Chapter 7 Spring Ploughing
The next day, the family went to the field. Jinghan and Jingya had never done any work in the field. Xue taught them to order planting. "This kind of soybean is close to the pit and the order is slightly more. Four or five seeds in each pit are enough. Too many waste seeds, too few seeds are sparse, and there are too few seeds, so you can't get out the beans."
Both sisters listened to their mothers, and ordered four or five seeds in each pit, and they also had to cover the pit with their feet and stomp them firmly. This way, they would not work quickly, and each person would order three ridges at noon. Zhixin and Zhixiangzi dig in front, and the rest of the people fertilized and planted the back, and only two acres of land at noon were planted.
At noon, everyone was tired, so they sat down and rested for a while, and then went home to have a meal. When they got home, Chen had already prepared the meal and everyone washed their hands and ate. On the table, Wei was still staring at Zhixin's family desperately, and Zhixin and Xue didn't care about her either.
Just after lunch, the fourth family came in outside, "Dad, mom, we're back." As he said that, the person entered the house. "Dad, what's going on? Why is my second brother gone?"
The old man sighed, and just as he was about to say something, Wei started howling again. Chen got up and pulled Wei out. The old man then told Zhide about Zhiyong. After hearing this, Zhide sighed, "Dad, I have bought the coffin, so I will stop outside. Look where to put it."
The old man and Zhixin went out to see the red coffin and the red pine wood were already very good. The old man nodded, "Put it in the shed first. Today is the tenth day of the lunar month, and it is just right for burial to the twelve." Xu Zhiyong has been dead for a long time, and now he is sent back with ashes, so it is not easy to build a spirit shed like a normal dead person. Moreover, Xu Zhiyong is only thirty years old this year, and there are elderly people at home, so even if he dies for a few deaths, it is not suitable to handle it. So on the day of burial, just put the ashes in the coffin and bury them in the cemetery.
My brothers carried the coffin into the shed and put some wooden boards under it to save the tide. After putting the coffin down, Zhide gave the cart money and the coachman left.
After putting the coffin, Zhixin and the others still had to go to the fields to work. Zhide had not been to the fields for many years, so he did not go to work with him, but stayed with the two old men at home.
On April 12th, Zhixin found a few young men from the village and helped carry the coffin to the old cemetery of the Xu family. He dug up the turret, buried the coffin, filled the soil, and a wooden monument in front of the grave, which was all over. Wei is a woman and can't go to the grave. He cried for a while at home, and everyone persuaded him to do so.
Since Zhiyong's ashes have been buried, the third brother Zhiming and the fourth brother Zhiming have gone home again. The Xu family seems to be no different from the past, and life is still living. There are still a few acres of land that have not been planted, so Zhixin took his family to the ground again.
As soon as the family arrived at the land, they saw the Lin family father and son standing in the Xu family’s land. When they saw Zhixin coming, they said, “Brother Xu, my land has been planted. Today, I come here to help you. If something happened to this family, all these work has been delayed. How can this be done?”
Zhixin didn't say anything more. The Lin family and Xu family have always been good, and they can help each other. So everyone started working, and Jinghan and the others were still responsible for sowing seeds. Today, the sorghum planted, which is not a digging, but a digging of digging, soaking the sorghum seeds into the ditches and covering them with soil. Jinghan sowed the seeds while stepping on them with his feet.
Lin Zixuan was next to Jinghan, "Jinghan, are you tired of farming? This is your first time farming?"
Jinghan nodded, "Brother Zixuan, farming is really tiring." What is sweating falling into the soil? I really realized it now. This farmer is really working hard. Jinghan has never wanted to do anything when he has returned home these days, so he just wants to lie down and sleep quickly.
"Farming is pretty good, but planting sticks is tiring. When you take care of that thing, you have to kneel on the surface of the pond, pulling weeds, loosening the soil, etc., and you can't straighten up. There is a shed on it, and you'll just touch it all the time." Lin Zixuan talked to Jinghan about the hard work of planting sticks.
Jinghan understood this point. In her previous life, in order to make money, she often worked for other people's homes, and she did the work of serving the ginseng field. It was really a year-round kneeling for the knot to get the little money. Especially when she was pulling her head and weeds in spring, she had to crush the hard cover on the soil with her hands. After doing this work, her hands were swollen.
"Brother Zixuan, when will the farmers stop working so hard?" Jinghan expressed his feelings.
"Farmers are always the hardest. No matter when they want to eat, they have to farm. Farmers need to work hard, which is inevitable." Zixuan could not answer Jinghan's question correctly.
