novelaction Chapter 1006 Burning Incense
Chapter 1006 Burning Incense
There are so many vehicles sitting idle anyway, so they might as well go out to various places to collect dust and night fragrance. The whole village has a very strong smell.
Fortunately, it was all worth it, and these things were slowly used up after the spring.
The spring plowing is over, and I think there won’t be much left, and the stench is disappearing little by little.
The remaining land is more than 60 hectares, which is large, but in the entire Nanhe, there was only such a piece of land left for growing rice last year. If the rice is planted well, more suitable land will be left after autumn.
After all, growing rice is her strong point. Under her management, the yield of rice has always been higher than that of wheat.
Looking all the way, the field ridges were built solid and there was no leakage anywhere.
With more than 60 hectares, it is definitely not enough to see every piece of land.
She picked up some land and looked at it before going to the farm. The rice seeds were already prepared, and she asked for everything to be prepared.
After lunch, we started soaking the rice seeds.
Quanzi said on the side: "Master, everything else is easy to prepare, but horse bones are hard to find, and more are needed every year. I guess it will be even harder to find them later."
"Horse bones?" Zhou Guo was stunned. After thinking about it, it seemed that horse bones were not so easy to get, especially in large quantities like they needed every year. This kind of thing was usually only found on battlefields and in military camps. Who among ordinary people had horse bones at home?
The dead horses were eaten and their bones were buried in the wilderness, where they either rotted or were dug out and eaten by something.
But the military camp battlefield...
"Don't worry about it. I'll find a way to deal with this." She gained a lot from this trip to the south, but one of the biggest gains was finding a godfather, who also gave her a seal.
There is definitely no other place to find horse bones, but at the border, they are piled up like mountains, and bringing them back is just the right way to put them to good use.
Quan Zi breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes, Brother Jiang also sent people to look for it, but they didn't find much. It's barely enough for this year, but not for next year."
Zhou Guo said: "I know, this thing is not available in ordinary places."
She watched them mix the ingredients step by step, pouring the seeds in to soak them, soaking and drying them over and over again.
This kind of work is not difficult to do, you just need to be more careful.
Therefore, most of the people who do this are women.
Many of them are long-term workers.
Someone who was talkative asked Zhou Guo boldly, "Boss, if you mix this paste, won't the crops get sick?"
They also mix it when they grow their own crops, but they just add some wood ash.
Zhou Guo looked at her in surprise, "Did your family have a quarrel too?"
The woman was a little embarrassed. "Of course it can't be compared with yours. We all make some wood ash water and mix it ourselves. It's all passed down from our ancestors. Every household in our place has been doing this for many years."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Wood ash water is also useful. It's better to soak it before than not. It seems that your family is an old farmer."
"That's right. My father-in-law is the best farmer in the village. The grain he grows on the good land can be half a bushel or a bushel more than that grown by other families in the village. Many people asked him for methods, and he taught them, but those people just couldn't grow the grain. He said, there is no other way to grow this kind of land. You have to put your heart and soul into the land!" The woman became more and more proud as she spoke.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "That's a good idea, old man. How old are you?"
She always has a sense of affinity for people who are good at farming.
The woman's eyes darkened. "He died of illness on the way to escape."
Zhou Guo remained silent.
As they are old, they are unlikely to survive. Her grandparents didn’t survive either, and both died on the road.
Seeing that Zhou Guo was friendly and had no airs at all, the others became a lot bolder.
One woman couldn't help herself and asked with a smile, "Boss, what did you put in this porridge?"
The others looked at her, too.
The young steward was startled, his face turned stern, and he scolded: "You should work hard when I tell you to. Is this what you can find out? Are you going to die?"
The women's faces turned pale with fright. They didn't know why they couldn't ask. In their village, no one would hide this. Everyone shared their farming methods. If anyone had a good method, they would tell others about it.
Why isn't this a matter of inquiry?
Zhou Guo waved his hand at the steward and said to everyone, "It's okay to tell you, but this recipe requires too many things, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it easily."
I will talk about several of them.
Before she finished, the women shook their heads and said, "Forget it, let's just mix it with wood ash and water. If I had these things, I could buy a lot of food, maybe enough to pay the taxes. These things really aren't what we should use. Boss, thank you very much!"
"Yes, it's not only expensive, but also troublesome. The snow water has to be stored from the previous year. I don't have the time. I think the wood ash water is the same."
The key point is that they can’t afford so many things, so it’s better not to use them.
Zhou Guo didn't force it, as these things were really hard to come by.
There is no place to get horse bones.
As for aconite, you have to pay to get it at the pharmacy.
Farming for a year costs money, and even after the harvest you have to pay taxes, so farmers won't be willing to do that.
Zhou Guo just took a few glances and then handed the matter over to Quanzi.
In the second half of the afternoon, he stayed in the study to deal with the important matters that had accumulated over the past few months. There were not many of them, and all the particularly important matters had been dealt with through letters to her. Many of the matters they could decide themselves did not require her involvement, and they were all dealt with in more than half an hour.
Then I found a book and sat in the study to read, drink tea and eat snacks.
This view lasted all afternoon.
Halfway through, Quanzi came in and lit a censer of incense. A thin wisp of smoke rose from the censer and soon filled the entire study.
When the sun set, she stood up from behind the desk, opened the door and went out.
The setting sun dyed the farm with color, and the warm light shone on the wheat leaves, making them shine brightly. For some reason, she missed home very much at this moment.
Quanzi came hurriedly from the field and said, "Master, wait a moment, it's almost time for dinner."
I know she has a big appetite and will feel hungry if she skips a meal.
Zhou Guo asked, "What kind of incense is that incense you light in your study?"
Good boy, she hasn’t even lit incense yet, but this guy has started playing first. However, it is really interesting to have this kind of incense in the study. Although it is not particularly fragrant, wouldn’t it be fragrant if it was replaced with a good incense?
Quan Zi laughed and said, "I just bought it at a perfume shop. It's not expensive. The study smells bad, so I thought of using some incense to fumigate it. Now it smells much better. I don't really know much about perfume, so I bought it especially cheaply."
Zhou Guo looked him up and down, "What a promising future! You are the chief steward of a region, but you can't afford to buy some good incense? Why do you use this broken thing? I remember that I paid you quite a bit of salary every year. During festivals and holidays, you were given red envelopes for good performance. Your annual income is no less than 200 taels, and you have saved quite a bit in the past few years."