Fields of Gold

Normally, the Yu Xiaograss sisters had arrived home just before the sunset went into the western mountains. Today, the weather was dark and there was no shadow of them. Yuhai couldn't sit. He pulled the horse out of the stable, put it in the saddle, and rode out of the village.

Walking halfway, I met the three grandfathers who came back from the pier. The house town rides a tall horse, leads the way in front of it with a torch, behind it is the little grass sisters sitting on the donkey bike.

Yuhai saw that the two sisters were safe and sound, relieved and asked with concern: “How did you get back so late today? ”

Xiao Lian grabbed the front with excitement. "Daddy! The King of Yangshen, who travels far from the West, has returned, bringing many things that we do not have in the Da Ming dynasty. He also sent some seeds to his little sister to help him grow them! ”

The rest of the family is close to the house, and dinner is usually served together. Lady Fang and Princess Jing approached each other and naturally knew how much Princess Jing looked forward to the safe return of her youngest son. Yuhai nodded: “Just come back safely! Don't let the Princess think about it! What does it have to do with your late return? And... the little county king gave grass seeds to help her grow, what seeds? Can we plant it? ”

Xiaolian glanced at the Yangxian King from afar and immersed himself in the excitement of seeing the living royal nobility, hearing that: "The Yangxian King brought too much goods back from the southern Western Ocean, and the dock workers unloaded until late. In order to save time, the workers rotate for dinner. If you don't eat, how can you work? We wait for the last group of workers to finish eating before we collect the stall. ”

After taking a breath, Xiaolian continued: “What the Yangxian king gave her is seeds we have never seen before in the Ming dynasty. Kind of golden, like golden beans, called ‘corn’, kind of round and autumnal, kind of like potatoes, called ‘potatoes’! You can grow vegetables two months in advance. What else can't you grow? ”

There are no fresh species in the Da Ming dynasty, even the Emperor attaches great importance to that. If your daughter's species breaks down, it is not a small matter. Yuhai was somewhat worried: “Grass, what do you think? Can you grow it? ”

Yu Xiaoyuan didn't care about the tunnel: “Don't worry, when I saw these seeds, I had them in my head, just like I used to! It's gonna be okay! But, Dad! The little county king gave me more than a dozen acres of seeds. We don't have that much land! ”

“Not enough land? Then buy it! I heard there are several families in the village who want to sell land... However, the land near our village is not very fat sandy land, and I don't know if it is suitable for planting these precious seeds! If I bought it in town, it would be too far away to take care of...” Yuhai frowned with some difficulty.

Little Grass thought about it and said: "Buy the village first, it's better to be able to keep it together, otherwise it's not easy to keep an eye on. Find someone in town and buy it if you have the right land. If you don't have the guts, you can rent it to someone else! Both crops are high-yielding and less selective. When it's harvested after autumn, we can grow it on a large scale next year! ”

Yu Haimei no longer hesitated when she saw her little daughter's tone as positive. Doing business, planting land, it doesn't seem to be easy to beat a little girl. Watermelon has never grown in their house before, doesn't it look good?

The next day, Yuhai found two of the land for sale, asked the village chief to guarantee it, spent 36 taels of silver and bought 12 acres of land for both families. Dongshan Village is mostly poor sandy land, with the exception of cheap crops such as potatoes, where food production is low and therefore inexpensive. Yu Hai gave three or one acres, already very authentic!

The land of the two families was connected, and the land of the Yu family was separated from the land of the Wang Er Dog. Wang Erdog heard about Yuhai's purchase of land, came to the door and smiled: “Brother Dahai, are you going to expand watermelon cultivation? Is there enough land in your house? If it's not enough, I'll lend it to you. No charge! But... hey, watermelon this year, you have to give me priority... I have to save some more for my son! ”

In New Year's Eve, Wang Er's daughter-in-law gave him a big fat boy, but made him unhappy. I used to have a drink with a couple of fox puppy friends in the village to play with money or something. Since I had a son, I have become a twenty-four filial father who has escaped from life. I go around my wife and children every day. He also came to Yu's house many times to teach her how to eat lunch. He personally waited for his daughter-in-law, raised his daughter-in-law to be fat and white, had plenty of milk, and the little guy ate his tummy every day.

Yu Xiaoxue teased him: “Why don't you sell us your home too! ”

“Can't sell, can't sell!! This place is for my son!” Wang Er Dog waved his hand in unison and refused with determination.

Yu Xiaograss continued: "With your two acres of thin fields, can your son rarely have them? Let's make some money this year and set up some good fields for your son in the surrounding villages. If you want to grow your own plants, you can rent them out if you want! ”

Wang Er Dog opened his face with a pat on his thigh and said: "Yes! Why didn't I think of that? My daughter-in-law has a lot of good land in the village, I don't know if there is anything to sell. I need to ask my brother-in-law..."

