Huigui took Xiaohu's family of four to take a look around, the first to arrive was the dry land on the top of the six ridges, the ground had been ploughed, the clods of soil had been broken by the iron fence, and the ditch had been done one by one, so it was almost time to beat the nest seeds.

The area where the canal was originally dug was re-cultivated, and this is not a matter of not repairing the canal. Mainly because the landlord who has to pass through those farmlands does not want the waterway that Erya will build to occupy their fields, and Erya wants to buy it, they will ask for a sky-high price, she doesn't want to be troubled by them, so she plans to find another way, and this originally designed waterway can only be abandoned.

Zhu Changming, who was directing everyone to work, saw that the owner and his wife were still with children, and they all came over, so he hurriedly ran over to greet them, and greeted him with a smile: "The owner, the lady of the owner, the two little owners, you all come over!" ”

Xiaohu nodded at him and responded with a smile: "Hmm! Let's come and see, do you have anything I need to solve? Erya was busy asking the two children to greet Zhu Changming.

Zhu Changming hurriedly responded to Wen Chao and Wen Yue's greetings, and immediately turned his head and was busy answering Xiaohu's question: "It's okay at the moment, there has always been Liu Dongjia to take care of it, and he can prepare whatever he needs immediately." The money was given in a timely manner, so we really don't have anything to trouble the owner now. ”

Erya answered with a smile next to her: "That's good!" I'm glad they both can help here. You asked for so many soybean seeds, do you plan to plant all soybeans? ”

Zhu Changming replied respectfully: "It's almost all." I plan to plant one acre of watermelons for the family to cool off in the summer, another acre of peanuts for the owner to eat as dried fruit snacks or entertain others during the New Year, and another acre of sweet potatoes for the owner to eat as snacks. The rest is planted with soybeans. ”

Erya prefers a variety of watermelons or sweet potatoes, because watermelons have a fast income, and sweet potatoes can be reprocessed to make starch and vermicelli. The return of funds is slow, but the income is definitely high.

"Uncle Zhu! I want to give two-thirds of the land to grow sweet potatoes, do you think it's too late? Erya asked.

"It's time, but it's not easy to get this sweet potato. Growing soybeans doesn't need to be watered much, as long as it rains a few times a day, but sweet potatoes are not good, and they need to be watered every day from the day the seedlings are planted until they take root. Otherwise, you won't survive. There is so much land, we can't carry water on our shoulders! ”

Erya nodded, and her mouth unconsciously let out "Oh! Voice. Then I came to my senses. said: "Also, I forgot that the water conservancy here has not yet been opened, so I will do it according to your arrangement this year, and wait until the water conservancy is done." Let's plant sweet potatoes again! ”

Zhu Changming has been nullified since the original water channel with the line drawn. I thought that the owner was not going to repair the waterway, why did I listen to this meaning today, the waterway still had to be repaired, just: "The owner lady!" Do you still want to build water conservancy? A few of them don't want to borrow it from us, where do you go from this waterway? ”

Er Ya pursed her lips and muttered secretly in her heart: "If you don't let me pass, I can be suffocated to death?" Cut! That must not be laughed to death by future generations! He replied, "If you don't let it, you won't let it go!" We have a river in our field. Build a canal directly from that river and draw the water from that river upwards! ”

didn't wait for Zhu Changming to ask. Xiaohu could bear it, and he didn't rush to ask, but Huigui couldn't help it, and his mouth was anxious! exclaimed: "Sister! Are you confused? But what water flows from above, and how can it flow from below? ”

Zhu Changming and Xiaohu also looked at Erya with puzzled expressions, and Erya rolled her eyes in her heart. What kind of period is this era? The water wheel used for low-water lifting is thousands of years old, and they don't even know it?

If you think about it, you can see why. It is relatively closed and backward, and there are many waterways and rivers here, so it is easy to understand that the waterwheel used for irrigation is not cited by the people here.

Erya figured out the reason, so she patiently explained to them: "Of course, it doesn't flow up by the water itself, you have to use special water lifting tools." Have you ever heard of a water wheel? ”

Zhu Changming nodded and said: "We have a waterwheel at home, but it needs someone to shake and step on it. ”

Erya shook her head with a smile and said, "The waterwheel I'm talking about is not the kind you said, I'm talking about a waterwheel like a hot wheel, which rotates by itself with the help of the impact of the water flow and doesn't require manpower." Fix the water cylinder around the wheels, and tilt the mouth of the cylinder to the place where water needs to be filled upstream. In this way, the water from the lower places will be oriented towards the higher places. Simple! ”

The three big men were confused and shook their heads in unison. Huigui said: "Sister! I didn't understand what you were saying. So how can the watermill still turn on its own? ”

The second girl has a headache, this waterwheel is already a professional thing, and it is really not clear to explain it to them for a while. At the moment, he simply did the complicated things, and replied: "I don't understand to you, when the craftsman who said that he wanted to take refuge in my family comes, I will draw a picture for them to make, and then fix it in the river and turn it, and you will understand it at a glance." ”

Speaking of the craftsman, Erya wanted to sigh again, why hasn't he come for so long? Aren't you going to come!? But probably not, right? His two sons are still here, I'm afraid something has been delayed, right?!

It's okay if you're late, but you can't help but come! Er Ya secretly prayed in her heart!

Putting aside the water conservancy for the time being, they went all the way down to the paddy field in the middle. The fields have been reorganized, the road is no longer bends, it looks neat and easy to walk, these men are also very careful to work, and the ridges are wide, firm and smooth. The two were reluctant to let the horse step on it, for fear of damaging the road.

