Chapter 665 Rice Seed
In the afternoon, many people came to Zhang An’s house.
Except for Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye, the wives of Zhang Jianguo’s other cousins are basically there.
They all heard that Zhang An’s family had started soaking up this year’s rice seeds, so they came here for the blood rice.
Speaking of it, blood rice was not so rare many years ago. Every family in Changqing Village had grown it, even in several nearby villages.
It’s just the blood rice seeds passed down from our ancestors. Although they are delicious and can nourish people, the harvest yield is not very good.
At that time, if all the paddy fields a family owned were planted, it would only be enough for the family to eat. The rest was definitely not enough to estimate the share of public grain that needed to be paid.
So later, hybrid rice appeared. In order to be able to harvest more grain, and also to have more food for the family after paying for the public grain, everyone switched to rice seeds newly developed by the country.
Since then, blood rice, an ancient rice species, has become unpopular.
Even in the first few years, only a few nostalgic old people in the village planted some.
Mr. Zhang was one of them. Although he did not grow much at that time, he continued to grow rice every year. He passed on this planting and was one of the few old people in the village who left rice seeds.
Until a few years ago, because of Zhang An's appearance, the two elders were no longer allowed to work in the fields in person.
Later, because of Zhang An’s thoughts, he took back the remaining blood rice seeds from Mr. Zhang.
Coupled with the magical effect of space, the replanted blood rice is not only more delicious than before, but the yield is much higher than before.
The current generation of people in Changqing Village who are now leading families basically grow hybrid rice after they get married.
The impression of blood rice was still in their childhood, so even though they knew that this kind of blood rice would taste much better than the rice grown by everyone now, few people dared to do this with Zhang An. , giving up output in pursuit of quality.
Coincidentally, when Zhang An's family was planting blood rice, there was a flood, resulting in no harvest. They didn't harvest much food at all that season, so no one paid attention to it.
It wasn't until the second year that Zhang An's family's blood rice yield exceeded the harvest of most families in the village, that they began to change their minds and sow some from other old people who had left seeds.
However, because there were not many seeds, and each of them did not dare to gamble like Zhang An, they only planted a few fields to give it a try.
But at the time of the final harvest, I didn’t get much from those blood rice plants. Compared with the hybrid rice that I mainly planted at home, it was a huge difference.
Therefore, many people gave up on this thing again and made up their minds never to touch it again.
But as soon as word spread that the tenants of Dongli Courtyard came to Zhang An's house and bought blood rice at a high price, other people couldn't sit still on the spot.
And they discovered that the blood rice grown in Zhang An’s family seemed to be different from what they grew.
After all, the blood rice harvest in Zhang An’s fields has already caught up with their hybrid rice.
With the high prices paid by the tenants, everyone wants to grow some to sell to these city dwellers.
But you definitely can’t plant seeds left over from the past. If you want to plant them, they have to be from Zhang An’s family.
So this year the Zhang An family just approved breeding, and many people came to visit them as soon as they heard about it.
Of course, those who came were all relatives of the Zhang An family. As for the others, they were still thinking of excuses.
After all, this thing is only sold by Zhang An’s family now. They came to ask for it, but they obviously wanted to steal business.
Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents. The villagers who are very calculating will know this truth, so they will not speak directly without a suitable excuse or enough favors. After all, this is not a family.
On the other hand, Zhang Xinmin and Zhang Laosan's family, who had obtained seedlings for planting at Zhang An's house in previous years, did not come this year.
Because they have already planted the same things for a season, they think they are all the same. They can already save the seeds, and it would be unreasonable to ask for them again.
"Sister-in-law, how many rice seeds are left? If there are more, we also want to plant some this year."
The daughter-in-law of Zhang Jianzhong's family, that is, Zhang An's A group of aunts came over and chatted with Wang Fang for half a minute before they revealed their purpose of coming.
Zhang An's second and third aunts did not come, because their family is the closest to Zhang An's family, and Wang Fang would prepare it for them even if they didn't have to ask.
“Do you all want it?”
