Exile Transformation [Farming]

Chapter 139

This year, Shen Village ushered in another bumper harvest. Although it was also a bumper harvest a few years ago, it was completely different from now.Even if the people from above said that this year's tax was only rice or wheat when they came, the villagers only complained a few words, and no one was dying.

Because the harvest of the two acres of upland rice planted this year is not bad. Although it is only the first time to plant upland rice, the yield per mu has reached 20 buckets.Don’t think it’s much, but the value is completely different. Take wheat as an example, 71 dou per mu, 1440 dou, is only 1800 Wen; but rice used, [-] per dou, is [-] Wen.

It costs more than 350 yuan per mu. Although rice uses more water, but now that there are pressurized wells, no one will pick it.

"It seems that this upland rice can be grown, and I no longer have to look at other people's paddy fields to drool."

This sentence speaks to the hearts of those who do not have paddy fields. In the past, if someone in the family was not good and needed some rice porridge, they had to go to someone with paddy fields to exchange rice. You had to have a good relationship with them to exchange it for you. No, no one will change it.

It's all right now, everyone can grow upland rice, and there is no need to humbly beg others to change rice.

"Today, it is only stipulated to plant two acres. The head of my family said that it would be ruined. This year, I will be hungry. Who knew that the harvest would be so high. My head said that I will plant more rice tomorrow. Anyway, I will collect taxes in the future. Rice and wheat."

"Your family is the same, and so is mine. Corn cobs can only be harvested 25 to [-] buckets, which cannot keep up with upland rice. At worst, I will grow sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are delicious, and the harvest is still high. There are six loads of land dug per mu."

"Well, so much? Dongsheng's daughter-in-law, or your family will take care of the land, does it add up to nine hundred catties?"

Dongsheng's daughter-in-law said proudly, "We weighed it. I borrowed it from my second uncle's family. It's nine hundred and eight catties."

"Hey, it's more than that of Shen Er's family. His family's is only 860 four catties."

"That's right, my family, Dongsheng, takes good care of him. He doesn't go to watch chess games after dinner, and runs to the fields every day."

"Whether you like it or not, what's so good about those beasts. If you look at them again, they are all beasts, and they can turn into people and run?"

"Hahaha, fifth aunt, don't let fifth uncle hear this, be careful he won't finish with you."

"He doesn't have the guts." Although the fifth aunt said so, she still looked around, afraid that her man would hear, "Have you ever played the wooden cards of Shen Er's family?"

"I've played it, it's fun, and I became addicted immediately, but I forgot to go home to cook. In the end, Xiaoxue cooked at night and almost burned the stove."

A woman next to her said, "I'm like Ali, I don't dare to play anymore."

"Is it really so mysterious?"

"I can still lie to you, but I don't think the eldest daughter-in-law of Shen Er's family is like this. When we play, she just watches and knows how to go back to cook."

"Didn't you say that Mrs. Shen and Chen are very good to her daughter-in-law? Could it be that she is not allowed to play?"

"Where is this saying? Then her second daughter-in-law and her fourth daughter-in-law can sit on the side! No one in the village knows that their sister-in-law's relationship is very good."

"I don't think so. Isn't it because there was a split before?"

"What? Who did you hear that from?"

"What Shen He said, and Shen Chen also went to her house and said."

"Why haven't you heard of it?"

"I never heard that eighty percent of them are fake."

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This lively atmosphere lasted until the tax officials came to collect taxes. Although they planned to plant some upland rice tomorrow, after all, they only planted two acres this year. Most people went to more than half of them as soon as they paid their taxes.

As soon as the tax officer left, everyone was still a little frustrated, so Uncle Shen stood up and said, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. Today is just a trial planting and the harvest is so high. When the planting is done tomorrow, the harvest will definitely be good." Inevitably, hurry back now to retting the fertilizer for tomorrow, and plant a few acres of rice.”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. If you plant two acres this year, you can plant five or six acres next year.

Shen Yu found that the nutrient solution is useful for apples, and its effect does not happen overnight, but slowly within a month. If you look at it with human eyes, it will change every day until the effect is exhausted.

So, those apple seedlings too.

At the beginning, I didn't notice it, but when Shen Yu went to see it every day, he felt that Apple's face had grown a lot.

After rubbing the nutrient solution three times, Shen Yu didn't dare to let it rub anymore. It is already extraordinary enough to grow into a small sapling in three months. If anyone says that apples will start to bear fruit within a year Yes, I won’t believe it even if I tell it.

Shen Yu had no choice but to go to Mrs. Shen's place to break off a few apple branches and bring them back for grafting. Even Mrs. Shen felt very distressed.

But facing her beloved youngest son, Mrs. Shen would not scold her as soon as she was caught by her sons. She could only let him cut it carefully, worrying that the apples would not fruit next year.

Shen Yu could only comfort her, "Mother, don't worry, it will be knotted next year, and any tree needs to be pruned to grow well. I am pruning new branches, otherwise all the nutrients will be absorbed by the new branches, and it will not grow well next year." There are apples."

Old man Shen felt that this was the reason, "That is, the seedlings in the fields were densely packed before, and the harvest is not as good as the sparse ones. On the contrary, the sparse tassels are better."

When Mrs. Shen heard that this was the case, although she still felt distressed, she didn't stop her younger son, and instead started pointing out new branches to him.

"This one, and this one are all new ones this year, and the ones below are broken and cut, and the ones below are all broken."

