Chapter 62: The Stone Is Poured into the Field (Part 3)
Birds chirp on the branches, dogs bark in the countryside, chickens crow.
It was another early morning, and Er Niu took Zhang Xiaowu and Zhang Xiaoliu to smash the big stones one by one, until the small stones were only the size of a fingernail, which was considered to meet the requirements.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan got down from the kang, freshened up, and sat down at the table to eat.
In front of me is a bowl of soy milk, with fermented bean curd on the plate, and a lot of braised pork on the largest plate.
There was no one waiting at this time, Xiaohong saw that the weather was warm, and hurriedly ate something early in the morning and drove the ducks and geese to the pond to test the water, and has not come back yet, it seems that the water has been successfully tested, Cherry takes care of the more than 6,000 chickens, and can't come back at all, Pomegranate is busy making the fungus, and gets up in the morning and bites a big bun and goes there to observe.
Originally, Zhang Wang's family wanted to send someone over for the two children, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan refused, everyone was busy, and the two of them didn't need to delay a manpower.
This morning, not only Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan ate fritters, but other people also have them, willing to eat buns and eat buns, willing to eat fritters and eat fritters, as well as steamed buns, there are also several kinds of small pickles, eat them casually, this fritters can be regarded as an invention of two people, and the braised pork.
When I got up in the morning, I should have eaten something light, everyone else was like this, but Zhang Xiaobao and the two of them sent a large plate over, and today the two of them were ready to go to the field to help do some work, and when they grew their bodies, nutrition was said to be indispensable, and only carbohydrates could not meet the physical needs of the two of them.
"Xiaobao, will the two of us push the cart over there in a while, or will we carry a pocket for stones?" Wang Juan picked up a braised pork with a large proportion of fat, threw it into his mouth, and talked to Zhang Xiaobao while chewing vigorously.
"I don't want to be tired, let's wait over there in a while, just help look at the chickens." Zhang Xiaobao also sandwiched a piece of fatty meat.
"Well, in fact, it's better to go to the river and see if you can get a few fish, I think with our current physical condition, using tools, we can still fight with small fish, you don't always have fat, who will eat the rest of the thin."
Wang Juan said that he sandwiched a thin piece of braised pork for Zhang Xiaobao, people here love to eat fat, there is oil and water, she and Zhang Xiaobao originally loved to eat fatty meat, but everyone stopped eating the thin ones.
"Okay, then I'll add more protein, Xiaohe don't count on it, if you want to go there, you have to find someone to accompany you, and when Erniu and they choose the Maifan Stone, we can also use it, in drinking water, when cooking, when bathing."
Yes, you can't let Erniu and them smash all the stones, you have to leave a few big ones, let people hollow out the middle, make cups, and make tea for our two families when the time comes, the effect should be better. ”
Zhang Xiaobao picked up a toothpick, and while looking through the teeth that were plugged when he ate lean meat just now, he was thinking there, his two front teeth were more neat, and the meat was stuffed in the middle.
"Okay, don't make that look, you also eat fat, you can stuff your teeth when you eat meat, stupid, watching the chicken's life is simple, first let the craftsman on the Zhuangzi make two small slingshots, just practice strength and accuracy, if only there was a gun, would you shoot a gun?"
Wang Juan looked at Zhang Xiaobao's slightly protesting and thin eyes, and after a strong argument, he changed the topic again.
"Do you think I'm going to? I was abroad at that time, and I had a place to practice for a little money, and I didn't have the ability to make guns, so this difficult and honorable task was entrusted to you. Zhang Xiaobao drank a big mouthful of soy milk and said to Wang Juan.
"I won't either, I'm learning to conduct, okay, I'm full, I'll bring some pork floss when I go in a while, and carry some carrot rock juice." Wang Juan put the chopsticks away, threw down a sentence, got up and rinsed his mouth.
Zhang Xiaobao hurriedly ate a few more bites and left.
When the two of them arrived at the fields on Zhuangzi, the stones that had been sent over by Erniu and smashed in half of the cart were not big, and Zhang Xiaobao asked people to mix these small stones in fertilizer and turn them into the ground.
"Little boy, what are these stones for?" A dealer did what Zhang Xiaobao said and asked.
"I don't know, my mother confessed, wait until I go back tonight and ask my mother to tell you tomorrow." Zhang Xiaobao naturally wouldn't say that this thing was to increase production.
"Since it was ordered by the lady of the main family, then it will be done, and the little boy does not have to bother the lady anymore." The farmer didn't want to ask about this matter, even if he felt in his heart that if the stone was turned into it, he would cut his foot when he planted the seedlings.
"My mother said that there is no need to plant seedlings this year, just throw the seedlings in, and give everyone an extra pair of shoes at that time, don't step barefoot in the water." Of course, Zhang Xiaobao knew what this dealer was worried about, and he could see it from his undisguised gaze.
