The next day.
Zhao Ergou went to town with thirty kilograms of braised meat.
Just after breakfast, people from the village came to help, twenty-seven of them in total.
Zhang Dagang and Zhang Daqiang were also among the crowd, and their faces were a little uneasy.
Cheng Wanwan waved and said with a smile: "Yesterday you two did very well, and together you can exceed the labor force of a prime-age man. If you continue to work today, I will pay you thirty-five cents a day."
Zhang Dagang nodded vigorously: "Thank you, Aunt Zhao!"
He took his younger brother to join the work force and was very busy.
Cheng Wanwan couldn't help but asked curiously: "Your father didn't come to sign up to work, why are you here? Does he know?"
"I just finished harvesting in autumn, and my dad said his legs hurt, so he rested at home every day." Zhang Dagang scratched his chin, "I came to work actually because I wanted to make some money for tuition... Everyone who played with me before went to Cousin Cheng I want to go there to study and learn to read, but my mother refuses to pay for the repair money."
Cheng Wanwan vaguely remembered that she heard Aunt Wang say that Mrs. Zhang seemed to be the second wife of Zhang Dagang. The first woman died when Zhang Dagang was born. When Zhang Dagang was just two months old, Mrs. Zhang died. When they entered the house, Mrs. Zhang was also a little girl at that time, and she was devoted to Zhang Dagang. After she had her own son, she gradually began to be partial. However, with the old lady of the Zhang family watching, Mrs. Zhang did not dare to go too far.
The repair fee is not cheap, so it's normal that Mrs. Zhang doesn't want to pay for it.
Cheng Wanwan asked the two brothers to work hard, but there were exams in the school in the past two days, so if they wanted to study and read, they should wait two days.
There is strength in numbers, and more than 30 people started working together. The wasteland of Cheng Wanwan's house was filled with adobe bricks, and construction started on the land where the house was built. Seven or eight people dug the foundation according to the drawings. The house is very large, and digging the foundation cannot be completed in a day or two.
Cheng Wanwan was busy cleaning the chicken coops and duck sheds in the yard. This was something she had to do every day. It sounded simple, but the chickens and ducks were getting bigger and bigger. The feces of chickens, ducks and geese is not ordinary. Every day, the feces must be cleaned out, packed in a dustpan, and let Zhao Dashan pour it into the fields to fatten the seedlings.
Zhao Dashan also carried the farmyard manure from the hut to the rice fields and spread it carefully and evenly.
By the time I finish all this work, it will be around nine o'clock in the morning at the end of Chenshi.
Cheng Wanwan held his aching waist.
She silently decided in her heart that when she moved into the new house, she would assign these tasks to others.
In her previous life, she started a business and worked overtime every day. She probably died suddenly accidentally, so she came to the ancient Dahe Village and became a widow.
In this life, she can no longer work so hard, she must hire someone.
As long as someone else can do it for you, hire someone else.
At this time, a horse appeared galloping on the main road of Dahe Village. A servant sat on the horse and shouted loudly: "The county magistrate has an order, please Zhao Lizheng to come and obey the order quickly!"
Li Zheng was busy in the field, studying regenerated rice. Although Cheng Wanwan talked a lot, he still couldn't figure it out. Some rice piles grew weeds, while others could grow rice. He squatted After being in the field for an hour, I finally figured out what was going on.
When he heard the officer calling him to obey the order, he stood up suddenly. His legs were already numb, and he almost fell into the rice field.
He endured the soreness and numbness in his legs and quickly ran to the avenue and knelt down in front of the officer.
"The county magistrate has issued an order that all rice fields with eight-inch stakes within the boundaries of Ping'an County are not allowed to be cultivated, and moisture and fertility must be guaranteed. Violators will be punished by the county government." The officer said loudly, "If you don't do it after twenty days, Only when the ears are heading can you handle it yourself!”
After reading the decree, the officer got on his horse and quickly ran to the next village.
