The retrieved beans will be placed in the yard to dry. When they are dry enough, the beans can be crushed. After the beans are crushed, the rice can be harvested. Once the rice is harvested, it will be threshed and dried. The mid-autumn festival is over when everything is busy, and it is September.
During this period of time, everyone is very busy, so naturally there is no time to think about ginger and planting. Zhou Zhoulang is busy going in and out every day, almost peeling off a layer of skin, and insists on going to his thatched hut every night when it gets dark She slept in the bed, and every morning, she was woken up by Zhou Wulang's kick.
But no matter how tired he was, he still insisted on guarding Jiang Di. In his words, he had reached this point, and he couldn't give up all his previous efforts. This was related to his debt repayment.
Although he went to the straw shed and fell asleep with his stomach upright, maybe he wouldn't be able to find out if they pulled out the ginger, but as long as he lived there, he was a deterrent. To be honest, Jiang really never lost it again.
He felt that it must not be because people were too tired from the autumn harvest and had no time to steal ginger, but because they were afraid of his bravery and hard work that no one came.
After the melons and beans were harvested, before everyone had time to rest, the rice matured, and the weather began to change, and it was going to rain from time to time.
In order to catch up with the farming season, except for Qian's family and Man Bao, the entire Zhou family had to go to the fields. This year, the Zhou family added a Zhou Xi, and the speed was faster than before.
Bundles of rice were carried back to the yard, even the tired Zhou Tou had a smile on his face.
Because the workload was too much, Manbao took out all his savings to buy meat for everyone, and Qian did not spare food and money, and cooked for everyone by himself.
So after the autumn harvest in January, although everyone is dark and thin, they are in good spirits.
Old Zhou called his daughter to his side and asked her to calculate how much tax their family would pay this year. When the autumn harvest is over, they will have to pay taxes and food.
Old Zhou Tou remembered what happened to the fourth child last year, he glanced up at him, and said, "This year the eldest will take the second, third and fifth children, and the fourth child will stay at home."
Zhou Zhoulang bowed his head, trying to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible.
On the day of accepting autumn grains, Manbao and the others happened to be taking a bath, and she also wanted to join in the fun, so she took old Zhou Tou's hand and said, "Father, let fourth brother go, let's sell some ginger."
"Can the ginger be sold?"
"Yes, yes, let's exchange some money and come back to buy meat."
Old Zhou was a little worried, why did the little girl think about eating all day long.
He touched her head and said: "I sold the money to let your fourth brother pay off all the family's debts. We will use the money to build a few houses. If there is more money, we will build one for you."
He thought it all over, "You are a scholar, so you must have your own room anyway, and then ask your second brother to make you a bamboo screen, half of which will be used as a bedroom, and the other half will be used as a study."
When Man Bao heard this, her eyes lit up. If she had her own room, wouldn't she be able to talk to Ke Ke for as long as she wanted
She immediately expressed her loyalty, "Father, the money I share will also build a house for you."
Old Zhou Tou: ... Why, Jiang Di's money still needs to be divided? Isn't that all his
Man Bao obviously didn't know what his father was thinking, and after calculating the food tax to be paid for him, he ran over to Zhou Zhou Lang, "Fourth brother, tender ginger should be sold with leaves, and the leaves can also be fried and eaten. I don’t have an iron pot at home, but people who have iron pots will definitely like it.”
Zhou Zhoulang blinked and asked, "How do you know, have you eaten?"
Man Bao drooled and said, "No, my friend told me."
"It's the young master of the Bai family. Ginger leaves and what are fried are delicious. Tell me. When people ask me when I want to sell them, I can answer them."
"With meat." Man Bao thought that everything in the world would be delicious when fried with meat.
Zhou Zhoulang obviously thought so too, so he nodded.
Keke said helplessly: "Actually, stir-fried tastes better, and you can also stir-fry it with eggs."
This is the recipe of their era. Now Manbaozhong buys this kind of ginger from the mall. It has a particularly strong reproductive ability, and just a small piece can produce a big piece.
Its leaves are also delicious, and the leaves are still tender now, so it is good whether it is fried or stewed. I think ginger leaves are better fried.
Although she has never eaten fried ginger leaves.
Because it was the first time to sell ginger and he didn't know how the market would be, Zhou Zhou Lang didn't dare to dig too much. After digging a small basket, he took it to the river to clean it.
Today, the six brothers of the Zhou family are all going to the county seat, and even Zhou Xi is going with them.
This is Man Bao's insistence. She told her parents like this, "The ginger on that field belongs to the elder sister. How to sell it and how much it sells for is up to the elder sister."
Turning around, she said to Zhou Xi again: "Sister, you have to hold your own money, so you can do whatever you want. If you ask us to sell ginger for you, we will take a commission."
Zhou Xi asked with a smile, "Isn't your money also used to buy meat for the family?"
"Yes, because the money is in my hands. If I want to buy meat for my family, I can buy meat, and if I want to buy cloth, I can buy cloth. But if it is in the hands of my mother, then I must not be able to do whatever I want." Bao knew from a young age that he had to earn money, and the money he earned had to be taken by himself.
Zhou Xi was slightly stunned, and nodded after thinking for a while, "Okay, I'll go with you."
Zhou Xi has devoted a lot of effort to the land, as Man Bao said, only the two fractions of land in this family really belong to her.
At the beginning, she didn't know if ginger could grow alive, so she didn't pay much attention, but after they really sprouted, she was very careful.
Fertilizing, weeding, and catching insects are all done by herself, and even the branches that Zhou Lang couldn't consider were proposed and helped by her.
For more than half a year, she has been taking medicine consistently, and she is not so tired at her mother's house, and she eats better than before. Her complexion is much rosier, and her hands and feet are not always cold.
But correspondingly, her money was almost spent.
Zhou Xi wanted to raise Man Bao before, but her mother was determined, so she also dismissed this idea. Since she couldn't support Man Bao and she didn't want to marry, she had to prepare to set up a female household.
Her father didn't say anything, but Zhou Xi knew that because she brought up Man Bao, her father was very dissatisfied with her.
Zhou Xi and Man Bao said: "Eldest sister is not familiar with the county, you take elder sister to sell ginger, and eldest sister will also give you a commission."
Man Bao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he patted his chest to promise, "Don't worry, elder sister, I have found several customers in advance, but let's not take too much at one time, or the price will be lowered, the fourth brother took one." Go to the basket, and you can take a basket too."
Zhou Xi responded with a smile, and asked her, "What customers have you found?"
"That's a lot, you'll know when you go to the county seat."