pastoral fragrance

Chapter 127
For farmers, the leisure time is always short. After the Spring Festival, everyone is back in the intensive preparations for farming.

The rice stalks left in the field last year were pulled out and thrown into the rice fields. After the fields were filled with water, those rice stalks would swell in the water, which would help increase the fertility of the soil.This practice, called straw returning, is an effective way to improve soil fertility.

In addition, everyone will spread some plant ash on the ground to increase the fertility of the soil.

At this time, it is the time when the earth recovers and the grass grows and warblers fly, and there is a harmonious spring everywhere in and outside the village.The earth has already shed the monotonous gray in winter, and all the eyes are green and colorful.

The peach blossoms and plum blossoms on the Moshang are rushing to bloom, and several children are jumping and jumping under the trees. In the field a little further away, farmers are driving old cows and plowing the fields.It seems that when spring comes, people wake up, and laughter is everywhere.

Qiulin's family did not lag behind in their farmland maintenance. The most important thing in this farmland is to neutralize the acid and alkali in order to increase its fertility. Overused land is acidic.Therefore, slaked lime has to be used to treat these poor soils.In addition, the excrement hoarded last year also came in handy.These things are also good things to improve soil fertility.When it comes to improving the fertility of the soil, farmers will not leave this good thing behind.

When it was time for spring plowing, every household was busy non-stop.This spring plowing is just a few days. If you miss the time and plant it late, and the grains are not yet ripe when the frost falls, it will make people want to cry without tears.

"Father, let me figure it out. Our field has a total of two acres, which are used to grow rice. There are two more fields, what should we use for planting?" Han thought, it would be a long time since it was settled. To buy seeds and such.This kind of wheat has already missed the time, I'm afraid it won't work.

Xu Nanshan smoked dry tobacco and thought for a while, "In the past years, the field was full of wheat. This year, I have missed the time. I'm afraid it won't work. How about planting some potatoes and sweet potatoes? This thing is big. Hundreds of catties can be produced from a piece of land.”

Han Shi nodded, and also felt that Xu Nanshan's idea was good.

"Father, mother. Let's tidy up the wasteland and plant some Chinese herbs. You saw it last year. These things are very popular, and some herbs are even more expensive. Let's pick the more expensive herbs to grow. It’s much better than braised potatoes and so on.” Qiu Lin said beside him.Although the yield of this sweet potato and sweet potato is very high, her family only has such a small amount of land, so it is natural to plant things to maximize its benefits.At present, only herbal medicine is the most profitable, so what would you grow if you don’t grow herbal medicine?

Han blinked, and said uncertainly: "Those herbs can also be grown?" She only knew that herbs grow in wild forests, but she never thought that herbs could also be grown.

"Of course it can be grown, and the herbs grown at home are all carefully cultivated. They must be better than those grown in the wild, and they will definitely sell for a good price." Qiulin said happily.

But what should be planted?What kind of herbs are both valuable and easy to grow?Qiulin had never grown herbs before, so she was really undecided about these things.That soil tuckahoe can be sold for a lot of money, but I don't know if it is a good thing to grow.

At this time, Qiulin thought of someone, isn't Xia Yan a doctor, he must know the growth habits of these herbs well.It's just that this person is elusive, and he didn't leave an address or anything.Unless he came to Luoshui Village again, where would she go to find him?Thinking of this, Qiu Lin, who was in high spirits, lost his temper all of a sudden.

After thinking about it, Qiulin still thought it would be good to go to the seed shop in the town first, and ask the store that sells seeds.Tomorrow is the day to go to the market in the town, so Qiulin and the others will naturally not leave empty-handed.That afternoon, Qiulin and Qiuyue went to Tiankan to dig some Houttuynia cordata.What I like most about this spring day is the continuous drizzle. These Houttuynia cordata are nourished by the rain, not to mention how plump they grow.And this season's Houttuynia cordata is not old, it is still very tender.

The next day, Qiulin and the others put some silver coins on their bodies, took the Houttuynia cordata that had been dug and cleaned, and the baskets of fish baskets woven by father and the handkerchief sachets embroidered by mother, and went to town early in the morning.

This is the first time for the two girls to go to the market after the Spring Festival. It has been a good spring along the way, and it really caught the eyes of the two girls.Sitting idle on the cart, Qiulin simply pulled some asters that were in full bloom and made a wreath.The middle of this aster flower is a yellow stamen, the petals are light purple, a small round ball, although monotonous but also lovely.The stalks are slender and long, making them great for weaving garlands.So it didn't take long for Qiulin to weave a garland and put it on the eldest sister's head.

"What are you doing?" Qiuyue has been concentrating on driving the old cow in front, so she doesn't know what Qiulin is doing behind.At this moment, she felt something pressing on top of her head, Qiuyue tore off the garland without thinking, and the garland was torn apart by Qiuyue.

Qiuyue looked down, and it turned out to be some small purple flowers. What is the little girl doing, why are you putting these words on her head?

Looking at the scattered aster flowers, Qiulin's heart was really hurt.This guy who doesn't appreciate beauty has broken the wreath so violently.Qiulin picked up these scattered aster flowers again, and then weaved them together again.

This time she won't let the elder sister spoil this thing, this time she made it up for herself.Anyway, idle is idle, why not find something to pass the time.After Qiulin finished weaving, he put the wreath on his head.The garland was made to match her head, and it was just right to wear it at the moment, neither too big nor too small.

It's a pity that there are no decent mirrors in this era, so she doesn't know what she will look like after wearing the wreath.It would be great if it was in modern times, just take out your phone and take a picture, and you will know whether it is beautiful or ugly.

"Little sister, look at the person in front, is it Aunt Yu?" Just when Qiulin felt a little lost, the elder sister's voice suddenly came into her ears.

Qiulin raised his head subconsciously and looked forward.Sure enough, there was an old cow pulling a cart not far away. The woman on the cart wrapped her head with a cloth scarf. She was short and a little fat. She really looked like Mrs. Yu! "It looks a bit like it, but I don't know if it is."

(End of this chapter)