Xiaohu watched Erya carefully lead the horse in front of him, Wen Chao sat on the horse with Wen Yue in his arms, and Huigui walked next to the horse, helping Wen Chao's body from time to time!

"Daughter-in-law! Why are you so careful? If the road had been trampled so easily, they wouldn't have to work for my family anymore. Xiaohu finally couldn't help it. Shout in the back.

Erya smiled in front of her: "Hi! Isn't this looking at the ridge is too good to be destroyed! I'm going to go faster, so you don't have to hurry!" ”

Several paddy fields in front have been raked flat. After putting the water and even the manure has been put on, we are waiting to plant the seedlings and go to the field. Several large seedling fields are growing very well, and they can be transplanted in two days. There are still a few fields in the distance, and there are old oxen pulling the rake, and the big man driving the oxen is standing on the rake. raking back and forth with the mud in the fields. Raking the field in this way, first, makes the field surface smoother, and second, makes the mud more soft and rotten. Good rice planting.

On the other side of the field, there are many people making ridges, some people use big shovels to shovel mud to add half-dry mud to the ridge foundation, some kick with their feet over and over again, some beat them over and over again with big wooden hammers, they sweat and work hard, and they spare no effort to make fun of others. It's a joke that you can't eat meat anymore.

Er Ya listened to a few words of meat that were blown by the wind from a distance. I decided that I couldn't go, lest the two children be ignorant, listen to some nonsense, and think it's funny and go back to flip their tongues!

Without alarming the workers, they went directly downstream along the river ridge to the deep-water fields used to cultivate lotus root and cocoon white.

Huigui pointed out which ones were lotus root fields and which ones were lotus root fields to Er Ya and Xiaohu: "Those on the left are lotus root fields, and the roots of spring lotus roots have all been buried, because you can't buy too many lotus roots." So this year only ten acres can be planted. Uncle Zhao said that because the time was too urgent. He didn't find more spring lotus, but he did find a lot of summer lotus, and there were still dozens of acres of fields left there, ready to plant summer lotus. He said that he can grow at least two crops of lotus root a year, and with the interbreeding of prawns, yellow eels and loaches in the lotus root fields, he said that the income in a year will definitely be several times higher than that of growing rice. Now their group is working hard! ”

Erya looked at the patches of white paddy fields, thinking about the lotus roots that had been buried in them, and she was a little proud of the knowledge of future generations, which allowed her to shine here.

There are no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, and other things that can kill aquatic organisms, as long as the appropriate amount is not overstocked with fish, yellow eels, and loaches, there is no need to worry about them dying.

And there is no need to worry about sales, first of all, not to mention that Xiaohu has hooked up with other people's armies, and it can be supplied in unlimited quantities. Even in the private market, her family's little aquatic meat is not enough to supply. It's not like the tragedy of the later generations that the market is oversaturated at every turn and there is nowhere to sell.

Huigui paused for a while, seeing that his sister didn't speak, he was in a daze just looking at the water surface that he couldn't see anything, and his brother-in-law patronized his two sons not to play in the water. had to break the silence and said, "Sister! Uncle Zhao said that it is not easy to get the white water that is too much, and the little white water on the edge of the pond around here is all called for him, and he has divided a lot of roots, but if he really wants to put it in the field, it is only three or four acres. ”

Erya looked at the two paddy fields on the right, scattered and scattered white roots, shook his head and said, "It's okay!" You don't need too much of this white, just three or four acres are enough for the time being. Have you put all the loach seedlings and yellow eel seedlings in these fields? ”

"Let it go, but it's not much, the person who sent the fish fry said that it was originally you who said hello, and he raised the seedlings of yellow eels and loaches. And he only prepared the yellow eel seedlings and loach seedlings that you need at the door of your house, because he was afraid that there would not be many survivors, so he prepared more. He didn't say hello in advance, he didn't prepare, after all, this is only raised by our family, and others don't raise these things. He also said that if you want to do it next year, just like in previous years, say hello to him in advance. ”

Erya didn't say anything, but she knew in her heart that next year she would not be able to say that there would be people everywhere. This thing of following the trend is not something that the small door of cowardice and conservatism can close.

The paddy fields here are relatively deep, so the ridges are relatively spacious, and there are small and short shrubs planted on both sides, one is to prevent the ridges from collapsing by the blisters, and the other is to prevent children from walking carelessly and falling into the paddy fields.

This is the first time Xiaohu has come here, and when he saw the shrubs on both sides of the road, he asked curiously: "Looking at the style of this ridge, the water in this field should be very deep, and it cannot be cultivated at all." So why do they still plant? ”

Zhao Laishu had already seen it from a distance when they came down from above, and they stood on the road to talk about it, and he trotted all the way over. When Xiaohu asked this, he happened to run to them, and he didn't even have time to say hello, so he replied to Xiaohu: "The water in our field is still not deep in spring and winter, and it will be good to plant early rice." As long as the harvest can be harvested before the water news in late summer and early autumn, the family's food for a year is guaranteed.

In addition, although this field is flooded every year, it is indeed very fertile, and there is no need for fertilizer to grow rice every year. There is only one season a year, but it is no less than the two seasons of grain harvested in other people's ordinary fields, and this field basically does not collect rent, and is planted by us. So, even if the fields here are flooded every year, the reason why we are willing to take the risk of planting this field. (To be continued......)