Fertile land

Chapter 108

Lao Litou came back from the meeting and conveyed the chief's intention to everyone.

I also told everyone about the case of Li Ergou.

Commander, for the sake of safety, a few men will be stationed at the entrance of the village during this period!
No idlers are allowed to enter the village. They must either work together to pay for their wages, or each family must provide a big man in turn. In short, this period of time must be passed.

The villagers unanimously decided that it would be better to provide labor from home, and Li Sanmao would serve as the labor force for their family!
Starting tomorrow, we will be stationed at the entrance of the village for three days in a row.

Although Li Sanmao was a little speechless, he still abided by the village's arrangements.

With a big man guarding him, Lao Litou felt relieved when he mentioned it!

After hearing this, Ms. Zhou cursed unhappily for a while.

"It's all caused by those rotten old men who are obsessed with lust. They waste a member of the family's labor force and keep watch all day long for no reason..."

Lao Li rolled his eyes at her!

"I'm saying that a shameless old man like Li Ergou deserves to have his legs broken!"

Luo Zhi'er rolled up her sleeves and ran to the kitchen to get the bowl. She saw a vegetable cutting knife placed on the chopping board. She picked it up and looked at it. There were several small pits on the sharp blade.

Little Zhou saw that something was wrong with her back to her, and a cold chill ran through her body, "You, what are you doing with the knife?"

"What did you chop? This knife has cut all the holes!"

"Don't blame me, I just chopped some radish! I felt something was wrong when I was cutting it!"

"I don't know who used it to chop wood! I thought you did it this morning!"

That’s it, Mrs. Zhou!
"Sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, is the meal ready? My stomach is growling with hunger, are you so free? Just chat!"

Li Zhenzhu had just returned from wandering around Li Zhengxin's house in the village, but she didn't see her third brother.

It was her father who called her back, otherwise, she would have squatted at the door and guarded it!
She was thinking about telling her third brother that she was going to get married.

It sounds so unlucky!Today I was forced to go to the mountain to pick up acorns. My whole body ached from the climb. It was really hard work.

I am tired, hungry and thirsty, my feet hurt and my calves are sore. This is simply not a job for humans!
Although she basically just pretended to pick up a few and found a place to rest her breath!

I really look forward to getting married as soon as possible and becoming a rich wife of a rich family so that I can be taken care of!
Feeling a little frustrated, I ran into the kitchen!He doesn’t look good either!

Little Zhou was filled with resentment when she saw Li Zhuzhu, and when she heard what she said, she felt so filled with hatred that she wanted to pluck her skin out.

He said with a smile on his face, "Oh? Sister, you are hungry, don't you know how to cook it yourself? You came back earlier than I did!"

"Maybe you can come and help us. We've just come back from the mountains!"

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean? Don't forget, in a few days I will be a member of the Zeng family. Be careful what you say!"

Li Zhuzhu threatened.

"Haha, you can summon people if you want. Wait until you go to the Zeng Mansion. We are not servants!"

"You, hum! Just wait, or I'll let my servant smash your mouth open!"

Little Zhou reluctantly shut up!

He snorted coldly: "Aren't the people from the Zeng family just a concubine? They can't get on the stage."

"It's just like she's rushing her ducks to get ready. She can't wait to get married! Will she definitely be able to have a brother if she gets married? Huh! Your troubles are yet to come. You have to suffer!"

Zhou heard the noise and hurried in: "What are you doing? Are you bullying Pearl again?"

Li Zhuzhu looked aggrieved and ran over and took her mother's arm: "Mom, my sister-in-law wants me to leave this house quickly, so as not to be an eyesore to her!" "Zhou Hanjuan, you are not the master of this house yet! What are you so anxious about? Huh? I'm not dead yet, who do you think you are?"

"Mom, I don't mean that. Don't just listen to Pearl's words. The third brother and sister are standing here. Ask her if I said that?"

Okay, this flame was thrown to her again!
Luo Zhi'er silently glanced at Mrs. Zhou. The look in her eyes made her feel a little guilty. Mrs. Zhou hid uncomfortably...

"Mom, you don't know, my sister-in-law asked me to cook, but my hands are rough. What should I do if my husband-in-law feels distressed when he arrives?"

Li Zhuzhu said coquettishly.

"You two little hooves, please listen to me. You don't have to do any housework before Pearl's wedding. You only need to take good care of your hands, feet and body, and don't mess with me!"

No man would care about a woman with thick hands and feet, but he would care less about a girl with tender skin and tender flesh!
This Zhou Hanjuan is so bad, she doesn’t know what she is thinking!
Li Zhuzhen’s nostrils turned upward, “Tsk, did you hear that?”

"Okay, let's eat quickly!"

Mr. Zhou calmed down the troubles.

After taking two steps and thinking about it, he finally said something: "You are all sisters-in-law. I don't believe it. You just don't want to see her, okay?"

"If she marries well, she will be beneficial to you in the future!"

Things I can’t carry clearly!

"My dear girl, stop carrying the food. Mom will carry it for you!"

"Mom, you are so kind!"

The couple went out happily. Little Zhou looked at them with disdain and lowered his head to serve Mu Qing Yunliang a meal!

Li Daqiang sat on the big stone in the yard and buttoned the sand inside his shoes!

After hearing what his father said about the village's arrangements, he said, "Dad, this land will be plowed in three to five days. After plowing it out, what do you plan to plant this year?"

Time is tight. The wheat at home can be dried in the past two days and taken to the granary for sale. Once you have decided what to plant, you can prepare the seeds!

In previous years, corn was planted, but this corn can be planted earlier in April or May, or in July or August.

The corn that Li Ergou broke off from Zhao Er's family was planted in spring and has already grown on the cobs!
Now when I break it, it tastes glutinous and a little sweet!
Because this is a mountainous area, the harvest of corn is not high and it is not as valuable as wheat, but it is safe and can be sold at the granary in Taoyuan Town. Li Sanmao also asked: "How about growing beans?"

It's soybeans, summer beans.

The old man smoked a cigarette and frowned and thought for a long time.

They have grown this corn many times, so it is safer to have experience. The price of beans is unstable, and the granary does not accept it.

Beans are generally used to make tofu, bean sprouts, and soy sauce.

His family has never been in the business of making tofu and bean sprouts, has no experience, and does not have the skills and leisure time to sell it.

Sell ​​it to a soy sauce workshop. This workshop is quite far away, and you may not necessarily buy that much at one time. If you don't sell it, it will get moldy and infested with insects at home!
If it can be sold, the price will naturally be higher than that of corn, and soybeans cannot easily remove moisture, while corn loses more moisture when the cobs are removed and dried.

The yield of soybeans is higher than that of corn, so how to sell it is a problem?
Old Li Tou was also in trouble.

After much thought and deliberation, in the end, at Zhou's suggestion and after discussion, the couple decided to plant corn, it's safe!

We don’t need the corn seeds at home. After selling the wheat, we can go to the seed shop in town to buy them. The harvest will be higher.

Old Li Tou also took precautions in advance. When the time came, Luo Zhi'er, Xiao Zhou and the others followed up the slope to plant corn seeds in the fields.

(End of this chapter)