When the dealer heard that he didn't plug it in, he threw it casually, and immediately became anxious, "Little boy, this can't be done, you go back to persuade Mrs., it's not good to plug in, if you don't plug it, what will you gain in the autumn?" ”
"My mother said to do what she did, I heard that this is a secret recipe that my mother got, it is very easy to use, otherwise how could my mother not worry about her own land?" Zhang Xiaobao explained, seeing the farmer's half-believing look, he didn't say more, and went to watch the chicken with Wang Juan.
If it weren't for the worry that the people above would come to check, last autumn, after cutting the rice, he wouldn't want to turn over the stubble on the ground, and wait for the spring rice seedlings to be planted, and then throw the straw in, the effect would be better, but if he really did that, he would definitely be caught and asked, don't look at the land is your family's, if it really goes bad, you can still be convicted.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan each have a small slingshot, they can only hit the pebbles the size of soybean grains, and they aim at the chickens that are pickpocketing at once, and they can't hit once in a dozen times, and even if they hit, they don't have any strength, and the beaten chickens cooed twice, and moved a little to continue looking for food.
When it was noon, the farmers stopped and began to prepare for dinner, Zhang and Wang originally didn't care about lunch, only one meal in the evening, and then Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan felt that this wasted a lot of manpower, and now the plow is easy to use, and the woman can also help plow, and finally decided, this meal at noon is also managed.
Hurry up and finish the spring ploughing, then let these idle people go to the mountain to pick mushrooms and make mountain vegetables, a slope behind the two houses is still empty, then you can plant a variety of trees, the soil on the ground is not very good, transport some from elsewhere, and plant fruit trees at that time, which needs someone to do it.
While he was eating, the county commander of Cheng on the yamen side sent someone to deliver a message quickly, telling the housekeeper that Ge Yingxi had found Qi Lizheng and Feng Lao and reported the matter to the county commander.
Waiting for someone to be arranged to eat, Zhang Xiaobao knew about this from the housekeeper, and found the housekeeper of the Wang family with Wang Juan, and said to him: "Steward Wang, after eating for a while, you go and call the steward of the Ge family Zhuangzi, give him a pair of curved plows, and let them do the same." ”
"Little boy, why is that? Why let others know about our good things? "Steward Wang didn't know that such a thing had been sent to the county order, and a lot of it had been made.
"Keep the recipe or keep the head? Cheng County has already arranged for someone to start buying. Wang Juan felt that this housekeeper's head was a little unenlightened, and he couldn't understand what a simple truth.
After Wang Juan said this, the housekeeper thought about it for a while, and finally nodded, "Understood, then I'll go in a while." ”
Waiting for Steward Wang to leave, Zhang Xiaobao and the others found a tree stump that had sprouted sprouts around them and sat down to rest, they were also tired, they had been playing slingshots all morning, and their arms were sore.
"This Ge Yingxi is really in a hurry." Wang Juan took a sip of carrot juice and looked in the direction of Ge Zhuangzi and said.
"Yes, in fact, it is not easy for him, he has been pitted by our two families, the farmer has no spirit to work, the small river between him and us here is not bad, you can use it in the future, especially the wide place below, when the time comes, ask him if he is willing to cooperate, if he is willing, he will come together."
Zhang Xiaobao felt interesting when he thought of Ge Yingxi's sad face all day long, and he was more sympathetic to Ge Yingxi.
Wang Juan turned his head to see Zhang Xiaobao's hand flicking on his leg again, knowing that he was thinking of an idea again, and as soon as Zhang Xiaobao's hand stopped, he asked, "What is the best way to make a fortune?" Can you still take Gejiazhuang with you? ”
"It's not up to us to take him or not, it depends on whether they are on the road, the last time the market was ready to help them, he refused, this is the second chance, if he misses it, then he can't complain about others."
If Zhang Xiaobao hadn't seen the three Zhuangzi so close to each other and wanted to make peace with his neighbors, he wouldn't care if he Ge Yingxi would have died of sorrow.
"It's also oh, the opportunities are all in front of you, I don't know how to grasp it, then it's not worth being pitiful, say ideas." Wang Juan asked.
"Well, the idea is to hold a dam in the place below, and when the water level is high, raise fish in it, raise big fish, what fish are big? Sea fish, it's decided, get a whale over then, and when it's okay, you can watch the whale breathe and spray water or something. ”
Zhang Xiaobao pointed over there with his hand, looking like he was pointing at the country.
Wang Juan listened, and put his little hand on Zhang Xiaobao's head, "Sick?" ”
"No, I know that marine fish are not easy to raise, but why don't we just sprinkle salt into them?" Zhang Xiaobao added confidently.
"Seriously ill?" Wang Juan put his other hand on Zhang Xiaobao's head.