Happy peasant girl

Chapter 161 The Compensation Tree (1)
"Xi girl, do you want to grow all the [-] mu of wasteland into vegetables?" Linyuan Shan asked.

"Well, that's what my senior brother asked me to do, and I plan to grow all the land here in Dameishan into food. Although the harvest of spring wheat and winter wheat last year was higher than in previous years, this year I plan to grow rice in addition to wheat." Linqingxi had already asked Yu Wei to help her buy some high-quality rice seeds. She planned to start growing rice this year, because she heard from Yu Wei that most people in Chu State grow upland rice, and other state-owned rice varieties have low yields. high.

"What is rice?" Linyuan Mountain had only heard of rice, but didn't know that there was something called rice in rice.

"Grandpa, rice is also rice, and what is produced is also rice, but rice is grown in water, while we Chu people grow rice on land, commonly known as upland rice." Lin Qingxi explained.

"Xi girl, upland rice is not easy to grow in our place, let alone rice. Besides, we seem to be close to Bihu, but we are separated by several mountains. This is the Shanmei River, a few villages The people in the village are all counting on drinking water, and few people use the river water to grow crops.” Linyuan Mountain doesn’t want to do useless work in Linqing River, but Yunzhou people are more willing to grow wheat.

"Grandpa, I'll try with two acres of land, not many varieties." Besides, she has long been concerned about the problem of drinking water in Linjia Village, and it's time to solve it now.

"That's good, don't waste the land!" Linyuan Shan was still a little worried.

"Understood, Grandpa!"

Two days later, Yu Wei sent someone to send rice seeds. Linqingxi opened it and took a look. Although there were not many, it was enough to plant two acres of land, and the quality of the rice seeds was considered good.

With seeds and land, what is most lacking now is water.On this day, Linqingxi chose a piece of land with the best soil, and asked Bai Hua to lead a few people to dig deep.

But after digging deep for a while, soil mixed with stones began to appear under the good soil. If we continued to dig, there were some hard and larger stones, and then there were large stones, which were not easy to move outside.

"Girl, are you still digging?" Bai Hua had already turned into a half clay figurine.

"Don't dig for now, you come up first!" Lin Qingxi shouted at Bai Hua.

"Sister, what are you planning to do?" When Lin Qingmu came to the field to look for Lin Qingxi, she saw her leading the people from Xiyuan to dig soil and rocks in the field.

"Sixth brother, I want to dig a well. There must be water in the ground, but I don't know how deep the water is." Linqingxi always felt that it was impossible for Linjia Village to dig a well, but the geology here is a bit special. .

"Our village can't dig out water. My sister, don't waste your efforts. Didn't Grandpa say that many people in the clan worked together to dig out a well for water? Now that dry well is still in the big locust tree at the east end of the village. I will seal it with big rocks." Not only Linjia Village, but also several villages near the Shanmei River have no water in their wells. flow.

"Sixth brother, where do you think that dry well is now?" Lin Qingxi became interested in this dry well that does not produce water.

"It's just under the big pagoda tree at the east end of the village, Grandpa Hao's house is not far away." Lin Qingmu said.

"Brother Six, take me to see it!" Lin Qingxi walked under the big locust tree many times, but she never noticed that there was a well nearby.

"Sister, look at what it does. That well has been sealed for many years. I heard it's deep inside." Lin Qingmu didn't see it with his own eyes, but the old grandpa and grandma in the village all said so.

"How deep is it?" Lin Qingxi asked.

"I don't know. People in the village say it's very deep. They also say that there is no water in such a deep well. There is no water underground here." Lin Qingmu thought for a while and said.

"Sixth Brother, if the well is deep and no water comes out, it doesn't mean that there is no water in the ground. It may also be that the well is not deep enough. Maybe if you dig a little deeper, the water will come out." Many times after walking 99 steps without success, The hundredth step is a success, the key is whether you persevere to the end, Lin Qingxi has to persevere this time.

When Linqingxi and Linqingmu came to the big pagoda tree in the east of the village, there were several village children playing under the tree, among them was Grandpa Bao's grandson Xiaoshengzi.

"Sister Qingxi, Brother Liulang!" Xiao Shengzi shouted happily when he saw Lin Qingxi and Lin Qingmu.

"Little Leftover, play outside, is it cold?" Since Lin Hu got married, Little Leftover and Grandpa Bao's life has become more comfortable than before. With a woman doing laundry and cooking at home, they also seem to be Much cleaner.

"It's not cold!" Xiao Shengzi said with a laugh.

Linqingxi looked around the mouth of the well, and then looked around, but found nothing special.

"Sixth brother, do you know how deep this well is and how many years it has been sealed?" There will be a lot of poisonous gas in the space that has been closed all year round, Lin Qingxi dare not be too rash.

"Sister Qingxi, I know, I know! My grandfather said that this old well is ten feet deep, and it has been sealed for hundreds of years." Xiaoshengzi replied before facing Qingmu.

The depth of ten feet is about 30 meters. According to modern science, water should come out at about ten meters. It is obvious that the surface water here is relatively deep.However, the surface water is of different depths. Linqingxi thought, could there be places in Linjia Village where the surface water is relatively shallow?

"Sixth brother, do you know where bamboo trees are planted all year round in our village? Do you know that there are places full of mugwort?" Lin Qingxi asked suddenly.

"There are many bamboo trees in the back mountain. What is mugwort? I've never heard of it!" Lin Qingmu thought for a while and said.

"If you think about it carefully, where else can it be found besides the back mountain? As for mugwort, it is actually a kind of grass with a strong fragrance. The leaves are a little yellow, and there are some soft silk like spider silk. Mao." Lin Qingxi tried to speak carefully.

"Sister Qingxi, I know, I know!" This time it was Xiao Shengzi who answered first.

"Little Leftover, do you really know? Where is it?" Lin Qingxi asked overjoyed.

"It's at Sister Qingxi's house!" Xiao Shengzi said with a smile.

own home?Lin Qingxi was confused, she didn't grow bamboo in the front or back yard of her house, let alone mugwort, she had never seen it before.

"Little leftover, my family doesn't have one!" Lin Qingxi said.

"It's at Sister Qingxi's house. I really saw it. If you don't believe me, Xiaoshengzi will take you there." Xiaoshengzi took Linqingxi's hand and walked towards the west end of the village.

Lin Qingmu is also a little confused, his yard is at the north end of the village, and when will he have a yard at the west end of the village.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Shengzi really had to take Linqingxi and the others to a large and dilapidated courtyard at the west end of the village. This courtyard looked a bit lonely at the west end of the village, and the wooden doors were tightly inserted.

(End of this chapter)