Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 52 Raising Seedlings
Few households in the village have ever grown watermelons. Qiu Changrong is the most experienced one. He is a rare farmer. With his skills, he has bought hundreds of acres of fertile land, and later married a woman as beautiful as flowers and jade. , is one of the objects of envy of many young men.Du Xian bought the cold melon seeds from him three years ago, but it was a pity that due to the heavy rain, even Qiu Changrong lost a lot of money that year.

Seeing that it was Du Xian, Qiu Changrong was very surprised, "You still dare to grow cold melons?"

Du Xian smiled, "Try planting an acre of land, and you won't lose much anyway."

"Brother is quite courageous." Qiu Changrong went in to get cold melon seeds after speaking.

"Father, I'll ask him later how he does the farming, and if there is anything he should pay attention to." Du Xiaoyu reminded, since this man is good at farming, he must ask for advice.

"These are enough to plant an acre. For my brother's sake, let me give you fifty cents." Qiu Changrong brought a small bag of cold melon seeds later.

Du Xiaoyu took a look, and guessed that it was only about ten handfuls of melon seeds, which would be worth a few dollars at most in later generations, and just wanted to bargain, but unexpectedly, Du Xian paid for it without saying a word.

This honest father, Du Xiaoyu was speechless, but she couldn't do anything about buying everything, so she pushed her father to ask about the situation.

"Brother Qiu, you are the leader in planting cold melons, you have to teach me!" Du Xian stepped forward to ask for advice.

As a result, Qiu Changrong turned around and couldn't figure out where to find the root thread. He picked his teeth and said, "There is something to teach, isn't it just like planting rice, anyway, you will urge the seedlings, what else don't you understand? On weekdays Water and fertilize, just go and see more, and come to me if there are insects."

As if he didn't say anything, Du Xiaoyu sneered secretly, he only cared about getting rich for himself, and was always on the lookout for others to steal from him!Narrow-minded!

Du Xian was a little embarrassed, "This, this is always different..."

"Father, let's go. If he looks like that, he won't know how to teach. Let's go back and figure it out for ourselves." Du Xiaoyu pulled him away.

Qiu Changrong laughed twice behind him, saying that there are apprentices but no master, so where can you make money if you can teach everything?Didn't everyone come to steal his business?
But Du Xiaoyu over there remembered something within a few steps, so she quickly took out the cold melon seeds and looked at them carefully. Just now, she had been thinking about getting her father to ask for advice, so she forgot about it. Fortunately, the melon seeds were not bad. It can be seen that although the person does not impart experience, he is not enough to fool people with bad ones, but she is still a little unhappy, and said, "Why are you so eager to buy it just now? I think fifty cents is quite expensive."

"Who said, three years ago he sold seventy coins!" Du Xian hurriedly argued, "His cold melons are well grown."

But this was three years ago, and there were fewer people growing cold melons back then, so it was naturally more expensive, but forget it, Du Xiaoyu shook his head and asked, "How do you grow seedlings? planted in the ground?"

"Anyway, it's only one mu of land, so it's fine to do it in the front yard." Du Xian understood this.

When he got home, Du Xian circled a field in the yard, about two feet long and half a foot wide, and then shoveled the soil there. After the shoveling, he found corn stalks and inserted them in rows to form a dense pattern. Mini railings, also known as Du Huanghua, hold all the straw in the backyard.Du Xiaoyu looked interesting, and asked around, only to realize that this is for raising seedlings. Some things can only be understood by practice, and books can't really teach them.

Seeing Du Xian go to pick up the accumulated chicken manure, Du Xiaoyu pinched his nose and hid behind the door to watch.

"Can you farm like this?" Du Huanghua looked at her and shook her head.

"Why not?" Du Xiaoyu retorted, "I'll hire a human in the future!"

"Hey, don't be a prodigal in the future." Mrs. Zhao heard a sarcasm. Yesterday everyone came to persuade her to plant cold melons for her little daughter. Although they agreed, they felt a little unhappy in their hearts. There will be no more excuses after the planting is not good.

Du Xiaoyu didn't care, she didn't have to do it herself to make money, she hoped she was a brain worker!But if you don't understand, you have to ask. She humbly asked Du Huanghua, "Sister, what are you doing under the chicken manure shop? Fertilization?"

"Yeah, we have to dig some good soil. The soil in our yard is not good."

So, it seems that raising seedlings is quite troublesome, she has to study hard.

So I followed Du Xian up and down the whole day, picking soil from fertile fields for a while, loosening the soil for that field, fertilizing the new soil, and then sprinkled a layer on the top. plant ash.These are not finished yet, and watering is still needed to make the soil drink enough water before the cold melon seeds can be planted in it.

It is better to say paving than planting. In fact, only a thin layer of soil is covered.

Du Xiaoyu saw that it was finally done, raised his head and wiped his sweat, and he was sweating just looking at it, not to mention how tired Du Xian was.

"Father, drink some water." She entered the room and poured a bowl of water.

