Shen Xinran took out the three seeds and taught them to raise seedlings. "This watermelon, you know, I planned to plant ten acres of blood, and when the time comes, don't drop the chain for me."

"The sales channel is not a problem, but you are full of confidence, and you are not afraid of the bamboo basket being empty."

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will make me happy and empty. I'm not afraid of planting. "When she was a child, her family made a fortune growing watermelons. Would you be afraid to grow watermelons, it's a joke. "Tell you that by summer it's going to be big and juicy. It's sweet and crunchy. ”

"What's big and sweet and crunchy? Shen Ruoran, who had just returned to the door, asked casually. She was summoned back urgently.

"I'm waiting for you, you two feel the temperature of the water, and then readjust it." Shen Xinran pointed to the two basins of water in front of him.

"Warm water."

"You have to remember how hot it is, it's crucial, remember that there's water in the back of the kitchen, and you adjust it yourself." Shen Xinran told Shen Ruoran to remember and feel the heat of the water. Here Zimao quickly adjusted the corresponding temperature, and waited for Shen Xinran to check and confirm, "Yes, it's accurate at one time, it's probably this temperature, you have to keep it in mind." On the contrary, Shen Ruoran was not so fast, and it was almost the same to add water back and forth a few times.

"This water is about 35 degrees Celsius, and it can't be too hot to cook it, and it's very fragile. It is a watermelon seed, which should be soaked in warm water for four hours, then scooped up and allowed to germinate before it can be planted in sand. Shen Xinran cautioned. Watermelon seeds are very delicate, the temperature is too low to help, and the temperature is too high to be scalded.

"It's weird, I've been planting it all my life, and I've never seen a seed sprout with a bubble. This kind of seed can still live without the soil. Shen Mengshi was watching the whole process and was shocked by Shen Xinran's operation.

"Not all seeds can be, such as this, this kind of bud rice is also called corn, it is directly planted in the ground and buried in the ground to sprout and grow. But the time is longer, and this is called chili, it only needs to be soaked in water for four hours, and we had better soak it at night and pick it up the next day. But now we are short of time, so we have to worry a lot, the pepper needs to be sprinkled on the chili after soaking, and it takes time to sprinkle water to keep the lily moist, and the seeds will germinate some white roots in a day or two, and you can carefully sprinkle them in the ground. Pepper soil needs to be loose and moist, and corn is the opposite. Watermelons can be planted on the sandy ground. ”

"Ahh It's so troublesome, you have to find land to plant. "It's not just Shen Meng's who are curious, but also Shen Wu's concubines and children.

"I don't know what it is, but it's a lot of work. ”

"Rare things are rare and rare!" Shen Ruoran's summary was unanimously recognized.

"Once raw and twice ripe, the first time is always a little more delicate, if the harvest is good, the silver to buy the mountain is back." Shen Xinran took precautions, so that they had a bottom in their hearts, so as not to be frightened when they got it.

"Then our sand turned over, and I was thinking about what to plant at that time, but I didn't expect that one would be so spectacular." Shen Wu Xiaoxing said.

"By the way, this pepper and corn can be planted by my grandfather's family for one or two acres, which can be recycled in a unified manner. Although watermelon makes money, it is not recommended. ”

"Why, it's not good to be together." Shen Manshi also thought about Shen Xinran's words, she must have let her mother's family follow, but only if everyone agreed. Although anxious, but not aggressive.

"There is a shortage of manpower, uncles and concubines are all working in the workshop, only the elderly, too busy. I can't take care of it. After the watermelon grows, it is necessary to call someone to guard the field day and night. When the time comes, you can pick it if you like to eat, and there is no need to be so tired. And pepper corn is also a rarity. ”

"That's not very well thought out. But there's a lot more to this stuff afterward. ”

"Watermelons should be more painstaking, long flowers, but also to save flowers, pollen, melons have to save melons (both a Teng Man should not be too much, to give up the growth of closer) to keep a distance, melons are ripe when big and sweet."

"It sounds like a lot of work. I'm still going to the kitchen to get busy, you go on, listening dizzy. Shen Wu was the first to jokingly leave to get busy, and Shen Manshi followed closely. No matter how much you say, it's not as fast as the actual operation, they are all experts at work.

"It's all soaked, what's next?" She didn't want to spend another day in the workshop. Shen Ruoran is afraid of staying in the workshop, and it is okay to find something else to do.

"Let's take care of our empty land first. In the past few days, the long-term workers have been in place, and they have to be very busy. "Shen Xinran doesn't have anything to pay attention to, and it's not a big problem for the workshop to have Wen Qiaohan in the workshop. So I decided to go and turn over the loose ground and row by ridge.

"I'm going too, okay?"

"Yes, third sister, are you going?"

Shen Ziran struggled for a moment and decided, "Don't go, I'll help make dinner at home." She knew that she would invite someone to dinner tonight, and there were already many people at home.

"Go ahead, my mother is busy here." Knowing the daughter Mo Ruomu. Shen Manshi knew that she stayed at home every day, and she must have been bored. It's rare that sisters can get together to do things. Also thoughtfully allowed her.

"Thank you, mother." No matter how sensible a child is, he wants to play in groups. "Wait for me, I'll go too." Shen Ziran happily followed happily with a small hoe that usually digs herbs.

Good fields have been planted with seasonal grain, but in fact, there is really very little grain that can be planted and stored. Single rice, sorghum. The rest is vegetables, and the vegetables are also very simple. The lower land can only grow mung beans, soybeans and other useless ones. At least in their opinion, it is of little use. Two crops of rice were planted, one season of sorghum was planted, and cotton was basically planted in the second half of the season. But the harvest is pitiful.

After paying the grain tax, there is not much left, and those who have more fields can eat a little more, and those who have few fields and many people can basically pay the taxes, and they can only hunt or work short-term together to support their families. There are a lot of people who haven't survived the winter. Although some people in Yishan Village are not good, they are still very selective.

"Wow, my waist is so tired that I can't straighten up." I haven't been exposed to farm work for a long time, and I really don't get used to it. Shen Ruoran stretched his stiff waist. Clicking.

Shen Xinran felt the same way and asked, "Compared with the workshop, which one do you want to choose?"

"Workshop." Shen Ruoran's first reaction was "I like to enjoy the results, although the process is a bit boring, but when I think of it all silver, I am full of vitality." There is only motivation to farm, and looking at them, I just want to be able to eat a full meal when the harvest comes. ”

"Not anymore, because we have corn, at least the rice is taxed, and we can use corn instead of brown rice. Corn is ground into flour like flour. It would be perfect if there were sweet potatoes, which are more effective and filling the stomach than corn, but unfortunately they have not yet been introduced. With corn, you can eat full, and you have to add sweet potatoes, so there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, and you don't have to go hungry. Shen Xinran sighed. The most scarce thing is food that can be saved. Only when you have enough to eat can you have the strength to work.

As long as there is hope in life, there is more motivation. For the people, it is very satisfying to be fed and clothed. If you can meet this, you need to have a high yield. The high output of many long-troubled centuries will be solved. The problem is fundamental, but there is no way to start.