In the eyes of ordinary people, Jiang Zhi was kidnapped by morality!
However, she couldn't ask for it.
Regardless of whether they agree or not, both families are now facing the same difficulty and have to live and die together.
There are a lot of things I have to do in the future, and not a peasant woman like Mrs. Jiang can understand.
It is impossible to explain to others every time. If you want to make things convenient and simple, you must have the absolute right to speak.
Jiang Zhi pulled Xiaoman up and patted the rain off his shoulders with a smile: "Xiaoman, whatever you do in the future, you have to listen to me!"
"Yeah, yeah! I listen to my aunt!"
Xu Errui was smiling so hard beside him that he couldn't even see his eyes.
My mother gave birth to two children. My father was injured and could not do heavy work. My mother was busy with farm work and neglected her. The six-year-old brother fell into a ditch and died young, leaving her as her only son.
So even though Xiaotian was just a cousin, his grandparents and father still taught him to be a biological brother behind his mother's back, saying that Xiaotian was pitiful without a father and a mother, and they would give Xiaotian something delicious to eat.
Therefore, in his heart, he always regarded Xiaotian as his brother, and he also felt that his mother had a bad temper.
But Xiaotian left with someone, and he felt uncomfortable all the time. Fortunately, he had Xiaoman by his side.
Although he and Xiaoman were from the same village before, they were rarely together when they were busy working. Only Xiaotian and Xiaoman were of the same age and they were together every day.
Now I have friends, and... Xiaoman doesn’t hate her mother!
Since the two families are going to farm together, they naturally have to discuss when to plant.
When Mr. Xiaoman heard that Jiang Zhi was sowing wheat now, he was surprised and said: "Er Ruiniang, wheat is planted in winter. If you plant it now, will you still get a harvest?"
He thought Jiang Zhi was going to plant corn, and now was the time.
The area where Xujiacun is located only grows winter wheat, and I have never heard of wheat being grown in spring.
There is a problem of poor information.
Both spring wheat and winter wheat are correct, and the sowing time depends on the climate of each place.
It's just that in the great Yan Dynasty where information was backward, anyone who could travel hundreds of miles away was considered a capable person who had seen the world.
The vast majority of people were born in the village, grew up in the village, married in the neighboring village, and were buried in the mountains next to their own village. If the footprints were marked, they would definitely be a circle.
All technical experience is passed down by word of mouth, and an old saying will last forever.
Winter wheat has been grown here for generations, but spring wheat has never been seen before, and we dare not try it easily for fear that if we miss a season of crops, our family will starve.
Jiang Zhi lives in an era of advanced information and is a native farmer's child. Although he does not work every day, he still has to help at home during the winter and summer vacations, so he still knows what crops to grow in the four seasons.
Winter wheat is sown around the National Day, while spring wheat is best planted in early March.
The specific time will of course be determined according to local weather conditions and temperature changes.
If it is too early, the germination and growth of wheat will be affected by cold weather; if it is too late, the temperature will be high and there will be many diseases and insect pests.
Now that the temperature has begun to gradually rise, you only need to plant wheat into the ground quickly, and the harvest will not be reduced.
Jiang Zhi didn't want to explain too much to Mr. Man. Facing the old man, she was worried that the more she talked, the more she would reveal her secrets.
He only said: "Just give it a try, I'm a fickle person, maybe it will work!"
Although I am no longer bound to my original identity, I cannot immediately turn into a strange woman who knows everything from astronomy to geography, and is omnipresent and omnipotent. I can just treat her as a person who likes to toss around.
Little Man blinked, he loves to toss... can he still toss into the land?
I used to torment people, but now I have to torment the ground!
At this moment, he doubted his decision.
well!
Er Ruiniang used to be a troublemaker in the village. Will these ten kilograms of seeds be spoiled?
But he just said that it was Er Ruiniang who had the final say on how to farm the land, so it was not easy for him to go back on his word.
