Farming with Taobao - C65
Chapter 65 Nameless Dining Hall (15)
Black Bean could not help but laugh out loud, and rubbed Mao Dou’s head, “Your sister, the only thing left in her braids is for you to catch. Dou Dou, hurry up and eat.
When he heard that his big brother was bringing him up the mountain, Mao Dou’s eyes immediately lit up. He was brimming with energy as he asked, “Brother, is Uncle Li coming as well?”
Li Yannian immediately became alert: “You’re still thinking of following Uncle Li into the mountains to hunt? How old are you now?! You’re not allowed to go!”
Black Bean looked at Li Yannian with disapproval, and then said to his brother who had obviously flattened his mouth: “Today, I’m not going hunting, I’m going to chop bamboo. After we cut down the bamboo, we’ll tie up the fence today. In the future, you and your sister will have to take good care of these young chicken at home. ”
Then he turned to Li Yannian and said: “Er Niu, Dou Dou is a boy after all, she’s been locked up at home like this all day. She’s not allowed to go, she’s not allowed to do this, and she only knows how to practice writing every day. It’s more or less the same as the young lady who studies embroidery. ”
Li Yannian was dumbstruck, she did not know that Black Bean had always thought like this. But why can’t I support you all your life? We are family. I like being with you all …
Black Bean seemed to be able to guess what she was thinking, and sighed, saying in a heavy tone: “Er Niu, I know that you’re willing, but do you think that you have the ability to protect us and not worry about us for the rest of our lives? It’s our own family, and it’s our responsibility. ”
Li Yannian’s eyes were still filled with confusion. In her blueprint for her future, she still had her brother and brother, but Black Bean seemed to have excluded her from her future.
Zhao Xu was focused on eating breakfast, his mind glued to Li Yannian’s body. The little girl from the Li family was too naive and foolish, but as a brother, even though she knew that her little sister had treasures, she didn’t have any evil intentions towards her, and she was too naive and foolish.
This family was truly alike. He sneered in his heart. If it was him, then there wouldn’t be a day he let her go. He wanted her to be under his protection for the rest of her life. If they were unable to be used by him, it would be a bargain to keep them. It would be better to get rid of them.
Zhao Xu’s eyes were full of calculations, but because he had always kept his head down, the three siblings did not see his current expression.
Seeing that Li Yannian was still depressed, Black Bean laughed and rubbed her head: “What are you worrying about, I’m still a few years away from getting married. Maybe in the future, when Dou Dou and I can’t continue on our own, we’ll have to look for you to support us.”
These words seemed to make the heavens green. Li Yannian immediately revealed a smile: “That’s for the best, that’s for the best.”
Black Bean was exasperated. What do you mean they would do best if they could not continue?
Li Yannian, who was distracted by the crisis of the branch family behind him, waited for the two brothers to leave for a long time. Only then did she remember that she was actually thinking about how Mao Dou should not go into the mountains to take the risk.
The next time Mao Dou said she wanted to go hunting with Uncle Li in the mountains, she would definitely oppose it. If he wanted to enter the mountain, he would have to wait for Mao Dou … Eh, I can’t do it anymore!
Li Yannian muttered as she cleaned up the dishes. She remembered that Black Bean had previously said he needed to grow vegetables in the courtyard. She did not know about farming, so she casually bought some vegetables from the system that could be grown in all four seasons.
There were also tomatoes and cherry tomatoes in the same link, but he didn’t know if tomatoes appeared in this era or not. Li Yannian remembered that the time the tomatoes entered China was very late, so he hesitated a bit before deciding not to put them in the cart to buy them. However, even if she didn’t buy these two items, the number of photos she took was already more than enough. When Li Yannian opened the package, the seller actually gave him a few packs of spring onion, coriander seeds and two bags of fertilizer.
Since she was empty in the morning, she found a few bowls and left a bowl of water for each of them. She then poured some of the seeds into the bowl to soak. Using his previous experience of growing cat and grass, under the same temperature, a wheat seed that had been dipped in would germinate in about two or three to four days, and a wheat seed that had not been directly seeded would take four or five days, or even more than a week, to be watered and rise from the ground.
