The land allocated to Sanfang by Lao Yangtou consisted of two acres of paddy field and two acres of dry land.

Yang Ruoqing had not yet taken a look at the location of the two acres of paddy fields. Now she followed Sun to her two acres of dry land.

"Grandma thinks I'm too fat, so she gave us this far away place so I can walk more and stretch my muscles?"

Standing on the ridge of her dry land, Yang Ruoqing looked around and couldn't help but joke.

Mrs. Sun looked at the dry land in front of her and secretly shook her head.

This half-acre of dry land, at the foot of this mountain, was once a piece of wasteland.

The old Yang family used to grow cotton, but there was a drought and the harvest was not good. Later they switched to soybeans, peanuts and sesame seeds. Perhaps because of the soil quality, the harvest was never as good as that of the dry land at the foot of the mountain.

"Qing'er, don't complain. It's better if they allocate this land to us than if they don't allocate it to us. Let's take good care of it and we can still collect something."

Sun smiled at Yang Ruoqing, took out the radish seeds and pumpkin seeds borrowed from Guihua's house, and put them aside.

Yang Ruoqing nodded in agreement. You are right, something is better than nothing. As long as you are diligent and willing to study, even a piece of wasteland can bring out its due value.

"Mom, let's start leveling the ground."

Yang Ruoqing took her smaller hoe and stood on the ridge to discuss it with Sun. The mother and daughter got down to the ground with the hoe and began to dig.

She was an agent in her previous life, but Yang Ruoqing is no stranger to farm work.

why

For a period of time, in order to carry out her mission, she lurked into a farmhouse in a branch of the Dabie Mountains. She stayed there for more than half a year and learned many survival skills of farmers.

It was not difficult for her to plow the fields, plant rice and plant vegetables.

At this moment, the hoe turned over the soil under the feet, making a crisp and rustling sound, just like the sound of a blade cutting on crispy yam slices, which was particularly pleasant to the ear.

I dug with hoe after hoe, turning over the slightly red soil underground. The soil here is very loose, slightly acidic, and sandy soil. It is good to plant some drought-resistant crops, such as corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

choose

While Yang Ruoqing was waving the hoe to level the land, she was imagining the joy of a good harvest. Every time she dug with the hoe, she was working hard for her own home. In her heart, she felt so happy and looking forward to it.

"Qing'er, when you're tired, take a break and drink some tea to moisten your throat."

Over there, Mrs. Sun was holding a hoe, raising her hand to wipe the hot sweat from her forehead and smiling at Yang Ruoqing here.

"Mom, I'm not tired. Thinking about this winter, we can eat juicy radishes grown by ourselves, and I feel full of energy." Yang Ruoqing raised her head and said with a smile.

Mrs. Sun nodded, with a heartfelt smile in her eyes. She and her daughter finally thought about it.

"Daughter, let's work hard, level the ground before noon, and plant radish seeds. After a while, the radish vegetables will grow, and our family will have our own vegetable plot."

"Yes." Yang Ruoqing nodded heavily. Regardless of the juicy radish or the green radish leaves, just thinking about the delicious farm food was enough to make her salivate.

Swinging the hoe with more energy

When the land is almost flat, it's time to start sowing seeds into the small flat soil nests.

"Qing'er, mother, please bring some seeds, you can follow and water them," Mrs. Sun ordered.

"Okay," Yang Ruoqing responded cheerfully, following behind Mrs. Sun, mother and daughter started working in an orderly manner.

Mrs. Sun bent down and put two to four radish seeds into each small nest. Yang Ruoqing poured some water into the nest, and then lightly covered it with a thin layer of sand.

Next, the mother and daughter sowed the pumpkin seeds in the same way, planting them next to the edge of the ground.

If this pumpkin is planted in your own yard or on the wall, you will definitely need to prepare a bracket.

But here, next to this wasteland is a forest. When the pumpkin seedlings grow, let the roots and vines grow freely close to the ground.

"Qing'er, mother can do the rest of the finishing work. You go sit on the grass over there and have a rest." Mrs. Sun said to Yang Ruoqing while covering the soil.

Seeing that she was almost done with her work, Yang Ruoqing smiled and said "Hey", jumped up to the edge of the ground, and sat down on the grass there to rest.

As soon as she sat down, her palms subconsciously pressed down on the grass beside her, and she was suddenly pricked by something, causing her to gasp in pain.

When I looked down, I saw a cluster of nettle grass.

The edge of the palm was severely scratched and pulled by the sharp thorns on the skin of the nettle grass. The skin was broken and a little blood leaked out. It was painful, numb and itchy, just like being bitten by ants, and there were also some dots of thorns.

The child is stuck in the skin.

Yang Ruoqing immersed herself in pulling out the tiny barbs stuck in the skin one by one. Over there, Mrs. Sun came over after finishing her work. When she saw this, she said, "These biting grasses always grow in the woods. Now,

It’s better to have seeds in autumn. In spring and summer, there are clusters of them in the woods on the edges of fields, and even pigs, cattle and sheep don’t dare to touch them.”

Yang Ruoqing listened carefully, her head spinning.

I'm afraid the villagers here don't know the benefits of this nettle grass. Although the grass is irritating, just like the cactus, the nettle grass in spring and summer has a bad taste, and the pigs, cattle and sheep are too lazy to take care of it.

However, when autumn comes, nettle grass begins to produce seeds, and the sour and tingling smell fades away. Pick it, chop it, mix it with wheat bran and rice husk, and feed it to pigs. It is the most nutritious feed.

I guarantee that within two months, the pig’s coat will be shiny, fat and strong

Thinking of this, Yang Ruoqing suddenly had an idea. She stood up and said to Mrs. Sun, "Mom, I plan to go to the forest over there to pick some biting grass."

Mrs. Sun thought she had heard wrong, and was confused, "Even pigs won't eat that thing, and people can't even eat it. What are you going to do, Qing'er?"

"Mom, I won't tell you for now, but you will know later." Yang Ruoqing deliberately kept it a secret. She knew that even if she explained it now, Mrs. Sun might not believe it.

After all, the original owner of this body was a fool who could not take care of himself in life.

"Okay, I'll accompany you to the forest. I'll gather some pine hair to take with you. You're not allowed to go in. We'll just look for it at the entrance of the forest."

Mrs. Sun warned, taking Yang Ruoqing's behavior as a child's playful nature, and didn't pay much attention to it.

The two women made a plan and entered the forest.

This forest is the same forest where Yang Ruoqing went out to look for wild vegetables yesterday afternoon. It is just another side of the forest.

After coming in, she found that what Sun said was true. There were clusters of mature nettles here. Sun gathered pine hair, and Yang Ruoqing picked nettles. After a while, she put the bamboo baskets she brought with her.
Chapter completed!