Half an acre is not too small, especially since Xu Ling only planted a small part of the seeds.
He dug twenty or thirty holes and was panting from exhaustion. His body was really weak, especially when his head injury was not healed yet.
After leaving the space, he went to the kitchen to find a water ladle. No one was seen in the yard. Xu Ling returned to the space and scooped out water to water the vegetables.
Although he was born in a rural area in his previous life, he could also identify common cereals and grains, but it was still too difficult for him to identify vegetables from their seeds.
Xu Ling was busy with space matters and washed the mud between his fingers with space spring water. When he returned to the room, his family had already returned.
Xu's mother was cursing outside. After Xu Ling listened for a while, he realized that she had stopped a cotton-padded coat today, and who knew she was asking for it again.
People in the village knew that she was picking up things downstream and was used to being messy, so they brought a few helpers with them. Xu's mother was afraid of being beaten, so she reluctantly returned the clothes to them and cursed her all the way back.
Xu Ling hurriedly walked out of the room. Gu Tao was squatting in the yard washing wild vegetables, Daya was playing with water, and Xu's mother was sitting on the threshold and yelling at the sky.
"Mom, are you not hurt?"
Xu's mother cried: "I would rather they beat me than give her those clothes! Those are cotton clothes!"
Xu Ling:......
Only Xu Ling in their family has cotton-padded clothes. The others cannot go out in winter and can only stay at home.
Thinking about it this way, cotton-padded clothes are quite important.
Xu Ling didn't know how to comfort her. He just said that he planned to dig a garden, grow some vegetables, and then sell it to make some money.
"Maybe I can exchange some money to buy cotton-padded clothes for my family."
Even though it's only August, it's getting cold early, with autumn rain and cold, and there might be a frost one day.
Xu's mother took the cloth bag from his hand, opened it and took a closer look at the seeds inside. She said with a speechless face: "Ah Ling, these scallions and leeks are not rare. Every family grows them. If you plant them now, people will buy them." ?"
Only then did Xu Ling realize that two of the four seeds were shallots and leeks. He quickly asked, "What are the other two?"
Xu’s mother identified them and said, “They should be pumpkins and weeds.”
Wocai is the cabbage of the previous life.
Xu Ling scratched his head, "Can it be planted?"
Xu's mother didn't know why her son suddenly wanted to grow vegetables. There was no well in the house, so he had to go to the river to water the vegetables and fetch water from the well in the village to drink. Xu Ling was too lazy to do it. He originally had a vegetable garden, but he couldn't do it. died.
Anyway, growing vegetables is worse than sneaking around, and the whole family is lazy.
However, Xu's mother still knew more than Xu Ling. She thought about her late husband's habit of farming when he was still alive. "I can plant it, but it won't grow well. It might freeze to death when it snows in winter."
"Pork is a good time to plant now and can grow in winter. Pumpkins have to be planted in spring next year."
Xu Ling suddenly realized it and put the pumpkin seeds aside, "Then let's open a garden to grow weeds."
Xu's mother said distressedly: "The injury on your head is not healed yet, but you can't do such heavy work. Just let her clear the ground and I will fetch water. You sit down and rest."
One thing that makes Xu Ling happy about the Xu family is that they never ask Xu Ling why he suddenly changed his temper. Anyway, he supports the family and he has the final say. If there is something to eat, everyone will eat it together. If there is nothing, everyone will eat it together. Everyone is hungry together.
Xu Ping and Xu An succeeded Xu Ling and went to the village to steal chickens and dogs. Aren't these two women the only ones who can work in the family?
Xu Ling went to the back of the house and took a look. The grass in the vegetable garden was taller than Da Yadu. No wonder Xu's mother would rather go to the river to fetch water.
Xu Ling thought, after all, he was a man, so he couldn't do these tasks, but Xu's mother refused to let him do it, saying, "The whole family still relies on you, what should I do if I get exhausted?"
Xu Ling had no choice but to watch her carry a pole to the river.
Gu Tao put the washed wild vegetables back in the kitchen and went to the vegetable field to weed them, feeling very conscious.
Xu Ling found a branch, stopped in front of her, beat the grass first, and explained to Gu You: "No one is coming, just in case there is a snake."
Gu You kept silent, put Da Ya back into the house, and bolted the door from the outside to prevent her from running around.
Da Ya was very well-behaved. Xu Ling saw her playing on the bed for a while and then fell asleep with her little feet in her arms, so he felt relieved to work with Gu Tao.
After all, he was a man, with rough skin and quick work. Xu Ling imitated Gu Hao's example, squatting down and plucking weeds. When he encountered some difficult weeds, he pulled them out with a little effort.
All the wild grass is piled aside, and it can be used to make a fire when dried.
"I can just pull out this kind of grass. Do you have a shovel at home?"
After pulling out the grass, you need to turn over the ground, and the grass roots inside must also be eradicated, otherwise you will have to wait for the grass to grow larger than the vegetables.
Gu You was actually quite surprised. He felt that Xu Ling actually wanted to start a garden and grow vegetables out of nowhere.
By the time the vegetables grow, the whole family may have starved to death.
But Xu's mother let him go. She was an "outsider" with little status, and she was afraid that she would be beaten if she expressed her thoughts.
"There is nothing at home." Gu Tuo said.
Xu Ling was speechless, "You don't even have a spade?" Isn't this what every household in the village should have?
But considering the Xu family's playful and lazy nature, it's really possible.
Gu You lowered his head and shook his head.
Xu Ling was stumped.
Is it possible that we still need to use branches and hands to dig little by little?
Forget it, when he was pulling weeds just now, he discovered that there were small gravels in the ground in the backyard, and he probably couldn't dig out a hole even with his hands.
Gu You took two steps back and said in a voice like a mosquito's grunt: "I'll go back to my parents' house and borrow it."
This was the first time she took the initiative to borrow something from her parents' house.
Xu Ling was a little surprised and a little touched in his heart. Could it be that Gu Tuo was moved by his change?
He scratched his head, thinking of the disdain of Gu Yu's family, and muttered: "Are they willing to lend it to you?"
Gu Tao picked at the dead skin in his hands and remained silent again.
Xu Ling was also in a dilemma. They said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, but in Lianhua Bay, everyone who saw the Xu family would take a detour! I'm afraid I'll get caught!
He just wanted to borrow it from his neighbors, but they were afraid that he would never pay it back!
The two of them waited until Xu's mother came back, but they didn't make up their minds. When Xu's mother heard that Xu Ling was having trouble digging because she had no tools, she started scolding Gu Tao, saying that she didn't know how to go back to her natal family to borrow money, and how she felt sorry for her husband.
Gu You didn't say anything, turned around and ran away, apparently going back to her parents' home.
Xu Ling said helplessly, "Mom, please be nice to her."
"Bah! She can't even lay an egg! She still expects you to feed her every day, and you want me to support her?" Xu's mother's eyes were bigger than a copper bell.
"She has only been married to me for a short time. Didn't she give birth to Daya? Daya is still young, and we can't afford to raise another one. If you don't treat her well and make her angry, how will you get the money to give her again?" Should I marry a wife?"
Xu Ling directly used magic to defeat magic.
