Liu was not persuaded by Chen Ping in the end, but he didn't continue to say that he would let Chen Ping go to school, just let him wait.

Chen Ping's last words played a role to some extent, and he was quite satisfied with this result. Chen Ping knew that Liu wanted to inquire clearly and see if what he said was true, so he finally made a decision.

"The words are naturally true, but now that Yang Guang has succeeded to the throne, it seems that the school hall is about to be restored." Lying on the bed board, staring at the thatched roof on his head, Chen Pingdan fell a cloud of grass ash, thinking, "When did it come?" ”

pondered and recalled for a long time, Chen Ping really couldn't remember the time, and thought that there should be some time to buffer, at least now his parents will not force him to go to school.

The night is getting deeper, the roosters in the yard have stopped, and the two wild ducks in the hall should have rested, and there was silence around them, the autumn wind blew through the roof, Chen Ping pulled the corners of the quilt, and fell asleep deeply.

The rice in the east of the village is still being harvested, and Chen Ping, father and son, and Chen Erniu occasionally come over to help. More than one acre of rice can be harvested every day, and the threshed rice stalks in the yard are slowly piled up. Correspondingly, the bamboo strip rice barn in the hall gradually became abundant.

The sky is beautiful, there has been no rain in the past week, and the rice in the seven acres of land in the east of the village has finally been picked into the yard.

Father Chen and Liu both breathed a sigh of relief, and their smiles increased.

"Don't play in the rice, Anzi, go and bring the little lady back." Liu spread out the newly threshed rice to dry, and shouted to Chen An, who was carrying water.

The little lady Chen Zhen was learning from Chen Ping's appearance with her bare feet, playing back and forth in the drying rice, and the soles of her feet with fine skin and tender meat were not afraid of thorns at all, giggling and laughing.

"I'm busy, I don't have time." Chen An held a cup made of bamboo in one hand, and a long wooden handle the thickness of a truncated finger in the other, the wooden handle was more than a foot long, and the other end was embedded with dog hair, "Brother, this toothbrush is not easy to use at all, poke the meat." ”

The toothbrush is made by Chen Ping, the structure is very simple, and the material is not too difficult. The willow branch for the wooden handle, the old willow tree by the river. The bristles on the handle are a little difficult, and there is no nylon at this time, Chen Ping is not a chemistry major, and there is nothing he can do, but fortunately, it can be replaced by animal hair, and the little black in Aunt Wang's house is just right.

Chen Ping didn't dare to get close to Xiao Hei by himself, and thanks to Chen Ya, Chen Ping could always meet the little girl when he ran in the morning almost every day. Even if Chen Ping gave her a fire sickle later, she could still be seen washing clothes by the river. Thinking about it, Chen Ya should not be inconvenient to make a fire, it should be a habit.

"Aunt Wang's family is probably the most clean people in this village." This is the conclusion reached by Chen Ping.

"Don't push so hard, are you trying to bite off the handle?" The invention of the toothbrush was supported by the whole family, and it was much more hygienic and convenient than cleaning the mouth with hands or with a cloth.

"I want it too." Chen Zhen pointed to the toothbrush in Chen An's mouth.

"Here, it's yours." Chen Ping lifted his shirt, and there was a pocket on the side, which Chen Ping specially asked Liu to sew, and took out a more delicate and compact toothbrush from it.

The handle of the toothbrush for Chen Zhen is made of bamboo, which is waterproof and smoother, and the bristles on it are also soft hairs under the neck of the black dog, which will not hurt the gums.

"It's not fair, why does my little lady's toothbrush look better than mine." Chen An looked at the toothbrush in Chen Zhen's hand, and then looked at the one in his hand, and was jealous.

In this family, he is always wronged, and Chen An wants to cry without tears.

"Who made you the second, not the youngest? I still want to compare with Xiao Niang, and I don't see how old you are. "Time and tools are limited, and there are only more than a dozen toothbrushes that can be made, and even Chen Ping himself uses the same toothbrush as Chen An.

The one who can enjoy the privileges in this family is the little lady.

"Don't make any noise, come over and thresh, and go to the county after threshing the rice." Chen's father said to the brothers.

Although the rice harvest was picked back, it was not a matter to put it in this yard, and the rice had to be threshed to achieve a complete harvest in one year.

"Grandpa, don't you need to plow the rice stubble in the field?" With more than ten acres of land, Chen Ping did not see his father turn over the land.

At this time, rice is harvested twice a year, but it seems that it is also in the Lingnan area, between the Yangtze River and the Huai River. If there is a certain variety of rice, the only way to increase the harvest is to make full use of the land.

It is obviously not cost-effective to grow once a year.

A family of four, one person occupies a table, the sound of rice grass beating is very rhythmic, rice is flying, this family is going to be handed over to Chen Ping brothers sooner or later, it is rare that Chen Ping cares so much about farming, Chen's father said: "For the time being, there is no need to turn the ground, the rice stubble left behind will grow into new rice in two months, and it can be harvested once." ”

Rice stubble regeneration, Chen Ping has also seen it, but it was also after harvesting the rice, the master's family did not have time to turn the ground for a while before it grew, and it was not deliberately left, and in the end it would still be plowed with it, or directly planted with wheat.

"This is called Ersui rice, and one acre can harvest half a stone of rice." Chen's father said, "If the fertilizer is sufficient, it is okay to collect a stone." ”

At this time, the fertilizer is all green fertilizer, either livestock manure, or human excrement, and then there are weeds and rice stalks directly put into the field for fertilizer.

