Chapter 63: Farming
It was only half past six when Lin Caiwei's family went out, the day was just dawn, the sun had not yet come out, the blue sky was like a wash, and the blue waves were thousands of miles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lin Aiguo pushed two buckets of pig manure in the car, ready to use it for a while, and there were two big hoes on the car, a small hoe, which Lin Aiguo specially made for his daughter before going to bed yesterday.
Next to the hoe is a large pot of cold boiled water, the kind of aluminum kettle with a spout, Lin Caiwei was afraid that the two buckets of dung on the car would splash on the kettle, so she found a large plastic bag to put on the kettle, which can also prevent dust and insects from falling in, killing two birds with one stone.
Lin Caiwei also prepared a small bag, which put two towels, three water cups, boiled yam eggs, eggs, after all, it is easy to get hungry when working, it is better to prepare some food.
Guan Lanfen helped her husband push the cart, and Lin Caiwei followed behind, because Lin Aiguo and his family didn't let her push it together.
She had to look at the idyllic scenery on both sides of the road, some of the families had already finished harvesting the rice, and only the bare rice stalks were left in the fields.
And in those fields that have not yet been harvested, there are almost all scarecrows standing inside, mainly to scare the sparrows that steal to eat, but Lin Caiwei saw those sparrows flying around in groups among the ripe rice, pecking a mouthful of millet from time to time, chirping, listening to the birds in the morning, it is also fun, but the scarecrow seems to be useless.
A gentle breeze blew, and the rice in the rice fields formed beautiful waves, startling the sparrows to fly in amazement.
The rice is ripe, falling heavily, and as soon as the wind blows, you can smell a fragrant aroma of rice.
On both sides of the road, you can see a few families from time to time at the beginning, and then you can see one family occasionally, and the more you go inside, the more people live inside, and it is basically fields.
However, Lin Caiwei knows that in another ten years or so, the sparse houses on both sides of the road will gradually become denser, and many people will use their own fields to build houses.
My own land is not very far from home, and it takes about 20 minutes to walk.
After arriving, Lin Aiguo put the cart on the side of the road, and Lin Caiwei knew that crossing a small ditch was her family's land.
She still remembers that there are fish in this small ditch, and she used to go fishing, touching shrimp, and catching crabs with her youngest cousin, Lin Haihang, and it's still interesting to think about.
Next door is the land of the second uncle's house, and next to the second uncle's house is the land of grandma and grandfather, where there is a slightly larger ditch, two meters wide and one meter five deep, which is used for irrigation of the vegetable field.
There is a thatched hut next to the big ditch, which was built by my grandmother and grandfather, mainly to give the family a place to rest when they come to work in the fields.
When she was a child, she went to play in the thatched hut, climbed on the thatched hut, and then jumped into the ditch from the top to play in the water.
"Patriotic, let's loosen the soil of this fast land first, and this land will be used to grow lettuce," Guan Lanfen proposed.
"Okay, Weiwei, you see how we get it first, if you can't dig it, just rest on the side", Lin Aiguo agreed to his wife's proposal, and said to his daughter by the way.
Lin Caiwei came back to her senses and responded, "Okay, Dad."
Taking advantage of the cool morning and the sun did not come out, the husband and wife wanted to do more, and began to dig with a hoe.
She had no choice but to go ahead, turning over the soil of her parents and flattening it with her own small hoe, but she couldn't make it solid, and she still had to keep the soil fluffy.
After leveling, dig a small pit with a hoe, and dig twelve small pits in a row, keeping a distance of about 20 centimeters between each small pit.
Of course, this was all done by Lin Caiwei herself after Guan Lanfen's demonstration, and by the way, she handed over Lin Caiwei how to bury the seeds in it.
Guan Lanfen saw that her daughter was learning quickly, so she turned around with confidence and continued to turn the soil with her husband with a hoe.
Put four or five lettuce seeds in each small pit, and then gently cover them with soil, and then scoop some water from the ditch with a water ladle and pour them in.
To ensure that more seeds survive, in addition to watering a small amount of water, it is also necessary to bring farm fertilizer, that is, after the pig manure is mixed with water, and water some manure in each pit, that is, fertilizer, which can fully ensure that it absorbs enough nutrients and germinates quickly.
When Lin Aiguo and Guan Lanfen finished turning over a piece of land, Lin Caiwei had only finished planting half of it, of course, the water and manure water had not yet been watered, so Lin Caiwei could not be watered, and the amount of labor was too large.
Not to mention, just flattening the soil turned over by her parents, digging a small pit, and then putting the seeds in, Lin Caiwei felt a sore back and legs, and stood up suddenly and felt dizzy.
After shaking a few steps, Lin Caiwei shook her head, and then recovered, and at this time the sun also rose, although it was not very strong, but Lin Caiwei, who had been working for an hour, still felt hot and sweaty.
Lin Caiwei sighed, thinking to herself where is this, there are still three pieces of land waiting for her parents to turn over, and after turning over, you have to level the soil, dig pits, bury seeds, water, water manure, and water the manure, how tiring it is.
Thinking of only half a piece of land, Lin Caiwei felt so broken, being a farmer is really tiring and hard, and her parents have worked hard for so many years......
Lin Caiwei felt distressed when she thought about it, she put down her hoe, walked towards the side of the road, and brought down a large pot of water from the car.
Carrying the kettle with difficulty, the left and right hands were swapped, but fortunately it was very close, and he walked to the edge of his own land and put the kettle down.
Then she went back and took the small bag, took out three water glasses, poured one glass for her parents first, wiped the sweat from her forehead, took out a towel and put it on her shoulder, and held two glasses of water in her hand.
"Dad, Mom, let's drink saliva," Lin Caiwei shouted at her parents who were hunched over the soil.
Hearing their daughter's voice, Lin Aiguo and Guan Lanfen both put down the hoe in their hands, walked over and took the water in Lin Caiwei's hand and drank it all.
"Dad, I'll pour you another glass, wait a minute", Lin Caiwei looked at her sweaty parents, knowing that they were very thirsty, and said intimately.
Lin Caiwei was very fast, she held two glasses of water steadily and walked back in a matter of a minute or two, seeing that her parents finished drinking water, Lin Caiwei handed over the towel on her shoulder and said, "Mom, you wipe your sweat."
"Ouch, our Wei Wei is really a caring little padded jacket", Guan Lanfen said with a smile while wiping her sweat.
"But no, I drank the water and wiped my sweat, and I felt much more comfortable," Lin Aiguo also said with a smile.
Lin Caiwei smiled and didn't speak, took the cup and went back to put it away, and then gave herself a glass of water and drank two cups before stopping.
After resting for a while, she continued to go back to the half-planted field to plant lettuce.
One morning passed quickly, Lin Caiwei planted one and a half pieces of land, and two and a half pieces were not planted. Lettuce, cabbage, peppers, potatoes are planted on four plots.
The only thing left is for Lin Aiguo and his wife to come back in the afternoon to continue planting, Lin Caiwei really has no strength, she just wants to go home to take a bath, eat and sleep.
Lin Caiwei rubbed her sore waist and legs, thinking that she wanted to cry without tears, she just wanted to be an intellectual, she didn't want to farm, it was too hard!