Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 116 Sketching

"Brother Anqing will definitely lend it to me, but uncle and aunt..."

“Go try it first!”

After An Yue finished speaking, she pulled An Nian and walked towards the west room.

An Yue thought that when she went to town tomorrow, she must buy a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, as they would be indispensable when she went to school in the future.

Boom boom boom!

The brother and sister knocked on the west room door.

"Here I come!" It sounded like Anqing's voice.

The door was opened and the family was having breakfast.

"Nian Nian Yue Yue? Why are you here?" An Qing asked unclearly as his mouth was full of food.

An Yue said, "Brother, can I borrow your bamboo hat and raincoat?"

Anqing nodded and said, "Okay, okay, you two wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

At this time, the aunt put down her chopsticks, stood up from the bench with a sorghum flour steamed bun in her hand, and walked towards the brother and sister while eating.

She squinted her eyes and asked suddenly, "Where are you going on such a rainy day?"

The brother and sister didn't plan to talk much to her, but they thought that since they came to her house to borrow something, and she took the initiative to talk to them, they couldn't be too cold!

An Yue replied calmly: "Let's go to town."

Aunt Zhang said "Oh" and sat back on the bench to eat.

Looking at the red paper on their desk, An Yue suddenly remembered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was the day when her eldest sister-in-law got married.

At this time, An Qing came over with a bamboo hat and a raincoat, handed them to An Yue, and reminded her, "Niannian, Yueyue, you must be more careful when going out in this drizzling weather. The ground is slippery and it is easy to fall!"

An Yue took the raincoat, smiled sweetly at An Qing, and said, "Yes! Thank you, Brother An Qing."

My uncle sat on the bench without saying a word, eating his meal by himself.

The eldest aunt turned her back to the west room door and said without turning her head, "Use it and return it quickly. I'm afraid it will rain for several days. I'm afraid it won't be sunny on the day your sister-in-law gets married!"

An Yue said: "I will return it tomorrow night at the latest."

After saying that, the brother and sister took their hats and raincoats and walked towards the east room of their house.

After entering the house, An Yue put a cloth bag on An Nian's back and told him, "Niannian, it's raining today and the road is not easy to walk on. If there is an ox cart, you must take it."

An Nian nodded and put on his hat and raincoat.

An Nian put on a straw raincoat, but because he was too short, the raincoat almost touched the ground.

An Yue sent An Nian to the gate of the yard and watched him walk away.

Only when An Nian disappeared from her sight did An Yue prepare to go back to the house.

After entering the house, she looked at the herbs in the corner and found that they were only half dried.

Judging from the number, I'm afraid the difference is not much. I wanted to go to the wasteland to dig some more today, but the spring rain is continuous and my clothes will get wet if I go out. I will catch a cold and it's really not worth it.

An Yue lifted the iron pot, placed the winnowing basket on the stove, and then put the undried herbs in the winnowing basket.

I had made breakfast early in the morning, and the wood ash in the stove was still warm, so I put the herbs in a winnowing basket and roasted them.

If we continue baking after lunch and dinner, I think it will be completely dry by tomorrow morning.

An Yue sat on the bench of the Eight Immortals Table, leaning on the table and looking at the slanting wind and drizzle in the yard, feeling a little depressed.

She thought, in this era, you can't do anything on a rainy day, you can't go anywhere, you don't have a mobile phone or a TV, and you don't even have anyone to talk to. It's really hard!

She thought that after the spring rain, the temperature would get higher and higher, which would be suitable for sowing seeds.

But when farming this kind of field, fertilizer is essential.

There were no chemical fertilizers in this era, and the wood ash at home was really limited. How could we farm without fertilizers?

This is a big problem and we need to think of a solution.

In this era, almost every household had some livestock, but they did not make good use of the livestock excrement.

They usually dry the livestock excrement and use it as fertilizer, but think about how much excrement is enough to use in the fields?

If crops do not receive adequate fertilizer supply, the yield will naturally be low.

An Yue was thinking, if the earth pit could store water and the livestock excrement could be poured into the pit, wouldn't it be possible to use the manure water to irrigate the fields?

Then the question arises again. Ordinary earth pits cannot hold manure water, and there is no cement in this era. What should we do?

In this era, transportation is inconvenient and various materials cannot be transported. Moreover, making cement is a huge project. How can ordinary people like us make it?

Without cement, An Yue had to lower her requirements again and again, thinking that as long as the loss of water in the puddle could be minimized, it would be enough.

An Yue thought about the old-fashioned manure pit in her grandfather's house in the 21st century. Pigs were raised on top and there was a septic tank below, but such septic tanks were usually required to be wide and deep.

An Yue thought, if there was a septic tank like this now, wouldn’t it be possible to irrigate the vegetable fields and farmland all year round?

If we build a septic tank, how can we achieve the water storage effect without cement?

An Yue sat at the Eight Immortals Table, scratching her head until it was about to break, but she couldn't think of a better solution. It was true that one only regrets not having read enough books when one needs them.

She simply stopped thinking about it and just lay on the table in a daze, looking at the drizzle in the yard. Her mind couldn't help but recall the scenes of herself in the 21st century.

At this moment, she seemed to have thought of an idea, but she didn't know if it would work.

She thought of digging a pit two to three meters deep first, digging through the upper soil layer until she reached the hard rock layer, thinking that it would be able to store water.

Thinking of this, she excitedly wanted to draw a sketch first. After all, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen.

Soon, she took the books and paper bought by An Nian and put them on the table, then took a bowl and went to the stove to get some charcoal.

A person sat at the table and began to draw.

She organized her thoughts while drawing. She first drew a pit on the paper, marked the length and width of the pit, and then built a shed on the pit to feed livestock.

Soon, the sketch was completed. She looked at it carefully and felt that it was very feasible.

But there were several major problems that followed: lack of manpower, lack of money, and lack of tools and site selection for digging the pit.

If this is feasible, the whole village can use it.

Therefore, this matter still needs to be discussed with the village chief.

Now is the busy farming season for the villagers, so this matter must be started as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the worse it will be.

Since I'm staying at home anyway, I might as well go and discuss it with the village chief.

An Yue folded the drawing and put it in her pocket, then stood up and prepared to go to the village chief's house.

When she was about to go out, she suddenly remembered the basket that the village chief and his family of three carried when they came last time. This time when she went to his house, she could just deliver it to him.

An Yue immediately locked the door, lifted the basket above her head, used it to block the rain, and walked towards the west end of the village.