The black-hearted lady brought space to the countryside(2)

Chapter 288: Farming, Li Guang Shows Off

After the weather warmed up, there was always water drying in the yard. The small tub was not high, so the little girl could reach it just right when washing her hands.

She came in with a lot of moisture on her body, and she came over to ask Jian Dan to hold on,

"Look, it's all washed!"

Jian Dan took a look, yes, her little hands and face were washed, but the water was not wiped dry, her hair stuck to her face, and the front of her clothes was wet. It didn't look like she was going to wash, but to play in the water, which was a bit horrible.

Jian Dan really wanted to laugh when she saw it,

"Okay, okay, go change your clothes quickly, look at you, you're like a little mud monkey,"

"Hey!"

She could do these things by herself at ordinary times, so she ran back, opened the curtain, and took out her clothes.

After a while, she came out with two dirty clothes and threw them directly into the washing basin.

She was still fiddling with her short legs, scooping water from the small jar with a gourd ladle, trembling and looking quite impressive.

Jiandan let her child do whatever he wanted, but she didn't let him do any work.

"Okay, okay, leave it there, sister will wash it,"

The little girl turned around and pulled out another wooden basin. The weight of the pure wood was there, and it was not easy for the child.

Jiandan had just sat down and was about to wash the two small clothes when she saw the child's legs fiddling non-stop, without making a sound.

Soon, she put a circle of basins, backpacks, and large baskets next to her, and then she also brought out a small stool in a serious manner and sat down next to Jiandan.

"Do you know how to pick vegetables? Why did you put them all out?"

The little girl pursed her lips, showing her little white teeth,

"I'll wait for sister, sister can do it."

Okay, the child also knew to assign her work.

The two sisters washed the wild vegetables and mushrooms that they had harvested today, but they didn't plan to eat them today. They hung them in a large basket. Jian Xin waved her hand, "Save them for winter." "You're thinking too far ahead. Do you know what season it is now? It's spring and you're already thinking about winter?" "Then what should you think about? Should you plant vegetables? Should you plant watermelons?" After running up the mountain, the child was still tired. He made a fuss for a while, barely ate dinner, and fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow. After a simple tidying up and flipping through the house, he took out some dry food that could be exposed to the sun. Tomorrow, he would go to work again. This time, it was a serious spring planting. Corn is mainly planted here, but there are also small areas of soybeans, sorghum, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and red beans. This place itself is a one-year crop, and the solar terms for planting are somewhat different from other regions. According to local conditions, the planting seasons of these crops are similar, and each village arranges them on its own. Corn is the main food crop, and then there are sorghum and sweet potatoes, which are also distributed as coarse grains. It can be said that everything planted is very important to farmers.

Compared with turning the soil, it is much more stressful to start working when planting the land.

When they gathered in the morning, Liu Weimin did not say much, and simply assigned the tasks, digging holes, planting seeds, and applying fertilizer. In the past, fertilizer was applied directly when turning the soil, but sometimes it was not diluted enough or mixed unevenly, and many seeds would be burned to death by the fertilizer.

This year, the villagers discussed and decided to plant seeds and apply fertilizer at the same time. They should keep an eye on it. They can't burn the seeds again. At most, it will be a little trouble, but there are not many other things in the village, but there are still many people.

Planting seeds is easy to say, but applying fertilizer is a very important thing. They don't trust the educated youth in this. Sometimes they don't know the importance and waste the seeds. The men in the village are responsible for this important task.

The educated youths like Jiandan were assigned jobs that could be done as long as they put in effort, such as digging holes, planting seeds, and watering.

Except for the three newcomers, Chen Jing, everyone else had participated in the collective labor in the village to some extent, and they were not immediately confused by the ease.

Li Guang also muttered and followed Chen Jing and Gu Jianjun.

Liu Weimin was very anxious. Spring planting was a very important matter in the countryside. If it was delayed, it would affect the harvest.

Jiandan was assigned the job of planting seeds. The front was digging holes, and Jiandan followed not far away. This job looked easy, and there was no need to bend over or wear out your hands.

However, there was one thing, which was that you had to carry a bag of seeds to work, planting seeds while walking, and of course it was getting lighter and lighter. This bag of seeds was almost enough for the end of the ridge, which meant that she didn't have to go back to replenish it halfway.

Jian Jian was strong, so she put the bag directly in the backpack and hung it on her chest. She had good aim, so she didn't throw anything out of the way or outside the pit. Then she covered it with her feet. She was almost walking and did it, so she didn't feel tired at all.

For other female educated youth, it was not so easy.

They were not so strong, and they could only carry more than 20 kilograms at a time. It took a lot of time to walk back and forth to replenish it. Not to mention other things, Jian Jian lagged behind a lot.

In addition, she had to bend down to pick up the things that were thrown out of the pit occasionally, and she had to repeat the process twice when she was tired. She would rest when she was tired. Before she finished, her shoulders were sore and her arms were so hard that she could hardly lift them.

When she got off work, she was no longer as cheerful as in the morning. She looked like she was hit by frost and was dejected. Not to mention chattering on the road, there were not many people who talked. They really used up their last bit of strength.

Especially the educated youth, even if they had worked once or twice, they were far from the villagers who had worked for many years. They were tired, but it didn't affect their talking and laughing at all.

Knowing that Jiandan was working on this piece of land, Xinxin came early and played on the road. When she saw Jiandan, she ran over immediately,

"Sister!"

Li Yan and the others were weak,

"Xinxin, are you here to pick up your sister?"

The little girl stared at them with big eyes, curiously, and whispered in Jiandan's ear,

"Are they hungry? Why are they so strange?"

Jiandan looked back and saw that they were all like flowers without water, wilting. Isn't it strange?

"Yes, they are tired and hungry. Look, they don't even have the strength to talk."

Mingzhu took a leave and didn't go to work. Lin Zhaodi cooked today and ran away after work. Now the three who left together were Jiandan, Li Yan, Tan Yajun, and Chen Jing.

Lin Dongfang had already run back home, thinking about his wife. Ling Weidong's three long legs had long disappeared.

Li Guang was also crying and making a fool of himself behind him.

"Xinxin, I have no strength left. What should I do?"

Li Yan and the others were completely familiar with Li Guang's character. They had long been rude to him.

"Xinxin, ignore him. He is just pretending to be pitiful."

Jian Xin scratched her head. This was a new word. She had to ask her sister what it meant when she got back.