Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Chapter 61 Planning planting [6]

After a few days, a pig was slaughtered at home, and Li Ji didn't know how to make blood, so he asked the old man in the village to come over and make blood sausage, and he would give him two catties of meat as a reward.

This can be said to be a pie that fell from the sky, and everyone who falls into it will be happy.

It took two hours to disassemble a fat pig. At this time, there were only three pigs left in the family, two males and one female. If one male and one female were left for breeding pigs, one pig would definitely not be enough to eat. , but also to buy some piggies.The family consumes a lot of meat, Li Ji can't eat much, the key is that Er Gouzi eats a lot.

After being in the village for a year, Er Gouzi is still very good at eating meat. Although he can eat some vegetarian dishes, he is far from eating as much meat.Every time I saw Er Gouzi eating meat, Li Ji couldn't help but envy him for having such a good stomach. If it was Li Ji, eating so much meat would definitely hurt his stomach.

There are only two pieces of sauerkraut left at home, and I will have to wait for the next year to eat after eating.Just stew sauerkraut with blood sausage, add a handful of vermicelli, and it's a pleasure to eat a meal.

Li Ji finished his lunch and worked all afternoon to marinate the pork leg into ham. I have done it twice before, and the effect is not bad. Now that I have pork leg at home, I am busy making ham. That is, the pork front leg has less meat and can be stewed Sauce pork knuckle to satisfy your hunger.

In the whole village, Li Ji is the only one who can waft the smell of meat from time to time. Generally, people eat meat twice a month, so they are considered rich and wealthy in the village. If anyone with a girl hears about it If the young man can raise a few more chickens at home, and buy fewer eggs, then he will give priority to marrying his daughter.

Li Ji's life here is prosperous, and there are many people who feel itchy.But these two people are hard to win, let alone Er Gouzi. Before the old man went out in person, he didn't tell Er Gouzi to marry him. If others want to marry him, they have to weigh themselves. Li Ji has another restraint No matter how greedy the family is, they are not willing to let their daughters die.

And even if he really didn't care about his daughter and wanted to help his son with more money from Li Ji's family, he wouldn't dare to come to him on the cusp of this kind of crisis.

Last time it rained for three days in a row, and if you can't see dry soil with a hoe in the ground, it means that the land has been thoroughly watered, which is a good thing for the villagers.

It’s not the time to plant the land yet, but it’s good to see that the land is not short of water. The water seeps into the ground and is not easy to lose. Even if it doesn’t rain in the future, the seedlings will come out after planting the seeds.

The stream was turbid for a few days, and gradually cleared up, and the water flow was getting stronger and stronger. The villagers couldn't wait to fetch water. Some people didn't wash their clothes in half a year, so they took advantage of the current time to wash their clothes to their heart's content.

Li Ji and Er Gouzi finally took a bath as they wished. Originally, they wanted to take their own baths, but as soon as Li Ji got into the bathtub to warm up his body, Er Gouzi stripped naked and got in.

When it came out, the bathtub was half full of water, because Li Ji and Er Gouzi knew it well.

The rainwater problem was solved, so Li Ji took Er Gouzi to reclaim a piece of land close to the mountains.In fact, there are quite a lot of land reclamation recently, because there are more and more people in the village, and more land is needed for food rations.

This land is passed down from generation to generation. According to the general family rules, the land is divided among the sons after death. If there are no sons and daughters who marry out, the land belongs to the clan, and then the clan decides who to distribute the land to.

However, the concept of the head clan in the village is not particularly strong, they are all respected by the village head, so any family who loses land will return to the village, and there is a public land in the village, and when the villagers finish their work, they will take turns to fight Reasonable, when the time comes when the harvest is sold and the money is sold, the money will be regarded as the private treasury of the village.

Because sometimes the silver sent by the imperial court to the village may be withheld by the officials above, and the village needs silver for everything they want to do, so they can only find ways to earn it themselves.

If there is an old man living alone in the village who is sick or something, the money for medicine will be paid by the village, and if there is no food, it will be paid by the village. The money and food will all rely on the public land in the village.

However, if a new boy is born, the land will be divided if he is two years old and has not died. no.

This privately reclaimed land belongs to oneself, and if there is no one who inherits it after death, it will belong to the village.

Li Ji taught Er Gouzi how to deal with the wasteland when he was building the yard of the new house before, so this time there is no need for Li Ji to say anything, he can do it himself if he is given a pickaxe.

Weeds are removed, and the stones are carefully picked out, and then mixed with retting manure and left for a few days, then the seeds can be sown.

The left and right have not yet reached the time of sowing, and the stinky cuckoo (cuckoo) has not yet called, so there is no hurry to sow.

The two young men are both young and strong. Li Qiaoer has the most leisure time before the busy farming season after the winter. At noon, she will help prepare meals for the two of them.

