"Second sister, you go plant the melons, and A Ping and I will carry the water. Just plant two of these seeds in each hole." Li Wen said and handed the seeds to Li Xia.

"Okay, you two go carry the water. Sister has been doing this farming work for several years, so don't worry." Li Xia smiled and took the seeds.

Because there was no plastic film in this era, we could only cover it with wheat straw and wheat bran.

After Li Xia had planted all the seeds, Li Wen began to sprinkle wheat bran on the seed nests. Then he and Li Ping began to water the seeds, just water them thoroughly. Wait five to ten days for the seeds to germinate.

"Awen, you don't have enough seeds. After planting less than two ridges, they will be gone. Just plant cucumbers and cowpeas in the remaining ridges." Li Xia, who was sitting on the edge of the field to rest, said.

"Okay, it's good to plant cucumbers and cowpeas on this ridge. It's better than planting them directly in the ground. I'll get you the seeds." Li Wen said and took out the cucumber and cowpea seeds from the bag he was carrying.

When several people were planting melons in the afternoon, the old lady also went to take a look at the fields. She saw that the people were planting them in a decent manner and did not give any random instructions.

After working for more than an hour, Li Wen planted all the cucumbers and cowpeas in the field. There were still a few square meters of land left, so Li Wen flattened the ridges and planted vegetables.

"Sister, please take the farm tools back first, and I'll plant some pumpkin seeds on the backyard wall." When he returned to the backyard wall, Li Wen stopped with a hoe.

"It's okay, a few people can work faster." Li Xia said, picking up the tools and starting to loosen the soil.

"Sister, you and A Ping don't need to loosen the soil. You can find some branches. You will need them later." Li Wen gave instructions to Li Xia and Li Ping.

After the two left, Li Wen began to use a hoe to weed and loosen the soil. After a while, the grass at the corner was hoeed away and the soil was almost loose.

Li Wen took out pumpkin seeds and started sowing them. Because pumpkins are giant vines, there is no need to plant many.

Li Wen did not take the seeds from the space, but directly took out the seeds left over from the pumpkin eaten at home yesterday.

The seeds are almost dry and not wet, so the germination rate will be higher after sowing.

There were less than 20 seeds left in total, so Li Wen directly sown two in one nest. A total of six nests of seeds were planted on the wall of the backyard. Li Wen kept the remaining seeds and took them to the front door to plant.

Sprinkle wheat bran and wheat straw and water thoroughly. Li Wen placed the broken branches of Li Xia and Li Ping in a circle around the pumpkin nest. This is to prevent someone from accidentally trampling the pumpkin seedlings as grass.

In this era, every household has a large open space in front of their home. People usually chat and dry things in the open space.

Li Wen also planted two nests of pumpkins under the front wall and surrounded them with branches. There were many children and chickens and ducks running around the door, so the pumpkin seedlings were more easily damaged.

"Finally the planting is finished!" Li Wen leaned on the recliner and took a rest.

"You used to go to school, so you just made up for it when you went home to work. You couldn't do much farm work. Now you know you are tired from farming, right?" The old lady sat aside and said with a smile.

Li Wen was also a farmer in his last life. He often did farm work when he was a child, so he knows how difficult it is for farmers.

"Milk, I know this farm work is very tiring, and farming is indeed very hard." Li Wen smiled and nodded.

Li Wen stayed at home for another night. After dinner the next morning, he said goodbye to the old lady and left his hometown on his bicycle.

Li Wenwen took thirty kilograms of pork from the space and placed it in a wooden box.

He was going to go to the state-owned restaurant in the town. Li Wen still had nearly 500 kilograms of pork left in his hand, and it would be a waste to keep it lying around.

Take out some pork and walk around with Bald Old Wu, and exchange it for some food stamps and meat stamps.

Li Wen is not short of money now, so he doesn't want to change money anymore. In this era, bills are the most practical thing.

Li Wen propped his bicycle at the door of the state-owned hotel and locked it with a chain. Then he walked into the state-owned hotel holding the wooden box on the back seat of the car.

