The time passed quickly, and the spring plowing began quickly after a few days without leisure.
Since Zhang Qingzhu gave him the exact news that day, Liang Han's whole heart had a bottom. Wait for the spring ploughing to finish!
When the spring plowing began, the whole village of Dongluo was busy. Except for young children, no one can be idle.
Early in the morning, Liang Han carried the basket with the small stones to Uncle Liang's house, and as for his family's farm tools, he had already sent them to Uncle Liang's house yesterday.
Entering the courtyard, Liang Han handed the basket to Jiang: "Little aunt, there are some meat and eggs here, and I will eat rice at your house these days in the spring."
After a few words, Jiang Shi took over and said with a smile: "There is still some bacon at home, and you must let your grandfather eat it well." This spring ploughing is indispensable to oil and water. You two come into the house, the meal is ready. Eat early today, and go down before the sun rises.
Liang Han was also not polite, and took a small stone into the room, moved a stool to a table to eat.
Because there were two more cows in the family, Uncle Liang had the confidence in his heart, and did not have to worry about delaying the seeds like in previous years: "This year is good, there are two cows, and it is not good to have these two big laborers."
Liang Lei smiled and said, "Dad, look at your baby, I have to chant them twice a day, I haven't seen you so rare to me."
Uncle Liang smiled: "What is so rare about your little cub, eating more and doing less, and now you can't support the plough." How can you compare to those two scalpers?
Liang Lei smiled and didn't care: "I have become a man in two years." I can't compare to the strength of that scalper, but in a few years I can give you a big fat grandson.
Liang Han laughed after hearing this: "You boy has ambition!"
Jiang Shi laughed and scolded: "Look at you tiger, don't say so when you go out, jokes don't kill you!"
Liang Hongdan smiled and said, "My second brother is not afraid of being laughed at, he has a thick skin."
Liang Lei gave his sister a blank stare: "You talk a lot." The little stone looked left and right, and followed with a smile.
Liang Zhi was much calmer than his younger siblings, "Father, is there enough material for the cattle?" Do you want to prepare more? The second uncle's donkey..." Last year, his second uncle's donkey ate the materials prepared by his family, and I don't know if this year will be the same.
Uncle Liang: "Enough, I bought enough two days ago." Adding a donkey is no problem. Spring ploughing depends on them, and they have to eat well.
After everyone hurriedly finished eating, the men in the family began to rush to the ground, and Jiang Clan was one step late. She packed up the house and told her daughter what to do before she went into the field. Liang Hongdan is a small female doll, who does not have to go to the ground, but also needs help to deliver tea.
As for the smallest stone, he was also very active in saying that he could help bring water to the ground.
When Uncle Liang led the three cattle into the field, he really received a lot of envious eyes.
Uncle Liang greeted the villagers with a smile along the way, said a few kind words, talked about things in the field together, and looked forward to this year's harvest.
Liang Lei smiled and said to Liang Han, "Brother Lobby, you see my father is happy." It seems that buying nothing is not as good as buying livestock. Look how envious they are of us.
Liang Han smiled and nodded, feeling that this cow had a sense of Rolls-Royce in the eyes of the villagers. The carriage is a luxury car in the eyes of the villagers, but it is not a necessity, and the scalper, the degree of treasure, refreshes the senses of Liang Han, an alien person, every time.
This made him think of the plan to go to the Zhang family to personally send a cow as a dowry. Although it was later dispelled because it was a little too eye-catching to operate, I also felt that scalpers must be a kind of thing that villagers could not dislike.
They went to Uncle Liang's land. According to the old rules, the families of the cattle were pumped together in the order of the cultivated land, and the families without livestock were naturally ranked last. The family who comes first does not say that he will finish ploughing his family's land at once, but ploughing a certain amount. After ploughing, change to another family, so that when other families help, in order to be able to take their own turn as soon as possible, they will also work hard.
