Xu Ling didn't rush back, he found an excuse to do something in the town, and asked Gu Litian to wait at the entrance of the town, he ran to a place where no one was, and put a few bags of wheat, rice and soybeans in the space and put them in the car.

Except for soybeans, wheat and rice are not hulled.

Husking requires a stone grinder, and it is too time-consuming to let Xu Ling grind like a donkey in the space, so he simply finds an excuse to take it out and let his family get it.

Gu Litian knew that he had something to do, and he didn't have the slightest suspicion.

When Xu Ling came back, Gu Litian just asked, "What did you buy?" ”

Xu Ling smiled: "I asked a friend to help me get some wheat seeds and rice seeds, and I heard that the yield is very good. ”

"And this kind of good thing?" Gu Litian didn't doubt him, he was as curious as a cat scratching in his heart, he couldn't wait to untie the bag on the spot and take a look, Xu Ling untied the bag and asked him to grab it, Gu Litian pinched a few and put them in the palm of his hand to look at them carefully.

Although the wheat has not yet been shelled, you can see that the seeds are full in shape, and each grain looks like a buffalo belly after a full meal, which is so big.

Gu Litian grabbed a handful, took a closer look, and couldn't help but admire: "Your friend is a real person, these rice you found must have been carefully selected, and none of them have even been bitten by insects." ”

He threw the wheat back into the bag, and Xu Ling fastened his pocket, "Of course, he is very busy and doesn't have time to hull the wheat, so we have to come by ourselves." ”

"It's not difficult, and when the weather gets better, dry it slowly."

Weng and his son-in-law pushed and pulled the cart back to the village, but their buttocks were not yet hot, and they ran non-stop to see the ground.

Xu Ling got a total of 28 acres of barren land from Sun Baoyao this time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a barren field, if it were not for the shallow ridges, it would not be possible to see that it was a field with a half-human height just by looking at the grass roots that grew in it.

"These fields are not fertile, we have to find someone to burn the grass, plow it a few times, plant some alfalfa fertilizer next year, and then plant crops in the second half of the year."

Xu Ling's crop consultant was not wrong, Gu Litian went to the field, pinched a handful of soil and shook it, took a look, and came to such a conclusion.

Xu Ling is a half-man, he listens to whatever Gu Litian says.

It's just more than 20 acres of land, and weeding and plowing the land alone is a big project.

Especially now that the weather is cold and the land is frozen, there are only four men in the Xu Gu family, and they can't finish it when they are tired.

Among them, eight acres of land are barren land in other people's villages, not far from Lianhuawanzi, in Fengjia Village and Hejiazhuang downstream.

Xu Ling and Gu Litian went to their village chief, first handed over the land deed, crossed the Ming Road, and asked someone to directly find someone in the village to help burn the grass in the field.

Xu Ling gave money, and if he gave money, someone was willing to do it, and he quickly found someone.

However, on the side of the twenty acres of tuntian, Xu Ling went to see it first, and it was no different from other barren fields, and there were no people living around.

Gu Litian said that there were still military camps stationed nearby, but now they have also moved away, and it is a pity that these lands have been barren for an unknown amount of time.

However, these lands are basically dry lands with inconvenient water diversion, and if you want to grow rice, you have to change the river channel to divert water, Xu Ling was afraid of trouble, so he directly decided to plant wheat on this land.

The land was on a higher ground, and further down on a hill, there were some miscellaneous small trees suitable for firewood, and there was a small ditch not far away, but the water in it was almost dry.

At first glance, this land is still a little hidden, and Xu Ling is quite satisfied.

For several days, Xu Ling walked around the fields, thinking about how to farm at that time, and the twenty acres of land went out of the village to the east and crossed a small river, which was the wasteland where Xu Ling picked dates, and it was not far from the village.

When winter arrives, the reeds by the river have turned yellow, and there are two small awning boats lying horizontally on the quietly flowing river.

The two boats were put together, the bow was tied with ropes, and the other end of the rope was tied to the willow tree on the shore. There is a charcoal stove and clay pot in the bow of the boat, fishing nets and fish baskets hung on the side of the boat, and a bamboo dustpan is placed on the canopy of the cabin, which is full of dried small fish.

When Xu Ling came to the river, a man wearing thin clothes was collecting his nets, plucking the small fish that were stained in the nets and throwing them into a wooden barrel by the well.

There was an old woman's heart-rending cough from the other boat, one after another, both boats shook slightly, but Chen Sheng still buried his head in picking fish as if he didn't feel it.

Xu Ling stood not far away and watched for a while, before Chen Sheng realized it, glanced back at the shore, and then began to work again.

Xu Ling coughed twice.

Chen Sheng raised his head and looked at him again, and continued to work.

Xu Ling: "...... Chen Sheng, I'm Xu Ling. ”

Chen Sheng's eyes widened and he looked at it again, "Xu Ling? What are you doing here? ”

He strode from the canopy boat to the shore, walked in front of Xu Ling, and finally saw Xu Ling clearly, embarrassed to smile and show a mouthful of big white teeth: "I'm really sorry, my eyes are not good, I can't see things clearly when it's dark, I thought it was from the village, don't you blame me?" ”

Xu Ling smiled: "How could it be, I also walked from this side today, and when I saw you, I wanted to come over and say hello." ”

"Oooh, yes!" Chen Sheng responded with a smile again, and then he was speechless.

Xu Ling saw that he was not very good at words, he was the same age as him, he didn't call him a brother, and Chen Sheng didn't play a trick with him, so he didn't have any heart at first glance.

Xu Ling broke the silence, "What about your brother?" ”

"He went to town to buy medicine for my mother, and he hasn't come back yet." Chen Sheng glanced back at the canopy boat, his mother was still coughing, he squeezed his palm and rubbed it, "It's still cold outside, do you want to-"

"Forget it." He gave up his plan to invite Xu Ling into the house to sit down.

"Hey, it's all here, Chen Sheng, don't you invite me in to drink a bowl of water?"

Chen Sheng saw that Xu Ling didn't have any fights, so he jumped in front of him and jumped into the boat with a look of eagerness, and hurriedly told him to slow down.

Xu Ling was a little inexperienced, and he landed on the boat, the two boats couldn't stop shaking, and Chen Sheng also jumped over and picked up the things that were shaking off as if he were walking on the ground.

"Be careful, the family is small," Chen Sheng said, lifting the grass curtain of the canopy boat and letting Xu Lingmao sit in with his waist.

The weather was bad today, it was gray outside, and it was even darker inside, and the cabin was not large, and there were no tables, but there was a stowed bed, which should be where the brothers slept.

"Is Auntie okay? I heard her cough a lot. ”

"Hey, it's sick, it's freezing on the river, and it's cold wind in winter."

Chen Sheng's face was a little numb, he took out a pot and put it on the charcoal stove outside, boiled water and poured a cup for Xu Ling, and didn't forget to bring a cup to his mother.

The money the two brothers earn all year round is not enough for their mother's medical treatment.

His mother used to commit suicide, and she also fell ill when she jumped into the river. The brothers would rather fill the hole year after year than see their mother leave.

If there is no mother, the brothers will only have these two canopy boats, and there will be no reason to go ashore.