fruity fragrance

Chapter 143 Raising Seedlings ([-])

Bumping the small bag of watermelon seeds in her hand, Lin Guoxiang was overjoyed, thinking: This is really a pillow when I'm sleepy, and at the same time, I also feel that the scholar's work is very sweet.Don't look at her being silent, but everything has been done for her in advance, so she doesn't need to worry about it.Although he still secretly sent things to the old woman Cui behind her back and spent money to buy medicines, no matter how bad the old woman was, she was still his own mother. His ability to do this also showed that he was still a kind and righteous person.

And the most important thing is that although Xiucai is filial, she has never caused any trouble for her, nor has she ever asked that old lady Cui to be taken over or let her serve her. she.Just for this point, Lin Guoxiang, such a carefree and silly elder sister, can see that she is a scholar.As for those shortcomings?Who can have no shortcomings?It would be terrible if it was really perfect, such a person would not dare to take Lin Guoxiang as a gift to her.

After thinking about it, Lin Guoxiang felt that this was not good, and felt a little like killing a donkey.So she thought for a while, then went to the kitchen to tinker for a while, made a few simple snacks and brought them to the study.She put the snacks on the desk, and then said to the scholar with a smile: "Here are some snacks I made for you, ahem, read a book, I won't bother you anymore." .

Before the scholar had time to speak, Lin Guoxiang flashed away, and could only cast her eyes on the plates of pastries on the table.After staring blankly for a while, he finally came back to his senses, and he couldn't help grinning, with a hint of complacency in his smile.He stretched out his hand to touch his chin, and thought to himself: "It seems that this girl has a bit of a conscience, and she knows how to make snacks, not bad.

Lin Guoxiang insisted on planting watermelons despite all the opposition, which made Lin Fangnian very happy. These days, he couldn't wait for it for a long time, and finally hoped that his aunt would start planting watermelons quickly. This time, his wish finally came true. It was an excitement in my heart.I don't know why, but he, Wang Yuanzhi and the others always have an almost blind trust in Lin Guoxiang, and always feel that as long as she says something, it can be done and will be successful.

But even though Lin Fangnian was happy, he was still a little apprehensive, because he was afraid that his aunt would not teach him because it was in the experimental stage, so the younger ones hid in the "dormitory" and talked about it for a while, but in the end they still suffered from back pain. Lin Fanghou couldn't hold back and said, "Ninth Brother, tomorrow you will often hang around in front of Auntie. When you are free, you will reach out to help with the work. Can Auntie not understand your thoughts?" Do you discuss it this way? One, two, and three are all idiots!

In fact, Lin Fangnian could seriously ask Lin Guoxiang to teach him when he was older, but he himself felt that doing so was not good at all, making him seem stupid.So the scene where the brothers gathered together to discuss just now appeared.

After a few small discussions, they finally felt that the method Lin Fanghou said was feasible, so they discussed the details and then climbed to sleep on their own small bed with great satisfaction. The partner figured it out.

The next morning, after Lin Guoxiang finished exercising, she took a few young girls and Xiucai to play fist and kick. After breakfast, she excitedly soaked the watermelon seeds in the warm water that had been prepared earlier. Here I can't buy the chemicals mentioned in those books, so I have to use the most primitive way-soak directly in warm water.

Lin Fangnian followed what they discussed last night, wandering around in front of Lin Guoxiang intentionally or unintentionally, sweeping the ground twice with a broom, and wiping the basin where the watermelon seeds were soaked with a rag.

Lin Guoxiang wanted to laugh when she saw his pretentious appearance. It was a clean basin and then wiped it so vigorously with a rag?Lin Guoxiang remained calm and deliberately ignored Lin Fangnian, but now Lin Fangnian was completely anxious.My aunt didn't care about what I was doing. Could it be that the method discussed last night didn't work, and my aunt didn't see it at all?Thinking of this possibility, Lin Fangnian felt a little anxious.

After a while, Lin Guoxiang saw that Lin Fangnian seemed to be really anxious, so she put away her thoughts of continuing to tease him, so she reached out and gave him a big chestnut on the forehead: "You child is This is not good, if you want to follow along, just say it directly, and deliberately dangle in front of your aunt like this, if you have something to say in the future, don't be so stuffy in your heart."

