Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 118: Carrying manure to water the land

I walked all the way from the west to the eastern hilltop, and looking at the full basket of wild vegetables, I felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in my heart.

When I was walking home with the basket on my back, I passed by the vegetable field and saw Lan Qiuhua watering the field with manure.

"Aunt Lan, why don't you pour the manure water under the roots of the seedlings?"

She poured herself into the middle line.

"I didn't pour water into it. If I poured it directly underneath, it would burn the seedlings. I kept a distance. I don't know if it will rain in the next two days."

She just waited for the rain to come so that she wouldn't have to carry water for the plants.

Ji Wenhe nodded in understanding. It turned out that there was so much to learn about watering with manure.

"I almost forgot." Lan Qiuhua took out the key and threw it to her. "Rongshan didn't see you, so he asked me to give you the key. He left."

She had just left not long ago. If she had come back earlier, they would have met.

He picked up the key on the ground and said, "Aunt Lan, can you lend me the dung bucket for a while? I'll water mine too."

She smiled and said, "Your Rongshan said that when he comes back, he will come to our house to borrow the rice bucket to water the vegetable garden."

"The barrels are heavy. You can't carry two of them. The mountain road is difficult to walk on. Wait until Rongshan comes back and let him carry them."

Ji Wenhe took down the basket, walked from the side to the opposite side of the field, and held his breath because the smell was too stinky.

"I'll try to see if I can help. We can't let him do all the housework. It's hard enough for him to carry out the shopping. I want to help him share some of the burden."

"You, Rongshan loves you and doesn't want you to do heavy work. Sometimes, I envy you."

Lan Qiuhua put down the dung shovel and walked over to teach her how to pick it easily.

"Be steady when you pick it up and walk. If you move too much, the inside will splash out."

"When you reach a place where one is higher than the other and it's difficult to walk, grab the two ropes above and pull them to the same level as your body."

"There are two barrels, one in front and one behind. When you go down the mountain, the barrel behind you will touch the ground. Yes, that's it. It doesn't matter if they are not aligned, as long as they are on both sides of you."

"When you carry it, you have to pay attention to the pole on your shoulders so that it doesn't slip off. You have to use your strength and feel your way slowly."

Ji Wenhe tried it according to what she said. It was easiest to face forward and backward. It was a bit inconvenient to walk left and right because he had to hold two ropes and pay attention to the shoulder pole.

"I roughly know how to pick them. Aunt Lan will put them behind your house when she's done. I'll chop the wild vegetables and come get them later."

Lan Qiuhua was a little worried: "Then you have to go slowly. If you can't pick up a full bucket, then pick up half a bucket. If I tell you, just wait for Rongshan to come back."

"It's okay Aunt Lan, I'll go back first and come back later."

"to make."

She was eager to try it. Although the taste was a bit strong, she felt a sense of accomplishment when she saw the results of her work.

When I got home, I found a basket full of wild vegetables in the kitchen.

Ji Wenhe poured them all out and found that some of the wild vegetables were unfamiliar to her and she couldn't name them. She also didn't know where he found so many of them.

Keep some for yourself and chop the rest.

After finishing the work, he went down the mountain to borrow a bucket.

Shen Rongshan dug a hole outside the house's toilet, just like the dry toilets in the countryside in his previous life.

After it rains, there is rainwater in it, so there is no need to carry water to dilute it.

She was afraid that she couldn't carry it, so she only filled half the bucket.

It is possible to carry the dung, but it is not very convenient to hold the dung shovel, so I have to run back and forth twice.

"Wen He, watering the fields."

Ji Wenhe looked up and said, "Yes, Aunt Miao, your land was just watered a few days ago."

Miao Zhaodi smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'll come and see the seedlings."

"Aunt Miao, when do we plant rice in our village?"

"After the Grain in Ear, it will probably be earlier this year. We don't plant wheat in our village."

Last year, the crops in the fields were destroyed. People in one village spent almost two months catching locusts. She prayed in her heart that they would not encounter locusts again this year.

She heard from Shen Wenshan that after catching all the locusts, they were afraid that they would lay eggs on the rice stalks, so they burned them to ashes.

Not only their village was affected, but villages outside were also affected. They were afraid that the locusts would fly back from other villages, so they dared not plant crops in the paddy fields.

Pull out the weeds growing in the field from time to time, dry them, and then burn them. Repeat this cycle. After a few months, no matter how many insect eggs there are, they will all be killed.

Crops are the lifeblood of farmers. After being eaten by locusts, many people in the village sat on the ground crying. I heard that some people even fainted from crying.

Come to think of it, if it were me, she would also faint from crying.

There was not much food at home, and we had finally planted the crops and taken good care of them, but they were all eaten up by locusts. How could we not feel desperate?

Just then, Lin Yue Niang, who was seen yesterday, entered the village with a strange man.

"This is the person who was brought here to see Shen Ruoyan's relatives, right?" Miao Zhaodi looked over.

"should be."

Ji Wenhe took a glance and saw that the man had dressed up meticulously today.

Although he was wearing patched clothes, he looked clean.

He is about 1 meters tall, thin and a little dark. From his facial features, he looks good, with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

As he passed by them, he smiled and nodded to them.

Miao Zhaodi asked with a smile: "Lin Yueniang, bring someone to look for a marriage."

Lin Mudan replied: "Of course, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take the people there."

"Hey."

He wanted to ask her to help keep an eye on his son, but when he thought about the situation at home, he gave up the idea.

When Ji Wenhe heard a sigh, he knew that she was thinking of her son.

She didn't say anything to comfort him because she didn't know how.

He is only nineteen years old, which means he is still single here. In his previous life, he would not even have finished high school or college.

He carried the water back and forth several times to water the vegetable field, then went to the river to fetch water, rinsed the bucket clean, and carried it back to the owner.

"Aunt Lan, where do we put the bucket?"

Lan Qiuhua came out of the house and said, "Put it behind my house. Give it to me. I'll put it there."

"Sister-in-law." Shen Suya followed out, "I saw Lin Yueniang bringing people and went to Aunt Wu's house."

"I saw it, too. I've been there for a while. I wonder how it looks."

Shen Ruoyan's affairs had already spread in the surrounding villages. It was not possible for her to find a husband nearby because people were afraid of her reputation as a husband-killer, so they could only introduce her to someone from distant villages.

"I must ask clearly what the family is like, how many acres of land they have, how many people there are, whether they have divided the family property, and how much betrothal gifts they can give."

Her mother said these were the questions.

"Hey, hey, they're coming out."

"Don't get excited." Ji Wenhe laughed helplessly, "It's a blind date, look how excited you are."

"I'm just curious. I don't know if Sister Ruoyan would like him."

Shen Suya stretched her head to look across, and she pulled her into the yard.

"Okay, stop looking. If you want to know when the people leave, go to their house and ask."

Lan Qiuhua came over from behind and looked at the two people leaving the village: "It seems that they are together. Look how happy Lin Yue Niang is."

"Mom, can we go to the feast again?"