Back To Qiqi Farming To Raise Children

When Xu Shiyan came home, the sky was a bit cloudy, and when the meal was ready for dinner, it started to rain patter outside.

Looking at the weather outside the window, Zhou Guilan let out a sigh of relief.

"Finally, I'm looking forward to the rain. There is really little rain in the beginning of spring this year, and there will be two games in total.

After this rain, the ground should be a little wet. It's just a few days to plant the land, which is very good. "

"Well, the field has been dry for a while and is almost smoking, and this rain is very timely.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will go to our private plot to tidy up, and in a few days I will spare some time to plant some broomcorns, millet and so on. "

Old peasants depend on the weather for their food, and the people in the Zhuang Huyuan hope for good weather.

When Xu Shiyan moved here, the team allocated half an acre of private land, not much, and it was enough to grow some grains and beans.

After all, the family has a small population, and something is enough to eat.

Spring and autumn are the busiest seasons for the agricultural team, and the participating households are even busier.

Fortunately, these days, the work in Shendi is almost busy.

The ginseng ground for freezing and making goods has already passed the pond, and it will take a few days for the new planting to come out, which happens to be the time for planting.

"It's not the right time for me to be in confinement, otherwise I can go farming with you."

Su Anying, who had already had dinner over there and was breastfeeding the baby, couldn't help sighing when she heard it.

When Chun Geng was so busy, she caught up with her confinement, so there were so many tasks outside the house, and all the work was left to her husband alone, which was enough for him to get tired.

"You, take a good confinement, and taking care of your body is more important than anything else.

Don't always think about working, women do everything, why do you need men?

Marrying a Han, marrying a Han, dressing and eating, farming and working are what they should do.

You can take care of the children at home with peace of mind, figure out the mess at home, and don't let the third child worry about it outside. "

Zhou Guilan couldn't help sighing when she heard this.

Among the daughters-in-law in her family, the third daughter-in-law is the most capable, she is honest, she is confinement, and she still wants to work.

"My mother is right, don't worry about anything, and leave the whole family to me, so you can sit in confinement with peace of mind.

If you take good care of yourself, it is a great achievement. "Xu Shiyan also persuaded.

No one knows better than Xu Shiyan what kind of temper his daughter-in-law has.

Su Anying is just too capable. She is always busy on weekdays. Even in the late pregnancy, she did not delay her work.

This sudden cold made her lie on the kang all day long, except for eating and sleeping, she was uncomfortable with leisure.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, the confinement must be settled, there is no need to discuss it.

While he was talking, he suddenly saw someone walking in hurriedly from outside, Xu Shiyan hurriedly opened the door, and saw that it was the neighbor in the east courtyard.

"Xiaofeng, why are you here when it's raining, what's the matter at home?" Xu Shiyan stepped aside and called the other party into the room.

"Brother Xu, I'm fine at home, I just came to see you, and asked if you were going to catch toads at night?

It hasn't rained this spring, and the toads are holding back and haven't come ashore. I guess it's raining tonight, and all the toads will come up.

Let's catch toads with flashlights, and we will be able to catch the old nose overnight. "

Sun Xiaofeng, Xu's neighbor to the east, is one year younger than Xu Shiyan.

The Sun family also belonged to the Second Brigade and the First Brigade. They worked together all day long and were neighbors. They got along very well with Xu Shiyan.

The toad Sun Xiaofeng was talking about was not a frog or a toad, but the Northeast Rana, a species of Rana.

The dried oviduct product of the female Northeast Rana, also known as Rana oil, is an extremely valuable tonic, and is called "Snow Hammer Oil" in the south.

Therefore, the Northeast wood frog is also called the snow clam.

Toads live in the woods in summer, and come down from the mountains in late autumn to spend the winter in the river.

Wait until the beginning of spring, then go ashore from the river, and lay eggs in ponds, ditches, or stable river bends.

After the spawning is over, they enter the mountain forest to live again, and the cycle repeats.

Toad is the best river fresh food, especially the spring toad. After a winter in the river, there is no dirt in the stomach. The meat is delicious and nutritious. It is the favorite delicacy of the local people.

According to their habits, when it rains every spring, people go to the river with a flashlight to catch them.

"Hey, if you don't mention it, I really forgot. All right, then I'll go after dinner, and we will go together."

Xu Shiyan has been preoccupied with his wife's childbirth these days, and can't think of anything else.

When Sun Xiaofeng said this, he also realized that it was raining late this year, so this crop of toads was probably the only one.

If you don't catch it, you won't be able to eat it this year.

"Success, then I'll go home and prepare first, don't worry, Brother Xu, eat slowly."

When Sun Xiaofeng heard that Xu Shiyan agreed, he was so happy that he didn't enter the house, turned around and left again.

Xu Shiyan returned to the east room and explained to his mother and daughter-in-law.

"Mom, while it's raining, Xiaofeng and I went to catch some toads, and we just stewed them to feed Yingzi."

When I was in the big house, every spring, Xu Shiyan went to catch toads twice to satisfy everyone.

Now in Donggang, this habit can't be changed.

"Okay, since Xiaofeng came to look for you, then go, don't go too far, and don't come back too late." Zhou Guilan didn't stop her, but only ordered a few words.

Just like that, Xu Shiyan hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of food, and then went to find a raincoat, a flashlight, and a woven bag.

After everything was ready, they went out to find Sun Xiaofeng, and the two of them went out like this, heading straight for the direction of the Caozi River.

The Caozi River belongs to a branch of the upper reaches of the Songjiang River, about twenty miles away from Donggang.

For Xu Shiyan and Sun Xiaofeng, twenty miles is like playing.

The two of them walked forward with flashlights, staring at both sides of the road. It has been raining for a while, and it is very likely that there are toads on the side of the road.

Sure enough, not far ahead, a few black dots were bouncing up and down the aisle.

As soon as the light of the flashlight shone on them, they immediately lay down on the ground and did not move.

Xu Shiyan and Sun Xiaofeng ran over immediately and grabbed the toad on the ground.

The skin of amphibians is slippery and cold. People who have never caught toads are likely to be shocked.

For Xu Shiyan, there was no turmoil in his heart, but he felt that it was rare for this toad to be so fleshy.

Starting with a big mother and baby, I feel that it can sink two or two.

Xu Shiyan sighed in his heart, speaking of it, this year is better, unlike later generations, toads were caught in large numbers, and there were not many big ones in the wild.

The point is that later, in order to make money, those people contracted the river section, and then used plastic sheets to block the toads on the river bank.

The plastic sheet was high and slippery, and the toad couldn't jump over it, so they were all blocked under the plastic sheet and just grabbed it.

Toad Quzi is really a desperate plan. The wild toads were caught within a few years, and in the future, they can only be artificially bred.

How can the artificially bred toad taste better than the wild one?

"Brother Xu, go forward, there must be more ahead, go."

Catching toads is addictive, and the more I catch them, the more I want to keep catching them.

Sun Xiaofeng had already caught several of them, and seeing Xu Shiyan standing there not knowing what to think, he yelled at him to move forward quickly.

Xu Shiyan put the toad into the woven bag hanging on his waist, and walked forward quickly.

I didn't go far, and there were several toads in front of me. At this time, I didn't care about thinking about it, so I caught it.