The peach trees planted next to the bedroom are already one person tall, and they can be transplanted when they are in spring, Chu Ying put all the grape seedlings in the house, afraid that these small seedlings will not survive the winter, these days the grass on the wasteland is removed, and piled up in the house for Changsheng and rabbits to eat, waiting for the winter There is not much grass on the ground.

This land should not have been planted all year round, the gravel on this ground Chu Ying has been picked up almost a small mountain, there are a lot of dead trees in the middle, the top is cut to make firewood, the root system below is really not easy to dig, can only pile up the branches and burn, waiting for the root system under to burn out and dig out and make fertilizer.

It took another 2 days to wait for the stones and dead trees on the ground to be cleared, and when it was almost done, I asked Wang Jiyuan to help hoe the ground, although there was no gravel and dead tree roots, but it was still very laborious.

Chu Ying looked at the immortal who had grown a little strong, and if it grew for another year and a half, he might be able to help hoe the ground, but now it was still a little too small, so Chu Ying could only help break the dug up clods of soil on the side, so that Wang Yuyuan's progress could be accelerated.

"Chu Ying, did you go to change the linen cloth last time? I'll do it for you, can you lend me a piece of linen, this year's taxes are a little unpaid, and the ramie at home has been exchanged for food. Wang Jiyuan leaned on the standing rake, although it was not summer, Wang Jiyuan's neckline was still wet with sweat.

"Can this be exchanged for food?"

"What can be changed, but there are not many changes, and there is no way, so I can only change it, I have already heard that your construction yì has planted wheat, and this ramie has been replaced with wheat seeds."

Chu Ying thought that she could ask herself for wheat seeds, but she didn't have much left, and if she wanted to plant a few acres of newly opened land, it would definitely not be enough.

"Okay, I won't need it for a while anyway." Chu Ying saw that Wang Qiyuan was hoeing deeply, which was different from the previous few acres of land.

"Does this need to be hoeed that deep?"

"Reclamation is the need to hoe deeper, the first hoe is not deep, the ground is not ripe, there is no abundant grass under the momote, there is no beautiful seedlings between the large blocks. If it is good, plant some soybeans in February, wait for the leaves to grow and then fall to the ground, and press the soil to fertilize the field, and the fertile field is still the best mung bean, so that one acre of planting spring valley in the next year can harvest ten stones. ”

"If you have fertilizer, wait for the hoe to put it on again, and then hoe it into the ground is the best, your parents will spread the wheat husk, and shovel it off if you have fertilizer, the fertilizer will be thicker, not very viscous, and it can also taste good." Changsheng did put wheat husks on his side, that was to facilitate the cleanup, and the fertilizer contributed by himself and Ye Qiu in the past half a year was already as high as half a mountain, and it had been piled up behind the house for a long time.

"Yes, but it may still be a little insufficient, let's see when the time comes, do you want to plant some soybean fertilizer fields first, Brother Wang, there is no need to hoe that piece over there, I will dig a pond directly when the time comes." Chu Ying enclosed a piece of land in the northernmost and highest place, and if she dug a pond there, she could use the terrain to water it at that time.

"Do you dig it yourself? How big are you going to dig? ”

"It's twice as big as this pond here, and there's no water nearby, so you have to dig a pond." Chu Ying rubbed her arm that was a little sore, looking at the ground that had already been hoeed for most of it, she finally had some hope in her heart, and the second hoe should save a little effort.

"You little arms and legs, when are you going to dig it...... In another ten days and half a month, it will be winter, and it will be uncomfortable to dig a pond at that time, so I will help you with the hoeing of the ground, anyway, there is nothing to do at home. Ye Qiu brought over lunch, "Let's eat and then make it, Chu Ying, you go to the house to rest, I'll come, don't get tired." ”

Chu Ying and Ye Qiu took turns to rest like this, and it was already 4 days before they waited for the hoe.

The pond was finally dug a few days before winter, Chu Ying tied up two pieces of linen, and brought two rabbits to send to Aunt Wang, but she didn't see Bai Yuhe.

Aunt Wang looked at Chu Ying, who was looking left and right, and said with a smile: "Yuhe is in the back room, this belly is much bigger, bigger than ordinary people, and she doesn't move much." ”

The last time Chu Ying saw her, she felt that her belly was a little big, and it was estimated that it should be a twin, Wang Qiyuan also took advantage of the fact that the day was not too cold to go to the mountains to chop some firewood and sell it in the city, although the market was not good, but she could also buy some silver for food.

Chu Ying wrapped the wooden frame with a linen cloth with larger holes, and then swayed back and forth in the pulp, so that the pulp was evenly distributed on the paper curtain, Chu Ying did not make the paper curtain that was more than one meter wide in the paper mill, first, he did not have that kind of technology, and second, he could not make that kind of paper curtain.

Chu Ying put the paper curtain next to the stove, and then did a few more paper curtain operations, waiting for the meal to be ready, the hemp paper on the paper curtain was almost dry, Chu Ying slowly tore it off, and wrote the brush words on the low table, this hemp paper fiber is thicker, the paper is tough, and the ancient texts in the previous life said that this hemp paper can be used by the two kings (Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi's father and son) to write, exquisite can be imagined.

Although the hemp paper is still a little uneven, but the writing can still absorb ink and not scatter, before practicing on the wooden board for a long time, now on the paper to practice words for a while is a little uncomfortable, but gradually more and more practice the better, although the practice of the words are not all understood, but can also recognize one or two.

"How come these two are plain linen, and there is no blue cloth in the cloth shop? This dyed cloth is more expensive, so you won't be fooled by them. Ye Qiu tidied up the clothes and cloth.

"Deliberately colored, make two more quilt covers, you can also change them, and I don't know if the cyan quilt cover is dirty."

"Okay, if you're not deceived. I'll leave this plain one to you, and I won't need it. There is a huge difference between the dyed and the undyed. ”

Chu Ying looked up at the cyan cloth next to her, when she entered the mountain, she saw some safflower and comfrey, and very little blue grass, and she didn't know how expensive the fuel was here, but she didn't see the villagers planting these, firstly, she couldn't eat enough, and secondly, maybe the scale of the dyeing workshop here was not large, and the fuel needed was not much.

Chu Ying drew on the paper, a plain orchid jumped on the paper, but it was black and white and looked a little desolate, Chu Ying took out some safflower, blue grass and comfrey seeds wrapped in paper, these were harvested when they entered the mountain before, although they were not much, but these can still be planted on an acre.

Wait for the beginning of spring to see if you want to plant these, this safflower can be planted a lot, waiting for the harvest to let the villagers help pick flowers according to the method of sharing can save time and effort, but even if they are all planted, it is only more than 5 acres, and it does not need so many people.

Safflower can be planted twice a year, and in spring and in May and June, I helped my grandparents pick safflower when I was a child.

The safflower is picked and mashed, washed with water, put it in a cloth bag, remove the yellow juice and pepper inside, and then pound it several times like this, and then put the safflower into the waon, and then pound it again and dry it on the mat, which is better than making cakes and drying them.

If the painting is made into a cake, it will not be dry in the middle, and the flowers will be damp and heated, and the safflower that was dried like that before will be harvested, Chu Ying put the seeds in the box, but he has never planted them, and he doesn't know if he can plant them at that time, but anyway, I can't think of what to plant for the time being, if the dye here is profitable, it is worth a try.