Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 462 Digging Peanuts

The next day, the weather was fine, and Cheng He's family had eaten early, and they were ready to go to the field to pick peanuts.

Cheng Xinxin was the happiest. Not only did she put on her favorite floral hat, but she also deliberately put on the same dress as her mother, mother-daughter style, as if she was going shopping.

Cheng He originally planned to stop it. Since he was going to the fields, he still had to look like he was working, and there would be mud when picking peanuts, so he went there in a skirt, and the peanut leaves might itch if he got it on his body.

But think about it, forget it, anyway, the two of them are in the field, and they don't expect to be able to do much work, so they can wear whatever they want.At that time, let her put something on her legs to cover her legs.

Their family only planted less than two cents of peanuts in total, and they harvested more than 100 catties. They usually eat it, and add some peanut oil for cooking, which is almost enough.

Throughout the year, eat some rapeseed oil, eat some peanut oil, and eat some lard, which is considered standard in this area.

Cheng He brought a big shovel, a few baskets, a few big snakeskin bags, a few big umbrellas, two stools, one big and one small, and he pushed a cart and went out.

Seeing him put on the sleeve she gave him, Bai Qian felt a little sweet in her heart, smiled slightly, then led Cheng Xinxin and followed her out the door.

What Cheng Xinxin was happy about was that she didn't have to come back for lunch today, it was eaten on the ground. To her, it was as fun as a picnic.

Because Cheng He wanted to finish the peanuts in one day, and didn't want to spend time coming back to cook and eat, he brought lunch and drinks in the morning.

When he got to the ground, Cheng He put his lunch in a shaded place first, and then prepared to work with an umbrella.

It was a small pool under the shade of a tree, not deep, and it would not overturn if placed in the water.

Bai Qian asked him curiously: "Husband, what are you doing with the lunch box in the water?"

Cheng He said: "The temperature in the water is low, the rice will not spoil, and the food is placed on the ground, it is easy for ants to climb, but the ants cannot go in the water."

Bai Qian said "oh", thinking to herself, this method is quite a coincidence.She wanted to ask, isn't that afraid of fish and shrimp crawling in?But after thinking about it, how could Yuxia have that ability?

Their lunch is placed in a bamboo basket, and the bowl is impervious to water, and the fish cannot climb it.It would be even better if the prawns crawled in, and there will be prawns to eat when I go back at night.

Cheng He put the stool away and said, "Come on, sit here for a while, and after a while the peanuts will be dug out, and you will be responsible for picking them. Is there any problem?"

Cheng Xinxin didn't understand what it was, so she answered loudly and firmly, "No problem."

Bai Qian was so teased that she chuckled, then pointed to the stool and asked Cheng He, "You let us just sit? I'm here to work, and you brought a stool, are you mocking me for not being able to do the work?" ?”

Cheng He looked at her like "I'll be in a hurry with you if you don't arrange work for me".

He smiled and said: "No, you guys rest first, the stool is useful, just don't complain that you can't finish your work later."

I wanted to put the umbrella up first, but it's still early and the sun is not that big yet, so I don't need an umbrella.

After arranging this, Cheng He picked up the shovel and started digging peanuts.This is a lot of hard work. The whole peanut tree is dug up, and then the shovel handle is tapped to knock out all the soil, and then put aside, neatly piled up.

When Cheng He was doing this, his heart was a little touched. This was the first time he took charge of digging peanuts by himself. In the past, he was always arranged to sit there and wait to pick them.

When he was young, he would follow him to the field to help pick peanuts. His father dug and his mother picked them. He was a soy sauce maker, and he counted as much as he picked.

In a flash, he was going to preside over things like digging peanuts himself.

In fact, he doesn't know much about farming. He doesn't even know when to plant something, when to cut branches, if something is planted too densely, it will affect the harvest, and when to fertilize something.

When he was studying in the past, why should he worry about this!
Now, he just sees what others are planting, and when he wants to plant, he will plant some; when he sees others are pruning, he will follow suit; sometimes others will tell him what they need when they see what they are planting. Or do it for him.

Fortunately, the things I plant are very simple, and the land is small and the work is not much, but I am calm.Besides, what is planted is not a cash crop, so I don't worry about the output affecting the harvest, and I don't worry about how much I harvest.

Seeing that he was busy, Bai Qian asked him, "Honey, didn't you pull it up with your hands yesterday? Why are you using a shovel today?"

"Yesterday I only pulled a few nests, so they can move. Today there are so many nests, it's funny if you still need to pull them. The ones that are pulled are easy to fall off, and they will germinate in the ground by then." Cheng He replied while working.

