The second day of the second lunar month is the day when the folk commonly known as "the dragon raises its head".

From this day on, everything in the northern land recovered, the rain increased, and the lively spring ploughing began.

However, spring on the Loess Plateau seems to be much later than in other places, and the night is still minus seven or eight degrees Celsius, and the ice in the Dongla River has not yet melted.

However, the barber shop in the town began to get busy, and early in the morning people crowded into long queues, trying to take care of the hair that had accumulated for dozens of days.

If you can't get in line, you will also take scissors to cut a few hairs by yourself, in order to get a good luck in the new year...... Shave the faucet.

Even the orchid is not exempt from vulgarity, and the noodles are made early, and twelve longan sockets are steamed.

There is also a pit on the top of each nest, representing 12 months, and it is put in a pot to steam after making a mark.

When you get out of the pot, look at which nest has more moisture, which means that there is abundant rainfall in that month...... Wang Manyin naturally wouldn't believe this kind of nonsense prediction, but he didn't stop it.

In a word, respect for tradition.

In the early years, roosters were held on the evening of February 2. Kill roosters, incense, light firewood, sacrifice to the old dragon, and pray for a good year.

But now it's a new society, and naturally no one is getting this set.

After the second day of February, the production team became more frequent.

With the gradual integration into this era, Wang Manyin is not very resistant to going to work in the production team.

Now there is not much farm work in the fields at all, except for transporting manure, which is to plough and furrow the spring land.

You don't need to put in a lot of effort, just stay up and mix the work.

Talking and laughing with the people in the village, squatting on the ground and talking nonsense is nothing, and I don't feel tired, and by the way, I can deepen my feelings.

The reason why Wang Manyin went to work was because there was another consideration.

Although there is a consignment point at home, you can't be at home with Orchid.

It's okay if it's short...... If you don't work all year round, you will point to the consignment point to live, eat and drink well every day, and the people in the village must have discussed it behind the meeting.

After a long time, something will happen.

The reason why the predecessor was able to be so chic after marriage, and still ran around and wandered around, was mainly because the orchid went out of the mountains to earn work and support his family. Coupled with the continuous help of his mother's family, he can barely maintain this rotten family.

Now Wang Manyin is naturally reluctant to do this, and for the sake of safety, he still decided not to make his house look abrupt.

Of course, he takes time off every few days.

The reason is also resounding...... Go to supply and sell social goods replenishment.

However, Orchid wanted to go to work with the production team several times, but Wang Manyin vetoed it, and only let her greet the consignment and home.

There's not much to do at home except cooking. Orchid planned to take advantage of her free time to read and study, but soon found that it was impossible.

Some time ago, there was typhus fever in the village, and it snowed, and the consignment point was a lot cleaner.

After the first month, most of those mothers-in-law and old ladies recovered and began to become active.

After eating, they took the needlework on time and came to the agency to report. He didn't sit in the cave, but squatted on the cliff to bask in the sun.

A group of people chatted while busy, and occasionally drove a few words on the express that made Orchid blush.

It wasn't until the men were about to leave work that they packed up and left.

Orchids are also very depressed, they are all villagers, and there is no way to drive people away.

In desperation, she had to follow the needlework. During this time, two pairs of insoles were made for Man Yin one after another, plus a pair of mille-feuille cloth shoes.

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Just a few days after starting work, another heavy snowfall decorated the entire tank village.

The climate on the Loess Plateau is much colder now than in later generations, and snow is common in February.

Peach blossom snow in March, Qingming wind and cold.

Even in March and April, there is still the possibility of snow.

A snowfall, the production team stopped again.

Zhao Jianhai was not idle, after he held a meeting from the commune, he convened a meeting of the villagers in the evening to promote in public the advanced experience of farming newly invented by farmers in a certain place...... It's called "ploughing ditch and hand seeds".

Wang Manyin still has a very good attitude, leaning against the wall, listening with his ears, and not expressing any opinion on this.

Liu Xiangyang listened to the long introduction on the stage, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "Brother Wang, can this experience really increase crop yield?" ”

He had never farmed, and instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Hehe, I have no experience in farming, you can figure this out yourself." Wang Manyin came to an ambiguous sentence and continued to draw circles on the ground with branches.

The so-called "ploughing ditch and hand slipping seeds" means that the front side uses oxen to plow the ground, and the back specially sends a person to sow seeds along the furrow.

Theoretically, this would artificially control the seedling density and thus save seeds.

Of course, if your hands are shaking, you can't help it.

However, Wang Shouchang did not have any scruples, and replied in a low voice: "It's completely nonsense, ploughing and digging the ditch and slipping the seeds, since the time of Qin Shi Huang, our ancestors have invented it...... Now the production team has a wooden cocoon, isn't it more trouble-saving than this? And you can plant three rows at a time, and there is one less manual ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he received a slap in the back of the head.