As one of the 1.3 billion people who were growing flowers, Li Yannian believed that the Inherent Skills she had planted should not be too weak. As for the soil, although she was inexperienced, she had never eaten pork before. Could it be that she had never seen a pig run before? Previously, she had clearly seen how the Uncle Li and that old man of the Li Family were digging the ground. After soaking the seed, she went to the Auntie Li’s house next door to borrow a hoe.
Auntie Li was curious about what she wanted to do with the hoe, and upon learning that she wanted to plant vegetables on the ground, she slapped her thigh and picked up the hoe: “I was wondering what it was that I wanted to do. Fine, aunty will walk with you for a while, you little girl, you’re not even as tall as the hoe when you stand up. “When I get back, I’ll smash my own hoe or hoe into pieces. What kind of vegetables are you planning to grow?”
Li Yannian casually answered: “I plan to grow some vegetables that are easy to serve. Aunt, I see that this little plot of land next to your house can also be used to light up the vegetable seedlings, right? “It’s easy to go back and add some dirt.” “…” ”
The Auntie Li did not expect to plant dishes in front of her own house. How could the farmers bear to leave empty land for them to grow things? She still didn’t have the money to buy the seed. The rice could still be bred and nurtured by itself, so there was no need to spend money on it.
However, the vegetables were different, it was very difficult to leave any. One reason was that they had to choose the ones that were not sick to stay through the season, and secondly, the seeds were too small to be preserved. villagers did not even have a place to grow the food he ate, and his entire family’s labour force would always be on the crops. Ask someone else to buy the seed, a small pinch is a few pieces of money, the price is also expensive.
It was not famous in the village for having a fine life, nor for having these fresh leafy vegetables to eat. It was already good to have some dried vegetables at the table during the prehistoric season.
Li Yannian didn’t know what was going on inside, as she had never done proper farm work and had truly suffered before. Some of the words that came out, when heard by the people around her, clearly revealed a “why not eat the meat” feeling of ignorance and naivety. Fortunately, the Auntie Li knew about her personality, and thought that it was only because the couple that loved Li Yannian and Zhang Sanniang so much that they doted on Li Yannian to such an extent.
The Auntie Li laughed, but did not reveal her true intentions, and only said: “When your uncle comes back, I will ask him for his opinion.”
As the two chatted, they arrived at the courtyard in the blink of an eye. Auntie Li looked at the small piece of land in front of him and could not help but laugh. “Just a small piece of land like this, and you’ll be done with a turn of your body. Just you wait, let Aunty show you a thing.”
As he spoke, he spat into the palm of his hand, picked up his hoe and started to move his hand. Li Yannian saw that her movements were extremely nimble, and in less than a minute or two, the muddy ground in the courtyard had already been dug up.
Auntie Li did not even sweat a little. She looked at the results of her hard work, then looked at Li Yannian.
Li Yannian obediently carried the bowl over. Auntie Li took a glance at it and nodded: “It seems reasonable. Draw the path first and look at the spacing. Just don’t make it too close. ”
With the confirmation from the normal farmers, Li Yannian felt a little proud. Seems like she had gone against her plan to soak the seeds in the water. Seeing that the Auntie Li was about to leave, Li Yannian immediately threw over the bag of seeds she had prepared beforehand.
“Aunt, these are the extra seeds. Look at my yard, where can I plant so many seeds? Take these and plant them. I think planting them against the wall is good enough.” It doesn’t matter if Uncle agrees or not, you should just soak the seed in it first. Li Yannian really thought that the Uncle Li did not want him to cook at the side of the house, so she came up with a rotten idea.
Auntie Li grumbled, “Child, you’ve spent so much money again, haven’t you? You don’t know how big the courtyard is, so you can buy as many seeds as you want to plant.
He happily accepted the seed. “Then I’ll take these and plant them first. I told your uncle that I would leave a few dishes for him to grow, and he insisted on eating them all. He said that he wouldn’t grow any more this year.”
Li Yannian said in surprise, “Why is that so? “If you don’t grow vegetables, what would you eat this year?”
