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Chapter 58: Chapter 58

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    "But isn't the heavy snow last year not enough?"

    "It's far away. It's about to be planted in spring. What to plant is very important. Plan for the worst first. Cough, it's just been a few days since the end of the day."

    Zhang Hongmei stopped talking, mainly because she didn't know what to say.

    "Mistress, are you calling me?"

    "Well, sit on the kang. Hongmei, please talk to your third uncle."

    "Third Lord, I had a dream all night last night. It probably means that there will be drought in the past few years. I don't know what's going on. I was afraid so I nag with Grandma."

    "Maocai, I think you have to pay attention to this matter. In previous years, there would be several snowfalls. This year, there will only be one snowfall. This is related to the food and drink of our village." The old lady has suffered all her life.  What I fear most is being hungry.

    "Mistress, I really didn't pay attention to this matter. I went to a meeting the day before yesterday, and it was said that a large amount of wheat and corn will be planted this year. If it is really drought, neither of these can be planted, and they are not drought-resistant. If not, I guess  Neither the technical station nor the agricultural machinery in the village will work.¡±

    "What I mean is not to plant. You can ring the bell later and discuss it with everyone. Also, don't say that Hongmei dreamed about it, just say that this year's weather is not normal."

    "In the middle, I know. Our village has a total of more than 1,400 mu of land, of which 200 mu is mountainous land, and there are 500 mu of lean fields. We can grow sweet potatoes and sorghum. The remaining 800 mu  If the land is winter wheat, let¡¯s harvest it and plant sweet potatoes or cobs, or plant sorghum and then decide.¡±

    "Zhong, that's it. Your uncle will be back in a while. The two of you will discuss it first. As for the call from the village, let's ignore it. If it doesn't work, we will make it up with sweet potatoes."

    "Such a large amount is probably not done in the village."

    "It's the same if you don't work. We will starve if we don't get it. This year, we must keep more wheat harvested. If we don't, we will pay a fine."

    It was only then that Zhang Hongmei realized that the old lady had to decide on major events in the village, which is really amazing.

    "Mother, why are you calling me back in such a hurry?" Liu Changhe also came back.

    Zhang Hongmei wants to go back because she has nothing to do with her?  "Too grandma, I'll go home first."

    "Go. Don't think about it."

    "Yeah. I see." There's nothing you can do even if you think about it?

    Zhang Hongmei didn't know what the three people in the room said, but just walked home quickly, probably Erya had already arrived.

    Now Liu Erya at the door was relieved to see Zhang Hongmei.  "Hongmei, what have you been doing?"

    I went to Tai Nai's house.  Sorry Er Ya, I forgot the time.

    "What are you afraid of if you wait too long? I just don't know what you are doing, so I am worried."

    "It's safe. Don't worry about me in the future." Zhang Hongmei made a strong gesture.

    The two went back to the house to study, and when they heard the bell, Zhang Hongmei told Er Ya what happened. It was useless for them to go, so they might as well do what they should do.

    At noon, Zhang Hongmei steamed rice, fried shredded potatoes, and fried a bowl of chopped green onion and eggs.

    "Hongmei, what you eat is really good, what will you eat after eating like this?"

    "Sister Erya, don't you know that? Don't people live for one bite? Then why are you still holding on? If you want to eat well, you can work hard to earn it yourself. You can't wrong your mouth and body.  .¡±

    Seeing Liu Erya thinking about it, Zhang Hongmei felt a sense of accomplishment, which made herself fooled.

    After two days of discussion in the village, it was finally decided to grow sweet potatoes. As for what to plant after harvesting the winter wheat, it also depends on the actual situation.

    Liu Maocai had to withstand the pressure from above. Some people in the village could understand and sympathize, and some people were really unwilling, but there were old ladies and Liu Changhe who were in charge and dared not speak out.

    Now that we have made a decision, we are going to go to the sweet potato kang. If there are not enough sweet potatoes in the team, we will collect them from each family. We will go to the sweet potato kang together, and each family will go to the team to pick them up.

    Zhang Hongmei brought up the sweet potatoes in the cellar, only kept one-fifth, and handed in the rest.

    Some people were slippery and didn¡¯t want to hand in. Wang Hongxi and the accountant directly took the ledger to record the quantity handed in by each company, and you could get as much seedlings as you paid. Now the slippery person was honest and took the initiative to hand in a second time.

    Since I can get sweet potato seedlings, there is no need to worry, but I still want to put a sweet potato kang in the yard, so that I can go up the mountain to plant it if I have nothing to do in the future.  So Zhang Hongmei participated in the whole process of the people in the village getting on the sweet potato kang, and when they got home, they fiddled with it by themselves, and she really made it.

    In the sunny part of the front yard, dig out a piece of land about the size of two vegetable beds and two shovels deep, and then make ridges on the four sides of the pit like vegetable beds.

     In this way, it became like a pit, and the sweet potatoes were placed in the pit one by one. Zhang Hongmei also went to the sand pit a few miles outside the village to get some sand.  I brought it back with a storage ring, and I will really make the best use of it.  Finally, the sweet potatoes are covered with sand.

    Insert wicker on the ridge horizontally, the distance of inserting wicker is about the width of the plastic film, and its purpose is to support the plastic film.

    In this way, the sweet potato kang is ready, Zhang Hongmei will sprinkle water every day, and add Lingquan to the water, which is obviously better than the sweet potato seedlings in the village, so every time it is time for Li Cuihua to water, she secretly adds water to the bucket  drop.

    When it is civilized, the land is moist. Liu Maocai and Wang Hongxi lead everyone to dig sweet potato ridges, and half-grown children are responsible for the ridges in the family's private plot.

    There are only three old cows in the village, and the speed is slow. Besides, the terraced fields on the mountain are not suitable for cattle farming.  Therefore, the strong laborers also picked up their picks to dig ridges.

    Zhang Hongmei also wanted to join the ridge-riding team, but she was weak after all, so Liu Maocai told her not to go to work, of course, there was no centimeter.

    Liu Erya has asked for leave and will not go to school.  She came to help Zhang Hongmei after she finished her homework, and the two little girls also dug the sweet potato ridges of an acre of land in two days.

    In the yard, Zhang Hongmei doesn't want to plant sweet potatoes anymore, let's plant potatoes.  Potatoes also need to be drilled, and the ridge head is wider than that of sweet potatoes. Li Cuihua demonstrated one, and Zhang Hongmei did the rest herself. She also worked the half acre of land in the backyard for two days.

    Lying in bed.  Looking at the blisters on my hands.  It hurts, being a farmer is exhausting.  But thinking that his own life was still in danger, he lost his temper, so let's do it!

    Tomorrow I have to choose potato seeds.  The next day Liu Erya came over early, and the two of them read books first, mainly because Zhang Hongmei gave Liu Erya the exam.

    At noon, the two ate corn bread with pumpkin stick noodles, pickles without cabbage, and one drank a bowl of goat milk.

    In the afternoon, the two of them worked together to get potatoes from the cellar and cut them into pieces in the yard.

    This potato selection must have a smooth surface and cannot germinate.

    When the potatoes are harvested in autumn, the little red plums are all selected and placed in the cellar, so they can be planted.

    Put it on the upper table, find a broken board and cut it into pieces.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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