Chen Ping's family only has two chickens in one acre, and of course, there is now a pair of wild ducks. But this is not good for making fertilizer, so the fertilizer in the field is mostly rice stalks and human fertilizer.

"Why don't you plant wheat?" Chen Ping knew that after Yiguan crossed to the south, there was wheat cultivation in the south, if it was divided into north and south according to the line of the Yangtze River, Baitu Village was not considered south, there should be wheat here, but why didn't I see people in the village planting it?

According to the rice harvest period in Baitu Village, this should be regarded as late rice, the breeding period of late rice is in June and July, the harvest period is in October, and wheat can also be sown in winter.

The intersection of the two phases just makes up for the harvest gap of the land in a year, and the amount of wheat harvested is much stronger than that of the two ears of rice.

"How old are you? Do you know how to grow wheat? "Father Chen has heard of wheat and seen it in the rice shop in the county, but since Father Chen touched the farm tools, he has not sown wheat seeds.

Father Chen is very cautious about unfamiliar things, especially when it comes to food. Farming is not just a matter of saying a few words, it involves a series of issues such as sowing, fertilizer, weeding, season, etc.

Unlike Chen's father, Chen Ping's soul came more than 1,000 years later and had great confidence in wheat cultivation. Another advantage of growing wheat is that wheat can be ground into flour, flour can be used to make pasta, pasta can be made without side dishes, add some seasoning, even if you put some bean paste.

"Wheat is sunny, unlike rice crops that need too much water, and the acres of land in the north of the village are just right for growing wheat. Moreover, wheat can be used to make wheat flour, which is used to make pasta, which is softer than rice and is better for digestion. After Chen Ping finished speaking, he added, "These are all what Doctor Hu told me." ”

"Doctor Hu knows how to farm?" Chen's father debunked Chen Ping's lies, "I don't know where you heard it." ”

Chen's father obviously didn't believe what Chen Ping said, Chen Ping was helpless, and his insistence on farming was almost stubborn. If you want to convince Father Chen, you have to find a way from other aspects, at least someone who can make Father Chen listen.

In winter, in October, on the day of Jimao, Chen Ping's father and son dressed neatly, and under the eyes of Liu, they left the village and headed towards the county seat.

**The county seat is in the east of the village, there are more than ten miles of road from Baitu Village, although there are ox carts to solicit passengers at this time, but the road from Baitu Village to ** County is obviously a few cart pullers, and even the people who go to the county seat are not many.

If it weren't for the fact that the farm had just passed, and he was going to return Uncle Chen Ping's favor, Chen's father would definitely not go to the county seat.

Chen's father carried the burden, the bamboo basket on the left was filled with freshly beaten rice, and it was better to use his own rice than his uncle to buy rice to eat, and the bamboo basket on the right contained duck eggs, fifteen of which were for his uncle, and another twenty were used as a thank you gift for Dr. Hu.

In addition to these, there are more than a dozen river crabs tied to the bamboo basket.

This weight is not a matter for Chen's father, and he can walk faster than Chen Ping's brothers.

Chen Ping was carrying a bag with some things in it, while Chen An was empty-handed, and the two brothers followed behind Chen's father.

"You two hurry up, when will we get to the county seat?" Chen's father urged as he walked, and after only walking four or five miles, Chen An rested four or five times, and at this speed, it would take an hour to reach the county seat.

Chen Ping pulled up Chen An: "If you want to follow me for a morning run, you have to sleep lazy, look, now you know that you are tired, right?" ”

"In the future, when you have money, you will buy an ox cart and take the car to the county seat." Chen An gasped.

"Why not buy a horse? Isn't horseback riding more stylish? "The price of a horse seems to be not low, based on the current income of Chen Ping's family, it will take six or seven years to buy a horse without eating or drinking, and there is not much difference between the price of the house in later generations in terms of purchasing power.

"Pull the wind?" The eldest brother would come up with one or two strange words from time to time, and Chen An was not surprised by this at all, on the contrary, he was very interested.

"It's very powerful, and it means enviable." Chen Pingdao.

At the beginning of the year, Chen Ping's father and son finally saw the county seat.

**The scale of the county belongs to Zhongzhong County, with a city wall, about two meters high, a circumference between three and four miles, a gate on each side, a door one zhang high, and an open.

Chen's father led the Chen Ping brothers into the county from the west gate, and when they entered the city gate, Chen Ping noticed that the county seat of ** county was actually planned according to Lifang, and the east and west gates were connected into an axis, and the axis connected with the north and south gates divided the county into four large areas.

The West Gate that he had just passed was actually the Fang Gate, and Chen Ping followed behind his father and walked along the east-west "side street".

"Your uncle's house is northwest of Cross Street, the location of Nanqu." At this point, there are still a lot of people in the county, and the place where Chen's father and the three of them went is where the county and city are located, Chen's father turned around and advised, "Follow me, don't look around, be careful of getting lost." ”

Chen's father's advice didn't have much effect, and the Chen Ping brothers still looked around, curious.

"This side street is indeed wide enough, I'm afraid it won't be less than fifteen meters." Walking on the side street, Chen Pingzhi was surprised by the width of the road in the county seat.

The houses on both sides are also very well planned, far from being comparable to Baitu Village, and there are mostly wooden buildings, and the roofs are paved with green tiles.

Pedestrians on the street, the cries of livestock and poultry are mixed in, and occasionally you can see livestock excreting on the street, and the sanitary environment is poor.

"Brother, look at that, there's a horse." Chen An pointed not far away and shouted excitedly.