night.
It rained lightly.
Several children in the family didn't sleep well, maybe because they had hope, they woke up very early in the morning.
Cheng Wanwan yawned and sat up, combing her long hair and walked towards the yard. Standing at the door of the yard, she could see the big river not far away. It rained twice in a row. The river finally didn't look dry. There was a shallow layer of water at the bottom. I don't know whose duck was driven out of the river early in the morning and was flapping happily in the river.
She looked at the harvested rice fields, and there was also a shallow layer of water. The ducks at home were used to going to their own fields, and they were wandering around in the fields now. The leaders were five big white geese. The big white geese were born a little later, but It eats insects every day and is rich in nutrients. It grows very quickly and is a bit larger. It becomes the leader goose of fifty ducklings.
Wu Huiniang was busy in the kitchen, and Zhao Dashan helped her. When she had nothing to do, she went to the fields to take a look.
It has been about ten days since the last crop of rice was harvested. According to theoretical data, axillary buds should have come out.
She slowly walked over and got closer, and saw the green color at the roots of the yellow rice pile. The green color was spreading little by little. The rice pile turned green, and some small axillary buds sprouted. What was originally a rice pile differentiated into Three or four green stems. When these axillary buds grow up, they will ear and grow rice...
The joy in Cheng Wanwan's heart spread.
She was right. Regenerating rice is indeed not a technical task. As long as enough rice piles are left and sufficient water is provided, the axillary buds will come out.
At this time, it is necessary to topdress the fertilizer, so that the fertility is high enough so that the yield of the regenerated rice will not be too high.
This great news must be told to Li Zheng.
By chance, Li Zheng was walking over from the other side of the field, and Cheng Wanwan waved quickly.
Li Zheng said with a smile: "Da Shan Niang, I was just looking for you. After I posted the message yesterday, about ten people signed up. They will come over after breakfast to help lay bricks..."
"We'll talk about making adobe later." Cheng Wanwan squatted down and said, "Uncle Li Zheng, look, the rice piles have sprouted..."
Li Zheng took a look and said nonchalantly: "Don't you know that last year, after the autumn harvest, we had to plow the fields for a while? Everyone plowed the fields, but that lazy guy Zhang didn't. The rice piles in Zhang's fields were sprouting. , taller than this..."
"Uncle Li Zheng, this is different." Cheng Wanwan explained, "The green color growing from his rice piles can only be regarded as weeds, but we have left the key nodes. The axillary buds sprouting from this place can be used as weeds." Heading can produce rice.”
"What are you talking about?" Uncle Li Zheng squatted down, "You said rice can grow here, how is it possible? It's impossible!"
He has been an old farmer for forty years and knows everything about the fields. He has never seen rice growing again after harvesting. It is simply nonsense.
Nonsense is a new word he learned from Tie Zhu, and it is very useful.
Cheng Wanwan said: "Uncle Li Zheng, we have known each other for so long, when did I ever lie to you?"
Li Zheng thought about it for a while and wanted to say that since Dashaniang married to Dahe Village, she had deceived him into many things, especially the family separation last year, which caused the Zhao family to fall into disarray... But these two Over the past month, Dashan Niang has never told a lie, and she has always told lies. Even the county magistrate listened to Dashan Niang's words, and he decided to believe it.
"Dashan Niang, when you asked the villagers to leave rice stubble, did you already know that rice would grow?"
Cheng Wanwan shook his head: "The main purpose is to use the rice piles to burn the insect eggs. The rice is just an unexpected blessing. Uncle Li Zheng, if you are willing to believe me for once, let the villagers take advantage of this time to quickly topdress."
Li Zheng took a deep breath and said, "This matter should also be reported to the county magistrate, right?"
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "I just don't know if the county magistrate will believe it."
"Believe it or not, I have to go." Li Zheng stood up. When he looked up, he saw Zhao Da leading the cow to the ground. He shouted, "Zhao Da, what are you doing?"
