Time flew by, and soon it came to the day when the Tian family's wasteland was cleared. At dawn, Luo got up and quickly made breakfast, killed the chicken, led the family to light incense and candles as a sacrifice to the Lord of the Land, and went to the back mountain.
Worshiped the mountain god.
At 2:00 a.m., Tian Minyan and Tian Huairen walked to the back mountain. Because the wasteland at home was to be reclaimed, Tian Minrui and Xiao Wu specially asked for a half-day leave with their husband, and they followed the lead.
When we arrived at the desolate hillside of the back mountain, it was already crowded with people. Some came to work and some came to watch the fun. Children were running wildly all over the ground. Xie Gouzi was holding a bamboo stick on the ground.
He shouted to the children to leave.
Someone saw Tian Minyan's family coming and couldn't help shouting: "The second girl is here."
Tian Minyan couldn't help but laugh. Since that day, Xie Gouzi called her "Second Girl". Those who came to help her, especially those who were not close to her, would always call her "Second Girl" when they saw her.
Xie Gouzi ran over and gasped: "I've looked around and no one is coming in. You can start farming at any time."
Tian Minyan hummed and walked around for a while. She and Tian Huairen had already collected the wet leaves on the wasteland, and the rest were dry ones that could also be used to ignite fire.
She first divided the one hundred acres of land into four pieces, and appointed a small director for each piece of land. Among them was He's eldest brother He Quanfu. The other three were also good farmers in the village, such as Zhang Dagui and Chen
Ping An, and Zhu Minsheng, a cousin of Uncle Zhu.
According to the previous meeting, they dug fire trenches in the morning, plowed in the afternoon, and started plowing tomorrow. Tian Minyan gave an order, and the thirty people were divided into four teams and began to work.
Even if someone was invited to open up wasteland, Tian Huairen did not sit idle. He rolled up his sleeves and followed everyone, while Tian Minrui and Xiao Wu ran around to prevent the children from playing in the field and disturbing the adults.
of work.
Tian Minyan only looked at it for a while and then walked away. She had other things to plan.
In order for a piece of land to become fertile farmland, in addition to fertilizing and nourishing it, it also needs motorized wells for irrigation. Everything in the world needs water, and this land is no exception.
The piece of wasteland she bought was determined to grow cotton from the beginning, so it did not need to be turned into fertile land like a paddy field. It only needed to be fertilized and provided with sufficient water for irrigation.
As for the water source, there is a river beach next to the back mountain. All you need to do is intercept it upstream. However, the water in this river beach is not very strong. If there is a severe drought, the water in the river beach will definitely not be supplied, and it may even dry up the river.
Tian Minyan walked along the upper reaches of the river beach, slowly getting away from the sound of people. Just like that, she was not busy using charcoal to draw the topography of the river beach, looking for the most suitable points to build embankments and dams.
After climbing until she could no longer climb, she stopped and looked back. There were crowds of people at the foot of the mountain, and the faint sound of voices could be heard. Not far away, there were green fields, with rice swaying in the wind.
Tian Minyan sat down and took in a sweeping view of the scenery below. She cast her gaze on her family's hundred acres of wasteland, made a square frame with her hands, moved it bit by bit, and kept planning in her mind.
The mountainous terrain was sloped from high to low. Tian Minyan couldn't help but feel happy when she thought of the terraced fields she had seen in her previous life. Perhaps, she could also turn this slope into terraced fields.
Row by row, row by row, she will plant cotton in the future, a patch of white flowers. When interplanting, she can also plant butter vegetables, yellow cauliflower, a patch of golden flowers, how beautiful it is.
Thinking like this, Tian Minyan quickly took out a sharpened charcoal pencil from her arms and started drawing on the paper.
Tian Minyan stayed on the mountain for a long time, writing and drawing. She didn't go down the mountain until Tian Minrui came to see her. The sun gradually turned towards the right side. After working for most of the day, several fire ditches had been dug in various places in the field. Looking at the sky, it was cloudless.
, you can start plowing by fire in the afternoon.
During lunch break at home, Tian Minyan told her family that she would dig several deep wells in that land.
"Dig a well?" Tian Huairen looked at her in shock. He had only heard of wells being dug at home for food, but he had never heard of wells being drilled in the fields.
"Yes."
Tian Minyan nodded. This was what she had thought of on the mountain. There was too little water in the riverbank. She was not afraid of anything, she was just afraid of a severe drought. If there was a real severe drought, even the well water would be dry. She would have to take a few gulps.
It's always good to be prepared.
This is what she thought. She dug a well at the highest point, dug several large ponds to store water, and formed a terraced field. If the gates were opened at the top to prevent water from being released, it would be much easier to irrigate.
The well is just a backup, and water is usually diverted from the riverbank for irrigation, so there is no need to worry about water sources.
"Here, no one has dug a well in the ground yet." Tian Huairen frowned.
"Dad, we can't do it until someone has done it. We have to learn how to set the precedent, right?" Tian Minyan smiled and said: "It's like a wasteland. Someone has to open it first before it can become fertile land. We must be brave enough to eat it.
Crab."
"But..." Tian Huairen was still hesitating: "There has been no major drought in these years."
"Dad, what are you worried about?"
"I, I..." Tian Huairen hesitated and coughed: "It will take a lot of land to dig that pond."
Tian Minyan suddenly realized that she couldn't bear to part with those acres of land, so she smiled and said: "Dad, it's not in the way, it's worth it. Just think about those ponds, they are the water that saves lives and food, and that's money."
.Besides, we can’t grow much food in this land right now, so it doesn’t matter if it takes a lot of land or not.”
Tian Huairen was so embarrassed by her words that he said: "Okay, do whatever you want to do."
Tian Minyan breathed a sigh of relief and raised the corners of her mouth.
In the near future, facts proved that Tian Minyan's decision was absolutely right.
In the afternoon, Luo Shi saw that Tian Minyan was very tanned and thin because she was busy opening up wasteland these days, and there was a circle of blue and black under her eyelids. She felt distressed and helpless, and advised her not to go to the fields, but Tian Minyan was worried, and still
She ran to the land in the back mountain. After all, it was her first time to do fire farming, so she was afraid of something happening.
Fortunately, the fire plowing went very smoothly, because there were many fire pits dug and the fire was well controlled. A piece of land was quickly plowed. Tian Minyan hurriedly asked people to plow it, and then used it to rake it. Although because of
The technique was unfamiliar and it was very awkward. There were many potholes, but a lot of grass roots were dug out.
Some people saw the novelty of this farm tool, and they all came forward to try it out. They all felt that this tool was much easier to use than a hoe, and could dig out a lot of grass roots. Some people even asked Tian Minyan where he ordered it, but Tian Minyan did not hide his secrets and was generous.
Having said that, I managed to bring a lot of business to Uncle Zhu invisibly.
Tian Minyan saw the clods of soil that had been raked out by everyone, and the mud pits of different depths, which made her smile and narrow her eyes. She felt proud and excited at the same time. In this way, the land would be opened soon.
Coding is very tiring, boring, tiring, tiring, tiring, tiring, tiring, I’m going crazy~
