With Aunt Xu's help, the vegetable field was quickly implemented. Aunt Xu's family has a total of 15 acres of land, which is rented to two families, one of whom has not yet grown grain, and plans to keep it for planting sweet potatoes in April and May.

Generally, sweet potatoes are grown in rural areas, and most of them are used to feed pigs, which is not important, so as soon as Aunt Xu said it, the other party returned the eight acres of land to others.

In addition, there is a family with seven acres, only two acres of sweet potatoes are left, and the others are planted with artichokes. However, the artichoke ripens early, and it can be harvested in May and June.

So Aunt Xu took back the two acres first, and when the potatoes were dug up, the rest of the land was not rented.

In other words, the land where Mu Zhen can grow vegetables now, plus the land left to her by Aunt Xu, has a total of about seventeen acres. Seventeen acres, that's not a small number.

Pingyao Village is mostly mountainous, so most of the fields planted by everyone are transformed terraced fields. The location of the terraces is relatively regular, generally a piece of land is two or three acres, and these seventeen acres are six or seven pieces of land.

In her previous life, she also planted crops in her hometown, and a family of five or six acres would not exceed ten acres at most.

When Mu Zhen told He Laosan these thoughts, He Laosan stopped what he was doing, glanced at the sad little daughter-in-law in front of him with a light smile, and said: "It's okay, you are just planting vegetables, it's very simple, green beans directly plant the seeds in the ground, and then insert a skewer to remove the grass It's almost the same." Spicy seeds are a little troublesome, you have to cultivate seedlings first, and when the spicy seedlings grow almost one or two times long, you have to transplant the ground, and then hoe the grass, so it is not a difficult task. When the time comes, find a few people to do the work for a favor, and it will be done in one day. ”

Although Mu Zhen knows this, she still doesn't know how to plant it, and when she heard He Laosan say this, she smiled at Yan Yan, looked at He Laosan and quipped: "Xianggong is in hand, I have it in the world." ”

Looking at Mu Zhen's smiling little face, He Lao Sanjue's heart was differently satisfied, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and rub it on that slender little face.

It's just that before a few clicks, Mu Zhen said, "I'll go get something" and dodged away.

He Laosan has been doing physical work all year round, and his hands that can't be stopped are almost covered with calluses, and Mu Zhen's little face hurts.

In He Laosan's unexplained eyes, Mu Zhen took out the fabric she bought in the town a few days ago, "Come, raise your hands." ”

He Laosan stretched out his hand cooperatively and asked, "Zhenzhen, what are you going to do?" ”

Mu Zhen measured the size with her hands, and said: "This piece of cloth was bought for you to make gloves when Gu, and I don't know when we will be able to divide it, so much work in the house, you do it alone, and your hands are all ruined." I'll make you a couple of gloves and put them there, and whatever you do, put them on. ”

Listening to Mu Zhen's gradually choked voice, He Laosan freed out his other idle hand, gently pinned the falling broken hair for her, and said softly: "It's okay, I'm used to it, and I'm not too tired, you don't have to work for me, just make a few more sets of clothes for yourself and Yiqing, I'm used to this, and I'm not used to wearing gloves." ”

Mu Zhen retorted without raising her head: "You didn't do farm work at the beginning, you have an adaptation period for everything you do, you don't get used to it at first, and it will be fine after a while, you see when it is, you still have so many cracks in your hands." I don't know if you hurt or not, I'm terrified when I see it. ”

Although it was an accusation, it was full of concern, and He Laosan, who listened to it, was very thoughtful, "Okay, listen to you." ”

Although it has been a month since he came to this other world, except for delivering food to He Laosan, Mu Zhen rarely goes out or goes for a walk in the mountains.

After all, it's only February or March, and the altitude here may be relatively high, and the mountains are bare except for some peach blossoms, and there is nothing to see.

The shopkeeper of Yipintang personally came to take Chunya away, and after Mu Zhen received another sixty taels of silver, she felt a lot more sure.

When I moved the sprouts, it was when the upper house was not there, so the process was relatively smooth.

When she had nothing to do, Mu Zhen found that there were many small yellow flowers on the mountain, clusters of them, which were particularly beautiful. It blooms after the peach blossoms, and it is still yellow, so it should be a forsythia flower.

Thinking of forsythia, Mu Zhen felt that she had something to do again.

Forsythia is a deciduous shrub, generally 2 to 4 meters tall, the leaves are generally ovate, the flowers are generally golden yellow, and the fruit is also ovate, with a sharp tip and small raised particles on the epidermis.

Forsythia is a very common and very important medicinal material, which is mainly used to clear away heat and detoxify, disperse knots, reduce swelling, treat warm heat, macules and other symptoms.

When it comes to forsythia, the most interesting thing for Muzhen at present is the forsythia leaves. Forsythia fruits can be used in medicine, and forsythia leaves can also clear heat and detoxify, treat wind, heat, cold, and sore throat.

I remember in my previous life, my grandmother's favorite drink was tea made from forsythia leaves, although it was not as long as the taste of tea, but it did not have the bitter taste of tea.

Thinking of this, Mu Zhen was a little eager to try. It just so happens that He Laosan doesn't go out at home these days, and Xiao Baozi is also taken care of at home.