Auntie Li sighed: “You kids don’t know about the land, but last year’s land was not enough food, so there was at least 20% less than in the past year. This family only has limited food, and if they lost 20%, they would have to recover it from other places, so the vegetables naturally wouldn’t grow anymore.”
Li Yannian’s mind raced: “Aunt, is it only your family, or is it the same for everyone in the village?”
The Auntie Li was a little confused and mumbled, “It seems that everyone’s land is short of food. Everyone even said that this was the contribution that was made to the Earthen Lord last year. This year’s soil isn’t fat, so it’s reduced by so much food.”
Li Yannian wasn’t an expert in farming, but after hearing what Auntie Li said, she had a faint thought in her heart. Fruit trees were said to be growing at a young age, the villagers’s land must have also encountered a situation like this, either because of the climate or because there was no land to cultivate at all.
“Aunt, is your family’s land filled with food for the past few years?” Li Yannian asked indifferently.
“How can that be? Who can throw a piece of farmland into a dead end? They were all planted with beans after three to five years, otherwise, no matter how diligent they were, they wouldn’t be able to produce much in the field. ”
Was that the reason for the climate? Li Yannian thought, but suddenly remembered the sweet potato seedlings she had planted for his family.
“Aunt, did you plant the seedlings I let you plant previously?”
Auntie Li’s face reddened, and she felt a little embarrassed: “I really have no land to grow in, your uncle just planted the seed in a plot of land on the mountain. When Black Bean came over to grow the seed, he said that it did not require much effort, so your uncle just planted it in the mountain. However, every time he entered the mountain, he would bring Fatty along. I’m not thinking about asking, and I don’t know how it’s going. ”
Li Yannian laughed: “Planting in the mountains is also a good thing, after five or six months, you must remember to dig, if not you will benefit from the wild boars in the mountains.”
Auntie Li had never seen sweet potato that could grow to such a crazy degree, she thought that since it was only around fifty years of age and was in the wasteland of the mountains, it sounded like a peanut, with fruits growing on the ground. Even if it was really like what the Black Bean siblings said, if it could bear fruit, it would probably not even amount to a few catties of fruit, right?
The sweet potato seedlings Li Yannian gave the Auntie Li was the highest yield she had bought this time. If the seller did not exaggerate, the average yield would exceed ten thousand kilograms per mu. Fifty seedlings would at least produce a output of one to two hundred Jin. Furthermore, when the seedlings grow stronger, they could even continue to grow out. These were all told to Uncle Li by Li Yannian at the time, so it shouldn’t be too much of a problem for an old crop like Uncle Li to take care of it.
“The work is done, the things are already taken for free. I have to go back now. I haven’t even started cutting the clothes of you siblings, and I still have to go with your uncle in the afternoon. Hurry up and use your scissors when you have time.” “Oh, Red Bean, I’m not going to chat with you anymore. I’m going home. If you have anything to say, just come and find me.”
Li Yannian acknowledged him, and sent him out the door. Just as she turned her head, he almost bumped into Zhao Xu.
“Xu, why are you walking so quietly? Why are you downstairs again? Are you thirsty or hungry?” Li Yannian was shocked by his actions, but when she saw that he was frowning and not saying anything, she knew that she was just an old hen.
Zhao Xu opened his mouth and gasped for air, after which he pouted in pain, feeling wronged to the point that his mouth had been flattened by Yun Che’s words. )))))
Li Yannian thought. Could it be that there was another youth at her home who had lost his teeth due to eating too much candy? Quickly, she pulled him to the sofa and squeezed his face, forcing him to open his mouth so she could examine him.
However, his teeth was snow-white, and he couldn’t even see a single spot. Li Yannian was a little anxious, “Xuanzi, where does it hurt? Is it the upper tooth or the lower tooth? ”
Initially, he thought this little fool wouldn’t understand his question, but he didn’t expect Zhao Xu to directly pinch his lower lip and pull it down, revealing a small ulcer the size of a small fingertip.
“Puff …”
He suddenly felt that the immortal aura that Zhao Xu had displayed when he was not foolish had disappeared. What was going on?