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According to Yu Zehai's statement, after working for five days in a row, you have to rest for two days, such as chopping wood and cutting grass on a barren mountain, the work is not tiring, but this person can't stand it if he bends over for a long time. But Yu Zehai's proposal was ruthlessly rejected by his father. You must know that as long as the people in the village are diligent, 365 days a year, rain or shine, day and night, there will always be work that you can't finish.

As for vacations?

Don't be funny!

For the vast number of working people, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, digging wells and drinking, plowing fields and eating, have been passed down for thousands of years. Unless the health is unavoidable, there will never be anyone who spends their time at home.

In the end, the father and son each took a step back and implemented the working hours of "six days off and one day off". It's just that this is just a mess of things for Yu Zehai, and as for other tasks at home, of course, they are not included.

For example, today, the reclamation of the back mountain is temporarily suspended, but Yu Zehai's family's farming still needs to be worked.

"Miwa, after breakfast for a while, your mother and I will go to the field at the foot of the mountain to harvest buds, and your kid will stay at home and bring us food at noon?"

Because she was going to the field to harvest buds today, Wang Shufen got up early to cook, Yu Zhenchuan said while eating.

"How can this be done?" Yu Zehai hurriedly shook his head when he heard this, and said: "I said Dad, what are you making an international joke, I am also a young and strong laborer now, how can I stay at home when you go to the ground? ”

"That's it, it's decided!"

Yu Zhenchuan went down to half a bowl of gruel, turned his head and said to Wang Shufen next to him: "Shufen, you should stay at home, take care of a few little guys, and help us prepare lunch." By the way, I think you did a good job before, steaming a few steamed buns, cooking a pot of mung bean soup, and then making a plate of salted radish, basking in the sun for a day, and you have to clear the heat and defeat the fire on the hour. ”

"I know, I know!" Wang Sufen glanced at Yu Zhenchuan, then picked up a piece of pot helmet bun and handed it to Yu Zehai, and said: "Eat more, your stomach is full before you have the strength to work, otherwise you will be hungry before you go to the ground!"

"Oh my God!"

Yu Zehai held his forehead with one hand and said with a wry smile on his face: "Mom, I'm really overwhelmed, you give it to my father." After speaking, Yu Zehai looked back at a few little guys and said, "You guys will stay at home today, do you know?

"Chirp ......"

"Woo ......"

Before Yu Zehai could finish speaking, Snow White Wukong and Crab protested at the same time.

"I'm going, do you want to rebel?" Yu Zehai glared at him and said, "Baba is going to work in the fields, not to play, how can I have time to take care of you." ”

"Chirp ......"

Seeing Xiaobai's disdainful expression, Yu Zehai was really defeated by it, and he held his forehead with one hand and said: "That's okay, you can go if you want, but you have to be obedient." In addition, Xiaobai, you are more experienced than them, remember to take care of your little friends when playing outside, do you know?"

"Chirp!"

Seeing Xiaobai's stunned appearance, Yu Zehai really wanted to go up and kick it.

After the meal, Yu Zehai went into the house to change into a set of training clothes, took a broken straw hat handed over by his mother and put it on his head, and then took a sickle, carried a basket on his back and set off with his father. Of course, in front of and behind the two of them, the three little things of Little White Wukong and Crab jumped up and down, and as for Spotted Spot and the Black Wind King, they were forcibly left at home by Yu Zehai.

That's right!

The Spotted Black Wind King is the name of the two little leopard cubs and the little black bear. Such a name rich in fairy tales and cartoon characteristics naturally cannot come from Yu Zehai's hand, but the two eccentric girls in the village, Mimi and Nannan, who took advantage of Yu Zehai's days to go to the East China Sea.

In this regard, Yu Zehaima only smiled after knowing it. The name is nothing more than a code name, and since someone does it for him, he is naturally willing to do it a hundred times.

Huaiping is about one kilometer away from Yujiaao Village, and it is one of the fertile soils that have raised countless generations of Yujiaao Village!

Yu Zehai has contracted Heitu Bay, as well as Huaiping, as well as Gongran, which are the three most fertile, complete and largest fertile soil in Yujiaao Village. Comparatively speaking, the area of Heitu Bay is the smallest, followed by Huaiping, and the largest area is the common pasture, except for these three large pieces of fertile soil, the other cultivated land is relatively scattered, just some leftovers of sparse Lala.

Therefore, when Yu Zehai contracted the land, his goals were also these three places. Not to mention the fertile land, the cultivated land area is concentrated, so it is easy to form large-scale planting and easier to manage. At present, Huaiping, the smallest land area, has been taken, and the remaining Huaiping and Gongranch will be taken into his pocket one by one in the next few years!

