Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 202 Be prepared for danger in times of peace

An Yue carried a backpack and Chunzhi carried a hoe, and they were going to go home together to make lunch.

"Chunzhi, you are tired from digging today, let me make lunch! You go sit down and pick these shepherd's purse."

Chunzhi waved her hand and said with a smile: "Miss, Chunzhi is not tired. In the past, Chunzhi did much more farm work than here!"

"Besides, Chunzhi is afraid that she might not be able to pick the right ones and might delay Miss's important event. So let Chunzhi cook!"

An Yue took the key and opened the gate to the courtyard. She turned her head and said to Chun Zhi with a smile:

"Okay, okay, there's no one who always rushes to do the work. But anyway, after lunch, we'll all go back to the house to take a nap, and then we'll feel much better."

Chunzhi, who was carrying a hoe, said with a smile: "Yes! Hehehe... Chunzhi is lucky to meet the young lady in this life. In the future, Chunzhi will share more farm work with the young lady and not let the young lady suffer."

They walked into the yard, talking and laughing, and Ba Shi ran towards them, making a chirping sound, with its thin little tail swaying from side to side.

An Yue squatted down and touched Ba Shi's head, and it licked An Yue's fingers in response.

Chunzhi put down her hoe and saw the bamboo cage in the corner of the vegetable patch. She walked over to take a closer look and exclaimed, "Wow!"

After An Yue put the backpack under the eaves, she wiped the sweat off her forehead, walked towards Chunzhi, and asked with a smile, "What do you think, Chunzhi?"

Chunzhi stared at the bamboo cage and nodded, "That's great! The chicks are safe in there. We don't have to keep them locked up in the house when we go out to do farm work."

Chunzhi turned around with a smile, gave An Yue a thumbs up, and praised: "Miss, you are amazing! This cage is really well woven!"

She squatted down, touched the gaps in the bamboo cage, and said, "Each grid is just right, evenly sized, and the gaps are just the right size, allowing sunlight to penetrate while keeping mice out."

They looked at the chicks chirping and pecking at their food happily in the sunshine, and An Yue and Chun Zhi couldn't help but smile.

Then, An Yue turned around, fetched a basin of water and washed her hands.

I went to the east ear room to check on the silkworms. They were constantly munching on mulberry leaves in a bamboo winnowing basket.

An Yue found that they grew very fast in the past two days and ate more and more.

She grabbed a few mulberry leaves, cut them into thick strips, and then scattered them evenly in a bamboo dustpan. Finally, she closed the door of the east wing room.

Then she went to the main hall and brought out a small stool, sat under the eaves and began to pick shepherd's purse.

While picking shepherd's purse, she was calculating in her mind: now all the seedlings in the two acres of paddy field have been planted, and in total, almost two acres of sweet potatoes have been planted in the wasteland.

There is also an acre of wheat planted on the yellow soil, and the acre of black soil closer to home is divided into three areas.

They are the vegetable area, potato area, and sweet potato planting area.

Tomatoes, spinach and eggplants are planted in the vegetable area, which occupies the least area.

In the potato area, An Yue planted relatively more potatoes because she thought potatoes could be used as a staple food and also as a vegetable.

The remaining land is used to grow sweet potato seeds.

The sweet potatoes on the wasteland are about to be planted, so I took some time in the next two days to go to the west end of the village to ask Aunt Li when the piglets will be ready for slaughter.

When the silkworms are ready to be slaughtered, I plan to catch a piglet and raise it. In addition, the silkworms will eat more and more food in the future, so I will have to cut grass for the pigs and collect a lot of mulberry leaves with Chunzhi.

Raising silkworms, pigs and chickens is something that Chunzhi and I can easily do.

But what worries people the most is the autumn harvest, which is real physical work.

Harvesting wheat and rice is easy. After the rice and wheat are harvested, they can be tied into small bundles. Then Chunzhi and I can carry them home by running back and forth in small quantities several times.

However, harvesting sweet potatoes is a physically demanding farm job.

Sweet potatoes grow in the ground and need to be dug out one by one with a hoe. Secondly, they have to be carried home in a basket, which is not an easy task.

I was thinking of hiring someone when the time comes. During the autumn harvest season, every household in the village is busy harvesting their own crops. Men, women, young and old are all so busy that no one would come out to work.

Besides, we can’t rely entirely on my uncle and grandparents to do all the farm work, as they also grow a lot of their own crops.

Therefore, I have to find an opportunity to go to the dental shop in the county town again to see if there is that kind of honest and reliable male servant and buy one back.

Having another male helper at home can reduce the burden of farm work by half.

As An Yue was thinking about this, Chunzhi, who was making lunch in the kitchen, shouted, "Miss, lunch is ready, let's start preparing lunch!"

"Okay, I'll go wash my hands now."

After saying that, An Yue put away the backpack and basin one by one, then went to the kitchen to wash her hands. Chunzhi served the dishes, and An Yue went to get the bowls and chopsticks.

After placing the bowls and chopsticks on the octagonal table in the main hall, they sat on the benches to have lunch.

Chunzhi was no longer as reserved as she had been in the previous two days, and her words and actions seemed much more friendly.

After lunch, the two of them cleaned the kitchen as usual and went back to their respective rooms for a nap.

An Yue lay on the bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly. Time always passed quickly.

When I opened my eyes again, it was half an hour later. An Yue and Chun Zhi woke up one after another.

After waking up from a nap, they both washed their faces to refresh themselves, and then An Yue and Chun Zhi went to the wasteland together again. Chun Zhi dug the ground while An Yue dug shepherd's purse.

An Yue planned to dig some more shepherd's purse in the afternoon. Since she had already dug a lot in the morning, she had to pick all the shepherd's purse today and then wash it.

Prepare the dumpling filling in advance and get up early tomorrow morning to make dumplings before dawn.

Two hours passed.

An Yue had already dug enough shepherd's purse. She sat in the wasteland picking fresh shepherd's purse and chatting with Chunzhi.

The sun is setting.

An Yue and Chun Zhi returned home and went to the main hall to drink some water, then sat down and rested for a while.

——A moment later.

Chunzhi went to the edge of the wasteland to pick a handful of young mulberry leaves and put them in the east ear room, then went to the kitchen to start cooking dinner.

An Yue was carefully washing shepherd's purse in the yard and placing it in a colander to drain.

After a while, An Nian came back.

After dinner, the family went to bed early.

The next day, at the hour of Mao, it was still dark.

An Yue got up early and prepared to make shepherd's purse and egg filling.

Not long after she entered the kitchen, Chunzhi also came.

Chunzhi asked, "Miss, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Haruji has arrived just in time, so please help pass the firewood!"

Chunzhi nodded and walked towards the stove.

After An Yue cleaned the pot, she scooped a few scoops of water into the pot and then covered it with a lid.

At this time, Chunzhi had already lit the fire and handed over the firewood to start boiling water.