On the twenty-sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the beginning of autumn.

The first solar term of autumn marks the official beginning of the Mengqiu season.

In the beginning of autumn, the plane tree begins to lose its leaves, falling with the wind, the ground is piled with thick withered yellow leaves, and the maple leaves also begin to turn red, until the autumn is soaked in maple leaves, all over the mountains, reflecting the sky and the earth, the whole mountain forest is full of color.

At the beginning of the day, the cool breeze arrives.

In ancient times, the beginning of autumn was divided into three phases: "one waits for the cool breeze to arrive, the second waits for the white dew, and the third waits for the cold cicadas." ”

China is a vast country, and although the climate varies from place to place, there are still most areas that have not yet entered the autumn climate.

Pinghai town is located in the north-east of the inland, the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River and the western edge of the Changliu Basin, belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate, affected by the tropical ocean air mass and the polar continental air mass, the temperature change in spring and autumn is not very large, and the end of the hot dog days every year is still on the third day after the beginning of autumn.

Fang Ning's side is still a summer day, and the weather is very hot, which is what others call the autumn tiger, so the period from the beginning of autumn to the autumn equinox is also called long summer.

During this time, the villagers are busier in the village, and the beginning of autumn is especially important to them, after all, they all rely on the crops for food.

There is a proverb that says: 'Thunder strikes autumn, winter harvest is half-harvested', 'Autumn is sunny on a sunny day, farmers do not exert themselves'.

In the days of the beginning of autumn, if you hear thunder, then the crops will fail in winter, if the weather is fine, you will be able to live a stable life with smooth wind and rain, and there will be no worries about drought and flood in farming, and you can sit and wait for a good harvest. In addition, there are sayings that 'all things are harvested in July and all kinds are lost in June and autumn', and 'the north wind rains before autumn and after autumn, and the north wind dries the bottom of the river after autumn'.

That is to say, the beginning of autumn in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the five grains can be expected to be harvested, if the beginning of autumn is in the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the five grains are not ripe and will cause a poor harvest, the north wind blows before the beginning of autumn, it will rain after the beginning of autumn, if the north wind blows after the beginning of autumn, then drought may occur in the winter of that year.

Fang Ning looked down the hillside at the villagers who were busy in the farmland, pondering the theory of the ancient people's agricultural time summary that his grandfather said to him, this year's beginning of autumn is the twenty-sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, not the beginning of autumn in July, that is, it is still a little short of the harvest year in the farmers' mouths, but fortunately, it is only four or five days, and it is not tight.

Fortunately, his family did not farm, and his grandfather had nothing to do for more than ten years, when he was young, he was hunting birds for a living, and the mountains and rivers were everywhere.

If the family succeeds in this resort, it is still possible to feature local chickens, black goats, crayfish, snails, and grass carp, so that there is no need to worry about financial resources.

Although Fang Ning had thousands of ravines in his chest, he was trapped in the mountains, and even if he had thousands of skills, he had no way to display them.

The days are long and the weather is hot, and it is estimated that there will be no north wind for at least a week.

Fang Ning thought like this, but within two days, God was moody.

As soon as the cold air swept over from the north, it came into contact with the strong warm air here, hot and cold.

At first, it was a light rain, and after the rain stopped, from the 28th day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, that is, the 10th day of the eighth month of the solar calendar, the temperature gradually dropped, and it was cool in the morning and evening.

However, due to the influence of the subtropical high pressure, there are still heavy rains or torrential rains in the Changliu Basin, which is still in the flood season.

Fortunately, the flood prevention work in the village was in place, and the village chief also continued to publicize the need to be vigilant against floods and landslides.

The first day of the seventh lunar month, Monday.

The rain stopped, and the water level dropped during the flood season.

The weather was cool, Fang Ning's family also took out the autumn coat and long-sleeved trousers early and began to wear them, and at the same time, in order to prevent the flu during the spring and autumn seasons, Fang Ning swept a bunch of banlan root in the pharmacy in Yunzhezhuang to 'hoard' it, if you find that your body is slightly unwell, eat banlan root once in the morning and evening, it can still have a good preventive effect.

After the flood season, a large number of mosquitoes breed in the sewage ditch, the sanitary environment is poor, the ditch is full of dead rat corpses, and the sheepfold is not cleaned for nearly a week, the black goats are also prone to disease, and when the weather is good, the flocks of black goats are driven to the back mountain to graze and raise fat.

Later, Fang Ning's family and Xiaoye's family mobilized to clean up, sprinkle lime for lime, and shovel sheep dung for sheep dung.

The two little uncles were naughty and mischievous and made the yard full of chickens and dogs, plus a lawless Fang Wei, no matter where they go, they are a headache.

The decoration of this old house is decent, meticulous and elegant, like an ancient garden, and there is really a bit of a peach paradise atmosphere where chickens and dogs smell each other.

Fang Ning came up with the idea of a farmhouse, building a cloister on an open space of more than 10 square meters near the pond and the pavilion, and the brick and tile cover was used to shelter from the wind and rain.

Then the wooden table and wooden chairs built by the master invited by the master a while ago were moved to the cloister, just six camphor wood tables, each table is equipped with four chairs, this is the place to eat.

Then Grandpa thought about asking a chef to come back, with the idea of trying to open the business and see how it went.

Grandpa asked the relationship to look everywhere, because he didn't choose a suitable and satisfactory person, mainly because he thought it was too remote, poor, far away, and the salary was not very high, and he didn't know how long he could work and everyone didn't want to come.

So the process of this farmhouse was delayed, and grandpa's fiery mind stopped, concentrating on raising those black goats.

Fortunately, there is an old man named Fang Yan in a family in the east of the village, and he paid attention to it after listening to his grandfather once, and then thought about it for a while, thinking that there was a distant relative niece who was a cook and worked in a restaurant in the county, because there was a little friction and dispute with the boss, he was dismissed by the boss, and returned to the township to live in the second uncle's house for a few days, and the old Han Fang Yan told her niece about it.

The cook's name is Fang Lan, thirty-eight years old, looking a little old, originally married, and later divorced, but there is naturally nothing to say about cooking skills.

The old man Fang Yan came over to say hello to his grandfather, saying that he had a good personality, was innocent, had good conduct, and had good cooking skills, and knew a few signature cooking skills.

Grandpa thought that he would make an appointment anyway and let her apply for a job first.

Two or three days later, Fang Lan packed up her things and came over.

When she hadn't gone to Fang Ning's house yet, she didn't think so, thinking that she was just an ordinary countryman, so she could hire a cook who had been cooking for a long time.

As a result, he was taken to the newly renovated house of Fang Ning's house by his second uncle Fang Yan, and he was taken aback on the spot, this is not the summer villa of a rich and noble family, right?

At the same time, the old man Fang Yan was also startled, he swallowed his saliva, thinking that he had stepped out of the wrong place.

Who called the old houses here quaint, the fence walls, the red maple trees all over the mountain, the lotus leaf pond and the pavilion are intertwined, it is simply out of place with the low houses in the village below.