Reborn In The ’80s

vegetables project.
He relied on his memories to search for problems related to greenhouses.
Xu Zhao also asked numerous vegetable related questions to Mother and Father Xu.
He wrote down all the problems in his little notebook, and before he was able to organize them, it was time to plant wheat.

In this era, there actually already were machines that could help cultivate the land.
However, they hadn’t been widespread in the poor South Bay Village yet.
Therefore, they had to rely on manpower.

As soon as the dew settled, the villagers of South Bay Village began their busy day.
They first need to spread fertilizer.
What they used wasn’t commercialized fertilizer, but manure.
Next, they had to plow the land to stir up the land to facilitate the growth of crops.
And finally, they would use manpower or borrow other family’s oxen to pull the planter to plant the little wheat grains.

The three steps sound easy, but they were very strenuous.
Especially once dirt got stuck in the planter, it was very hard to pull.

Father Xu couldn’t do heavy work now, so planting wheat was entirely up to Xu Zhao and Mother Xu.
Fortunately, they only had to plant two mus of land of wheat.
Therefore, Xu Zhao and Mother Xu would still be able to handle it.
Every morning as soon as they opened their eyes, they would carry the planter and rope to the fields.

In order to let Mother Xu take it easy, Xu Zhao paid money to rent another family’s ox to pull the planter.
This way, he and Mother Xu didn’t need to work so hard.

Meanwhile, Father Xu stayed at home to cook, wash the clothes, as well as bring Xu Fan to deliver water to the fields.

Xu Fan was really happy recently.
He would happily run all across the fields everyday.
He ran so much that his body became very strong.
He was able to eat a lot, drink a lot, and sleep a lot.
It was just that he didn’t grow any taller.
This made Xu Zhao especially worried.
Was he not going to grow anymore? Or perhaps it was like Mother Cui had said, and he was just a late bloomer like Cui Dingchen.

Xu Zhao still couldn’t help but sigh.
“Xu Fan, why aren’t you growing taller?”

Xu Fan was at the side and heard.
He thought for a while before saying, “Daddy, Da Zhuang is as tall as me.
Da Zhuang is also older than me.”

“He’s only three days older than you,” Xu Zhao said.

“He has to call me big brother Fan,” Xu Fan said.

“…” How the heck did that make sense? Xu Zhao’s brain hurt a bit, and he didn’t pay attention to Xu Fan anymore.
After taking a drink of water, he walked toward the fields.

“Daddy!” Xu Fan called.

“What is it?” Xu Zhao replied without turning his head.

“When are we going home?” Xu Fan shouted.

“Soon.
I’m almost done with work,” Xu Zhao replied.

“I’m hungry.
Tell the ox to hurry up, or I might eat him.”

“…”

Xu Zhao supported the planter as he walked forward, planting the last bit of wheat.
Once it was finally time to stop for the day, he saw the relieved expressions of Mother and Father Xu, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.
He spread open his hands, and saw that both his palms were full of blisters.
In fact, although he’d been busy since arriving here, he had used his brain more than his body.
He hadn’t experienced true hard work yet.
And especially when supporting the planter, he needed a lot of strength.

However, it still wasn’t anything much.
It was a bit painful, but it wasn’t a huge hindrance.
He lifted the tools and went home with Mother and Father Xu and Xu Fan.
And now, he could finally completely focus on the matter of the greenhouse vegetables.
Once they returned home, Xu Zhao didn’t rest.
He grabbed the tape measure and left for Da Zhuang’s house since the greenhouse would be built close to Da Zhuang’s house, and it would be close to his new tiled house.

Xu Zhao walked ahead.

Xu Fan carried the toy car and padded along behind him.
While walking, they met Uncle Zhang, who had the telephone installed in his house.
Xu Zhao hadn’t spoken up yet when Xu Fan enthusiastically greeted, his milky voice bright as he said, “Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Zhang.
Where are you going?”

Uncle Zhang also greeted Xu Fan, “Ah, it’s Sanwa.
I’m looking for my family’s duck.”

“Looking for duck,” Xu Fan repeated.

“That’s right.
Sanwa, where are you going?” Uncle Zhang asked.

“I-I-I’m going to play,” Xu Fan replied.

“Where are you going to play?”

“Da Zhuang’s house.”

Seeing how well the little mouth spoke, Uncle Zhang laughed at what he heard.

Xu Zhao also said a few sentences to Uncle Zhang.
He turned about to look at Xu Fan, laughter hidden in his eyes.
When he retrieved his gaze, he caught the sight of a bicycle on the road.
He took a closer look and saw that it was actually Cui Dingchen riding the bicycle while carrying Cui Qingfeng.

“Xu Zhao! Xu Zhao!” Cui Qingfeng happily waved at Xu Zhao.

Seeing the two, Xu Zhao couldn’t help but reveal a warm smile.

Cui Qingfeng jumped off the bicycle and ran to Xu Zhao side before saying, “Xu Zhao, I dragged my youngest uncle here to help you plant wheat.”

“You guys came just in time,” Xu Zhao teased.
“Our family just finished planting the wheat.”

“You finished? So quickly?” Cui Qingfeng asked in surprise.

“Mn.
We rented a family’s ox.
We just finished 30 minutes ago.”

Cui Qingfeng made a sound of acknowledgment, then asked, “Then where are you heading to now?”

Xu Zhao raised the tape measure in his hand and said, “I’m going to measure the land for the greenhouse.”

“Let’s go together.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Xu Zhao was about to call for Xu Fan when he saw Xu Fan circling Cui Dingchen, saying he wanted to ride the bicycle.
Xu Fan really was obsessed with vehicles.
It didn’t matter if it was an ox card, bicycle, or compact car.
As long as it was a vehicle, he would be moved and would want to sit on it.
He wanted to sit on all of them and Xu Zhao couldn’t persuade him otherwise.

There was no other way.
Xu Zhaocould only stretch out his arm and say, “Come here.
Daddy will carry you, okay?”

Xu Fan thought about it.
Which was better, the bicycle or his Daddy? Did he even need to think about it? Of course his daddy was better.
And so, Xu Fan didn’t think about riding the bicycle anymore and quickly ran to be carried by Xu Zhao.

Xu Zhao picked up Xu Fan and led Cui Dingchen and Cui Qingfeng to the greenhouse land.
In fact, it was just a piece of vacant land that had been plowed and fertilized with manure.
Nothing had been planted there yet.
Xu Zhao pulled Cui Dingchen and used the tape measure to measure out a piece of land one mu wide and one mu long.
After putting away the tape measure, Xu Zhao sat on a stool on the ground and began writing down data.

Cui Dingchen walked over, and after taking a look, his gaze landed on Xu Zhao’s hand.

Xu Zhao wasn’t paying attention to his hand when Cui Dingchen grabbed it.
The pen in Xu Zhao’s hand immediately fell down.

I don’t convert mu since online has different answers.
But some sites say 2 mus of land is around 0.3 acres of land.