He drove the chickens, ducks and geese to the river again. When he came back, he saw Chen Jiang waiting for him.
"Third sister, the soil embryos are already dry, and Zhuzhu and the others want to send them to you."
"Okay, I'm not going anywhere today."
I thought about it and asked them to pile up against the west wall. It would be convenient to build a firewood shed later, but it would be a bit troublesome when it rains. I don't have the guts to go to the county town to buy linoleum yet.
People who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries. This is the case for me. I saw bundles of linoleum in the grocery store and didn't care about it. Only now that I have used it have I realized that I regretted it. Even if I regretted it, I would not go to the county seat.
Knowing that someone was coming, I didn't go back to lay down and clean up the vegetables in the yard. I saw that the leeks were already quite tall. They should be edible, right? The baby cabbages are not too small either.
Suddenly, dumplings with cabbage and leek meat appeared in my mind, and I almost drooled thinking about it.
I had dumplings for lunch today. There is soba noodles in the warehouse, and I put half of the white noodles in it, so it shouldn't be visible.
There is really no way around it, you have to be careful in everything you do.
Immediately go and put away the vegetables. Wash the cabbage and blanch it in hot water.
While she was cutting leeks, Chen Jiang and several other young men came over.
Looking at the leeks in the third sister's hand, Chen Jiang felt distressed. Isn't this too small? Chen Miao directed them to put them on the west side. Not to mention, these boys are quite capable. Three carts have a hundred
Quite impressive. It seems that there should be no problem with my own firewood shed.
They are only two or three years younger than Chen Miao, so they are quite embarrassed.
Chen Miao asked Chen Jiang to calculate the money for them, but she was unwilling to talk to others, especially boys of similar age.
"Third Sister, there is more. Let's calculate it together when we come back later."
Chen Miao ignored them and went to cook by herself.
When Chen Jiang and the others came back, she had already started making dumplings.
Chen Jiang settled the bill for them, and the four of them received twenty copper coins. There were still two hundred yuan that had not been dried.
Five coppers per person, with a smile on his face.
Chen Miao asked Chen Jiang to feed the donkey and come back to light the fire.
"Third sister, I have forgotten what to eat with the dumplings. They are so delicious."
"I'm full, it's okay. Look at how much I've done."
"Third sister, you put too much oil. It smells so good."
"Then you eat them all."
"Just let me try it. You can eat the rest at night. My little nephew wants to eat it."
"No, you eat." Chen Miao pushed the remaining dumplings to Chen Jiang.
After eating, Chen Jiang ran away and Chen Miao took a rest. Now it would be difficult if she didn't take a nap.
It was almost evening when Chen Jiang, Zhu Zhu and the others pushed the soil embryo over and said, "Third sister, I did this." This meant that there was no need to pay.
Chen Miao also understood and thought about getting more delicious food for this boy in the future.
In the next few days, a lot of soil embryos were harvested. Chen Miao thought it should be enough to build a woodshed, right? It would be better to go over to Zhao Tian brothers and ask them to help build a woodshed.
"Chen Miao, let's go take a look tomorrow."
In fact, if there is a man in the family, there is no need to do this, and he can cover it himself. A little daughter-in-law will definitely not be able to do it.
The chickens, ducks and geese had just been let out the next day, and the two brothers Zhao Tian came over and said, "Chen Miao, if the place is as big as you mentioned, the soil embryos are not enough."
"Brother, how much do you think I still need? Chen Jiang and the others are removing my soil embryo."
"There are two more."
Chen Miao knew that he had to build it quickly, otherwise he would be in trouble when it rained continuously. "Brother, do you still have soil embryos at home?"
"Yes, but it's not enough."
"Brother, I want to cover it before it rains again. You think of a way to cover it as soon as possible. We also need to strengthen the donkey shed. The roof of my house also needs to be repaired. The chicken coop also needs to be covered. I'm so big.
I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything anymore in the future. Let's see how much it costs."
The two brothers turned around and said, "Chen Miao, you can get it done for just two yuan."
Chen Miao truly felt that this brother was real.
"Okay, brother, when do you think it will be built?"
"The day after tomorrow, I'll go find the soil embryo tomorrow."
Three days later, the woodshed was built. It was a really big one, taking up a quarter of the yard. The roof was also reinforced. Even if it rains or snows in winter, there will be no problem. Even though it cost two yuan.
, but Chen Miao felt it was worth it.
Now I feel completely at ease. I go to the fields every day, and the weeds and vegetables I get back are given to the little donkeys to eat.
In July, the weather is hot and it rains a lot. Chen Miao is a little worried about how to harvest the wheat.
It wasn't until mid-July that the weather cleared up. It was really too hot, but the wheat turned yellow in two days, so it was ready for harvest.
Chen Jiang came over in the evening, "Ask Zhu Zhu and the others, would it be okay if they cut the wheat for me and pay me?"
"Third sister, do you want to hire someone? Is that okay?"
"I have a big belly now, and my waist is always tight and uncomfortable. Can you bring them back and give them five coppers a day?"
"Okay, just one acre of land, the three of us will get it back early in the day."
"Find two more people, don't get too tired."
"It will cost money to find more people, and we have to take care of food at noon. Zhuzi, Erlei and the three of us can spend a day.
Sister, don’t put so much oil in your cooking.”
"Okay, let's do it tomorrow, while the weather is nice. I have two sickles at home."
"Sister, it's better to pull it out directly, otherwise it will be difficult for you to get rid of the remaining wheat stubble."
"Isn't that even more tiring? You can find another one." Chen Miao was still thinking of burning the corn if it didn't work, for fear of burning the corn.
"Well, I'll tell them now."
Now Chen Miao felt really at ease. She was quite happy when she thought about it that she didn't have to work.
The recovered wheat was placed in the yard. Although I already had a cane, I didn't dare to use that much force and there was no such big space. I just piled it in the yard and scraped it with a hoe, just like scraping sorghum. Although it was slow,
But there will be no danger.
The next day she let out the chickens, ducks and geese, and went directly to the fields without going home.
The four-and-a-half-year-old boy has already done one-third of the work. In fact, it is better to do it earlier to avoid being too hot at noon.
I hurried home and just put the pancakes on, brown sugar and fried cabbage, but not anything else.
Today's half-year-old children are a good labor force and work very quickly.
Zhu Zhu and Chen Jiang took the cart home and put it in the yard.
Chen Miao used a hoe to scrape the wheat kernels, but the skin also came off along with the wheat kernels. This still didn't work, so he still had to beat it with a cane.
It was quite depressing to think that I had only planted wheat for one year and would never plant it again. It was quite simple to imagine, but it would be nothing if it really got better.
By noon, all the wheat had been pushed back. There was still a lot of wheat in this acre of land, and two to three hundred kilograms of wheat could be harvested.
The four of them were asked to eat. At first, the three of them were a little cautious, but Chen Jiang let them eat, "My third sister made this for us. After eating, follow me to dry out the wheat and beat it out before it rains."