"Hey, what are you doing? Pruning the apple tree, oh, what are you doing pruning such a beautiful apple tree?"

"Xiao Wu said it's good to cut it, but it will be much worse next year."

"Yes, Third Aunt, I'm doing grafting. See if the apple tree grafted on the sour apple tree on the mountain still tastes sour?"

"Grafting what? Can this apple still be pressed on the apple tree? Isn't this nonsense? Such a small apple seedling will die soon after being cut off."

Old man Shen and Mrs. Shen have an inexplicable trust in Shen Yu. Before Shen Yu said that he had no doubts about marrying the two of them, now when the fourth aunt mentioned it, he was a little worried, "Fifth, can this survive?"

"It's definitely possible." Shen Yu assured, "If you don't live, come find me."

"Haha, it was at your house."

When Uncle Shen came in, he heard voices, "Why is it so lively today? Are you all here?"

"Brother, you're here. The old lady will bring a stool for Brother."

Mrs. Shen got up and moved a stool for Uncle Shen.

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

"It's nothing serious, isn't Yue girl's marriage settled? It will be in the first month of next year, and I'll come over to let you know."

Hearing what Uncle Shen said, Third Aunt also said, "Actually, I came here for this matter. Dabao's marriage is settled, and at the end of the year, I also came here to talk about it."

Dabao's daughter-in-law has been seeing each other for two years, and there are always various problems. Before, she was disgusted by her third aunt's family for being poor, and then she was disgusted by her third aunt.That girl was from near the town, her family was well-off, she had two older brothers, and the girl was very good-looking. The third aunt was very satisfied with this girl.

Finally, I asked someone to propose a marriage some time ago, and it seems that the wedding date has been agreed.

"Okay, let me know if there is any trouble."

There are seventy or eighty families in a village, and Shen Yu doesn't know how many banquets he has eaten all year round. This is the first time for his own family.

"Hey, third aunt, is it the little girl's day or the big brother's day?"

"Your elder brother is on the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and my little girl is on the 23rd. Naturally, your elder brother's day is approaching."

Shen Yu nodded, "That's good! We're going to be around the New Year's Eve."

"The Chinese New Year is so lively, killing a pig just happens to serve wine."

"Then your little girl's things are all ready?"

Xiaoya is the old daughter of old man Shen and old lady Shen. Although she is not favored by Shen Yu, she is not bad. Old lady Shen started preparing these early in the morning.

"Okay, okay, everything is almost done. She is making quilt covers at home right now. I bought her a few quilts. To be honest, the quilts sold in the town are softer to the touch than our own. well done."

"Hey, I also bought two beds for Dabao, and I don't care if the new wife brings them or not, the young couple has to cover them, right?"

"That's the reason."

Old Man Shen, Uncle Shen, and Yu Shen: What do you mean?I can't understand anything.

After a while, seeing that the two sisters-in-law were still inseparable, Uncle Shen tapped on the cigarette rod, "Sisters and sisters, let me just say something, and I'll be back first!"

"Ah, his uncle, won't you sit down for a while?"

"No, no, I just paid the tax, and I will go home and tidy up."

"Oh, then go slowly." Mrs. Shen finished speaking, and then continued with Third Aunt Shen, "Sisters and brothers, what did we say just now?"

"Silver hairpin, do you want to give it a gold one?"

"Oh, there it is."

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Shen Yu didn't want to hear his mother discussing the gold and silver hairpins with his third aunt, so he said to old man Shen, "Father, do you want to go and see how I do the grafting?"

Old man Shen didn't want to hear the two women talking about it here, so he hurriedly said, "Let's go, I remember your uncle's house has two sour apples."

Uncle Shen was very talkative, when he heard that Shen Yu wanted to saw off the sour apple tree in his yard, and then connect the branches of the sweet apple tree in their yard, he didn't object at all, and even saw the branches for him.

"What are you doing?"

"Aren't you envious of the sweet apple tree in the second brother's house? I went to the second brother's house and cut some branches and then connected them to see if it can bear sweet apples."

Shen Yu looked at Uncle Shen in shock, then at the aunt who was secretly happy, and gave him a thumbs up in his heart: tall, you are really tall.

The auntie was upset, and she accidentally mentioned the sweetness of the apples from the second brother's house last time, and her man eagerly went to the second brother's house to pick up the branches and came back to connect them.In her heart, she felt that her man was good to her, but she said in her mouth, "Where can sweet apples grow here, isn't this just nonsense?"

He didn't tell Old Man Shen and Shen Yu to stop, but poured out two bowls of water, "His second uncle, Brother Yu, this is bothering the two of you and keeping you busy. I'll have dinner at home tonight, and I'll cook go."

"Don't worry about it. Apples are meant to be pruned. Otherwise, if there are not enough knots, the branches will be pruned."

"Old Five, will this be too short?"

Shen Yu sawed the whole apple tree in half, leaving only a stump, and then took out the black iron dagger worth five thousand in his pocket, "No, shorter seedlings have more nutrition and grow faster. "

The black iron dagger is sharp, and it doesn't take much force to scratch the bark. After a while, it cuts four grafting joints, and then cuts the branches of the sweet apple, and then finds a clean hemp rope to tie them up.

The last and most important step is to sprinkle the nutrient solution. Without the nutrient solution, I am worried that my uncle and mother will not be able to eat sweet apples in four or five years.

"All right."