Li Qingzhi is now physically unable to do much work, so it is Jin Xiaoye who takes Li Laogen to dig the rice roots.
As for him, he helped with cooking and taking care of the children at home, and from time to time he had to turn over the rice that was drying in the sun.
The people in Miaoqian Village don't have much work to do on weekdays, but with the busy farming season recently, everyone has been very busy.
After all, after harvesting the rice, it’s time to start the next round of rice planting!
The people in Miaoqian Village will first prepare a small piece of land for growing rice seedlings. When the rice grows to a certain extent, they will pull it up and replant it in neat bunches, which is commonly known as transplanting rice seedlings.
Before that, the fertility of the rice fields must be increased. If the fertility is not enough, the rice will not grow well, and the originally good fertile land will become inferior land.
There were no chemical fertilizers in this era, and fertilizing the fields mainly relied on human and animal feces, river and pond silt, and wood ash, so the work of fertilizing was dirty and tiring.
What shocked Li Qingzhi the most was that he had to pay for feces.
There was a businessman named Zhang in Chongcheng County who specialized in selling manure. He sent people to collect the yellow manure from all over Chongcheng County and then sold it to nearby farmers.
The so-called "ren zhong yellow" is an elegant name for feces in the local area.
It is said that in the early years, people in the county would sell Ren Zhong Huang to different people, who would then sell it to farmers, but later this man named Zhang monopolized the market.
After monopolizing the market and no one was competing for it, he sent people to collect the Huang from the residents of the county town and stopped paying for it. The price was also a bit high, but fortunately the farmers could still accept it.
He also made a lot of money from this monopoly business.
Li Laogen squatted at the door, chattering about the deeds of the businessman named Zhang, saying how abominable he was: "More than a decade ago, those who sold Ren Zhong Huang were competing with each other for business, and the price of Ren Zhong Huang was not as expensive as it is now!"
Li Qingzhi was shocked after hearing this. The monopoly business these days actually meant monopolizing an entire city... ahem, feces.
Thinking of this, Li Qingzhi looked at Li Laogen with admiration: "Dad, you know so much!"
Li Laogen smiled, revealing his few remaining yellow teeth: "Of course, I know a lot!"
Li Qingzhi then asked about other things that interested him.
He had no one to talk to in the apocalypse, and he was so lonely that he went to talk to zombies. Now that he is surrounded by living people... Now that he has the strength, he is especially happy to talk to them.
This can also help him understand this era.
In fact, he liked to talk to Jin Xiaoye the most, but Jin Xiaoye was very busy, so he could only settle for the next best thing and talk to Li Laogen.
Li Laogen also likes to talk to Li Qingzhi. In the past, Li Laogen couldn't stay at home when he was free, and always wanted to find someone to play with, but now Li Qingzhi enthusiastically pulls him to talk, and praises him from time to time...
Li Laogen suddenly felt like a father and thought that this skinny adopted son in front of him was quite likable.
Li Damao also likes to listen to Li Laogen talk, but Li Ermao is different. He hopes that adults can take him out to play... Seeing Li Qingzhi and Li Laogen talking non-stop, he reached out to cover Li Qingzhi's mouth.
Li Qingzhi grabbed that hand and kissed it several times: "My Ermao's hands are soft and so kissable. Daddy really likes Ermao."