It was his brother Wang Fuchang who beat him.

"Every time you have a meeting, you talk a lot, and if you are full, you can show whether you can or not."

"Brother, if you have something to say, you can't say it well, I'm going to be a master soon, are you still fighting?" Wang Shouchang replied depressedly.

In a word, let the people around him laugh out loud.

Wang Shouchang's son Wang Junshan just got married a few days after the New Year, and when he got married during the Chinese New Year this year, he was going to be a grandfather.

This person who is almost fifty years old is still beaten by his brother in public, which is indeed a bit embarrassing.

"It's just that when you are a master, you should fight and fight, if you don't beat you, you won't have a long memory, just talking nonsense."

Wang Fuchang reprimanded him repeatedly, and finally told Wang Shouchang to shut up.

They were far away from the stage, and they squatted in the dark, which did not attract Zhao Jianhai's attention.

Wang Manyin and Orchid had breakfast, and after dealing with a few guests who bought things, they went back to their parents' house early.

Wang Manyin was still carrying a cloth bag in his hand, which contained four or five catties of vermicelli and a few corn nests.

Of course, candy is indispensable.

Since he opened a consignment point, Shaoping and Lanxiang have hardly broken candy.

Every once in a while, there can be a meal of meat.

With adequate nutrition, the faces of the two little ones are noticeably more moisturized than the other children.

As for the noodles, Wang Manyin made them in the space a few days ago.

There are two types in total, the artichoke vermicelli is slightly lighter in color, and the sweet potato vermicelli is brown.

When he went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy goods, he came back with more than ten catties, saying that he bought them from the black market.

Orchids are used to it and have no doubts.

Wang Manyin didn't have much experience in doing it for the first time, and he didn't master the skills well.

As a result, the noodles are made of different thicknesses, and there are many lumps in them, which look like "toad tadpoles".

However, the taste is very good, especially after being fried with lard residue. It's so oily that it tastes like it tastes like it's delicious. Taking advantage of the time today, I just sent some to my father-in-law's house.

When the two entered the courtyard, they found that a new hole had been dug in the courtyard kiln.

The progress was just three feet deep, and Sun Yuhou was busy inside.

"Dad, have we built a new kiln?" Orchid shouted.

It seems that my father listened to his man's persuasion, and his mind finally turned around and planned to build a new kiln.

Hearing this, Old Man Sun hurriedly turned his head and said hello: "Manyin, orchid, are you here?" ”

The voices in the courtyard also alarmed Shaoping and Lanxiang, and they rushed up and shouted enthusiastically.

For the two little ones, the brother-in-law has become the most popular person in their family, and every time they come, he will bring them something delicious.

Then, the hostess Liu Erni also went out to greet her.

The family entered the cave, greeted the grandmother, chatted a few words, and Wang Manyin followed the old father-in-law to dig the kiln together.

It's too normal for a son-in-law to work for his father-in-law's house these days, and he has to behave well.

Wang Manyin has dug a cave for his own family, and he is also experienced.

Sun Yuhou helped shovel and transport soil next to him, chattering about his experience of digging kilns.

According to him, the cliff he occupies belongs to the top ...... Mr. Yin and Yang in Mijia Town used a compass to see it. It is said that the soil veins and feng shui in this place are the best in Shuangshui Village, and you will be able to go out of college in the future!

Knowing that his son-in-law is tight-mouthed and has no outsiders, the old man is not afraid of being superstitious.

In the final analysis, this is the most simple expectation of the peasants at the bottom.

I hope that my descendants can change their fate and no longer have to dig food from the soil.

Wang Manyin felt that Mi Yin and Yang were really accurate, and Lan Xiang was really admitted to a national key university, which was regarded as a golden phoenix flying out of Tuqilao.

If Shaoping weren't for various reasons, with his academic performance, it would have been easy to be admitted to university.

The two chatted while working, and when they were about to eat at noon, the cave was more than two feet inside.

For lunch, I fried a plate of eggs, a large bowl of sauerkraut, and drank vermicelli soup.

With the living standard of the old father-in-law's family, it is definitely considered to be a distinguished guest.

After eating, they took a short rest, and Weng and his son-in-law continued to be busy.

In order to prevent accidents, they didn't dare to dig more, and stopped when they reached three feet.

The snow has not yet melted, and the production team will not be able to work for the next few days. Wang Manyin and Orchid go to Shuangshui Village every day to report, of course, they bring their own dry food every time.

Jointly, the quality of the father-in-law's rice has been improved a lot.

In a few days, the kiln was dug more than four meters deep, barely enough to put some farm tools or something.