A literacy class that competes with each other officially begins.
During the day, everyone is busy with their own tasks.
The rice in the terraced fields is taken care of by Xiaomanye and Chunfeng, who also take time to slowly build the terraced fields.
Xu Errui and Jiang Zhi collected leaves to fertilize, found suitable soil and stones, and picked some herbs.
Xiaoman is responsible for patrolling the mountains to prevent refugees from sneaking over and driving them away if they encounter them.
After setting traps to catch some pheasants and rabbits, he also found signs of wild boars turning around.
However, the ditch across the pass obviously left an indelible impression on the wild boars, making them never dare to come over.
Xu Dazhu stayed at home, and Xiao Manye made him a simple wooden chair.
I can sit up relying on the quilt, but my waist is too weak to hold me up for long, so I need to tie a cloth strap to stabilize my body.
Xu Dazhu felt that he was very satisfied with this effect. He could sit up, soak hemp and spin yarn, wear straw sandals, and do many things.
In the evening, Mr. Xiaoman lit a bonfire in the courtyard early, and everyone gathered together to talk and laugh for a while.
Jiang Zhi found the herbal medicine. Everyone recognized a medicine every day and also knew the name of the medicine.
Among those who learned calligraphy, Qiaoyun was the one with the best and fastest results. Besides Xiaoman, she was also the youngest, followed by Chunfeng.
It is said that mothers should be strong, fearing that they will delay their children in the future. The two mothers worked hard to remember this.
Moreover, Qiao Yun was praised by her mother-in-law once a day for walking with her head held high while holding Xiao Caixia in her arms, and she dared to speak loudly to Xu Errui, who was always making mistakes.
Xu Dazhu and Xu Errui were next. Xiaoman made mistakes for several days in a row, saying that he forgot to study alone in the mountains.
He was not annoyed even after being scolded a few times by Mr. Xiao Man. He smiled and said he would take it seriously in the future.
He quickly learned the names of more than a dozen medicines. Jiang Zhi said nothing and secretly wrote the names of other medicines on the back of the paper with charcoal blocks and mixed them in.
The days passed peacefully, and in a blink of an eye the autumn mood began to show in the mountains.
The mountains are still green, but some of the trees are starting to turn yellow, leaves are falling, and the forest is dyed.
There are no melons and vegetables on the hillside, only some old leaves and dead vines are left, and the cotton stalks in the ground are also bald. Some of the leaves on them are withered and yellow, and some of them were cut down by river branches.
Jiang Zhi has been managing the cotton planting, and now there are only a few cotton bolls left on the pole.
Before the autumn rain comes, harvest the last batch of cotton.
Jiang Zhi picked all the cotton bolls and prepared to pull out the pole to clear the ground.
Pulling out cotton rods is a technical job. The roots are deep and the rods are thick. If you are weak, you cannot pull it out. If you are strong, you cannot stand firmly. Moreover, it is still on this slope. If you are not careful, you will fall down the mountain.
Slopes also have their benefits.
Jiang Zhi didn't have to do hard work. He tied a rope with a wooden stick and stuck it high on the slope. He only needed to use the principle of leverage to uproot the rope as soon as he lifted the lever. It was very suitable for lazy people without any effort.
The little wild boar followed beside him.
Whenever Jiang Zhi pulls up a cotton stalk to expose the loose soil underneath, it quickly digs through it with its long beak, turning over a large piece of soil in a few clicks, looking for snails, bugs and tender grass stems inside.
Just as he was eating, the little wild boar became distracted and saw something more attractive to him.
In fact, wild boars also like cotton peaches. They want to eat the kind of tender peaches that have not yet formed cotton inside. When you pinch them, they will become watery and taste sweet.
They also eat cotton that has bloomed and chew the cotton seeds inside to a pulp.
Jiang Zhi doesn't let the little wild boar eat cotton boars. Although the cotton has not grown yet, it already has fiber.
When I was a child, I saw "badgers" eating cotton bolls. Every day I would find a lot of feces by the mountain springs and streams, which were full of undigested cotton.
Nowadays, wild boars also eat them, and Jiang Zhi is afraid that they will make excrement in the same way.
"Pork belly! Don't eat it secretly!"
