Portable space

Just after eating and entering the bedroom, the phone rang, and it was Cai Xiaomei.Cai Yazhi was packing up the dishes and was not in front of her, so Zhang Taiping answered the phone.

"Hello." Zhang Taiping called out first after the phone was connected.

"Brother-in-law."

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhang Taiping asked.

Cai Xiaomei's voice came: "School is on holiday today, and I will go back to the village tomorrow."

"It's vacation, is it summer vacation?" Zhang Taiping asked. He hadn't paid attention to school affairs for a long time, and had already forgotten the time of vacation. Unexpectedly, it entered July in the Gregorian calendar.

"That's right, it's summer vacation. When I go back tomorrow, I'll bring a classmate with me. Ask my sister to help clean up the room in the opposite courtyard. Then I will live with my classmates opposite." Cai Xiaomei said, Although there are many houses in the Zhang family, they are all occupied. If you are alone, you can still squeeze into the same room with Yaya, but you can’t do this if you bring a classmate. You can only live in the opposite house, so I called in advance. When the call comes back, ask someone to tidy up the room.

Zhang Taiping replied: "Yes, I got it, I'll go over and clean it up in a while. The one you brought back is your boyfriend?"

Zhang Taiping asked jokingly, but it wasn't all a joke, there was also an element of probing in it.It is said that an elder brother is like a father. Although he is a brother-in-law, he is still half an elder brother. He should pay more attention to her life and life events.Zhang Taiping thought so.

"It's a boyfriend, it's a female classmate!" Immediately afterwards, a group of girls laughed and shouted from the other end of the phone, and Cai Xiaomei cut off the phone with a snap.

After Cai Yazhi cleaned up the dishes, chopsticks, pots and stoves, she went into the bedroom, and Zhang Taiping told the story of Cai Xiaomei's phone call.

"Little sister brings her classmates back tomorrow? Then I'll go over there and tidy up the room over there." He said and took out a new quilt from the cabinet.The house opposite has already been tidied up, so there is no need to do anything more, but Cai Yazhi attaches great importance to this matter, and changed a new quilt.Zhang Taiping didn't say anything, and followed behind to the opposite room.

After changing the bed sheet and quilt, Cai Yazhi checked the room carefully again, making sure to do it properly.

After returning to my home, the little girls watching TV in the bedroom had already gone to bed, only Wukong remained motionless in front of the computer.

Cai Yazhi went to the girls' room to check and came back, and asked in surprise when she saw Wukong's appearance: "Wukong is still using the computer?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "It is fascinated by watching Journey to the West."

Cai Yazhi came behind it, it really is Journey to the West, and it has reached the fifth episode.There are no advertisements on the computer, and there is no sense of stagnation. Wukong watched the fifth episode from the first episode in half an afternoon.

Zhang Taiping clicked the mouse to turn off the computer, Wukong was watching vigorously, screaming anxiously, scratching his ear and cheek beside him.

"It's evening, it's time to rest, we'll have to watch it tomorrow." Zhang Taiping said to it.

Wukong climbed to the window and looked outside, it was already dark outside, he walked back a little resentfully, stopped howling and prepared to rest.

It was another sunny morning, and the cloudless sky seemed to have been cleaned, which made people's hearts brighter.

Zhang Taiping didn't do strenuous exercise, he just moved his body a little bit, and then took Ah Huang out for a stroll.

The normal corn seedlings have already sprouted, and the long bunches of green corn seedlings are lined up, filling the slope and the ground, which makes people feel relieved.These normal corns have only just emerged, but some early corns have already bloomed, and the beards of some corns have even turned red.

Zhang Taiping went forward to peel it off and took a look, the corn kernels inside were arranged like rows of pearls on the ears of corn, this kind of corn is best eaten when boiled.Zhang Taiping couldn't help but think, I don't know whose family this is, and when the time comes, I will bring some ears home to cook and eat for a taste!

A year's plan lies in spring, and a day's plan lies in morning.In the morning, there were already quite a few people in the field. Seeing Zhang Taiping walking over, they all stopped to say hello, which made him feel as if the leader came to check, and felt strange.

These few families didn't have any busy work at first, even if they had work, they would hoe the grass in the cornfield, and fertilize the corn in two days.But what people are busy with now is not the things in the cornfield, but tinkering on the red ground.The so-called "red land" is the land that has not been planted for a period of time for a year or a season. This kind of land tends to grow more vigorously.

After Zhang Taiping asked, he realized that everyone was busy growing vegetables.Needless to say, it is all thanks to the stores in the city.

After walking a few more steps, I saw Wang Peng and Aunt Wang.Because Zhuang Yu was pregnant, she was confessed by Aunt Wang as a baby.

Zhang Taiping asked: "What kind of plant is this going to grow?"

