All Hail Cousin Brother

After about another stick of incense, Mammy Yue stopped kneading and called Chun Xiao into the house to wait on her. She went to the kitchen by herself, ready to cook herself.

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

The people in the village knew that the lady was coming, so some people went to the nearby river to catch small yellow croakers and some small fish and shrimps.

Some people were also worried that the lady was on the way, fearing that she had a bad appetite, so they took the pickles and dried vegetables they made themselves.

Some people took wild mushrooms that they would go to the mountains to pick in the morning.

It's not without reason that they do this.

In the past two years, the times have not been good, and many tenants in the village have had a hard time. The eldest lady changed the renting date early in the morning. Originally, it was settled every six months, and then it was changed to a settlement every three months, and finally changed to a settlement every January. Now it is ten days, and when the tenants have money, they can stock up more grain.

For the crops of different grades in the village, the young lady discounted the price and sold them to 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 could withstand dryness.

Farmers have a few acres of poor land, and the year is not good, and they can't produce anything.

The eldest lady prepared medicinal seeds that are resistant to dryness and drought, and asked them to plant them at home. When the medicinal materials are harvested, they will be recycled at market prices.

The farmers have a job, and they will not live in distress.

The nearby farmers are very grateful to the eldest lady.

Every month when the village sent things to Yu Mansion, some of them were brought in. The farmers went to the mountains to find some precious wild animals and mountain treasures.

When Yu Youyao woke up, it was already the end of the day.

Just fell asleep for half an hour.

Mother Yue took care of Yu Yao's washing and grooming, and ordered to prepare meals. After a while, the table was full: "Miss is usually used to eating Beijing cuisine, and this old slave specially made a table of Fujian cuisine for Miss. The taste is just that the ingredients are limited, and I only made some side 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 "taste". Its fresh, mellow, meaty fragrance and non-greasy style almost become the finale dish on the banquet table.

"Thank you ma'am, I like it very much." Yu Youyao prefers Fujian cuisine, especially delicacies from mountains and seas. Mama Yue's cooking skills are very good, and the simple ingredients make it delicious.

Yu Youyao ate to her heart's content. After the meal, she drank the Xiaoshi tea prepared by Madam Xu, and proposed to go to Zhuang's farm to have a look.

Seeing that the sun was shining outside, Mother Yue hesitated.

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

Mother Yue had no choice but to agree.

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

Fruit trees and flower trees were planted all over the Zhuangzi, and Mother Yue led Yu Youyao to the shaded road. 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, a row of rice seedlings had been planted, and it was lush green.

Mother Yue said: "This area is the rouge rice field. The rouge rice is planted in late March every year, and other rice varieties are planted a month earlier. It is not the dryest time yet, and the rice is growing well. In a month or so , rice plants heading, if the rain is not enough, it must be irrigated forcibly, and water needs to be carried to the fields."

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

Mother Yue said: "For every ten mu of land,

A water well was dug, and the rouge rice was carefully cultivated, so the harvest could be guaranteed. The white rice should have been planted in the field in early April, but it did not rain that day, and it was not easy to store water in the paddy field, so the time was late. Seedlings will be transplanted in late April. If it does not rain this month, even if the seedlings are planted, the harvest will not be good. "

Yu Youyao saw that in the farmland, some tenants were carrying water into the field: "Go and see how the sweet potatoes are growing."

Mother Yue nodded.

Zhuangzi is very big, even if he took a short cut, he walked for at least two sticks of incense. Fortunately, Yu Youyao changed into short boots, which made it easier for him to walk, and he was not in a hurry, nor did he feel too tired.

When they arrived at the place, Yu Youyao saw rows of ridges in the field, and the dense potato vines were all green, and they were not affected by the sky.

Mother Yue smiled and said: "The tenants in the village are all used to the crops. As soon as I talked about the trial planting of sweet potatoes, some farmers said that this kind of crop that grows stems in the soil should be grown in the sand. Deep plowing, ridges, and thickening of the soil can grow well. The ridged sweet potatoes sprouted quickly. Taking advantage of the sporadic light rain yesterday, which wet the ground, I cut a piece to see the situation. Live, and at the end of the month, a large area of ​​cuttings will be planted."

The tenants said that the sweet potato vines are getting tender, and it is estimated that the cuttings will be best around the Dragon Boat Festival.

Seeing that the sweet potatoes are growing well, Yu Youyao's half-hearted heart is completely let go, thinking that the sweet potatoes in the northern border will grow just as well.

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

If it wasn't for the fertile soil in the paddy fields, which is not conducive to planting sweet potatoes, she would like to plant all the fields with sweet potatoes.

Mother Yue hesitated: "White rice is the staple food, how can we reduce seedlings? It is also the first time that sweet potatoes have been planted on a large scale in Zhuangzi, isn't it..."

Yu Youyao shook her head: "Qin Tianjian has calculated that there will be less rain this year. The imperial court issued a notice early in the morning to allow a variety of crops that are resistant to dryness, and the output of rouge rice will be less. , Now I can still rely on carrying water to take care of it. If there is less rain when the ears are headed, how many fields can I take care of with the two shoulders of the tenants? If the weather is severe, there will be no place to carry water.”

Qin Tian monitors the sky, although it is not always accurate, but generally it is still reliable.

The most important thing about rice is one month of seedling transplanting and one month of earing. These two periods are related to the growth of rice and the earing. If there is a lack of water, the production will be reduced.

Speaking of this, she sighed slightly: "Reducing rice seedlings, even if the weather is severe, the tenants will pay more attention to it, and they will be able to harvest more. Don't be too greedy, take care of it, and harvest less. The gains outweigh the losses, and the yield of sweet potatoes is not low, so there is no harm in having more varieties."

Yue Nanny nodded: "It's the old servant who wants to go wrong."

Rice is the staple food, and the young lady said to reduce seedlings as soon as she opened her mouth. She couldn't accept it for a while, but after listening to the young lady's explanation, she knew it. Harvesting, as long as there are crops in the field, no matter what the crop is, it is always food.

Mother Yue took Yu Youyao to see other crops.

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