It happened that the two of them worked from dawn to dusk, and when they finished their work, they usually wished they could lie down on the kang and not get up. Li Qiaoer's help in cooking was a great help.

Li Qiaoer is seventeen this year, and now there are only one or two people of the same age in the village.In fact, the average age of the girls in the village is considered old when they marry. They all get married after the [-]th Five-Year Plan, and there are [-]-[-] married couples in the neighboring villages.

In line with the principle that if you marry late, good people will be picked away, and when you reach the marriageable age, you will go out.

After this year, Li Qiaoer got along well with Li Ji's family. In Li Shuisheng's eyes, the better Li Qiaoer and Li Ji got along, the higher her chances of getting married.

So now everyone in Li Shuisheng thinks he is not good enough for Li Qiaoer, and anyone in his family who is not as rich as Li Ji feels that he is not good enough for Li Qiaoer.But if Li Ji's family is rich, they can only go to the city to find rich merchants, but how can they look up to Li Qiao'er?

The taste of Li Qiaoer's cooking is different from that of Li Ji and Ergouzishui. Of course the taste is delicious, but they still like their own food.

When Li Qiaoer came to deliver meals, she would always chat a few more words, and before she knew it, she talked about Li Qiaoer's marriage.

"If you don't want to get married, I won't say much, but you have the intention of getting married. Now look at it, you were delayed by your father. If he continues to pick and choose like this, you will be nineteen If you're twenty, it's really hard to find."

In fact, 17 years old can be regarded as an old girl, but Li Shuisheng is still holding it in his hand and is reluctant to send it out. There is no reason to dislike her daughter's own pain, but people's words are terrible, and gossip in the village is enough for people to bear.

"What can I do? He is my father. How can I decide on my daughter's marriage?" Li Qiaoer sighed, "If my father is a sensible person, I am also a person who understands the rules. I don't want to find someone for myself. It's not shameful to go out. But my father has a lot of thoughts and made my marriage look like a business. What else can I do? He is my father and I am his daughter. How can I say what I want? A right without a word?"

Li Qiaoer wanted to oppose her father but had nowhere to go.If you meet enlightened parents, you can say a few words about your daughter's marriage, but when you meet a father like Li Shuisheng, you don't have the right to even half a sentence.

If it's a man, it's okay to say a few words, regardless of whether the parents agree or not. Then the heart can't help being emotional. If it goes deep, a man can say a few words about his marriage, which means he has responsibility.But if a daughter's family dares to say a few more words against the wishes of their parents, it would be shameless.

It's ridiculous to say that they are all people who come out of their stomachs, and they have to be distinguished.

"We've been together for such a long time, regardless of seniority, being friends also has some feelings. Your father is that kind of person, and you know that all the confusion in his life is on you. Watching your sister marry It's not bad, if you don't wake up when you come here, I'm afraid it will ruin you."

Li Qiaoer smiled and said: "With the support of my fourth uncle and second dog brother, what can be destroyed or not."

Li Ji said helplessly: "It's your husband's family that can ruin you. It's clearly the words of your neighbors. They eat people and don't spit out their bones. You know this better than me. Can you still forget what happened last year? People Words are terrible, this world is not fair, even if you are wronged and go back to your mother's house to hide in the future, if you stay for a few more days, someone will say that you are not a woman, and a married girl will stay at her mother's house without leaving her home."

"Don't forget, I'm a woman. I know better than you whether it's fair or not." Li Qiaoer was sitting on a rock on the ground, fiddling with the leaves she picked from nowhere, "Who made you men strong? If we can do it when the reasoning fails, we will be left to cry."

Li Ji laughed straight away: "Look at you, you are so sad, it seems like you have no way out. God will always save a thread, and you will owe your father in your previous life. When you really get married, you won't be married." I owe your father something."

In this way, Li Qiaoer can feel better in her heart: "It's still hello fourth uncle, no one is forcing you to marry a wife, you can do whatever you want."

"Me?" Li Ji pointed to himself, "Didn't you hear what was said in the village? I am a wife-hunter, and no one would introduce me if I wanted to."

The two looked at each other and laughed badly.

Er Gouzi came out of the mountain and held a rabbit in his hand. The rabbit was still alive, but Er Gouzi grabbed the ear by the ear, looking a little pitiful.

"It's a male." Er Gouzi came over and said.

Li Ji said: "Then kill and eat the meat. We haven't reached the time to have more rabbits yet, so it's useless to keep them."

"It's very thin, you can eat after fattening up." This is what I learned from Li Ji.

Li Ji thought it would be the same, nodded and said: "Then let's raise it, and it will be raised within a month."

Li Qiao'er did not spare any effort to cheer up her elder brother: "There are few prey in the vicinity, but you can catch prey here, after all, you have the ability."

Er Gouzi said: "This should come all the way from looking for food in Senshan."

