In the cold of March, all the villagers in Tashan Village began to be busy for the upcoming spring ploughing.

The young people went to dig the soil, and the old people in the family were not idle, and after they put the frozen soil dug back at home, they mixed it with farm fertilizer, saying that it would give the soil strength, and the seedlings would grow better when the time came.

The whole village was busy until late March, when it was basically completed.

Then it was the work of the old ladies, who packed the soil into boxes and put it on the shelves in the greenhouses. When I thought about it very well, but when I really implemented it, I encountered a problem, Dapeng can't put so many wooden boxes at once, so that the upper layer of wood boxes will block the rice seedlings below, and the outside sun can't shine on the rice seedlings below, and the rice seedlings will not grow, so the wooden boxes in Dapeng can only be placed in a stepped style, so that the following households can also receive the sun.

As a result, there was no place to put some wooden boxes, and then several little daughters-in-law stood up and said, "There is no place to put this, and we can't be blind in vain. "Everyone knows that these wooden boxes are to be planted with rice seedlings, and they are all calculated, if a few are not planted, it means that I don't know whose few acres of paddy fields have no rice seedlings this year. Whoever stands up for this will have to die of worry, so they stood up, and they couldn't lose at the starting line.

Others saw that someone took the lead, and they all said that they could take a few of them home to take care of them, and I was touched by what these little daughters-in-law did. I am very impressed that people can see the situation clearly and focus on the overall situation.

It was back in the same time last year. After entering April, Jiang Zhi found a few old crops, gave them seeds, and let them be responsible for raising rice seedlings. Those old tricks were called to work, and there were no complaints at all, but they were like chicken blood, from seed screening, soaking and disinfection to germination and sowing, temperature control, and so on. It is more elaborate than when I planted my own land, and it grew into the greenhouse all day long.

Several capable people fulfilled their mission and successfully made the rice seedlings sprout and thrive. Now when I enter the greenhouse, what I see is a lush green seedling.

Seeing that all the preliminary work in Tashan Village had been completed, and the rice seedlings in the greenhouse were also growing gratifyingly, the weather was warmed up, and the seeds were sown.

It's the middle of April. There was no arbor in the village. I'm starting to worry again.

Lying on the big bed in the space at night, I asked Jiang Zhi worriedly: "You say, did that Qiao profiteer forget about what we entrusted him, or didn't get the diesel, why didn't he send it." It's just May. ”

"Don't worry, if Qiao Mu can get diesel, he will definitely send it to us, it's more than 10,000 catties of grain. It's not a small amount. Jiang Zhi said lightly that he was very confident in Qiao Mu.

But I'm a woman. Women are more thoughtful about everything, although things haven't happened yet, but they can also be measured in advance.

"So what if he doesn't get the diesel, will we just keep waiting? The rice seedlings in the greenhouse can't wait. ”

Jiang Zhi was silent for a while, and said: "If we really can't get diesel this year, then we can't just watch, and when the weather warms up, we will dig by hand, how much can be dug and how many seeds can be dug up, even if we have to plant rice in the first gongdi." ”

I heard him say this, and he didn't squeak, but we all knew in our hearts that if there was no diesel fuel and no tractor, a large part of the more than 400 acres of paddy fields in the village must not be able to grow rice. Then next year, the living standard of the entire Tashan Village will be lowered by several grades.

Just a few days after I told Jiang Zhi about this, on the only road leading from the village to the county, a few sleds drove again, but this time these sleds were driving side by side, and I saw clearly when I walked in, and there was a big body behind the sled, and there were several big iron buckets in the body.

This phenomenon alarmed the entire Tashan Village, and Jiang Zhi and I also hurried out to welcome guests after getting the news.

When Qiao Mu saw us coming, he got off the sleigh and laughed and said, "Haha, Brother Jiang, look at what I found there, I am finally fortunate to be alive." ”

We followed the direction he pointed out, and saw that there were indeed several big iron drums in the body pulled by the sled, which should be the diesel fuel we wanted, Jiang Zhi also smiled and said: "Okay, Brother Qiao Mu is really a capable person, nothing is difficult for you, you can get so much diesel, I really admire it, I also thank you on behalf of the people of our whole mountain village, you have helped us a lot, and when the autumn harvest is this year, you must come to our village again, at that time, our whole village invites you to dinner." ”

The villagers next to them listened to Jiang Zhi's words, and they all clapped their hands one after another, echoing that they wanted to invite them to dinner.

"Brother Jiang, don't put a high hat on me, I'm also here to eat, let's take what we need." Qiao Mu straightened his position and was resolutely not affected by Jiang Zhigao's hat.

I look at him like that, probably because I am afraid that Jiang Zhi is just getting close to him, if he agrees, Jiang Zhi will then have to talk to him about bargaining. This little picky profiteer.

