In the past few years, the Luo family had to harvest rice for several days, because there was no ox cart to pull it, so they all relied on manpower to transport it back and forth again and again, and then threw the grain and husked it. But this year is different. This year they have an ox cart, and the harvested rice is all transported within a few days, including the feasting and clearing of the seeds, and soon moved to the threshing ground. And speaking of this, I have to mention the one acre of rice field where Xiyan is cultivating sparsely cultivated rice fields.
At first, many people felt that the planting was so sparse, and there must be few grains of rice. I didn't expect that this acre of land in Xi Yanqing would grow better than that of other families. Regardless of the small number of crops, each grain of rice is very full and fruitful. It is also grown from a rice seedling, and the one from Xiyan Qing's family is heavier than the one from other families.
When the millet was threshing, Han Yang's father couldn't help coming over to watch it several times, and asked Xi Yanqing what kind of way this was.
Xi Yanqing said it very simply: "Uncle Han, this crop is just like a human being. You have to eat enough to grow well. What we eat is rice, and the crops are all nourishment from the ground. If the child can't get enough to eat, the family eats one after another, so can they look the same?"
In fact, this reasoning is easy to understand, but many people do not believe it.
Han Yi believed this.
Han Yang believed it too, and he thought that he would also learn to banquet next year. His family has many paddy fields, and he grows a lot every year, but the annual output is not satisfactory. Take out half of the land next year and ask Xiyanqing before planting!
Xi Yanqing smiled and said, "Okay, find me before you plant."
In the countryside, several families who are close to each other often work together. In this way, the division of labor can be done quickly, and everyone can talk and laugh together, and the work is not so boring. Now the Han Yang family, Luo family and Xi Yanqing are working together.
Xi Yanqing packed all his rice paddies and went to see how much they had. He and Luo Fei have a total of four acres of paddy fields, only one of which is dry and sparsely cultivated. He split the two parts to see how much difference it was.
The yield of rice here is only about one and a half to two stones per mu. This year is still a good year. Among the three acres of rice cultivated in the banquet, the three acres that have not been dry-fed and sparsely planted have a total of five stones and seven buckets, which is considered a good situation. On the other hand, the dry cultivation and sparse planting in the other acre are more powerful. It's almost the harvest of one and a half acres. Although it is definitely not comparable to the modern hundreds of kilograms, in the current situation, it is already a step behind others.
The only fly in the ointment is that the corn in the dry field does not work well with soybeans. Because I was injured and recuperated when I was diligent in taking care of me and neglected management, so this year's soybeans were okay, but corn was average.
But there is a saying that is good, contentment is always happy. Xi Yanqing felt that this was the first time he had personally planted crops in large quantities. Besides, it was a little romantic to think about feeding his favorite people with the things he had grown himself.
I can finally eat fresh rice!
Xi Yanqing decided to cook rice for Luo Fei when he went home.
Luo Fei continued to be lazy for the past two days. He thought it might be cold, and he didn't like to move. In the past, they used to wake up early and start burning fire, cooking, washing clothes, etc., but now they have difficulty getting up the kang. It's not even night yet and I'm starting to feel sleepy again.
"Grandma, am I not sick?" Luo Fei scratched his head and whispered. He had also gone to the threshing floor before, and only came back at noon. When I came back, I wanted to feed the chickens and ducks, get some food for the three beans, and clean up the chicken manure and duck manure at home—all of which were kept as farmyard manure, so I saved it from the beginning, and now I have saved it. a lot. But just after finishing the work, he began to feel sleepy again.
"Daughter-in-law! I'm back!" Xi Yanqing shouted from outside at this time. Behind him were Luo Ji and Luo Yong, who were leading an ox cart.
"Here!" Luo Fei pressed his forehead, thinking that it should be impossible to get sick. He was not sleepy for a day or two, and there was nothing uncomfortable in other places. He could eat, drink and sleep, so in the final analysis, it was a matter of season!
