In the past few days, Zhao Yanli came to help. The Li family brothers and sisters also came together, and they began to raise sweet potato seedlings.
This kind of work is really nothing to them.
It was done in two days, and every day I took the time to remove the straw curtain.
Next is cotton seedlings, which don’t produce much. The three families have agreed that each family only has three acres of land, which is enough for their own use.
But within two days, Ma Changshun came over and informed him that the field department had a mandatory task, that is, each family must hand over three hundred kilograms of cotton at the end of the year, and the cotton must be well-stretched. Moreover, the price this year was not low, and it was RMB 80.
One pound.
The three families were a little better. Su Yuanyuan had cotton seeds here, so she didn't have to go to the seed station to buy them, so they started raising cotton seedlings again, and one family had three acres of land to grow seedlings.
"Yuanyuan, why is there a mandatory mission?"
"The food gap has been much smaller in recent years, so it is normal to grab cotton now." Before Su Yuanyuan could speak, Li Hongxiang gave an explanation.
He likes this cheerful girl very much. After all, everyone likes lively and studious girls. As long as he has time, he will learn from them. He will not feel embarrassed even if he asks Shaoguang and Liyun.
Moreover, people who are very attentive when studying are naturally liked by others.
"I think Mr. Li is right, and I think so too."
After the cotton seedlings were planted, the two families began to clean up the yard.
"Yuanyuan, I want to build a courtyard wall too, so I feel safe."
"Okay, I've started to shed the soil embryos in the past few days. I still have some here. But it's definitely not enough."
This was what she wanted to build for the courtyard wall when she first came here. But she saved it very well.
"Okay, I'll do it starting tomorrow. Although it's still freezing at night, there should be no problem."
Zhao Yanping is a person of action. She immediately started to maintain it. The next day, the third son of the Li family also came to help. However, it still takes a lot to build a wall.
It took them five days to finally get it right.
The next thing to do was to wait for work. They began to clean up their own yards and grow vegetables.
It was Su Yuanyuan who raised seedlings, cucumbers, eggplants, and tomatoes, which were essential. After the vegetables were planted, it was time to do the work in the fields.
Su Yuanyuan saw Zhao Yanli stumbling, so she lent her the ewe so that she could plow the ground with the sheep leading the donkey.
This year Su Yuanyuan has 40 acres of corn, 10 acres of cotton, and the rest is sweet potatoes and potatoes.
I don’t want to plant wheat anymore, I’m too tired. It’s better to do whatever saves the trouble.
The Li family and Zhao Yanli both planted ten acres of wheat, mainly because they wanted to be able to eat white flour.
Li Hongxiang really didn't want to wrong himself and his two children. Zhao Yanli also had the same idea. In the past, when he lived with his brother and sister, he didn't have this condition. Now that he is living alone, he can do anything.
This year, Su Yuanyuan plowed the sweet potato ridges and potato ridges first, and sealed them with mulch. This saves effort in weeding.
Corn is still seeded through seeding holes, which saves a lot of effort.
Su Yuanyuan thought with a smile that she was getting lazier and lazier. Now she was fooling around with her work.
I took the time to collect the chickens, ducks and geese and divide them. Now I have no time to go out. I go to the fields every day.
After the corn was planted, she started plowing the cotton ridges and also sealed them with mulch.
The two families did the same thing. Zhao Yanli borrowed a bundle of mulch film from Su Yuanyuan.
To be honest, none of them are great at work, so they need some tricks.
After the corn comes out, we start planting rice seedlings. This is also very hard work. I have to squat almost the whole time.
The Li family has an advantage this time, they are the third son after all.
It was not until the end of June that the potatoes were planted. This was the end of spring planting.
Zhao Yanli is very thin. This afternoon, she came here wearing a thin film.
Su Yuanyuan smiled and asked her to get on the kang, "I will stew you some meat today. This is a piece of bacon sent by the Li family. We ate it today."
"That's great. I've been hungry for a long time."
The two girls cooked very quickly. There was nothing in the braised pork, it was just stewed meat.
Rice and a plate of spicy and sour potato shreds.
This time Zhao Yanli was really satisfied. "It's better to live like this. I hope to be able to eat whatever I want from now on."
"The ideal is very good." Su Yuanyuan laughed and teased her good sisters.
"This rain is so timely, I feel like I can't stand it any longer."
"Spring planting is over."
"Isn't that right? I'm going to see my eldest sister tomorrow. She is busy giving birth, so I haven't gone there either."
"Didn't you ask your eldest brother to help you carry the money?"
"Yes, I have to go and have a look. I don't know how she is doing now. There shouldn't be confinement time during the spring planting period, right?"
Both girls sighed. Life is not easy for people nowadays, but it is especially not easy for women.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the rain stopped. The two of them got up. It was time to clean up the grass in the yard. They also thought about putting up the fence in the next few days. It would be safe, especially as a girl lives alone.
"Xiao Li, I still have a piece of bacon at home, please bring it to the eldest sister." I had already given the money, but I thought that I might not be in confinement, so I softened my heart.
"Okay, I'll take you there."
The next day, the road was still quite muddy, so I didn't catch the car and went to Xiang's house with the two kilograms of bacon and five kilograms of white noodles from home.
It took more than an hour to arrive. Before I even entered the yard, I heard the sound of cursing.
Zhao Yanli listened outside for a while and felt that this was probably a scolding for the eldest sister.
Now Zhao Yanli couldn't help it. She was an impulsive person, so she just opened the door and went in.
When the people in the yard saw Zhao Yanli coming in, her cursing voice immediately disappeared.
Zhao Yanli knew that this was the eldest sister's mother-in-law, so she frowned and stared at this woman.
Xiang Zhiqiang walked into the house reluctantly.
Zhao Yanli rushed to her eldest sister's house with a basket on her back.
When I went in, I saw the eldest sister's paper-like body sitting on the kang, with her back to the door. She must be holding a child.
Zhao Yanli opened the door and came in, and saw the eldest sister's back stiffened.
She didn't say anything and ran directly towards her eldest sister.
"Mom, I'll go to work after I finish feeding Da Ya."
Zhao Yanli burst into tears when she heard the eldest sister's weak voice.
"Is this how you live your life? Is this what you do at home? How come you live like this outside?"
Zhao Yanping heard her little sister's voice and cried. Then she saw her back trembling. She looked very pitiful.
"What's the point of crying? Are you leading your life like this? Are you such a waste?"