On the fifth day of the second lunar month, Li Dalang drove a mule cart to pull Situ Yan and San Lang into the county seat with two bundles of firewood and a jar of persimmons. Because they only sold one thing, Jiro and Shiro stayed at home and continued to work in the fields. The mule has been raised for a winter, and he has long been fat, fat and strong, and he can't see the sick at all, when the little sheep sees it in the morning, he is still a little disappointed, he can see Situ Yan a few days a month, and now he doesn't even have this opportunity.

Many villagers looked at it and said again and again that Li Dalang's life was good, this mule was cured, and if he sold it for money, he would make a lot of money. Situ Yan didn't think about selling the mule, she also named the mule "Carrot", which was to keep it as a family member.

Entered the county seat, in the fruit market to put out the persimmons, this season in the fruit market almost no one sells anything, every family has no novel food, but it seems that the "Li Fu Ji" guise is a little abrupt, but the more so, the more people come to see and buy. The persimmons for 3 dollars were sold out in just over an hour. A total of 200 persimmons can only be placed in a jar, and when the finished persimmons were brought to Li Dalang and a few people to eat last night, several people shouted sweet, and Shiro, who was the most worried, ate one more than others.

A few people sold their things and went to the bookstore to find Situ Yan, and went to the embroidery shop first as usual, exchanged silver coins and cloth heads, and then went to the seed shop to buy grain seeds and vegetable seeds. After eating a wild cabbage and radish in autumn and winter, her mouth has long lost its taste, and her saliva is about to flow down when she thinks of the crisp cucumbers, the soft eggplant, and the tomatoes that will spray juice when she bites.

After buying the seeds, I went to the carpenter's shop again, and asked the guys in the store to send the seedling bed that I had ordered before to the city gate, and several people did not have to stand at the city gate and wait as before, but directly loaded the things into the car and drove the mule cart back to Lijia Village first. "It's convenient for our family to have a mule cart, you can come when you want, you can go back when you want, and you don't have to crowd with others."

"Not really, but fortunately, the eldest brother will catch the car, otherwise we would have to just watch." Li Sanlang's words resonated with Situ Yan, who also likes the days of having a "private car". Although this car still has to be pulled on four legs, it is better than "hitchhiking" or using "11 Road".

After entering the village, Situ Yan first loaded the seedling bed with soil dried with fertilizer, sprinkled it with water and raised it, and then took out the potion that was mixed last night for soaking seeds to promote germination and insect removal. In the evening, after eating, sprinkle water and plant. The rest is to ensure the temperature in the greenhouse, the moisture of the soil, and also loosen the soil. Every day when the sun is the warmest, it is necessary to take it out to the seedlings to bask in the sun, and the lights are lit in the greenhouse all night, although it is not very bright, but it is somewhat photosynthetic.

Seedlings are very hard, in the middle of the night to get up to add firewood, can not let the temperature is too low, so as not to affect the germination rate. By the time the village was sending the cows, the sprouts in Situ Yan's conservatory had already grown their first leaves.

Situ Yan had already told Li Dalang and the others about this, and she must not tell anyone, and these sprouts are not to be planted in the official field, but to be planted in the backyard. For outsiders to see, she can only do some tricks and feet in secret, so that the crops have fewer pests and diseases, but she doesn't want to do too much during the growth cycle, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. When she has no ability to protect herself, she can only choose to survive in a low-key manner.

The village is leaving the cattle, the cattle will plough more than three acres of land a day at most, and even if the ploughing is not completed at the end of this month, it must be returned on time. Moreover, when renting official cattle, when the autumn harvest is paid and the tax is paid, an extra bucket of grain will be paid for one acre of land.

Li Dalang was a little distressed, and he didn't know if this land could grow grain, and this acre of land already owed the government 1 stone and a bucket of grain.

"Xiao Wu, or don't rent this cow, although I am a little tired, but the work in this field, I used to do it before, grandma They never rent official cows, we are a few of us who go down to the ground and turn over the soil, and we are not tired?"

"No, it's time for my brothers to grow their bodies, and besides, we haven't planted this land for so long, so it's going to be turned deep, just pointing at the four brothers to get tired, how can it work? Big brother listens to me, if the eldest brother really wants to pay back the cow, then I will also go to the ground, I can't watch the brothers work hard, I sit at home and enjoy the happiness! ”

"Okay, good, Xiao Wu is not angry, the eldest brother is a little distressed about the money, and he is also afraid that there will be no crops growing in the field, so what will he pay taxes when the time comes?" How could Li Dalang let his little sister suffer with him, it turned out that every spring ploughing, he and several younger brothers went down to the ground before the sun came out, and they went home when it was dark. He would be afraid of such suffering when he thought about it now, how could he let his little sister suffer like that.

"Okay, but my brothers have to promise me to go home every day at noon and take a nap after dinner."

"Xiao Wu, don't worry, I'm in good health, I don't need to rest, it's done a day earlier, and it's better to plant it a day earlier." Li Erlang patted his chest and knocked on the sound.

