After the grains are harvested and stored, the time comes to plow the fields, level the land, and make the fields flat.
Before that, you need to take the farmyard manure you've accumulated to the field and spread it from top to bottom. Only after spreading it can you turn the soil over. When you turn the soil over and cover it, the fertilizer will be buried under the soil, so that the soil will have nutrients when you plant corn.
Because harvesting wheat leaves a lot of stubble, it has to be cleared away one by one with a hoe. If you have an ox or a donkey, you can pull the plow to plow the land, which is much easier. But they don't have any, so each of them has to hold one ox or donkey and go to the field to turn the soil before dawn every day.
If it rains, you can save some effort because the wet ground is easier to turn over. But if it's still hot and the ground is hard, your hands will probably be in bad shape. The blisters from harvesting wheat haven't even healed yet, and you might get even more pudding or blisters.
Farming is never as easy as you might imagine. Turning the soil with a shovel is not only laborious, but you might also find that the soil dries out on one side while the other side is dry. In this case, although the soil is loose and easier to plant, it is not conducive to corn germination if there is no water.
If you're lucky, and a rain comes after you've finished tilling, you'll have to quickly take advantage of the moisture to plant the corn.
That's why people say that people rely on the weather for their livelihood. If they're lucky and it rains, the corn will absorb the nutrients well and grow well. Only if the sprouts grow well can the corn grow strong and thick.
If you're unlucky, you'll have to figure out how to water the plants yourself, which is terrible. You have to pull a cart with buckets of water hanging on it, one by one, then pull it to the ground and pour the water in bucket by bucket. You're lucky if you don't die from exhaustion during this process.
Every time Xiao Jiu sees how hard everyone works, she wants to take out the good things in her space to help them recover, but reality prevents her from doing so.
Now she has even made it a habit to wash every styrofoam box she empties and fill it with well water, which she scoops in ladle by ladle. Although she knows it doesn't solve the fundamental problem, at least her warehouse has water when needed.
If it provides temporary relief, then it's a temporary gain.
After all, the famine at the end of the year, although not as severe as the one before the founding of the People's Republic of China, still resulted in the loss of many lives.
She tested her warehouse and found it could be used as a space, capable of preserving freshness and freezing time. No matter how long she stayed inside, it wouldn't affect the time outside; there was no time difference. Even if she stayed in the space for ten hours, the time outside would be calculated from the moment she entered and exited, not from how long she stayed inside. Essentially, the flow of time in the space only existed in her consciousness and not in reality.
To put it more bluntly, if she wanted to, she could stay inside for ten days, and the outside world would only be calculating the few seconds it would take for her to come in and out.
That's like she's carrying a giant time-cheating device!
After she enters the space, although she cannot see what is happening outside, time outside will temporarily stand still because she enters the space. Time will only start to recalculate after she leaves.
Having more time meant she had plenty of time to do what she wanted and read what she wanted. This was something she could never have dreamed of in her past life. Only those who have experienced it know how precious time is for studying medicine.
Therefore, being able to carry such a time-cheat device was even more exciting for her than the entire space full of supplies.
What was that saying that Guo Degang often said again? You can lack academic qualifications, but you can't lack culture.
She was in the right age range for this life, which means that even if she continues her studies, she can only finish high school at the earliest, and after that, it will be difficult.
However, being able to attend high school in this era already puts you ahead of many others.
The space is unaffected by external temperature or time of day, and is as bright as day. Although there is no electricity, the cold storage remains in the state she brought with her. It can be opened, and the contents inside will not melt. It is so cold that it will freeze people to death. The sealed cold storage, even without electricity, is still her cold storage. The cold air does not escape, and it is as cold as an ancient ice cellar. This will bring her certain business opportunities.
She had already taken the books her brothers were reading and looked at them; they were much simpler than the ones she had learned when she was a child.
They need to learn multiple subjects such as Chinese, math, English, science, and moral education in primary school. Primary school here is divided into two stages.
Although it is also six years, it is divided into lower primary school and upper primary school. Lower primary school is grades one to four, and upper primary school is grades five and six.
The reason for such detailed classification is that in the early days of the People's Republic of my country, the illiteracy rate reached 80% or even higher.
Therefore, this is directly related to the literacy classes that are currently being held.
According to Xiaojiu's understanding, finishing primary school is basically equivalent to finishing a literacy class. If you finish higher primary school, it is equivalent to primary school level. Because in this era, the focus is on the level of education. Even if you study up to the fourth grade but don't finish, you still have primary school level. If you study up to junior high school but don't finish, you are still considered to have junior high school level.
She took a look at her brother's textbooks, which were divided into "Chinese Language," "Arithmetic," "Abacus Calculation," "History," and "General Knowledge." The textbooks were rich in the characteristics of the times, starting with the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, progressing with stories of heroic figures, and ending with model workers. Each grade had its own characteristics. The textbooks were very meaningful and interesting. The illustrations also showed the artistic skills and style of this era. The textbooks included traditional Chinese characters, many of which she recognized but could not write, which gave her a good opportunity to familiarize herself with them in advance.
So when I couldn't sleep at night, I would secretly take the textbooks my brothers had used and read them, and even practice them, just so that I could save more time to familiarize myself with other things in the future.
The textbooks are entirely black and white, with no color printing, and the paper quality is also quite poor. The printing style is very characteristic of that era.
In their family, the textbooks were used by the eldest brother, then the second brother, then the third brother, and so on. Nothing was wasted. They cherished these textbooks and kept them in good condition.
After all, it's not easy to get an education these days, and people will never buy a new book if they already have one.
Education has always been one of the most important expenses for families, and both adults and children are aware of the need to save money whenever possible.
Especially for sensible children, those who often can't find their books and tear them up, it's impossible for them to do well in school.
Therefore, the path of education not only tests parents' financial strength, but also allows them to observe whether their child is suited for studying and whether it is necessary to insist on letting him continue studying.
Take the three children of the Tao family for example. With Tao Zui leading the way, the first three children are doing reasonably well in their studies. They may not be the best, but they are at least not at the bottom and dragging the class down. Their parents have never been called in. The youngest one is still in the preschool class, so it's hard to tell what he'll be like.
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