"The rice in our family has been pounded, and a total of eight stones and two buckets of rice have been produced. I also ground a part of it, and I will cook the rice for you later." Xi Yanqing said with a smile, "I will send all these to the hut first, and then I will return them to the hut. I have to help my parents with some work. Think about what you want to eat at night."
"Okay, then I have to think about it." Luo Fei's eyes followed the rice that Xi Yanqing was carrying, a little excited by the little mouse getting cheese. They rarely eat rice once, which is equivalent to a festival, which is rare. Now that he was finally no longer sleepy, Luo Fei followed Xi Yanqing into the hut. Seeing the rice in the bag he opened, he picked up a handful of Rare Balla and watched it for a while. This new rice is different from the old rice, it looks like a grain of water is full of water. Although most of the rice was due to Xi Yanqing's credit, it couldn't stop him and Yirong Yan.
"Luo Yong, are you eating here too at night?" Xi Yanqing said, "Let your brother Qi cook more delicious food."
"Yes." Luo Yong answered cheerfully. Dr. Liang and his wife are getting old. Because they are afraid that it will not be easy to condense the food, the food they make is very soft and rotten. Although he does not choose these, he always feels a little hungry. It can be done on weekdays, but today is a day of harvesting rice, so you can let yourself go.
Xi Yanqing, Luo Yong and Luo Ji carried a bag of rice, and after they were sent to the hut, they drove the ox cart away. Because Xiyanqing and Luo Fei have the least land among the few families, they can come first when threshing corn, and this family is faster than others.
After Luo Fei washed the pot, he took out some new rice and washed it, put it into the pot after washing, and then went to hold the firewood.
He was thinking about what to cook today.
Today is the harvest day. He remembered that in modern times, many people in the north seem to be eating harvest vegetables. Harvest dishes can be cooked or raw. He remembered that they were stewed with pork ribs and potatoes, and then put some corn nuggets and served with some tortillas. The raw harvest dish is to cut all kinds of green vegetables that can be eaten raw into a plate, put a little sauce for dipping and eat.
At this time, there were basically no vegetables in the field. After thinking about it, Luo Fei went to get two potatoes and another radish. He also soaked a dried fish, soaked some vermicelli, and tore some pieces of cabbage.
The cabbage was chopped down a few days ago, and it lost some moisture than when it first started, but it was still better.
All the ingredients are ready, and Luo Fei starts to burn the fire, making carp and cabbage stewed vermicelli, as well as harvest vegetables.
The ribs are definitely gone, so I can only make vegan harvest dishes. Roasted beans and potatoes, topped with some homemade sticky corn. Well, it's called a fragrant smell!
Luo Fei was almost drooling, so he simply took a piece of corn and ate it first. He has to admit that this home-grown thing really doesn't taste the same as the one he bought before. It's as if honey is added, and it's fragrant and sweet!
He cooked the rice and cooked the dishes, and then began to wait for the banquet to clear them up.
Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong did their work until it was almost dark before they came back. After washing in the yard, they entered the room. When they smelled the fragrance in the room, the fatigue of the day seemed to be lessening.
"Thank you for your hard work, daughter-in-law." Xi Yanqing sat down and grabbed Luo Fei's hand and tweeted, "This dish smells delicious!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, I really..." Luo Yong felt that his eyes would be blinded by the sweetness of these two mouths. They treat him as an outsider, but they can't treat him like an outsider! He just sits here and kisses, and he doesn't understand that he doesn't have a wife!
"It's just a kiss, what are you really?" Xi Yanqing pushed Mi Luo Yong in front of him, "Eat your rice."
"Oh, it's so fragrant, I can't bear to eat it." Luo Yong didn't seem to have eaten rice when he was so old. In his memory, this food was only eaten by rich people in the city. Where can you eat rice in the countryside? They are all made into porridge, and if they can be paired with steamed buns, they must have a good harvest. If it was like his hometown, he would be hungry this year.
