Xiao Jinhuan felt that his mother loved him, but not much.
Everyone else is wearing beautiful shell bracelets and necklaces. But he only has some pepper seeds...
He felt that his mother should have wanted to train him to be a talented person, starting from the very basics.
After he asked his mother how to plant the seeds, he slept with the seeds in his hands all night. The next day, he boiled water to soak them and try to plant them.
Since Tang Zangyue went to the Western Regions, she bought as much pepper as she could. But the Western Regions didn't care much about peppers. Even if a family had some, they were products grown in the wild. The quantity wasn't much, but it was enough for her to have one or two in the coming year.
Just raise the seedlings and sow them in the month.
I gave Xiao Jinghuan some seeds because I wanted to try it out and see if I could plant it this month.
At the end of September, winter began to set in in the north, and the border was particularly cold and bitter. Soldiers changed shifts one after another and used the money they had left after sending home to buy some things to keep out the cold in the border towns.
Tang Zangyue also slept on a kang for the first time in the north.
The south is relatively humid. When there were no big electrical appliances in the 1960s and 1970s, people often used military hot water bottles to warm their beds before going to bed. Tang Zangyue came from that era.
The kang in the north is so hot that you can get in by pulling back the quilt and it doesn't take any time to get used to it.
Tang Zangyue was still very sleepy. In addition, she burned homemade incense before getting on the kang, and her eyelids were dozing off.
I also heard Xiao Yuenong, the fifth child, talking about the changes in the family: "Mom, that Meng Mei is not very agile, but she is good at talking and soliciting customers better than me. After she came, I became much more relaxed and was only responsible for checking the accounts. Yuechun
The person in charge of making trouble, my aunt is in charge of the chopping board, and we each perform our duties.
As for the eldest brother and the second brother, after helping shopkeeper Chu collect the grain, they saw chickens and ducks starting to be raised in the backyard, and two breeding pigs also entered the pen, so they dug a cellar next to the kitchen. The entrance was in the kitchen, so there was no need to worry about someone climbing over the wall at night.
, and emptied the cellar.
The second brother also said that the deeper the cellar is dug, the lower the temperature will be, making it easier to store things in summer..."
Tang Zangyue dealt with it hummingly.
"Also, I just vaguely heard from the village a few days ago that when planting in previous years, Uncle Zhao's family would remove the frames of the oxcarts and let the old scalpers go to the fields to plow the fields. But this year, in order to keep up with our business, Zhao
The uncle asked the strongest laborers in the family to go to the fields. I was thinking, when mother comes back this time, should I start a stew business? If the business grows, will my family have to buy an ox cart or a donkey cart? "
Tang Zangyue dealt with it again and again, but in the end, she couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.
As Xiao Yuenong was talking, she realized something was wrong. It wasn't until she heard her mother's heavy breathing that she was patted on the shoulder by Xiao Yuechun.
"Go to bed quickly and let's see what the old lady arranges for tomorrow."
Xiao Yuenong hummed, put her head against Tang Zangyue's shoulder, and then fell asleep peacefully.
Who said that Sister Ling is the only one who misses her mother? She does too, okay.
While she was telling her mother about the changes and matters at home, she was able to sleep on the kang next to her mother.
She is such a clever little girl.
The next day.
Tang Zangyue's fatigue was wiped away, she was full of energy and radiant.
After she had her morning meal, she first walked into the cellar dug by her two brothers.
Not to mention, the cellar was dug quite a bit. However, it was built according to the specifications of a vat for making soybean paste. After the vat was filled, there was probably only enough room to put a drawer of leftover buns from last night.
There is a thin layer of ice on the cellar floor, and the temperature is low enough...
Tang Zangyue thought about it and made a decision.
As soon as she arrived in the kitchen, she heard a knock on the door from the front yard.
Xiao Zhonglu opened the door.
The two brothers at home have been idle for a few days, waiting for her to come back to arrange tasks and take care of themselves.
Aunt Liu and the others went to town to do business, while the children were reading in the room, which was a medical book she left behind before she left.
He is the village chief who represents the entire village.
He brought his things to visit Tang Zangyue.
One family had an egg. If there was no egg, they picked some garlic sprouts from the field and brought it to them.
Tang Zangyue motioned with her eyes to Xiao Zhongli to take it, and the village chief smiled and said: "Our village has been waiting for the old lady to come back. Is the old lady in good health?"
Tang Zangyue weakly let Xiao Zhonglu support her, and said: "I'm still a little weak, but it doesn't affect other things. It's just that I have to rest at this time of year."
The village chief saw that she looked sleepy, which was a sign that she was not recovering well, and he was convinced of this.
The other two froze, looked at each other, and got a positive idea.
At this time of year, Cultivation = Grandma will disappear for a month.
Worry.
very worried.
Tang Zangyue: "But this time I have almost cultivated myself. As long as everyone in the village does not have a minor illness, I will not limit the number of people I see every day. It's just..."
No limit on the number of patients!
The village chief knew that this visit would be fruitful!
The village chief followed her words and said, "Just?"
As long as it benefits the whole village, even if it means reaching for the stars and the moon, he will come to this person!
Tang Zangyue smiled and said: "It's nothing big. It's just that next year, our Xiao family is going to plant some crops and we need to buy some farmland in the village. I wonder how many acres the village chief is interested in?"
"How many acres do you need to buy?"
Tang Zangyue glanced at the seeds of the Western Region in the space and said: "At least ten acres."
There are several types of fields in Jiuli Village: upper-class fields, middle-class fields and lower-class fields. The upper-class fields are fertile fields, which are fertilized with manure and can be used to grow any kind of crops. Of course, except for the weather and geography that affect the growth of crops.
Low-grade fields are dry fields, which are not only difficult to cultivate, but also require fertilization with manure and water in the first few years. Medium-grade fields are between the two, and are fertile fields, but the maturity and probability of planting plants are incomparable with good fields.
Considering the image of his family to the outside world, Tang Zangyue only bought three acres of fertile farmland and nine acres of medium-sized farmland.
There is no rush to plant the fertile fields, but the medium fields need to be taken care of in the past few months.
She couldn't bear to have her brother at home do such tiring work.
Bending over often hurts the back. Even if she is a doctor and can take medical care, she will still be affected when she gets old.
Then I asked the village chief, who was surprised and said: "You want to hire a long-term worker?!"
Most of the strong laborers in the village go to the town to find part-time jobs.
But the small town only has such a large area, how can there be so much work to be allocated? Many strong laborers who have no relatives in the town have returned in vain, and they have no time to live at home. If they go to the back mountain to chop firewood, they will inevitably fill their homes with firewood.
, have a good year.
Tang Zangyue needed long-term work. Didn't this solve the problem of strong laborers who were idle at home?
The village chief couldn't wait to run away and tell the village the good news!
But was stopped by Tang Zangyue.
"Village chief, don't be impatient, just listen to what I have to say."
"Okay, okay, old lady, tell me."
"I want to work long-term on condition that you obey my orders all year round, which means that when it comes to my own fields and here, I can only take care of my family's fields first. Otherwise... I am not a good person, and I really can't stand this.
Generally consumed, even if they are from the same village. This must be explained before doing anything."
"This is nature, this is nature." The village chief did not expect Tang Zangyue to pay it all to the end.
When the other party said that he needed people from the same village to do long-term labor, in order to avoid affecting his own fields, his first thought was to find a poor family with no shortage of strong laborers. One family at a time would not affect the farming of their own fields.