Alpine Orchard

Chapter 239 Heavy Rain

There is no sun to be seen this morning, and it is a bit muggy.

It's almost noon now, and the temperature is getting hotter.Cloudy, but not overcast yet...

Ye Mo paid attention to the weather station in Dongmen Town. The weather station said that there will be heavy rain this evening.

Ms. Xiao Mian and their watermelon fields have ditches, but the ditches are not deep. The terrain here is relatively low. If there is a heavy rain, it is easy to accumulate water.

"Dad." Ye Mo took out his phone and called the old man.

"what?"

"I'm at Ma'am's side. There may be a heavy rain tonight. The melon fields on Ma'am's side don't drain very well. You can drive the tractor over here and hook up the ditching machine. I'll help you dig the ditches deeper. "Ye Mo said.

"Well, okay... come here right away. There is also a walking tractor, can you bring it here together?"

"Get it here." Ye Mo said.

Here are 4 watermelon fields, scattered high and low.

There have been two rainstorms in May, with loud thunder and light raindrops... There will always be a heavy rainstorm on their side before the official rainy season enters.

Ye Mo waited here for a while, and Lin Shan drove the orchard transport truck to bring the machine over.As for the tractor, Lin Xiaomian drove over.

A 32-horsepower small tractor, bought back about a week ago

Ye Mo used to help assemble trenchers...

"It's going to rain heavily today?" Lin Shan said.

"That's what the weather forecast says." Ye Mo said, "The melon fields here don't have deep ditches. I'll help you to build a deep ditch around the melon fields."

"Yeah." Lin Shan nodded.

Deep trenches are not just for drainage.In the future, you can judge whether you need to water the watermelon through the deep ditch...

The deep ditch can store some water to ensure the humidity of the soil around the melon vines.

Watermelon, equivalent to drought, is more afraid of waterlogging.

To store water in a watermelon field, it can only be a deep ditch.Don't store too much water...

Specifically, the soil around the melon vines should maintain a certain humidity.The humidity is up to you to judge.

The super-large watermelon is also grown here, and a lot of organic fertilizer is given.

Ye Mo drove the excavator down, and along the edge of the melon field, a deep trench with a width of 27 cm and a depth of nearly 1 meter was dug.

Here is solid soil, not sandy soil.It is also convenient to open a deep ditch...

Lin Shan used a walking tractor to dig vertical ditches in the melon fields.

It's almost noon.

After Ye Mo and the others worked in the field for a while, the lady called them over for dinner.

The lunch was made by Lin Xiaomian and Xiaomian's mother, at Madam's house.

Niu Youde took out his beer: "Have you straightened out your work on the mountain?"

"It's straightened out." Lin Shan said with a smile: "Now...the commuting time is basically fixed, and there is not much overtime."

Niu Youde smiled: "That's good, don't delay you because of my affairs."

"There is no delay..." Ye Mo said: "We said before that we would dig deep ditches for your melon fields here, but my side has too many trivial things, so I forgot."

"I saw someone surveying the land on the gravel slope a few days ago. Has the land over there been contracted?"

"The contract has come down, a total of 89 acres." Niu Youde said.

"That much?" Ye Mo said.

"The 89 mu of land is all flat. Shallow hills and hillsides are not allowed to open up wasteland..." Niu Youde said.

“我们家承包了20亩。你二叔家20亩，唐恂他们家也是20亩。剩下29亩是陈晨他们家承包……”小眠大嬢笑着道：“我们家的20亩土地，我们还准备分10亩给老二家里种。”

It is indeed tiring for the two of them to manage [-] acres of melon fields, but it is not impossible.

For example, the melon field at Ye Mo's side, if calculated...that is, each person manages ten acres.

"Ma'am, 10 acres of land, why don't you make it into a greenhouse." Lin Xiaomian said, "As Ye Mo said, the risk of managing watermelons in the greenhouse is much lower. Moreover, the watermelon can be guaranteed to ripen early in the greenhouse, and the seedlings are not afraid of frostbite."

"We're also thinking about it." Niu Youde said, "Look at the crop of watermelons in the field. Besides, a ten-acre greenhouse will cost a lot of money. We've never grown watermelons before..."

"Take it easy." Lin Shan smiled.

have eaten.

The sky outside seems to be a little darker, and it feels like a heavy rain is coming.

Ye Mo and the others didn't go back to rest, put down their bowls and chopsticks, and hurried to the melon field to continue digging ditches.

Lin Xiaomian took the kitchen knife, and went to the banana grove over there with her mother, chopped down two banana trees... and put the bananas on the trees back.

The banana seedlings that Ye Mo bought last year were planted near the reservoir, and they have grown up. More than a dozen of them are blooming, and it is still very early to pick bananas.

afternoon.

The day was gloomy and very sultry.

Ye Mo sat on the tractor and ditched, drenched in sweat.

Niu Youde and Lin Shan used the tractor alternately...

Madam and Xiao Mian's mother dig the soil with a hoe.

A group of people are doing it in full swing.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the muffled thunder was already faintly heard.

There are still the last two fields, which add up to more than an acre. Ye Mo adjusted the ditching machine to only open about half a meter to speed up.

The same goes for Lin Shan and the others, first get the drainage done.As for the others, don't worry about that much.

The thunder grew louder.

After four o'clock, the ditch hadn't been finished yet, and it was raining.Accompanied by bursts of thunder, it looked like it was going to be dark.

Only the last bit remains.There must be no problem with the drainage of melon fields.A burst of torrential rain fell, and the few people were quickly drenched into drenched chickens...

"Okay, okay, I won't do it anymore. I'm going back." Niu Youde shouted.

"It's time to call it a day." Lin Shan also shouted.

Ye Mo put away the trencher.Xiao Mian's mother and the others came over to dig out the dirt...

"Dad, Mom, I'll go back first." Ye Mo said.

"Okay." Lin Shan replied.

"Come over for dinner tonight," the lady yelled.

"Forget it. This rain will definitely not stop in the evening...it won't come over." Ye Mo said.

"I can't come here at night, such a big fish." Lin Shan also said.

"Okay, come over for dinner another day."

"Hahaha... We are still talking about that. Hurry up, pack up and go back."

The rain was heavy, like pouring.

Ye Mo drove the tractor back to the mountain, but the downpour had blocked his sight.

After entering the big warehouse, Ye Mo rubbed his eye sockets, only to see Lin Xiaomian in the warehouse.

Ye Mo drove the tractor to the corner, looked at Lin Xiaomian: "Why did you come here?"

"Come here to pick you up." Lin Xiaomian said, "Where are your parents?"

"Behind." Ye Mo was about to pinch Lin Xiaomian's face when his parents came in with an orchard transport truck.

The Hongqi SUV was in the warehouse. Everyone shook off the water on their bodies and got into the car...

"We don't dirty the car with this body." Xiao Mian's mother said.

"If it's dirty, it's dirty, call Lin Xiaomian to wash it." Ye Mo said with a smile.

Lin Xiaomian made a fierce face at Ye Mo.

(End of this chapter)