People often say "one acre of land is one-third of the land", which doesn't sound like much, but according to modern calculation methods, this acre of land has more than 600 square meters. And Cheng Duo bought four acres, and this amount has to be multiplied by four...
So Cheng Duo stood on the ground, and what appeared in front of him were the green wheat, tender corn stalks and a green leaf that had not yet grown. Plants...
Cheng Duo's memory of living in the countryside when he was a child is very weak. In addition, he took the road of collecting materials after the end of the world, so he is not familiar with many crops.
When Li Mancang introduced the green leafy plant, he told him that it was a bean. Li Mancang originally planted it and planned to sell it to an oil mill, or to change the oil for his own home. Now that he bought it, he could do the same.
However, the field is now overgrown with weeds, and there are some bugs that Cheng Duo does not know crawling in it. There were no chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the land of the ancient people, and the crops were not able to grow because of the thin soil. Coupled with insect pests, they could harvest even less.
Therefore, many modern people do not understand why the ancient farmers seemed to be busy in the fields all year round. Isn't it enough to plant them every three to five times and take care of them from time to time? In modern times this is indeed possible. But in ancient times, the crops in the fields were either withered or devoured by insects.
Cheng Duo thought that he went to see Yong Geer six days ago. At that time, he was also weeding in the field. After so many days, their father and son should have been busy, right?
That's right, Cheng Duo planned to ask Li Wang and Yong Ge'er and his son to help, plus himself, three people should be enough.
When Cheng Duo returned home, he found two wolves wandering behind his house, and a large hole had been dug out by them where a section of the earth wall connected to the ground.
Fortunately, the wall he built was high enough, otherwise the two wolves might have turned in and eaten the cured meat he had hung under the eaves.
Seeing Cheng Duo coming back, a long wolf howl suddenly came from the woods, the two wolves who were digging the hole heard the sound and pinched their tails, turned around and ran away.
Cheng Duo happened to bring a sickle with him when he went to the field. Seeing this scene, he threw the sickle out without even thinking about it, hitting the hind leg of a wolf!
The wolf's hind legs were pierced by the sickle, and he lay on the ground struggling and howling, trying to escape, but Cheng Duo stepped forward and twisted its neck.
It was also at this time that he felt that there was a gaze looking at it in the depths of the woods, Cheng Duo took out his sickle and looked back, just in line with the eyes of the wolf Yin Wu.
There is also a "medal" given by Cheng Duo on half of its face, a scar that is deep into the flesh.
The alpha wolf didn't confront Cheng Duo for long, and quickly took the remaining wolf into the woods.
Cheng Duo pondered for a while in the woods: wolves are very vengeful animals. Before he went hunting in the mountains, the alpha wolf attacked him, and now he came to his house to steal things... Cheng Duo believed that it was not only the smell of meat that attracted them. Also because they have a grudge against him.
Now that he killed a wolf, the hatred has escalated again...
Cheng Duo planned to dispose of all the prey he had hunted. Anyway, the weather is getting warmer now, and the meat won't last long.
In fact, he had this idea before. He took a few pheasants down the mountain that day, and Ershu Sha who passed by bought one from him.
Uncle Sha was the first day Cheng Duo came to the village, when he met Wu Guihua scolding the street, Li Dazhuang stopped and asked. It turned out that the second sister-in-law of Sha was not in good health. He saw that Cheng Duo had hunted a lot of prey that day. He hesitated for a long time before approaching and asking if he could sell one to him. He would take it back and make soup for his daughter-in-law to make up.
In fact, the villagers in Yang'er Village really seldom eat meat, and eating twice a month is considered a lot. Because few people can afford to raise pigs, a piglet costs one or two taels of silver. If it dies in the middle of raising pigs, the money will be lost. Even if they were lucky that the pig didn't die, without feed and additives, it would take them a full year to raise a pig. After a year, the pig won't grow much, because it grows up on grain, and it's covered in lean meat. It's completely impossible to have a finger-width of light fat like in modern times. In addition to pigs, such as chickens, ducks and geese, the same is true. Moreover, the chickens, ducks and geese villagers are reluctant to kill them when they grow up, and they want to keep the ones that lay eggs.
This also led to Uncle Sha wanting to make up for his daughter-in-law, and finally found Cheng Duo.
Of course, there are also reasons why pheasants are cheaper than domestic chickens.
Cheng Duo threw the wolf corpse into the yard, closed the door, went to chop a few bamboos, cut one of them, and plugged the hole together with some red mud.
Then he dragged the remaining bamboos to Brother Yong's house. Brother Yong swept the yard and was drying dried bamboo shoots and some mushrooms. Seeing Cheng Duo, I was startled.
He went to deliver fresh bamboo shoots to Cheng Duo a few days ago, and then he made a lot of food for him and put it at home, so suddenly came to the door? "Why are you here?" Brother Yong looked out of the fence like a thief, and pushed Cheng Duo
away again: "Go quickly, my father has gone to fetch water and will be back soon."
Funny: "Why should I leave? I'm here to find your father."
"Looking for my father? Why are you looking for him?" Brother Yong thought about it, and immediately understood: "You want to ask us to help you farm the land. ?"
"Well." Cheng Duo nodded and admitted.
He didn't see the outside, he put the bamboo at the door and went straight into the yard. He also lowered his head to study the things in Yong Ge'er's dustpan, and pointed to one of the things he had never seen before and asked, "What is this?"