"Daughter-in-law, why don't you eat fish?" Xi Yanqing noticed a strange expression on Luo Fei's face. Luo Fei looked at the fish with chopsticks and looked suspicious.
"It's nothing." In fact, Luo Fei wanted to say that he didn't know if the dried fish tasted much worse than the fresh fish, but he had no appetite. In the past, he could eat a lot of this dish, and he liked to drink soup, but today, no matter how much he smells it, it doesn't taste good.
If it weren't for the fact that Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong both said it was delicious, Luo Fei would have suspected that he was doing something wrong.
Weird really.
Why don't you go to see Dr. Liang when you have time
Luo Fei ate a bowl of rice and a lot of corn, but not much of the vegetables.
Seeing him like this, Xi Yanqing was really worried. But Luo Yong was there, and he didn't ask much, so after Luo Yong left, Xi Yanqing closed the door: "What's the matter, baby? It seems that something is not right with you today."
Luo Fei started to feel sleepy after packing up, but he didn't want Xi Yanqing to worry, so he said, "It's okay, it may be cold, so I always want to sleep in a warm place."
Xi Yanqing frowned, but his tone was very gentle: "That's not what I said. Why don't you seem to have no appetite today? Is it uncomfortable? You can usually eat a lot, but is it that your living expenses are running out?"
Recently, he was busy with the autumn harvest, and he didn't have time to go into the mountains at all, and he really didn't save any money for Luo Fei.
Luo Fei said: "No, there is still a lot of living expenses. We usually don't have much expenses, and we basically eat at home, and the money is enough. I just think the fish stewed today is not delicious. You don't think it tastes bad. smell?"
"It smells bad?" Xi Yanqing said, "No, it's delicious. You didn't see that Luo Yong and I drank all the soup." In the end, there was only one fish bone left in the dish. He and Luo Yong are both strong and eat a lot.
"Anyway, I didn't eat it because it didn't taste good, so don't think about it." Luo Fei fell down and stretched his back on Xi Yanqing's legs.
"Then what do you want to eat? I'll go to town and buy it for you later." Xi Yanqing thought, how can she make her daughter-in-law eat badly? Other places can't give Luo Fei very good conditions, so eating this piece can't be too bad, right
"I want to eat meat." Luo Fei said unknowingly with his index finger, "braised pork, roasted lamb chops, and beef with sauce, it's just meat anyway..."
"Then I'll slaughter a chicken for you tomorrow?" Xi Yanqing thought that he would go to the threshing farm tomorrow to help the Han family. The Han family helped with the work of his family. When the Han family was working, he said that it was not good to go to the town, so it would be better to slaughter the chicken first.
"Well... that's fine. Let's just eat chicken." Luo Fei's voice was a little lower.
"Daughter-in-law, you must be responsible for what you said. Are you sure you want to eat chicken..." Xi Yanqing was taken aback. Halo, I still want to open a yellow accent with my daughter-in-law, how can I say I fell asleep when I fell asleep? !
Xi Yanqing didn't dare to move for a while, he sat quietly and watched Luo Fei for a while, and when Luo Fei was completely asleep, he carefully moved Luo Fei's head from his lap, then spread the quilt, Luo Fei hugged it inside. He looked at the needle and thread in the Rofey needle and thread basket.
It's no wonder that Luo Fei is tired. This thing hurts the eyes and the cervical spine. Moreover, Luo Fei has to clean up at home during the day, which is also hard work.
He has been busy between the fields and the cornfields from morning to night lately. Except for fetching water and chopping wood, Luo Fei does all the work at home. Now the vegetable garden is basically empty, but no vegetables were wasted. Luo Fei collected all the vegetables that could be harvested, and all the vegetables that could be dried were cut into strips and dried. The yard was cleaned every day. , and his clothes can always be changed every day, and he has ready-made meals when he comes home.
