Chapter 117: Yu Lizheng Can’t Believe It
During the autumn harvest, there was heavy rain, so the people in Gouxiong Village mostly harvested the rice in the middle, close to the rice ears.
The rice stubble reserved in the field is long enough.
The water in the rice fields did not recede before the fields were used, and green leaves actually grew on the rice stalks in the autumn.
Chen Xinli put down the backpack and cloth bag, and walked closer to look at the rice plant in front of her.
I saw incomplete leaves growing in many places among the withered rice stalks.
Among the green leaves, there are bunches of short and thick stem nodes. Chen Xinli carefully pushed aside the yellow leaves on the outer layer of the stems, and found that the tender yellow leaves were wrapped around young ears.
For the species of regenerated rice.
Chen Xinli was not unfamiliar with the area. Her hometown in her previous life was just south of the north-south dividing line, where both rice and wheat could be grown. Of course, because it was geographically located in the south, rice was more commonly grown.
There is also a special base for growing regenerated rice in my hometown.
Regenerated rice is a second-time seedling and panicle-growing rice with a lower yield, but it has no pesticide residues and is priced high by many merchants.
Not all rice can produce regenerated rice. On the blue planet, countless agronomists have worked hard in the rice fields, and after generations of cultivation, the higher-yielding hybrid rice was developed.
The varieties of regenerated rice have also been improved through generations.
I didn’t expect that in this era, there are such powerful rice genes!
Chen Xinli looked at the endless rice fields, which were high and low, divided into narrow blocks, squares, and gourd-shaped blocks, most of which were formed according to the terrain.
Only a few scattered patches of land were flooded by diligent villagers, revealing dry mud, and the rice stalks in the fields were still growing tenaciously.
The thin and long incomplete leaves are much shorter than normal rice leaves, but many of them have grown into ears.
An idea suddenly popped up in Chen Xinli's mind: Perhaps, regenerated rice had been cultivated in ancient times, but without scientific cultivation, it could only have appeared by chance.
According to the current situation, as long as the weather does not get cold too quickly, the rice ears will be fully grown. With sufficient water and fertilizer, they will pass the flowering period and will be able to fill with grain. They can be harvested in another month.
With some guesses in mind, Chen Xinli didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly ran home with the backpack and sack on her back.
"Ali, you're back so soon?"
At home, the eldest brother Shen Jinshan had piled up the firewood and was covering it with a pile of straw. Although it could not keep out the wind and rain, the firewood would rot badly after being exposed to the wind and sun, so he could not help but burn it.
"Yes, big brother, have Dad and Second Uncle gone up the mountain? Go and ask Yu Lizheng to come over and tell him that my family has something to ask him."
"Okay," Shen Jinshan put down the tattered cloth around him, dusted himself off, and replied, "Dad said he found several large trees suitable for beams, so he and Second Uncle went to cut them down."
The boy changed into the clean clothes hanging nearby and left the yard.
Wu Yuehua finished hanging the clothes and walked from the back room to the front. She saw shepherd's purse all over the ground. Seeing her daughter's face flushed, she asked with concern, "Ali, why are you running so fast? You must be tired after running through so much shepherd's purse. Come and take a rest."
"Mother, I'm not tired," Chen Xinli wiped her face carelessly.
"Your grandma is chopping the meat filling. There are so many shepherd's purse, which is enough for us to eat for a long time," Wu Yuehua said with a smile on her face.
"Mom, I want to eat five bowls," Shen Jinlin was small in stature but had a big belly. When he heard that he was going to eat dumplings, he was very happy and immediately promised.
"Okay, okay, come, help me pick the vegetables. Pick up the leaves here, like these yellow leaves."
"Then... then I'll eat a bowl, only the meat, not the shepherd's purse," the little kid stuffed a few handfuls of shepherd's purse in his hands, his face full of rejection.
"Haha, you little rascal, even if you want to eat it, there is not so much meat at home," Wu Yuehua flicked Jin Lin's head lightly.
But I heard the little boy puffing his lips and saying, "Little Stone Brother is waiting for me to go play with him."
"Who is Xiao Shitou?" Chen Xinli looked up at her brother.
"That's it..." Shen Jinlin tilted his head, thought for a long time, and then said, "It's the little brother who came to our house for dinner for the first time."
Wu Yuehua just recalled the boy's pitiful appearance and asked worriedly, "Is your little brother Shitou able to speak yet? Where does he live? Where are you going to play with him?"
"I don't know where he lives," Xiao Jinlin hesitated, "but he gave me a very nice little black stone."
Shen Jinlin rummaged through his small pocket and pulled out a small piece of black rock.
Chen Xinli looked at the thing and felt that it looked familiar, but she didn't know what it was exactly.
"Then go and play. Call brother Xiao Shitou to come back for dumplings at noon," Chen Xinli said with amusement when she saw that her brother's mind was not on the shepherd's purse and his two little hands were almost tearing off the leaves.
"Okay, sister, I'll let Brother Xiao Shitou take care of Xiao Shitou for you too."
Children are very playful and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Chen Xinli shook her head helplessly, wondering if it was time to let her brother go to school.
But these days, the world outside is unstable, so where can I find a scholar?
"Li girl, did your father ask me to build a house? Just tell me when the time comes, and everyone can come and help."
Shen Jinshan and Yu Lizheng appeared at the gate of the Shen family courtyard at the right time.
After not seeing him for a few days, the old man actually looks pretty good.
"Grandpa Yu, now you're here, I feel relieved with your words. When the time comes to build a house and hire workers, we'll pay ten cents a day, and we'll provide food."
"Oh, there's still money to be made?"
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