"Xianggong, I'll go to the mountains to pick some forsythia leaves and come back to make tea, and you take care of the bags in the house."

Hearing Mu Zhen say that he was going up the mountain, He Laosan hurriedly put down the work in his hand and said, "I'll go all the way with you." ”

"No, it's not a good place, there are a lot of forsythia trees behind the house, I don't go far, you still have so much work in your hands, I'm busy with yours first, I'm not a heavy job, and it won't take a while."

Hearing Mu Zhen say this, He Laosan was relieved that she would go alone.

Xiao Baozi's favorite thing now is his mother's kiss, and he can't wait for Mu Zhen to follow wherever she goes, "Mother, Bao Bao wants to follow you all the way, Bao Bao is not fun to be alone in the house, Bao Bao wants to protect his mother and help his mother fight wolves." ”

The son's soft pleading, Mu Zhen's heart melted when she heard it, but the little bun was still small after all, and it was still more dangerous on the mountain, but looking at her son's hopeful eyes, Mu Zhen didn't know how to refuse.

"Yiqing, obedient, your mother has something to go to the mountain, so she will be with her father." Just as Mu Zhen was thinking about how to speak, He Laosan's majestic voice came to mind.

"Okay." Hearing Xiao Baozi's weak promise, Mu Zhen smiled, "Okay, my mother will be back in a while, Bao Bao is obedient." ”

Carrying a miniature version of the shoulder basket that He Laosan specially made for Mu Zhen, Mu Zhen set off towards the mountain.

I have to say that it is no wonder that even if the price offered by the Song family is more expensive than that of ordinary people, many people are willing to buy them.

The thickness of the bamboo strip is very uniform, the weaving is tight and strong, the general bamboo furniture, how will there be some, He Laosan is very careful to check the side, the place where the are finely smoothed.

The long forsythia that Mu Zhen said is not far away, and it will take more than ten minutes to arrive.

In the past two days, the forsythia has only begun to grow leaves, which are not too big, but this is better, what Mu Zhen wants is the core in the middle.

The yellow flowers with green leaves look particularly good in a blue-yellow satchel. The leaves of forsythia are relatively large, even if they are the cores that have just sprouted, they are larger than ordinary tea leaves, and after a while, Mu Zhen picked a full basket.

Using forsythia to make tea, the method of making zuò is relatively simple. After returning home, Mu Zhen poured the forsythia leaves in the basket into the basket sieve, and asked Xiao Baozi to help pick out the small yellow flowers.

Wash the flowers and leaves with clean water, let them dry in a basket, and then steam the leaves. The color of the steamed forsythia leaves is not as beautiful as when it was fresh, but with the boiling heat, there is a faint fragrance.

Carefully put the steamed forsythia leaves in a sieve, bring them to the sun, two or three suns are almost all dry, store them, and you can drink them until the next year's forsythia flowers bloom.

This time is not busy, the vegetables that Mu Zhen bought, the season is still early, and it can't be planted, Mu Zhen plans to dry more forsythia leaves, and when the time comes, it's okay to use this.

In addition, if the land is planted with vegetables, it always needs to be reorganized. But it was impossible in her own small thatched house, and when she was found out by the upper room, she didn't want to do it anymore.

What Mu Zhen did she did was always worried about going to the room, until she was afraid of them, but that there were two elders in the upper room. Although the words of the Song family last time made Mu Zhen very suspicious, no one can prove that He Laosan was not born to the Song family.

In the Daheng Dynasty, the word filial piety is very respectful, even if you are the emperor, if you are not filial, there are still people who can pull him off the throne. And ordinary people, if the defendant is not filial to his parents, then it is possible to go to prison.

So with such a layer of concerns, Mu Zhen can't do it with them openly, and she is a lot more restrained in what she does.

But fortunately, she has a godmother who treats her as her own daughter.

Aunt Xu saw that it was almost time to plant vegetables in the whole land, so she took the initiative to find Mu Zhen, "Nanzi, it's almost time for this time, and those fields should be sorted out." It's not convenient for you to do anything in the house, and the third child will definitely not be able to help much, so my mother will find you a few jobs in the name of my mother, and when the time comes, one person will give ten cents, and then three meals a day will be almost the same. ”

Mu Zhen was very grateful for Aunt Xu's carefulness, "Mother, thank you so much, I'm still thinking about this for the past two days." In this case, you can help me find a few people, and when the time comes, I will take the food and rice to your house to cook. ”

"Hey, you're my woman, what do you care about, I have food and rice in my house. My mother doesn't know how to cook, so if you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't, I'll ask someone to help cook. ”

Aunt Xu is telling the truth, Aunt Xu's maiden family is a rich man in Qingtong County, and she has been delicate since she was a child. Dr. Xu is young and successful, he is young and has excellent medical skills, and his family is capable, so he naturally invites a maid and a wife to call.

Fortunately, Aunt Xu is not a pampered person, and the general housekeeper will still be able to. So when the two returned to their hometown, although they were in a poor and remote country, Aunt Xu could adapt to it.

The forsythia leaves are still tender in the past two days, and Mu Zhen wants to store more. After discussing with Aunt Xu, Mu Zhen got up early in the morning, went to pick a basket of forsythia leaves, and then went to Aunt Xu's house to cook, and when she finished eating, she packed it up, and came back to pick up forsythia leaves.