Bai Qian said "Oh" and nodded, thinking that Cheng He's arrangement of the dug up peanuts looks pretty.

This is the first time she has seen digging peanuts with her own eyes, and she has only eaten them before.

She looked at other people's fields and asked, "Why do some people dig and others don't?"

Today, there are not many people who come to dig peanuts, just a few sparse families, and most of them are still growing.

Cheng He said: "Maybe some people planted a day or two late, so they want to dig a day or two later. It can grow a little in a day or two. If it is a large area, it may grow a few catties. This is money."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qian asked again, "Then let's dig in two more days and let it grow longer."

Cheng He smiled and said: "Sooner or later, we will have to dig. When the weather is good these few days, dig it and dry it in the sun. If you wait for two more days, it won't dry in the rainy day, and it will not be worth the loss if it gets moldy."

This thing, but not sure.

It’s okay for them to plant such a small amount of farmland. Those who contract a large area of ​​land should pay special attention to the weather. If they are not careful, the loss will not be a little bit.

Cheng He didn't expect these peanuts to generate income, so he just dug them up when it was almost done, and he wouldn't even be able to eat this at that time. These were all grown out of his painstaking efforts.

After digging dozens of plants, Cheng He gave an order: "Okay, come and pick peanuts. Bring your own stools, pick them off and throw them into the baskets."

Bai Qian gave a happy "Yes" and moved quickly. Cheng Xinxin also followed her around, holding her small stool.

After putting the basket next to the peanuts, Bai Qian asked in surprise, "Husband, why are there two cloth bundles in this basket?"

Cheng He said: "Lay it on your lap, otherwise the mud and peanut leaves will itch when it gets on your leg."

"Really?"

"of course."

Bai Qian obediently spread the burden on her lap, and then began to pick peanuts.She thought in her heart, this man is so careful, she thought of it all for herself.

Picking peanuts has no technical content at all, and Cheng He picked the few nests of peanuts that he dragged back to eat yesterday. Bai Qian also saw that it was not difficult to operate today.

The only thing to worry about is the speed.

However, Cheng He didn't make too many demands, and he counted as much as he picked.Anyway, there is only so much land in total, so take it slowly.

Cheng Xinxin also imitated her mother, sitting on her little stool, picking them one by one.

After a while, the little girl asked, "Father, when shall we have lunch? I'm almost hungry..."

Cheng He: "..."

She was looking forward to eating in the field so much. She just had breakfast, and the sun has not risen yet.

Bai Qian smiled and said, "Are you hungry so soon? Mom isn't hungry yet."

Cheng Xinxin corrected, "Mom, I mean I'm going to be hungry. I'm not hungry yet, maybe I'll be hungry in a while."

It's ridiculous to see that she got a piece of mud on her face before she picked a few peanuts.

Bai Qian wanted to help her clean her face, but looking at her hands, they were dirtier than her face, so she couldn't do it.

Besides, working in the fields like this, where can I be clean?I'm afraid that if I get it now, it will get dirty again in a while.

Leave her alone and let her be.How can the children of the farmer's uncle not be close to the soil?
Maybe when she grows up in the future, she will remember picking peanuts in the field with her parents when she was a child.

After a while, Cheng He saw that the sun was getting brighter, so he put up the umbrella and asked them to pick peanuts in the shade.

After all, there are still autumn tigers now, and the sun is no joke. Picking peanuts takes a whole day, and it may cause heat stroke after a whole day in the sun.

When Cheng He was young, he didn't like to stay under the sun, he was sunburned like a black monkey. Now, he has to restrain Cheng Xinxin, she must sit under the umbrella and don't run around. no good.

Sometimes he really has the illusion that whatever he experienced when he was young, he didn't understand it at the time, but now he understands it, he has to take care of his daughter, just like his parents used to take care of himself.

In the past, he was not very obedient, so when Cheng Xinxin was disobedient, would he be as helpless as his parents?
The trajectory of life is always so similar.When she grows up and becomes an adult, you will think of her mischievousness at this time, right?

Not long after, Cheng Xinxin raised her head and asked, "Father, when shall we have lunch?"

Almost every 10 minutes or half an hour, she would ask, thinking about her lunch.

Cheng He had already dug up a large piece of peanuts, so he told Bai Qian: "Wash your hands and go get her something to eat, poor little one, she is still hungry after helping with the work, be careful that she will hate us when she grows up. "

Bai Qian got up helplessly, took off the bag, shook the dirt on it, and then went to fetch Cheng Xinxin's food.

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