Chapter Forty-Eight: Waiting for Work with Ease
The heavy snow has just disappeared, and the spring cold is not yet the time for spring planting, but there are many more busy figures in the fields of Qingshan Village.
The winter in Qingshan Village is not too cold, as long as the soil is well maintained, wheat can be planted twice a year, and the winter wheat planted last year is only now starting to turn green.
When the wheat begins to turn green, there is more work in the fields, such as hoeing and watering to keep the grass warm and moisturizing, and collecting manure and fertilizing the livestock at home.
In addition to grain, it is also necessary to turn over the vegetable field, and wait for the spring rain to warm up before sowing vegetables.
Most of them are trivial work, and the ploughing is the most tiring, and it usually starts when the weather warms up and the land is flooded with rain, but this year it was all brought forward.
Although the two rooms of the mountain family are each married, there are many meals a day with the same food, either the Jin family is in charge of the spoon or the mountain is in charge of the spoon, the former is rich in dishes and full, and the latter is fine and delicious.
After the New Year's Festival, it is rare that there are meat dishes on the dinner table, not only meat, but also Yama Daro and Yamajiro also have extra meals, which are rich and sharp.
"Dad and second uncle have eaten too much." Sanzhu swallowed greedily at the bowls of the two adults, "Mother, are we picking up silver?" ”
"Pick up some silver." Jin was very speechless about his child's food-loving nature, and slapped a palm on the back of his head, "Your father and second uncle are going to serve labor in a while, what about suffering, don't make up for it now, what if you get hurt then?" ”
The two-bedroom couple who originally chose to serve in labor and not pay the silver did not realize the seriousness of this matter, but looking at Shan Tao going up the mountain every day to find medicinal materials for self-cultivation, the Jin family changed his attitude of careful planning in the past, and improved the food level for Shan Dalang, so that he could save his senses, and this matter was not simple.
These Tianshan Tao turned over the herb book, especially those things that can be used as food supplements, kept it in mind, and led the wolf cubs up the mountain every day to find it.
Now that the wolf cub has her waist high, and her appetite is getting bigger and bigger, the family can't eat meat at once, so they naturally can't take care of it, so they simply start training it to hunt and take care of their own food.
From the beginning, the two voles couldn't catch up, and now the wolf cubs can always find some prey to sacrifice their teeth no matter how big or small they catch, and occasionally they can leak some rations for the family.
Shan Erzhu, who used to act as a bodyguard of the mountain peach, performed when building a new house at home, and finally lived up to his efforts and was accepted as an apprentice by the ancient master, and now he is learning the craft while doing day work with the ancient master, and is less at home.
"Dad, this soup is stewed with yams, nourishing yin and qi, strengthening the spleen and kidneys, you and uncle use more." Shan Tao scooped a bowl of chicken soup full of yams for her father and uncle, which was also her biggest harvest in the mountains recently.
Naturally, Yama Dalang and Yamajiro would not push away Yama Momo's kindness, and they both drank it obediently, even if their stomachs were already swollen.
After eating an unusually sumptuous breakfast, Yamajiro carried farm tools and prepared to work in the field as usual, and Yamajiro was now carrying a hundred acres of land at home, and he was also preparing with him, but he was stopped by the Kim family.
"What are you two doing, resting at home, you are going to serve labor in the next ten days, what kind of work is it taking at this time."
Stopping the two dishonest yellants, the Jin family called Du Yingqiu, "Brother and sister, let's go to the field, the spring rain has not fallen, do some light work first." ”
The two concubines and the important labor force of Shan Dazhu went to the field together, Shan Dalang had nothing to do and couldn't get down, turned out some tools to repair the tables and chairs at home, and Shan Erlang brought the three pillars and Shan Tao who stayed at home to the study to study.
After reading the book for an hour and learning the words for another hour, Shan Tao couldn't sit still, "Dad, I want to take the wolf cub to the mountain to find medicine." ”
Compared with the real schoolboy Sanzhu, Shan Tao is not without a cultural foundation, in her previous life, when her mother was alive, she invited a famous teacher, and later she also searched for her own books until she was blind.
Therefore, Shan Erlang didn't force it, let it go, turned his head and saw the three pillars with his buttocks twisting on the seat, and smiled slightly, "The plan of the day lies in the morning, let's accompany the second uncle to learn for a while." ”
In the past, Yamajiro followed Yama Dalang to the field, and Sanzhu was still a little free, but now he was caught by Yamajiro who was bored to raise his body, so he could only cry and continue to stay in the church.
"Gone." Shan Tao picked up his wooden spear and carried a basket with a medicine hoe on his back, and called the wolf cub, and the wolf cub followed.
When I went out, I happened to meet Shan Chunhua who ran out of the main house with a red face, and the aunt and nephew looked at each other and staggered each other.
"Can I go with you to the mountains?"
After hesitating, Shan Chunhua still opened her mouth, she twisted the corner of her clothes, "I don't want to steal your skills, I just want to dig wild vegetables or something, and I'm afraid of encountering wild beasts......"
After the separation, the big house and the second room are thriving, but the life of Du and a pair of children next door is much more difficult.
Yamazaburo took leave from the county school, studied at home, and also had to prepare for more than ten days of hard labor, because he lost face in the village, he didn't even go out every day, and occasionally he could be heard reading with his voice deliberately hanging his throat.
Du Shi had an old bone, but because he was reluctant to let his son go back to the ground by himself, the laundry and cooking at home were all pressed to Shan Chunhua.
Not only that, but also often take the mountain spring flower out of anger, see a mountain peach to bring something to the house, scold the mountain spring flower incompetent, pick and search rations, the mountain spring flower can't even eat.
In Shan Tao's eyes, Shan Chunhua, a girl who has turned the year and is only eleven, has many problems that Du Shi used to in the past.
thought that she could live a worry-free life with her brother and a face, because of Du's preference for her in the past, she was self-righteous, once there was a gap in life, she felt that she was just an ordinary country girl, and she would be unbalanced, and even jealous of the mountain peach.
Now it's Du Shi again, who has personally shattered the vanity of Shan Chunhua for many years, put away his previous arrogance, and become cautious.
didn't wait for Shan Tao's response for a long time, Shan Chunhua thought she was unwilling, her cheeks were even hotter when she was fanned, and she gritted her teeth so that the tears didn't fall, "You shouldn't be willing to do it, I didn't treat you well before, and the pork leg splashed you with dirty water that time, I'm sorry to ......"
"Bring something, you don't dig with your hands, do you?" Shan Tao's face did not change, and he glanced at the sun, "I won't wait for you for a moment." ”
Shan Chunhua raised her head in shock, tears slipped down instantly, and she hurriedly wiped it and ran back to the yard to get the tools.
At this time, there are many people who go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and these uncared for wild vegetables often recover earlier than the vegetables carefully maintained by people in the field, and they are the most tender and refreshing at this time.
Because Shan Tao wanted to find medicinal herbs, he looked for some more remote locations, and he was not afraid of danger with his wolf cubs and his own spearmanship.
Although Shan Chunhua knew that Shan Tao was very good at finding things, she didn't bother her, knowing that it was rare to let her follow, so she bent down and looked for it everywhere, and she was safe for a while.