Chapter 260 Busy for a month

Author: That sour sugar

Chapter 260 Busy for a month

Qin Zheng returned to Zhang's house and brought some gifts. Chen Fan gave them to his fifth sister-in-law and seventh sister-in-law.

In the afternoon, the sky drizzled.

"Will it rain on the first day of the Chinese New Year?" Chen Ya asked Chen Fan.

"In terms of festiveness, it is not good to rain because it is inconvenient for people to go out to pay New Year's greetings. But it is good for crops. Rain is better than rain, crops are good, and spring is a treasure. The weather is warm in spring, and the rainfall begins to increase.

, very suitable for crop growth.”

Chen Ya looked like she suddenly realized: "There are a lot of things to be done in the field now, right?"

"Yes, the wheat fields and vegetable fields are all about to start to be busy."

Zhang Ci sent people to major grain stores in the county to buy indica rice.

The Dongxia Kingdom basically grows japonica rice, and the indica rice grown in Lingnan in Jiangnan will also be transported here for sale. There are many on the market. However, the indica rice in Yuanfeng County is obviously not enough.

Changping Township reclaimed a lot of wasteland last year. In addition to the distribution to villagers and other plans to remove sandy soil, there are still 20,000 mu of them. Calculated based on four kilograms of rice seeds per mu, 80,000 kilograms of indica rice are also needed.

Yuanfeng County was a sensation. I had seen a large number of people who stocked up on grain, but I had never seen people who sowed tens of thousands of kilograms of grain. The major grain shops were surrounded by many people watching the fun.

"There are no indica rice grown in Pingzhou, Gyeongju. Is it good to buy so many indica rice?"

"That's Changping Township Jun wants to plant it. She planted eight stones acres last year."

"When will this indica be grown?"

"I don't know either, I heard it was very early."

Yuanfeng County is far less than 80,000 kilograms of indica rice. Last year, Zhang Ci asked Cui Yunlang and others to buy rice seeds from other places. The wet nurse also transported some from the capital.

They returned to Guiyunju in the second year of the year.

On the third year of the Chinese New Year, the juniors of the Liu family came to pay New Year's greetings. They didn't have to give them any New Year's money, but they still gave them a piece of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asked them to take some pastries and candies back.

Hongfeng has arranged people to clear the ditch in the wheat fields to remove some silt and weeds. Many villagers in Wangjiadun are busy in the fields.

New Year greetings have just been lively, and the fields are already busy.

"Are you going to go down the field and get busy now?" Chen Zhongyan didn't understand.

"Too much water will cause root rot." Chen Fan explained to the children.

There are also people in Suyuan. The fallen leaves, weeds and debris under the fruit trees have to be cleaned up.

"Do you want to fertilize?" Chen Zhongyan asked again.

"What you need is that you can fertilize after the cleaning work is completed. The wheat joints and ears, and the rapeseed sprouts and blooms, all of which require fertilizer."

It rained every day, and it was snowing, and the weather suddenly became much colder.

By the tenth day of the lunar month, the weather cleared and gradually became warmer.

They set off and returned to Changping Township.

Changping Township has become more green. The vegetables have grown and the wheat seedlings are green. Many of the land are newly turned.

"The spinach and carrot seeds sent to the villagers were planted." Mo Jian reported.

Chen Fan nodded: "When these days are sunny, let's dry the peanuts."

There is a sandy land east of Changping Township. Chen Fan divided it into several areas. Peanut land is part of it.

Xu brought a lot of peanuts from the capital, and the shells were spread out for two days. The villagers who contracted the peanuts began to peel the peanuts, choosing the ones with full grains and removing the ones that were bad and weak.

After the Lantern Festival, it is the Jingzhe solar term, and it is also the time when "Ninety-nine plus One Nine, plowing oxen walks everywhere". Calculate the date, it is probably early March.

Cui Yunlang and the others came to work and brought a lot of indica rice and other seeds.

The academy has also started. This year, dozens of new students have been added, and the popularity is quite high.

Liu Dingkang and Liu Liuchenfeng are here, and Yang Yun and Yang Hong are here too.

There are ten winter homework lessons, and one piece of paper is rewarded for completing one lesson, and one extra ink ingot is rewarded for all the lessons. The children in Class A performed very well, and they memorized all the texts. The performance of the girls' class was also excellent.

All the students stood in the yard, and Zhang Ci praised the students in Class A and Class girls in public and gave them prizes.

Yang Hong also carefully completed his winter vacation homework and received two prizes. This was the first time he received the prize in this way, and he was more excited than other children.

Those students who cannot memorize the texts are locked in a room to memorize the texts.

Cui Yunlang looked at Zhang Ci: "Are you planning to use prizes to support those children in their studies?"

"It is not enough to just rely on prizes, just give them some encouragement." Zhang Ci smiled.

The fields have been deeply turned, and vegetable beds and drainage ditches have been prepared. Chen Fan soaked peanuts in stream water to let the villagers plant them. There was no plastic film in this era, but the people would weave straw into straw mats to cover and keep them in heat.

Xu was about to return to the capital, and the children were reluctant to leave. She looked at Zhang Ci and was reluctant to leave, and tears flowed.

"This grandma is so good." The boat was gone, and several children were still muttering to themselves.

"Will she come again in the future?" Chen Fan looked at Zhang Ci.

"Maybe I'll come again at the end of the year." Zhang Ci looked into the distance.

Chen Fan rented all the land to the villagers and reduced the land tax per mu of the township to two dou, which was half less than the land tax of the neighboring county. The villagers were very happy.

The land under their own name has been turned over, and they have been busy working on the tenant fields these days.

Chen Fan announced his plan to grow double-season rice this year. Because the villagers planted very few wheat and rapeseed, it would be a pity that the fields were empty. We can’t all plant grass, right? People still have to eat and have straw to cook.

There is a record of double-season rice in "Shan Hai Jing", and Chen Fan implemented this farming plan completely based on it.

The villagers were a little curious: "In the past, they planted single-season rice, and then some wheat or rapeseed. Is it too late to plant two-season rice?"

The people of Qijiadu were very kind: "Last year, this rice field was planted very late, but the yield per mu was particularly high. It should be too late to plant one season and then plant late rice."

"When will the first season of rice be planted?"

"Early rice is grown at the end of March and sows during the Qingming Festival. After harvesting, the paddy fields are plowed and late rice seedlings are planted. The late rice harvest is completed before frost drops." The villages are responsible for explaining.

Chen Fan brought the people from Xiangjun Mansion to raise watermelon seeds. There were very few seeds, so he would not leave them to the villagers to plant them.

"Make some mud balls first and stuff the seeds in. One to two mud balls per mud ball," said Chen Fan.

Children are very interested in this kind of thing. Not only can they stuff the seeds and stuff them hard, but they can also make them hard to pinch the mud ball into the shape of the seeds.

"Why do you need to stuff them into the mud first?" Chen Zhongliang was easy to learn.

"Let them sprout first, and the germination will be officially planted into the ground, and those who have not sprout will not plant them." Chen Zhongyan guessed.

"Yes," Chen Fan affirmed his thoughts, "Many plants can be cultivated first and then planted. It is okay to plant them directly, but the survival rate is uncertain, so you have to sow more seeds. The seedlings are too dense and you have to go.

screen."

"Where are watermelons planted?" Chen Ya asked.

“Plant in the sandy soil in the east.”

"It's too far away, and it's inconvenient to run around." Chen Zhongyan frowned.

"There will be a shed to live there at that time." Chen Fan said.

She also had to plant cotton. She bought some in the grocery store, and Xu brought some from the capital, and she took some from the space and prepared to collect one hundred acres.

It was the sun for several consecutive days, and the surface temperature rose very quickly, and small buds grew from the mud. Chen Fan touched the soil and ordered someone to plant the watermelon seedlings.

Early rice began to breed, and by the Qingming Festival, all rice seeds were sown.

I was busy and more than a month passed.

Zhang Ci took advantage of the situation and arranged a lot of labor to prepare for the reservoir dam building.
Chapter completed!