As the saying goes, if people have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries. Ordinary rural mothers-in-law can think of the farm work to be done at home in two months and prepare in advance, which is a great vision. Most people only know what to eat tomorrow, they can only see the things in front of their eyes, and they have endless disputes with their concubines and neighbors, and they have never heard of the word "foresight".

Pass. Li Baihe was a person who had read books in his last life, although he did not take the examination like Master Liu, he was also a high-achieving student who could be a teacher seriously. In the days of the farm, other people are eager to lie down and play all day long, and do what they should do according to their experience, but she is thinking about her own

Situation.

is different from other people's families, other people's families have land to grow food, their family only grows a few acres of melons and vegetables, and then there is the ten acres of land rented to Master Liu can still produce some production, in addition, they can only use money to buy food.

If there is a year of great drought and flood, people like them have nowhere to buy food if they have money, that is, now that the wind and rain are good and every household has surplus grain, she can buy food.

These days, while the new wheat has just come down and entered the warehouse, Lily is thinking about buying a few stones of new wheat. If we wait until the day when every household eats surplus grain, the price of grain will definitely be much higher than it is now, and it will be too late to buy grain at that time.

Buying grain is a big deal, Lily can't be the master alone, when she said to Song Haonian, Song Haonian didn't react, and said: "Just eat and buy, our family doesn't have a granary, and the grain we buy is easy to mold." ”

Lily told him about the rise in grain prices in the season of low grain, Song Haonian thought about it, and couldn't help laughing: "It's still my daughter-in-law who is smart!"

"Do you want to buy it?" Lily took her husband's compliments as they all and pushed him for an explanation.

Song Haonian said: "It's still the same sentence, where can I put the food I bought?"

Lily said: "Let's dig a cellar and make it bigger, not only can we store grain, but also store the last crop of melons and vegetables after the frost falls, so as not to freeze in the snow outside." ”

Melons and vegetables will also freeze bad, the appearance looks good, the inside is ice bumps, boiled and rotten, the taste is not good, such melons and vegetables can only be used to feed pigs.

Lily has another plan: the ten acres of land rented to Master Liu are all sweet potatoes, others don't know the yield of sweet potatoes, but she knows that it is very considerable, and when the sweet potatoes are delivered in a few days, it is even more troublesome to have nowhere to store them at home, so it is better to repair the cellar as soon as possible, which will be convenient in the future.

Many country men, they don't know much, but they can say that "women have long hair and short knowledge", and they never discuss with their mother-in-law when they are serious, marrying a daughter-in-law at home, which is similar to raising a pig and feeding a cow, just ask her to work and give birth to a doll, and beat her for entertainment when it doesn't go well.

Song Haonian is not such a person, he listens to Lily's words when he makes sense, he thinks that Lily will whisper to her behind his back if he can't do it, and treat her as a person seriously.

Since what Lily said made sense, the young couple discussed to build a cellar, and Song Haonian said to Liu Sheng, the steward of the grange, the next day, that he would go home to do a few days of work, and then go to the village when the rice was harvested.

He took the salary of a long-term worker, and the actual rise of the uncle and the promotion of the aunt knew that he could not do it for long, and the first uncle of the promotion also said to his mother-in-law: "I asked him to go to the village to work after seeing your face, it doesn't matter if he doesn't do it well, just don't make trouble." ”

Song Haonian is capable of these days, and Uncle Sheng is already impressed. He was a strong laborer in the village, and Liu Sheng was also very pleased with his ability, and when he heard him say that he wanted to build a cellar for his family, he approved the matter with a wave of his hand. Then he asked, "Will you be able to repair the cellar?"

Almost every household in Qingliu Town has a cellar, and Song Haonian has repaired it with his father once or twice, and he roughly understands what it looks like, but it is a little vague when it comes to how to repair it.

As soon as Liu Sheng asked, Song Haonian hurriedly said happily: "I'm worried about this matter, and I beg Uncle Sheng to guide me." ”

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "In the end, you are a young man, you are still a little tender, and you still have to learn." ”

So he asked Song Haonian to go to see the cellar on the grange first, what is the grain stored, what is the melon and vegetable stored, what is the warmest, and what is the longest storage time.

He also instructed him to learn from a few farmers who were accustomed to repairing cellars, and learned how to repair walls, repair the ground, and strengthen supports

Repairing the cellar is a very complicated thing, and it becomes orderly when Liu Sheng dials it a little: it is necessary to plan the appearance, to prepare materials, to arrange people to do the work and cook, and to think about how to repair it.

Song Haonian learned a stomach full of things, and he was grateful to Liu Sheng and Zhuang Hu. This experience is not only useful for repairing the cellar, but also for the house he plans to repair this winter.

When he went home again, Song Haonian already had a plan in his heart, and he was more organized in his work, he first calculated the materials to be urgently needed, prepared them the same, and then asked Liu Yi and a group of brothers to come over to help repair the cellar together.

Materials that are not in a hurry can be bought without hurry, and you can inquire while doing the work, and collect them at the right time.

Liu Yi is idle these days, and he asks his brothers to go and help themselves, and those who are idle come to help Song Haonian. Song Dagui also came over to take a look when he heard the rumors, and said: "Such a big battle, I also said that the house is going to be repaired in the New Year." ”

Song Haonian said with a smile: "Now is not the time to repair the house, or this winter, or next spring, I will definitely have a house, and I will ask the brothers to help when the time comes!"

It is not long before the rice should be harvested, and at this time, it is not enough to repair the house, and it is not enough for one person to split it in half, so the small work of the cellar can be completed without many days.

Everyone has more or less repaired the cellar at home, Song Haonian learned the cellar scripture with a full stomach, and talked about his plans one by one, Liu Yi also boasted: "You have also touched some of your younger brothers and sisters, and you have become more and more clever." ”

said that all the brothers laughed, Song Haonian blushed, but fortunately, he was tanned from cutting wheat, but he couldn't see it, and everyone just laughed once.

Because Aoyagi Town is adjacent to the Baishui River, the groundwater level is high, and the cellar cannot be dug deep underground, but must be built into a semi-crypt style, half of which is underground, half of which is leaning on hills or sills, and there are also attics built with earthen walls and straw.

Lily told Song Haonian about sweet potatoes in advance: "I'm afraid this thing is the same as cabbage and radish, and it has to be hidden underground." ”

Cabbage, radish and other things with a lot of moisture are most afraid of seeing the northwest wind, and they will become numb and stiff after a few days of blowing, and they will become unpalatable at all.

In the last life, when Lily saw potatoes and sweet potatoes stored at home, he was also afraid of the wind, so it was best to store it in a cellar that could moisturize and insulate the heat, and it could be stored for a winter.

They were going to build a compound style cellar.

Dig six feet into the ground, then dig all around, make a pocket-like cellar with a small mouth and a large bottom, and set up several pillars from the ground to support it so as not to collapse, and seal it with a wooden plank.

The cellar below should not be too dry, and there is a certain amount of moisture, just for fresh vegetables.

Then from the ground two feet high from the attic, the lower part of the attic wall foot inward, with the ground to form an oblique angle, the wall is smooth, to prevent rats, snakes and insects from crawling down the wall into the warehouse.

The rammed earth wall more than two feet thick, covered with thatch on the top, plastered with white plaster, dry and ventilated, will not be affected by rain, just used to store grain.

The cellars under the attic are separated by wooden planks, and the ground is plastered with several layers of white ash to prevent the return of moisture from affecting the attic.

The doors and windows of the warehouse are woven into small lattices with bamboo pieces on the windows, which can be ventilated and the rats cannot get in. Double-layer wooden doors, inside and outside are hung thick hay curtains, wind and heat preservation, so as not to go out of gas, to freeze the melons and vegetables in winter.

Since there is a plan and construction according to the plan, Song Haonian and a few brothers who came to help selected a vacant land near the house, and invited a Mr. Yin and Yang to come to see the day, and pick a nearby day to start construction.

Lily has to prepare these people's drinking water and eat every day at home, Li Caifeng brought Xing'er to help her, saying that the weather is too hot, and their people are afraid that they can't eat, so they want to make some vegetables and tofu to eat.

As soon as he heard these words, Lily secreted saliva in his mouth first, as if he had already eaten sour and cool vegetable tofu, and Li Caifeng laughed with a small expression: "You also have a time when you are greedy!"

Xing'er slapped beside her: "Aunt Lily is greedy!"

Her mother loved to say that she was greedy, and now Aunt Lily, like her, found her very interesting.

Lily didn't have beans at home, so Li Caifeng went home and took a few catties of soybeans, and told Lily not to be polite: "You repair things here, and the argument is that it's not too much to hold a banquet and receive gifts, what are these catties of beans?"

Giving food and meat to relatives and friends who are repairing houses is also part of the countryside gifts.

Pour the soybeans into the bamboo plaque, pick off the sand and shriveled bean grains, scrub them with water, and then soak them in clean water.

After soaking for more than a day, the water absorption of the beans rises to two or three sizes, the color becomes lighter, and the beans are full and moving, which can be used to grind soybean milk.

I went to a neighbor's house and borrowed two stone mills, the grinding fans were not big, and the one on top was inlaid with a wooden handle, which was just right to push by hand. The one below is slightly larger and has a groove, just enough to channel the ground soy milk into the pot.

The stone mill is stable on the edge of the table, a basin is placed under the table, and the soaked soybeans are also put on the table, a spoonful of water and a spoonful of beans, and the hands are evenly pushed and grinded, and the soybean milk with white flowers is quickly grinded.

Lily and Li Caifeng took turns grinding, the one who didn't grind would scoop soybeans, Xing'er was greedy, and she wanted to try it, Li Caifeng told her not to make trouble, and wronged a little girl.

Lily saw that Xing'er was going to cry or not, and hurriedly teased her: "What's wrong with our Xing'er? This little mouth is upturned, but there is a hook of oil ** at Auntie's house, Xing'er stays to hang oil ** for Auntie!"

Apricot grinned, and quickly covered her face to express her dissatisfaction with her mother. Li Caifeng sighed: "Little grinding spirit! Come on, I'll play with you." Xing'er pushed her hands for a while, and the soy milk she pushed out with little effort was not even at all, and there were pimple pieces, so that the two adults loved her and didn't dislike her for making trouble.