It seems that these things are not difficult to say one by one, but doing it every day is really not a lot. Not to mention that Luo Fei still does embroidery work.
Xi Yanqing felt distressed when she thought about it. Obviously, before coming here, Luo Fei lived a life of worry-free food and clothing. His hands were originally thin and white, but now they are a bit rough.
Still earning too little.
Xi Yanqing touched Luo Fei's hand, carefully hugged him, and gradually fell asleep. At the moment, Luo Fei is dreaming.
Luo Fei dreamed of the peach tree in the yard again. It's just that this time he didn't dream about petals, but a lot of peaches on them. He looked at all the peaches he liked, but in the end he only picked the biggest one.
He didn't eat it, just held it to Xi Yanqing foolishly.
When Luo Fei woke up, thinking about it, he felt that this dream was a brain-dead.
Damn, I don't have the chance to eat peaches in reality, and I haven't eaten them in my dreams! Who do you say you are not mentally retarded? !
I'm so hungry!
Luo Fei slowed down, scolded himself for being an idiot, and then shouted out: "Brother Qing!"
Xi Yanqing was no longer on the kang. But at this moment, I heard the sound and quickly entered the room: "Wake up? Is it cold?"
"No, did you burn the kang?" Luo Fei felt that the kang was much warmer than when he woke up before, and it was obviously burned.
"Well, I got up early today, so I set the kang on fire. Didn't you say you wanted to eat meat yesterday? I slaughtered a chicken and cleaned it up. I put mushrooms and stewed the soup. But I was afraid that I would not do well, so I didn't Add the seasoning, and you can add it yourself later."
"Really? It's too powerful for you." When did this happen? It actually boiled the chicken!
"Really, don't you smell the scent?"
"Smell it!" Luo Fei grabbed the quilt and got up, "Kiss one!"
"啾!" Xi Yanqing wanted to kiss, but he couldn't do without kissing. Originally, Luo Fei was warm, but when he touched his heart, he was a little confused, but this guy didn't know how to wrap his arms around his neck!
"Brother Qing, is the door locked?" Luo Fei knelt on the head of the kang and asked Xi Yanqing.
"Well, it hasn't opened yet, why?"
"It's nothing, I just thought about it..." The most sleepy thing about Luo Fei was that he was just refreshed this morning, and he was thinking about that a bit today. I've been busy in and out these days, and I haven't done much since I went crazy beside the peach blossom tree for a while.
Xi Yanqing has always been unable to refuse Luo Fei, not to mention that the morning is the most energetic time of the day. Now Luo Fei has taken the initiative to ask for it, can he not give it
Anyway, the chicken soup is stewed in the pot, and there is still a lot of soup, so I am not afraid of burning it. Xi Yanqing directly carried Luo Fei away from the kang. He wanted to use this posture that time next to the peach blossom tree, but he was worried about Luo Feileng. I can't take care of that much in the house today.
Probably because the atmosphere was too warm in the morning, the aroma of chicken soup wafted in the room again, and Xi Yanqing's movements became a little gentler.
Xi Yanqing took off Luo Fei's trousers, and his rough palms slowly kneaded Luo Fei's buttocks. When he entered, he only heard Luo Fei groaning softly. Xi Yanqing felt that all the cells in his body were excited, and his bones were all excited. To be crispy.
This is definitely a good morning to eat chicken and fight chicken blood. I woke up earlier than usual at the feast of Qingming, but thinking about this early achievement, my mood and mental state are actually better than usual, probably like the effect of charging a mobile phone to 300%
Luo Fei's power supply is not in such a good state. He supported the waist and added the seasoning, filled the meal, and the rest was basically Xi Yanqing busy.
Xi Yanqing filled the chicken soup, broke off two chicken legs for Luo Fei, put some mushrooms in it, and also put two bowls of rice.
Luo Fei thought that he could just eat it once yesterday, and eat rice again today, feeling a little too happy.
