pastoral fragrance

Chapter 244 Planting melons and beans
There is a saying that around the Qingming Festival, melons and beans are planted. At this time, the Han family took out the seeds harvested last year and began to sow the seeds on the muddy ground in front of and behind the house.This kind of seeds include cucumber, loofah, pumpkin and vegetable melon, as well as cowpea, kidney bean, tomato and pepper.Basically all melons and beans.

These things will grow when they meet the soil, and they are very easy to feed.In less than three days, seedlings sprouted from the place where Han shi planted the seeds, only the length of the index finger, poking around, as if trying to test something.In the next few days, they skyrocketed, as if they grew a lot in a day.Qiulin didn't think the manure was dirty either, so he carried the dry manure mixed with water in a manure bucket and came over to fertilize the seedlings.

Seeing this, Mrs. Han hurriedly stopped her, "Sier, these seedlings are still young and can't withstand the manure. If you sprinkle a little water, they will grow when they see the wind. The manure should be poured into the vegetable garden over there. They are short of manure. Fat!"

So Qiulin took the dung bucket to the vegetable garden. The most pleasing growth in this vegetable garden is the Chinese cabbage, which grows fat and white, one next to the other, and the one in front of it. The platoons were chopped up and eaten, leaving only the piles of vegetables stuck to the ground that had not been cut down.Next to the cabbage, there is a green leek with fat leaves, which looks like it has been full of nutrients.And the green onions, garlic, and shallots are also growing neatly and lushly, and the upright leaves are like green swords, which is very gratifying to look at.And the lettuce and spinach are also growing well. Every time you eat it, it will grow again. In a few days, fresh lettuce and spinach will be on the table.

Qiulin first pulled out the weeds that came up again. There was no need to throw away these grass leaves, they were all tender, and they could be eaten by chickens and ducks if they were chopped up.Pull the weeds into a ball, throw them on the edge of the ditch, and start fertilizing these vegetables.

Use a dung scoop to scoop up a ladle of dung water and carefully sprinkle it on the mud of that kind of vegetables. This dung water cannot be poured directly on the vegetables for fear of rotting.After sprinkling the manure, Qiulin enthusiastically went to fertilize the trees in the yard so that they could grow faster!

Dung water was sprinkled under every tree, and Qiulin had nothing to do for a while, so he went to the stove to fetch water to wash his hands, otherwise the smell of dung water was not very good.After washing the water, she went back to the yard again, seeing the green and vibrant appearance of the yard, she couldn't help laughing from the bottom of her heart.In a year or two, her yard will be full of peach blossom red and pear blossom white!

She stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked into the distance. There have been several spring rains in the past few days, and the mist in the distance has not dissipated, and it is a vast expanse.Nearby, there are farmers carrying dung water to fertilize the crops, and there are farmers pulling grass in the crop fields. There is a saying that spring rain is as expensive as oil. The vegetables grown in the field grow well in this season, and the growth of those weeds is not good. not bad.This thing is much more tenacious than the vitality of vegetables. If the weeds in the field are not pulled for a few days, they will grow better than vegetables!

But this weed is not a flattering thing. No matter how good it grows, why can't it be eaten as a vegetable?The end result is just being pulled out and eating the poultry.

In the afternoon, after Qiulin's family had lunch, Mei Xiang came to Qiuyue and sisters to go to the woods together.It has just rained a few times, and it is spring again. Everything is willing to grow, and the mushrooms will definitely grow better than in autumn.

Qiulin is not a person who can live at leisure. When she was sitting in the yard in the morning, she was still thinking about this matter, but she didn't expect these people to be with her.Now carrying baskets can no longer satisfy their desire to pick up mushrooms, and they all came here with baskets on their backs.

Qiuyue Qiulin also carried a basket on her back, and Qiulin is now over nine years old, and can carry things weighing one to twenty catties.

Everyone happily went to the woods together.The light rain didn't stop until this morning, so the mud on the road surface was very wet, and it seemed like it was going to sink in when you stepped on it.Everyone cherishes the shoes, and they all wear straw sandals on the outside of the shoes, but they are not afraid of the shoes being trampled dirty.

But they dare not roll up the trouser legs.One is that they are all big girls, different from those married aunts, and their legs cannot be easily picked up to be seen by others.The second is that there may be snakes hidden in those barley. Isn't the trouser legs rolled up specially for being bitten by snakes?
Instead, they pulled the trouser legs up to the hem of their shoes and tied them tightly to prevent snakes from entering the trousers.Not only that, but the bold and cautious women also took a bamboo pole in their hands, and beat in the barley on both sides of the road. Even if there was a snake, the snake was scared away by their aggressiveness. .

In spring, the farmers are so busy that they don’t have much time to wander in the woods, and they only have some time during the Ching Ming Festival to come here to sweep graves and hang grave pieces.There are some colorful grave papers hanging on the graves in this forest, and there are unburned incense and incense candles in front of the graves.The weeds in front of the grave have also been pulled out, but now they have grown again, obviously shorter than the surrounding weeds.

