Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 372: Cultivating Corn Seedlings

Finally, Meng Xiuer put the prepared preserved eggs into the basket one by one.

When the basket was full, Chunzhi carried it to the cellar and placed them one by one in a large urn.

Just when they were busy and having fun, there were suddenly several knocks on the door outside the yard.

An Yue walked to the gate of the yard and heard a commotion outside.

She asked, "Who is it?"

"Yueyue, we have something important to discuss with you. Yueyue, open the door for us."

An Yue looked through the crack in the door and saw that they were all villagers, so she opened the door.

A slightly plump woman hugged An Yue's arm and said, "Yue Yue, I heard that you bought a lot of corn seeds. Give some to us!"

An Yue frowned and asked, "Who told you that?"

The thinner woman standing in the back said, "Of course it's your grandmother."

An Yue and her sister-in-law Meng Xiuer looked at each other.

Then, he turned to the ladies and said, "Aunts, I bought these corn seeds by chance. My family plans to plant them ourselves."

It turned out that it was Zizai's family who told the story. They heard that An Yue had bought corn seeds, so they wanted to get a bargain.

The women still refused to give in and tried to persuade An Yue with both soft and hard methods.

An Yue's face darkened and she said, "Aunts, Yueyue really doesn't have any extra seeds, please go back, aunts!"

The slightly plump woman said, "Yueyue, you promised us before that you would do your best to help us."

"Yes! But the corn seeds Yueyue has now are only enough for Yueyue to grow at home."

"Yueyue, just even it out!"

An Yue sighed and said, "Aunts, if you continue to act unreasonably like this, Yue Yue will ask the village chief to come and judge the matter!"

After hearing this, the women left grumbling.

An Yue shook her head helplessly, closed the gate, turned back to the yard and continued making preserved eggs with Chunzhi, Meng Xiuer and others.

After An Yue sat down, she muttered unhappily, "Grandma is also true, why do you tell everything to others!"

"Yes! If this matter is made public and others come to the door to deal with it, it will be really difficult." Meng Xiuer responded.

An Yue said thoughtfully: "It seems that I need to remind her."

......

After a busy afternoon, all the duck eggs were processed.

An Yue raised her arm to wipe the sweat from her cheeks and began to clean up the puddle on the ground.

An Yue said as she washed her hands, "In the days ahead, our family will have to devote all of our energy to growing corn."

Chunzhi swept the dirt on the ground and responded with a smile: "Well, okay, Chunzhi will listen to you, young lady."

Meng Xiuer raised her hand and looked at the sky, then said, "Yueyue, it's getting late. I'll go prepare dinner now."

At this time, the sunset in the sky is colorful, with orange, red, and light yellow intertwined together, which is beautiful beyond words.

After tidying up the yard, An Yue placed the dried corn seeds in a ceramic basin and then poured warm water into it to soak.

......

Day two.

A hint of fish belly appeared in the sky, and the family got up early.

Sister-in-law Meng Xiuer and An Nian are preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

An Yue led Da Niu A'er and several others in the yard, some of them carried wood ash, some carried water, and some carried soil.

Everything was ready. An Yue asked Daniu and A'er to pour water on the ground in small amounts several times and mix it with wood ash and soil.

An Yue scratched her head, always feeling that the soil was too compact and lacked air permeability when growing corn seedlings with mud balls.

Then she remembered that there were still wheat husks in the east ear room.

She said to Chunzhi, "Chunzhi, go and fetch a shovel of wheat husks from the east ear room."

"Okay, miss." Chunzhi stood up and patted the ashes on her hands, then walked towards the east ear room with a dustpan.

After a while, Chunzhi brought a handful of wheat husks.

An Yue picked up the dustpan and poured a little wheat husk into the pile of mud mixed with wood ash.

Then he said to his grandmother and aunt, "Stir this pile of soil evenly."

An Yue pointed to the empty space nearby and said, "Daniu Ale, you two should clean up and level that area."

......

Soon, everything is ready.

An Yue sat on a low stool and began to grab a handful of concrete with her hands, kneading the soil into a mud ball.

The mud ball was the size of a goose egg, and a hole was poked in the middle of it with a finger.

Finally, place the mud ball flat on the open space.

The aunt looked at An Yue and asked in confusion, "Yue Yue, we have been busy for a while, what are you going to do?"

"Growing corn seedlings." An Yue answered concisely.

After hearing this, the aunt couldn't help but sneered: "Mom, did you hear that? Yueyue said that this is to cultivate corn seedlings."

She smiled, shook her head and continued, "Yueyue, you are really a little girl. You have to play with mud before you can plant the land. We have been planting the land for decades. Why should we go through so much trouble to plant corn? Mom, don't you agree?"

After saying this, the aunt looked at her mother-in-law.

Zhou just glared at her daughter-in-law Zhang without saying a word, signaling Zhang to talk less and do more.

Because An Yue said something to her last night and told her to stop talking nonsense outside, her grandmother kept silent today.

At this time, Chunzhi and Daniu and others on the side imitated Anyue and started to make mud balls.

Seeing that her mother-in-law ignored her and everyone was looking at her, the aunt-in-law had no choice but to lower her head and do as An Yue asked.

An Nian ran from the kitchen to An Yue and said, "Sister, it's time for breakfast!"

"okay."

After An Yue finished speaking, she said to everyone: "Let's go have breakfast first!"

Everyone stood up and washed their hands. An Nian stood in front of An Yue and asked, "Sister, Nian Nian also wants to make mud balls."

"Okay! After breakfast, Niannian will join us." With that, the brother and sister started walking towards the bluestone slabs in the yard.

It's daybreak.

After the family had breakfast.

After feeding the poultry and livestock, everyone went back to making mud balls.

......

An hour passed.

The sun was already high in the sky, and the space was filled with mud balls, and the concrete had just been kneaded.

An Yue stood up, rubbed the dirt off her hands, and said, "Okay, now we have to put the soaked corn seeds into the mud balls."

After everyone rested for a while, An Yue went to check the soaked corn seeds.

She picked up a few corns with her hands, examined them carefully, and felt that the seeds needed to be soaked some more.

An Yue said to everyone, "Let's drink some water, put on our backpacks and go to the back mountain with me."

"Okay, miss." Chunzhi stood up and went to get the backpack.

An Yue added: "Chunzhi, remember to bring all the bamboo rakes."

Chunzhi turned around and asked curiously, "Miss, are we going to the back hill to collect firewood?"

An Yue turned around and smiled as she explained to Chun Zhi: