Lin Rui, who was born under the national flag and grew up in the spring breeze, faced the ancient people's escape from famine and was hit by a fatal blow again, and faced the ancient people's reclamation of wasteland.
Looking at the weeds and gravel-covered ground ahead, he wanted to die.
He fled thousands of miles to Huangmo Pass, thinking that life would be better, but he was wrong, really wrong. The people in ancient times had no good days whether it was a year of famine or a year of harvest, and they could not stop for a moment.
For the older generation of parents and uncles and aunts, as long as farmers have land, they can survive. Moreover, General Xing, the owner of Huangmo Pass, is an excellent ruler who can set the tax rate at 50%. Then, after growing a season's grain, they will definitely have enough to save until the next harvest, so they will not starve to death.
Land reclamation is a physical job. It is impossible to let the horses run without eating enough and well. Their advantage over others is that they have two big blue oxen that can help when reclaiming land.
But both Feng Zhenniang and Lin Changxi felt very sorry for the two big blue oxen and would rather get tired themselves than let them help them open up the wasteland.
During the entire journey, the two large blue oxen had carried the family's belongings steadily, allowing them to avoid too much hardship. Unfortunately, the two large blue oxen were now exhausted, with a layer of cowhide hanging from their bellies. If they were to work any longer than required, they might die in this wasteland.
Now the two big blue cows are like their own children to Lin Changxi and his wife. After arriving at the planned land given by Xing Jiajun, they built a cowshed before their own shed was settled. They also scooped water from the Huangmo River and cut hay from the wasteland.
Grass is a common feed for cattle. There is no shortage of grass in Lianshan or the arid areas outside Lianshan. Therefore, the cattle did not go hungry much along the way. There was hay everywhere in the arid areas.
For large blue cattle, grass is the most suitable feed. It is rich in nutrients, high in crude protein, palatable, and easy to digest.
Green fodder commonly used to feed cattle today includes elephant grass, corn leaves, cauliflower, cabbage, wild grass...
There was a lot of wild hay on the wasteland in front of him, which was too much to use. Others burned it piece by piece, but Lin Changxi was reluctant to do so. He planned to have the whole family go together to harvest it tomorrow and bundle it into bundles and pile them there as food for the big blue ox at home for the winter.
Thirty acres of land, plus the land allocated by Changfa Changhe and my uncle's family, will be enough to feed the cows until the beginning of next spring.
Although it is more troublesome than other pioneers, it is a win-win situation, so it is just a little harder.
After finishing his meal, Lin Rui lay on the ground, gazing at the bright, clear night sky. The stars were exceptionally bright, bringing him joy and happiness. But when he thought about the land reclamation he would have to start tomorrow, he felt unhappy.
Day by day, since the ancient times, there has not been a single good day!
I cooked the relief food I received with the few remaining rice at home, and now I still have a musty taste of the relief food in my mouth.
Their family was allocated a total of 30 mu of wasteland, while his uncle, third uncle and great-grandfather, the village head, were allocated between 40 and 50 mu. Lin Rui's mouth twitched when he heard this. They were courting death by doing this!
Do you know how difficult it is to open up wasteland? He couldn't help but ask his father. His father said that they had opened up wasteland when they were young, so how could they not know how difficult it was? When the ancestors of the Lin family fled to Linjia Village, there were no fields. Didn't they open up wasteland and cultivate land to support the whole family?
Now they are just following the old path of their ancestors. It is not the same as what their ancestors could do. When their ancestors fled, they did not have a clan leader as capable as his son. When they fled to Linjia Village, each family was considered a lot if they had three people.
As a result, the land was cleared and the crops took root and sprouted in Linjia Village, passing on their family lineage.
Otherwise, where did Lin Rui come from?
It has to be said that Lin Changxi's words were very provocative. After hearing them, Lin Rui couldn't help but feel a surge of pride. There was no reason why he couldn't compare to an ancient person.
As a result, the next day, standing in front of the wasteland, he couldn't help but burst into tears and said that he really couldn't win.
The farm tools sent by Xing Jiajun have arrived. Of course, it is impossible for every household to have one, so this has formed a rule of claiming them on time.
What is timed use? It's similar to rotating use. Twenty households form a team and are given five sickles. After one hour, each sickle is passed to another household.
It would be considered good if a family can use it twice a day at most.
There is only one sickle, and even if it is your turn, only one person can use it, and the others have to find another way.
Oh my God, this will take forever!
Fortunately, the tax collection will start from June next year. It is estimated that it will take at least two or three months to reclaim the land. Without suitable farm tools, even the best cook cannot cook without rice.
What made the Lin family better than most people was that they were fully prepared before fleeing the famine. They took everything at home, including hoes, rakes, hatchets, and axes.
While others were still waiting for sickles, hatchets and other farm tools, the Lin family had already started working.
Lin Rui's family planned to harvest the hay to feed their two big blue cows, so they were reluctant to burn it.
Unexpectedly, other people were the same. They had all suffered a lot while fleeing from the famine, so they were particularly careful with things. The weeds, shrubs and dead trees on the wasteland could all be used as firewood for heating in the winter, and were indispensable for making fires and cooking.
Other farmers who want to burn hay in order to speed up the process of clearing land are also required to dig a fire pit. What if you burn hay and it burns my house?
The sky was clear today, and there was even a hint of snow on the grass and trees. Looking at the endless wasteland ahead, Lin Rui felt his vision darken. It was over. How long would this drive take?
This was ancient times! There were no modern equipment, and it was all done by manpower. There was no way people would survive.
Zhao Qing handed the sickle to Lin Rui: "Chief, don't be afraid. Thirty acres of land may seem like a lot, but when it's plowed..." Looking at Lin Rui staring with a pair of dead fish eyes, Zhao Qing touched his nose. Well, it's indeed a lot when it's plowed.
It was still acceptable to let him, a hunter, open up the wasteland, but to let his brother-in-law, who had been spoiled since childhood and had never done any farm work, to open up the wasteland, Zhao Qing could only say that the patriarch had to bear it!
Lin Rui took a sickle and went to the field to start cutting weeds. He had never done farm work before and was not very good at it at first. His mother specially went to his side to teach him. After that, he really got much better and started to work without any hesitation.
The three brothers Sanliang, Lin Changxi, Lin Changfa and Lin Changhe were using hammers to hit the surface of large rocks exposed on the ground in the wasteland.
If you want to reclaim wasteland into farmland, the most important thing you need to clean up is the stones that are everywhere in the wasteland. These stones are distributed irregularly and of different sizes.
The largest ones can reach five or six meters in diameter, like a small hill; the smallest ones are just pieces of gravel that children can pick and choose and remove.
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