Porridge and side dishes [farming]

This banquet was a busy day, and the villagers had a lot of things to do at the end of the banquet.

All the items sent by everyone have been accounted for, which needs to be taken care of properly. When the women are done with their work and tidy up, all the tables and chairs and the bowls and chopsticks will be returned.

Li Ji and Er Gouzi were in the yard at home looking at the order of the list.

There are all kinds of gifts, but there are few copper coins. They are basically rice noodles, dried vegetables and mushrooms, and two feet of cloth that is not bad. , and the rest will be stuffed into the warehouse.

Er Gouzi is strong and specializes in resisting rice bags. Li Ji sorted out the few things, and the two of them worked for more than half an hour to finish.

He didn't even drink a couple of sips of water during the busy day, Er Gouzi was fine, Li Ji lay on the kang and didn't want to move anymore.

Er Gouzi made tea for Li Ji very understandingly, and went to the kitchen to cook.

Li Ji paused for a while, feeling embarrassed to let Er Gouzi serve him, sat up and went to help in the kitchen.

After finishing the meal, I opened the door to put the breath water in the house, and when I opened the door, I saw that it was raining mistyly outside, and said with a smile: "It's good to rain, the rain will not hit the beams of the house, and if it rains a little more, the field will not be afraid of being confiscated. "

He went out and built the chicken house, and brought some bundles of firewood to the house for later use.

Er Gouzi was stewing the leftover venison, and the smell of rice had already come out, Li Ji said: "We don't have much firewood at home, let's go up the mountain to chop some after the house is finished."

It stands to reason that so many corn stalks and corn kernels at home can be burned for a long time, but last winter, because of the greed for enjoyment, the fire in the stove has not been cut off, and the more consumed, the less time can be used.

It is certain that we will not be able to persist until the corn is harvested. If we want to burn firewood, we can only go up the mountain to chop.

Er Gouzi nodded. Li Ji took him up the mountain to chop twice last year, so he knew what chopping firewood was.

When the smell of meat came out, Li Ji took two greedy sips and said with a smile, "Your skills are getting better and better."

Er Gouzi just grinned.Before meeting Li Ji, Er Gouzi didn't know how to cook other than roasting.In his hazy memory, his mother once cooked strange food for him when he was a child, and it was delicious.

But since he got lost in the mountains, he couldn't eat it anymore.After coming here, Ergouzi tasted very similar to the memory.

This is the root that Li Yan planted in his taste buds back then, and Ergouzi sprouted from Li Ji.

"To be honest, if you learn a few more dishes, when we get tired of farming, it would be great to set up a shop in the city and open a restaurant. I'll be the guy and you the cook, and we're both shopkeepers. "

Er Gouzi couldn't understand, but just nodded his head as usual.

Li Ji knelt down to help add firewood to the stove, and the two of them guarded the overflowing rice cooker, as if guarding their happy little days.

The light rain outside the house is not heavy. This year's rain is less, and it is a bit dry. This light rain is not enough at all.

Two days later, the building of the house was still going on. Li Ji and Er Gouzi ran back and forth between the old and new homes every day, which was very hard work.

The house was built relatively large, so it took some time. By the time it was finished, the corn in the field had grown to chest height.

After several days of busy work in the field, Li Ji began to add things to the new home.

Needless to say, furniture and so on, they are all good materials, and the rest must be brought one by one.

The stream became shallower and shallower, and every household was busy collecting water, fearing that it would dry up soon.It is not without reason that this place is barren. There is not even a well to drill, so it can only rely on a big stream to maintain water. Once the stream runs dry, the whole village will be thirsty.

The left and right are outside the village, and Li Ji is not afraid of being conspicuous anymore.I went to the city and bought two more tanks, and carried water directly upstream from the stream on the mountain. The two big tanks were placed in the back room of the new house, and ordinary guests could not see them when they came in.

Last year, because the big tank was placed at the entrance of the village, everyone in the village went to borrow water. It can't be said that Li Ji is narrow-minded. He and Er Gouzi brought back the water one by one.

This house was built big, the biggest one was the kitchen, and there was no living room. Everyone in the village knew each other so well, and it was impossible for the big shots to come here.

There are only two bedrooms, to be precise, there are only two with kangs, and the other one with kangs is filled with sundries and used as warehouses. In other words, the two of them do not welcome outsiders to stay overnight.

The two back rooms are also used as warehouses. Er Gouzi eats a lot, and enough warehouses save Er Gouzi from having to search in the lower room for what he wants to eat.

There are three wing rooms in the yard, one for firewood and charcoal fire, which saves the difficulty of using firewood when it rains heavily, and it is not easy to be affected by moisture.The one for miscellaneous items, usually seasonal clothes, bedding, etc., which will not be used for a few months.The last one is slightly larger, and it is divided into several compartments, which are dedicated to raising livestock.

There are already quite a few chickens and rabbits at home, and Li Ji wants to raise another cow, a donkey and some piggies.The left and right sides are close to the mountains, and it is convenient to mow the grass. The chickens cannot be free-ranged, because they are afraid that something will be eaten from the mountains, so they can only be raised in this livestock pen.