This place is overgrown with weeds, and the grass on those grave mounds has been pulled out, and now it grows back to be sparser than the surrounding weeds. In addition to the grave pieces hanging in front of the grave, everyone can tell where it is. Where is the grave and where is the road.Ever since Mrs. Fang dug someone's ancestral grave in this forest last time and got seriously ill after returning home, everyone has held grudges against this matter. They dare not touch those graves.

Sure enough, as they expected, there are a lot of straw mushrooms growing in this forest, they are white and fat, and they are still inviting them to pick them.It has been several months since everyone has eaten fresh and tender mushrooms. Looking at these white and fat straw mushrooms, they naturally find them extremely attractive.I can't wait to pick it up and fry it on a big plate at home!
While everyone's attention was attracted by the straw mushroom, they didn't forget to knock the barley on the ground. It would be bad if they stepped on something bad.

There are overgrown grasses and trees in this forest, and the rotting leaves on the ground are thick piles, so the straw mushroom grows thick and strong, just like the stars in the middle of the night, densely packed at that time.Everyone started to work non-stop to pick up the straw mushrooms after they finished hitting the barley seeds. After picking up a lot, the mushrooms went into the basket with a wave of their hands.

The mushroom is soft and light, so you don't have to worry about hurting it when you throw it into the basket.

Everyone is still the same as usual. When picking straw mushrooms, they did not fully light the straw mushrooms. They left seeds in each densely grown straw mushroom. They will come to pick mushrooms when it rains again.

Qiulin also works very neatly. In the past three years, her small body has developed well, and now it is close to the elder sister's ear door.Her speed of picking up straw mushrooms is no slower than these sisters.About half an hour later, when everyone came, the empty back baskets were filled with straw mushrooms.At this time, the girls who were picking up the straw mushrooms and the addicts couldn't stop their movements. Hurling and picking up the straw mushrooms, they picked up the clothes, put the straw mushrooms in them, and tied them firmly.

It wasn't until everyone's pockets were full of straw mushrooms that they went to the village together with the heavy baskets on their shoulders.

"Let's come back later, there are still a lot of straw mushrooms in this forest. Anyway, they can be sold after drying, and they won't spoil." Mei Xiang suggested, she likes Manshan just like Qiulin. Those who run, like to go to the wild to pick up these things.Both fun and fresh, this thing can be sold for money after drying, and parents will not say that she is nonsense.

Mei Xiang's idea was exactly what Qiulin wanted, and she hurriedly echoed, "Well, let's make another trip. Eldest sister, go to Hu's house later to see if Xiaoqing and Xiaohei are free. Let them also come over to pick mushrooms and cook soup. I'll call brother Xia Yan, he also likes to run around, last time he also said that the mushroom soup is delicious, and he wants to come with us to the forest to pick mushrooms! "

Qiuyue hesitated for a moment, "I'll go and have a look later, I don't know if they are working?" Now Qiuyue's cropland and the sloping land are all taken care of by the Hu family, and now they are If you have to go up the slope to water the crops and saplings and sprinkle manure and feed the chickens and pigs at home, I am afraid that you will be too busy.

Mei Xiang and the others had long heard that Qiulin's family had bought servants, and now they are taking care of their fields and slopes.Now hearing what Qiuyue Qiulin said, it was even more confirmed. Huaihua was full of envy, "Wow, Qiuyue, your family really bought slaves. This is good, and your family's burden will be easier!" With just a few laborers, their family can buy fifty acres of barren slopes. This man only has two hands, how can he do it!
"Yeah, I heard that your family bought wasteland a few years ago. I'm afraid your family will be too busy this spring. But we are too busy to take care of ourselves, and we don't have time to help you. Now that we have bought servants, we will be on the slope. Some of the work has been shared, and my aunt and you are not so tired anymore." He Yi heard that Qiuyue's family had bought servants, and was very relieved for them, since the work in the field was done by others, and they felt more relaxed.A while ago when I saw Qiuyue Qiulin during the busy farming season, she was so thin that only bones remained, her eyes were soft and her skin was smelly, but she was exhausted.

Now that the work on the slope is done by the Hu family, the family is indeed much more relaxed. Qiuyue said with a smile: "Isn't it spring plowing a while ago? I'm afraid you have to cook at home and clean up the house. How can you find time?" Come and help us, this kind of heart is enough."

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and then they arrived in the village. Each of them carried a bunch of straw mushrooms on their backs and went to their homes with great interest. After everyone agreed to carry the straw mushrooms back, they all met at the gate of Qiulin’s house, and went together again. Go to the woods to pick up mushrooms.

　Recommend the texts of several friends: Yuyan Yuyu "Rebirth of Nongmenjiao", Lingluoshan "Phoenix from the Garden", Baobaochun "Step by Step Spring", Wang Jinglin's "Nonggirl Youtian", these are farming This article, friends who like warm farming articles can read it!
　　


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