Yong Seeing that he couldn't drive him away now, he had to greet him to sit, turned around and poured water into the kitchen, and replied by the way: "Square."
"How to make this dish?" Cheng Duo asked shamelessly. .
"Eat it fried, boiled soup, or salad," Yong Ge'er said as he handed him the bowl of water.
Cheng Duo took a sip of water, looked at Brother Yong sitting on the small stool next to him, and suddenly realized that something was wrong with him: "...You seem to have turned a little whiter and your skin has improved?"
In fact, more than that, Brother Yong has tidy up a lot. Because the weather was getting hotter, he no longer covered his face with the animal skin scarf and hair. His face and neck were clean, except for the condition of his skin, which was not very good. He had long eyebrows and deep eyes. Small fresh meat.
Brother Yong scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly. He is not easy to get tanned. He used to have skin color because of the potion. As for the skin improvement...
"Well, thanks to the sheep oil you gave."
"Really... ..." Cheng Duo looked thoughtful. Brother Yong used to disguise himself because of his two bastard brothers. Now that Li Da and Li Er are missing, he should be able to get married when he regains his true face?
Cheng Duo's eyes couldn't help but slide from the little brother's upturned nose all the way to the red mole between his eyebrows... Thinking of its meaning, his eyelids suddenly jumped, he suddenly retracted his eyes, clenched his fists and coughed uncomfortably: "Cough , when will your father come back?"
Brother Yong was also a little uncomfortable: "Come on..."
Li Wang came back from the outside carrying water, and what he saw was this scene. He frowned, turned his head to look around quickly, and found that there was no one around, so he hurried home with half a bucket of water.
He has inconvenient legs and feet, so he can't fill it up every time he fetches water. In order to prevent the water from sloshing out, I also put fresh pumpkin leaves in the bucket, but I was in a hurry, and the splash was still from the edge of the wooden bucket. "Father, you're back." Brother Yong came to greet him when he saw him, and when he saw that his pants were mostly wet, he complained again: "I told you to let me go, just look at you, you are in such a hurry to leave. What are you doing?" Li Wang glared at him, intending to make him restrain himself in front of Cheng Duo. But Brother Yong was puzzled. While pouring water into the water tank, he reminded him to go into the house and change his pants so as not to catch a cold. Li Wang couldn't, so he could only drive him away: "Okay, go back to your own room!" Brother Yong stuck out his tongue and left reluctantly. Li Wang tried his best to take care of himself before limping to Cheng Duo.
Cheng Duo had already stood up, hesitated for a moment, and called out, "Uncle Li."
Li Wang nodded, deliberately not being able to say Cheng Duo's name: "You are that... the new hunter from our village, what's your name? Are you here?"
"My surname is Cheng, Uncle Li can just call me Cheng Duo." Then he said, "Uncle Li, let's sit down and talk?"
Of course Li Wang had no objection, so the two sat down and Cheng Duo took care of himself. the purpose said.
Li Wang calmly listened to it, but he was actually very disappointed. He could say that he almost thought Cheng Duo was coming...
Seeing Li Wang's silence, Cheng Duo thought about it and found that he took it for granted - he bought Li Mancang. He turned his head and asked his brother Li Wang for help. Did he let Li Wang refuse, or did he refuse?
"Uncle Li..." Cheng Duo wanted to understand, and was about to change his mind and say that if it's inconvenient, then forget it.
Unexpectedly, Li Wang agreed immediately: "Yes. Brother Yong and I are going to help others. We charge 30 cents a day. I will charge you the same price, no problem?"
Cheng Duo thought that this was too much It's cheap. Shan Wazi's father, Zhao Shugen, has forty wen for one person, let alone the two of them?
However, Zhao Shugen does heavy physical work, Li Wang and Yong brother are a lame and a brother, no wonder they receive less.
Cheng Duo thought for a while: "Well, I'll pack you two meals, and Brother Yong will cook for us by the way."
Li Wang suddenly raised his head and looked at Cheng Duo with a strange look, but he hesitated for a while and didn't object. He has been fooled by Cheng Duo at this moment. If he wants to say that he likes their brother Yong, he won't come to propose marriage; if he doesn't like it, he has to pay for food and drink. Who would do that?
Li Wang couldn't have guessed that Cheng Duo's purpose of eating and drinking was to get Brother Yong to cook for him...
"That's right." After talking about business, Cheng Duo thought of the bamboo he brought: "Li Shuneng Can't you help make a bamboo raft? It's so long and wide." Cheng Duo gestured.
"Yes, yes... But what do you use it for?" Li Wang was puzzled. It was neither long nor short. It was too short to use as a fence, and too long to be a dustpan...
"Selling meat." Cheng Duo explained Now, he only needs to put the meat and bamboo rows of suitable size into the back basket, and when he reaches the place, use four stones to cushion it, and then he can set up a platform to sell meat.
After listening, Li Wang nodded: "This is easy, I can make it up for you in the afternoon."
In fact, when he heard that Cheng Duo was going to sell meat, he suddenly had a sense of crisis in his heart: he thought that Cheng Duo had escaped hard before, No land and no money. In the end, it took a long time to buy four acres of land in one go, and the hunting skills were good.
After a while, the matchmaker in Shiliba Village is afraid to step on Cheng Duo's threshold!