The collected beans will be put in the yard to dry. When they are dry enough, the beans can be beaten. After the beans are beaten out, the rice can be harvested. After the rice is harvested, it must be threshed and dried in the sun.
After all the busy things, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed and September has entered.
Everyone is very busy during this period, so naturally there is no time to think about ginger or planting. Zhou Lang is so busy every day that he is almost peeling off a layer of skin. Every night when it gets dark, he still insists on going to his thatched shed.
I slept in there, and was woken up every morning by Wu Lang who came over and kicked me.
But no matter how tired he was, he still insisted on guarding Jiang Di. In his words, he had reached this point and could not give up all his efforts. This was related to the issue of repaying his debt.
Even though he went to the hay shed and slept soundly with a full belly. Maybe he wouldn't notice if someone pulled out the ginger, but as long as he lived there it was a deterrent. To be honest, he never lost any ginger again.
He felt that it must not be because they were too tired from the autumn harvest to steal ginger, but because they were afraid of his bravery and hard work, so no one came.
After harvesting the melons and beans, everyone didn't have time to take a break. The rice matured and the weather began to change. It would rain from time to time.
In order to catch up with the farming season, all members of the Zhou family, except Qian and Manbao, have to go to the fields. This year, the Zhou family has a new child, Zhou Xi, and the speed is faster than before.
Bundles of rice were carried back to the yard, with a smile on even the tired old man's face.
Because the workload was too heavy, Manbao spent all his savings to buy meat for everyone. Qian also did not hesitate in food and money, cooking for everyone herself.
So after the autumn harvest in January, although everyone was dark and thin, they were in good spirits.
Lao Zhoutou called his daughter to his side and asked her to calculate how much tax their family would have to pay this year. After the autumn harvest, they would have to pay taxes and grain.
Lao Zhoutou remembered what happened to the fourth child last year, glanced up at him, and said: "This year, the boss will take the second, third, and fifth children there, while the fourth child will stay at home."
Zhou Lang lowered his head and tried to reduce his sense of presence.
On the day of receiving the autumn grain, Manbao and the others were taking a break. She also wanted to join in the fun, so she took Lao Zhoutou's hand and said, "Dad, let Fourth Brother go, let's get some ginger to sell."
"Can ginger be sold?"
"Okay, okay, let's exchange some money and come back to buy meat."
Lao Zhou was a little worried, why did the little girl think about eating all day long?
He touched her head and said: "Sell the money and let your fourth brother pay off all the family debts. We will use the money to build a few houses. If we have more money, we will build one for you."
He had thought about it, "You are a scholar, so you must have a room of your own. When the time comes, let your second brother make you a bamboo screen, half of the room can be used as a bedroom, and the other half can be used as a study room."
Man Bao's eyes lit up when she heard this. If she had her own room, wouldn't she be able to talk to Ke Ke for as long as she wanted?
She immediately expressed her loyalty, "Dad, I will also build a house for you with the money I received."
Old Zhoutou: ...why, Jiang Di’s money still needs to be divided? Isn’t that all his?
Manbao obviously didn't know what his father was thinking. After calculating the grain tax for him, he ran over to Zhou Lang, "Fourth brother, young ginger should be sold with leaves. The leaves can also be fried and eaten. We
I don’t have an iron pot at home, but people who have one will definitely like it.”
Zhou Lang blinked and asked: "How do you know? Have you eaten it?"
Man Bao drooled and said, "No, my friend told me."
"You must be the young master of the Bai family. Tell me what is delicious stir-fried with ginger leaves. When I want to sell it, I can answer questions easily."
"With meat." Man Bao felt that everything in the world would be delicious when fried with meat.
Zhou Lang obviously thought so too, so he nodded.
Keke said helplessly: "Actually, it tastes better when stir-fried. You can also stir-fry it with eggs."
This was a recipe from their time. The kind of ginger now grown in Manbao was bought from the mall. It has a very strong reproductive ability. Just a small piece can produce a large piece.
Its leaves are also very delicious. The leaves are still tender now, so they are good whether stir-fried or stewed. However, Manbao tried stewing soup last time and found it unpalatable, so she ruled it out first and persisted.
I think stir-fried ginger leaves are more delicious.
Although she has never eaten fried ginger leaves.
Because it was his first time selling ginger and he didn't know how the market was going, Zhou Lang didn't dare to dig too much. After digging a small basket, he took it to the river and cleaned it.
Today the six brothers of the Zhou family are going to the county town, and even Zhou Xi is going together.
This was Man Bao's insistence. This is what she told her parents, "The ginger on that piece of land belongs to the eldest sister. It is up to the eldest sister to decide how to sell it and how much it will cost."
He turned around and said to Zhou Xi: "Sister, you have to hold your own money, so you can do whatever you want. If you let us help you sell ginger, we will take a commission."
Zhou Xi asked with a smile, "Aren't you using the money to buy meat for your family?"
"Yes, because the money is in my hands, I can buy meat for my family if I want, and cloth if I want to buy it. But if it is in my mother's hands, then I will definitely not be able to do anything I want." So full of satisfaction.
Bao has known since he was a child that he has to earn money and take the money he earns.
Zhou Xi was stunned for a moment, then nodded after thinking for a moment, "Okay, I'll go with you."
Zhou Xi has put a lot of effort into the land. As Man Bao said, the only two pieces of land in this family that really belong to her.
At first, she didn't know if ginger could be grown, so she wasn't too concerned about it, but after they really sprouted, she became very attentive.
She did all the fertilizing, weeding, and catching insects herself, and she even proposed and helped with the division of plants that Zhou Lang had not considered.
Over the past six months, she has been taking medicine. In addition, she is not so tired at her parents' house and eats better than before. Her face is actually much rosier, and her hands and feet are not always cold.
But correspondingly, her money was almost spent.
Zhou Xi wanted to raise Man Bao before, but her mother was resolute, so she gave up the idea. Since she couldn't raise Man Bao and she didn't want to get married, she had to prepare to set up a female household.
Her father didn't say it, but Zhou Xi knew that her father was very dissatisfied with her because she proposed raising Man Bao.
Zhou Xi and Man Bao said, "Sister is not familiar with the county. If you take her to sell ginger, she will give you a commission."
Man Bao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he patted his chest and promised, "Sister, don't worry, I have found several customers in advance, but we don't take too much at one time, otherwise the price will be lowered. The fourth brother took one
Go and get a basket."
Zhou Xi agreed with a smile and asked her, "What kind of customers have you found?"
"That's a lot. You'll know when you get to the county seat."