"Dad, it stands to reason that there is still some time for the bud valley to mature, what is going on with our family's land?" Although Yu Zehai is away all the year round, as a native of the countryside, he still knows when to sow and when to harvest.

The buds in the northern region generally mature in September and October. However, there are still considerable differences between different regions. For example, in the northeast of China, due to the influence of the climate, the buds in the field will not mature until at least October, while in the northwestern part of China, they are generally harvested between mid-September and mid-October.

"Rape field!" Yu Zhenchuan said three words slowly, he glanced at his son, and said lightly: "What, I am surprised?

After a slight pause, Yu Zhenchuan continued: "Sowing seeds in different seasons, the harvest time is naturally different, take bud valley as an example, there are usually early bud valleys and back bud grains. Early bud valley, that is, the first year leaves the land vacant, so that the next year can be sown in advance, so the harvest time should be at least about a month and a half in advance. And back to the bud grain, and divided into rape field stubble and wheat field stubble, you should know that rape should be at least half a month earlier than wheat, this is the time difference. ”

"Uh...... That's it!"

Yu Zehai nodded.

In the countryside, the countryside basically depends on the weather for food, and the conditions are better, and there are irrigation ditches, but the growth and maturity cycle of crops in the field is uncontrollable. However, many modern agricultural planting bases are basically engaged in greenhouse operations, so in the streets and alleys of some big cities, you can not only eat fresh corn cobs at any time, but also eat a variety of out-of-season vegetables.

The corn stalks in the field have begun to turn yellow, and the shells and whiskers on the outside of the cob have begun to dry up, indicating that the cob inside has fully matured.

Rural people harvest buds, grain, and wheat, all of which are hard and manual work, especially under the premise that transportation is inconvenient, or the slope cannot use any agricultural machinery, all the crops and fruits in the field need to be harvested manually with sickles.

Wheat and wheat mangs pricked hands, bract leaves swept faces, rice stubble poked crotch......

Everyone who has seen it knows that the leaves of the bud valley are jagged, and once the beard and the husk of the bud grain are swept on the face and neck, they will pull out a small opening, and if they sweat again in the sun, it is simply painful and itchy, and the taste is quite uncomfortable.

"You kid don't have gloves?"

Seeing Yu Zehai holding a sickle and preparing to go to the ground, Yu Zhenchuan asked with a slight startle.

"I said Dad, don't look down on me, your son is not so squeamish!" Yu Zehai waved his sickle and said, "That's it, let's cut down some sticks first, and then I will only be responsible for carrying luck, Dad, you can chop and pick up alone." ”

"No problem, try it first!"

In those plains of China, the villagers harvest buds and grains are different from those in the countryside.

For example, in Yujiaao Village, as Yu Zehai and his son do now, they first use a sickle to cut off the corn stalks held by the pestle and pile them into a pile, then go back and pick the cobs again, and then tie up the stalks...... Whether it's bud grain, wheat, or rice, straw can make a big difference.

Many families in the village have cattle and sheep, because in the mountains of the land of China, where there are no roads and no agricultural machinery to use, they still live a life of cattle farming. And after the straw is dried, it will be carried back and stored, and in winter, it will be a big meal for those cattle, sheep and livestock.

But in those plains, there is no talk of raising cattle and sheep with straw. Therefore, after those people go to the field, they only pick bud grain cobs, and as for the straw in the field, if conditions permit, they will burn it on the spot, and in those key areas where the burning of straw is not allowed to protect the environment, they will take a sickle to cut the straw into countless small pieces, and then bury it in the soil as waste.

"Dad, I see the land in the row of buds turned over, what's going on?" Yu Zehai asked.

"Before, it was bud valley interplanting artichoke," Yu Zhenchuan smiled and said, "And the artichoke is harvested in June and July, so it was dug early." ”

"I see!" Yu Zehai said thoughtfully.

Intercropping refers to the planting method of sowing between the rows of plants in the late growth stage of the previous season crops or transplanting the later season crops, also known as intercropping and string planting. Compared with monoculture, intercropping can not only make full use of space in stages, but more importantly, it can prolong the growing season of later crops, improve the multiple cropping index, and increase the total annual yield.

Moreover, the use of intercropping mode can not only save land use space, improve crop yield, but also effectively prevent various pests and diseases. Different plants have their own characteristics and attributes, such as green pepper and garlic intercropping, tomato and cabbage intercropping, onion and carrot intercropping, etc......

In rural areas, in addition to vegetable intercropping, the most classic intercropping mode is the bud grain this season, after all, like rice, wheat and rape, I have not heard of interplanting. Therefore, models such as bud grain intercropping artichoke, bud grain intercropping mung bean, bud grain intercropping soybean, etc., can be said to be commonplace in the countryside.