Spring is a good time for everything to grow.

The crops and vegetables in the farmland are thriving under the careful care of the villagers.

There is a constant supply of saplings transplanted to the mountain.

Uncle Chen Jiu also led people to demarcate the responsibility areas, with several people responsible for an area to ensure that the saplings could be irrigated in time.

Everyone also kept the ashes taken out from the stove, carried them up the mountain and buried them in tree pits.

Farmyard manure is meant to be used for crops, but some people went to Zhang Jinzhi to order chicken manure.

Zhang Jinzhi refused because there were too many people making reservations and the amount of chicken manure was limited. It would be inappropriate to give it to anyone but not to anyone else. So he simply took his men to reclaim two acres of land and planted one acre of potatoes, half an acre of millet, and half an acre of vegetables.

After composting the chicken manure, you can use it on your own land, and then no one will worry about it.

Although the land in Tongshutun is still cultivated collectively this year, each family contributes different kinds of grain, so the number of acres allocated to each family is also different. This means that the grain harvested in the future will also be different.

The total number is more than double that of last year.

In terms of care, they basically give priority to taking care of their own fields while also taking care of their fellow villagers' homes.

In other words, if you have enough energy and want to take good care of your own land, it is your freedom, but you are not obligated to do the same as others.

Of course, patrols must take care of everything.

Vegetable fields are still planted collectively, harvested collectively, and divided equally.

Aunt Zhao usually gets up early and goes to her own field to weed. Too much weeds in the field will affect the harvest of crops.

If you find any insects, just kill them.

As soon as April arrived, Aunt Zhao went to Uncle Chen Jiu to discuss planting some more land: "We found a lot of dried fruits in the mountains, which can free up a lot of corn, so we thought we would plant it early so that we can harvest it early and not affect the autumn harvest."

Uncle Chen Jiu would not object to such a thing, but he still asked other villagers what they thought.

Some people wanted to plant more together, while others gave up because they were too tired or unwilling to grow so much food.

In the end, there were only ten people with Aunt Zhao.

These people got together and discussed to turn over all the ownerless land in the village so that there would be no trouble in the future.

Uncle Chen Jiu laughed at them for overthinking things: "With me here, what are you afraid of? Even if my words don't work, don't we still have Lord Zhou?"

Aunt Zhao said, "Uncle Jiu, it's not that we don't believe that Lord Zhou can help us settle the matter, but the truth is, Lord Zhou can't live in our village forever!

"You said that even if not all of the old people who left our village come back, at least half of them should come back, right?

"When I came back this time, I realized that my good land had been taken away by someone else. How could I not be angry?

"We work so hard to plant the land, apply fertilizer, and water it, so we certainly can't bear to give it up. Why wouldn't we start a fight?

"Why don't you just hand over the ownerless land in our village to us to farm. It will save us a lot of trouble."

Uncle Chen Jiu thought it made sense and agreed.

Aunt Zhao and the other eleven people immediately started working, and other villagers who had not thought about planting more crops also came to help.

Qin Ying took An An to the edge of the field and let her play with the grass insects woven by Aunt Zhao. She and Aunt Zhao turned the land over, plowed out furrows, watered the fields along the furrows, and then planted seeds at designated locations.

When it was time to plant the seeds, An An also came to help. She carried a small basket on her little arm, picked up two corn kernels with her little fingers and threw them into the hole dug by Qin Ying, then gently stepped on the soil with her little feet.

He did his job well.

The adults in the fields nearby couldn't help but laugh when they saw her, and said to Aunt Zhao, "Sister Zhao, you've got this kid! Isn't he here to repay your kindness?"

An An raised his chubby little hands and waved them in the air twice, saying loudly, "An An, you can do it!"

In return for everyone's good-natured laughter.

Because other villagers took special care of it, Aunt Zhao's land was relatively concentrated, covering an area of a little over two acres.

They planted corn first, and then transplanted the corn seedlings when they grew to more than an inch tall.

I couldn't bear to throw away the pulled corn seedlings, so I simply wrapped the roots with wet soil and then reclaimed a piece of wasteland to plant them.

Seeing them do this, other villagers followed suit. However, the seedling germination rate in their own fields was not as high, and they had to use part of it to replenish seedlings, so they did not have as much wasteland as Aunt Zhao and her daughter.

Qin Ying soaked some more beans and planted them in the corn field.

Aunt Zhao still felt a little unsure: "Will this grow well?"

"Anyway, this is also wasteland we reclaimed," Qin Ying said with a smile, "Originally, we planted seedlings that were going to be thrown away. Now we are just recycling waste. Even if the harvest is not good in the future, the loss will be limited.

“But if we can really harvest more food, wouldn’t that be a good thing?

"Didn't Master Jiu say that we've planted enough saplings and there's no need to plant more, otherwise we won't be able to take care of them?

"Now that I have time to take care of the land, I want to try more."

Aunt Zhao felt distressed: "You worked so hard to gain some weight, but it's all gone in the past few days..."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Qin Ying thought cheerfully, "Won't it grow back when it's time to hibernate? It's worth it if I work harder now and get more full meals later!"

Aunt Zhao patted her shoulder and went out early and came back late with her. Sometimes, because she got up too early, she asked Zhang Jinzhi to take care of An An. Sometimes, when she came back too late, An An had already fallen asleep in the west neighbor's house.

However, An An was not idle either. As long as she was awake and not at mealtime or toilet time, she would go to the fields to help.

Koi bonus must be replenished in time.

Not only did he give bonuses to his own family, but also to everyone in Tongshu Village. When they felt unfair that they could not compete with the Zhao family, they would feel balanced when they saw that the neighboring village was much stronger.

Every five or six days, Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying would invite a few villagers to go up the mountain together, one to collect firewood, and the other to try their luck to see if they could find some wild game.

Others’ harvests were limited, but the Zhao family never came back empty-handed. Sometimes they picked up dried mushrooms, sometimes they picked up dried fruits, and once they even caught a rabbit!

The rabbit was a pregnant female rabbit.

Originally, the villagers urged them to stew the meat and eat it. Even if they couldn't eat it, it would be good to smell the meat.

But An An hugged the rabbit and refused to eat it, saying that she wanted to raise the little rabbit. Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying agreed to her request.

The Zhao family is so lucky, but no one in Tongshu Village is jealous.

What can you do? You go into the mountains, look for things, and take the same route, but you just can’t see the good things. What can you do?

Fortunately, Aunt Zhao is a good person. Every time she comes back, she will share some things with the people who went with her.

And the female rabbit was raised in the Zhao family's yard.

Because rabbits are good at digging holes, Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying picked up a lot of stones to build a rabbit nest to prevent it from running away.

After the ground is built, two inches of soil are spread on it, followed by a thick layer of wood ash, and then a thick layer of sand.

The outer wall was built high and covered with an awning. Under the awning was the rabbit's sleeping nest, which was covered with thick licorice.

Put a large sieve on the top to ensure that the rabbit cannot escape.

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