Because of yesterday's draw, Uncle Liang's family drew the first place, Uncle Liang's family was the second, and Liang Han was in the last. However, he was not worried, among the three families, his family had the least land. With the help of the other two, don't worry about the end of the farming.
When they reached the edge of the ground, Uncle Liang's family quickly arrived. Spring plowing was too important to the villagers, and the family, old and young, all went out except for the small ones. Get up early and greedy, all in order to quickly plough the land.
When the people arrived, they didn't say much, and the adult labor force began to go to the fields. After Uncle Liang and Uncle Liang were tied up with their livestock, the cultivation began.
Uncle Liang asked Liang Han to help the plow.
With his feet on the yellow soil, Liang Han supported the plow. He had never used this kind of farm tool and had the memory of the original owner, but it was a different feeling when he really operated it.
Liang Lei, who was following Liang Lei with a hoe to turn the ground, saw that Liang Han was doing so unsmoothly, so he stepped forward and said, "Brother Lobby, let me come."
Uncle Liang was a little angry: "Little Han, how long has this been resting, how can you plough it badly?" Xiao Zhi don't reach out and let him do it himself. Not even that, how he will farm in the future, how to teach his son.
Liang Han did not say a word, and continued to support the plow, this technique really had to be learned well, otherwise it would be ridiculed.
Time passed minute by minute, eyes swept away, and the ground was full of people. Everyone was working hot, working with enough energy, and wanted to plough the fields as soon as possible.
It was almost noon, and Jiang decided to go home and cook. At this time, Fang Shi came over, "Brother and sister, I will go back to help you." Jiang Clan knew that she wanted to steal a leisure, and in the past, when the farmers were busy, the two families' meals were made separately, but today the Fang family said that this spring ploughing two families ate together, saying that they would do things together to save trouble, and as a result, they only brought a dozen eggs and a bag of miscellaneous grains over.
Jiang also knows that she is willing to cook together because their family's pork is not sold this year. When the farmer is busy, meat is bound to be indispensable, and she clearly wants to take advantage. Although he was unhappy in his heart, Jiang Clan did not show it, and making trouble at the juncture of spring ploughing would only make others see jokes.
Jiang Shi reluctantly smiled: "Okay, the second sister-in-law can help you do it faster." "As for Liang Yueyue, who has not worked in the field, she will marry in the next year, and it is normal to raise skin at home." Originally, the two of them were enough to cook, and Jiang Shi also said what to help cook. You need three people to cook.
No matter what he thought in his heart, Jiang Shi could only tell himself not to bother with her.
It was time to eat, and many people had gone out of the field. When Uncle Liang saw that it was time to rest, he shouted at several children: "Stop first, go to the edge of the field to rest and wait for dinner." Liang Han put down the
plow, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and gasped: "The farm work is really tiring, but fortunately, my strength is much greater, otherwise I would definitely not be able to stand it." Looking at the other brothers of the Liang family, the situation was similar to his, but it was enough for Liang Han to admire: "It is true that people who are accustomed to agricultural work have great strength." They walked to the ground, did not pay attention to it, and casually found a place to see it and sat down.
Liang Lei sat next to Liang Han, "Oh, I'm so tired." He looked in the direction of the village, "It's time to make a meal too, right?" I don't know what to eat today, I was hungry for a long time.
Liang Han then said, "I'm hungry too, and I'm hungry when I do heavy work." "If you have a big steamed bun that has just come out of the pot and a dish stewed with meat, it must be very fragrant." He believed that today he could eat more.
I wondered in my heart: "I don't know if my aunt will make rice." "Because of this half of himFor many months, he would eat at Uncle Liang's house, and his meal was not small, and he could not eat with white. Moreover, he also wanted to eat better when the farmers were busy, so he sent rice noodles and some radish cabbage in advance, and also sent some fresh pork today. This is his space, Uncle Liang's family only has bacon, he still thinks that fresh meat is delicious, very happy for his foresight.
Jiang Shi did not let them wait long, and soon came with the food delivery team.