Since the road in the village is not as wide as the road, these sleds cannot enter the village side by side, so Jiang Zhi asked Chen Hao to organize people to move all the oil drums in the car to the village committee, and he took Qiao Mu and a few brothers to my house, ready to entertain them in advance.

However, it was only Qiao Mu who followed us first, and the brothers were obviously not worried about their sleds outside the village, although this road only led to the mountain village, but if they really lost it, they had no place to cry, so they still put it under their noses to rest assured.

After Qiao Mu followed us home, our family was also busy, Jiang Ma Qu Ma and Wei Wei were busy in the kitchen, preparing to entertain guests at noon, Li Cheng and Li Shanqing went to prepare food, 12,000 catties of rice, our family couldn't take it out, we had to use corn and sweet potatoes to fill the number, and the two of them followed what Jiang Zhi said, and transported grain out of the cellar.

Qiao Mu's brother also pushed the sled into our yard at this time, and followed Qiao Mu into the house to rest with confidence.

After everyone sat down in the living room, Jiang Zhi first talked to Qiao Mu about the food problem to deal with.

"Brother Qiao Mu, our brother settles the account, according to what was said before, 10 catties of rice for 1 liter of diesel, we ordered 1200 liters of diesel, and what you brought today is ......" Jiang Zhi did not continue, and looked at Qiao Mu inquiringly, wanting to determine how much diesel he pulled today.

Qiao Mu saw the meaning of Jiang Zhi's inquiry, and said, "1200 liters of diesel, only a lot more." ”

"Okay, then we should pay you 12,000 catties of rice according to the agreement, but we really can't take out so much rice at once, fortunately, we also said that we can use sweet potatoes and corn instead, I want to give you food like this, Brother Qiaomu, how about you listen, if not, we are discussing." Jiang Zhi saw that Qiao Mu nodded, and continued.

"We have 6,000 catties of rice left, all for you, and save 6,000 catties, I think 4,000 catties of them are replaced with corn, that is, 6,000 catties of corn, and 2,000 catties are replaced by sweet potatoes, which is 4,000 catties of sweet potatoes. In the end, I will pay you 6,000 catties of rice, 6,000 catties of corn, plus 4,000 sweet potatoes, Brother Qiaomu, you look at this and you are not satisfied. ”

This payment method has been discussed by our family, last year the family planted 10 acres of paddy fields, harvested more than 11,000 catties of rice, which hired people to harvest pine nuts with some, their own family ate some, there are more than 7,000 catties left, although we do not plan to give out the new rice, but the harvest at home is there, so how can the rice paid not be more than this number, but also set aside a little home to eat, so it was decided to take out 6,000 catties of rice.

Although there are still many sweet potatoes, they are not enough for 12,000 catties, so the number of corn tops is used again.

Qiao Mu thought for a while and said, "I don't have any opinion on this, but in this weather, the sweet potatoes can't be transported away, and they will freeze as soon as they are taken out." ”

We really didn't expect this problem, there is indeed this problem, Jiang Zhi thought for a while and said: "Brother Qiaomu, if you believe me, don't take the sweet potatoes away first, it will take less than half a month, the weather will definitely warm up, and then you are coming to take the sweet potatoes away." ”

Qiao Mu just pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, look at what you said, I can't believe it, no one has to trust you, you are a big pipe, according to what the eldest brother said, I will take away the rice and corn first, and I will take those sweet potatoes when the weather is warm." ”

As soon as we heard it, Qiao Mu agreed to this payment method, we were very happy, the 1200 liters of diesel fuel are our family's own grain, Jiang Zhi said that when the spring ploughing begins, together with the tractor, rent it to the villagers, save the cost of repaying that twice.

Just when everyone was happy and complimenting each other, Qiao Mu asked another question: "Brother Jiang, do we have cabbage or other shelf-stable vegetables in this mountain village?" ”

After Jiang Zhi heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and Qiao Mu hurriedly explained: "Brother Jiang, this day I eat rice, sweet potatoes or something, although I can't die, but it's also very uncomfortable, I thought in my mouth, it would be better if I had some vegetables to eat, so I asked you if you planted them last year, if you planted them, see if you can sell them to us." ”

He really asked the right person, last year in the whole mountain village, on our family's newly opened land planted a few acres of cabbage, which is considered to be relatively good, although other villagers planted, but because of the lack of water and sun exposure did not grow, the better ones took back home to order cabbage leaves, which were generally sunburned to death, and there was nothing left.

During the Chinese New Year, our family also sent two Chinese cabbages to each family, as well as two pickled cabbages, and several aunts came to my house to thank them.

"Our family planted cabbage last year, although the harvest was not good, but now it is still a little, if you want to buy it, how to calculate the price?" I was afraid that Jiang Zhi would be embarrassed to negotiate the price with him, so I asked first.

"Haha, sister-in-law, you can count whatever you say." Qiao Mu said in a good manner. (To be continued......)