Only then did Li Zheng dare to get up from the ground.
All the villagers passing nearby gathered around.
They had long heard about the regeneration rice from Li Zheng, but none of them dared to believe it, because some people had been lazy and did not deal with the rice piles in the fields before, and some of the rice piles in the fields were dried by the sun and turned into hay. , if some water is left in some fields, green leaves will sprout and grow. However, no matter how long these leaves grow, they will not ear, let alone produce rice. Regeneration rice is simply unheard of.
But now, the county magistrate has issued a decree, and they have to believe it even if they don't believe it.
"Go back and fertilize the fields. You must seize this opportunity!" Li Zheng said with a straight face, "It has been more than ten days since the harvest was completed. It will take about ten more days for the ears to be harvested. , I don’t believe you can still sit still!”
The honest people may not believe it, but they believe the magistrate's words unconditionally and nod their heads one after another.
Li Zheng continued: "This regenerated rice was only discovered thanks to Dashan Niang. We will wait for the harvest of regenerated rice in more than a month. You have to thank Dashan Niang!"
After more than two months of getting along with each other, the villagers had already changed their view of Cheng Wanwan.
The original Zhao Cheng was lazy, cheesy, and sarcastic!
Today's Dashan Niang is gentle, smart, and even better looking!
The villagers responded one after another.
"Dashan Niang helped us discover water sources and solve the locust plague. We also discovered regenerated rice. Of course we have to thank you!"
“If my family’s second-generation rice can harvest a hundred kilograms of grain this time, I will give ten kilograms to Dashan Niang!”
"My family will also give me ten pounds!"
"..."
Cheng Wanwan didn't hear these remarks. She was secretly adding fertilizer to her rice fields.
The farmyard fertilizer is really limited, and it can't cover less than five acres of land. Zhao Dashan spreads the fertilizer evenly, and each acre of land can't get much.
She bought modern fertilizer at the mall and spread it on the fields according to the instructions.
If she were more courageous, she could actually plant hybrid rice with a yield of up to 1,000 per mu next year... However, she has always been a cautious person and did not dare to take such a big risk to challenge the farmers' inherent understanding of rice yields per mu in this era. Don't do anything too shocking.
Cheng Wanwan walked from one end of the field to the other and saw Shen Zheng sitting on the grass at the end of the field, looking thoughtful.
The kid didn't come back until midnight after running out last night. When she just entered the house late at night and wanted to ask something, the kid was lying on the floor pretending to be asleep.
Some things still need to be explained clearly in time.
"Xiao Zheng."
She shouted and stepped over.
Shen Zheng raised his eyelids and glanced at her, snorted from his nose, turned his head and looked to the side.
Cheng Wanwan laughed a little, why is this child so arrogant.
She had been busy in the fields for so long. It was impossible for this boy not to see her. He was clearly sitting here on purpose, waiting for her to come over and talk to her.
"I understand what you mean. I thought about it all night last night..." She said this and paused deliberately.
As expected, Shen Zheng's head turned around.
Cheng Wanwan smiled softly and said, "I'm very happy that you like me and want me to be your stepmother, but I have a husband, and I only have my own husband in my heart, and I can't accept anyone else to take this position for the time being."
Although Shen Zheng had expected it, there was still deep disappointment in his eyes.
"However, even if I can't be your stepmother, I'm still your aunt. I'll treat you the same way I treated Si Dan." Cheng Wanwan looked at him, "The relationship between the stepmother and the stepson is actually quite complicated, and If I take my four sons and marry into the Shen family, what will happen if your grandmother gets angry?"
Shen Zheng's lips opened, not knowing how to refute.
The women his grandma found for her father were all unmarried. If she knew that he had found a stepmother for her who had a son, she would probably scold him to death.
Just scold him, he doesn't want Aunt Zhao to suffer any unreasonable disaster.
He put on a smile and said, "Auntie, I understand."
