Chapter 432 433 Rice Field

After Nanny Chen left, Jixiang smiled and said to Li Yu: "Madam, you don't know that evil people in Uncle Jianning's family complained first and took us to the imperial court. The master took the young master... Your Majesty punished Jianning." Old lady Bo was eating fast in the Buddhist hall and chanting Buddha's name. Early this morning, Uncle Jianning came to the house to accompany her and apologize."

Li Yu was not surprised at all by the ending of old lady Jian Ningbo, and said indifferently: "I don't care about his family, it's better that people who can't understand it have less contact with him." Then he asked Ji Xiang with a smile, "Gu Yu Huaixiang" How are you? Do you have morning sickness?"

Ji Xiang grimaced, "I heard from my mother-in-law that she can't smell any oil fume, and she will vomit all over when she smells the slightest smell."

Looking at Jixiang's sad face, he smiled and warned: "Gu Yu is the first child. Some women are more delicate when they have children. You should pay more attention to her and don't leave everything to your mother-in-law."

Jixiang bowed and said, "It's Madam, do you have anything else to do? If you don't have me, you'll go back to the city first."

Li Yu thought of Di. Although her aunt told her not to worry about her, but she really saw her doing nothing, her aunt might still complain in her heart.

"Go and wash your face with hot water before leaving. After you return, you can quietly go to the Tongzhou Guild Hall to see how Laidi is doing. If nothing happens, don't worry about her. If anything happens, just come back and tell me before you make up your mind. It's best to find someone who knows her well. Anyone with news, help us keep an eye on it and let us know if anything happens."

"No more washing. Miss, I'll go take a look when I get back. If nothing happens, I'll send you something in two days. If anything happens, I'll tell you early tomorrow morning."

Li Yu smiled and nodded, "Be careful on the road and don't rush."

After Ji Xiang withdrew, he went out. Aunt Chen washed her clothes and came to see Li Yu, "Madam, I will give you a squeeze on your legs."

Seeing her well-behaved look, Li Yu smiled and said to her: "Mother Chen, my family has a small population and the rules are not strict. You don't have to be so restrained. Jixiang must have told you about my family's rules. As long as you If you don’t break the rules, the master and I will treat you well.”

Grandma Chen bent her knees and saluted: "Madam, I have been sold by my parents since I was six years old. I was still thinking about where to go after the palace. Your Majesty's father-in-law came to me and said that your family needs a doctor. So I will I agreed and followed General Shen to the house. Steward Jixiang told the slave about the rules of the house on the way. Don't worry, I have been... for decades. I know that only people who are responsible can live long, and those who are greedy will not be allowed to live long. It will end well."

Li Yu nodded, "Okay, come with me."

Grandma Chen followed Li Yu to Little Loach's room. Li Yu saw Little Stutter lying in front of the bed and fell asleep. Looking at Little Loach's face, she felt that it was much better than yesterday.

Li Yu pointed at the little loach and took Nanny Chen outside the house, "That child is the young master's attendant. He was kicked in the chest yesterday. The old master said that he may have a crack in his sternum and needs to rest for some time. My health is currently It’s still very good, please help me take care of him.”

"Yes, ma'am." Nanny Chen responded.

"Okay, let Xinghua take you to get to know Mrs. Zhang and the others, and I'll go for a walk outside."

Xinghua said to Li Yu: "Madam, please wait for me at the door for a while. I will send grandma to the reverse room to accompany you out."

Li Yu waved his hand and walked to the front yard without looking back.

Nanny Chen glanced at Xinghua in surprise, feeling that this girl dared to ask Madam to wait for her, and she had already been punished in the palace.

Li Yu wore a straw hat with a tulle ring sewn on the brim and walked to the cornfield outside the yard. He walked along the field to the bamboo forest behind the house. When he got to the back of the house, he saw four piglets raised in the pigsty behind the house. There are also a group of chickens trapped in the bamboo forest.

There was a path about three feet wide in the bamboo forest. Outside the bamboo forest, at the foot of the mountain, there were more than a dozen small courtyards built with wheat straw. Li Yu thought that these small courtyards were probably occupied by tenant farmers.

Li Yu walked slowly to the field ridge and took a look at the crops in the field. The seedlings had already tillered and jointed. Li Yu saw that the leaves were dark green and black, and he felt that the growth was too vigorous, resulting in too many tillers, resulting in reduced yields and empty grain husks. many.

Li Yu stood on the edge of the field and looked around. He saw a tall, strong woman walking towards the rice field carrying a bucket. He saw Li Yu standing there hesitating and wanting to turn his head.

"Sister-in-law, may I ask, whose rice field is this?" Li Yu stopped her.

The woman put down the bucket, tucked her loose hair behind her ears, walked to a place not far in front of Li Yu with a smile, and said angrily: "Madam, this field belongs to my family, and the rice seedlings are growing particularly well this year. "

Li Yu looked at her and shook his head: "Sister-in-law, your rice field needs to be properly drained for drying. Too much water in your field and too many tillers will affect the yield."

The woman looked at Li Yu in surprise and thought: You are a wife from a rich family, can you grow crops? The more tillers you have, the more rice you will get, you know what the heck!

"Madam, you don't understand our farmer's business. Only when we have more tillers can we harvest more rice!"

Li Yu glanced at her and said, "Sister-in-law, do you own these fields or are they farmed by tenants?"

The woman glanced at Li Yu and said, "My family's land is the Zhou family's land. Why do you ask?"

Li Yu looked at her and said, "That's good. I'm the wife of the Zhou family. You listen to me and drain some of the water out of the rice fields. Just leave a shallow layer of water in the fields. Otherwise, there will be too many tillers and they will break out." There are also many empty husks in the rice, which affects the yield."

When the woman saw this, she still didn't want to let go. If she didn't let go, she was afraid of offending Li Yu. She smiled and said, "Madam, please wait a moment. I'll call my boss. You can talk to him."

Li Yu nodded and walked around the field. He found that this situation existed in all the fields. The water in the fields separated by a road was much shallower.

Li Yu thought to himself: Have these people never planted rice before? Otherwise, how could they not know the tillering period? Fields with excessive tillering should be properly drained and dried.

After a while, a tall man hurried over with the woman. The man bowed to Li Yu and said, "Little Tang Yong pays homage to the host's wife."

Li Yu raised his hand and said: "No need to be polite, that person is from your family!"

"Yes, Mrs. Dong, this is my daughter-in-law Su. She came to me and asked me to let the rice field water be released?" Tang Yong replied respectfully.

Li Yu pointed to the seedlings in the field on the other side of the road, "Look, the number of tillers on other people's seedlings is normal. If there are too many tillers, the color of the leaves is not as rich as yours. Your seedlings are dark green and have too many tillers." If there are more, controlling the tillers will help the tillers to grow into ears.”

Tang Yong listened to Li Yu's words and compared it with the rice seedlings in the rice field next to him. He felt that Li Yu would not lie to him, because this was the Zhou family's field after all. If the yield was less, it would also affect the Zhou family's harvest.

"Thank you, madam, for reminding me. I'm going to dig a hole to drain the water."

Mrs. Su smiled at Li Yu and followed her to dig for a gap. Li Yu followed and told Tang Yong and his wife what they should pay attention to, then slowly walked around the field towards the bamboo forest.