It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 218

The long-accumulated depression dissipated with a loud cry. The next morning, Jiang Yan carried a hoe and a sickle and walked towards the farmland on the west side of the village.

The family's land is all over there. She hasn't been to the land for a year since it was hit by mountain floods, and she doesn't know what the situation is now.

But she had thought over the tillage process and the order of sowing last night, and now her head was full of agricultural knowledge, however fragmentary and vague.

When Jiang Yan arrived at the farmland, he was faced with the sparse but numerous low bushes and weeds. He was at a loss for ideas... Let's clear the land first.

The bushes that have been growing wildly for a year have a well-developed root system and a highly lignified surface, making them very difficult to clean.

Weeds are easy to cut, but their roots are dense, so it takes a lot of energy to pull them out.

Jiang Yan worked in the fields for the entire morning before he managed to clear out a piece of land, which was clean on the surface and the soil underneath had not been turned over.

Jiang Yan sat on a pile of weeds, fanning her hands to bring air to her sunburned cheeks.

This efficiency is too low. Even if she doesn't work hard and concentrates on working for five hours every day, it will take at least five days to clear one acre of land.

Not to mention the ten acres of land that I was required to clear. After clearing it, it would be winter and there would be no time to plant anything.

Moreover, she hadn't gathered firewood for the winter yet, and hadn't prepared the food she needed for the early spring of next year...

Jiang Yan was very worried when she thought about this. She came back too late and couldn't catch up with the others to burn the wasteland. Otherwise, a fire would save a lot of work.

Northern Jin had strict burning times. In addition to burning dead grass before spring plowing and sowing, there was also a time to burn remaining straw after autumn harvest.

The village head would report to the government and, taking into account the work progress, weather and wind direction of each village, would choose a few fixed days for unified burning.

Especially the villages around Dongshan Village are close to Qinshan Mountain. If the burning is not regulated, it will bring immeasurable risks to the mountains, forests and villages.

In addition, dispersed smoke can interfere with the delivery and accuracy of emergency messages.

Even when Huang, the magistrate of Rongcheng County, was not doing his job and was just sitting in his position doing nothing, he never gave up on this matter.

What else can be done?

Jiang Yan couldn't think of a solution for the time being, and didn't want to waste time on the endless bushes and weeds, so he simply tied up the bushes and weeds he had dug out, and carried them home one by one to dry.

Although these things are not durable, they are very useful when making a fire and should not be wasted at all.

After lunch, Jiang Yan carried a bamboo basket and went into the mountains. It was almost late autumn at this time, and many things on the mountain were ripe and ready to be picked.

Just the few times he'd glanced at Tiankeng Mountain yesterday, without really looking, he'd spotted a few oak and pine trees. Adding in the usual gathering spots for the Dongshan villagers, Jiang Yan found himself incredibly busy.

During the collection process, Jiang Yan also noticed that the vines that everyone had previously skipped looked very similar to the wild yam and kudzu root she had dug before.

Jiang Yan couldn't eat all the yam, but she dug it up so that she could take it to the county town to sell and exchange it for some staple food.

Jiang Yan added one item after another to his to-do list, and then looked back at the most difficult task, farming... He felt that he was nowhere near completing his goal.

Forget it. Jiang Yan planned to be an ostrich for a few days, and then find the grain store owner to find out what crops he could plant in the future when he entered the city.

When she went to the fields in the morning, she didn't realize that it was already past the Frost Descent period. According to the teachings of the elders in Dongshan Village, it was too late to sow winter wheat seeds.

And at the rate she's progressing, it would be impossible for her to make up for the lost time.