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Chapter 38 The Secret of Indigo

Yun Zheng is digging the ground with a hoe. He plans to plant some highland barley this year. As a northwester, he is really not used to rice. He wants to change to some flour, which is not available here.

My land is on a mountainside and there are no ponds. It is unrealistic to grow rice. I heard in the past that people raise fish in rice fields. The fish they raise are also called rice flower fish. They taste delicious. Take a look at others.

There was nothing in the rice fields, so I gave up on this idea.

Rapeseed must be planted. It was planted in winter and is now more than a foot tall. The leaves are dark green and plump, indicating that the fertility of the ground is very good.

Yun Zheng was digging in the front, and Bacon followed behind to pick out the dug grass roots. As for Yun Er, he was constantly chasing butterflies. He was very skillful. The bamboo tube was probably filled with white butterflies. I don't know what he was doing with the butterflies.

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A piece of mountainous land three meters wide and twenty meters long was dug quickly. It was said very quickly that when Yun Zheng looked up, he realized that a whole morning had quietly slipped away.

Bacon brought the bamboo tube filled with water to Yun Zheng, and took a small shovel to dig wild vegetables in the rapeseed field. Both brothers liked to eat wild vegetables, which made Bacon very puzzled. He didn't like to eat mustard greens, celery, and burdock, but he liked those.

Priceless wild vegetables, she regarded these quirks as the taste of a scholar.

The mountain was too high for the old cow to climb up. In order to grind the ground, Yun Zheng and Bacon struggled to pull the rake forward with a rope on their backs. Yun Er sat on the rake and held a thin willow branch, constantly shouting at the two of them to hurry up.

Alas, he can't sit still enough.

Farmers passing by would smile knowingly when they saw this scene. The wife of the cripple's family passed by the Yun family's field, took out a small bundle of leeks from the basket and placed it next to the bamboo tube. The eldest child of his family could already count them from one to the next.

I'm twenty, so this is a thank you gift.

After grinding the land, we are waiting to plant seeds tomorrow. The mist in the mountains will bring abundant moisture to the land overnight. Like other families, Yun Zheng walked barefoot with a rake and a hoe.

In front, Bacon was wearing a blue cloth handkerchief on his head, holding a basket in his hand, and Yun Er in a bamboo basket on his back. He followed behind with his head lowered. If he had to lower his head, there would always be some chatty women pointing and laughing.

"Let's eat dumplings stuffed with leeks today." Yun Er suggested to Yun Zheng as he licked his lips when he saw leeks in the basket.

"If you don't have noodles, you're going to eat stupid dumplings." Yun Zheng refused angrily. Just now those women said that their family of three looked like a young couple carrying a fat baby on their backs to work in the fields.

Bancou raised his head, the blush on his face still not gone, and whispered to Yun Zheng: "Master, I wonder if rice noodles are okay?"

"Try it," Yun Zheng replied casually and continued to clear the way ahead.

Just after walking past the pond of the patriarch's house, Yun Zheng stopped with a sigh. Unexpectedly, there was indigo grass here. This is a good thing. It is perfect for making dyes. Yun Zheng threw down the rake and hoe.

All these wild indigo grasses were pulled out. Although the leaves have not grown to their maximum size, they should be usable now.

"Master, our family doesn't dye cloth, what do you want with all this indigo?" Bacon asked curiously as he watched Yunzheng continue to carry the farm tools and the bundle of indigo back home.

"Make something to give as a gift, bacon. Do you know how to tie-dye?"

A stranger came, and Yun San immediately vented his anger for not having eaten on him. He didn't dare to go downstairs, so he stood on the platform and barked at the stranger.


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