After the coarse salt was boiled out of the salt well, Situ Yan was more cautious, and in the morning took San Lang and Shiro to busily transplant the seedlings to the backyard, disinfect, fertilize and store water for the three acres of rice fields dug up. In this paddy field, Situ Yan plans to grow rice and raise fish at the same time, which can shade the fish from the sun, and the fish can weed, insecticide, loosen the soil, improve aeration and light conditions, and can also provide nutrients for the rice to increase yield.

In the afternoon, she went into the mountains to collect medicine, and when Li Dalang was reading in the evening, she would boil the salt brine that San Lang and Shiro had brought back into salt. After a few days, my busy feet don't touch the ground, and I can fall asleep at night with a pillow, and I don't even have the strength to turn over.

The brothers felt sorry for her, and they worked very hard, thinking that they would finish the affairs in the official field earlier, so as to help the little sister.

"Xiao Wu, this water cellar is really useful, the snow water that has been stored for a winter is just used to water the ground at this time, otherwise there is not even a drop of rain these days, and the other families in the whole village have not even planted it, so the seedlings in our fields have grown so high." When Li Erlang went home today, he deliberately went to the backyard to take a look, and he couldn't stop laughing all night in surprise.

"Second brother, it's not just watering early, Xiao Wuyi has already put the seeds in the house to raise, dry, and keep warm, otherwise the seedlings would not have emerged so early. I look at it at least a month early. "San Lang has been helping my little sister work these days, and he knows more about these things than Erlang.

"Brothers remember, don't go out to talk about things at home, I still want to plant three acres of rice, don't say this in this Lijia Village, even in the entire Liaodong County, there is no family to plant it, so this thing can be big or small, if it is planted out of others to learn it, if it can't be planted and it takes on other people's harvests, let people take it to the official, although it is not for us to let them plant, but if the matter starts because of us, it is full of mouths and can't tell."

The brothers knew the seriousness of the matter, and they also understood the low-key character of the little sister, so they all nodded in response.

"Tomorrow morning, the third brother will follow me into the mountains to find a water source, and when I find a water source, I will use bamboo to lead the mountain spring water to water the official field, the water cellar, and the fertilizer in the official field, and the application is almost the same, and the seeds must be planted earlier, otherwise it will affect the autumn harvest."

"Okay, I'll go into the mountains with Xiao Wu tomorrow to find water. Xiao Si helped move all the remaining seedlings in the backyard. The few people discussed it again, and then they rested.

Early the next morning, Situ Yan and San Lang entered the mountain, first to the place where there was a mountain spring last time, it was dry for a winter, and it did not rain in the spring, and there was no water at all in the mountain spring, and then walked forward for half an hour, only to hear the sound of flowing water, the sound is not loud, the natural water flow will not be too big, through the tree vertical, only then did I find a mountain spring more than half a meter wide, I can see that it is the snow water on the mountain, the water surface is not wide and shallow very much.

"Little Five, can this work?"

"Try it, if you go any further, you won't have enough bamboo at home. The third brother wrote down this place, and we went back to cut the bamboo. ”

I was busy until it was dark, and I saw a small water slip flowing into the field little by little along the connected bamboo. "Little Wu, when will this be poured? How long does it take to water such a large field? ”

"Big brother, the water drops are worn, let's come back tomorrow morning, I think it's been watering day and night, and it won't take a few days to finish watering." The ground has been watered, and it is not too late to store water. ”

Li Dalang didn't think about any other good way, so he relied on his little sister.

Early the next morning, Li Dalang didn't even eat breakfast, so he went to look at the land, and when he came back, he was excited, "Xiao Wu, I watered more than three acres of land this night, and I see that this method can be done." ”

Situ Yan was also very happy to hear it, these things are just talking on paper, whether they can be done or not depends on the actual situation, last night she was also worried that if the tied bamboo was trampled by animals, then the night would be in vain, and now it seems that God still takes care of them.

"Little five, we haven't planted rice before, you said that you will plant rice next time you come back from the market, I don't know if it will work?" San Lang didn't worry about Guantian, he thought the same as Situ Yan, and cared more about the land in the backyard.

"Try it, I just watched people do it before, even if three acres of rice can't be planted, there are still three acres of dry land, I planted some corn, Shu millet (sorghum) If you plant it well, you won't have to worry about eating it this winter."

Hearing Situ Yan say this, the four brothers were much more at ease. Although Situ Yan didn't explain why she farmed like this, several people have been farming since they were children, and they can still see it.

Busy until the day of the twenty-fifth market, it was still the mule cart that the little sheep came to Situ Yan's house to borrow, and today Situ Yan was the only one in the village to go to the market, not only men, but also women and babies were busy in the field.

