Chapter 526: Pity for the Farmer (2)

Hoe the till noon,

Sweat drips into the soil.

Who knows the food on the plate?

Every grain is hard.

One of the "Praise for Farmers" was written by Li Shen during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty. It was very classic and popular. It was almost a household name in later generations. However, it had not appeared in Li Shimin's era.

So, when Liu Yi recited it softly and taught the three children, the three little guys were a little confused. Only Li Zhi, a child who had already understood some things, understood a little.

"Farming is hard, but the meal is not easy. I am teaching us to cherish the rice in the bowl and not waste one of them?" Li Zhiqing stood up and bowed seriously to Liu Yi in the hall for advice.

"Yes!" After a loud praise, Liu Yiu picked up the big hoe prepared for him and placed it on his shoulder. He looked at Xiao Zhinu with satisfaction and said, "It's not just rice, millet, wheat, and everything else that can be eaten is hard-won. Don't waste it easily. However, what the teacher wants to teach you today is the first chapter of this poem, so that you can experience the feeling of hoeing the wheat at noon and sweat dripping into the soil."

With a wave of his hand, Liu Yiu took the three princes and princesses, one of them carried a new hoe, and left the study to read and read, and rushed to the garden behind the hall together.

In the back garden, the palace maids and eunuchs who were responsible for the care and cultivation of flowers and plants were no longer there. They had been sent out by Xiao Dezi a moment ago. In the big garden, only Xiao Dezi was waiting inside. Seeing Liu Yi and three little princes coming from the front hall, Xiao Dezi hurriedly trotted to meet him.

"I have seen Princess Huanzhu, Princess Jin, Princess Jinyang!" According to the difference between high and low, after first greeting Xiao Ya and the other three, Xiao Dezi bowed and greeted Liu Yian, but he only shouted softly: "Mr. Yifan!"

"Mr. De is polite!" Seeing that Xiao Dezi didn't give him a good look, he knew that it must be because of the borrowing of the garden that caused the dissatisfaction of this Eunuch De. Liu Yi chuckled, didn't care too much, and gave him a gentle bow to him to return the gift.

"According to Mr. Yifan's request, this back garden will be done by Mr. Yifan in the next month," turned his head and looked at the beautiful flowers in the garden. Xiao Dezi gently reminded Liu Yi: "Although the flowers and plants in this garden are not very precious, they are mostly loved by the Queen, and some are still cultivated by the Queen himself. When Mr. Yifan teaches his nobles, he should be careful and pity, and don't waste them wantonly because of the Queen's promise!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu is responsible for these things." Putting down the hoe on his shoulder, Liu Yiwen looked at Xiao Dezi with a gentle smile, and said softly: "Liu is also a flower lover, so he will not do such a harsh act of urging flowers. Liu will not touch the flowers and plants in the garden. What Liu needs is just some idle open space."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Xiao Dezi's brows relaxed, his face was slightly slowed down, and his tone of speech became gentle: "That's the best. I'm thankful to Mr. Yifan here. To be honest, Mr. Yifan knows that the flowers and plants in this garden have always been taken care of by the villain. Over time, I gradually developed feelings for them. The most shameful thing is that someone will mess with them, let alone hoeing them with a hoe."

"Master De, please be polite," responded lightly, and Liu Yi's eyes moved to his three students. Only saw Xiao Ya, Zhinu and Yizi were walking around in the garden with their hoes, waving their hoes, rushing around and slashing around, having a lot of fun. In just a while, I didn't know how many flowers and plants died under their hoes. Liu Yi's forehead couldn't help but feel a little weak when he talked to Xiao Dezi.

"Okay, Mr. Yifan is busy, so the villain won't disturb him here. The Empress is still waiting for the villain's reply in the hall." Looking at the sky, the sun had risen to mid-air. Xiao Deziwei gave a gift to Liu Yiwei, and then he took a step farewell. He left the garden in three or two steps. Liu Yi could have breathed a long sigh.

He shouted loudly and gathered the three children who were still waving their hoes randomly. Liu Yiu scolded them angrily and explained some things to them to pay attention to in this garden. Then he took out a pack of small, flat white seeds from his arms, pointed at the seeds in his hand, and said to them softly: "Did you see it? Planting these seeds in a suitable place is the lesson that the teacher will teach you today."