Situ Yan doesn't think so, the sun at noon is poisonous, and even if people don't stop, cattle have to rest. In this way, if you start doing things in the afternoon, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and reasonable arrangements will improve productivity, but this productivity matter, there is no way to explain to the four brothers, "Even if the brothers don't stop, the cattle have to rest, the brothers said okay, the family is housekeeper by me, why did you forget it all during the New Year?" ”

"I haven't forgotten, I listened to Xiao Wu." Li Dalang understood in his heart, thinking that the little sister was afraid that they would be tired, and it was also for their good, it was a big deal to do it later at night, and these jobs could be snatched out, so he was happy to do it.

Of course, Situ Yan knows what this honest big brother has in mind, the time for their family to eat is set, as long as the person comes back, it will be impossible for him. Several people had their own thoughts, and they fed the cattle first, and Da Lang took Erlang to Guantian first. Saburo and Shiro stayed at home to finish the rest of the work in the backyard, and then went to the official field to help. The farm tools at home are complete, and it is much more convenient to get started.

Li Dalang drove the oxen to pull the plough in front, and Li Erlang followed behind with a pickaxe to break up the soil clods that had been turned up, so that he could retain water and fertilize the seeds. When Saburo and Shiro arrived, they were going to finish their acre of land.

"Big brother, with this cow, it's really not tiring to do it." Li Erlang is very happy, he went to the field to work with his eldest brother at the age of six, and he has never been so easy since he can remember.

"It's all Xiao Wu who feels sorry for us, and I'm afraid that there will be no food for the government when the time comes?" Li Dalang was still worried, chatting with Erlang, while his hands were constantly busy, thinking that he could do one more point.

"Big brother, don't worry, I believe in Xiao Wu, she has a good brain and a lot of ideas." Li Erlang has a kind of blind trust in Situ Yan, as long as it is decided by the little sister, he is the only one in the family who will help do it without even thinking about it.

"Hopefully? Alright, let's get to work! The two of them were working energetically, when they saw Saburo and Shiro coming over with farm tools, and Saburo had an extra basket on his back.

"Why are you two here, the backyard is all cleaned up?"

"Well, Xiao Wu asked the eldest brother and second brother to send some water, saying don't just work, find a place to sit down and rest when you're tired." He put down the back basket, took out a small jar and a bowl, and poured a bowl of water for Li Dalang.

Da Lang refused to drink it, so he handed it to the second brother first, "This water is so sweet, Xiao Wu has boiled jujube sugar water again?" ”

"Xiao Wu said that this can replenish strength and make the eldest brother and second brother drink a big bowl."

"Little four, have you drunk with the junior?"

"I've drunk it a long time ago, and now I don't feel tired at all from work, and I'm full of energy. Xiao Wu said that she would go home on time for dinner at noon, and if she was a quarter of an hour late, she would come to plow the land for an hour, and the eldest brother must not forget, I don't want Xiao Wu to do these rough work. "Shiro is in a very good mood today, the family has always been a little sister to make money to support the family, and now that the family has land, a few of them have shown some skills, compared to the weak little sister, he feels that he is very tall.

"Ah, did Xiao Wu really say that?" Li Dalang looked at San Lang in disbelief, and when he saw San Lang nodding his head, he knew that the little sister ate them to death, knowing that they didn't want her to do rough work and be tired, so he forced them to commit it, but he knew so, but he had to be obedient, although there was a kind of meaning of being driven to the shelves, but his heart was as sweet as this sugar water.

"Okay, then let's hurry up and plow more, we won't be able to stop at noon." A few people talked and laughed happily on the farmland. The village came from a distance, and wanted to come to Li Dalang's side to see if there was anything he needed help with, but when he saw that a few people were plowing and pulling easily, he didn't look tired, so he turned around and left with confidence.

After lunch at noon, Situ Yan caught up with a few people on the kang, and rested for half an hour before calling a few people up, Li Dalang was a little distressed about the wasted time, but when he really got busy in the field, he found that the cow was pulling hard, and their hands and feet were much more flexible than in the morning, and they did it a lot faster, so they understood the benefits of letting them rest.

In fact, Li Dalang didn't know that when he was resting at noon, Situ Yan took out the fine feed in the ring and fed it to the cattle, so the cattle that ate the fine feed looked more energetic than in the morning. When it got dark, a few people drove the cattle back, and Situ Yan fed the cattle grass cut in the afternoon, and of course quietly added some fine materials. This cow must be well cared for, otherwise this 100 acres of land will be worked by people alone, and I don't know how long it will take.

In the evening, Li Dalang still insisted on reading the book for an hour, and practiced the words for another hour before stopping. Situ Yan thinks this is very good, although this will make several people more tired, but doing things is to persevere, the more difficult it is, the more persevering.

Although she is the most profitable person in this family, if the four of them are not competitive, unmotivated, and unconscious, even if she works hard alone, the family will not have a good life.