Seeing that his aunt was finally willing to talk to him, Lin Fangnian was so happy that he couldn't even care about the pain from his forehead: "Auntie, I will definitely say it in the future, hehe..."

"Okay, let these watermelon seeds soak in the water first." Lin Guoxiang waved his hands and said, "You remember to change the water after an hour, the water should be lukewarm."

"Well, I see." Lin Fangnian nodded, then moved a small bench and sat beside the basin, staring at the watermelon seeds soaked in the water without blinking.

Lin Guoxiang was speechless watching from the sidelines: "Come here later and change the water. Now you come back with me to find some fertilizer. We need to prepare nutrient soil."

Nutrient soil?What it is?When Lin Fangnian heard the word "nutritious soil", a big question mark popped up in his head, but he didn't ask too much. Although he didn't understand it now, wouldn't he know when his aunt configured it later?Thinking of this, Lin Fangnian cheerfully followed Lin Guoxiang out of the yard, and Lin Fanghou, who had been locked in the pot house and practiced shredding radishes with a kitchen knife, felt envious, better Lin Fangnian Ah, being able to run around is not like he can only nest in this small pot house and only face this pile of radishes and potatoes all day long.

But soon, he turned his grief and anger into strength, and chopped a big carrot with a loud cracking sound.

Lin Guoxiang took Lin Fangnian to the old lady's place. Since the Lin family is not busy with farming, the sister-in-laws usually gather here after finishing the housework. They do some needlework and accompany the old lady and sister-in-law Chat to pass the time.They saw Lin Guoxiang bringing Lin Fangnian over, so they all greeted her with smiles.

"Little sister, have you eaten yet?" Mrs. Zhu was the youngest among the sisters-in-law, and when she saw her sister-in-law coming over, she quickly moved a small stool from the side for her, "Sit here."

At this moment, Fan glanced dissatisfiedly at his daughter-in-law Fang, who was standing behind her right.My own daughter-in-law has been teaching her for several months with her hand in hand, and it has been more than half a year. How can she still have no discernment at all when she has stepped over the hurdle of a new daughter-in-law?
"It's true, you didn't move a stool when you saw my aunt coming, so she knew she was standing there." Seeing that her daughter-in-law was not pleasing to the eye, Fan immediately blurted out the words of admonishment, "Why is such an old man a little bit?" Don't you have any eyesight?"

Hearing Fan's admonishment to his daughter-in-law, Lin Guoxiang felt a little embarrassed, she didn't know whether to persuade her or not.Persuade people to feel hypocritical, not to persuade, it seems that I don't have the magnanimity that an elder should have.

Fang's being reprimanded by her mother-in-law was a grievance in her heart, and she said in her heart: Didn't you tell me to stand behind you and not go anywhere?This time, you come to lecture me again, it's all your reasoning, how can you be so unreasonable as a mother-in-law?However, she could only slander a little bit in her heart, she absolutely did not dare to say it out of her mouth, so she could only hold back her dissatisfaction and lowered her head to fiddle with her sleeves without saying a word.But everyone could see the grievance and dissatisfaction welling up from the bottom of her heart, which made Fan's heart even more angry.If it wasn't for the fact that her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and sister-in-law were all there, she might have to be trained again.

Mrs. He and other sisters-in-laws all noticed Lin Guoxiang's embarrassment, so Mrs. He gently tugged on Mrs. Lafan's sleeve, persuading her, "You just need to teach the child more if he is ignorant. Why bother with the juniors?" Take your breath away."

Lin Guoxiang also answered He's words with a dry smile: "The second sister-in-law, it's none of Xiaoyu's business, I'm not close to the fifth sister-in-law, there is a stool right next to her."

The sisters-in-law have been with Lin Guoxiang for so long, and they all know that she is not very good at dealing with everyone, especially when there are many people, they don't know what to say, so they don't take it too seriously.Fan Shi, on the other hand, was relieved a lot by her more earnest tone, but she felt more and more disliked by Fang Shi.

Fan glanced at his sister-in-law He, and then thought about her new daughter-in-law who just married the year before.When I have nothing to do, I still help to roast pigs and feed chickens and ducks, and when I am free, I also sew the soles of shoes for the family.Mrs. He wanted to reach out to help, but she stopped her, saying that she had worked hard all her life and these were what she should do as a junior, every time she made Mrs. He very happy.

