Chapter 156: Autumn Harvest
The five people spoke in unison, and said to the outside world that they had met a seedling and five leaves, and the family had divided more than 500 yuan.
There is a big team and three teams to compare the example of the mountain, and the big guys don't think so.
There will be some envy, but it is not as jealous as the big house, and the eyes are so red that they stumble secretly.
In this way, the lives of Xu Shiyan and others have not been disturbed much, and they still do whatever they should do.
The crops in the fields have already entered the maturity stage, and there is no need to weed and loosen the soil at this time, just wait for the harvest in mid to late September.
There is not much work in the ginseng field, after the autumn, the mallet that year's goods should be lifted to open the ginseng shed, put a rain, let the mallet absorb enough water, and make the goods out of the scale in autumn.
But lately, it's been sunny, so you have to wait for the weather to rain.
It's the ginseng soil on the side of the Xiaohei River, and it's time to hurry up, otherwise when it rains, you won't be able to work for several days.
After drying the soil these days, the grass roots have died, and the soil is much looser, so you have to take advantage of the sunny weather to work quickly.
Xu Shiyan has always been in charge of the ginseng soil at this end of Xiaoheihe, and he is indispensable for him to bring people over.
To make the soil, you need to hook up the planed adobe with three teeth and throw it to your chest about one meter.
At the same time, kick with your feet, smash with three teeth, and repeat several times until the adobe is crushed and the grass roots are all shaken out.
After making good soil, the site should be cleaned up immediately, and the tree roots, grass roots and other debris should be collected on both sides of the furrow strings, and then dried for a few days and then burned.
The soil must be scattered, and there are no clods of soil.
In some places with a lot of black soil, you have to go to the hillside to take loess and mix it up in a certain proportion.
Then use a shovel to turn the soil evenly, which is called pouring soil.
Pour the soil into fine and even place, and fold it with a shovel into sharp ridges.
The ridges should be straight, the soil should be sufficient, and the thickness should be even.
Pour all the ginseng soil into a large ridge, which is the end, and wait for the late autumn to start the ginseng planting and planting ginseng.
It can be said that there is no easy work in the field, and there is no easy and earthy soil.
In order to grab the weather, the big guys have to live and work in the mountains, saving time by running back and forth.
So when Xu Shiyan finished packing up the ginseng soil and went down the mountain, they made one by one like mud monkeys.
In September, Xu Shixiang went to Tonghua to study with his bags on his back.
The family is busy with the autumn harvest, and no one has time to send him.
Anyway, it's close to home, just take the train, a young man in his twenties, and he still needs someone to send him for this little distance?
Now at this time, it doesn't cost money to go to college, and there is a subsidy of more than a dozen yuan per month, anyway, one person can eat and drink enough, if you save a little, you can still have a surplus.
Zhou Guilan brought some money to her son, and several brothers also had some meaning, Xu Shixiang had money in his hands, so he didn't have to worry about life.
Others didn't send it, but Xu Shixiang's object followed him to Tonghua.
I stayed in Tonghua for a few days, watched Xu Shixiang settle down, and then went home.
In the busy autumn season, men work in the team during the day, collect rice and beans, and have to be busy with their own land in the morning and evening.
Women are not idle, and all kinds of vegetables in the vegetable garden have to be cleaned up one by one.
Otherwise, when there is a frost one day, all of them will be beaten by frost, so what will you eat?
So you have to hurry up and clean up, take off the old ones and put them in a cool warehouse, and you can save them for a while and eat them slowly.
If it's tender, you have to find a way to pickle it and keep it for the winter.
There are vegetables to eat in the Northeast for a short time, and after the frost, there is no other vegetable to eat except cabbage, radish and potatoes.
Therefore, most women have to hurry up and dry vegetables and pickle them.
All kinds of vegetables in the vegetable garden can be pickled and eaten slowly.
Steam the tender eggplant slightly in the pot, cool it well, peel it in the middle, and add enough salt to the minced garlic and coriander.
Put it in a jar and seal it, marinate it for a few days, and the garlic eggplant is ready to eat.
Tender beans, tender chilies, and even chili leaves are all scalded in boiling water and sprinkled with salt.
If you can, you can also cut some green onion leaves, garlic slices and the like, which tastes better.
Celery root and coriander root are dug out of the ground, cleaned and scalded with boiling water, then sprinkled with salt and kneaded thoroughly, and put them in jars.
When eating, take it out and slice the celery root, and eat it in the morning when you drink porridge, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.
Anyway, a diligent woman will turn everything she can eat into pickles or dried vegetables, save them, and keep them for when there are no vegetables.
This is also a helpless move, which is the case in the Great Northeast, and the winter is too long.
Unlike the South, fresh vegetables are available all year round.
Autumn harvest is the busiest time of the year, but also the most joyful season.
I couldn't straighten my waist when I was tired from working every day, and when I came home, I saw sorghum ears, ears of grain, and millet tied together on the garden sticks.
In the garden, there was yellow smoke on the wooden shelves, red pepper skewers and garlic braids on the walls, and a large pile of pumpkins, sweet potatoes, yams, and potatoes in the barn.
Seeing his wife full of joy and his chubby and lovely son again, no matter how hard and tired he is, he feels that it is worth it.
"Come, eldest son, come to Daddy."
Xu Shiyan went home after a busy day, and he didn't care about the tiredness on his body, so he reached out and picked up his son and put it around his neck.
The six-month-old baby is already quite solid and can sit.
Ever since that day Xu Shiyan put his son around his neck for fun, this kid has been addicted.
Every time I saw Xu Shiyan, I shouted and stretched out my hand, and I was not happy to pick it up, so I had to ride on my neck to be happy.
Xu Shiyan carried his son all over the ground, and the little guy didn't know that he was afraid, so he waved his hand happily and shouted.
The father and son are so crazy that Su Anying's heart is shocking.
"Be careful, don't fall on the child, it's so high, what if you fall down?"
Su Anying stretched out her hand to pick it up, but Xiao Haiyuan ignored her mother at all, and she was happy to play with his father.
"Daughter-in-law, it's okay, don't worry. I'll coax the child, you can just cook with peace of mind. ”
Xu Shiyan grabbed his son's waist, how could he let his son fall?
Just carrying his son like this, he ran from the house to the yard, and then walked around the yard.
"Here, look at our dog."
Wandering to the kennel, Xu Shiyan put his son down and asked him to reach out and touch the puppy.
The four puppies have been around for almost two months, and they were weaned a while ago, and now they are eating well.
With Su Anying's careful care, the four puppies are all very good-looking, very energetic, all kinds of skins all day long, and fight at every turn.
Xu Haiyuan came out every day to see the puppies, and he liked it very much, stretched out his little hand, touched this one, and then touched that one.
The little baby, with a few hands in his hand, grabbed the back of the little black dog's neck with a force.
Fortunately, he didn't have that much strength, so he only took a handful and couldn't lift the dog up.
The little black dog snorted, and Xu Shiyan hurriedly picked up his son and put it on his lap.
The little guy couldn't reach the puppy with his hands, so he teased his calves and feet, looking at the posture, he looked a little like he was going to kick.
"You bear child, I see that you have grown up to be a master of flirting with cats and dogs, naughty bag."
Xu Shiyan reached out and grabbed his son's fleshy little feet, not allowing him to move.
"Dad told you, this is our dog, don't bully them." Xu Shiyan warned his son.
Where could Xiao Haiyuan understand those, he only turned his head in confusion and glanced at Xu Shiyan, "Eight, eight?" ”