Song Tan Jishi

The end of February and the beginning of March are rare leisure time for farmers throughout the year.

The new year is over, and the children flew away with their families. The swallows on the beams of the house have not yet returned, and more and more land has been abandoned, and the withered yellow and gray-brown tones occupy a large area of ​​land.

Except for the green hills in the distance and the large expanse of greenery, the whole village is lonely and silent.

But today, the old Song family's field beside the bamboo grove is full of bustle and bustle again.

"Song Sancheng, what's wrong with your family this year? Are you getting rich and ready to do a big job? So many fields have to be cleared?"

"That's right, Lao Song, what are you planning to plant? There are still two tea trees in the field, don't you want them?"

Everyone was invited by Song Sancheng to clean up the fields.

In the corner, the cultivator was rumbling dry, and before plowing the land, they had to clean up all the weeds and trees in the field.

Otherwise, the little machine might get stuck.

Fortunately, there are many people, and it is not only fun to work together, but also quite efficient. After tidying up one piece at the front, the cultivator at the back plows it twice, and the match is just right.

Those who came were all about the same age as Song Sancheng.

At their age, they go out to work, and ordinary factories don't want them.

Those who do the hard work can relax the age requirement, but the boss is also afraid of accidents.

In addition, people in their 40s and 50s suffered hardships when they were young, and they still have ailments in their bodies...

Staying in the village now means being busy for a while and resting for a while, so as not to burden the children.

Therefore, Song Sancheng once said that it is not a good job to ask people to work, and it is not a good job, but everyone is willing to come.

When you are older, you also want to have fun.

Song Sancheng also sighed: "This tea is not worth much, and there is still such a large piece of tea on the hillside. I haven't taken care of the tea here for many years... What are you doing with it?"

This is true.

They are not a hometown of famous tea, but ordinary tea from the valley. After it’s fried, it’s sold out for 50 yuan a catty. It’s sweet to drink by yourself, and there are really not many people outside who are willing to pay for it.

The tea trees in this field are purely bare in the field...

But old!

Those farm jobs that require hard work are really impossible to do, so I slowly resigned to my fate.

"Then what do you want to do when you clean up the land and the mountains?"

It was neighbor Li Baoni who asked the question.

Speaking of this, Song Sancheng didn't know how to speak.

What do you say?

My daughter is not going to work and plans to come back to farm?

How many young people these days know how to farm the land? People in the village must die of laughter when they say it!

So he also said lightly: "It's nothing, my family Tan Tan works too hard, and I can't bear it physically. I told her that the farming at home needs help, and let her recuperate at home for a year or so before going out. work."

This is true.

Which young people don't venture outside?

Neighbor Li Baoni also sighed: "That's true. My daughter came back from the Chinese New Year with a sallow complexion. Whenever I asked, she would work overtime until one or two o'clock—the salary was only that little, and there was nothing left throughout the year."

Li Baoni's daughter sells clothes in a chain store. It can be said with a sweet mouth, now the eldest and the younger are supervisors, from time to time late at night to take inventory, and go on business trips to expand the store, which is also hard work.

However, the environment in the past two years has been bad, and the wages have not risen, and I have to worry about whether there will be layoffs...

Speaking of children, every household has a difficult scripture to recite.

Zhou Maozhu, who was farther away, also sighed: "Last time, my son told us to live with them in the city, and help take care of the children by the way—the peppers in the supermarket at the door cost more than ten yuan a catty! up?"

"Take the children, send them to the kindergarten in the morning, pick them up and send them to the interest class in the evening, and they are not in the same place. The bus makes me dizzy, and the air conditioner is blowing in the house every day. How can we burn the stove to keep warm."

"I stayed for a week, and I couldn't stand it, so I came back first."

As for the old woman at home, of course she still couldn't bear to part with her grandson, so she stayed there to take care of her with all her heart.

Regardless of whether farming is reliable or not, the reason Song Sancheng came up with is decent anyway:

"Tan Tan also said that the food in the past few years has not tasted as good as before. I thought about it, anyway, people are staying, so I might as well grow some vegetables and rice for the children, so that I can eat it myself."

The villagers were also happy to hear it.

"Song Sancheng, now you are the one who farms the most in the village and become the landlord. When your rice is ripe, I will stop buying rice and buy yours."

"Yes, yes, yes, I also bought it. The rice outside looks white. It is all polished and has no nutrition at all. Not to mention a few dollars a catty, it is not as fragrant as the rice I planted myself before."

Song Sancheng didn't dare to agree: "My family only grows two fields, which are not enough for my own family to divide, so I don't want to sell them."

Who here has never farmed?

Everyone was unhappy when they heard this: "The two fields add up to several acres. Why, how many kilograms of rice does your family eat every year?"

Song Sancheng also laughed: "Then what should I do? I am a good rice seed, which tastes good, but it is expensive. It is best to only produce one thousand catties per mu. One thousand catties yields seven hundred catties of rice, which is enough for two or three people to eat for a while." Year."

"Looking back, my old man and old lady, my children's grandparents, uncles, aunts and uncles...don't every family get points?"

"That's enough for the family to eat."

This is how the relationship between people in the village is. Neighbors and relatives always have to share a little, not too much, but they have to express their affection.

When everyone calculates, there is not much more, but there must be more: "No, I have to eat your rice this year, or I won't come when your rice planting!"

Everyone responded one after another.

This means that it must mean that you don’t need to raise money for helping to plant rice seedlings.

Song Sancheng didn't dare to answer: "On these two fields, it will take less than two days for us to plant rice seedlings by ourselves... Eat, eat, come to help when the rice is really harvested, and the rice will be full!"

Everyone was laughing and joking, and when a field was tidied up and ready to change places, someone remembered:

"Then you clean up the 20 acres of land and plant a few acres of rice, what are you going to do with the rest?"

Song Sancheng didn't hide it: "Let's grow vegetables."

"I'm thinking that if we don't spray medicine, we will take the shuttle bus to the city to sell it, so we won't lose money."

That doesn't make much money either.

Without spraying, the grass and insects will be layer by layer, and the couple will have no time to clean it up, so don't worry about it.

What's more, it's not easy for them to travel this way. There is a shuttle bus from village to village every day, and it costs 40 yuan to go back and forth...

The vegetables have to be fattened and work hard. There are so many vendors in the vegetable market from the countryside near the urban area. They are closer than them, and the competition is greater...

Earning and earning are all hard money.

Everyone has calculated an account in their hearts, it is really not worth it!

But I thought: "That's fine, Lao Song, Qiao Qiao in your family has someone to watch over. We're getting old, and no one wants to work. It's good to grow our own vegetables."

"At that time, I will come to the field to buy and pick now!"

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Most of the varieties planted in the village are single, and the ripening seasons of each household overlap, and vegetables have to be bought in many cases.

In addition, now in rural areas it is allowed to sell pigs, but it is also illegal to kill pigs and sell them.

Next, Tantan will grow rice, watermelon, various vegetables, chestnuts on the mountain... will be able to raise bees, because milk vetch nectar is really not to be missed! There are also many wild vegetables.

Raise pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, geese, fish, shrimp, and water chestnut.

If there are any crops that you like more, please leave a comment!