With such a good candidate for comparison, he turned to look at Fang Shi, Fan Shi became more and more angry, and he almost regretted it, why did he not observe for a while before he was busy marrying the boss back.

Full of sympathy, Lin Guoxiang glanced at Fang from the corner of her eye out of the corner of her eye, who was trained by the second sister-in-law to look like a quail, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Sure enough, this daughter-in-law who is not liked by her mother-in-law will do whatever she wants. Incorrect.Instead, he thought of the original body and his previous encounters, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

But this is not the time to be emotional, Lin Guoxiang asked the old lady, "Mom, our family still has... ahem, chicken manure this year? I want to make some nutritious soil for planting watermelon seedlings." The method of making the soil was simply explained to the old lady and the sisters-in-law. After listening to Lin Guoxiang's explanation, the old lady and the sisters-in-law who were still full of doubts all looked enlightened: "Oh, so It's fertile soil."

Lin Guoxiang blushed immediately when she heard what everyone said. It turned out that this was the time when the nutritious soil had been invented, and she happily thought it was her own patent.

Lin's family grows fruit trees, so the nutritious soil that Lin Guoxiang mentioned is naturally useful, but the production method is not as professional as Lin Guoxiang said.

Knowing that Lin Guoxiang wanted to make "fertile soil", the sisters-in-law were naturally very happy to help. No matter what, Lin Guoxiang's family members will finally benefit from Lin Guoxiang's success in the future, not to mention that there are more than that. What money is at most is a little effort.

With the help of a few sister-in-laws, Lin Guoxiang prepared the nutritional soil without much effort. Everyone put the prepared nutritional soil into a basket covered with oiled paper and waited for it to be used.

The two brothers Wang Yuanzhi and Wang Yuanyue felt bored because their cousins ​​stopped playing, so they stayed at home to help out.So Lin Guoxiang asked them and Lin Fangnian to wash the soaked watermelon seeds in warm water, then take them out to dry, and then soak them in warm water for scrubbing. After repeating this several times, they wrapped them in gauze Place the porcelain box and put it in the pot together with the porcelain box to heat up.

After the watermelon seeds have been processed, they are finally put into the mud made with homemade nutrient soil together with the soaked pumpkin seeds, waiting for the watermelon seeds to germinate.

Almost half a month passed in the blink of an eye after all this was done. Wang Yuanzhi and the others looked at the watermelon and pumpkin seeds in the nutrition bowl, all of them beamed with joy.This is a collaboration between them. I heard from Lin Guoxiang that when watermelons and pumpkins germinate in the future, I will connect watermelon seedlings to pumpkin seedlings. When I think of these small ones, I get very excited and feel amazing.

The word "grafting" may not be unfamiliar to modern people, but to a native ancient person, it is undoubtedly a very new vocabulary, especially for Wang Yuanzhi and the others who are still half-grown boys, it is even more novel.

After hearing that Lin Guoxiang was going to graft watermelon cotyledons onto pumpkin seedlings, Father Lin fell into deep thought. He had heard about this technique before.I heard that someone can graft the shoots from other fruit trees to some ordinary trees, and the fruit trees grown through grafting are not only not easy to get sick, but also have a high yield, and the fruit tastes good.

In the early years, Father Lin also asked several sons and grandsons to learn from those experts who can grow fruit trees, but he didn’t learn anything except working as a free handyman for two or three years for others. He learned from those masters. The things they have are not as useful as the things they fiddled with in their own orchards.The technical work of "grafting" has never even been mentioned by the masters, let alone learned.

Later, in a fit of anger, Father Lin asked his sons and grandchildren to come back. Instead of working for nothing, he might as well come back and find out by himself. It's not that their family doesn't have an orchard, but at most it's just a loss.

Now that my daughter knows this skill, Father Lin's thoughts slowly come to life. If he learns this skill from his daughter, then they can use it in the orchard in the future, and some new varieties of fruit trees will be cultivated at that time. .He wants to see if those orchard masters who have laughed at their family before can still laugh.

Thinking of those orchard masters who once laughed at their family, knowing that they would also graft this technology, and their gray and ugly expressions, Father Lin unconsciously straightened his waist, and the foul breath in his chest suddenly It disappeared a lot.Feeling elated once again.

　Woke up late, this chapter is only now written.But there are [-] words, which is not too little. Tuanzi continues to code and try to update a chapter later, haha.

　　
　
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