Seeing Zhang Taiping, Wang Peng smiled and said, "Brother is here, plant some radishes, cabbages, and green vegetables."

Radishes and cabbage are usually sown when the corn is harvested, but now they are planted early, but the advantage of being early is that they can be sold early in the store for a good price.

After Wang Peng got married, he seemed to have changed from a boy to a man all of a sudden, and he became more sensible.Although Aunt Wang knew that her daughter-in-law was rich, she was not from the Wang family, so she did not relax because of this, and she was still actively growing vegetables and thinking about getting rich.Wang Peng came to help.

Zhang Taiping looked at the seeds next to the field, all of which can be harvested in the middle of autumn, radishes, cabbage, green vegetables, lettuce, garlic, etc., there are always more than ten kinds.With more than two acres of land, it is not uncommon to plant these things.

"There are so many tricks." Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

Aunt Wang also said with a smile: "In this way, all of them will be sold at that time. If this one is not easy to sell, then sell that one. If all of them are of one kind and cannot be sold, it will be difficult."

Zhang Taiping nodded. This is the orthodox idea of ​​a small farmer. You can't lose money every year, but your income is limited, but even this is much better than doing nothing.

At home, Zhuang Yu doesn't allow him to smoke, so there is neither cigarette nor fire in his pocket. Zhang Taiping gave a cigarette, lit it hastily, took a deep breath, and then spit it out comfortably, just like smoking opium, directly put Zhang Taiping laughed.

"Haven't smoked in decades?"

Wang Peng said with a wry smile: "The woman forbade me to smoke at home, and took away the smoke and fire. I was almost suffocated."

Although he was relieved, he frowned and gritted his teeth, but Zhang Taiping, who knew him well, knew that he was subdued by Zhuang Yu, so he dared to complain outside.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Then you should bear with it, it is also for the sake of your child."

Wang Peng smiled immediately: "I don't know if it's a kid or a girl. He hasn't been born yet, so let his father and I be troubled, and he will have to fight hard." Even though he said that, the joy on his face couldn't be concealed. live.

The busy lady next to her also had a smile on her face. This is really a manifestation of the ancestors of the Wang family. Otherwise, why would she marry a daughter-in-law from the city and bring a child to the Wang family.One must know that her family was poor in the past, and Wang Peng was a little embarrassed, so marrying a wife and having children has always been a concern for her.And now that her grandson is about to be born, how could she not be happy.

They stayed on the ground for a while, and smoked a cigarette with Wang Peng.Zhang Taiping said: "You get busy, I'll go around casually."

"Okay, I'll go to your house when I'm free." Wang Peng replied.

It didn't take long to see old man Qian was also busy in the field, Zhang Taiping asked: "Master Qian is also busy?"

Old Man Qian stopped what he was doing and said with a big smile, "Everyone is busy, so I can't be like a lazy man doing nothing, right?"

"Then what are you planning to grow?" Zhang Taiping casually handed Old Man Qian a cigarette and lit it for him and asked.

"I'm used to smoking dry tobacco, and I'm not used to smoking this." Old man Qian said with a puff of smoke, "I'm going to plant some moldy beans, and then some carrots and onions. I remember that I went to Daji once last winter, and the moldy beans It costs three yuan a catty, and the price keeps increasing in the twelfth lunar month, and it went up to five yuan a catty in the episodes a few years ago. The prices of onions and carrots are also very good.”

The "moldy bean" he mentioned refers to a kind of kidney bean with a dark color, which mainly grows in autumn, and can be bought at a good price just in the season when winter vegetables are out of stock.Old man Qian's choice was much more rational and purposeful than Aunt Wang's.

Zhang Taiping said: "Uncle Qian has a good vision, these vegetables are good, and they will definitely sell for a good price and make money!"

Old Man Qian laughed and said, "You can earn as much as you want, the main thing is to keep people from being idle."

This is the thinking of most of the older generation of farmers. No matter whether there are any gold ingots dug out in the field, they can't take time off to tidy up the field all day long.But now that we have a head start, people are even more motivated.

Ah Huang is now much more stable than before, quietly following Zhang Taiping's side.

Old man Qian looked at Ah Huang and said, "Your Ah Huang looks even fiercer now."

Zhang Taiping looked at Ah Huang and said with a smile: "It's more ferocious, mainly because it eats better than before, and it also goes to the mountains to catch rabbits and pheasants by itself. Some sturdy breath."

Old Man Qian nodded: "Why don't you say that the wild beasts in the mountains are more ferocious than the ones raised in the house, so they are wild."

After walking around the field, Wang Shunyou's family also began to fertilize the field, but they followed Zhang Taiping's words and applied natural fertilizers such as chicken manure, cow manure, and sheep manure instead of chemical fertilizers.

After fertilizing the field is turned over again, and then the mulch can be sown for wintering tomatoes.Just after eating and entering the bedroom, the phone rang, and it was Cai Xiaomei.Cai Yazhi was packing up the dishes and was not in front of her, so Zhang Taiping answered the phone.

"Hello." Zhang Taiping called out first after the phone was connected.

"Brother-in-law."

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhang Taiping asked.

Cai Xiaomei's voice came: "School is on holiday today, and I will go back to the village tomorrow."

"It's vacation, is it summer vacation?" Zhang Taiping asked. He hadn't paid attention to school affairs for a long time, and had already forgotten the time of vacation. Unexpectedly, it entered July in the Gregorian calendar.

"That's right, it's summer vacation. When I go back tomorrow, I'll bring a classmate with me. Ask my sister to help clean up the room in the opposite courtyard. Then I will live with my classmates opposite." Cai Xiaomei said, Although there are many houses in the Zhang family, they are all occupied. If you are alone, you can still squeeze into the same room with Yaya, but you can’t do this if you bring a classmate. You can only live in the opposite house, so I called in advance. When the call comes back, ask someone to tidy up the room.

Zhang Taiping replied: "Yes, I got it, I'll go over and clean it up in a while. The one you brought back is your boyfriend?"

Zhang Taiping asked jokingly, but it wasn't all a joke, there was also an element of probing in it.It is said that an elder brother is like a father. Although he is a brother-in-law, he is still half an elder brother. He should pay more attention to her life and life events.Zhang Taiping thought so.

"It's a boyfriend, it's a female classmate!" Immediately afterwards, a group of girls laughed and shouted from the other end of the phone, and Cai Xiaomei cut off the phone with a snap.

After Cai Yazhi cleaned up the dishes, chopsticks, pots and stoves, she went into the bedroom, and Zhang Taiping told the story of Cai Xiaomei's phone call.

"Little sister brings her classmates back tomorrow? Then I'll go over there and tidy up the room over there." He said and took out a new quilt from the cabinet.The house opposite has already been tidied up, so there is no need to do anything more, but Cai Yazhi attaches great importance to this matter, and changed a new quilt.Zhang Taiping didn't say anything, and followed behind to the opposite room.

After changing the bed sheet and quilt, Cai Yazhi checked the room carefully again, making sure to do it properly.

After returning to my home, the little girls watching TV in the bedroom had already gone to bed, only Wukong remained motionless in front of the computer.

Cai Yazhi went to the girls' room to check and came back, and asked in surprise when she saw Wukong's appearance: "Wukong is still using the computer?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "It is fascinated by watching Journey to the West."

Cai Yazhi came behind it, it really is Journey to the West, and it has reached the fifth episode.There are no advertisements on the computer, and there is no sense of stagnation. Wukong watched the fifth episode from the first episode in half an afternoon.

Zhang Taiping clicked the mouse to turn off the computer, Wukong was watching vigorously, screaming anxiously, scratching his ear and cheek beside him.

"It's evening, it's time to rest, we'll have to watch it tomorrow." Zhang Taiping said to it.

Wukong climbed to the window and looked outside, it was already dark outside, he walked back a little resentfully, stopped howling and prepared to rest.

It was another sunny morning, and the cloudless sky seemed to have been cleaned, which made people's hearts brighter.

Zhang Taiping didn't do strenuous exercise, he just moved his body a little bit, and then took Ah Huang out for a stroll.

The normal corn seedlings have already sprouted, and the long bunches of green corn seedlings are lined up, filling the slope and the ground, which makes people feel relieved.These normal corns have only just emerged, but some early corns have already bloomed, and the beards of some corns have even turned red.

Zhang Taiping went forward to peel it off and took a look, the corn kernels inside were arranged like rows of pearls on the ears of corn, this kind of corn is best eaten when boiled.Zhang Taiping couldn't help but think, I don't know whose family this is, and when the time comes, I will bring some ears home to cook and eat for a taste!

A year's plan lies in spring, and a day's plan lies in morning.In the morning, there were already quite a few people in the field. Seeing Zhang Taiping walking over, they all stopped to say hello, which made him feel as if the leader came to check, and felt strange.

These few families didn't have any busy work at first, even if they had work, they would hoe the grass in the cornfield, and fertilize the corn in two days.But what people are busy with now is not the things in the cornfield, but tinkering on the red ground.The so-called "red land" is the land that has not been planted for a period of time for a year or a season. This kind of land tends to grow more vigorously.

After Zhang Taiping asked, he realized that everyone was busy growing vegetables.Needless to say, it is all thanks to the stores in the city.

After walking a few more steps, I saw Wang Peng and Aunt Wang.Because Zhuang Yu was pregnant, she was confessed by Aunt Wang as a baby.

Zhang Taiping asked: "What kind of plant is this going to grow?"