The men who worked were particularly able to eat, and the delivery team carried large pots with buckets, as well as baskets and jars. The women laughed and laughed, and also took the opportunity to inquire about other people's food. In fact, everyone has a sharp nose, and as soon as they smell the fragrance, they know whose family eats well.
Jiang Shi didn't like to show it, and after dealing with a few words, he didn't say anything more, thinking of quickly sending them a few meals to their grandfather, and they would definitely be hungry at this time.
Fang Clan smiled and said the food made by Jiang: "We eat it together, so it looks like a lot of cooking." My family has a lot of eggs, spring plowing can be eaten well, then no, my girl carried baskets are full of boiled eggs. "But isn't it, you can save it at any other time, you can't save it at this time."
Someone asked, "What kind of dish are you in this pot, it smells really fragrant?" Fang: "Pork stewed with radish cabbage." At this time, Jiang Clan said, "It was the fresh pork that Xiao Han sent to my family, and I look at it with four or five pounds." The little man and the child were distressed by his uncle and sent us good rice noodles. He said that his uncle was not young, and spring ploughing was so hard, he had to make up for it. The others listened and all followed with a few exaggerations: "Liang Han really has filial piety."
Fang Shi skimmed his lips in his heart, only knowing that he was hurting his uncle, and couldn't he see her in charge? Fortunately, they are shrewd and cook together, otherwise they can only watch them eat well.
Liang Lei saw that his mother had come over and rushed over: "Mother, come and help you lift it."
"When I opened the lid of the bucket, I saw that it was a big hot bun," What a fragrance.
Liang Zhi also got up and took the vegetable bowl that Fang was carrying, and he couldn't help but drool a little while smelling the fragrance.
Liang Han saw that Xiao Shi followed him like a small tail, and smiled and waved at him: "Come here." The little stone smiled and ran over, saw that the water was spilling out somewhat, and slowed down his steps: "Can't run, the water will spill out."
Liang Han smiled and got up to help him carry the jar, "Why did you follow him?" Jiang Shi smiled: "The child loves to be lively, let him eat at home, he must come over here to eat." "Haha
... I won't talk about you for your help in carrying water. Liang Han handed him the jar, "Come, help me pour water, I will wash my hands."
Everyone washed their hands and began to eat.
There were mats on the floor and meals on them. Liang Han looked at the above meals, and there were really very few types. There was only one dish, pork stewed cabbage turnips, made a whole big pot. With and the basin serving!
Liang Han was surprised by this amount, and then looked at the people who went up to eat, and felt that this amount was actually nothing.
Jiang Shi first divided the eggs into one each, and when he saw that everyone had eaten them, he asked, "Whether you drink porridge or not, I will pour it for you."
"Auntie, scoop half a bowl for me." Liang Han swallowed a mouthful of steamed buns, and everyone ate together, watching others eat with relish, he also had a lot of appetite. Moreover, in his eyes, there is only such a simple dish, but in the eyes of others, it is very rich. The oil and salt are used for foot, as well as large pieces of meat, spices, and newly steamed steamed buns.
Xiao Fangshi kept picking meat to eat, thinking that his mother-in-law's plan was really good. They can follow and eat meat, but they save a lot of money.
Fang's movements are the same as Xiaofang's, when her husband and brother-in-law are talking about things in the field, she keeps picking meat clips for him, and naturally she can't lack herself.
Jiang Clan somewhat despised their deeds, but last year saved a lot of money to make her feel confident, so she didn't want to worry about them. But he was also afraid that his husband would eat less, so he left his eggs to the other party.
Although Liang Han didn't care about the little meat, he didn't like to watch them stretch out their chopsticks and pull them in the basin. So he took a bowl and put it in it, and said to the little stone, "Come, eat the convenience in the bowl." "Children have small hands and short hands, so many people he can't eat next to the basin, so that he can eat more conveniently."
Fang Shi looked at the small stone and said, "Little Han, you have raised the small stone really well." Many children in the village are not as strong as small stones.
