All Hail Cousin Brother

After about another stick of incense, Mommy Yue stopped kneading and called Chunxiao into the house to serve her. She went to the kitchen by herself, ready to cook by herself.

As soon as Mother Yue entered the kitchen, she saw a lot of ingredients piled up in the kitchen, and she knew it as soon as she inquired.

When the people in the village knew that the young lady was here, someone went to the nearby river and caught small yellow croaker and some small fish and shrimp.

Some people were worried that the young lady was on her way, because she had a bad appetite, so they took the pickled vegetables and dried vegetables they had made.

Others took wild mushrooms that were collected in the mountains in the morning.

It's not without reason that they do this.

In the past two years, the years have not been very good, and many tenants in the village have had a hard time. The eldest lady changed the tenor silver day early in the morning. It used to be half a year, then it was changed to March, and finally it was changed to January. Now that ten days are over, the tenants can stock up on more food when they have money.

The crops that are a little different in the quality of the Zhuangzi, the young lady has discounted the price and sold them to the nearby farmers first.

The weather was dry, many crops could not be planted, and some farmers had no work, so the eldest lady hired them to go to the village to cut trees in the mountains and plant some trees that were resistant to dryness.

Farmers have several acres of thin land in their homes, and the years are not good, so they can't produce anything.

The eldest lady has prepared dry and drought-resistant medicinal seeds, and asked them to carry the seeds at home. When the medicinal materials are harvested, they will be recovered at the market price.

Farmers have a job, life will not be difficult.

The villagers nearby are very grateful to the eldest lady.

Every month, the village sent things to Yufu, and some were entrained. The farmers went up to the mountains to find some precious wild things and treasures. They were not many, but they were full of heart.

When Yu Youyao woke up, it was already time.

Just fell asleep for half an hour.

Mother Yue waited for Yu Yao to wash and groom, so she ordered to prepare a meal, and after a while, the table was full: "Miss is used to eating Beijing cuisine, and the old slave specially made a table of Fujian cuisine, so I can change it for Miss. The taste, but the ingredients are limited, and I only made some small dishes, and I don't know if the lady likes it or not."

Fujian cuisine is famous for cooking delicacies from mountains and seas, especially its "fragrance" and "flavor".

"Thank you, mama, I like it very much." Yu Youyao prefers Fujian cuisine, especially mountain and sea food. Mammy Yue is very good at craftsmanship, and simple ingredients make it delicious.

Yu Youyao ate to his heart's content. After the meal, he drank the Xiaoshi tea prepared by Mummy Xu, and then proposed to go to the farmland to have a look.

Mammy Yue looked at the bright sun outside and hesitated.

Yu Youyao said: "I can't stay in Zhuangzi for a long time. I can rest for one night at most. I have to go back to the house early in the morning. I will take a look around while it is still early."

Mother Yue had to agree.

He ordered people to prepare tea, snacks, umbrellas, etc., and took Yu Youyao to the farmland.

Zhuangzi was planted with fruit trees and flower trees, and Yuemao took Yu Youyao to the road under the shade of the trees. After walking all the way, Yu Youyao was not exposed to the sun.

When he arrived at the farmland, Yu Youyao saw it from a long distance. In the large paddy field, rows of rice were planted, and the rice was green.

Mother Yue said: "This is the rouge rice field. The rouge rice is planted in late March every year. Other rice varieties are one month earlier. It is not yet the driest time, and the rice is growing well. It will be more than a month. , the rice plants are heading, and if there is not enough rain, it will be forced to irrigate, and it will be necessary to carry water to the fields.”

Yu Youyao frowned: "How many wells were drilled in the rice fields?"

Mother Yue said: "Every ten acres of land, a well is drilled, and the rouge rice is carefully treated, and the harvest can be guaranteed. The white rice should have been planted in the field in early April, but it didn't rain that day. It is not easy to store water, so the time will be a little late, and the seedlings will be planted in late April at the latest.

Yu Youyao saw that in the farmland, a tenant was carrying water into the field: "Go and see how the sweet potatoes are growing."

Grandma Yue nodded.

Zhuangzi is very big, so Rao took a shortcut and walked for at least two incense sticks. Fortunately, Yu Youyao changed his boots and walked more easily.

When he arrived at the place, Yu Youyao saw rows of ridges in the ground, and the dense potato vines were green and unaffected by the sky.

Mother Yue said with a smile: "The tenants on Zhuangzi are all used to serving crops. As soon as I talked about the trial planting of sweet potatoes, some farmers said that this kind of crops with long stems in the soil must be grown in the sand. Deep ploughing, ridges, and thick soil layers can only be planted well. The ridges of sweet potatoes grow very quickly. Taking advantage of the sporadic light rain yesterday, the ground was wet, so I cut a piece to see the situation. Live, and by the end of the month, large-scale cuttings will be taken."

The tenants said that the sweet potato vines are a little tender, and it is estimated that it is best to take cuttings around the Dragon Boat Festival.

Seeing that the sweet potatoes were growing well, Yu Youyao's half-hearted heart was completely put down, and the sweet potatoes that came to the north would not be too bad.

Yu Youyao pondered for a while: "When it doesn't rain until the end of the month, cut the white rice seedlings by half, plant drought-tolerant crops in the paddy fields, and expand the planting of sweet potatoes."

If it weren't for the fertile soil in the paddy fields, which is not conducive to sweet potato cultivation, she would have planted all the fields with sweet potatoes.

Mother Yue hesitated a little: "White rice is the main food, how can we reduce the number of rice transplants? And it's the first time that Zhuangzi has planted sweet potatoes on a large scale, isn't it..."

Yu Youyao shook his head: "Qin Tianjian has calculated, there is little rain this year, and the imperial court issued a notice early in the morning to let a variety of dry-resistant crops, rouge rice and rice yield less, and it does not matter if you take care of it carefully, white rice is widely planted. , I can still rely on carrying water to support it now. If the rain is low when the ear is heading, how many fields can I support with just relying on the two shoulders of the tenants?

Qin Tian monitors the celestial phenomena, although it is not always accurate, but generally it is still credible.

The most important thing for rice is one month of planting and one month of heading. During these two periods, one is related to the growth of rice, the other is related to the setting of ears. If there is a lack of water, the yield will be reduced.

Speaking of this, she sighed slightly: "To reduce the number of white rice plantings, even if the weather is severe, the tenants will be able to make more harvests if they take care of them carefully. Don't be too greedy at that time. It’s really worth the loss, and the yield of sweet potatoes is not low, and it’s not harmful to have a variety of them.”

Grandma Yue nodded: "It's the old slave who thought wrong."

Rice is the main food, and the lady said that she would reduce the seedlings. She couldn't accept it for a while, but after listening to the lady's explanation, she knew that no one knew how long the drought would last. Harvest, as long as there are crops in the fields, no matter what crops it is, it is always food.

Mother Yue took Yu Youyao to see other crops.