The pea seeds were only half a bag, and Lawrence took turns holding pea seeds from the bag and spreading them in the field.

Before planting, the soil is loosened and weeds and clods in the field are broken, and the main manual work is such as weeding and picking.

Sowing seeds is much simpler.

Andrew introduced Lawrence: "Just scatter these beans, and then we'll go fetch water, and we need water to grow anything." ”

Lawrence looked down at the pea seeds in his hand, many of which were shriveled grains.

In fact, peas are not suitable for continuous cultivation, and Lawrence did not understand these before, but after observing his farm for a few years, he found that continuous cultivation of the same crop would reduce the yield a lot.

In this era, agriculture is very dependent on the sky, and the annual harvest is not fixed, so everyone is very tired in their daily life, and there is no person who specifically summarizes these agricultural knowledge, and it often takes decades or hundreds of years to rely on the farmers' own summary.

Fortunately, farmers also have their own ways of coping, just like Andrew, this year's potato harvest is not good, then next year will not be planted.

It is a matter of life and death for a family, and it will never be stumbling, but it will not choose unfamiliar plants, usually several common crops are selected in turn.

Although I don't understand the principle, I vaguely do things that conform to the law.

Lawrence had a prophetic mindset that did not belong to the age of ignorance, and he did not want the Andrews' farmland to be affected.

"Andrew, many of these seeds are bad seeds, why not pick some good seeds to plant?"

Andrew showed a strange expression, "It's okay to sow them all, the seeds that can't survive will rot in the ground, and you don't need to pick them out." ”

Lawrence explains, "Is it possible to pick healthy seeds and plant only those good seeds? ”

Andrew quickly shook his head, "I think a lot of seeds can produce peas, and if you don't plant them, won't it be wasted?" ”

Sariel was planting seeds in the field, using a wooden rake to pull the soft soil around her to cover the seeds.

She didn't seem to like to talk when she was working, and she quietly did the farm work she had been familiar with for more than ten years, and although she heard the conversation between Lawrence and Andrew, she didn't express any opinion.

Lawrence argued: "It's actually very simple, just use a bucket of water, soak these seeds in the water, and what floats up must be shriveled bad seeds, and sink down to full good seeds." ”

Andrew didn't understand Lawrence's approach, "If it's a good seed, you just need to plant it, so why bother?" ”

Even bad seeds are seeds, and sowing more seeds means more harvest.

Andrew's stubbornness and thinking made Lawrence politely stop the debate, after all, the two sides are not relatives, and they have not known each other for a long time, so they should not comment on the way others have insisted on survival for decades.

Andrew is able to rely on his own experience and strength to eat well, and he is currently saying that he is not good, he is sending people under the fence.

"I want to give it a try, and it's not a bad thing to try. It doesn't take much, just two steps wide of land, and I want to plant the seeds I picked out here. ”

Lawrence still wanted to give it a try, not only to suggest Andrew, but also to try and experiment with his own future agricultural development.

The price of the experiment was not big, just a four-square-meter plot of land and a handful of seeds.

Andrew said helplessly: "I still have to work, whatever you want." ”

As long as the seeds are planted in the field, Andrew has nothing to say.

Lawrence said happily: "Andrew, maybe you'll feel like you've made a smart decision next summer!" ”

Andrew had already gone to work in the fields, and he was still very helpless when he heard it, "I hope so." ”

Lawrence soon went to the river to fetch water, and the Andrew family relied on the rain and snow in the mountains to drink water, and the water here was quite good and crystal clear, but there were no fish or shrimp to catch.

By the time they returned, Salil and Andrew had pretty much done with the fields.

Lawrence found that Saryl had gone back on her own, and it seemed that the relationship that had eased up a little had become cold again.

Andrew walked over and asked curiously, "Throw the peas in cold water, won't the seeds go bad?" ”

Lawrence suddenly couldn't answer this realistic question, and after thinking for a while, he said uncertainly: "The seeds of peas should not be so fragile. ”

Andrew asked curiously, "Why is a seed in the water a good seed, which is a habit in the city?" ”

Lawrence thought for a second, "Hmm. ”

He added: "Maybe next year we can preserve both the pea pods and peas after the peas are ripe and grow specially planted seeds." ”

Andrew looked surprised, thought for a moment and said, "Sounds like a hassle. ”

Lawrence was speechless for a while, and now Andrew's planting technology is lagging behind, but he himself does not feel lagging behind.

Andrew should be very satisfied with the current harvest and his own farming skills, and he doesn't want to take risks to make changes or do more troublesome things.

With that spare time, it's much better to sit down and rest for a while than to waste food indiscriminately.

Science and technology need to be driven by external factors, and if it is accumulated by unmotivated luck alone, it usually takes a long time.

This external cause is usually war.

Andrew looked at it for a while and felt bored, but he still watched from the sidelines.

Lawrence planted all the peas with Sophia's help, and the three of them went back to eat together.

There was an extra egg for today's meal, one for each of the three of Lawrence, and none for Sariel herself.

Although Lawrence didn't help today, Sophia helped Sariel in the field for a long time.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Lawrence went out for a walk with nothing else to do, and as soon as he went out, he saw Andrew, who was sitting in the doorway fiddling with wood.

"Andrew, what are you doing?"

Andrew replied, "The hoe I've been using these days has broken down, and I'm making a new one." ”

There were no iron hoes, Andrew made wooden hoes, which would be chipped after a few days of constant bumps.

Lawrence asked, "How long will this new one last?" ”

"It usually lasts for a month." Andrew uses an iron knife to cut the sole-sized pieces of wood and process them to the right size.

Iron tools were very scarce in this era, and the most common iron tools besides kitchen knives were farm tools and daggers.

Because the quality of iron tools is very low, the consumption is also very strong, and things like armor and bows and crossbows can only be purchased by the great nobles.

It was even more backward than in the Middle Ages, and the productive forces and science and technology were basically in the slave period.

There was nothing nice about the toolmaking, and Lawrence soon wandered around the neighborhood again, familiarizing himself with the environment.

"I'll go see if there's no guy in the trap."

"Okay." Andrew answered and continued to bust himself with his own business.

If you want to eat enough in the mountains and forests, you can't be idle most of the time, and there are many, many things to do every day.

Lawrence didn't understand any of this, but Andrew wasn't in a hurry.

"I hope Sariel can get along with Lawrence soon, alas......"

Andrew is now only concerned about his daughter's marriage and is very worried.