After harvesting the field, plough the land again, turn all the soil over, because of the drought, the water in the field has to find a way to drain in, the five acres of land of the Lin family are all together, and the water distribution position of the back mountain is also very close, and the water diversion is convenient, and there is no need for manpower to irrigate the field one by one.

The big guys discussed the countermeasures before leaving, the most anxious at the moment is to plant late rice, so ploughing and plowing need to speed up the time, the cultivated seedlings have gradually been on the right track, and now wait for the field to be transplanted in.

The sky gradually darkened, Jiang Yan sat on the small bench at the door of the hall, she held a dustpan in her hand, and inside were round soybeans, the bean sprouts that had been soaked before were not done well, all of them rotted and stinked in the wooden basin, and a lot of disgusting insects were nourished.

That day, she turned over the gauze, and almost didn't get smoked and vomited by the disgusting and sticky rotten bean sprouts, because of improper water change and care, all the sprouts with some young sprouts were suffocated in the basin, if it weren't for the two daughters-in-law who weren't too dirty, Jiang Yan was afraid that the basin would want to be lost directly.

"Mother, do you still want to soak bean sprouts?" Wang Jinhua leaned over cautiously, the sky was dark, and there were two oil lamps lit in the hall, and she had new cloth shoes sewn on her hands, which could only be seen more clearly when she got closer.

"I didn't get it done before, I'm trying, don't sew it when it's dark, hurt your eyes, don't worry about these things, it's hard these days, rest early."

These days can be said to be high-intensity work, she is still sore hands and feet, and she has no strength to lift chopsticks when eating, she really admires that Wang Jinhua can still hold such a thin embroidery needle here to sew and mend.

"Got it, mother." Wang Jinhua lowered her eyes and smiled, although she didn't dare to say too much to her mother-in-law, and she didn't dare to get too close, but compared to before, she felt that she was much bolder.

The next day, Lin Dong took two daughters-in-law to the town to open a shop, Lin Bei and Erbi went to a private school to study, and Lin Nan took others to the fields to turn over the land.

Ploughing the ground is a physical work, a hoe in each hand, buried in the ground to dig up, before the drainage to the field of water there is a shallow layer, so digging is particularly laborious, sometimes the hoe hits the rice stubble, water and soil will bounce all over.

Jiang Yan came late, and by the time she finished breakfast and took Lin Feng to the field, the Lin brothers had already dug up a small part.

At this time, she suddenly remembered that the Lin family had no cattle, and the cultivated land was dug by manpower over the years, and the way of cultivating the land in this era was still very backward, horse ploughing and ox ploughing existed, and horse ploughing was almost not seen in the homes of village households, and the more common was ox ploughing, but the farming tools for cultivated land were still very rough and laborious, with columbs and ploughs, but mainly manpower.

"Second brother, you go to the village chief to borrow his oxen and plough tools, our family has a few acres of land, and if you dig like this, your hands are tired and broken." Jiang Yan shouted towards the field.

A strong laborer, according to this manual digging, can not dig half an acre of land in a day, plus to transport humus and farm fertilizer to the field, in this way, the increase in the amount of work will only slow down the speed even more, and when Lin Nan and they clean up the paddy fields, I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with the time to plant late rice.

Lin Nan came back with the ox cart, Jiang Yanzai carefully studied the plough tools of this era, and it was much different from what she remembered, it was heavy and rough, and it was difficult for the oxen to drag.

She had to think of ways to improve the farm tools, otherwise when she bought the wasteland on the mountain, just clearing the wasteland would exhaust the Lin family brothers.

"Second child, you use an ox cart to turn over the fields first, and the others go to the mountains to carry humus first, I want to think if there is any way to speed up the speed of turning the ground."

Lin Nan obeyed Jiang Yan's words, he drove the plow on the back of the old ox, and then began to turn the field.

Linsey took the others to dig humus in the mountains.

Jiang Wen wanted to follow, but was stopped by Jiang Yan, she was just a village woman, even if she had an idea, she couldn't express it directly, so she could only fool Jiang Wen.

The wasteland can be reclaimed with a columbia, the original owner of the cocoon in this era has seen it, or a rough version, if you want to improve the current farm tools, you naturally can't draw it directly, Jiang Yan asked Lin Dong in the town to buy some books on farm tools when he came back.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yan took Jiang Wen and the Lin family brothers to study in the courtyard.

"The plough is only the one in our village, which can be pulled by oxen and ploughed, or pulled by people, and there are also many plows, but the land of each family in our village is not much, and it can be done with a hoe at home." Lin Dong pointed to the plow in the book, he felt that it was really laborious to use this thing, and it was better to dig it himself.

"I've only seen this cart in a big landlord's house in the town, and I've heard that the farmland is very fast, and it's very expensive to make." Lin Nan also pointed to the cocoon and said.

Jiang Yan nodded, the farming in the village is all manual turning of the soil, hoeing and digging pits, manually sprinkling seeds and then manually covering the soil.

"Our family bought so much wasteland, and when the spring is opened, it will be cultivated in the spring, so many acres of land are hard and time-consuming to rely on manpower, so I plan to get a cocoon car, this kind of pear plough feels rough and bulky, I want to make three pear ploughshares, and it is convenient for one person to operate."

Jiang Yan gave an overview of his thoughts, Lin Dong and Lin Nan farmed all the year round, and immediately understood the general meaning, and then said: "Yes, my mother is right, our family has a carriage, which is made into three pear ploughshares, so that it is fast and convenient when cultivating the land, and the most important thing is that it is effortless." ”

Jiang Yan nodded, the cocoon here has begun to take shape, she can roughly explain the principle with a little guidance to Lin Dong, and Jiang Wen will draw the rest.

Jiang Wen heard the last sudden enlightenment from the clouds at the beginning, he didn't understand agricultural affairs, but he could understand the drawings, so he could better understand what Lin Dong and Lin Nan said, what they said, he would draw anything, and even modify the unreasonable places on the basis of the above.

Jiang Yan watched from the side, if there was anything different from the cocoon in her memory, she would say it quietly, and guide Lin Dong and Lin Nan to discover that the Lin family is not a dull and stupid person, farming is their strength, and with a little guidance and stimulation, she quickly reached her idea.

Jiang Wen rolled up his sleeves and quickly drew the drawings of the columbland, the position of the ploughshare is iron, the other positions are wooden, the size and length, and the shape are improved on the basis of the original, the columbus can be flexibly changed, it can be made of three ploughshares, it can also be made of five ploughshares, or even seven ploughshares, add a small gate box on it, and when the time comes, you can directly sow seeds when the wasteland is reclaimed, which is convenient and fast.

"We can make the ploughshare head of the ridge in front of us lighter, so that it will be easier to open the soil, and the soil block of the ridge cover will also be lighter, and the soil cover will be loose, and the seeds will be easier to grow." Jiang Yan pointed to the drawings drawn by Jiang Wen and said.

Jiang Wen deserves to have read the book for many years, and completely understood Jiang Yan's meaning, the drawings are concise and clear, the size spacing and even the annotations on them are clearly written, at a glance, as long as you can be a carpenter, you can understand it at a glance.

(End of chapter)