"Brother Ma, I'm here again!" Looking at Brother Ma, who was dozing off on the counter, Li Wen shouted loudly. He was so frightened that Brother Ma banged his head on the counter.

"I wonder who is so bold and yelling in a state-owned hotel, it turns out it's you." Xiao Ma rubbed his forehead.

"Xiao Wen, I haven't been here for a while!" Brother Ma said with a smile while smoking the Hongmei cigarette that Li Wen handed over.

"Xiao Wen, do you have any radio tickets on hand?" After chatting for a while, Xiao Ma asked Li Wen in a low voice.

"What, Brother Ma, are you getting married?" Li Wen looked at Xiao Ma and asked with a smile.

"My brother is getting married, and the other party's request to marry him must be made. I have asked many people for help, but none of them got it." Xiao Ma shook his head and said.

"Uncle Wu and Brother Wu Guang can't do anything?" Li Wen asked doubtfully. Logically speaking, Brother Xiao Ma and Uncle Wu and his son have a very good relationship. Wu Guang drives widely in the county.

"Brother Guang happened to have a ticket in his hand last month. But the son of a leader in the town also wanted a wife, so he had already cashed it in for that leader." Xiao Ma said with a bitter smile.

"You are so unlucky, but meeting me is a blessing. I happened to have a ticket in my hand, so I gave it to you."

Li Wen took out a radio ticket from his satchel and handed it to Xiao Ma.

"I said Awen has a way out, but you still don't believe me." At this time, Lao Wu came out of the kitchen and said.

"Oh, Xiaowen, you really have this in your hand!" Xiao Ma was very happy after taking the ticket.

"Uncle Wu, please lend me some money. I brought a dollar with me when I went out today. The ticket money for Xiaowen is not enough." Xiao Ma rubbed the radio in his hand and laughed.

"You didn't bring enough, so I brought enough? Who would bring so much money when they go out?" Old Wu said angrily.

"Write a note to me and borrow ten yuan from the counter. Remember to return it to the official when you come tomorrow." Old Wu told Xiao Ma how to do it.

"That's a good idea." Xiao Ma quickly wrote an IOU, signed it and fingerprinted it, and handed it to Old Wu.

"Here it is for Awen, keep this twelve yuan, don't think it's too little!" Xiao Ma took one of his own, and took another one from Lao Wu, which was exactly twelve yuan, and handed it to Li Wen.

"You're welcome, we're all our own. I'll just charge you ten yuan, and you can take the rest back." Li Wen took out the big black ten and put it in his pocket, and returned the remaining cents to Xiao Ma.

"Ah! How good is this."

Brother Xiao Ma felt embarrassed for a moment when he took the two yuan returned by Li Wen.

"Okay, Xiaoma, you can take it. Awen is very righteous." Lao Wu smiled and took back his one dollar from Xiaoma.ωωw..net

"Brother Xiao Ma, you're welcome. I'll just get my money back. Uncle Wu, let's go inside and talk." Li Wen picked up the box and walked towards the backyard of the state-owned hotel.

"Hey, there's so much pork! Don't underestimate our restaurant, we only eat two kilograms per day." Lao Wu said in surprise when he saw a box full of pork in the backyard.

"Yeah! I'll give you five kilograms of these pork. If you go by yourself, it'll cost you one yuan. You won't need your vote. You can share it with the hotel staff."

"Your hotel bought the remaining pork. Can you exchange it for meat stamps and food stamps for me? I don't want to exchange money," Li Wen said with a smile.

"It's no problem at all. The pork is exchanged for food stamps and our restaurant takes advantage." Old Wu said with a smile.

Then he went out and called Brother Ma in, and weighed the pork to Li Wen. It was thirty-two pounds and six taels in total.

"Here is Awen, here is five yuan, and there are more than 20 kilograms of meat left to exchange for tickets." Xiao Ma calculated and handed a stack of notes to Li Wen.

No problem, Li Wen smiled and took the meat stamps and food stamps. The meat stamps were not much, only five kilograms of bills.
Chapter completed!