Chapter 37 Borrowing Wheat Seeds
After noon, Su Miaoqing opened up to Tong Youde Su in the house: "Dad, look at other people's wheat." I would like to ask, where can I buy this wheat seed? ”
Tong Youde then remembered this stubble, but isn't it, in previous years, his own wheat was also planted at this time, this year his leg is not good, and when he came back, he didn't stop, so he forgot about it, and the farmer actually left this important thing behind, and his face was embarrassed, and he turned red.
"Sister Qing, in previous years, my father bought some wheat seeds at the seed shop in the town, but this year my father had an accident with his leg, and he forgot about it when he came back! Delayed planting wheat ......"
"It's not in the way, Dad, I heard the old man in the village say that this wheat is not afraid of being planted late, as long as the seedlings emerge when the first snow falls, I am sure to have a good harvest!" Su Miaoqing smiled.
Tong Youde didn't care, his own family could grow wheat on so little, every time the harvest was completed, the tax was paid, and then sent to his father and mother, and the little grain produced was not much left, and the family could only eat such a meal.
"Sister Qing, Dad doesn't worry about this, it's just that Dad didn't buy this year's wheat seeds......" Tong Youde was a little embarrassed, these things are for him, the head of the house, at this time~
"Dad, it's okay, our family only has two acres of land, and thirty catties of wheat seeds are enough. Go back and ask the villagers to borrow some or buy some, we use a small amount, and it is enough to make up. ”
Borrowing wheat seeds is not an uncommon thing in the village, and often when the wheat seeds are not enough for a family, they will find someone else to borrow some, or pay two big sums, or just wait for the wheat to be harvested and pay a little more. Therefore, when Su Miaoqing said this, Tong Youde also nodded.
Su Shi answered: "Boss, then I'll go to the third family to look, if there is more, borrow some back." There were few wheat fields, so we planted them in a few days. ”
Su Miaoqing and Su went separately, Su went to Tong Laosan's house, and Su Miaoqing went to Lizheng's house.
"Sister Qing is here." Zhou Dashan's daughter-in-law was fetching water by the well, and when she saw Su Miaoqing coming in, she hurriedly put down the barrel and said hello. My own man said that Tong Lao Er's family is a good one, and those children may not be promising in the future, so they will be polite when they see each other in the future.
"Aunt Zhou, are you busy?" Su Miaoqing shouted sweetly.
"No, think about watering this row of cabbage." Zhou Dashan's daughter-in-law saw that Su Miaoqing was so polite, and her voice was soft, and she was unconsciously a little happy in her heart.
"Auntie, I came today to ask my aunt if there is any extra wheat. My dad hurt his leg this time, and he didn't bother to buy some wheat seeds when he came back. No, I went to my aunt's house with a thick face to ask. If there is, it is up to the aunt whether to sell or borrow. Su Miaoqing said what she meant.
"There is wheat in this house, and I don't know how much is left, so I have to find a weighing." Sun said, "You wait, I'll tell Huzi to find and weigh it." ”
As soon as Sun greeted him, a tiger-headed child ran out of the house. Seeing Su Miaoqing shouting sister, she asked Sun what was wrong.
"Huzi, you go to your grandfather's house to borrow the name."
The Lizheng family is separated, but the relationship with the old house is good, the old house of the Zhou family has a large population, and there are many things to do together. Only the youngest son, who has not yet married a daughter-in-law, lives with him. To say, I was originally watched, and I couldn't live a good life after the family was separated, but I didn't think about it, the Zhou family was separated, but the life was better, and the feelings of the brothers were also better, and even between a few concubines, they were a little affectionate on weekdays.
After a while, Huzi came back with a scale and handed it to Sun: "Mother, I'll send it back to my master when you run out, I haven't finished the homework left by Mr. yet, go in first." ”
Su Miaoqing praised Huzi a few words, and even made Sun's face smile like a flower.
I don't know if this is not called, but there is still a lot of wheat left in Lizheng's house, which is fifty catties.
"That's it, Sister Qing, my aunt will give you thirty catties, and the remaining twenty catties will be given to you during the holidays, so that my aunt can give a few babies a tooth sacrifice." Without waiting for Su Miaoqing to speak, Sun said that she knew how much land Tong Lao's family could plant wheat, and these thirty catties were enough.
"Auntie, is this wheat seed giving you money or will it be harvested next year?" Su Miaoqing asked.
"If you don't have any money, just wait for the wheat harvest in the coming year, and then give your aunt the thirty catties of wheat. Speaking of which, my aunt took advantage of it, this is old wheat, and I will eat your new wheat next year. Sun said with a smile.
Su Miaoqing was moved for a while, borrowing wheat seeds is usually repaid in the second year, and Sun said it early, that is, telling her that she didn't need to pay back more wheat seeds, and made up her mind that if there is anything good in the future, she must not forget Lizheng's family.
Su Miaoqing went back with the wheat seeds on her back, and the Su family just arrived home.
Looking at the size of the pocket Su Miaoqing was carrying, Su knew that the ones that Sister Guangqing borrowed were enough, and the more than 20 catties of the third family should be sent back. As she spoke, she was about to go out, but Su Miaoqing hurriedly stopped her: "Mother, let this wheat seed go first, what if it's not enough?" ”
Su Miaoqing has long had an idea, she used to read novels, and when she saw that people had space, they could plant a field or something, but there was no soil in her space at this time, so she had long thought about finding an opportunity to collect some soil and see if she could farm or something. Although there are only three points of land, if you can plant, won't you have more harvests?
When Su Shi heard this, too, if it was not enough, it would be troublesome, so he put down the pocket containing the wheat again.
"Mother, I'll go around the mountains, Ming'er will plant wheat, I'll see if I can come back with Xiaoxue to hunt some meat. Brother Yi'er, go. ”
Su nodded, she has to make a few pots of cakes today, and she has to go to the field to be busy tomorrow, and the third child also said that she wants to come to help, but the food at home must be prepared enough, otherwise, she will be laughed at at then.
Tong Yi was very happy, carried the rope, pinned a machete to his waist, and hurriedly followed Su Miaoqing and Xiaoxue out of the door.
Brother Yi and Xiaoxue were very excited, running ahead, while Su Miaoqing followed slowly, and their backs could be vaguely seen. Today, she took this opportunity to collect some soil, if it was too close, it would be easy to be discovered! I have to say that there was no pollution in ancient times, although the mountains were barren and not suitable for growing crops, there were still a lot of small piles of land with good soil quality, and Su Miaoqing was very happy to harvest them. It was about enough, so he caught up with Brother Yi and Xiaoxue and walked deeper into the mountain.