Wang Er's parents died, leaving him with a unique seedling. His daughter-in-law is the boss at home, and there are four younger siblings, all brought up by her. The sisters are married, two younger brothers work at the pier and one sits at home waiting for the elderly. If you look at the strong nature of the two dogs' daughter-in-laws, you can see that their families, though poor and cold, have bones. After the two dogs improved, the elderly family changed their attitude towards him a lot, treating him as half a son. Wang Er Dog feels the warmth of home at the old man's, so he also thinks about the old man's family whenever something good happens.

“Brother Dahai, I'll go back and discuss it with my daughter-in-law, if she agrees, I'll sell it to you too! Brother Dahai, if you can't make it, don't go out of the way!” Wang Er Dog passed the daughter-in-law's order. Teach, he's not the cheap guy he used to be.

Yuhai didn't ask him to be polite. “Sure! The land has been unfrozen for two days and is about to be turned over! If the two dogs are free, come and help the plow!” There are cattle in the house, and naturally there is no need for pure artificial overturning.

Wang Er Dog was happy to say, "Okay! I'll be here in the morning! ”

Over the next few days, Yuhai took Wang Er Dog with him and sold him a total of 17 acres of land, which he turned over. And Yu Xiaograss stopped helping out at the pier because she was breeding watermelons, corn and potatoes. I couldn't help myself at the pier, so the Hans took my little girl with them every day to help me with dishes and dishes and stuff.

Day after day, the spring season soon arrived. Standing on the hillside, you can see the busy people everywhere. The villagers of Dongshan Village, mostly potatoes. More than a dozen acres of Yujia's land, from time to time, attract curious eyes.

The reason is simple. The county commander personally met the village chief of Dongshan Village, and solemnly told him that Yujia was experimenting with the cultivation of Western crops for the King of Yangxian County. He must actively cooperate, assist in custody and resolutely eliminate theft.

When the village chief returns home, he solemnly convenes a village-wide meeting to make the protection of the "experimental fields” the first priority of the whole village, and must be put into practice. The village chief was afraid of losing insurance and intimidated: "If any crop in the rest of the family flashes and delays the matter of the county king, our entire village's life will not be enough! ”

No wonder the villagers are so concerned about the lives of the entire village. But for fear of affecting the planting of the rest of the family, they only dare to look far away. In order to prevent the destruction of crops, the village returned to the city's night patrol group, guarding more than a dozen acres of the rest of the family at night so that even a mosquito could not fly in. This saves the rest of the family a lot of trouble.

Yujia's field doubled this year. With the exception of the eleven acres that served as "test fields”, watermelons were planted. Planting watermelons is easy, just bury them in the soil. To improve seedling rate, weeds are soaked with spirit stone water before they are sown. Six acres of watermelon, the rest of the family plus a free labor force, Wang Er Dog, lived two days and finally cultivated.

Soaking is also used for corn cultivation. For the cultivation of maize, pay attention to the distance of the plant, the seeds are too dense, the wind is not ventilated and the sun is not available, and the corn is not long enough. Too thin to produce. Fortunately, I had a corn experience in my previous life.

The fields have been turned over and manure has been applied. Little grass grazed a shallow pit on soft soil with a small hoe, the Liu family followed, put a grain of seed in the pit, then pushed the soil into the pit with their feet to bury the seed, Yuhai carried a barrel of water and poured water into the pit... the family of three cooperated very implicitly.

Ten acres, all pointing to a family of three, will take days to plant. The first time we tried to grow corn, the whole family did it themselves. The work of the pit looks simple, in fact it is not easy to save, always bend your hips, and keep your hoe in your hand tight. After a day, the little grass was too tired to straighten up, and there were a few blood bubbles in the palm of his hand, and when it broke, he screamed in pain.

Liu used a baked needle to carefully break the blood bubbles in her little daughter's hand, and Yuhai felt painful and breathing directly beside her. The house town took the best injuries, coated the dry daughter with a thick layer, and wrapped the hands of the weed like pigfoot with gauze. During dinner at night, like a seriously injured person, pearls are fed into the importation.

Liu Shi looked at her delicate little daughter and couldn't bear to say: “The distance of the pit, Mother has remembered. Grass, stop going down tomorrow and rest at home! ”

Yu Xiaograss shook his head continuously. “No! Pointing to Dad and you, when can we plant the corn? My hands have never done heavy work. I'm not used to it. Just grind them out in a few days! ”

The house town disagreed, "The blood bubbles on your hands have just broken, if you grind again tomorrow, you have to peel off a layer of skin. Why don't I take two days off and go help? ”