Chapter 130: New Grain
After returning home, Fang Jing basically returned to her previous state every day, just cooking dinner every day, and basically sitting on a chair drinking tea like an old lady during the day, or bored and in a daze, or running around.
The seeds that were brought back were planted on a wasteland the next day, and they had already sprouted and unearthed in a few days, these were Fang Jing's dreams, but this dream could not be broken, otherwise Fang Jing would go crazy.
Although Fang Jing would go to the field every day to take a look at these seedlings, and feel these seedlings full of vitality every day, he imagined that he could eat a hot pot at the end of the year or next year, or have a fried bacon with chili, or directly make a potato stew and beef.
"Jing Wazi, what are these sprouts, I see you come to see them every day, do you have anything to say?" Chen Erlin's early head had to lead the horse and donkey out to graze every morning, and he could see Fang Jing going around the fields every day, and he was very surprised that Fang Jing was so diligent.
"Uncle, these sprouts are unacceptable, but I spent a lot of money and time in exchange for them, and they are not comparable to simple green vegetables." Fang Jing squatted on the edge of the pepper seedling field, pulling out some of the wild grasses that had just grown from time to time.
"Oh? Jing Wazi, tell me, for these seedlings that you spent a lot of money and time for, what are these? Chen Erlin was also curious when he saw that Fang Jing cared so much about these sprouts.
"Uncle, the sprouts of this land are called chili peppers, the same as spicy knotweed, you can fry vegetables and eat when they grow fruits, some spicy, this land is called potatoes, which can be used as staple food or vegetables, this land is called sweet potatoes, can be used as staple food, can also be porridge, this land is called corn, can be used as staple food or snacks, can also be squeezed for oil, this land is called peanuts, can be squeezed for oil or eaten as vegetables or snacks, this land is called tomatoes, can be eaten as vegetables or fruits, this land is called sunflower seeds, can be squeezed for oil or snacks." Fang Jing said as she pointed to the sprouts in each field and introduced it to Chen Erlin.
"Jing Wazi, what did you say? The things grown in these fields can be used as staple food when they grow up? You didn't lie to my uncle? After Chen Erlin heard Fang Jing's introduction, he was shocked and disbelieving, this was completely impossible.
"Uncle, is it necessary for me to lie to you? You don't know how much I spent to get these seeds, in order to stop starving in Fangjia Village in the future, of course, but also to increase income or dishes, so that every household in Fangjia Village can have a few more dishes on the table, and the little dolls can also eat some snacks from time to time. Fang Jing assured Chen Erlin with a serious face.
"This ...... Jing Wazi, if you really want to do what you said, that's also a good thing, so what about this yield? If you don't have as much rice, you can only find a piece of land and plant some at will. Chen Erlin didn't express too much doubt about what Fang Jing said, but for food, Chen Erlin would be relatively anxious, what the Zhuang family cares about is food, who will be too little? It's something that can survive, and at least food in terms of production.
"Uncle, the seeds of this potato, sweet potato and corn are mainly still wild, and it is estimated that it will take a few years to cultivate, for now, if it is planted relatively well, there should be no problem with the yield of five or six hundred catties." Fang Jing didn't dare to say anything big, the seedlings were not good enough, the natural yield could not go up, according to the current wild seedlings, it could produce five or six hundred catties, which was considered poor.
"What? Jing Wazi, are you right? Five or six hundred pounds? Chen Erlin heard Fang Jing say five or six hundred catties, it was really frightened, the rice planted in this rice field, last year, our family produced three or four hundred catties per mu, which can already be said to be unique to the entire Tang Dynasty, but now there is another mu yield of five or six hundred catties, so it is strange not to be frightened.
"Uncle, now it can only be said to be an estimate, it can only be estimated that it is about five or six hundred catties, this wild seedling is not very good, in a few years or ten years or so, this wild seedling is almost cultivated, then the output at that time, it is not five or six hundred catties, it is possible that two or three thousand are possible." Fang Jing plucked the weeds with both hands, but her eyes didn't see any expression of Chen Erlin, and continued to explain to Chen Erlin.
"What? Jing Wazi, did you just say two or three thousand catties? You are really going to make my uncle happy, my uncle has lived for so many years, and he can produce three or four hundred catties of rice or see it every year, and now you tell my uncle that these can produce two or three thousand catties? If there really is this kind of food, where will there be people starving to death in Chenjiawan, alas. Chen Erlin heard what Fang Jing said at the beginning of five or six hundred catties, and still hoped that it would be possible, but now after hearing Fang Jing say two or three thousand catties, he thought that Fang Jing was making himself happy, and then thought of his relatives, and many old people in Chen Jiawan, wiping the tears from his eyes with both hands.
"Uncle, don't be like this, let him pass the past, we have to live well, and live well, in the future, you will have to look at Dachu and say a mother-in-law, bring a baby to Dachu, and bring a baby to Dachu's baby, we have to live in the same house for five generations, so it is called life, but you can't live in the past." Fang Jing looked up at Chen Er wiping his tears, and hurriedly comforted.
"Jing Wazi, your grandfather and they don't have that blessing to enjoy, if your grandfather had left Chenjiawan with his eldest brother and us earlier, he wouldn't have fallen into such a situation, now that we're doing well, your father and mother should rest assured, if I can live for a few years in the future, I will show you the doll then." Chen Erlin recalls the past, looks at the present, and imagines the future.
