After breakfast, Gu Jingzhi took Gu Hu and others to go for a walk nearby. After picking up weeds, they went to the space to plant crops. First, they went to the clear spring to fill the bamboo tubes. Looking up, they saw sparkling waves in the pond. It seems like there are fish swimming.
When I was living in Zhuangzi in the south of the city some time ago, I thought that the second master wanted to eat live fish. Mrs. Wang, the mother in charge, asked the vendor to deliver more than ten live fish. Caiwei secretly put three smaller fish into the pond. Could it be that they were fish? It's laying eggs, it shouldn't be! Wild fish usually spawn once or twice a year. For cultured fish, there are no restrictions as long as the water temperature is suitable. Yes, the crops in the space can be harvested several times more than those outside.
Caiwei felt happy in her heart. She crossed the stream with her short legs and squatted by the pond to take a closer look. The water was crystal clear to the bottom. Sure enough, she saw three big fish followed by dense numbers of small fish swimming towards her. Good guy, those three When the fish first entered the space, it was only as big as an adult's hand. Now it is one and a half feet long.
In modern times, Caiwei's family only farmed land and did not raise fish ponds. However, children who grew up in rural areas still know that some fish eat aquatic plants, and some fish eat shrimps and small fish. There was nothing else in the space, but there were quite a few sweet potato seedlings. Caiwei hurriedly went to the ground to pull out a few sweet potato seedlings, and brought out dozens of large sweet potatoes, as thick as a child's arms. Caiwei was overjoyed, and they were in the ground again. I dug more than ten centimeters deep to make sure there were no missing sweet potatoes before I gave up.
Generally, a sweet potato seedling can produce more than ten kilograms of sweet potatoes. One year, a neighbor discovered a sweet potato king plant that produced thirty-eight kilograms of sweet potatoes and was even featured on TV! Unexpectedly, all the sweet potatoes in the space could dominate each other. Caiwei weighed them up and estimated that one plant could produce more than forty kilograms.
The fish cannot be fed too much at one time. Caiwei carried these sweet potato seedlings to the pond, broke them into several sections with her hands, and threw them into the water. The fish swarmed up and opened and closed their mouths to eat.
The sweet potatoes were only planted twice, and Caiwei was a superman in this space. It took him a while to harvest them all. The produce is placed in the back room, sweet potatoes are placed in a pile alone, and sweet potato seedlings are kept in the yard to feed the fish.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted together. The growth period is shorter than sweet potatoes, so they can be harvested. After harvesting the sweet potatoes, they pulled out a potato seedling. Well, when growing potatoes in the past, one seedling was said to be able to produce more fruit. Eleven or twelve, there were more than twenty in this tree, each as big as the sole of an adult's foot. Caiwei reached out and dug hard into the soil, and found out more than ten more.
Potato seedlings are poisonous and cannot be fed to fish. Caiwei pulled out the potato seedlings and placed them on the stone road to dry. After they were dried, they could be used as firewood. The potatoes were still put in the back room.
Caiwei went to look at the corn field again. The sticks were already starched. It was estimated that the corn would be ready in five or six days. Then the fish would be given extra food. They would not gain weight just by eating sweet potato seedlings, so they still had to feed them some food. .
After finishing her work, Caiwei straightened her back symbolically. In fact, she only felt conscious and her body was not tired.
After leaving the space, Gu Jingzhi hadn't come back yet. He added a charcoal basin, heated up hot water, drank two cups of tea, and Caiwei, bored, put on a chinchilla fur cloak and went out for a walk.
The yard is quite large, with east and west wing rooms on both sides. The back room is usually unoccupied, but when the second master comes, Yao Zhenxing arranges for his youngest daughter, San Niu, to wait there so that the master can take care of him if he needs anything.
Seeing Caiwei coming out of the main room, Yao Sanniu hurriedly came out to greet her, "Hello, Miss Caiwei, I am Sanniu of Yao Zhuangtou's family. If you want anything, please tell me."