Because of Zhang An’s reminder, Wang Fang was not surprised that these sisters-in-law came to ask for rice seeds.
When all the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family heard Wang Fang’s words, they all nodded and expressed their desire.
“They are all from my own family, and I won’t hide it from you. The rice seeds that Xiao An left behind last year weighed almost a dozen kilograms. I have soaked them all. They are all here. Our family alone must be It will be endless, but as you know, my family has a lot of land, so I estimate that there is less than half left in the end. If you want it, it may not be much, maybe only half a catty per family."
< br>Although the sisters-in-law occasionally have some disputes, to be honest, these are three generations of blood relatives from the Zhang An family. They are very close and they are a family in the true sense. Therefore, Wang Fang did not refuse.
It's just that Zhang An only gave her so much rice seed. Even if she wanted to share it with others, she had to make sure she had enough for herself.
If the remaining money is divided among so many of them, they will definitely not get much.
As the saying goes, we are not worried about scarcity but inequality. We are all brothers and sisters-in-law. If there are more in this family and less in that family, someone will definitely have an opinion in the end.
In the past few years, their extended family has generally been relatively harmonious and united. Wang Fang didn't want their brothers to be at odds with each other because of this, so she made sure to say ugly things first.
According to Changqing Village’s method of planting rice twice and transplanting it, half a kilogram of rice seedlings can definitely plant more than five-fifth of the field area, which is not too small.
"That's enough, that's enough, our family doesn't have much land."
After hearing Wang Fang's words, all the sisters-in-law were immediately satisfied, and they were not too little. , if these seedlings are planted, at least several hundred kilograms of blood rice can be harvested, which is enough.
"Sister-in-law, where are you going to sow these rice seeds? If you need a vegetable plot, I have just opened a piece of rice at my house."
Subsequently, all the sisters-in-law came together. While helping Wang Fang soak rice seeds, Zhang Jianzhong's mother-in-law also asked Wang Fang.
They did not plan to divide some rice seeds themselves and sow them to cultivate the seedlings. They planned to ask Wang Fang, the sister-in-law, to help with the cultivation, and then they would come directly to divide the rice seedlings for transplanting.
Because they can't guarantee what the seedlings they cultivate will look like when they take it back. If there is no yield like the old blood rice, it will be a big loss, and it will be in vain to get such a big favor, so they are still professional Leave things to professionals.
When the time comes, they will all come over to help. Once they learn how to do it, they can grow their own seedlings in the second year.
So in the first year, not only will I consciously come to help, but I will also take whatever I need.
“That’s not necessary. The land in front of our house is already vacant. We can dig it out tomorrow and spread it after soaking it.”
If it were before, Wang Fang They would definitely agree, because their vegetable plot was not big at that time, and there was not enough room to sow more than ten kilograms of rice seeds.
But things are different now. Not to mention the large vegetable garden in the backyard, just the vegetable plot under the curb at the door that the village used to compensate their family is already quite large, enough to sow rice this year. Seed used. "Well, let's wait until tomorrow for us to come and help."
After hearing this, Zhang An's aunts all started to express their opinions.
"If you want to come, then come. I may have to dig for several days by myself."
Wang Fang did not refuse them. She wanted to dig a large piece of land. Even if they were a family of three, it would still take them two or three days.
But if these sisters-in-law come to help, it will definitely be dug in less than a day.
After dinner in the evening, Su Ying taught her son some pinyin and numbers according to her usual habits.
After this period of teaching, although Xiao Siqi was not able to memorize all the initial consonants and finals proficiently, it was not a problem at all if it was just a part.
Seeing her son's outstanding performance, Su Ying was very happy and did not embarrass him any more.
After leaving Xiao Siqi to play by herself, Su Ying washed up a little and went up to the second floor.
Zhang An originally thought that his wife would prepare lessons in the room and make some teaching preparations as before.
But when he came upstairs, he found that Su Ying was not in the bedroom, but in the study, sitting in front of the computer.
Looking closer, Su Ying was chatting with her roommates and best friends through QQ messages, and then searching for many things on the computer.
It’s just that the input method on their computer is the most mainstream Wubi input method at the moment. People like Zhang An, who have been using it for a long time, can become proficient in it after just reviewing it, while Su Ying, who just started using it, can Newbies who are new to computers can only type it out bit by bit.
Su Ying was so engrossed that even though Zhang An had walked behind her, she didn't notice, her eyes still staring at the screen.
"Hey, you've already started surfing the Internet."
Zhang An couldn't help but smile. He didn't expect that his wife was so addicted to the Internet. She was already so fascinated on the first day she used the computer.
“Oh, you can’t be louder when you walk, it scares me to death.”
Su Ying, who couldn’t hear what was going on outside the window, was suddenly frightened by Zhang An’s shouting. Jump.
Looking back, he glared at Zhang An and patted his chest.
"I am even more unjust than Dou E. You obviously didn't pay attention, but you still blamed me for not making any movement when I walked."
After being glared at by Su Ying, Zhang An immediately revealed An aggrieved expression.
"Okay, stop being weird, what did you just say about surfing?"
Looking at her man's expression, Su Ying was also a little embarrassed.
“Hey, this is a new meme. Playing on the computer is called surfing the Internet, and the English word for surfing the Internet is surfing the internet. Isn’t this just surfing?”
Although Zhang An's English was not very good before, that was in the past. Now with his abnormal memory, it is not a problem to memorize some English words casually.
"It seems like this, but this computer is really interesting. You can find a lot of things. It's so convenient."
Although Su Ying had just been exposed to computers for a short time, she found that usually some Questions that require a lot of information can now be found by just searching, which is so convenient.
“It doesn’t matter now. When more and more people use computers in the future, it will be more convenient.”
On the current Internet, there are not many user groups, so the Internet The information on all aspects is nothing.
Wait until a few years later, when there is an explosion of Internet users, then it will be called a virtual world.
But this is not all a good thing, because with more information on the Internet, there will naturally be more false information.
Although the information is not so comprehensive now, the authenticity is not as low as in later generations.
Subsequently, Wang Min and the others sent another message, and Su Ying once again indulged in the fun of chatting on QQ.
Zhang An didn't bother her, just took a book, went back to the room and leaned on the bedside to read.
That night, a few more ewes gave birth in the sheep pen, but they all went smoothly and nothing unexpected happened.
The next morning, Zhang An knew that his mother was always digging the ground to sow rice seeds. After getting up in the morning and washing up, Zhang An went to help with a hoe.
But when he came to the door, he found that the field under the road was already filled with a large group of aunts, all digging with hoes.
“Hey, what’s going on?”
Zhang An was not at home yesterday afternoon, so he didn’t know that his aunts went to find his mother at home, so seeing this Many people were somewhat confused.
"Xiao An is also here to dig the ground. You should go back quickly. We are here."
Everyone in the field said with a smile after seeing Zhang An .
Although Zhang An is their junior, no one in this family will treat Zhang An as a junior.
In the end, it was only after Wang Fang said a few words that Zhang An knew what was going on.
So he didn’t go to the ground and went home with the hoe in hand.
Although it is said that the women in the field are all their own aunts, they are still a group of women after all.
Although they are elders, they sometimes speak in a non-vegetarian manner. Zhang An doesn’t want to stay here and be teased by them.
Although digging the ground requires hoe after hoe, the vegetable patch has always been fluffy and is not as laborious as the crop fields on the mountains.
And there are so many people in the field. You hoe and I hoe, and it won’t take long to dig it out.
As the saying goes, things get easier when there are more people. Wang Fang took her sisters-in-law to dig for an hour, and then spent less than two hours in the afternoon to dig the rice seedling land.
After the ridges were leveled, they all brought soil sifting sieves from their homes and sifted the ridges of seedling banks with fine soil.
Now the rice bank only needs to be drenched with water. After the rice seeds are soaked, they can be scattered directly. Finally, a layer of fine soil is sifted to cover it and covered with rice film.
(End of this chapter)