Chapter 221: Preparation for Winter
The second son and his wife were both good workers. They finished harvesting and transporting the sweet potatoes from one acre of land in one and a half days.
They transported all the sweet potatoes to the backyard and began to sort them. They picked out the damaged ones and put them outside separately, and stored all the intact ones in the cellar.
When the land was idle, Bai Yunxi asked her son to fertilize the fields. She took out half a bag of chemical fertilizer from the storage cabinet and mixed it with farmyard manure to plow the land again.
Directly sow winter wheat.
The only two acres of land were planted with winter wheat by Bai Yunxi. They only needed to irrigate and fertilize once in the spring of next year, and then they could wait for the harvest.
After the land at home was planted and the sweet potatoes were stored in the cellar, they continued to open up the wasteland in the remaining time.
When they took a break, they transported the fallen leaves that had accumulated for several years in the mountains and forests to the bottom of the hillside and piled them together to ferment into fertilizer.
The family worked together and spent another half a month to finally open up all the wasteland. After that, they transformed the wasteland into terraces and brought in mountain spring water.
Compared with the west slope, the east slope is more convenient because there is no need to dig a reservoir. There is a ready-made ditch next to the slope, and irrigation can be done by bringing water in.
Bringing water into the ditch not only makes it convenient for their family, but also irrigates all the fields near the ditch.
Although Bai Yunxi doesn't like to deal with the villagers, in order to avoid the villagers deliberately destroying the bamboo canal, she can only accept it.
After all, this is a good thing for everyone, so no one wants to destroy it.
If it is only convenient for her family, even if she squats in the canal every day, she can't avoid those saboteurs coming to make trouble.
After all these were done, winter had completely arrived. The leaves in the forest turned yellow, and fell down with a rustling sound when the wind blew.
Bai Yunxi looked at the wasteland that had been cleaned up, irrigated it with mountain spring water first, and then waved his hand,
"After the work, let's go home and rest for two days, and then continue to go into the mountains to find things. We must store enough food before the snow falls. There are many of us, and the more abundant the reserves, the more at ease we will feel."
Several people listened to Bai Yunxi's instructions and nodded in agreement. Only with enough food in winter can we spend the winter at ease.
Bai Anyan looked back at the desolate forest, "Mom, the fruits in the forest are rotten, and there are probably not many to eat. Mom has to be mentally prepared."
Since the family fell into poverty, Mom has led them to live with a high-spirited momentum.
Now that winter has arrived, food is not as abundant as in autumn. He is worried that if Mom can't find food, will she be worried and discouraged?
Bai Yunxi looked at them and chuckled.
"What are you afraid of? There are no fruits on the trees, but there are just enough fruits underground, especially those foods like yam and sweet potato, which are all hidden in the soil. We need to dig carefully."
"Last time when I went to Baohetang to sell autumn pear paste, I told the doctor that if we dig up wild yam, make it ourselves, and then take it to the pharmacy, the price will be higher."
Li listened to her mother-in-law's reminder and immediately agreed,
"I know this. Last time, my mother specifically asked the doctor. While it's not snowing, we will go to the mountains to dig. We will definitely not find wild yam."
Bai Yunxi looked at the enthusiastic appearance of several people and felt much more at ease.
After talking and laughing, they returned home. Looking at the shack at home, Bai Yunxi slapped his forehead and almost forgot about the business.