Aunt Wang has been worried since the night she received the seeds.
Her family owns nine acres of land, which makes them one of the most advantaged families.
But it was this land that made her worried.
Although there is a lot of land, there is no one in the family to farm it!
Aunt Wang's family is not without people. In fact, she has three sons, otherwise she wouldn't have so much land.
But although he had many sons, none of them was by his side.
This has to start with crops. Corn in the north has never grown well.
The amount of food received each year is very little and cannot feed such a large population.
If it weren't for the fact that we were close to the outside of the Great Wall, where cattle and sheep were worthless and could be exchanged from time to time, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have survived.
So as soon as her sons grew up, they all went to find work elsewhere.
Her three sons all worked in a quarry run by the government of the neighboring county.
The work is very tiring, but the pay is actually not that much. The most important thing is that I have enough food to eat, which is much better than staying in the north.
There are many young people like them in the north who run away.
That’s why there are so few talented people in the North now, and they have all gone away.
Aunt Wang was a little hesitant.
There is so much land at home that she and the old man definitely cannot finish it all.
But if you want to find someone to help, it’s not easy to find people because there are not many of them. Besides, time is very tight and the crops need to be planted in three to five days.
"Old man, why don't you call your sons back? Didn't the adults say that if we grow good cotton, we can sell it for money. We have so much land, so we shouldn't lose money. Besides, we've already got the seeds, so how can we not plant them?"
Aunt Wang and her husband discussed the matter behind closed doors.
"Well, I have no objection. I will go find them early tomorrow morning and ask them to come back." Old Man Wang responded.
"Then it's settled. Let's ask them to come back. The work in the quarry is really tiring and the pay isn't much. The last time my sons came back, they were all exhausted. Don't let them tire themselves out again."
Aunt Wang muttered in pain as she thought about this.
In the darkness of the night, the whispers of the Wang family gradually faded away.
Aunt Wang resolved her worries and soon fell into a deep sleep.
The originally peaceful life in the North was gradually broken.
It’s just that this kind of breaking brings about a beautiful new life.
The cotton seeds that the people received were planted one after another, and the originally vacant land was plowed into flat ridges.
Zhao Junqingliu and Meng Yi have been busy in the fields these days, checking from time to time to see if there are any problems with farming or answering questions from the people.
Liu Cuihong's family's two acres of land had already been planted, after all, the land was limited.
On the first day, several members of her family came together to cultivate the land.
Liu Cuihong glanced at Aunt Wang, who was working with only two people next to her, and said all sorts of proud words.
As a result, before he could be proud for just one day, all three of his sons came back late at night.
The next day, three strong men came puffing and left her house far behind.
It’s because Aunt Wang has three sons, while I only have one son now.
Liu Cuihong became withdrawn again.
When Old Man Wang found his three sons at the quarry and told them about the current situation, the three sons were very excited.
Because the work in the quarry is so hard, no one would want to do it unless they really couldn't make a living there.
They heard that there was such an opportunity now, and the three of them had saved some money.
After hearing that they were asked to go back, the three of them rushed home that night without saying a word.
The youngest boy, San Zhuang, even cried secretly. It really felt so good to be able to stay at home all the time.
For the brother who had worked in a quarry, farming was a piece of cake.
Now all of Aunt Wang’s land has been planted.
The three brothers are preparing to build a compost pit according to the method their mother told them.
After the seeds are planted, compost and fertilizer should be applied as soon as possible so that the seeds can grow well.
The three brothers have been researching it, but since no one around them has started composting, they only have a vague understanding of it.
It happened that on this day, Zhao Jun and her friends came to check the fields near Aunt Wang's house, and they came across the three brothers talking to a pit.
"Isn't it right for us to do this?"
"It's definitely okay, big brother. Just put the straw and manure together to ferment. Look, they're all even."
"Big Brother, second brother, can we not stand here and talk? Don't you think it stinks?"
San Zhuang pinched his nose and looked at his two brothers in a huff.
"Ahem, yes, we've left it there for a day, so it should taste good, right?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang's eyes were wandering, and they refused to admit that they also felt it smelled very bad, even worse than on the first day.
"Ah, you guys don't have a problem with your nose, do you? I just sneaked in here to pee."
San Zhuang said with innocent blinking eyes.
Upon hearing this, the other two stood up and were about to beat up the naughty younger brother.
After standing quietly behind and listening for a while, Zhao Jun couldn't help laughing out loud.
Qingliu and Mengyi couldn't help laughing.
After hearing the voice, the three brothers turned their heads and saw a few people they had never seen before.
"Who are you?"
Da Zhuang asked first.
"We are the people sent by the state to check on your cotton farming. You are composting it now."
Zhao Jun asked with a smile. The three brothers looked silly and funny.
"So it's the lord sent by the prefecture. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
The eldest brother showed some understanding and pulled his younger brothers to kneel down.
Zhao Jun hurriedly asked them to stand up.
"Your Excellency, our cotton has already been planted and is now being composted. I just don't know how the pile is doing."
Er Zhuang answered the question immediately.
Zhao Jun had just listened to the whole process and now stood on the edge of the field and looked at it from a distance. She didn't want to get close to the pit right now.
However, Zhao Jun took a quick look and felt that there was no big problem.
"You're stacking it correctly, but you need to add some water after a couple of days, and also."
“There’s no need to add manure during the stacking process, as it will affect the final result.”
She reminded cryptically.
After hearing this, Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang glared at their younger brother sternly.
San Zhuang lowered his head and nodded vigorously.
After talking to them, Zhao Jun looked at the fields of several families nearby and found that there were basically no problems with the crops.
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She narrowed her eyes. Why did it seem like there was still a piece of empty land? Didn’t she get the seeds?
Zhao Jun was slightly puzzled, but didn't think much about it. He thought maybe he missed the chance.
Just when she and the three brothers finished their trip and were about to go somewhere else, they suddenly heard the three brothers shouting something in unison.
Zhao Jun was startled by the sound and turned his head to look.
It turned out that the three brothers were greeting the two people who were walking over.
She paused as she was leaving.
Among the two people walking over from a distance, one of them seemed to be Dos, the first woman from outside the Great Wall who came that day.
Because Meng Yi had specifically contacted her for this, she remembered it very clearly.
Zhao Jun glanced at Meng Yi, who obviously recognized him and nodded silently.
Zhao Jun looked carefully again.
Is the man next to Nados her husband in Beidi County?
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