Er Gouzi went home and locked up the rabbit, and then came back to continue to open up wasteland with Li Ji.

After delivering the meal and chatting for a long time, Li Qiaoer still had some housework to do at home, so she left.Songsong and Taotao waited for Li Qiaoer to leave before they got out of the woods and jumped onto their shoulders to play with their hair.

Li Jikong touched the troublesome little guy on his shoulder, and he indulged him.Ever since they were released from the house, I haven't seen them leave, but they are quite dependent on him and Er Gouzi. They follow them every day, but when they go into the woods, they release their instincts and jump up and down the trees. But when the two go home at night, the two pine trees will follow them home.

The little-tailed dog, as its name suggests, has been following the two of them, and there is no need to feed it. It goes into the woods to eat some bugs and is full, and it doesn't have to worry about playing with its own.

They are not raised for meat. Most people raise them for housekeeping, eye protection, or catching mice. Few of them are raised for entertainment, which is a pastime only for rich people.Li Ji is different from Ergouzi, which they only realized after raising them.With these energetic little guys by my side, I can feel much better and have more strength to work.

In addition to eating dry rice, the joy that this little guy brings to people is equally precious.

One day when I came home with a sore back and a sore back, playing with them for a while will reduce my fatigue a lot.If things go on like this, Li Ji feels that he can live a few more years.

Er Gouzi has more strength, so he can work faster than Li Ji.Li Ji didn't compete with him for speed either. Originally, it was normal for the two of them to eat food at different levels and not work at the same level.

The more you work like this, the more you have to take a hot bath when you get home at night, then dry your body and lie down in the bed with your bare buttocks. It is to relieve fatigue.

Although it is troublesome and time-consuming, I believe that this method is definitely more effective than falling asleep at home to relieve fatigue.

In the first few days of land reclamation, Li Ji was so tired that he didn’t want to move anymore when he got home. The cooking and boiling water were all done by Er Gouzi alone. The two Gouzi on the left and right could eat and work hard. Although they were tired after a day’s work, they were still far away from the limit. Yes, I can still do the inside and outside work.

The more work he does, the more food he eats. Li Ji usually eats two or three bowls of rice, but now he can eat four bowls of rice. When I met Er Gouzi, an old gourmet who was reborn, two more Li Ji would not be able to eat Er Gouzi together.

The two young men have big appetites, so the food at home is naturally consumed quickly.When Er Gouzi cooks, there will be a lot of meat, and there will be plenty of fish and meat. After a few days of hard work, Li Ji is completely used to the exhaustion of opening up wasteland.

"I want to eat edamame. This year, let's set aside two ridges to plant soybeans. Cook the edamame when it's green and eat it. When it's ripe, it's soybeans. It's good whether it's replaced with tofu or ground and mixed into the feed."

After soaking in the bath and lying in the warm blanket, it was extremely warm from head to toe.

The more full you are, the more you will be greedy for messy things.The two talked about everything, and said whatever came to mind.

Er Gouzi had no objection, and reached out to wrap his arms around Li Ji in response.

The two took advantage of the effort before planting to reclaim nearly four acres of land. They will be busier when planting in the spring. Most of them are planting corn, and the rest are planting some food that the family will eat, such as melon seeds and peanuts. .

In fact, plant these in the ground, and when the autumn harvest comes, whoever walks over and sees them will steal some.It doesn't count as stealing. A plate of melon seeds or a bunch of peanuts are not valuable things, and they are taken as soon as they are taken.

If you love what you grow at home, plant it in an inconspicuous place in the field.But there are not many people who do this. Walking around the fields in autumn, there are rows of snacks, and when you get hungry, you cut off a plate of melon seeds and sit on the side of the road chatting with people while eating. It is also a kind of enjoyment.

Usually people keep seeds, and if they don’t have seeds, they ask their neighbors for them. Li Ji’s family doesn’t have many seeds, and some are old seeds, which may not germinate. Buy seeds in the grain and oil store. The seeds you buy can be guaranteed. Each seed is large and full, and I believe the harvest will be considerable.

The yard at the head of the house is big, and the yard of the hometown where I lived before is not small, and they all need to be planted.

After a few days of work, the two of them finished their work, and it was time for the slack season.

Li Ji stood on the ground and looked at the seeds that had just been planted. He didn't have to work from dawn to dusk tomorrow, and Li Ji felt a little melancholy.

Er Gouzi squatted beside Li Ji, Li Ji didn't speak, Er Gouzi didn't speak, and waited for a while until Li Ji was really bored, before he arrived: "There's no work to do tomorrow, the grass in the mountains has just emerged, hurry up." It’s a pity that the cows go up to eat, and it’s easy to feed the animals at home, and I feel uncomfortable when I think I have nothing to do.”

In the past, Li Ji was always unprofitable, but if he went back a year, Li Ji might not have imagined that he, a lazy bastard, would feel uncomfortable when he didn't work.

"I haven't bought sheep and pigs yet. If we buy more, we will build a new livestock pen." Er Gouzi looked for work for Li Ji very understandingly.

"Don't tell me I almost forgot, let's go to the bull market tomorrow to see."

Newly bought pigs and sheep come in. If there are too many, a new pen will be built. Fortunately, the yard is large enough to keep as many as possible, but it takes a lot of effort to feed them. If you want to reduce costs, you have to go up the mountain to mow more grass.

"Do you think we can mow grass so diligently this year that we can feed the animals in the winter? Last year we did a lot of it, but it died just after the Chinese New Year. We have to be so tired this year to make enough."

"We have money." Er Gouzi was simple and clear.

"Money can't buy everything. The grain and oil store sells rice sticks but not hay." Li Ji remembered it as soon as he finished speaking. I didn't expect that."

In this way, when the grass grows this year, there is no need to mow the grass and dry it day and night, and just buy it directly at that time.Whether it is the grass collected from the mountains or after drying, it can save the two of them a lot of time.And this way, even in winter, there is no need to kill animals to save feed. Although there are more taxes to breed more animals, the income is even more impressive.

In this way, we can go to the city to find a restaurant for cooperation, and we can complete any order in two months.

If you figure it out, Li Ji won't have a headache anymore. There are a lot of sticks, rice and poles that can be harvested in this field, which can be used to feed the livestock. When the time comes, I will buy some from the village. The food for the livestock is settled, and there is no need to worry about the money in the pocket. up.

"Before we go to the bull market, we have to go to the county to sell the leather we saved."

Er Gouzi looked at the mountain: "I want to go into the mountain."

Li Jiwei was silent, and after a while, he said softly: "Go."

Er Gouzi grinned and gritted his teeth: "I'll give you a good skin."

"It's not important. I'll just treat you as if you were going up the mountain to let the wind go. Come back early so you don't get hurt." Li Ji thought that his words were sincere and he couldn't stop him, so he could only give a few more words of advice.

Now Li Ji understands why people become nagging once they become parents, especially when children go out, they always babble endlessly.Because there is no way to personally go up to protect his safety, this repeated reminder is the only help that can be given.

"I won't get hurt, I want to eat chicken stewed with potatoes." Er Gouzi just learned to change the subject.

"Let's eat tonight."

There are not many potatoes at home, except for the potatoes left for seedlings, there are enough leftovers for two or three meals.

After returning home to kill the chicken and remove its feathers to prepare the ingredients, he was chopping the packed chicken into pieces when he heard the little tail calling outside the door. Li Ji wiped the oil off his hands and went out to have a look.

"Fourth Uncle." With the enthusiasm of grinning when the visitor met, Li Ji thought for a while before he remembered who it was, it was the Zhang family.

"Ergua? How did you remember it?" Li Ji walked two steps away.

Ergua doesn’t have a serious name, but the household registration on the website says Zhao Ergua. Although he is from the same village, he rarely sees him throughout the year. If it weren’t for the lack of people in the village, Li Ji might not even be able to call him by his name. come out.

"It's nothing serious, come and see fourth uncle." Ergua is in his thirties, he is very lucky, married a virtuous daughter-in-law, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Although he has both children, he is not an enviable family. , but it is indeed a happy family.

"Come in and have a seat." Li Ji greeted him and asked Er Gouzi to make tea.Now that there is no shortage of water, he is not stingy with the tea. When he enters the house and sits on the kang, Li Ji asks him to sit on the stool.

There is a gap in seniority between the two, and the relationship is not close, so they cannot sit on the kang together.Although it is in a poor mountain valley, there are still some rules. On the kang, you can sit in the right seat, that is, you can sit with the host's peers or elders, and those who are closer to the younger generation can also sit together.

Li Ji propped one arm on the kang table, so he looked quite dignified.In fact, it wasn't Li Jizhuang, but he was used to soft bones, leaning on something to lean on, and hunched over when there was nothing to lean on.

There is also no role model for anyone to correct. Li Ji has been like this since he was a child. Of course, most of the villagers are also like this. No one needs to teach anyone, and no one teaches Li Ji how to stand and sit.

"I haven't seen you for a while. Last time I went back to your house, your daughter-in-law gave birth to Sanya. I used to give you two catties of millet. How is Sanya doing now? She will leave."

It is because of this that he is blessed to go.His eldest son is eighteen this year. He has been married and moved out for two years. The eldest son of the family will also get married in a few years. The couple became lonely.

It just so happened that a little padded jacket was born last year, and it will be good to guard this girl in the days to come.

On average, the couple lived to be over 40 years old, and the couple are already in their 30s. These three girls have grown up and waited for the couple to get married for two years, and the couple should almost die.

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