AWB Chapter 273: Corn
Chapter 273: Corn
Before noon, Shen Rongshan came back with good news. Shen Zhong agreed that they could choose two residential plots in the village at will.
Shen Yuanshan chose a place to the east of Lan Qiuhua's house, and Shen Wenshan chose a place to the east of Miao Zhaodi's house.
As a result, there were three families living at the foot of the mountain.
The main reason is that they have more vegetable fields and less vacant land here, otherwise Shen Wenshan would have chosen this place.
The paddy fields were also divided up, and they were planted together, saving Shen Zhong from running back and forth to the town.
When she got the title deeds and land deeds with her name on them, she felt indescribably satisfied.
She finally has a house!
Early in the morning that day, Ji Wenhe carried a hoe and corn seeds and went to the vegetable field to plant corn.
Shen Wenshan went to Carpenter Li's house every day as usual. He learned quickly and seriously. Whenever someone came to make small objects, he would let him do it and he would give him the money he earned.
When he came back, he gave her the money, but she refused to take it and told him to keep it.
As for Shen Yuanshan, he bought some tools needed by a carpenter. On rainy days or when he came back early, Shen Wenshan would teach him.
The two of them discussed and decided to do carpentry work together in the future and split the money they earned equally.
When I was walking towards Shen Dadong’s vegetable garden, no, it’s theirs now, I ran into Wang Erfeng.
"Wen He, where is your Rongshan?"
"It's in the back, come over in a minute."
"I'll go buy rice seeds tomorrow and take a ride on your donkey cart."
"No problem." Ji Wenhe came to the edge of the field. "Aunt Lan, Aunt He and the others should all go, but they have to go early and come back in the afternoon. The donkey cart needs to be lent to the head of the village."
Their family has a lot of land and they bought a lot of rice seeds. Everyone in the village went there, and they couldn't pull all the seeds in one trip.
"Okay, we'll wait by the roadside early." Wang Erfeng picked up the basket on the ground.
"Aunt Wang, please leave it there. Brother Shen will be here soon. I'll wait for him to come and order."
"He hasn't come yet. You dig the hole and I'll give you the seeds. I'll give them to him when he comes." Then he asked, "Are you going to plant corn on this land?"
"Plant a few rows on the edge, and then plant them in the broad bean field. This year, we have more land at home, so we will leave more for seedlings. The broad beans will be harvested early next month, and then other vegetables will be planted."
"Your family has more than six acres of land, and some of it has been planted. This year, I will go to your house to help after I finish planting my land."
Ji Wenhe was about to speak when he looked up and saw Shen Rongshan coming over: "Aunt Wang, go and do your work. Let Brother Shen come."
"Aunt Wang."
"Hey, Rongshan, I just told Wen He that I will go to town with you to buy rice seeds tomorrow."
"Auntie Wang, please come early and wait for me on the roadside. I will come back in the afternoon to lend the donkey cart to the head of the village."
Wang Erfeng smiled and nodded: "Okay, then I'll go back first."
Ji Wenhe took the basket from her: "Okay."
"Wenhe, plant three rows of corn, and the rest at the broad bean site."
"Well, click one more line."
After planting three rows of corn here, we move on to the broad bean field.
She asked, "Brother Shen, how many kilograms of rice seeds are needed for one acre of land?"
The rice seeds here grow one grain at a time, unlike the improved hybrid rice of previous generations.
Shen Rongshan replied: "One acre of land produces 40 to 50 kilograms of rice seeds. Our family buys 40 kilograms of rice seeds per acre of land. Let's see how the harvests of several plots of land are this year."
"Then our family will buy it based on seven acres of land, which will cost 280 kilograms. We will be busy this year."
My family has a lot of land, and I am happy when the harvest comes. But when I am planting rice, I feel dark before my eyes, and I always wonder when I will be able to finish planting.
She is starting to worry now.
Ji Wenhe suddenly remembered something: "I forgot to tell you, Shen Anguo's marriage is settled, Aunt Lan said the date is set, the 11th, there are still eight days."
"She asked me to cook for her, and I accepted. She asked me to borrow our donkey cart in a couple of days to go to town to do some shopping."
I met them on the roadside while plowing the fields yesterday. They had just returned from the girl's house.
She didn't go down the mountain much this winter and didn't know many things happening in the village.
"I'll go ask later when it's needed, so that someone doesn't borrow it."
Shen Rongshan met Shen Anguo at the foot of the mountain two days ago. He said that the date will be set soon, this month.
"It feels like time has passed so quickly." Ji Wenhe took a step and walked to the other side, carefully avoiding the growing broad beans. "I haven't seen Shen Liang yet. Have you talked to him?"
"I have been there, but he doesn't want to think about it anymore and says he'll leave it to fate. Aunt Miao mentioned it and wanted Lin Yueniang to introduce him to a widow who doesn't have children."
"Mrs. Lin Yue must know someone. It depends on what Shen Liang thinks. And does Uncle Zhuan agree?"
"There's nothing I can do if he disagrees. I can't just watch him be single for the rest of his life. Uncle Zhuan said that if he doesn't want a boy, he can take a girl."
Shen Rongshan went to see him several times. The old couple were very worried, but he was not worried at all and looked at things in a positive light.
"Wen He, plant more cucumbers this year in the cornfield. In the middle of the month, go to town to buy vegetables and plant them."
Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "Do you think pickles are delicious?"
"Yeah, it's refreshing in the summer and goes well with rice."
"Okay, plant more cucumbers, two rows on the wasteland, and see how big the fruits are."
He nodded: "After planting the rice seedlings, all the wasteland will be planted with corn by the end of June."
Drive the chickens, ducks and geese to the small piece of land where the experiment was conducted before, and separate them with a fence.
"After Anguo's marriage is done, go buy some chicks. We already have 15 at home, so buy 35 more. Aunt Niu said that chicks are 5 cents each this year, so we plan to buy two more to raise."
Shen Rongshan stopped and looked up at the wasteland: "If the wasteland is not divided now, I will raise chickens at home and plant more corn. I will divide the wasteland in two years."
Ji Wenhe looked over and said, "I was just planning to tell you about this. Maybe they will get married this year. There is less than an acre of land to grow corn, which is not enough for them to eat."
"As you said, we will divide the wasteland in two years. When we have some money saved, we will buy two more wastelands of our own. As for the future, it all depends on their own abilities."
They have done a lot for the twins. Now the homestead and the fields have been divided. After they get married, they will start the real division of the family.
I planted half of the corn and saved the other half to plant vegetables after the broad beans were harvested.
The remaining land over there can be used to grow seedlings, and vegetables can be planted there when the time comes.
The next day, Shen Rongshan took the villagers to the town to buy rice seeds.
Ji Wenhe came to Lan Qiuhua's house, where they were cleaning the house: "Aunt Lan, congratulations, you are going to marry your daughter-in-law."
She smiled from ear to ear: "Your whole family is coming that day, and I feel relieved."
"You can sleep well from now on, Aunt Lan, can I borrow your shovel?"
"Go get it. I have to clean up the house."
He went to the utility room to get a shovel, said hello, and went to turn the soil in the wasteland.
Shen Yuanshan was on the west side and she was on the east side. They put the chickens at the foot of the mountain and let them run around on their own.