crops in the fields are about to be harvested. I'll close the shop early these days and take some time to go back and harvest. Our rice is grown here."

It’s not much, so harvest it early and save yourself from delaying the town’s business.”

Thinking that after the rice harvest is over, we still have to plant late rice, and we will have to be busy for a while. This year's rice harvest is a little later than in previous years, but we can still catch up with the season for planting late rice. By the cold winter of November, we will almost be able to eat new rice.

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"Mom, our family only has five acres of paddy fields. My eldest and second brothers and I can finish it in three or four days. By then there will be nothing to do in the fields. We will buy some more paddy fields next year and plant a few more acres of land.

You won’t be afraid of running out of food.”

Lin Xi said with a smile, the honesty on his face was obvious. He used to look forward to harvesting the grain in the fields early so that his family could have a full meal. Now that it was better and his family had some money, he just thought about harvesting.

Then earn more money and buy more land.

"Don't you grow late rice?" Jiang Yan raised her eyebrows slightly. In her original memory, it seemed that no one here grew late rice, but she remembered that rice was grown two seasons a year, and even three seasons in some places. Although she

For those who don’t engage in farming, but have stayed in the countryside with my grandmother for a while, it would be too wasteful to only plant one season a year.

"What is late rice?" Lin Xi asked doubtfully.

"Yes, mother, we only know rice, and this rice is divided into morning and evening rice?" Lin Nan also said in surprise.

"We don't have late rice here, but we can plant it in time if we finish the autumn harvest." Jiang Yan slapped her forehead fiercely. In this era, food was already poor, and the harvest was already much worse than in modern times. If we could only plant one season a year, who would

The family doesn't have enough to eat, but if it's only two seasons a year, at least after paying the taxes, the family will have more food left than in previous years.

"I was thinking that after we finish harvesting, the fields will be empty and wasted. Now our village is not short of water. Otherwise, we can plant rice again and see if we can harvest again at the end of the year."

Lin Dong suddenly shook his head: "No, mother, no one in the village has ever done this. I did hear others say before that some places grow two-crop rice, but the land there is fertile and the weather is good, and it often rains.

There are more nutrients in the soil than what we have here, and the harvest is much greater than ours."

Lin Dong is the oldest. He and his younger brothers farmed the land at home. In order to learn how to farm at the beginning, he learned a lot of knowledge from the villagers. In addition, he helped people work in the town all year round. He had heard of

A lot of gossip.

Although he didn't understand what his mother meant by early rice and late rice, he had heard of two-crop rice. On the land in their village, the harvest from one season was not half as much as other people's, let alone two crops.

"I have a way to do this. Either the land in the village cannot grow two crops of rice, or the land is not fertile enough. After harvesting the rice in the field, you burn the straw into ashes and scatter it all into the field. The cows, sheep, and mules in the village poop.

It can all be used as fertilizer, so put some in the fields, so you don’t have to worry about the soil not being fertile enough when planting late rice.”

The climate here is not too harsh. Yong'an Town is relatively southern. Jiang Yan can be sure that it is no problem to grow two crops of rice here a year. However, the rice seedlings of this era are still very poor, not as good as those of later generations.

Plant hybrid varieties with high yield and survival.

"Really?! Mom, if this is the case, won't we be able to grow late rice right away?" Lin Dong looked excited. If we could really grow two crops of rice, then their family wouldn't have had enough to eat every day before.

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"I'm not sure, but the climate here is suitable. If you plant it now, you should be able to harvest it before the end of the year. You just have to take care of it."

"It's nothing to worry about. If it really works out, I'd be happy to carry manure and water to the fields every day. And no one here grows two crops of rice, and the officials don't know, that is, how much to plant in the second season."

There is no need to pay taxes, and whatever you grow belongs to our family!”

Lin Nan's face was full of excitement. The more he talked about it, the more he thought it was feasible. When he thought that all the food grown in the second season would be his own, he couldn't wait to go to work in the fields right away.

"I just don't know if it can be done. There are not many paddy fields in our village, but there are a lot of wastelands. It would be great if rice could be grown on the wastelands." Lin Dong felt a little regretful.
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