Chapter 39: Planting Wheat (1)
With the end of the autumn harvest, everyone's work began to slowly shift to the work of plowing the fields. Since winter wheat is about to be planted, it is now necessary to plough all the fields as soon as possible.
Yang Heng's field needs to be troublesome, that is, the field where his family wants to plant wheat is the field that has been used this year, and if he ploughs it, it will be more tiring, and Yang Heng's plan is to plant thirty acres of winter wheat, which requires Feng Bo to use the ox to plow the field.
"But, Xiao Langjun, this cow hasn't been trained yet, use it to plough the field this year, it won't be so obedient, maybe it will delay the work, otherwise, I'll pull the plow and let Xiaoda help the plow." Feng Bo was very worried about using the ox to plough the field, in fact, although the ox did not reach the best period of its physical strength, it was still very easy to plough the thirty acres of fields.
"Scalper, bull's nose, by the way, Feng Bo, I mentioned earlier, we really don't wear cow's nose here." "How to wear a cow's nose, whether this cow is plowing the field or pulling a cart, they must be trained in advance, otherwise, like a cow born in our family, no one generally buys it, and I don't know why Lang Jun bought such a cow for Lu Dao, doesn't Lang Jun understand this matter." It's not that Daddy doesn't understand, if this is someone who is familiar with cows, he will definitely not buy a chick back, this training alone will take several years, and it will not be able to be used at all in the first few years.
"Feng Bo, you don't know the way, the ancestors have a good way to use the cow, but I don't know why it will be lost, this matter, that is, wear the cow's nose, come, Feng Bo, let's wear the cow's nose for this cow."
As he spoke, Yang Heng built a small stove, and a thin iron rod was burning in the stove, "Come, Feng Bo, and Brother Da, you tie this cow to the fence, don't let it hurt, or when you pierce your nose, you will be in vain, you really need training." ”
Feng Bo and Da Ge listened to Yang Heng's words, tied the cow's heel to the wall, and strengthened the head with several ropes, which is also a sign of Yang Heng's lack of confidence, you think, put a hole in a cow's nose, it doesn't hurt is fake.
It is very simple to wear the cow's nose, especially Yang Heng used a red-hot iron bar, only to see a burst of white smoke, and a burst of meat fragrance, a hole was pierced on the cow's nose, and then Yang Heng took another iron bar, and touched some soybean oil on the iron bar, which doesn't even need to be helped by others, only Yang Heng himself can operate it, the iron bar passed through the new hole of the cow's nose, and with a force of both hands, a very perfect ring was bent out, and at this time, the little ox was still in tears. It seems that the piercing just now was too painful.
However, when everyone let go of the little calf, Feng Bo brought some clean grass, and the calf ate it obediently, and there were no sequelae.
"All right, Font, now tie a rope to the iron ring in the bull's nose, and take it for a walk."
"Hey, God, this is so simple, the calf was led away, but it's not like before, when the calf has a cow's temper, and he has to coax it away with grass." Feng Bo felt a little pity for this little scalper, so he didn't hold the little scalper very hard, but the cow's nose that had just been put on was very painful even if he touched it slightly, and the calf would naturally follow Feng Bo.
"Also, Fonter, get some ash from under our pot and rub it on the calf's nose, so that it doesn't get infected." Yang Heng was very resentful of himself at this time, why didn't he understand any knowledge of herbal medicine, otherwise, he wouldn't have used the bottom of the pot, he would ask Feng Bo to find some herbs for the calf to put on it.
After that, the matter of plowing the fields was decided, and the uncles would have an aunt come to plough the fields every day, and would go to the uncles' side to help pull the plough and plough the fields.
The aunts still have to work, yes, at this time, the women have nothing to do with their feet, they naturally have to work in the field, if this is placed in the family where there are scholars, women are regarded as a main labor to work, and in a family like the uncles, the aunts can only be used as auxiliary labor, because when the family is working, the uncles are all at home, and there is nothing else to do, so they let the aunts do the work, and they are idle, then how is it possible.
The aunts usually raise silkworms, when they harvest silkworms, and then they don't spin silk thread, or spin twine and other things, there is no loom in this village, otherwise, the aunts are even busier, they still have to weave, or do something related to weaving, naturally they will not go to the field to help, but now, they are just spinning, when the field is busy, they still need help, so that the speed of farming can be faster, harvesting, grabbing planting This is a must.
The physical strength of the little scalper at this time has not reached the maximum, so the aunts can still keep up with the speed of the little cattle, they are the most suitable to come to the cattle, when the little scalper has been plowing the field for a long time, and understands the shouting of Feng Bo, the little scalper will grow up, and there is no need to use people in front of the cattle.
On the uncles' side, two ploughs were ploughing the field together, so that there were still a few idle people, and they pulled the harrow behind them, and the large soil in the field was broken up, and the ground was leveled, and for a period of time, the ground was smoothed with a rake, so that the moisture could be preserved.
The same is true for Feng Bo, he will choose when to use a harrow and when to use a harrow according to the dryness and humidity of the cultivated land, and he is much better at this job than his uncles, this is a real master of farming.
Seeing such a situation, Yang Heng thought that perhaps, in the future, Feng Bo should arrange for him to command the cultivation affairs full-time, and these things that make efforts do not need him to do it, he is equivalent to the nature of an agricultural technician.
"Xiao Langjun, our plow is so easy to use, hey, if I had such a good plow before, I wouldn't have come to such a point and sell myself." "Feng Bo, after you are in my house for a few years, we can let you get out of slavery and return to civilian status." "Hey, forget it, I'm single, why do I want to get out of slavery, as long as Xiao Langjun doesn't dislike the old man, I will always be in your house, don't worry, I won't pass on these things in your family." Feng Bo felt a tight expression, if there were only him and Da Ge here, he would not be like this, but from time to time I heard Sister Lian tell the story of her former owner, they naturally felt that Yang Heng, Xiao Langjun, and Xiao Langjun's family were good to them, if they had any other ideas, would they still be human, at this time, Yang Heng didn't know what he thought.