Liang Han clipped the meat to Xiao Shi: "He is not picky about eating, so he can be so strong." Liang
Han said this and others don't know how to pick it up? Picky? What kind of person is this saying about a child in a family.
Liang Lei laughed, "Brother Lobby, you can really tell jokes." What picky eaters? Small stones can grow so well that your guy eats well.
Liang Xingrong also said, "That must be a good meal." Eat well and grow well. Liang Han looked at the small stone, in the past six months, the child has indeed grown a lot. It gives him a sense of accomplishment.
After eating a meal, Liang Han ate eight steamed buns and drank a large bowl of porridge. The others ate no less than he did, and the whole pot of vegetables was eaten clean, and the fence was naturally empty. Liang Han looked at this situation, and it is no wonder that everyone is so keen on planting land to harvest grain, but it is really not enough to eat.
More than half a month later.
In the evening, Liang Han returned home carrying farm tools and casually placed his things in the house. He went to bed and exhaled fiercely: "Ah---------------- Spring plowing is really exhausting rhythm. Fortunately, the acre of land here is not as big as the modern acre, and it is not willing to use seeds, and the planting is very rare. Most people only have about fifteen catties of wheat seeds per acre of land, and they will also grow some miscellaneous grains.
Therefore, when Liang Han had the luxury of planning to use more than forty catties of wheat seeds per acre, Uncle Liang was particularly surprised. What was even more surprising was that most of Liang Han's land was used to grow wheat, and there were still a few acres of empty land intended to grow melons.
For this reason, Uncle Liang also persuaded Liang Han well, but in the end, he naturally did not persuade him. Later, I could only console myself that most of the empty land was fields that were not very good in geographical location and were relatively barren.
Liang Han had eighty acres of land, but they were all relatively barren. And there are more than ten acres of location is relatively remote, or different sizes. Some of the small ones are only three minutes the size of the land, and some are half an acre in size, and the land is somewhat fragmented. He planned to plant potatoes on all these not-so-good plots, and potatoes were not very demanding on the fields. He wanted to see how much production capacity there was per mu of such a plant. As for planting melons, it is natural to pick a better field.
When Xiao Shi returned home, he saw Liang Han lying on the bed and didn't want to move: "Uncle Liang, the third grandmother asked us to go to his house to eat at night."
Liang Han said motionlessly, "Okay, but you have to let me rest for a while." I'm exhausted these days.
Xiao Shi Ma Li took off his shoes and sat next to him: "Uncle Liang, it's spring, don't we raise chickens?"
Liang Han was curious: "There are chickens for sale in the village?"
"Not yet, I'm listening to the wheat." His family buys and buys ducklings every year, all of which he raises. When it was summer, he went to the river to touch the snails for the chickensThe ducklings eat and hold the aquatic grass. There are many small fish in the aquatic grass that come out, and you can feed the chickens and ducklings. "Xiao Shi thinks it's very interesting, he can do it himself," Uncle Liang, you buy me chickens and ducks, I will raise them, and when I am raised, I can lay eggs for Uncle Liang to eat.
Liang Han knew that the children wanted to help do something, but it was difficult for the children here to play and not work. Children the size of small stones still have to help collect firewood for the family: "Okay, then I will help you buy a few, and you can raise them well." "Since the child wants to do something, he will not stop it, but just buy a few for him to play with." Moreover, the survival rate of chickens and ducklings is quite low, and there is no need to worry about the yards they pull everywhere.
Xiao Shi was very happy: "I will definitely raise it well!"
Liang Han had enough rest and took the small stone to Uncle Liang's house.
Because it is already busy, several of them naturally do not need to get together to eat. So Jiang specially made a table of dishes to treat the family.
When Liang Han arrived, Liang Lei was drooling in the kitchen, and when he saw them arrive, he said to Liang Han: "Brother Lobby, my mother has made some delicious food."
"It seems that I am blessed." Everyone ate well throughout the spring plowing, but that was compared to usual. Liang Han really didn't think the food was too good. And so many people, the appetite for heavy work is also superb, and it is not convenient to make fine meals.
