Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 189

Now that Mrs. Li took the initiative to mention it, and in such a tone, she was of course very happy, so Mrs. Zhao replied with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, I came here today for this hired worker, but I have never Sorry to mention it! Now that the second sister-in-law has mentioned it, I don’t feel shy anymore. The father of the child in the family works very hard by himself. I also want to find a job to do. At least it can reduce his burden, isn’t it! What about washing dishes in the kitchen? I'm sure I can do the job of washing vegetables well, so don't worry about the second sister-in-law!"

"I have nothing to worry about. We have been sister-in-law for so many years. I don't know you well. I won't say much about the rest. You can come here tomorrow. The wages of our shop are not high, including Eat lunch and dinner, one or two taels of silver a month!" Mrs. Li saw that Mrs. Zhao was also quite cheerful, so she replied with a smile.

Mrs. Zhao heard Mrs. Li's words, and knew that she was paid one tael of silver a month, and knew that she was taken care of, so she was very grateful in her heart, but she was not hypocritical enough to refuse, so she said to Mrs. Li : "Then thank you second sister-in-law!"

Now the two of them talked about it, and the matter of hiring people was settled. Li Shi was also in a happier mood, and she said: "Thank you, there is no need, we are all between relatives. By the way, Xiao Hua and Xiao Xiao How did the two girls arrange it? If no one takes them with you, bring them with you when you come tomorrow, so that the two children will not be taken care of at home!"

When Mrs. Li said this, Lin Xiaoqiao could tell that Mrs. Zhao was very grateful, although she didn't express it in words.

After Mrs. Zhao left, Lin Xiaoqiao privately asked his mother-in-law, Mrs. Li, if she didn't have any grudges against Mrs. Zhao, and why she was so enthusiastic about helping her?

"It's not easy being a daughter-in-law, let alone a daughter-in-law who lives under your grandma. Your little aunt didn't give birth to a son. She doesn't have the confidence to speak, let alone help us! If you say it is completely It's impossible to not have grudges, but thinking about how hard it is to be a daughter-in-law, and your father just heard about the current situation of the third child's family, and the unbearable mother-in-law in his eyes can see it, we can still help If you want to help, please help!" Facing Lin Xiaoqiao's question, Li replied in this way.

After hearing this, Lin Xiaoqiao suddenly felt that his mother-in-law was really great, so he praised Mrs. Li greatly.

The business of the shop became stable day by day, and on average, about 30 taels of silver came into the account every day.

Because the store has recruited new staff, Shunzi and Manzi are both very diligent, and the work of the waiter is very smooth, and the work of the back kitchen has also become easier because of Zhao's help. Many, Mrs. Li and Widow Zheng don't need to work so hard now.

As the business gradually stabilized, Lin Xiaoqiao and the others gradually became more relaxed. Recently, Lin Erniu didn't come to the shop very often.

The weather gradually picked up. Since February, it has been sunny almost every day. Lin Xiaoqiao and his family have already taken off their thick cotton-padded jackets and changed into thinner clothes.

The ten acres of wheat planted last autumn are growing well, and it will be harvested in three months.

This year, Lin Xiaoqiao's family just bought about [-] acres of land, and those lands are empty now, and there is no food in them, and it seems that it will be the season for planting rice soon.

Lin Erniu has been busy with plowing and sowing the fields recently. Since there are so many fields, he must not be able to do it alone. In order to catch up with the sowing season, he hired a dozen or so part-time workers to help The newly bought fields have been loosened and the soil has been plowed.

Because of Lin Xiaoqiao's strong request that he needed to leave an acre of land as an experimental field, Lin Erniu really left an acre of open land, but when he plowed the land, he still gave that acre of land to plowed.

If this kind of thing is done in other people's family, it is impossible at all, because the field is the lifeblood of their farmers, how can it be kept for a child to do experiments at will, but the situation of Lin Xiaoqiao's family is special Some, their family's money is almost all earned by Lin Xiaoqiao's efforts, and Li Shi and Lin Erniu also trust their daughters, so they listened to Lin Xiaoqiao's advice.

The fields gradually increased, and there was only one cow at home, and the cow had to pull carts and plow the land, so it was not enough at all, so after discussion with Lin Xiaoqiao's family, they bought a new one The cow is back.

Thanks to the help of part-time workers, it only took three days to plow the [-] mu of land. After the field was plowed, it was time to start sowing.

The rice seeds are all their own, and Lin Erniu has already selected them. It will take nearly half a month after the seeds are sown. When the seedlings grow to a height of [-] centimeters, they can be separated and planted in the ground. went.

On the day of planting seedlings, Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters did not go to the shop, but followed Lin Erniu and the day laborers to work all day.

Although the two sisters Lin Xiaoqiao were only responsible for dividing the seedlings on the bank and did not go down to the fields to help plant them, but after a day's time, the two of them seemed very tired.

Looking at the busy scene of those men with their bare feet and sleeves rolled up, stooping their backs and stepping on the field, Lin Xiaoqiao really felt the difficulty of farming.

Seeing the sweat dripping from their busy work in February, Lin Xiaoqiao immediately remembered that ancient poem that even a three-year-old child could speak fluently in his previous life. Did you respond to the phrase "sweat drips down the grass"?

With so much labor working in the fields, all the seedlings were planted within three days. Lin Erniu was very fortunate that his family was lucky enough to avoid the cold spring when they planted rice this time.

After the rice is planted, every household can temporarily have a few days of leisure. After another ten or so days, they still have to be busy fertilizing the rice in the field.

This time is the tillering stage of rice. If it is not fertilized in time at this time, the yield of rice will be significantly reduced.

This ancient fertilization did not have ready-made chemical fertilizers like those chemical fertilizers, so it can only be fertilized with pure natural manure.

It is conceivable how much fertilizer is needed for a field of about [-] mu. The natural fertilizer from Lin Xiaoqiao's family alone is definitely far from enough. So in order to solve this problem, Lin Erniu started to spend money to collect manure. Work comes.

In order to keep a low profile, Lin Xiaoqiao suggested that his family should not harvest in Shanglin Village, but go to Wangjia Village, where the fields are located. In that case, it would be close to the fields, so they could be harvested and applied in time.

This is the first time people have heard of such a thing. In the past, no one in the village paid to collect manure, and there were five copper coins in a bucket, so the villagers in Wangjia Village couldn't believe it at first, so They are all waiting with a wait-and-see attitude.

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