Chapter 146: Planting Mulberry Trees
In fact, there is really no need to be afraid of Gu Pingyong, people like him are just a little annoying, and they are not so difficult to deal with.
If he really targets the Lin family at that time, then maybe it will be a good thing.
No matter what time it is, the hardest person to deal with is always the kind of person who is moody and has no idea what he is thinking.
After dinner, I still have a lot of work, and I'm destined to go to bed late tonight.
There is a lot of oil for killing the pig today, and it has to be cleaned up there, so it is better to refine the oil in a hot pot and a hot stove.
After washing the dishes, Xuan's began to cut the oil and prepare to boil the lard, Wu and Liu were not idle, and took a few girls to divide the pork to make sausages, and there were several cutting boards at home, which were all taken out and washed at this time.
One person, one cutting board and one knife, lighting an oil lamp to cut meat in the stove house, this is how to make sausages.
Siqi was still young and couldn't help, so he helped Xuan's fire burning.
She really admired them, although there was an oil lamp in this room, the light was still very dim, and she could see clearly.
Wu had already prepared two large wooden basins, the meat was cut into thick slices of fat and thin, and all of them were thrown into those two wooden basins.
Wanrong Siyao and Mengzhu helped wash the meat and bring it over, and the boys were not idle, there were a lot of miscellaneous things.
Siqi sat in the stove and started to yawn, Wu said, "There is not much work here, you little ones go back to sleep, it's quite late, or you won't come tomorrow." ”
Siqi glanced at the meat they were going to cut, and there was a lot of it, and she really felt so tired, although she didn't have to do it, but her hands were sore when she looked at it.
When the oil was refined, and the meat was all washed, the children packed up and went back to bed, while the adults were still busy in the stove.
After sleeping until dawn, Siqi went to help Xuan's make breakfast, and found that there were two large pots of meat marinated with seasonings in the stove house.
I didn't expect them to cut out all the meat and marinate it last night, how late did it have to work? It's amazing to be able to get up so early.
"Is my mother going to put sausages today?"
Xuan nodded, "It's just in the morning, and it's just right to marinate all night." ”
She pointed to a small pot of meat on the table, "I got you with chili peppers, you can take a look." ”
Siqi licked his lips and ran to see it, and he really added chili noodles.
The chili peppers at home are all whole, that is, Xuan's also scooped the chili noodles last night......
She really didn't know what to say, hugging Xuan's waist, "Mother, you are so good." ”
Xuan's was happy, "You kid, didn't you wake up?" ”
Si Qi rubbed her chest, "No, I'm just happy, my mother is so good." ”
After saying that, she ran out with a smile, fetched water from a wooden basin, and everyone had to wash their faces and hands in a while.
In the morning, I filled the sausage at home, and Siqi followed it for a while, and the method was similar to that in the previous life, but there was no such tool, so I used a bamboo tube to prop it up on the mouth, and then stuffed the meat inside.
It's nothing special, and now I can't eat it, so I thought it was boring after looking at it for a while, "Grandma, let's go herd the sheep." ”
Wu looked at the sky, "Wait a little longer, the dew is heavy at this time, and the sheep are easy to thin when they eat grass." ”
"Oh, okay then." Thinking that he had nothing to do, he ran to see the sisters embroidering.
In the middle of the morning, someone came to the house, pulling three carts of mulberry saplings, which Lin Changyuan went to another village to find someone to set before, there are many silkworms in that village, and many families have their own mulberry trees and will sell seedlings.
Mulberry trees have to be planted when the weather is cold, so that it is easy to survive, and this season is almost over, and people come directly to the family.
In the morning, Lin Dezheng and Lin Changgui were going to turn over the soil, but they sent mulberry saplings, and now it is time to plant trees.
I invited those people in and drank a glass of water, and then settled the rest of the money, which cost less than a tael of silver, which was very cheap.
Lin Dezheng said, "It's time to rush together, the sausage and bacon have to be brought out, and the saplings have to be planted as soon as possible, so let's do it with the second child and the children first, wife, you should hurry up and help after the work at home is over." ”
Wu responded with a smile, "Cheng, I know, you guys go over first." ”
The soil on the edge of the weir pond has been turned over before, and it is ready, and now it can be planted directly, in fact, it is not too troublesome, but there are many of them.
Originally, I was going to plant a circle of trees, but later I bought a weir pond, and the surrounding circle was also counted in it, so I could plant two circles of trees, leaving a path in the middle, just like a tree-lined path around the lake.
In this way, half of the silkworms can be planted, and more silkworms can be raised.
These mulberry trees will grow leaves in the spring next year, and they can be used in the first year, but they are not so lush, and they will raise more silkworms in a few years.
Siqi imagined in his mind that when the family has more capital, he will be able to do more things, and when the time comes, he will even be able to cover the mountain, raise sheep and grow mulberry, anything.
The children who could go followed to help, and everyone changed into some torn clothes, so they didn't feel distressed if they got dirty.
There was no ox cart at home, and the saplings were piled up in the porch of the gate, so everyone had to carry them in baskets and come back to get them when they were gone.
Towards the weir pond, he met Tianyou on the way, and he also followed to help.
It's fun to plant trees, but it's limited to one or two, and it's really tiring to plant so many trees.
Before planting, the roots of the seedlings should be cut off, mainly cut long, so that the seeds can grow more roots after planting and are easy to survive.
Lin Dezheng and Lin Changgui were responsible for digging pits and planting trees, and the children cut their roots, and they cooperated very well, but they froze their hands, and after doing it for a while, Siqi's hands became cold.
When the dew was almost dry, I had to go to herd the sheep, but fortunately, several members of the Wu family also came and continued to work.
At noon, it was naturally Mengshan's cooking, and after eating, they went to work together, and in the afternoon, they planted all the saplings.
You have to water next to each other, which is simple, although the weir pond has not been filled with water, but there are still watering trees, and you can water it directly.
Siqi looked at this large mulberry tree, and was satisfied, and next year he will make money by pointing to these.
The closer the Chinese New Year gets, the busier it becomes, and there is not much work in the field, but the miscellaneous things at home are starting to increase.
The ancients attached great importance to the New Year, and the flavor of the New Year was already very strong in the wax moon, and every household was making various preparations for the New Year.
Starting from the twenty-third day of the lunar month, there are different activities every day, and it is to sacrifice to the king of the stove, and to sweep the house and eat tofu or something, anyway, they all have their own sayings.
As the saying goes: adults are busy making money, and children are looking forward to the New Year.
That's probably what it means, when the Chinese New Year is approaching, the children don't have anything important to do, and they play in groups in the village, which is very happy.