Chapter 691 Spring Ploughing in Progress

Some families were assigned helpers, while others were not.

The cow rental had just begun, and with this beginning, more people would come one after another.

These helpers really helped each family a lot.

The men in the family left with Yan Er, and the half-grown children were sent out to work on the cow rental, so there was a real shortage of manpower.

The waiter formed a pair for them, and when the ladies of several families met, they would clearly arrange who would prepare meals today, who would feed chickens and rabbits, who would herd sheep and cattle, and who would lead the helpers to the fields.

The helpers also truly saw the generosity of Xiaoan Village.

The rich cows were equipped with more than one plow.

They just regretted that the plows were not enough.

The Yan family was assigned five helpers.

Yan Yu brought the assigned laborers to her own dry fields, watched them get familiar with the cows, put the plow on the cows, and then pressed the plow to turn the land deeply. The moist dark soil was turned out. The dark color stretched as the cows walked slowly, stopped at the end, and then drew a new line again.

She squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, kneaded it in her hands, and sniffed it with her nose.

A cool smell of land.

Today is indeed the day given by Rong Mama for ploughing. The spring breeze is not urgent, the sun is high, and there is a faint warmth on the body.

There are wild grasses that recognize spring in the fields. When the cows pass by, they are eaten by their mouths, and then they are turned over by the plow. The weak little roots are exposed in the breeze and shiver.

Three people drove three cows. Rong Mama did not do it, but through Li Xuemei's mouth, she constantly adjusted the depth of the three people's turning the soil to achieve the effect she wanted.

The other two people watched and learned from the side, measuring with their hands and remembering the requirements of the boss.

Yes, all of them, whether they were hired workers or criminals in the quarry, called the people of Xiaoan Village the boss.

It was quite unified.

The people of Xiaoan Village, who were called like this, were fresh at first, but then they forgot about it in their busy work.

How could they trust their own land to outsiders, especially those former masters of the quarry? God, they were not good at working. The land was turned left and right, and they didn't go straight. It was better for them to do it themselves.

The ox and the plow changed hands, and the villagers happily looked at the straight black soil under their feet, laughing.

That's right, it has to be like this, it's cool!

Yan Yu and Rong Mama walked to the river, leaving Li Xuemei watching there.

The latter was not satisfied with standing there, so she took a rake to rake out the weeds that had been turned over. After a few strokes, she lowered her head and looked at the child in front of her.

As for why she is so obsessed with farming, Yan Yu seriously suspects that it is because her father lost the land in her hometown. Although her mother does not say it, she has always been upset.

That is why she is so obsessed with farming, and she must go to the fields with her children.

The cat is playing in the field, but in fact it scratches out a lot of weeds with its claws, and the stones in the field are kicked to the edge of the field by it behind its back.

Yan Yu saw the villagers driving cows to turn the soil vigorously along the way, and she couldn't help but hold her forehead.

So she let Rong Mama lead Sanbao to go first, and she turned back to the village to find a few village grandfathers.

Soon, the village elders went out and patrolled the fields.

Teach each family a lesson.

"If you don't know how to use the plow, you can't teach them. It doesn't matter if the soil is turned straight or not, it's not ridge making."

"We've held a meeting, and I don't know how many times we've been told to rush to open more land. Why, once you touch the tools and put your feet on the ground, you forget everything! There's a lot of work. If I don't teach them, can you finish it by yourself?!"

Yan Yu listened for a while and nodded continuously. Not bad, not bad, that's how we should educate them.

There's too much work, so we brought so many people back to the village to help them share the work.

As soon as we arrived at the land by the river.

We saw Rong Mama and Sanbao had already started working.

Yan Yu hurried over, picked up the shovel, and followed Sanbao to dig the soil.

The mounds of soil in the field increased steadily.

Yan Yu gradually found a rhythm that suited her, and she dug higher and higher.

She didn't even know when her mother came over.

"Waiter! Stop for a while, take a break, and eat something!" Li Xuemei shouted.

Yan Yu turned her head and wiped the sweat off her head.

She didn't feel it when she was working, but when she stopped, she felt sticky all over her body, and her clothes were all sticky.

She looked at the sun, it was still early, so why eat now?

Li Xuemei saw her looking up at the sky, so she said, "You got up early in the morning and did such heavy work, and the food you ate has been digested, so hurry up and eat."

She handed over a dried tofu roll.

"Wow! Mom, I can eat ten!!" Yan Yu didn't even take it with her hands, she put it directly into her mouth, raised her head, put it into her mouth, and swallowed it in two or three bites.

Cucumber! Green onion! Coriander!

They are all rare fresh vegetables now.

It is because of the Yan family that Rong Mama can grow whatever she wants no matter what the weather is outside, so Yan Yu can do this.

With the soybean paste prepared by Rong Mama, and the moist tofu skin.

She felt so refreshed when she ate it hot!

It quenched her hunger and thirst.

Li Xuemei motioned her to take off her gloves and poured water for her to wash her hands.

Yan Yu could do it herself, stuffing the food into her mouth.

"Madame Rong doesn't need to eat, these are all mine, hehe!" She ate the dried tofu rolls on top, and there were four mediocre bean buns on the bottom.

Li Xuemei took out a cloth-wrapped pottery jar.

"Madame Rong has been simmering it in the pot since early morning, try it, braised snake meat in sauce!"

Yan Yu: !!!

Turning her head and cheering in surprise: "Madame Rong, I love you!"

Knowing that it was a hard day working in the fields, I prepared a small stove for her early.

Aunt Rong stopped and smiled at Yan Yu with squinted eyes from a distance.

He gestured with his hands to keep her full.

Yan Yu nodded, the bean buns were sweet, the braised snake meat in soy sauce was slightly salty, tsk tsk, this mix was delicious, but she couldn't stand it. She just felt the strength she had used up, rushing back, hahahahaha!

With food in her stomach, Yan Yu remembered and asked: "Mom, how are the five people working? Are they working hard?"

It looked good when she left, but I don't know what happened after she left.

"Work hard. The village elders are biased towards us. The people who didn't allocate quarries to us are all farmers who exchanged cattle. If you get familiar with the cattle, you don't have to worry about it. I asked them to take turns. They said they would use it." Even if the ox is not tired, our iron plow works well. You can work for a whole day without taking a breath." Li Xuemei said with a smile, "How can I really let people not take a breath? This is the first day of work, so don't make them tired."

Yan Yu nodded repeatedly: "As long as it's a cropping technique, it won't save us from having to teach it all over again and waste our time."

She has a big plan to open up wasteland. If you plow more in the spring, you can harvest an extra load in the autumn.

"When the paddy fields here are dug out, we have to dig canals for our village and build them together with the waterwheels. Grandpa Kang said that he has studied the blueprints and understood them. We will not only bring them back to the adults who know mechanics he mentioned, But the quarry has been covered, and there are plenty of people. These people are not good at farm work. They can plan the direction of the canal, measure the water depth according to the wind direction, and assemble the waterwheel parts. "

Yan Yu swallowed the last mouthful and drank a lot of water.

"I also want them to help circle several pastures suitable for grazing. I remember that herdsmen would take their cattle and sheep to eat the spring pastures, then the summer pastures, and then the autumn pastures and winter pastures. They would rotate in this way to allow the grass to grow. In order to avoid being eaten by them, it is too laborious for us to store grass. It is all manual work, busy and tiring, so we might as well follow this method." (End of this chapter)