282: Preparation for sowing
With Mo Ziyun at home, after Murong Qingyuan read for half an hour, she went to remind him to come out to rest, and when he was resting, she helped spread the tablecloth cut at home, leaving only the table for eating. After resting for a while, I went back to the study to read until I rested in the evening.
I had a good night's dream, got up early and had breakfast, and walked to the examination room accompanied by the four members of the Mo family.
Without Han Shuxian's advice, Mo Ziyun inevitably said a few more words.
"Brother Qingyuan, when you answer the question, review the question more, so as not to make a mistake in the dazzle."
'Brother Qingyuan, don't be in a hurry when answering the question, you have to write slowly.
'Brother Qingyuan, after answering the questions, you have to check them one by one as you did in the last county exam.
Murong Qingyuan curled his lips to listen to her nagging, and when he arrived at the door of the examination room, he said to Mo Ziyun, "Don't be nervous!"
All the way, I am talking about it, saying pay attention to this, pay attention to that! It seemed that he was nervous, and covered up: "It's not me who is taking the exam, what am I nervous about!"
Murong Qingyuan, "It's good if you're not nervous, and I'm not nervous either. Don't worry, I'm confident that I can do well."
All right! People are geniuses and scholars! Don't be nervous at all!
"Okay, we'll celebrate when you get good grades!" I wanted to add a celebration until you won the top prize, but after thinking about it, forget it, and it will be a good achievement.
Just like the previous county exam, it is sent every day and picked up every day until the three tests are completed.
After the exam, the Mo family did not stay in Beijing for long, and after being busy at home, they stayed in Beijing with nothing to do, but the two elders of the Mo family were not used to it, and they rushed home in the second half of the day after the exam.
After arriving home, Murong Qingyuan went to Han's house to find Han Shuxian to report the situation of the exam.
"Why didn't you come back after a few more days?" I thought they would play for two more days before they came back, but I didn't expect to come back on the day after the exam.
Murong Qingyuan replied, "Except that the capital is bigger than our county seat, and there are more shops and people, there is nothing interesting about it." The main thing is to come back and plant medicinal herbs, which can be planted at the beginning of May, but for the exam, I waited until the exam was over, and now I can't wait.
However, Uncle Han agreed with his statement, "It's true, Jingli is nothing more than selling more things, all of them." Then I asked about the exam, "How did I feel about the exam?"
Just like when he entered the examination room, he said, 'I am confident that I will do well in the exam, the questions are not difficult for him, and when I answer, I remember to carefully examine the questions, answer the questions carefully, and then check carefully, and I feel very good after the exam."
"I feel good, I don't think it's difficult this time!"
"That's good! I hope to get a good ranking this time!" Han Shuxian saw that he was relaxed, and he also relaxed, although he knew that with his results, it was no problem to pass the government exam, but it was not the same as being among the best.
"It's still early for the exam, so you can rest for two more days."
"Well, I'll plant the herbs in the ground these days, and I'll go to the field when I'm still free." Murong Qingyuan said his plan.
"It's okay, a nerd who doesn't listen to anything outside the window and only reads the books of the sages can't go far even if he is in high school."
"Go ahead, whether it's planting medicine or growing crops, you have to know it by heart."
"Well, uncle is busy first, I'll go back first." After Murong Qingyuan greeted him, he walked home.
When I got home, I happened to hear Mo Tingyu and Boss Qiao, who came home, talking about preparing to go to the land of Cuilong Mountain to plant red vines.
"Grandpa, when the crops are all planted, I will ask someone to help grow medicinal herbs." Murong Qingyuan said after he arrived home.
Mo Tingyu raised his head and said, "I'm talking to your Uncle Qiao about this, the crops are nothing to do sooner or later, plant the medicine first, and then plant the crops when the medicine is planted in the ground."
Murong Qingyuan thought that the astragalus should have been planted at the end of April or early May, and the seedlings would emerge in mid-May, but now that the astragalus had not yet fallen to the ground, according to Mo Tingyu's words, "That's good, plant astragalus first."
Then he said, "Because the exam delayed the planting of astragalus, it's early."
It's good to plant a little."
"You talk about how to plant it first, and tomorrow we will go to the field to plant the astragalus first." Mo Tingyu said again.
"The shell of the astragalus is too hard, and it is very slow to germinate directly when planted, so first rub the shell with sand and gravel, then soak it in water overnight, and then plant it in the ground tomorrow morning."
Although Murong Qingyuan said how to deal with the seeds, Mo Tingyu didn't know how to plant them, "How to plant them? Like the Yunying grass, do you sprinkle it directly on the ground?"
"Astragalus grows relatively tall and has many branches and leaves, so it is easy to sow seeds too densely."
Before Murong Qingyuan finished speaking, Boss Qiao picked up the topic, "That's like planting soybeans, planting them one by one."
Speaking of planting crops, Mo Tingyu and Boss Qiao have a lot of common language, "This method is good, the leaves of soybeans also grow densely, and the seeds are scattered and grow well, and then two seeds will be planted in a row."