Seeing Zhang Taiping, Wang Peng smiled and said, "Brother is here, plant some radishes, cabbages, and green vegetables."

Radishes and cabbage are usually sown when the corn is harvested, but now they are planted early, but the advantage of being early is that they can be sold early in the store for a good price.

After Wang Peng got married, he seemed to have changed from a boy to a man all of a sudden, and he became more sensible.Although Aunt Wang knew that her daughter-in-law was rich, she was not from the Wang family, so she did not relax because of this, and she was still actively growing vegetables and thinking about getting rich.Wang Peng came to help.

Zhang Taiping looked at the seeds next to the field, all of which can be harvested in the middle of autumn, radishes, cabbage, green vegetables, lettuce, garlic, etc., there are always more than ten kinds.With more than two acres of land, it is not uncommon to plant these things.

"There are so many tricks." Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

Aunt Wang also said with a smile: "In this way, all of them will be sold at that time. If this one is not easy to sell, then sell that one. If all of them are of one kind and cannot be sold, it will be difficult."

Zhang Taiping nodded. This is the orthodox idea of ​​a small farmer. You can't lose money every year, but your income is limited, but even this is much better than doing nothing.

At home, Zhuang Yu doesn't allow him to smoke, so there is neither cigarette nor fire in his pocket. Zhang Taiping gave a cigarette, lit it hastily, took a deep breath, and then spit it out comfortably, just like smoking opium, directly put Zhang Taiping laughed.

"Haven't smoked in decades?"

Wang Peng said with a wry smile: "The woman forbade me to smoke at home, and took away the smoke and fire. I was almost suffocated."

Although he was relieved, he frowned and gritted his teeth, but Zhang Taiping, who knew him well, knew that he was subdued by Zhuang Yu, so he dared to complain outside.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Then you should bear with it, it is also for the sake of your child."

Wang Peng smiled immediately: "I don't know if it's a kid or a girl. He hasn't been born yet, so let his father and I be troubled, and he will have to fight hard." Even though he said that, the joy on his face couldn't be concealed. live.

The busy lady next to her also had a smile on her face. This is really a manifestation of the ancestors of the Wang family. Otherwise, why would she marry a daughter-in-law from the city and bring a child to the Wang family.One must know that her family was poor in the past, and Wang Peng was a little embarrassed, so marrying a wife and having children has always been a concern for her.And now that her grandson is about to be born, how could she not be happy.

They stayed on the ground for a while, and smoked a cigarette with Wang Peng.Zhang Taiping said: "You get busy, I'll go around casually."

"Okay, I'll go to your house when I'm free." Wang Peng replied.

It didn't take long to see old man Qian was also busy in the field, Zhang Taiping asked: "Master Qian is also busy?"

Old Man Qian stopped what he was doing and said with a big smile, "Everyone is busy, so I can't be like a lazy man doing nothing, right?"

"Then what are you planning to grow?" Zhang Taiping casually handed Old Man Qian a cigarette and lit it for him and asked.

"I'm used to smoking dry tobacco, and I'm not used to smoking this." Old man Qian said with a puff of smoke, "I'm going to plant some moldy beans, and then some carrots and onions. I remember that I went to Daji once last winter, and the moldy beans It costs three yuan a catty, and the price keeps increasing in the twelfth lunar month, and it went up to five yuan a catty in the episodes a few years ago. The prices of onions and carrots are also very good.”

The "moldy bean" he mentioned refers to a kind of kidney bean with a dark color, which mainly grows in autumn, and can be bought at a good price just in the season when winter vegetables are out of stock.Old man Qian's choice was much more rational and purposeful than Aunt Wang's.

Zhang Taiping said: "Uncle Qian has a good vision, these vegetables are good, and they will definitely sell for a good price and make money!"

Old Man Qian laughed and said, "You can earn as much as you want, the main thing is to keep people from being idle."

This is the thinking of most of the older generation of farmers. No matter whether there are any gold ingots dug out in the field, they can't take time off to tidy up the field all day long.But now that we have a head start, people are even more motivated.

Ah Huang is now much more stable than before, quietly following Zhang Taiping's side.

Old man Qian looked at Ah Huang and said, "Your Ah Huang looks even fiercer now."

Zhang Taiping looked at Ah Huang and said with a smile: "It's more ferocious, mainly because it eats better than before, and it also goes to the mountains to catch rabbits and pheasants by itself. Some sturdy breath."

Old Man Qian nodded: "Why don't you say that the wild beasts in the mountains are more ferocious than the ones raised in the house, so they are wild."

After walking around the field, Wang Shunyou's family also began to fertilize the field, but they followed Zhang Taiping's words and applied natural fertilizers such as chicken manure, cow manure, and sheep manure instead of chemical fertilizers.

After fertilizing the field is turned over again, and then the mulch can be sown for wintering tomatoes.