Taking a wooden shovel and a stone hoe, she went under the wall in front of the courtyard dam. There was an open space two or three meters wide along the wall. She planned to dig it out and plant pinto beans and cowpeas along the wall, as well as that little bit.
Wait for radish seeds to bloom and set seeds.
After digging for a while, Ah Chong and Ah Shui came over carrying two skinny pheasants.
Ah Shui brought the pheasant to Yao Xiaoqing with a smile, "Xiaoqing, look, there are two live chickens in the rope, and they are both female. There will be eggs to eat in the future."
"Okay, I'll get some scissors to cut off its feathers. Take your time, and there will be more and more pheasants."
"Alas!" Ah Chong sighed, "There is nothing in the trap. Let's go to the river again and see if there is any harvest in the fish cage?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "How can we catch wild boars every day? If so, we wouldn't have to go out to hunt. How is that little pig? Is it willing to eat?"
"I've been hungry all day. Ayun fed me last night and he ate it obediently. It's great to have someone to feed me! You don't have to worry about being hungry." Ah Chong said with a smile.
Yao Xiaoqing smiled, "That's true."
After the feathers on the wings of the two pheasants were clipped, Ah Chong and Ah Shui carried the pheasants toward the pen.
After a while, taro came, "Uncle Shui said that you are digging the ground here alone, so let me help you. Xiaoqing, what do you want to do like this?"
Yao Xiaoqing held up her straw hat and said, "I want to plant the pinto beans and cowpeas along the wall, scatter the pepper seeds and rapeseeds, and collect some seeds."
Yuzi looked at her puzzledly, "Rape? Is it the one with the yellow flowers?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Yes! It's the one with the little yellow flowers." After all, she is a girl and she likes flowers!
"Oh! That one is delicious, and the flowers are beautiful too!" Yuzi said with a smile.
Yao Xiaoqing looked at her and laughed, "It can't be eaten. I have to save the seeds this time."
Taro nodded, "It's a good idea to save the seeds. In a few days, we can go to the area where we picked the rapeseed last time and have a look. Maybe some rapeseed will grow again."
"Yeah! You can go and have a look in a dozen days."
The two of them worked until the sun went down, dug out about ten meters of space under the wall, and then went to the composting pit to pick up two baskets of fertilizer and spread it on the ground, as well as rapeseed and pepper seeds.
A row of small pits was dug under the wall. Put two handfuls of fertilizer in one pit. Take the soaked and dried cowpeas and pinto beans and put two grains in each small pit.
After busying until the sun went down, only one-tenth of the flower bean seeds were planted. Yao Xiaoqing estimated that those flower beans could cover the entire wall under the north wall.
"Taro, pick up some water and water the ground again. Plant the rest tomorrow."
"Hey!" Taro put down the hoe and went to fetch water with the bucket.
The two of them poured water and went to the canteen. They saw that the ground at the entrance of the canteen had been planted with leeks and wild garlic.
When A Lin saw Yao Xiaoqing coming, he stepped forward with a smile and said to Yao Xiaoqing: "Xiao Qing, those taros have been planted, and tomorrow we will plant the ones we just dug out."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded and followed Uncle Lin towards the cafeteria, "Uncle Lin, have you planted all the seeds you left in the land?"
Arin nodded cheerfully, "They are all planted. I estimate that the ones we just dug out can still be planted in two large areas. We have planted taro and also opened a piece of land."
Only since he came here did he realize that there are so many possibilities in farming; the soil is dug deep, left to dry, then broken into pieces with a stone hoe, hoeed finely, and manure must be spread to make ridges, trenches dug, and weeds removed.
No wonder the millet and beans grown in the past do not grow as fast as the weeds.
Yao Xiaoqing said happily: "You can plant as many as you want. Also, it's time to fertilize and cultivate the soil for kudzu and yam. Tomorrow we will send a few people over to clean up the previous furrows, and then put fertilizer and soil along the ditches. It's important to plant the land.
But don’t be too tired and tell me if you feel uncomfortable.”
She looked at these young old people and knew their temperament. As long as they were not too sick to move, they would come out to work. They never cheated or cheated, and they worked hard without any effort.
She calculated that the piece of land planted today was about ten acres, and if she planted two more acres, it would be more than thirty acres. She would be able to save a lot of taro during the harvest.
"Xiaoqing, we know that the leader has said that if you feel uncomfortable, please speak up." A Lin looked at Yao Xiaoqing gratefully, "Don't worry, we will ask you to teach us if we don't understand anything.
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Yao Xiaoqing nodded and said: "Okay, if you don't know anything, just come and ask me. There are still beans, peas, and millet that have not been planted, so everyone is working hard. The sun is strong, so everyone remember to drink more water and be careful.
The heat makes you sick."
Lin Bo shook his head and said: "What are you afraid of when you are suffering a little? It's called suffering when you are hungry when you have nothing to eat! If you can have enough food and clothing, what are you afraid of when you are tired and tired? Let's talk about it, isn't it?"
"Yes! We have a full stomach every day, no matter how hard it is, we are not afraid." Everyone was chatting.
"Eminem is back." Yaya shouted outside.
Everyone walked to the door and saw a dozen people with fully loaded backpacks on their shoulders and a basket in their hands.
"Amu, you brought the bamboo forest back!" Yuzi ran over, took the bamboo basket from Shan Amu's hand and said with a smile.
Everyone hurried forward and helped put the backpack down.
Shan'am rubbed his painful shoulder and said with a smile: "We think about it too! We plan to come back and ask Xiaoqing if these bamboo shoots can be planted?"
Yao Xiaoqing didn't expect that they even wanted to plant bamboo, which was a good idea. He smiled and nodded and said: "I can plant it! I don't have time now. When I am over, I will dig some and plant them in the open space outside in autumn."
Shan Amu smiled cheerfully, "If you can plant it, let's plant food first so that we won't go hungry."
Hua walked to the door carrying the vegetable basin and said, "Everyone has been tired for a long day. Aren't you hungry? Go wash up and eat food."
"Oh! There are shrimps to eat today!" Yaya and Asen jumped in and ran in.
Ah Chong looked at Yao Xiaoqing and said: "Ah Chun and the others put five or six fish cages in the river yesterday evening. Today we went to collect two buckets of river shrimps, as well as eels and white-scaled fish. We released the small ones into the water.
It’s been raised in the pond.”
"Ah Chong, are there many ducks and water birds by the river?" Shan Amu asked.
Ah Chong thought for a moment and said, "There are ducks, but not many. I haven't seen any waterfowl yet!"
Yun Amu said with a pity look on his face: "Maybe they all froze to death."
Shan'am nodded, "How cold it is! Even people are freezing to death, let alone ducks."
The night meal was quite rich, including deep-fried prawns, freshly grilled river eels, taro pancakes, and stir-fried bamboo shoots. Yao Xiaoqing thought, these are all fresh products, and the day is full of sunshine.
Dashi looked at the flowers and said with a smile: "The food made by the flowers is getting more and more delicious."
Hua blushed and glared at him, "I didn't cook it alone, Dongxue, Muna, Ah Su... several sisters cooked it together."
"Yes!" Shan'am smiled and rolled his eyes at him, "You brat, you can't even speak."