Chapter 122

"Isn't this Xu Qing?"

When an old farmer carrying water passed by Xu Qing, he was surprised and said, "you've come back. The boy of the Li family has been to your house for many times in the past two days, but I haven't seen you. I'll tell him that you're back."

The old farmer said with a smile, carrying water to go back.

Xu Qing said, "no, I'll go by myself. Thank you."

"Good, good." The old farmer nodded.

Li Zhuang must have been looking for her because of firewood.

Now Li Zhuang picked up the trees a month in advance, dried them and sent them to her. She suddenly stopped business. Li Zhuang didn't know what to do.

It's not far from Li Zhuang's home. Xu Qing went there by herself. She was carrying an empty basket in her hand to visit people. It wasn't very nice.

When Xu Qing passed by, Li Zhuang and his father went to the mountain to dig herbs. Recently, the children in the family always cough. Xu Qing knows that this is because the weather is getting drier and drier.

Sister Li said she was going to call Li Zhuang back. She was stopped by Xu Qing. She was not in a hurry to find someone on so many mountains.

Li Zhuang's yard is covered with wood, some of which are fresh, some of which have not been completely dried.

"These quick dried ones were cut more than a month ago, and these more fashionable ones were cut half a month ago," Li said

Xu Qing looked at it and estimated that it would add up to about 3000 Jin.

She asked, "leave your own. Can I have the rest?"

Li sister-in-law Leng for a while, look surprised: "do you still wish to accept?"

Xu Qing nodded: "it's good to keep it and cook it by yourself. These are good firewood, but I'll take the last batch. I'll tell you when I plan to make cakes again in the future."

Sister Li nodded again and again: "good!

"Send it to me when it's dry." After Xu Qing said that, he left and went back.

There is nothing good to entertain Xu Qing at home. Sister Li is embarrassed to send Xu Qing to the door.

After thinking about it, Xu Qing said, "sister-in-law, you don't know when it will rain this day. Remember to save more grain and water at home. If you don't have enough money, come to me and borrow some. Then you can get the money for the wood."

No matter whether she really needs to borrow money or not, sister-in-law Li gratefully said, "well, thank you, Xu Qing!"

After Xu Qing left, sister-in-law Li looked at the firewood all over the floor and showed a happy smile.

Their family makes a lot of money selling firewood. It's very hard to make it. But there are many people in the family. Li Zhuang has no strength. His father and his uncle go on. Every time they weigh firewood, they are the happiest time in their family. They are excited to figure out how much money they can make.

After returning home, Xu Qing went to the stream on the back mountain to have a look. It used to be more than half a meter deep, but now there is only more than ten centimeters left. Fortunately, the water is still clear, but I don't know how long it will last. If the water here is broken, the vegetables in her garden will be yellow.

At that time, she can't take out the water in the space to pour vegetables, otherwise she will be seen by people. How can she explain where the water comes from.

In the past, there were a lot of fish and shrimp in the stream, but now none of them can be seen, and I don't know if I will swim down the stream.

Xu Qing went to see the vegetable garden at home again. In early spring, she decided to grow more staple food and less vegetables. The vegetables she ate at home could be provided in the space, which was more than enough.

So in the two and a half Mu vegetable garden, Xu Qing only planted five rows of vegetables, and the rest were planted with corn, wheat, millet and sweet potato.

At present, these things only grow stems and leaves, but they haven't begun to blossom and fruit. They all droop their heads, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

If there is a rain at this time, these seedlings are full of water, and they will be able to straighten their waists and hold their heads high.

After going back, Xu Qing and Li Changting went into the space to put the materials they brought back today in the cellar, and the rest in the two rooms on the second floor.

They bought 2000 Jin of white flour and rice alone, and the rest were miscellaneous things such as clothes, seeds and seasonings.

Two thousand catties of rice and white flour are the portion of Xu Qing's family of three and Li Jinmei's family of three, a total of six people a year.

Other people will certainly support more than six people, but Li Changting can't afford to support three people.

Xu Qing also wants to buy more for a rainy day, but in case the weather suddenly turns better, it will be a waste if he can't eat more.

After packing, Xu Qing took a hoe to widen the pond that Li Changting had dug a little and a half last time.

When Li Changting built a wooden house, he dug out a rudiment of the pond by the way. First, he made a small pond one meter deep and two meters wide for experiment.

Xu Qing poured water into the small pond, but the leakage was too serious.

At the beginning, water was injected while leaking downward. Slowly, the speed of water leakage slowed down. However, no matter how much water was injected, over a long period of time, it would still permeate all the water to the ground in three or five days.After a month's experiment, Xu Qing finally gave up.

After the dream of pond fish and lotus root was broken, Xu Qing didn't want to forget it. Now he is planning to make a paddy field to grow rice.

The requirement of paddy field is not as high as that of pond. Even if the water seeps down, as long as the mud is still wet and soft, the rice can still live well.

Even in terms of the high quality of the land in the space, upland rice may grow well, but it is only a matter of frequent watering.

The paddy field does not need to be too deep. The height between the ridge and the bottom of the field is about knee high enough. It doesn't matter if it is shorter.

Li Changting wanted to help, but his legs were inconvenient. Xu Qing refused to let him down and threw him out of the space.

Xu Qingdu piles up the excavated soil in a corner, and then picks up a few dishes to grow something.

It took Xu Qing five days to clean up a 150 square meter paddy field day and night, and then he poured water into it.

The land in the space is a thick layer of soil, soft on the top and tight on the bottom. Xu Qing doesn't know where the water will eventually flow after it penetrates into the ground.

She didn't plan to use Lingquan. She was reluctant to use it. She was also worried about the problem of pumping Lingquan too hard.

Xu Qing is still interested in the stream of Houshan. She reaches into the stream and collects the water flowing to her hands into the space.

She comes out of the field of space, where she comes out, where she goes back in, and where things will appear.

However, the current of the stream is small. Xu Qing is too tired to squat. He moves a bench from home and sits in the stream. He takes off his shoes and socks and puts his feet into the stream.

Xu Qing looked at it and suddenly laughed.

Sorry, it's all her foot lotion.

However, she is not worried that the water will pollute the space. After all, she is still raising so many livestock in the space, and livestock manure is directly discharged on the ground.