When Lan Yi received Zhou Weiji's letter, she was watching the peony picking leaves and bundling straw in the garden. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoDuring this year's autumn harvest, there were few rice growers, and the straw used to tie peonies was bought by Uncle Wang from more than a dozen surrounding villages with a lot of effort.

Lan Yi sat in the gazebo, and before she could even get home, she opened the letter and read it, and then, frowning deeply. Mr. Zhou said he could not come back yet.

Although the war is over, he still has a lot to do.

Lan Yi put down the letter and looked at the rows of returning geese flying in the sky, her face solemn. Liu, who was wearing a hat next to him, looked at it and asked cautiously, "Sister-in-law, but Brother Tuesday is not going well?" ”

Lan Yi smiled reluctantly, "No, that means he can't come back recently." ”

Liu Shi looked at Lan Yi's belly, which had been more than seven months, and felt sorry for her, she had a bad firstbirth, and her husband had not been around, it was really difficult for her, but fortunately, her sister-in-law was strong, if she was herself, she would have been unable to hold it for a long time, "Sister-in-law, when will Brother Tuesday come back?" It's not going to be a month, is it? ”

Lan Yi shook her head, this is what she is afraid of, Zhou Wei is very likely to be promoted, and he is going to take troops outside, for his own sake, in order to have more strength to protect himself, he gave up the idea of being a fast catcher, and wants to hold more power.

Liu was silent, and he didn't know how to persuade him again, if Zhou Weiji couldn't come back when Layue Lanyi gave birth, then what should be done.

Zhao Shangjing walked over, "Sister-in-law Tuesday, the peony on the north slope of the mountain, will you bury fertilizer and water it tomorrow?" ”

Lan Yi held up her spirit and nodded, "Okay, Uncle Zhao, you and the second uncle will look at the arrangements for these things, and the manpower in the garden will also be handed over to you for deployment, and it will be good to vacate ten people for me the day after tomorrow." ”

Zhao Shangjing and Liu's eyes lit up, "Going to harvest sweet potatoes?" ”

Lan Yi smiled and nodded, "Yes, the sweet potatoes will be harvested the day after tomorrow." ”

Harvesting sweet potatoes is a big deal. Liu Guo rode over early in the morning with ten servants, and Liang Jin, Xia Chongxiao, and Xiao Qi also gathered on the land of Lan Yi's house, and like many people in the village who came to see the excitement and help, they looked at the sweet potato vines that had become dark green with burning eyes. Mr. Nameless and Mr. Jingxiao were also dressed as old farmers, carrying shovels and standing beside Lan Yi.

Lan Yi looked at the sun, then at the sweet potato vines that had fallen with dew, and turned her head to ask Liu Guogen, "Lord Liu, then start harvesting?" ”

Liu Guo nodded even more, "Accept." ”

At the sound of an order, ten hired men in front, wielding a sickle, cut the sweet potato vines from the roots, tumbling into a ball, after cutting the sweet potato vines, there were ridges of sweet potatoes to be dug, and everyone watched with bated breath. Lan Yi said, "When digging, be careful not to hurt the roots, dig deeper into the soil, and bring up the whole sweet potato." ”

Wang Lin Xi, Wang Lin Yuan, Zhao Liangxiu, Zhou Weikun, Zhou Weipeng, Fat Man, Zhou Suyi and others responded at the same time, and one person occupied a ridge, picked up the wide pickaxe for plowing the ground, and excavated.

I poured a water more than half a month ago, and now the ground has not dried out, and it is not too laborious to plan, not to mention that several people are strong guys. The pickaxe of the wheel sank into the soil, and as soon as he pried the area, a sweet potato plant was brought up from the soil.

"Wow~~~" surrounded the audience and let out an exclamation at the same time. This sweet potato, really, is so beautiful.

It's amazing that five or six sweet potatoes that are purple-red and no bigger than a palm are crowded together and exposed to the crust.

Zhou Lao wiped his saliva, his eyes widened and said, "This thing is different from ginseng and angelica, it's not one under a tree, it's a bunch." I'm a good man, there are so many pieces of one tree, how many pieces and how many catties do you get for this large piece of land? ”

Erfa, who has always been less than that, couldn't help but say excitedly, "Lord Liu asked people to bring it over, and it must be weighed when it is collected, look at the yield per mu, and then wait a while to know." In my opinion, one acre of land is less than 2,000 catties! ”

Zhao Lizheng and Second Uncle Wang looked at the bunches of sweet potatoes that were shoeed out, and they were also happy. Zhao Lizheng asked Lan Yidao, "Daughter-in-law Weiji, can you accept this?" ”

Lan Yi nodded, "Break the sweet potatoes from the roots, shake off the soil, and put them in the basket to weigh them, be careful not to break the skin, if the skin is broken, it will be difficult to put it." ”

Zhao Lizheng responded repeatedly, turned around and beckoned a few old croppers such as Erfa, Second Uncle Wang, and Zhao Sande to do it himself, carefully shake off the soil on the sweet potatoes, and put them into the basket one by one.

Mr. Nameless and Mr. Jingxiao saw that this work was good, and they also rolled up their sleeves to get started in person, and Yu Bo naturally followed. Xiao Qi, Xia Chongxiao, Liang Jin, and Su Yongshen also followed him into the field.

It is an extremely honorable thing to be able to go down to the field to help harvest sweet potatoes, so many people in the village are watching with their eyes, what is going on with these two old masters and Xiao Qi and others going to the ground to interfere. Old Man Zhou frowned, and muttered next to Lan Yi, "They people, what kind ......of excitement are they making around?"

Lan Yi just didn't hear it, and when she saw that the basket was full, she said to Liu Guo, "My lord, you can lift the basket to weigh it." ”

Liu Guo, who had a serious face, should be even more down, and several officials divided labor, carrying baskets, weighing, and counting with pens, and began to weigh in an orderly manner. After the journey, the sweet potatoes were placed on the ground in baskets.

Lan Yi smiled at the lively crowd, "Guys take a hand and help carry the sweet potatoes to my yard?" ”

The crowd cheered, and the two picked up a basket and walked down the hillside. Zhao Li was watching everyone's footsteps running down quickly, and hurriedly shouted, "Be careful, don't fall, don't break the skin!" ”

"Gotcha!" Everyone responded in unison, laughing.

The women who were watching the excitement next to them were also eager to try, and asked Lan Yidao, "Second sister-in-law, what should you do with this sweet potato vine?" ”

Lan Yi saw the enthusiasm on everyone's faces to help, and said with a smile, "Then bother you to help on the ground?" ”

Everyone cheered and went down to the ground to help.

Lan Yi took the lively scene of the whole village moving together, smiling, this is the harvest, it's really good.

There is a lot of strength in people, and the sweet potatoes of one acre of land are harvested in less than half an hour.

Everyone held their breath and their eyes fell on the two officials who checked the numbers with abacus beads. The two officials fingers were fast, the accounting was the same, and they stared at the abacus with wide eyes.

Liu Guo asked with a serious face, "How many catties?" ”

The official raised his head in disbelief, full of joy and said, "My lord, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-three catties!" ”

Everyone couldn't believe their ears and asked in unison, "How many catties?" ”

The two officials shouted in unison, "Four thousand eight hundred and ninety-three catties!" ”

"Whew-" The crowd exclaimed, followed by a lively discussion. They looked at the baskets of sweet potatoes and knew that they were indispensable, but they didn't expect that there would be so many, nearly 5,000 catties!

What is the concept of 5,000 catties? High-quality fertile land, with enough fertilizer, in a good year, the yield of wheat per mu is more than 400 catties! Such a slope, medium rice and rapeseed, with a production capacity of 200 catties per mu, is good.

Who would have thought that planting sweet potatoes would yield nearly 5,000 catties!