Zhang Yanping was so exhausted from the meal that he couldn't move his butt anymore.
However, it was impossible for him to work, and he didn't want to suffer this hardship in his life. He decided to stay firmly on the stool, even if his aunt disliked him.
As he was at the bottom of the food chain, Song Sancheng didn't dare to say anything after eating. He actively and diligently cleaned up the dishes and left.
Since Wulan knew that tea could be sold for 10,000 yuan per kilogram, he threw away his job and went up the mountain with his basket! He was more enthusiastic than anyone else.
What's the point of being angry with a man? Making money is the most important thing!
Song Tan announced:
"Brother Yanping, go dig the vegetable garden with Qiaoqiao this afternoon!"
Digging the vegetable field requires turning the soil first and then breaking it up. Although the area is not large, it is a delicate job. This is the first time Qiao Qiao has taken on such a serious task, and she does it very seriously.
In fact, their own vegetable garden had already been dug last night, but grandpa and grandma said: Since they will not be short of vegetables in the future after growing crops, they might as well vacate the other adjacent vegetable plot for Song Tan.
That piece has not been dug yet.
It’s just right for Zhang Yanping to adapt.
Song Tan took a look at the cabbage seeds that he had soaked at noon and secretly added some spiritual energy into them. Now, after half a day, some tiny sprouts have begun to swell up.
She plans to plant them all this evening.
The vegetable garden is not big, only about three acres in total, almost two hundred square meters.
However, if you plant Chinese cabbage, which can produce 4,000 kilograms per mu if you sow it randomly, the normal yield of this land can be 1,200 kilograms.
If there is spiritual energy added...
Song Tan did some calculations in his mind and now he couldn't wait any longer.
She had a good idea, but Zhang Yanping didn't even bother to lift his butt:
"I'm not going." He was obviously very determined.
"If you don't go, you won't have any food tonight."
"Then I won't go either." Zhang Yanping chuckled, "Tan Tan, you are still young and don't know the adults' insistence. My aunt will never let me starve."
Song Tan also smiled meaningfully: "Brother Yan Ping, you won't be hungry, but that doesn't mean you can eat the same taste as at noon. If you want to eat something different from us, then you can just mess around here."
Zhang Yanping's heart skipped a beat.
But how can a grown man just admit defeat like that
He said stubbornly, "Impossible, you guys are so busy, how can you still have time to cook two meals?"
Song Tan just smiled and said nothing.
But before that, the field must be plowed out first. The rice needs to be concentrated for breeding before transplanting.
There are still some vegetable seedlings that need to be cultivated.
Song Tan handed the tools to Qiao Qiao: "Be good, dig in grandpa and grandma's vegetable garden. If you do a good job, we will plant vegetables in the evening."
“Don’t you grow corn?”
Qiao Qiao obviously didn't like Song Tan's way of growing vegetables.
"Yes, but it's not the right time yet. When the time comes, we can set aside a piece of land for Qiao Qiao to grow corn, okay?"
Only then did Qiao Qiao feel satisfied.
Zhang Yanping looked at his naive and silly appearance and couldn't help shaking his head.
Song Tan walked to the field and looked at the old cow lying leisurely in the field with a few birds standing on it. He couldn't help but smile:
"Grandpa Li!"
"Hey!" A man sat up on the ridge of the field. It was the owner of the old ox.
"Grandpa Li, is the astragalus in my field delicious?"
Old man Li's face wrinkled. "Good! Very good, more delicious than stewed meat. I cut a basket of it every day."
It was Song Tan who took the initiative to bring up this matter.
Old man Li had suffered a lot when he was young, so he was not picky about food. Although the two fields had been eaten by cows, he still found some crisp and tender food in the corners.
I just tasted it once. Every day when I herded cattle, I would carry a basket with me. My mouth was filled with relish and I felt like there was hope for the future.
Now when I look at Song Tan again, I feel that this girl is good in every way. She is indeed a college student, and she is better at farming than them.
"Tan Tan, what brings you here?"
Song Tan pointed out two plots of land where paddy fields and dry fields were adjacent to each other:
"Grandpa Li, it's time to plant rice seeds these days. Please plow them carefully in the next two days."
"There's a piece of dry land up there. I plan to grow some vegetable seedlings there, so I have to be more careful about that."
Old man Li has been plowing fields for half his life, so he agreed without thinking:
"Don't worry, I know what you want and I will definitely make it for you."
Then he pointed to the corner of the field:
"That piece is sheltered from the wind, has good exposure to the sun, and is next to the ditch. I just need to turn the upper and lower pieces of that piece to make them thinner."
Looking at the sun again, the old man naturally has a lot of experience to share:
"Tell your dad to find time to weave more straw curtains. We need to cover them in the morning and evening in this weather."
"I think the chestnuts on the mountain will bloom soon, right? Don't just focus on the chestnuts, the black fungus underneath also needs some air."
The workload has increased again—Song Tan feels a little dizzy.
If this place was deserted, she could still use some tricks, but now there are so many people in the village, and the fields and forests are all under other people's noses, so everything can only be done slowly.
However, seeing that Old Man Li was still unsatisfied, Song Tan's heart moved and he suddenly asked:
"Grandpa Li, how about you help me take care of the seedlings first? I'll also let you take care of the two paddy fields later."
"I won't say whether I will pay you or not. Anyway, I will provide you with rice, flour, grain, oil, vegetables and meat for the whole year. Is that ok with you?"
The old man also has great wisdom. Old man Li smiled and said:
"If you don't mind me being too old and unable to work, you can buy me 20 kilograms of pork from your family by the end of the year!"
Song Tan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"An old man in the family is like a treasure. Grandpa Li, you are much more capable than us young people."
Even though the old men in the village seem to be in a bad mood and walk unsteadily, if you ask them to work in the fields, they will work more efficiently than anyone else.
That pair of ruthless iron hands can pull grass better than many young men.
Apart from anything else, Old Man Li is very experienced in growing rice. After all, he has been growing rice for the first half of his life. He speaks very appropriately now:
"Don't worry, I will make sure I take good care of you."
Now that he has a responsibility, he is willing to say more: "By the way, Tantan, clean up the pond above you when you have time. There are too many aquatic plants in it. Raise some grass carp."
Grass carp eats grass very voraciously, so they are suitable for that kind of environment.
"I think the water quality in the pond is good. You can take some time to put some crucian carp fry in there and raise them well. It can also be a source of income."
Song Tan also had this plan.
"Grandpa Li, I plan to release the fish fry after the rice fields are filled with water. Otherwise, they will all flow into the fields along the canals."
It’s not that she didn’t want to raise fish in the rice fields, but she was mainly thinking about the group of ducks on the mountain. They would be able to come into the fields and eat grass, and she could create a time difference later.
However, Old Man Li said:
"What's there to be afraid of? Fish in rice fields are much better than ducks. They can eat insects and grass to fertilize the fields. There's something called rice fish on TV, and it can be sold at a higher price."
"At worst, you can just put more fish fry in the rice field. I'll watch over it for you."