The little girl is more than ten years old, with a rosy face, not very white, but a healthy wheat color. She opens her mouth to reveal two small tiger teeth, which is very cute.
Caiwei took out a big purse, handed it to her, and said with a smile: "Sanniu, I want to walk around the village, please take me there!"
Sanniu retracted her hand in embarrassment and put her hand behind her back, "Miss Caiwei, I'm taking the girl there. I can't collect anything." Caiwei took her hand and put the purse in her hand, "It's candied fruit. ! Open it and try it, it’s delicious.”
Sanniu finally dared to take it when she heard that it wasn't something valuable. She opened her purse, made a selection, picked out a piece and put it in her mouth. She chewed it carefully. Her eyes immediately turned into crescents. She looked at Caiwei and nodded, " Delicious!"
Sanniu ate a piece, tied her purse and put it into her clothes. She bared her teeth and explained to Caiwei with a smile, "My parents have never eaten such delicious food. Take it home and let them try it too." .”
What a good boy. Caiwei nodded and praised, then said, "Let's go!"
Sanniu asked: "The people from Zhuangzi are making lanterns at my house. It's very lively. Do you want to go and see it?"
Today is the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and the Lantern Festival is approaching. Yao Zhuangtou summoned the young adults and skilled craftsmen in Zhuangzi to make lanterns and other items for the Lantern Festival.
Anyway, there was nothing to do. It would be good to see how lanterns were made in ancient times. Caiwei followed Sanniu to her house to have a look.
San Niu was tall and walked in front of Cai Wei. As soon as she entered the house, her uncle and uncle greeted her, "Little Huniu is back!" "Huniu, come and see, Uncle Zhang made a rabbit lantern for you!" "Hu Niu" Sister Niu, the sesame candy is ready, come and grab a handful! "
San Niu was so angry that she stamped her feet and shouted: "Don't call me Huniu, my name is San Niu." Seeing that she was angry, everyone got even more amused. When Cai Wei showed her figure, they immediately stopped talking and became at a loss.
Yao Zhenxing introduced: "This is Miss Caiwei from the mansion. Everyone, come and see her!"
In the past, the men in Zhuangzi only worked in the fields. Some of them went to the Zhongyong Marquis' mansion in the capital to deliver grain and other products, and they only saw the woman guarding the back corner door and the woman in the kitchen and warehouse. Caiwei was gorgeously dressed, with a golden hairpin and a big fur cloak, and she looked like a young lady. The men had never seen anything like this before. They all bowed solemnly and called out: "Hello, Miss Caiwei!"
Caiwei came from modern times and had never seen anything before. She smiled and nodded to them, "Just call me Miss Caiwei! Let's all get busy! Sanniu and I will take a look around!"
I grabbed two handfuls of sesame candies and gave half of them to San Niu. They ate them while walking. After looking around, the men were working with their heads down, not daring to express their anger. They all came from poor backgrounds. Caiwei couldn't see that they were uncomfortable, so she and Sanniu went elsewhere.
Sanniu pointed to a courtyard not far away and said, "That's the granary over there. Girl, do you want to see it?" The walls of the courtyard were five to six meters high and the door was closed. It was an important place at first glance.
Caiwei shook her head and chatted with her, only to find out that there were many servants in the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, and they consumed a lot of food for a year. The food produced that year was not sold, but was stored in the granary, and the old food was sold after the new food came. Therefore, each Zhuangzi built large granaries and assigned special personnel to guard them.
"Let's go and have a look at the entrance of Zhuangzi!" The second master has been taking Gu Hu and others out for a few hours. They are probably coming back, and Caiwei wants to greet them.
Before arriving at the gate of Zhuangzi, I heard the sound of horses trampling on the ground. The door of Zhuangzi opened wide, and the person leading the way was Gu Jingzhi. He was dressed in purple robes, with a black cloak flying in the wind. He was riding a tall horse on his crotch. The white horse galloped over.
Caiwei stopped, squinted her eyes, and gave a thumbs up in her mind, "Gu Jingzhi, this ancestor is so handsome!"