"I'll go to the river to get some sand and gravel first, and come back with sand seeds." Boss Joe said.
"I'll go with Uncle Qiao." Murong Qingyuan followed behind Boss Qiao and said.
"I'll just go, don't go to the river, don't get all over the water." Boss Qiao stopped him, he was going to take a handful of baskets, go to the river to fish a handful of sand and gravel, and come back.
"I'm just watching from the shore." There is sand and gravel in the river, if anyone needs it, take a handful of baskets and go to the river to catch it, although this job is not difficult, but he has never fished it, so he also wants to follow to see, every step he must know clearly.
"Okay, I'll go get something first!" After Boss Qiao finished speaking, he walked to the backyard, took a handful of dustpans, and then walked out again.
Then the two walked towards the river, and when they arrived at the river, Boss Qiao took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs and walked to the river.
When he walked to a place where there was a lot of sand, he scooped the basket into the water, and then kept sifting through the river to sift out some large dregs, and finally only the fine sand and gravel were left before turning around and walking to the shore to put on shoes.
"Uncle Qiao has worked hard!" After waiting for Boss Qiao to come ashore, Murong Qingyuan said after taking the handful.
"What's the hard work, and nothing has been done!" Boss Qiao said honestly.
After waiting for Boss Qiao to put on his shoes and socks, the two of them began to sand the astragalus seeds when they got home, Murong Qingyuan had never done this, and he also tried to sand the seeds in the sand, but he was pulled up by Song Nanzhi before he could sand for a while, "You just try it, and then sand down, how can you still write with your hands, get up and wash your hands."
As soon as Song Nanzhi finished speaking, Mo Tingyu also urged: "What your grandmother said is that you haven't done these things, it's not as thick as the skin on my and your Uncle Qiao's hands, you go wash your hands and rest."
Boss Qiao also urged, "That is, we will sand in a few clicks, and we will be able to soak in water when the sand is ready early."
Murong Qingyuan was just to feel it, but after listening to everyone's words, he knew that everyone cared about him, and he also thought about not wasting time.
After getting up and washing his hands obediently, he simply took out the notebook to take notes.
Mo Tingyu and Boss Qiao each sanded a basket, and after sanding for half an hour, Mo Tingyu clapped his hands and looked at Murong Qingyuan, "Qingyuan, come and see, can the sand be soaked in water like this?"
Murong Qingyuan didn't know, but he still approached the basket containing the seeds, picked a seed from it, and compared it with when there was no sand shell, the seeds behind the sand shell became frizzy and no longer as smooth as before, and pressed it with his hand, the shell was also a lot thinner, and with a little force, he saw that the shell was easily cracked, "It should be okay!"
Seeing this, Mo Tingyu also picked one out, and pressed it in his hand like Murong Qingyuan, and the shell also cracked, "It's okay, no sand is needed."
Boss Qiao also stood up, "I'm going to fetch water to soak."
When Boss Qiao went to fetch water, Mo Tingyu went to get a sieve again, preparing to sieve the seeds separately to soak in water.
After Boss Qiao brought the water, Mo Tingyu said: "Brother Qiao, you clean up the rest of the things, I think I still have to ask a few people to help, the planting is already late, relying on our family to plant, I am afraid that it will take a few more days to finish planting, please ask a few people to help, plant it early, and grow it as soon as possible."
Boss Joe nodded
"It's okay, plant it early, and then hoe the grass or something, and we can get it slowly."
Song Nanzhi took a dustpan and covered it on the pot with the seeds, "If you want to please, finish all the work in the field at one time, and don't you have to plant soybeans and red lotus in the rest of the land, just plant everything that should be planted at once, so as not to invite people again in three days."
"Yes." Mo Tingyu then turned his head and asked Murong Qingyuan, "Qingyuan, think about it again, what else do you want to plant, first focus on your medicine seeds, and then plant crops after planting the medicine."
Murong Qingyuan had planned it a long time ago, and then gave a general idea of the cultivation of angelica and yams.
Although what Murong Qingyuan said was a rough idea, it was enough, just like Astragalus, the two of them knew what to do after hearing it.
After determining how to plant, Mo Tingyu went out to ask someone to help, the people in the village have been very busy recently, everyone is busy enough in the fields, and there is also a paper mill that is not short of people. When he went out this time, he didn't know if he could invite someone.
went to find Huang Rui and Li Hu first, this is because after he rummaged in his heart to invite those people, he felt that only by asking the two of them was the most likely to come to help.
When Mo Tingyu was about to leave, Huang Rui kindly said, "Uncle Mo, the people in the village are very busy during this time, if you don't want to invite people, I will take all the people in my house with me, and it just so happens that our family can save a meal."
Mo Tingyu couldn't find anyone, and after Huang Rui's words, he instantly felt that he was invited.
Although only the two of them came to the village at first, now, the two of them are the same as the people in the village, a big house of father, mother, daughter-in-law, son and daughter.
Mo Tingyu thought that if the two families came to help together, there would be no one to work in the field.