With a loud shout, the little wild boar that was secretly eating cotton boars in the basket next to it started to stir. The basket overturned and rolled far away, and the white cotton boars inside fell to the ground.
The little wild boar knew that he was in trouble, so he turned around and tried to escape, but it was already too late.
Jiang Zhi grabbed its ears, put a big hand on its left hand, and put its right hand on its face. He beat it until it screamed, shook its head, pulled back its ears and ran away.
The wild boar weighing dozens of kilograms is very strong. Jiang Zhi failed to catch it and was staggered instead.
After running a few steps, the wild boar turned back and snorted with its nose turned up, as if it was mocking Jiang Zhi for not being able to catch up with him.
As if overnight, the patterns on the little wild boar's body disappeared, and its short beak grew longer, turning into a long-mouthed brown monster.
Even the big, bright Kazilan eyes from before are gone, and he has become a rebellious boy who rolls his eyes at any time.
Nini can no longer tie her hair in pigtails. Peppa Pig really grows up too fast. Once she is happy, it won’t be a big deal if she goes crazy.
A casual touch would knock Nini off her feet, causing her to cry from time to time.
The little wild boar didn't care about being disliked by others. It still liked to follow Jiang Zhi.
Even if he just received a beating, he would forget about it in half a minute and stick to others to beg for food. The cute pork belly turned into rough-skinned and thick-skinned meat.
Seeing the thick-skinned little wild boar being mean, Jiang Zhi cursed: "Pork belly, I'll eat you when I get back!"
She didn't have time to fight with the wild boar, she had to quickly clean up the cotton stalks.
In the spring, seeds were sown on large areas of hillsides burned by wildfires. Over the past six months, we found that most of the places were not suitable for growing crops.
After picking and choosing, I only selected this cotton peach field and vegetable field. The slope is slightly gentle and the soil layer is slightly thick. I am ready to take care of it carefully.
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This piece of land is about two acres, with slightly thick soil and a relatively gentle slope.
Because winter wheat will be sown on the slopes next, the land will be burned again before that.
One is to burn the leaves collected from the nearby forest in order to increase fertility.
Secondly, in order to eliminate weeds and insect pests, clean the grass roots and grass seeds in the soil.
There is no shortcut to open up wasteland. Only by working repeatedly year after year, turning raw soil into mature soil, and pouring hard work and sweat into the land can the barren slopes be turned into fertile soil.
Xu Errui and Xiao Manye were digging sweet potatoes nearby.
This year's sweet potatoes are barely growing. Fortunately, the area is large enough and vine seedlings have been planted wherever they can grow. Now we have to open cracks in the rocks to find the sweet potatoes.
Mr. Man finally took out a sweet potato as thick as an arm from the crack in the stone. He smiled with a smile on his face: "It's really rare to have a harvest on this rocky mountain."
The little food grown on the mountain is definitely not enough to eat. This summer, I almost eat vegetables.
Wheat and corn are also ground into powder and cooked into paste to save on eating.
Now there are rice and noodles exchanged from the mountains, as well as these sweet potatoes and dried vegetables, plus the green rice flour that can be collected soon, and there is food to survive the next winter.
After harvesting the cotton, the cotton stalks need to be taken back for firewood and temporarily piled on the ground to dry.
The grass that was starting to wither in the ground was all gathered up, just waiting to be dried and burned to ashes.
The little wild boar that was eating cotton peas just now ran up to Little Man and started eating sweet potato vines again.
Little Man didn't chase it away, he just touched its back and said regretfully: "Why did I forget to castrate it earlier? We'll see who can control you when you grow up!"
It's scary to think about a huge wild boar weighing hundreds of pounds walking around. If you don't obey, you can only eat meat, or pork belly.
The little wild boar was indifferent to Little Man's words. It only focused on cooking. Among all the people here, it was only afraid of one person's slap.
By the time I got home from work, the little wild boar that was eating along with me was already full of food.
After eating, he had to work. The little wild boar consciously picked up his bag and went to Jiang Zhi.
This time, two bags of cotton boars filled the backpack, and the little wild boar carried it effortlessly. When everyone walked together, it walked leisurely behind with short legs.
I have done my own work today, and there will definitely be a reward of cooked glutinous rice. At least those sweet potato roots will be boiled until soft and full.
