, wonderful and free of pop-ups! The land allocated to Sanfang by Lao Yangtou consisted of two acres of paddy field and two acres of dry land.
Yang Ruoqing had not yet taken a look at the location of the two acres of paddy fields. Now she followed Sun to her two acres of dry land.
"Grandma, because I'm too fat, did she give us this far away place so that I can walk more and stretch my muscles?"
Standing on the ridge of her dry land, Yang Ruoqing looked around and couldn't help but joke.
Sun looked at the dry land in front of her and shook her head secretly.
This half-acre of dry land, at the foot of the mountain, was once a piece of wasteland.
Lao Yang's family used to grow cotton, but there was a drought and the harvest was not good. Later, they switched to soybeans, peanuts and sesame seeds. Perhaps because of the soil quality, the harvest has never been as good as that of the dry land at the foot of the mountain.
"Qing'er, don't complain. It's better if they allocate this land to us than if they don't allocate it to us. If we take good care of it, we can still collect something!"
Sun smiled at Yang Ruoqing, took out the radish seeds and pumpkin seeds borrowed from Guihua's house, and put them aside.
Yang Ruoqing nodded in agreement, you're right, something is better than nothing. As long as you work hard and study hard, even a piece of wasteland can bring out its due value!
"Mom, let's level the ground then!"
Yang Ruoqing took her smaller hoe and stood on the ridge to discuss it with Sun. The mother and daughter got down to the ground with the hoe and began to dig.
She was an agent in her previous life, but Yang Ruoqing was no stranger to farm work.
Why?
For a period of time, in order to carry out a mission, she lurked into a farmhouse in a branch of the Dabie Mountains. She stayed there for more than half a year and learned many survival skills of farmers.
It was not difficult for her to plow the fields, plant rice, and plant vegetables.
At this moment, the hoe turned over the soil under the feet, making a crisp and rustling sound, just like the sound of a blade cutting on crispy yam slices, which was particularly pleasant to the ear.
One hoe after another dug down, turning over the slightly red soil underground. The soil here is very loose, slightly acidic, and sandy. It is a good choice to plant some drought-tolerant crops, such as corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and potatoes!
While Yang Ruoqing was waving the hoe to level the land, she was imagining the joy of harvest in her mind. Every time she dug with the hoe, she was working hard for her own home. In her heart, she was so happy and looking forward to it.
"Qing'er, when you're tired, take a break and drink some tea to moisten your throat!"
Over there, Mrs. Sun was holding a hoe, raising her hand to wipe the hot sweat from her forehead and smiling at Yang Ruoqing here.
"Mom, I'm not tired. Thinking about this winter, we can eat juicy radishes grown by ourselves, I feel so full of energy!" Yang Ruoqing raised her head and said with a smile.
Mrs. Sun nodded, with a heartfelt smile in her eyes. She and her daughter finally thought about it.
"Daughter, let's work hard, level the ground before noon, and plant radish seeds. After a while, the radish vegetables will grow out, and our family will have our own vegetable plot."
"Yes!" Yang Ruoqing nodded heavily. Regardless of whether it was the juicy radish or the green radish leaves, just thinking about the delicious farm food was enough to make her salivate.
The hoe is wielded with more energy!
When the land is almost flat, it's time to start sowing seeds into the small flat soil nests.
"Qing'er, mother, bring me some seeds, and you can follow and water them!" Mrs. Sun ordered.
"Okay!" Yang Ruoqing responded cheerfully, following behind Sun, mother and daughter started working in an orderly manner.
Mrs. Sun bent down and put two to four radish seeds into each small nest. Yang Ruoqing poured some water into the nest, and then lightly covered it with a thin layer of sand.
Next, the mother and daughter followed the same pattern and sowed the pumpkin seeds next to the edge of the ground.
If this pumpkin is planted in your own yard or on the wall, you will definitely need to prepare a bracket.
But here, next to this wasteland is a forest. When the pumpkin seedlings grow, let the roots and vines grow freely close to the ground.
"Qing'er, mother can do the rest of the finishing work. You go sit on the grass over there and have a rest." Mrs. Sun said to Yang Ruoqing while covering the soil.
Seeing that she was almost done with her work, Yang Ruoqing smiled and said "Hey", jumped up to the edge of the ground, and sat down on the grass there to rest.
As soon as she sat down, her palms subconsciously pushed down on the grass beside her, and she was suddenly pricked by something, causing her to gasp in pain.
When I looked down, I saw a cluster of nettle grass.
The edge of the palm was severely scratched and pulled by the sharp thorns on the skin of the nettle grass. The skin was broken and a little blood oozed out. It was painful, numb and itchy, just like being bitten by ants, and there were also some scattered thorns. The child is stuck in the skin.
Yang Ruoqing immersed herself in pulling out the tiny barbs stuck in the skin one by one. Over there, Mrs. Sun came over after finishing her work. When she saw this, she said: "In these woods, there are always these biting grasses. Now, It’s better to have seeds in autumn, but in spring and summer, there are clusters of them in the woods on the edges of fields, and even pigs, cattle and sheep don’t dare to touch them!”
Yang Ruoqing listened carefully, her head spinning.
I'm afraid the villagers here don't know the benefits of this nettle grass, right? Although this grass is stinging, just like the cactus, the nettle grass in spring and summer has a bad taste, and even the pigs, cattle and sheep are too lazy to take care of it.
However, when autumn comes, the nettle grass begins to produce seeds, and the sour and tingling smell fades away. Pick it, chop it, and mix it with wheat bran and rice husk to feed the pigs. It is the most nutritious feed!
I guarantee that within two months, the pig’s coat will be shiny, fat and strong!
Thinking of this, Yang Ruoqing suddenly had an idea, stood up and said to Mrs. Sun: "Mom, I plan to go to the forest over there to pick some biting grass Ye Zijia!"
Mrs. Sun thought she had heard it wrong and was confused: "Even pigs won't eat that thing, so people can't eat it. What are you going to do, Qing'er?"
"Mom, I won't tell you for now, but you will know later!" Yang Ruoqing deliberately kept it a secret. She knew that even if she explained it now, Mrs. Sun might not believe it.
After all, the original owner of this body was a fool in the past, a fool who couldn't take care of himself!
"Okay, I'll accompany you to the forest. I'll gather some pine hair and take it with you. You're not allowed to go in. We'll just look for it at the entrance of the forest!"
Mrs. Sun warned, taking Yang Ruoqing's move as a child's playful nature, and didn't pay much attention to it.
The two of them made a plan and entered the forest.
This forest was the same forest where Yang Ruoqing went out to look for wild vegetables yesterday afternoon. It was just another side of the forest.
After coming in, she found that what Sun said was true. There were clusters of mature nettles here. Mrs. Sun gathered pine hair, and Yang Ruoqing gathered nettles. After a while, the bamboo baskets she brought were filled to the brim. I also picked some edible wild vegetables!
