Crossing the farm gate, the whole family reunites in the disaster year

The village head recommended a family.

The man's surname was Yu, and he was a few years older than Cui Chengliang. Because he had a big head and a thick neck, the villagers called him Yu Datou.

They fled to Xiahe Village a few years ago. There are eight or nine people in their family, and it is more than enough for them to manage more than 20 acres of land.

The three eldest boys in the family are all adults, and they are four strong laborers.

Yu Datou is good at tending crops and can endure hardships, but there are so many people in his family that the grain he grows is only enough to fill their stomachs, so he has been renting land to farm in the past few years and has not saved enough land for his own.

The village head asked Youxi to call Yu Datou's family over.

"...I think the Yu Datou family is a good one. Ask them more when you meet them later. I'll write it down for you later so that we can help you settle the lawsuit if anything goes wrong."

The people of Xiahe Village are ordinary farmers who live in peace and stability, and it was the first time for the village head to see someone renting more than 20 acres of land at one time.

Soon Yu Datou and his family arrived.

The man in the lead had a head that was indeed larger than that of an average person. In comparison, the others behind him looked like shriveled melon seeds.

"Uncle Lizheng, are you looking for us?"

Lin looked at the people who came in later. They should be Yu Datou's three sons. Finally, the eldest son's wife helped Yu Datou's wife into the house.

The head of the village coughed and told the Lin family that they were looking for someone to rent the land to them.

The Yu family was very excited after hearing this and agreed without thinking.

They had previously rented the land from Mr. Sun, whose home was in the next village. Usually, Yu Datou would take his sons and sleep in a tent at the edge of the field, while his wife would take her children to live in Xiahe Village.

If they could rent a field in the village to farm, the family wouldn't have to separate.

After the village head helped Lin ask a few questions about the land, he nodded secretly to Lin.

Yu Datou's family has been farming at Sun Juren's house for several years in a row, so at least they are not lazy. Lin directly talked about the rent of the land.

Just like the Li brothers in Liushu Village, they split the money 4:6.

This share was 10% higher than what Mr. Sun got. The Yu family was so happy that they didn't know what to say.

The contract was quickly written in triplicate. The village head blew on the ink, and Lin and Yu Datou each put their fingerprints on it.

Lin took one portion, gave one portion to Yu Datou, and Li Zheng folded the last portion and put it away safely.

"I'll keep this contract for you. If you two have any questions in the future, please come to me."

After leaving the headman's house, the group went to see the fields. Looking at the twenty acres of high-quality fields, the Yu family members all smiled from ear to ear.

"Um, boss..." Yu Datou rubbed his hands and spoke carefully.

Lin smiled and said, "I can't be called the hostess. The villagers call me Jingwen Niang, so you can call me that too."

"Okay." Yu Datou was a little embarrassed. "I don't have any farm tools at home. Can you rent some to us?"

This is quite embarrassing to talk about.

There was no rain, and the wheat seedlings in the field died. Mr. Sun's family asked them to compensate for the loss, but they could not afford it, so they took their farm tools and paid them as rent.

Farm tools can be made at a blacksmith shop in the city by paying money. It is not a difficult task. Lin agreed immediately.

He also talked about the crops in the fields. These twenty acres of land had been fallow for more than ten years. It was necessary to reclaim them from the land. It would take at least ten days or half a month to finish the work.

By the time we finish cleaning up, the autumn harvest is over and it’s too late to plant soybeans.

Yu Datou suggested that Lin plant some radishes and cabbages and store them in cellars for consumption during the winter. Barley is also a good choice, and can be planted after the autumn harvest so that it can be harvested in the spring when the river water thaws.

When talking about farming, Yu Datou shook his head and his spirit changed.

Experienced farmers have a recipe in mind: deep plowing and shallow planting, and a reasonable combination of different crops.

Just like planting wheat, it will consume a lot of nutrients in the soil. If wheat is planted again in the next round, the soil fertility will be insufficient and the grain yield will be reduced.

If you plant a round of soybeans or rapeseed after planting wheat, the rapeseed roots can penetrate the soil and improve the soil structure, while the soybeans can replenish nutrients in the soil.

The land can not only produce harvests but also be used for farming.

Farmers cannot express or explain these principles, but the harvest will give the answer to those who farm diligently and those who don’t.

Cui Zhaozhao listened carefully.

Lin and Cui Jingwen stood aside. Since the farming matter was handed over to Zhaozhao, she had full authority to make the decision.

After discussing for a while, the matter was finalized. The Yu family would weed first in the next few days, and then start clearing the land after they finished making the farm tools.

After going home.

Cui Zhaozhao first soaked the soybeans. The twelve acres of land in Liushu Village had been prepared and could be planted tomorrow.

Together with the initial six acres of land and the second room's four acres, a total of more than 100 kilograms of soybean seeds were soaked, half of which were seeds purchased from the mall.

According to the introduction of seeds in the mall, the yield will at least increase by half.

More than 100 kilograms of seeds were divided into several large pots and placed in a row against the wall.

After finishing all this, Cui Zhaozhao went to the inner room and restocked the cupboard with rice, flour, salt and sugar.

He only had a few coins left in his hand, so he took a ten-liang silver note and exchanged it for ten small silver ingots from the mall.

Two taels of silver were exchanged for a cabinet of food.

Cui Zhaozhao locked the cabinet door with satisfaction, carried three pounds of fatty pork out of the inner room and handed it to his mother.

The oil tank at home is empty, so I need to make some more lard.

Apart from anything else, dishes fried with pork are so delicious that they will make your mouth water.

While boiling the pork, Lin skillfully prepared some noodles by adding two eggs, a small spoonful of salt, and half a bowl of water to three pounds of noodles. The hand-rolled noodles made with this proportion were chewy and delicious.

Dumplings on the bus and noodles on the bus.

Jingwen and Zhaozhao have been busy traveling these days, so hot noodles are good for their stomachs.

Sunset.

When Old Man Cui and his group returned from the fields, the yard of the old house became lively again.

"Third aunt, third aunt."

Wulang dragged back a bamboo cage with great effort. As soon as he entered the yard, he couldn't wait to call out to his third aunt. Lin went out and saw that the cage was full of locusts.

"Aunt San, Xiaoliu, Xiaoqi and I caught a lot of locusts. Let's roast them and eat them tonight."

Wulang was very proud. They had spent the entire afternoon catching these locusts, which weighed more than ten kilograms and were enough to eat for several meals.

Countless locusts crowded in the cage, and the rubbing sound of their wings made Lin's scalp tingle.

Moreover, the fact that three children were able to catch so many locusts in one afternoon indicated that the number of locusts in the field had begun to grow.

Sure enough, Old Man Cui's face looked a little heavy.

"We'll eat first. After dark, the whole family will go to the fields together to light a fire and kill locusts."

Old Man Cui made the arrangements in a calm voice.

After locusts break out of the soil, it takes four or five days for them to grow wings. The flightless larvae will hop around in the fields and feed on crop leaves.

This thing seems to be endless. If left alone, the wheat in the field will be eaten to pieces by dawn.

Lin speeds up the cooking process.

The thin hand-rolled noodles are put into the pot, and after the water boils, they are cooked in two flicks of chopsticks. Fat residue is added to the noodle soup, and green wild vegetables are dotted in it. A bowl of egg liquid is poured on it before being served.

A large pot of three pounds of noodles was cooked, and a large bowl was sent to each of the upper and west rooms.

The four members of the family ate the remaining noodles with gusto.

The fat residue that has absorbed the soup tastes soft and crispy, and not greasy.

The four of them were sweating profusely from eating.