"Uncle, in the future, you can enjoy your happiness, Dachu Daying Xiaozhi and them, they are allowed to give you a bunch of dolls, all revolving around you, and then you will steal the fun, hahaha." Fang Jing had to follow Chen Erlin's words, but he didn't want to mention the past, Fang Jing was a person who was not very good at comforting people, seeing a big man standing there wiping his tears, what could he say to comfort him?
"Haha, if you really want a bunch of little dolls around me, then my brother-in-law will be happy, I can indeed say that I am a mother-in-law in a few years after the first few years, Daying and Xiaozhi are still too young, and I don't know where to marry in the future." Chen Erlin thought about Daying and Xiaozhi in the future.
"Uncle, don't worry, as long as Daying and Xiaozhi are doing well, they can marry anywhere, but I think they should try to marry in Fangjia Village in the future, anyway, Fangjia Village is better now, and there are a lot of little dolls, as long as Daying and Xiaozhi are willing, if they don't want to, then they can marry anywhere they want." Fang Jing felt that it was best for Daying Xiaozhi to marry in Fangjia Village, and they could take care of each other and help each other at that time, and it was really inconvenient to marry far away.
"Well, it's best to marry in Fangjia Village, now Fangjia Village doesn't need to pay food or anything, we also settled in Fangjia Village, from now on, we will be from Fangjia Village, if Daying Xiaozhi grows up and doesn't want to marry in Fangjia Village, I will break their legs." Chen Erlin also agreed with what Fang Jing said, and married Daying Xiaozhi in Fangjia Village, so that there was no need to marry outside.
"By the way, Jing Wazi, can these grains you just said really produce five or six hundred catties? Really didn't tease my uncle? Although Chen Erlin was curious about the seedlings that Fang Jing was taking care of, he still had to ask clearly.
"Uncle, what I said is true, five or six hundred catties is just the current situation, and the yield will increase with the cultivation of seedlings in the future, and you will know at the end of this year." Fang Jing had no choice but to open his mouth and guarantee.
"Five or six hundred catties, this is not a small amount, our rice field is planted well, better than other people's planting, fertility is enough, although the yield per mu is more than 400 catties, but it is only enough for our family to eat, if according to the previous year's grain, it is only enough to drink gruel, although it is now exempt from grain tax, but it is only enough for our family to eat, this year is estimated to be better, planted six acres of land, if you can produce four hundred catties, but there is some surplus, Jing Wazi, if you can really produce five or six hundred catties of grain, it is amazing." Chen Erlin told Fang Jing about the grain output at home, and compared with the comparison, he was sure of what Fang Jing said, and of course he affirmed Fang Jing's merits.
"Uncle, just plant six acres of rice fields at home, and after these sprouts are cultivated, our family will open up some land to plant, at least four acres of land to plant, just plant these, and when they grow up, they will open more fields when the time comes." Fang Jing pointed to a few pieces of land at his feet and said to Chen Erlin, thinking that in the future, when the boys in the family grow up, they can open up more land to plant, in this way, when the boys in the family grow up and marry their mothers-in-law, the family will also be divided, otherwise this big family can't eat on a stove.
Although Fang Jing dealt with it in this way in his heart, for the people in the village, or the people in the Tang Dynasty, the basic old man is not divided, this is the rule, and it is also fixed, and no one in the younger generation can say that the family is separated, this is something that Fang Jing himself did not take into account, Fang Jing just arranged it according to the ideas of the previous life.
"Well, that's okay, when the big head and the little tree grow up, that's more land, or say the mother-in-law, with a baby, there is no extra field to plant at home, and now there is no field to be given in the village, so I have to go to the wasteland by myself, if it really comes to that time, I have to trouble you, the elder brother, to help open up the wasteland, and let them open up dozens of acres of land, then they have to die of exhaustion in the field." Chen Erlin quite agreed with Fang Jing's statement.
"It's okay to open up the wasteland, it's just a little effort to work, anyway, the big head and the small tree at the beginning, they are still some years away from adulthood, one by one, and there are few houses, and some houses will have to be built when the time comes, otherwise I will say that my mother-in-law can't live like this, or it will make people laugh." Fang Jing thought that in the future, when they married a wife, the family would get bigger and bigger, but the house would get smaller and smaller.
"Yes, Jing Wazi, you have to take the lead as a brother in this matter, my uncle's head is not as flexible as you, you can think about things, and you can make money, and you will have to come as a brother when the time comes, me and your aunt have no ability, we can't make money, and even farming is not as good as you." Chen Erlin blamed himself a little for these things, after all, his family came to Fangjia Village from outside, and they were not Fang Jing's parents, they had been living in Fang Jing's house, and they felt a little lost at this time, the money was not their own, the food was not their own, and the houses and fields were not their own.
"Uncle, you've gone too far, our family is not divided into inside and outside, you and your aunt are here, you are the elders of me and my little sister, and when you and your aunt are old in the future, my little sister and I are not allowed to support you, what do you say about the family? My mother doesn't want me to treat you as outsiders, not to mention, if this family didn't have you and your aunt, it wouldn't be like a home a long time ago. Fang Jing looked at Chen Erlin's sad expression, and knew that Chen Erlin was too worried in his heart, so he hurriedly expressed his attitude, so that Chen Erlin could let go of the worry in his heart.
Chen Erlin knew that what Fang Jing said was to comfort himself, and he also understood in his heart that Fang Jing did not treat their family as outsiders, and had always treated them as elders, but in the deepest part of his heart, his home was still in Chenjiawan, which was the home where he was born and raised, which is the fundamental reason why Chinese people love home.