Every year after the first month of the year, it is time to start preparing for farming. When we were young, the crops such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, , millet and other crops were planted in rural areas of Northeast China. Usually, a small piece of land is left on your own land to grow cabbage or potatoes. Basically, rural areas in the Northeast mainly focus on potatoes, cabbage and kohlrabi in both autumn and winter seasons, and there are no other fresh vegetables.
used to be this kind of fence that was pulled by cows or horses
When he arrived in the farming process, it was also the most difficult time at home every year. As I remember, my father had to go out to borrow money every year, buying fertilizers and seeds. It seemed that he would cost more than 800 yuan a year. This money was worrying again. One day, my mother made frozen tofu and sauerkraut together at night. My father drank some white wine. He said a lot to his mother and felt that he was incompetent. We were still young, and we just looked at him stupidly and didn't dare to interrupt. Later, he went to our neighbor's house to borrow 1,000 yuan and bought seeds and fertilizers.
In the winter of the northeast, after the snow melts, it will take at least some time to farm on the ground. In that era, there was no excessive mechanization in the Northeast, and it was all artificially farmed. Every household began to urge corn to plant buds. The main process is to put corn seeds on the pit (the pit is a constant temperature with temperature), place plastic film underneath, then put the seeds on it, spray warm water on it, cover it, and perform germ. The purpose of this is to put corn seeds into the ground to ensure the emergence rate. At this time, before waiting for farming, every family is busy renovating the gardens in front and behind their own houses (there is a garden in front and behind the houses in the Northeast, which are very large. You have to use willow skewers or work boards around the garden), and then start turning over the garden and preparing to grow vegetables.
In the northeast rural areas, the front and back gardens are very large
By mid-April, we started to plant the earth. The adults were busy from morning to night, and we were at home. I remember one time when my uncle came to our house during the busy farming season. My parents were still in the field and didn’t come back, so I asked, “I said, uncle, have you eaten? He said no, I said I will cook noodles for you.” This was the first time I cooked in my life when I was 6 years old. I remember that I just added water to the pot, added noodles and , and did not add salt or oil. After cooking, I was still asking: "Is the noodles delicious? My uncle smiled and said, "It's delicious." Later, when he grew up, he told me that there was no taste at all~. The children at that time were really sensible than the children nowadays. This is an old saying that the better the conditions, the later the sensibility. I don't know if it's true that
