Chapter 39: The Wasteland Opens Up
I saw that the leaves were almost done, but most of my family's wasteland had not been dug up. Jiang Yu'er is not a boss who is a demanding employee, so she went to Lizheng's house again.
"Yo! Niu Niu is coming? Before Jiang Yu'er entered the door, she saw an old woman walking out with a dustpan. Seeing Jiang Yu'er, he put the dustpan on the shelf next to it, and said hello to Jiang Yu'er.
Jiang Yu'er greeted the old woman with a smile: "Grandma Lizheng!" ”
The old woman walked over and stretched out her hand to pull Jiang Yu'er into the door. You know, the children of the Jiang family, in just a few months, see what people have become? Now there is no one in the village who does not praise the three brothers and sisters.
Jiang Yu'er was pulled a little uncomfortable by the old man, but she didn't refuse, and walked in: "Grandma Lizheng, is Grandpa Lizheng at home?" ”
The old woman's surname was Xu, and she was previously said to be the daughter of the Xiucai family, and later married Li Zheng of Zhangzhuang Village. The old man smiled and said, "Your grandfather Lizheng has gone out, and it may not take long to come back." You sit down for a while, and I'll let the golden egg call it. ”
Jiang Yu'er thought, if someone is busy, come to him by herself, isn't this a matter of disturbing others!
"Forget if Grandpa Lizheng isn't here, Niuniu will come back in the evening." Jiang Yu'er stood up and wanted to go out.
Before he reached the door, he was bumped into by Li Zheng, who was returning from going out: "Niu Niu? ”
Jiang Yu'er obviously saw the person coming, and she was overjoyed, it seemed that she didn't have to run again: "Grandpa Lizheng!" ”
Xu Shi walked out, looked at his man and said, "Niuniu has something to do with you!" I don't know an old guy anymore, what is running out all day? ”
Li Zheng ignored his mother-in-law, and asked Jiang Yuer with a smile: "What is Niuniu looking for grandpa?" ”
Jiang Yu'er didn't squirm, and directly explained her intention: "Grandpa Lizheng, it's like this." I don't think it's time for spring sowing, and my family's 100 acres of wasteland haven't been opened yet. With those four long-term workers alone, I think it might take a few months. So I thought about asking Grandpa Lizheng for help and asking the people in the village if anyone would be willing to work at my house and help reclaim that wasteland. I also know that the conditions in our village are like this, and it is not easy for every family. So I thought, if someone is willing to go, I will pay 20 yuan a day, and as for the meal, our family doesn't care. A man with cattle would have fifty wen a day until the wasteland was finished. Grandpa Lizheng, you see, this is feasible? ”
When Li Zheng heard it, this was a great thing for the benefit of the village. Some men who have nothing to do at home go to the town to do odd jobs, and one day they are lucky, they can earn more than ten yuan, and on a bad day, they don't receive a penny.
If the Jiang family is willing to give twenty wen a day, then a large piece of wasteland can be dug for ten days. This is also a big entry in the village. Then he agreed without thinking about it, saying that he would gather people tomorrow.
"By the way, Niu Niu, how many people do you want?" Rizheng asked again.
Jiang Yuer thought about it, with such a large piece of land, there are dozens of families in the village, and it is not good to go to one or the other. said, "You can do as much as you want, as long as you don't cheat or cheat." ”
When Li Zheng heard this, his heart was even happier. As soon as Jiang Yu'er left, she immediately went out to gather people.
As soon as everyone heard it, Jiang Yuer's family paid 20 wen per person per day to help dig wasteland, and those who had cattle could get 50 wen a day. I didn't want to think about it, so I asked Li Zheng: "Uncle Li Zheng, when will we go to work?" ”
Someone took the lead, and someone immediately chimed in.
Zhang Lizheng raised his hand, gave everyone a calm gesture and said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow we can go to work until all the wasteland is dug up." ”
When everyone heard this, they all began to think about it. Back at home, those who have the strength and the ability to work are all discussing who will earn the money.
The next day, as soon as Jiang Yu'er got up, she saw a group of people standing in front of their house, which really scared her. The long-term worker of her family also stood outside the door on guard, as if he was afraid that these people would do something bad to her.
"Niu Niu!" Someone with sharp eyes saw Jiang Yu'er open the door, and immediately shouted.
Suddenly, the noisy doorway fell silent. Everyone looked at Jiang Yu'er for a moment as if they had seen a bone like a dog.
Jiang Yu'er greeted everyone a little embarrassed, and finally asked the four long-term workers to take a group of people to their family's wasteland. When she packed up and drove the sheep up the mountain, a large part of the wasteland that had not made any progress in her family for more than ten days had now been dug up.
I couldn't help but sigh, it's really a lot of power.
In just ten days, a piece of wasteland of more than 100 acres was dug up by such a group of people.
After digging and waiting, Jiang Yu'er asked them to go to the thatched toilet next to the official road to pick up dung water to drench all the leaves. It wasn't until this time that they seemed to understand something, this was making agricultural fertilizer!
When everything was ready, Jiang Yu'er bought some wheat seeds from the town, and wanted to see if there were tartary buckwheat, but who knows, the owner of that kind of shop has never even heard of it.
The second uncle's family also bought an ox cart, and when she went to the town, Jiang Yuer took the second uncle's ox cart, and when she came back, she also took his ox cart. Seeing that Jiang Yu'er bought so many wheat seeds, Jiang Erzhu's brows furrowed slightly.
"Niuniu, you bought so many wheat seeds, can you finish planting?" The main reason is that the wasteland newly bought by the Jiang family is only about 100 acres, so many wheat seeds, how can they be planted?
Jiang Yu'er smiled mysteriously and said, "Second uncle, although there are more and more of these things, you can also make some others!" Actually, she felt that it was very troublesome to get up every morning and make breakfast by herself, and she wanted to try to make it if she could make cereal.
Although I think so in my heart, everything is not as good as people want, and there are many people. is like Jiang Yuer, a culinary idiot. It's strange that she can make cereal.
After a gentle spring rain, the villagers began to prepare for the seedlings. It's time for the fields to release water and flood the fields, and Jiang Yu'er is no exception. However, fortunately, their family does not have much land, just a little field.
When the water flooded the fields, she also deliberately asked the long-term workers to put some small gaps in the fields. In order to be used in the future to release the water to catch fish. A few long-term workers didn't know why at first, but as someone else's family, they still had to listen to the master's words.
In your own field, circle out a small piece for seedlings. For the rest, put water.
In the blink of an eye, it was already February, and the winter wheat planted a year ago was yellow-orange-orange in color, and the ears of wheat were hanging and twisting high on the wheat head. I can see that the eyes of the villagers are straight, and the wheat planted this winter is really harvesting! Many people are secretly muttering in their hearts that after this autumn's harvest, they will definitely plant a crop of wheat.