Mrs. Liu was a little awkward and said: "I didn't do anything harmful to God. Why didn't God let me get pregnant? You see, you and Lao Wu's family were pregnant, and Lao Wu's family aborted it by themselves, but I

Well...I've been married for so many years, but I haven't even gotten pregnant."

"It has been so difficult at home in the past few years. If you really get pregnant, there is no telling whether you can support her or not." Mrs. Li comforted her and said, "Second sister-in-law, don't be anxious. Don't look at me hugging two children now."

The children are greedy, but you don’t know that in such a small house, they will have to go to the ground and run away after a while, and I don’t know what to do. If you think about my sister-in-law’s predicament at that time, you can foresee what I will do in the future.

The situation we encountered.”

"The third child is taking the seventh child, Dabao, and the second child to the town. When the time comes, the two younger ones can live in their house and choose one of them." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu became anxious for her and also helped.

Got an idea.

"It's not like I won't come back, I can only live here temporarily. But do you think, can it continue like this?"

Ms. Liu shook her head.

"That's it. So, I have nothing else to think about now. I just want to save money. When I have saved enough, I will tell my mother that I want to build a yard next to it."

Mrs. Liu's eyes widened and she couldn't believe it: "You want to separate the family?!"

"Who said that building another courtyard means dividing the family?" Mrs. Li immediately denied it and said, "What I mean is that the courtyard is not enough to live in now. When we all have children, we will not even have a place to stay, and we will definitely have to build a new house.

.I will build one next to it. If my mother wants to live with us, she can live with us. If she doesn’t want to, she can live next to it. I can hear anything happening.”

She also calculated with Mr. Liu how much it would cost to build a courtyard, and based on their current income, how long it would take to earn enough.

But if they can open up more sources and increase their income, they will be able to save enough money to build a new yard soon.

In some new yards, there is no need to worry about having children, and they can afford to raise ten or eight children, which is considered a good thing.

Ms. Liu was in a daze after hearing this. When she left Mr. Li, she completely forgot her "original intention". She only had one thought in the whole yard - I want to make money, build a new yard, and give birth to ten or eight children.

Life seems to have suddenly gained momentum.

Ms. Lin was still worried about her eldest sister. As Ye Yuran said, she discussed it with several sisters-in-law, changed classes, and went to Lujiacun to inquire.

Ye Yuran was afraid that something would happen to her, so she even told Zhu Wu to follow her.

"If anything happens, just come back and call someone."

"Yes, mother." Zhu Wu cursed "Heaven" in his heart, dropped what he was doing and ran out.

He felt that he had been unlucky for several lifetimes to find such a troublesome wife.

But you are already married, so you can’t let go, right?

Zhu Da saw Zhu Wu leaving and looked up.

Except for old man Zhu, Zhu Er and Zhu Si were all called over by Ye Yuran to help in the fields.

What she wants to build is "paddy field", not dry land, so there are quite a lot of things to do.

After the field ridge is completed, you need to start pouring water into it.

While plowing, plow the ground until the water in the ground can no longer be soaked.

The Zhu family's field has always been very lively. Before, everyone came to see Qu Yuanli, but after they discovered that Ye Yuran had started to prepare the land, they ran over to watch the fun again.

"Old man Zhu, what are you doing at home?"

"How can there be such plowing? With so much water, the rice will die as soon as it gets wet, right?"

"Hey, why is your mother-in-law giving the orders?"

…

Old man Zhu remained silent, feeling extremely depressed.

He wanted to take care of it, but someone had to listen to him. As soon as he said that the land couldn't be kept in such good condition, the old Qian woman stared at him: "Why, have you forgotten about the bet? You do what's yours, and I'll do what's mine.

Do you want to regret it?"

She also acted like a gantry, asking him when he was setting up a compost pit and a nursery. Didn't he also say that this wouldn't work and that wouldn't work? Wasn't it her fault in the end?

So, don’t rush with these things. Whether it will work or not, we have to wait until she gets it done.

Old Man Zhu had no choice but to take the land from his hands and not allow her to make any decisions.

Ye Yuran said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not touch the land in your hand. You have to ask your son to tell me that the third and seventh children have gone out. I have no use here. The second and fourth children will lend it first."

I'll use it."

So, what else can he do?

No matter who asked, no matter how angry his face was, he would not say anything.

One is because he has no face to tell people that this land is under the control of his mother-in-law; the other is that he can't tell what his mother-in-law wants to do.

In addition to plowing paddy fields, Ye Yuran also built a nursery in the backyard of her home to cultivate sweet potato seedlings.

She has already thought about it, if the rice planting fails, she will have to plant some sweet potatoes to make up for the lack of "food", otherwise the family may really go hungry next year.

Ye Yuran only knew that the optimal growth temperature of sweet potatoes should be above 15 degrees. High temperatures exceeding 35 degrees were not suitable. So she estimated the temperature here based on the memory of the original owner and felt that spring sweet potatoes were in the 40s.

May is more suitable.

If the cuttings are taken in April or May, then she should cultivate the sweet potato seedlings two months in advance, that is, about February or March.

Find out the sweet potatoes that have been specially left behind, select the healthier ones as seeds, and then plant them in a moist nursery.

On the top layer, sprinkle a thin layer of soil and then cover it with a thin layer of straw.

On sunny days, uncover the straw raft to bask in the sun; if it's night or rainy, you have to cover it.

Especially when it rains, you need to cover it with a "lid-shaped" straw raft to prevent excess rainwater from soaking in and soaking the sweet potatoes in the nursery.

Although it likes water, if there is too much water, it will become waterlogged easily, which will lead to rot.

This kind of work is not very heavy and can be done in a day or two. Old man Zhu had experience in using nurseries before, so when he heard what Ye Yuran wanted to do, he took the initiative and ran over to help: "I'll do it.

Well, I have experience in this matter."

Ye Yuran told him the growth characteristics of sweet potato seedlings and handed them to him with confidence: "Please pay attention and observe. If the seedlings grow so small, only as long as a finger, we will start transplanting. We

We need to find a larger nursery so they can have room to grow, do you understand?"

"Don't I know something about this? Don't worry." Mr. Zhu didn't think there was any problem at all.

Although he was keeping an eye on it, the nursery was in his backyard, and Ye Yuran would come over every time after lunch.

In addition to the sweet potato nursery, the Zhu family also has two other nurseries that are cultivating radish, cabbage and the like.

It’s spring, so it’s time to eat some fresh vegetables.

Ye Yuran didn't have to worry about her own vegetable plot at all. Old Man Zhu arranged it very consciously, telling her what to plant this year and, if nothing else, when she would be able to eat it.

"Well, you can make arrangements for this. You can also keep an eye on the winter wheat if you have nothing to do. It will be harvested in May or June. At that time, sweet potato seedlings will be planted. We can put them in the last wave and barely be able to plant them."
Chapter completed!