"Eat it together." Luo Fei divided the chicken legs into one feast.
"You eat chicken legs, I'll eat chicken wings." Xi Yanqing said, "Eat more, gain weight, and keep out the cold in winter."
"Our chickens aren't too big. Can there be more meat on the chicken wings? One drumstick per person! Otherwise, I won't eat it!" Luo Fei said, and put the drumsticks into the feast bowl, "If you don't know how to share, you will be happy. ?!"
"Okay, listen to you." Xi Yanqing stopped talking to Luo Fei.
"Brother Qing, I seem to have gained weight recently, have you noticed?" Luo Fei squeezed his chin, but he didn't have a double chin, but he seemed to be a little fatter than before.
"It's you who got fat, I still like it." Xi Yanqing pinched Luo Fei's face, "I'll go to the grain farm in a while, and I'll sleep when I have nothing to do during the day. I woke up early today, and I swept the yard, The clothes have also been washed, you can rest in the house if you are okay, it is cold outside today, don't go out and freeze."
"But I still want to go to the grain farm to have a look." Luo Fei felt that it was fun for everyone here to work together, and he was in a good mood after watching the harvest. Although not all the millet from his family was in the field, the villagers were happy, and he also felt very happy.
"In that moment, you'll have to wear more clothes, and you'll have to come back after you stay for a while." Xi Yanqing didn't catch Luo Fei's flattering eyes.
"Tsk, you know that Brother Qing is the best to me!" Luo Fei stood up and kissed Xi Yan's forehead directly with his oily mouth, and went into the room to add clothes. I have to rush back to wash the bowl, there are not many anyway!
Xi Yanqing rubbed his forehead and was speechless. He went to wash, and then took Luo Fei, who had added some clothes, to the cornfield.
Some people are already busy on the field. Seeing the young couple coming over, Han Yang shouted, "Brother Xi, I'm here today!"
Xi Yanqing released Luo Fei: "I'm going to work, you can find a leeward place to stay for a while."
Luo Fei said "um": "I saw Zhuang Zhuang and Han Xu, I will go to them."
Zhuang Zhuang came with Mu Ling. The Han family has a lot of land, and all the people who can work are busy in the grain field. The children are left at home and no one is watching, so they are brought to the grain field. Mu Ling was still worried that she could not take care of her work while watching Zhuang Zhuang, so Han Xu came.
Han Xu is not suitable for work now, and Chen Huazhang can't let him do it, but when Chen Huazhang went out to do carpentry, Han Xu was bored at home alone, so he thought about going out to let the wind out. Just when no one was looking at Zhuangzhuang, he followed him to Guchang.
Seeing Han Xu, Luo Fei thought of that night of "holding the tree trunk". He couldn't help but be speechless, and then asked Han Xu, "Is it alright to walk this far?"
Han Xu said: "It's fine, it's been more than three months, just pay attention."
Zhuangzhuang put his arms around Han Xu's neck: "Second uncle, hug."
"Second uncle is afraid that he won't be able to hold you until next summer." Han Xu rubbed Zhuangzhuang's head, "Zhuangzhuang is good, second uncle will teach you to count."
"It's okay, your second uncle can't hold it now, Uncle Luo Fei will hold it." Luo Fei picked Zhuang Zhuang up. Originally, he felt that he was such a child, holding 30 pounds to death.
"He's been a while, so be careful." Han Xu wanted Luo Fei to take it easy, and he had to pay attention to safety if he didn't notice. But I was worried that Luo Fei would be sad when he said this. After all, Luo Fei had been married for so long and had no children, so he didn't say it.
Luo Fei couldn't hold it for a while, so he put Zhuangzhuang down, and then heard Han Xu say: "Er Bao, you seem to be fat."
Han Xu really found that Luo Fei had gained weight, and his face seemed to have more flesh.
Luo Fei touched his face: "I told Brother Qing in the morning. But isn't autumn the season to raise fat? Is it normal to be fat?"