"Sir, what kind of seed is this?" Xiao Lizhi asked curiously as he looked at the white seeds in a small cloth bag in Liu Yi's hand.

"Cucumber!" Liu Yiqing put away the seeds again, glanced at the three of them, and said in a voice: "It originated from the Western Regions, and was also called Hu Gua. It is the most common vegetable in the folk. It is rare in the palace. Xiao Ya may have eaten it a lot when she was wandering outside the palace, but Zhinu and Yizi probably have never even seen it."

It is not worth it. In the past, when I was in the countryside, I could buy dozens of kilograms for a penny, which was enough for a family of four or five. It took me three to five days to eat. It was summer and autumn. On the dining table of folk farmers, the most common vegetable was on the dining table.

"Well! Xiao Ya has eaten a lot before, but this cucumber doesn't care about fullness. After eating, she will soon become hungry again. Xiao Ya doesn't like it!" She shook her head lightly, and Xiao Ya suddenly lost interest. When she was begging outside, cucumbers were the easiest thing they got. There was a time when she and her mother-in-law fed on these fruit-like vegetables every day. They were tired of eating and hurt. Now when they saw the green cucumber, Xiao Ya felt like she wanted to vomit.

"Cucumber is just a sparse vegetable. It will not taste good when you use it as a staple food," he looked at Xiao Ya with pity, raised his hand and patted her head. Liu said in a voice: "But if you eat it once occasionally, or cold dishes, it tastes good. If you have the chance in the future, my brother-in-law will make it for you to try it."

"Well, thank you brother-in-law!" Feeling the warmth coming from my brother-in-law's hand, Xiao Ya responded sweetly, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Sir, students also need to eat it!" "And, shizi, shizi, shizizi, too!"

Seeing that Liu Yi was so fond of Sister Yu Yu, Xiao Lizhi and Xiao Yizi couldn't help but feel a little chewy, and they were also busy going forward to act coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, you three will have a share then, but the premise is that these cucumbers can only be planted by you yourself!" Liu Yi nodded with a smile, then took the hoe in his hand and said to the three little guys: "Now, with me, go with you, and find a suitable free place for these seeds."

It was very barren. I took Xiaoya and the other two to walk around the garden. The land that caught my eyes was extremely barren. The yellow sand and the slab surface were not a little wet and moisture. Moreover, the soil was deposited, not loose and breathable. Liu Yi was a little stunned. No wonder when he entered the garden just now, although he felt that the flowers and plants everywhere were very gorgeous, they always made people feel something was wrong. After seeing the soil and soil conditions here, Liu Yi realized that these flowers were like those over-thinned beauties, and they were a little malnourished.

Haven’t these flowers and plants ever applied fertilizer?

Thinking of Xiao Dezi's words just now, Liu Yi suddenly realized that if the flowers and plants here were mostly planted by Empress Changsun, the possibility of using night fragrance or other animal feces according to Empress Changsun was zero.

Indecent and unconventional. When people see it, they don’t know what gossip they will say. The reason why these flowers can grow like this is because people are carefully watering them every day. Otherwise, if they were placed in the countryside, land like this, without water storage, soil accumulation, and without any nutrients, it would be difficult to survive in planting weeds, let alone delicate flowers and plants.

"Brother-in-law, what are we going to do now?" Seeing that my brother-in-law was staring at the loess on the ground in a daze, Xiao Ya gently pulled Liu Yi's sleeve and asked Liu Yi in a low voice.

"We're now," turned around and looked at the three little guys who were already a little impatient. Liu Yi touched his chin and said softly: "We should go find some fertilizer."

"But before this, we still have to cultivate a few open spaces for sowing." Picking up the hoe, Liu Yi bent down, bowed his legs, poked his hoe forward, and put it in a standard hoe position. He tried to hoe twice. Although he had not been in contact with the hoe for a long time, his previous experience and skills were still there, Liu Yi quickly found the feeling. The hoe danced back and forth in the flowers, leaving the roots of the flower stems and relaxing the surface soil. The whole movement was like a cloud like flowing water, without lagging behind at all.
Chapter completed!