Zhao Da innocently raised his head: "If you have nothing to do, plow the land. The rice piles can fertilize the fields..."
"I don't usually see you being so diligent, but now you start to get confused." Li Zheng scolded angrily, "Didn't I say that the rice piles are left to burn the insect eggs? You turn the rice piles into the ground and burn them all. It’s smoke, whoever you want to smoke to death, okay, okay, drive the cattle out, and don’t plow the fields. If you suffer big losses then, don’t blame me for not warning you!”
Li Zheng spoke harshly, but Zhao Da, a junior, dared not refute, so he had no choice but to take the cow away angrily.
Li Zheng was becoming more and more anxious. If there were people in their village plowing the land, then there would probably be some diligent people in other villages who had already started to prepare the fields. This matter had to be done as soon as possible.
He felt that the ox cart was moving too slowly, so he decided to walk to the town on his own feet.
Li Zheng left in a hurry.
When Cheng Wanwan returned home, breakfast had been prepared. After eating, she assigned tasks to several children.
Zhao Ergou went to the town early in the morning, saying that he would invite the people in the town to try the braised pork for free. Ah Fu went to Hekou Town to find the Zhu family to finalize the supply, but the two of them have not returned yet.
"Zhao'er, you and Master Shen go to the ancestral hall to study. You don't need to worry about the work at home."
"Da Shan, you keep it at home. Dad Tiezhu will bring people over later, and you are responsible for counting the people."
"Sidan, please register the people who come here, remember what farm tools they bring, and how many days they decide to work."
"Sanniu, you go to the dirt picking place on the other side of the mountain and help dig the soil together..."
After she gave her instructions, Zhao Anjiang led a dozen men in.
Most of these are members of the patrol team. They are reliable men, strong and honest.
Everyone brought various working tools such as poles and dustpans, and lined up to register at Ergou. There were seventeen people in total. Some people picked up soil, some worked in pairs to make adobe, and some transported the adobe to the village. Spread out on the open ground to dry...
Cheng Wanwan observed and felt that there were still too few people. There were nearly 100,000 pieces of adobe, and with 20 people, just making adobe would take almost 20 to 30 days.
She asked Zhao Dashan to stop what he was doing and recruit about twenty people to come back. In this way, the adobe work could be completed in ten days, and it would take another ten days to repair the house, and they would have a new house to live in in less than a month.
Zhao Dashan went out to recruit people.
Cheng Wanwan was making tea for everyone in the yard.
At this time, a head came in from the door and said, "Auntie, can I help you with the adobe work? I'm very strong and I work very quickly."
She turned around and saw that it was Zhang Dagang, the son of Zhang Laiyi. He had joined the patrol team a while ago and was assigned to a group with Zhao Sanniu. Sanniu said that Zhang Dagang performed well. We work together with the younger brothers. Those younger brothers are all free labor and have never asked for anything.
Cheng Wanwan didn't like him very much when he snatched Sidan's rabbit at first, and since he was Zhang Rascal's own son, she felt a little conflicted.
But bad bamboo may not be unable to produce good bamboo shoots.
If other children want to make progress, she has to give them a chance.
Zhang Dagang said with some embarrassment: "Aunt Zhao, my brother is also here to help us. The two of us only need 20 coins a day, can we do it?"
A child appeared behind him, his younger brother Zhang Daqiang. He is ten years old and can barely work.
Cheng Wanwan said with a calm expression: "Today counts as a trial, and it's twenty cents a day. If you two do well, tomorrow you will receive thirty cents a day like everyone else."
Zhang Dagang was very surprised: "Thank you, Aunt Zhao!"
He dragged Zhang Daqiang to join the adobe-making team. Although his strength was not as strong as that of an adult, his movements were very agile. Zhang Daqiang helped chop rice straws with graceful movements.
So busy until the afternoon.
At this time, a carriage appeared on the mountain road in Dahe Village.