Han Xu smiled: "Pig? You're still raising fat!"
Luo Fei thought about it: "Then I'll go to work. No matter how fat you are, it won't look good."
Most importantly, what if the clothes don't fit? It's too expensive and time consuming to buy and do again!
Luo Fei went to Xi Yanqing and asked him what he could do. Xi Yanqing didn't want to let him do the hard work, so he brought him a broom and swept the millet that had been spilled on the ground. This life is not tiring, sweep for a while and then rest for a while, and then sweep again.
The sun was particularly good near noon. The group of people chatted while working, and they all praised the feast and cleared the land, saying that they would study with him in the future.
Qin Guizhi brought a few long-term workers: "Bah, don't you just grow a few grains of millet? What a shit? You still have to pay taxes!"
Zhang Yangfan went to participate in the Autumn Festival, but he has not come back, saying that he will not return until the list is released. Qin Guizhi looks forward to it every day.
But even if he didn't get into her family's land, he still didn't have to pay taxes, so he had always been so proud of himself in the field, and wished he could tell everyone about the tax exemption.
If it's someone else, Luo Fei may not care, but doesn't this negate the efforts of his brother Xi? ! Luo Feideng was not happy at the time: "Thank you for calling yourself a scholar. You can't even count! If you have the ability, you can also come out with a few more? How many more? How many do you have in your family?!"
"Then if you have the ability, you can have a boy and a girl! It's been a long time since you've been married..." Qin Guizhi wanted to say, "You can't even give birth to a fart", but when she thought of being mad at Luo Fei before, she was very angry. I didn't want to use this word anymore, and I thought about it: "The thing that can't even give birth to a cub! Cut off the life of the offspring!"
"You can't give birth to a cub! You gave birth to a bastard!"
"Luo Fei! How dare you scold my family for Yangfan? I'll fight with you!"
"I see who dares to hit my son!" Li Yuehua rolled up her sleeves and tore up with Qin Guizhi.
"Let go of my mother!" When Luo Fei and Luo Ru saw that they were really fighting, they went up to help in unison. They have a lot of family, so don't be afraid!
This time it was lively, and there were shouts and scoldings in the valley: "Li Yuehua, you really dare to hit me?! Look at my family's sailing list, but I won't arrest your family!" Qin Guizhi sat on the ground and howled: "Oh my Son, why didn't you come back, my mother was bullied at home..."
Luo Fei looked at Li Yuehua: "Mother, are you all right?"
Li Yuehua shook her head: "Where are you and Sanbao? Niang Chou."
Luo Ru said it was fine, and Luo Fei was about to say the same, but suddenly felt dizzy and fell down softly.
"Luo Fei!" Xi Yanqing was so frightened that he quickly supported the person, "Luo Fei, wake up, what's the matter? Doctor Liang! Doctor Liang?!"
"Er Bao, Er Bao, don't scare mother!" Li Yuehua panicked too.
"Deserving it!" Qin Guizhi was excited now, "Let you dare to hit me, bah!"
"Bah, your mother's bah!" Xi Yanqing saw that Luo Fei couldn't wake up, and immediately picked him up, "Qin Guizhi, I'll tell you! If there are three long and two short ones in my family's second treasure, I will let you and your son be buried with you!"
"you dare!"
"See if I dare!"
"Hurry up and stop arguing! Let me take a look." Dr. Liang's family doesn't farm, and the fields are rented out. I'm here just to watch the fun, and by the way, I want to grind some rice for the family to take away. He came over and rolled Luo Fei's eyelids, took a breath, and then began to check his pulse.
"What's the matter, Doctor Liang?" Xi Yanqing was sweating anxiously.
"Oh, boy Xi, aren't you..." Dr. Liang felt his pulse again, "Aren't you going to be a father?"
"Ah?" Xi Yanqing was instantly dumbfounded. Rofe has it? !