bookcurios Chapter 130 Daily life
Chapter 130 Daily life
Mu Xuan, who had already planted peanuts and corn, took the initiative to take on the task of guiding the farmhands in sowing.
Dad Yun held up a few potatoes that had already sprouted and said, "Everything else is easy to deal with, but should we just bury this big lump in the soil?"
Yun Xi: "That's such a waste! If you cut it, each bud is one, and one lump can be used to plant several."
"It's a good thing you came. Otherwise I would have buried it."
Yun Xi went to check on the vegetables she had planted the last time she came. They were all growing well. The cucumbers had been put up on the trellis, the tomatoes had grown quite tall, and the watermelons were about to bloom. In two months, she would be able to eat them one after another.
The growing period of these things is three to four months, and in the summer, she can even eat watermelon. It’s a beautiful thought.
This time she brought out the Qilin melon seeds, which are not too big, weighing only about ten pounds each. Next year, she might bring out the Zhongwei Selenium Sand melon seeds, which are larger, weighing more than thirty pounds each.
Yun Xi said to the system: "Design a water conservancy and irrigation system for my father's small estate."
Rice fields need to be replenished with water regularly, and relying solely on manual labor is too tiring.
"Okay, leave it to me."
Everyone was busy. Mu Sheng and Yun Xi took Mu Jinyan for a stroll, looking here and there.
There are several apricot trees in the farm. The apricots have begun to turn yellow and some can be picked.
Yun Xi asked someone to pick some, washed them and tasted them. They tasted surprisingly good, not too sour. She gave some to Mu Jinyan, who said, "Not as good as Zhuying. Zhuying is sweeter than this."
Yun Xi expressed her approval.
She had eaten red cherries more than ten days ago. They tasted sweet and sour, very pure, and she liked them very much. She ate some every day. She also instructed Aunt Zhong to make a few jars of cherry jam.
Mu Jinyan likes to eat cherry jam very much. In the morning, she likes to dip her steamed buns in cherry jam, and she also likes to drink cherry jam soaked in water.
"We can make apricot jam when we get home. It's just as delicious as cherry jam. Just add a little more sugar."
"Hmm."
Although the child thought it didn't taste very good, he still ate the apricots until his mouth was full of juice, and only washed his hands after he finished eating.
After playing for a while, Mu Jinyan was eager to try it out, and wanted to go to the field to try it out. Mu Sheng took him there.
The scene of enthusiastic work is actually very contagious.
Yun Xi then picked some wild grass and weaved it into a straw hat, dotted it with a few small flowers, and inserted some large leaves around it as a brim.
She handed it to the maid and said, "Give it to the young master to wear, don't let our tender faces get tanned."
Although it's not summer yet, I feel like the UV index is already very high. Without sunscreen, my skin feels uncomfortable, so I quickly go back to my room.
Her love for nature is flexible: she loves it when she feels comfortable, but hides away when she feels uncomfortable.
Mu Jinyan ran more happily than anyone else wearing a small straw hat. Children are really not afraid of the sun.
By the time the work was done, no one had any image left.
The group stayed at the farm until evening before returning.
Mu Xuan rushed back to his own courtyard to take a shower and change clothes, Mu Sheng carried Mu Jinyan to the outer courtyard to take a shower, and Yun Xi went back to her room to take a shower. Although she was not so embarrassed, she still had to take a shower and take care of her skin.
While taking a bath, I reviewed recent events.
Today, Yun's father told her that the oil mill is now operating normally. In addition to purchasing soybeans to squeeze oil and sell, they have also opened a small oil mill to help nearby villagers squeeze oil. They can pay a little processing fee, and if they really don't have any, they can pay with soybeans.
Her father also opened a shop in the city, selling refined oil, as well as fried food, such as shredded radish meatballs, and the business was very good. The main reason was that the smell of fried food was so attractive.
Yun Xi introduced to him the method of frying dough sticks and fried cakes. He said that he could open a food store next to the oil mill and sell some snacks.
Her father also collected a lot of piglets from everywhere, because the soybean oil production produced a lot of bean dregs, which could feed a lot of pigs. Yun Zhen has been very busy recently, and he also has to repair the pig pen, otherwise when the pigs grow up, they will not be able to be raised.
Mu Sheng told him a few days ago that the fish pond had been dug and filled with water, and the traps made earlier had already caught a lot of fish and shrimp and put them in. Everyone also wanted to practice rowing, so they went to the middle of the river to help her catch some.
Yun Xi stopped this action, it was unnecessary. Because most of Mu Sheng's men were landlubbers, it would be bad if they fell into the river. The river looked calm on the surface, but it was actually quite deep in the middle and the current was fast.
Besides, she has the system to help her.
She asked Mu Sheng to leave a few people to help her look after the fish pond, and gave him a recipe for fish feed.
"When the fish are well raised, I will share 3% of the profits with everyone."
Mu Sheng looked at the recipe that didn't cost too much and said with a smile, "If you can do it right, it will be a huge profit."
Fish and shrimp are caught in the river, and the cost of fish food is also very low.
Yun Xi pursed her lips. In fact, she didn’t really want to earn this money because it was all hard-earned money.
But who made her poor? She still needed to accumulate some capital in the early stage. When she made some money, she would open a few shops in the city and do other things. She would then slowly transfer and spread these basic industries.