This tiring job is actually very tiring, especially when one foot is stepped on the ditch and the other foot is stepped on the ridge. This is very tiring. Jinghan worked for a while, and his legs were a little painful, so he stopped to rest. Lin Zixuan saw her stop, and quickly stopped and got some water for Jinghan to drink. Jinghan has been following Zixuan's butt since he was a child, and he is just a little follower. Zixuan is very good to Jinghan, and he thinks of Jinghan if he has anything delicious. Zixuan loves Jinghan, and is not weak at all than Wenhan.
"Brother Zixuan, thank you. I am really thirsty." Jinghan took the bowl and drank the water inside to quench his thirst.
Lin Zixuan smiled gently, "If you have time, go to my house to play. Xiaomei is at home, and I am talking to you every day. You said that you haven't been to play with her for a while, and it's boring for her to be at home by herself."
Jinghan thought for a while and there was really this little girl in her mind, a sweet-looking little girl. "When I finish my work, I will go to find her if I have time. I feel uncomfortable a few days ago." She has been in this time and space for a while, and it's time to go out to find a few playmates. My eldest sister is too quiet and she just does needlework every day.
The two chatted for a while and started working again. At noon, Zhixin asked the Lin family father and son to go to their home for dinner, but both the Lin family refused. Zhixin led his family back home and saw that the pot was cold at home and the only old man was on the kang in the room, so he asked, "Dad, where is my mother? Why didn't he cook this meal? What about others?"
"No, your sister is not doing well today. Your mother took her to the town for medical treatment. When she left, she asked her second wife to cook? I'll go and see." The old man got off the floor and went to the outer room to see that he didn't cook. "Where did this woman go? The child, Wencheng and Wenchang were not at home either." The old man was sick for a few days because of his second son's affairs and was not in good spirits. He glared for a while, but he didn't know where the second family had gone.
"Forget it, I'll cook as soon as possible." Xue quickly led the two sisters Jingya and cooked the fire. There was no vegetables at home, so she had to pick some pickles. "Wenhan, don't go farming in the afternoon. Take your younger brother and sister up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables. It's not a big deal to have no vegetables like this. Anyway, the fields are almost all planted. Your father and I can do it." Xue said to her eldest son while cooking.
Wenhan nodded and didn't say anything. Seeing that there was not enough firewood in the house, he quickly went out and hugged it back. Jingya helped her mother cook porridge, Xue was pasting pancakes, Jingxian was washing pickles, and her mother worked hard for a while and finally prepared the rice. She quickly brought the food to the table. Everyone didn't care whether it was hot or not. After finishing the meal, Zhixin and his wife went downstairs again.
Wenhan carried the basket on his back, Jingya and Jinghan carried the basket on his back, Wenxuan didn't take anything, followed behind, and the four of them walked south together. After crossing the river and walking forward, there was Nanshan Mountain, and there were a lot of wild vegetables on the mountain. This season, it was a good time for Big Yeqin and Shanji. After entering the forest, there were not many people who knew each other, so they saw a lot of Big Yeqin. Now every family is busy farming, and few people go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. Several people squatted down and quickly picked wild vegetables. "Sister, there are many here, come here." Jinghan called Jingya.
"No need, I have a lot of it." Jingya also had a lot of it. Everyone kept picking a lot of it without much effort. Wenhan peeled some bark and tied all the big leaf celery they picked in the bark into handfuls. This is easier to put and not easy to mess up.
Jinghan kept lowering her head to pick wild vegetables. A clump of grass in front attracted her attention, "Sister, there are three hoes here." These three hoes are three-leaf clover. Three triangular leaves grow on the thin stems. The stems and leaves have a sweet and sour taste, which is the favorite of children.
When Wenxuan heard that there were three hoes, he hurried over and looked at the grass in Jinghan's hand with a mouth-watering look. Jinghan quickly gave it to him. In this era, children have no snacks, so this is a delicious food. Wenxuan took the three hoes and put them in his mouth and ate it. Looking at his enjoyment, Jinghan felt sad. "Let's see if there is any more. If there is one, I will give it to you."
"Oh, thank you second sister." Wenxuan smiled happily.
"When autumn, I will take you to make a lot of delicious food." Jinghan touched Wenxuan's head.
Several people lowered their heads to pick wild vegetables again, and Jingya also saw several clusters of three hoe boards. They picked them off and gave them to Wenxuan, which made Wenxuan so beautiful. She held the three hoe boards and couldn't bear to eat them all, so she ate them one by one, so she could eat them for a while.
"Wenxuan, just eat, there should be a lot of this thing. When you wait, the second sister will definitely earn a lot of money and let you eat a lot of things you have never eaten before. Second sister promised." Seeing Wenxuan's appearance, Jinghan secretly made up her mind that she must find a way to make money so that she would not want to live such a hard life.
Chapter completed!