Rabbits need to be separated, so cages are still used to raise rabbits, and they can be raised one by one.

I brought the rabbits and chickens over and saw how well they got used to it.

When Li Ji was free, he took Er Gouzi to the bull market for a walk, and any cattle sellers in eight villages would go there.

Li Ji originally wanted to catch piggies in the coming year, but the piggies sold by someone are not small anymore, and the selling price is quite cheap.

"Why is it so cheap? It's not because of some illness."

The man who sold Piggy still had blisters on his mouth, obviously on fire.

"That's impossible, I have to live up to my conscience. This sow is giving birth at this time, and there are twelve litters in a litter. Originally, there are few people selling piglets at this time. It is not allowed to kill and eat meat during the Chinese New Year. In winter, there are still a few piglets. It's easy to lose the scale, and everyone wants to buy it in the next year. If there are seven or eight piggies, it's okay to sell the three or five at a low price, but who can feed so many piggies? Good sale."

There are still nine piggies, which is indeed enough to cause headaches.If it came out in spring, the pig seller would probably be overjoyed, but at this time, there is really no place to cry.This stuff can’t be raised for a few more years than cattle and sheep. There is a taboo in the old saying, it’s best not to raise this pig for a year, except for breeding pigs and old sows, the rest will be killed and eaten when they grow up fat, otherwise Pigs will hold grudges over time.

Although not many people would care about it, the words are quite intimidating. Everyone wants to have a good life, right?

But unless they were in the city, even if the nine pigs were raised and killed, they couldn't all be sold.

Generally, except for weddings and funerals, when people buy pork, they are only willing to buy half a catty for birthdays and Chinese New Year. Usually, they only want to look at it to satisfy their greed, and the meat of nine pigs cannot be sold for several months.

Li Ji stretched out his hand to touch the piggy's head, the piggy was not afraid, and rubbed his nose against Li Ji's hand, Li Ji withdrew his hand and patted the pig's head.

"Er Gouzi, how many do you want?"

Er Gouzi tilted his head and looked at Piggy.He has only seen wild boars, wild boars are fragrant, but they are too powerful, not to mention that they usually like to gather in groups, even if it is a wild boar, ordinary beasts would not dare to provoke it easily, because its skin is thick, and it has a bad temper. If you follow your heart, you can beat someone to your death until you kill the other person. It is a very headache prey.

But looking at these white and clean pigs, it seems that they are not scary at all.

"I want them all." Er Gouzi won't pretend, just say what you have.

Li Ji twitched the corners of his lips, but he could understand: "Isn't it difficult to support us if we bought them all, and the pigsty we prepared is not big enough."

"Oh." Er Gouzi replied, and stopped talking, just kept looking at the piggies.

Li Ji glanced at Er Gouzi, and couldn't bear it after all: "Forget it, let's buy them all, then we will have to build another pigsty with wood when we go back, and sooner or later we will have to go up the mountain to mow more grass, and we have to dry the grass." Save some hay for winter feeding, but I’m tired.”

In fact, thinking about it this way, it would be better for Er Gouzi to go hunting in the mountains. Every time he comes back, he can bring back dozens of catties of meat. It took a lot of effort to raise this pig.

However, Er Gouzi will be dangerous when going up the mountain, but raising livestock at home will not.

The pig seller didn't expect that Li Ji would buy all the piglets in such a big way, with a smile on his face but he didn't dare to show it too obviously: "You two are not joking, there are nine of them, so it could be two Can the young master hire someone to help?"

The two of them did have a lot of money in their hands, but they hadn't reached the point where they could hire long-term workers. Li Ji smiled and waved his hands: "You think highly of both of us. It's just that we can eat meat, but these nine piggies We bought them all back and raised them, and the two of us alone can eat up the meat."

The pig seller thought it was a joke, and the two parties agreed on the delivery time. Li Ji paid one penny as a deposit, and then paid the rest after it was delivered home.

Li Ji went to see the cows again. What Li Ji wanted was to buy a half-grown cow. If it was too small, it would not be easy to feed it. If it was too big, he might buy an old cow for his age.Not too big but just right.

Li Ji searched for a long time, but he couldn't find a comparable one, either too big or too small, which was unsatisfactory.

The bull market was coming to an end, and Li Ji saw a woman sitting on a rock crying, with three cows, one big, two small, and three cows eating grass by the side of the road.

Li Ji was soft-hearted, so he went over to inquire. The woman looked to be in her 20s, her hands were full of calluses, and she looked like a hardworking woman.

"My life is miserable. It was a good time at home. Before that, there were three cows at home, and two of the cows gave birth to cubs. Then someone came to steal the cows in the middle of the night. My men found out, and they beat my men hard. Paralyzed, two big cows were killed, and there is only one cow and two cubs left. My child is still young, and my man needs money to see a doctor, so I have to sell all the cows. Brother, if you buy them all Well, I'll make it cheaper for you."

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