Seeing Uncle Liang sitting at the door smoking a dry cigarette, Liang Han sat down next to him: "Today I can finally finish planting, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."
Because they were finally busy with a big thing, everyone was relieved, and this year's busy time was a few days earlier than in previous years. Uncle Liang smiled and said, "Yes, I can finally rest well." When are you going to plant the remaining acres of land? Liang Han: "Wait
until the sky is warmer." "The melon is breeding seedlings, and as for the potatoes, because the potatoes like loose soil, he has to cultivate it a little deeper." Moreover, the temperature is too low to grow potatoes.
Uncle Liang reminded him: "Well, when the time comes, call Xiao Zhi and they will help you." And the two acres of land in your north, follow up with Gao Kun's family, pay attention when planting. If you are moved to the boundary stone, say it well, don't fight with them.
"If he did move I wouldn't say anything." When the wheat grows, I will move the earth boundary stone over. "Liang Han knows that this kind of thing absolutely cannot be endured, otherwise people will feel that you have been instigated, and it will only make more progress."
For Liang Han, his biggest impression of spring ploughing was still a few fights, all because of the problem of the land boundary.
Originally, each family's land had boundary stones to distinguish the boundary from other families, and some would dig a trench in particular. But some people like to take advantage of it, and always want to occupy a few more ridges of land, so there will be a matter of moving the boundary stone.
Uncle Liang's family has put on such a thing, and has been dug up by people to cover the boundary stones, and their family is not someone who can take advantage of people and not say anything. But the other side was also very horizontal, and almost fought in the end. In that case, of course, Liang Han could not stand by and help block, and then everyone could only find the village chief to evaluate. Liang Han watched from the sidelines and felt that it was really not easy for the village chief to be a village chief. He had to mediate any trivial matter.
As for Gao Kun, mentioned by Uncle Liang, he is Gao Song's cousin. Because there are as many as fifteen or sixteen of their brothers and cousins, they are particularly confident and do things a little sideways. The original owner had a good relationship with Takamatsu before, naturally not worried about them looking for trouble, but now it was different. However, Liang Han was not afraid of them, and it was not a big deal to fight.
Now that the farming busyness was over, Liang Han naturally had the heart to think of something else. The first thing that comes to mind is naturally to mention the matter of kissing the Zhang family: "Uncle, now spring ploughing is almost over." When do you see when you can help me find a matchmaker to go to the Zhang family to propose to me?
Because Uncle Liang had heard Liang Han mention it before going to the Zhang family to mention it, now even the Zhang family no longer objected, and Uncle Liang could no longer insist on letting Liang Han marry a girl. Most importantly, his insistence is useless.
Uncle Liang: "Two more days." When you're done, I'll go find a matchmaker for you. First of all, tell me how much money you plan to pay and what dowry you are going to give. Liang Han: "If you hire twenty yuan, if you add another cow to the dowry, will it be too eye-catching?"
Uncle Liang looked at Liang Han with shocked eyes: "You are really willing!" "Such a dowry, let alone marrying a child, what girl in a few nearby villages can't marry."
Liang Han also knew that he would definitely shock Uncle Liang. Don't say Uncle Liang, what you heard next to you, except for the small stone that you don't quite understand, there is no one who is not surprised. They all think that Liang Han can really be rare Zhang Qingzhu, really willing!
Liang Han: "I know that the cow is too dazzling, if it is not good, it will be fine." "In case someone passes on the Zhang family as a son for sale, it is not very good."
Uncle Liang thought about it and said, "Sending cattle is really not very good." I think twenty times the dowry is enough to dazzle the eye, and the dowry will be as usual.
Liang Han: "Good. However, I don't understand the dowry or anything, and I have to worry about my uncle and aunt.
Uncle Liang: "That's what we should have done." Rest assured, I'll be sure I've got it for you.
"Thank you uncle."
"You're welcome, I'm your uncle, what's so polite?"