It seems that Xiaoman can only be allowed to open up a few more wasteland slopes to plant beans and sorghum. If Er Ruiniang fails, the two families can still cook beans, rice and sorghum to satisfy their hunger.
The rain is like a funnel that has been stored for a long time, sometimes heavy and sometimes small, sometimes stopping and falling, and the weather has not cleared up in the past few days.
There is no firelight on the mountain peaks, white smoke is connected to the white fog, and the rain clouds are locking the trees. The fog is so white that it is difficult to tell who is who.
Only the smell of fireworks mixed with mud filled the air, indicating that the remaining fire had not been completely extinguished.
The burnt bushes were originally gray and black, as if they were dead, but when they were watered by the rain, they suddenly came to life.
There are no leaves on the branches, but they are green and green, and they are full of spring colors.
In the terraced fields, Jiang Zhi, Xu Errui and Xiaoman were planting wheat in the cold soil with their bare feet while the rain stopped.
The wheat seeds have been soaked in quicklime water in advance. After drying the water vapor, they are still chubby and round, as if a wizened old man has turned into a plump young woman, making people feel that a good harvest is in sight at a glance.
Sowing wheat seeds in spring is a rare thing that Xu Errui and Xiao Man have never seen, and soaking wheat seeds in quicklime water has never been heard of.
You two looked at me, and I looked at you. My hair was almost gone, and I couldn't figure out what it meant.
Especially Xu Errui.
Jiang Zhi asked him to pick up a small amount of fresh quicklime and soak it in a basin. He wanted new lime with white lumps, not loose lime that had been released for a long time or had absorbed moisture and decomposed.
Then put the wheat seeds into the lime water. Do not stir while soaking. Do not destroy the lime film formed on the water surface, as it will affect the sterilization effect.
Bacteria, invisible bacteria?
Could it be that the green fungus that the villagers go to the mountains to collect in summer can be killed with quicklime without running water or bleeding?
Xu Errui and Xiao Man didn't understand, and Jiang Zhi had no way to explain to them the creatures that needed a microscope to see. He could only say: "These soils are rotten leaves and grass on the land. They are fat. There must be wormwood seeds in them." .
Soak the seeds in quicklime to prevent the roots from being bitten by insects in the soil before the wheat grows. "
Xu Errui and Xiaoman understood this explanation instantly.
In the past, in the village, when wheat seeds were planted in the fields, they would often be dug up by voles and birds and eaten up.
In order to ensure the grain harvest, straw men can be planted near the village to scare birds, while those far away from the village have to be guarded until the seedlings sprout.
The soil in the current terraces is dug out from the woods and cracks in the rocks. There are many grass seeds and winter insects in it.
If wheat seeds are put into this kind of soil, it is very likely that they will be bitten by insects.
Quicklime can kill insects. In addition to using quicklime to repair houses, villagers also sprinkle it on the corners of houses and under beds to kill woodlice.
Now I use quicklime to kill it, which should also be effective.
The sowing process went smoothly.
Jiang Zhi and Xu Errui worked together to pull out a shallow ditch with hoes, while Xiao Man walked along the edge of the ditch carrying the rattan basket made by Mr. Xiao Man. He put the seeds in one hand and put the plant ash mixed with yellow mud into the shallow ditch in the other hand, and then dug it with his feet. Cover with soil.
The three of them were all used to farm work, and they soon planted four terraces. However, the work was stopped before the wheat seeds were used up!
Looking at the still empty terraces, Xu Errui and Xiaoman were puzzled: "Mom, there are still a lot of wheat seeds, so plant them all!"
The two wheat cultivators combined could still plant five levels of terraced fields and still have more than enough. This was not because there were too many wheat cultivars, but because there was so little land.
Xu Errui thought about eating more wheat so that he could eat two more white noodles in the future.
Jiang Zhi shook his head and moved his almost unconscious feet: "That piece of land must be reserved for breeding and seedlings, it will be of great use! These wheat seeds can be planted elsewhere.
Okay, let’s call it a day and go back and have a bowl of ginger soup to warm me up, I’m almost freezing! "