Xiao Yang'er's family turned over the ground early in the morning, just waiting for the rain to plant, so there was no work to do, although Xiao Yang'er had a spring ploughing holiday, and even came to help Situ Yan's family drive cattle to turn the ground some time ago. "Brother Little Lamb, I worked hard for you a few days ago. Tomorrow my brother will return the cow. There's nothing left to live in the field. "These days, their family has brought mountain spring water to water the ground, and the little sheep still don't know.

"It's nothing, I'm idle. Besides, I like to eat Xiao Wu's cooking. Xiao Yang'er blushed a little, for the first time in such a long time, it was the first time he drove into the city alone with Situ Yan, he was a little excited in his heart, and he still cared about him very much after listening to what Situ Yan just said.

"I come often if I like it, and I don't have anything to do, just put more oil and meat." The two chatted, and rushed back from the county seat before noon, naturally everything was sold, and a big grinding plate was bought.

Situ Yan originally wanted to buy a grinding disc after June, but she didn't expect to meet a household in the county town who was in a hurry to sell the yard, and it happened that there was a grinding disc in the yard, which was originally intended to be given to the one who bought the yard for free, but later saw that Situ Yan was willing to buy it, so she sold it to her cheaply.

also found someone to help put the grinding disc on, and even gave the grinding sleeve to Situ Yan, and only asked for a tael of silver. Situ Yan sat on the grinding plate and shook vigorously, so frightened that the little sheep had to look back and stare at him from time to time.

When I got home, I found the village to help me set up the mill, and I drove the mule to try it, and it was very easy to use. When Li Dalang came back in the evening, he saw that there was another big guy in the family, and they all gathered around to watch.

"Little Wu, what are you buying it for? We don't need it at home. Li Dalang felt that this thing took up some space, and he couldn't use it at home, so he spent money in vain.

"Who said that it is not needed, our official fields are planted with wheat, and when the autumn harvest comes, the wheat is ground into flour and then sold, not only can we sell it for more money, but the wheat bran can also be fed to the livestock, and then the money from the sale can be used to buy corn and millet to pay taxes, so that even if the land is thinner, it is enough to pay."

"Will this work? I heard Uncle Muramasa say that the official land has been planted, and the government has decided. ”

"Why not, the county master can still come to the field to keep an eye on it, don't worry, brother, just listen to me." Li Dalang was a little uncertain in his heart, but he also felt that this method was good, not to mention that in this family, as long as it was Situ Yan's decision, no matter who objected to it, he was used to acting according to orders.

"Little Wu, tomorrow you can teach me to plant seedlings!" Saburo liked the little sister's idea and thought it was a good idea, so he also liked this big grinding plate.

"Okay, it's just that the water in the rice field is still a little cold, so I can't stay for a long time, and I'll go into the water tomorrow at noon when it's warmer." I'm going to go to the mountains in the morning. "After a few discussions, they ate, read, and boiled coarse salt.

Situ Yan sat in the stove room and thought about what she heard when she entered the county seat today, she wanted to sell salt, but after this inquiry, she found out that no one in this county dared to collect private salt, even if someone had this thought, but seeing that Situ Yan was young, even if there was some private salt, she didn't take it seriously, and these businessmen would not do business with people they didn't know at all.

And she can't find Li Dalang to sell official salt, once something happens, she doesn't want to affect anyone. We have to figure out another way to deal with this. But her body is too young, even if she dresses as a man, she is not trusted. The more I think about it, the more headaches I get. Seeing that the persimmons at home have been sold out, I have only saved less than 20 taels of silver in my hand, if I don't want to make a living anymore, March is coming.

I have gone through everything I know and understand, and I still sell salt to make money quickly, as the saying goes, "Hold the bold and starve the cowardly." "With her cleverness, I'm afraid I can't think of a way. For three days in a row, except for the busy day during the day, even if she was lying in bed at night, Situ Yan was preoccupied. It is also planted in the past few days. The whole family was busy, so no one noticed her abnormality.

According to Situ Yan's method, the 100 acres of official land divided by Li Dalang were planted more than a month earlier than the people in the same village, and in early March, they were basically planted.

In March, the winter clothes on the four brothers couldn't be worn, especially Li Erlang, who had already changed into jackets, but Situ Yan didn't follow it, and forced a few people to wear it for a few more days.

After being busy with spring ploughing, Li Dalang's "Three Character Classic" has been learned, and even the characters are written horizontally and vertically. Situ Yan began to teach them to learn "The Rhyme of the Liweng", which covers astronomy, geography, flowers and trees, birds and beasts, people, utensils, etc. From single-word pairs to double-word pairs, three-word pairs, five-character pairs, seven-character pairs to eleven-word pairs, the sound and rhyme are coordinated and catchy, from which you can get phonetic, vocabulary, and rhetorical training.

Compared with the "Three Character Classic", the four brothers prefer "Liweng Rhyme", and they also teach each other when they have nothing to do, and they are a little bookish after work.