Chapter 1043: The Lazy and Bad Sister-in-law of a Blessed Farm Girl (38)

Xu Yin smiled brightly at him: "Okay! Then we won't read. Let's learn a few more words and not be blind!"

 The two of them went to the lotus pond to inspect the work progress of their cousins.

Lin Xiyun: “…”

I don’t know why, but he only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning. Although the Cui family prepared snacks for him during class, he hadn’t used them yet, but he felt full at the moment.

Xu Sanqiu shook his head: "Second sister is indeed the second sister, she has been so free in school!"

He really wanted to run away. Going up the mountain to chop firewood or go to the fields to farm was more comfortable than sitting upright and listening to his teacher's lecture.

But Lin Xiyun asked: "Brother Xu, do you also remember the words taught in the last class?"

 Xu Sanqiu replied weakly: "No..."

 “Then please take a seat! It’s time for recess.”

　　　…”

Goudan and others covered their mouths and snickered.

Xu Sanqiu was annoyed: "Why are you laughing? Do you all remember those words?"

　　　…”

　　Well, I don’t remember everything.

 The boys quickly sat upright.

Lin Xiyun glanced at the girl sitting quietly in the corner trying to read, her eyebrows softened, and she cleared her throat: "Let's continue the class..."

Over there, Xu Yin followed Comrade Xiaojin to the wetland outside the lotus pond.

 While walking, the two of them guessed the words they learned in the previous class for each other to deepen their impression.

 When we arrived at the wetland, we heard from a distance that several cousins ​​were envious of Dawa Village while working:

"I heard that Dawa Village is going to build a collective lotus pond. Each household will contribute to growing lotus roots and raising ducks, and they will share the money after selling them at the end of the year. It would be great if our village can build one anytime, so we can save ourselves the trouble of having to go to town to find one. live."

“There is no lake in our village. What would we do without a lake?”

 “That’s right...”

“Look, isn’t this land quite fertile? In our village, how could this kind of land be left vacant and no one would want it?”

“This is called a wetland. There are wetlands everywhere in Dawa Village, and so is Xiaowa Village next door. Our village is all dry land.”

“There is still sandy land in our village, and the weeds at the foot of the front mountain don’t even grow.”

　　When mentioning the barren sandy land, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

It's only ten miles apart. Why is the gap so big?

Xu Yinxin said: That’s because the terrain in Meihua Village, especially the area in Qianqian Mountain, is high, and any rain that falls flows to Xiaowa Village. There is not much groundwater, which causes the soil to become dry and sandy, making it impossible to grow anything over time.

However, you can grow watermelons.

 Watermelons do not care about the soil, and even sandy soil is more suitable for its growth.

"I have a few melon seeds here. I bought them in Chunzhou Prefecture last year. I heard from the stall owner that they were introduced from the Western Regions and are suitable for planting in sandy land. However, they are not viable in paddy fields. Do you want them?" Last summer, Xu Yin I just miss the big watermelon that is sweet and juicy and refreshing after the well water town.

Later I bought watermelon seeds in Chunzhou Prefecture and planned to plant them in spring, but the land in Dawa Village was not very suitable for growing watermelons.

The only acre of dry land at home was reluctant to be freed, so after hesitation, he put it aside for now, thinking about making a decision after spring.

As a result, I have been busy with this and that since the spring plowing, and I even forgot about the watermelon.

If Meihua Village could grow watermelons, she would not hesitate to give them the seeds so that they would have ready-made watermelons to eat in the future. How great!

Her cousins ​​all exclaimed:

 “What? Are there any seeds suitable for planting in sand?”

Then what are you waiting for! Of course!

Xu Yin gave them the watermelon seeds.

The melon seeds she gave were not those sold to her by Chunzhou Prefecture stalls, but the best seeds stocked in the system warehouse that had been cultivated for several generations. They not only tasted good, but also had a high germination rate.

Although the cousins ​​don’t know what kind of melon this is, since it is a melon seed, they still know how to grow it.

So, when going back, one person brought back a few watermelon seeds. Xu Yin asked Xu Lidong, the leader, to bring a few pills to her third brother.

With the mentality of giving it a try, after the melon seeds sprouted, they were planted in the sandy soil at the foot of the mountain in front of Meihua Village where the birds were too lazy to stay.

 Each person dug a ridge and transplanted the melon seedlings there.

When other people in Meihua Village saw it, they laughed at them: "You still want to grow vegetables and melons in a place where no weeds grow? You are so busy. Just look at it, or you will die in the sun in two days."

However, half a month later, someone passed by there accidentally and found that the sandy ground was covered with green melon vines. Plum Blossom Village was boiling!

　　The villagers gathered collectively at the homes of Xu Lidong, Xu Sanqiu and others and asked them what kind of melon they planted in the sand, and it actually grew. The vines had thick heads and looked very strong.

"I don't know what kind of melon it is. It was Erya who gave it to us. Didn't she accompany my second brother-in-law to Chunzhou Prefecture last year? She bought it there. The vendor who sold her melon seeds said they came from the Western Regions. Brought.”

 “Hey, dear! How can the melon seeds from the Western Regions survive here?”

“Sanqiu, when the melons are ripe, leave a few seeds for me later!”

“It’s the beginning of winter, can you leave a few for us?”

Xu Sanqiu and others still don’t know how to save melon seeds in the Western Regions, so they dare not agree. They only said that they will wait until the melons are ripe. If it is convenient to save seeds, they will definitely leave a few seeds for them.

In this way, other villagers in Meihua Village are more looking forward to the ripening of watermelons than Xu Sanqiu and others. They all want to see what the melons in the Western Regions look like and whether they have many seeds. Is it enough to share with them?

However, they could not get any melon seeds this year because County Magistrate Chen heard that a patch of green melon vines had been planted in the sandy land of Meihua Village. After detailed inquiries, he learned that the seeds of the melon vines belonged to Cui Mengjin and his wife. I bought the melon seeds from the Western Regions when I went to see a doctor in Chunzhou Prefecture, and immediately asked the government officials to take care of the melon field.

As for Xu Sanqiu, several melon growers became melon growers hired by county government officials. When the melon is ripe and the stems fall off, you can receive a reward.

When Xu Sanqiu came to Xu Yin's house for literacy class, she was very happy when she mentioned this: "This is the first time I have been so close to the county magistrate. He even drank a bowl of water at my house! My milk even drank the county magistrate. I hid the water bowl as a treasure and said that it would be our family’s heirloom from now on.”

 Xu Yin: “…”

Even if the county magistrate has never drank it, it can still become a family heirloom if it is passed down for hundreds or thousands of years.

"By the way, second sister, I am now a melon grower hired by the government. I have to guard the melon fields every day. Can I not come to class?" Xu Sanqiu asked Xu Yin tentatively.

This guy is really racking his brains to skip class all the time.

Xu Yin glanced at him: "Brother Lidong and the others are also government-employed melon growers, why don't they still come to work here?"

　　　…”

Xu Yin ignored him and discussed with Lin Xiyun: "The summer harvest is about to start. After the next class, the literacy class will have a half-month holiday for busy farming, and then resume after the summer harvest. Three days later, which is the last class before busy farming, we will not There is a new class, and we will hold a literacy competition to summarize and commend the learning in the past few days."

 (End of this chapter)