Du Xian wiped his sweat with the towel hanging around his neck, and said with a smile, "The sun is good today, and the weather is really suitable."

"Does it have to stay in the sun?" Du Xiaoyu asked.

"Of course, it will be useless if it rains in the first two days." Du Xian frowned.

When Du Xiaoyu heard it, the excitement just now was gone, and she suddenly felt a little scared. At this moment, she really realized the fact that farmers depend on the sky for their food. Really, she is not a celestial master, how could she know if she would? rain!If it rains, will the fifty renminbi be thrown into the ditch?Thinking of her, she ran to find Du Wenyuan in a hurry.

"Second brother, the cold melon seeds are all planted, hurry up and see if it will rain in the next two days?"

Seeing the sweat on her forehead, Du Wenyuan laughed and said, "Now that the stars haven't come out, what can I see?"

"This, this..." Du Xiaoyu was dying of anxiety, "Father said that if it rains, the seedlings won't come out."

"Then plant it again." Du Wenyuan said, "There is no other way."

"Ah?" Du Xiaoyu fell down on the top of the kang, speechless for a while, and died before leaving the teacher, she didn't want it!
Seeing her worried look, Du Wenyuan pulled her to the window, "See, the sunset is coming out. There is a saying that if the morning glow does not go out, the sunset glow travels thousands of miles, so it will be sunny for two days."

"Oh, you guys!" Du Xiaoyu suddenly realized that they were teasing her, really!
"Now you know that farming is not easy?" Du Wenyuan said seriously, "You have to work hard."

As if he knew a lot about farming, Du Xiaoyu curled his lips. At that time, he said that planting cold melons was not what he suggested, but now he is educating people. Du Xiaoyu glanced at him, "Second brother, test for talent It's not easy, you have to read the book carefully." After saying that, he shook his hands and went out.

This girl really can't suffer at all, Du Wenyuan shook his head and smiled.

As soon as the sun went down, Du Xian set up a layer of bamboo poles on top of the corn stalks and carefully covered them with straw. The temperature at night was still relatively low, which was to keep warm.

Since then, Du Xiaoyu's daily routine is to observe the seeds of cold melon, water them, and pay attention to the sunlight. They all wondered if Du Xian didn't do a good job, and sometimes he thought about it when he was eating, because he didn't know how many times he was laughed at by his family.

Fortunately, there were other things distracting her, such as the visit of the white lotus.

She really didn't like that family. She thought Bai Lianhua was interesting at first, but she didn't think that way anymore after going to Bai's house that time.

"Sister Xiaoyu, what is planted here?" Bai Lianhua had something to say to her.

Du Xiaoyu ignored it, "Han melon seeds."

"Oh? Your family wants to grow cold melons?" Bai Lianhua was very interested. "That food is delicious. Sometimes my father will buy some back in summer. Have you ever eaten Xiaoyu?"

Are you showing off unconsciously again?Du Xiaoyu really didn't want to talk anymore, so she stood up and went to the cowshed to lead the calf out, "Mother, I'll go graze the cow." Anyway, Du Huanghua and Du Xian went to loosen the few acres of fertile land, so she had nothing to worry about Yes, Bai Lianhua will always go back when she sees no one to play with.

The Zhao family didn't know what the Bai family meant, and of course they didn't care about Du Xiaoyu.

She took the cow and went to the other side of the mountain.

The calf has grown a lot now, but it is still too early to be used for plowing, but it is very smart, and it does not need to hold the rope when it comes out, and it follows behind by itself.Maybe she treats it well on weekdays. She asks about the cold and warm every day, and even washes its body. The calf probably understands feelings. She smiled and patted the calf's head.

Unknowingly, she walked to the forest, because she had never heard of any wild beasts, so she was not afraid.

The mountain is also a different kind of scenery now, the trees are either sprouting green buds, or the branches are blooming, full of vigor and vitality.

After walking for a while, she saw a field of beautiful flowers in front of her. When she went over, she realized that they were apricot blossoms, which were as delicate and charming as red clouds. It turned out that there were apricot trees in this forest, but she had never seen them before. She looked around , there are large tall trees next to it, completely blocking the view, maybe it is because of this reason?She admired it for a while, and when she walked back, she took note of some special signs, such as a few big rocks with strange shapes in the middle, and a curved red pine...

The calf is already full, and the newly grown grass is probably very tender. Seeing it wagging its head and tail, I know I am happy.

I was in a good mood along the way, but not when I got home, because the white lotus was still there, talking with Du Huanghua in the room.

"My elder brother was in good health. If it wasn't because he took me to the doctor in the middle of the night to freeze, he wouldn't be like this." Bai Lianhua burst into tears, "My parents couldn't go home because of the heavy snow that day. When I was sick, my eldest brother carried me on his back, but the snow was too heavy, so I couldn’t walk at all, so my eldest brother took off his clothes and put them on for me. Later, the root cause of the disease, the doctor said that his body was frozen to death..."

Du Xiaoyu was furious when he heard it outside. Is this trying to gain sympathy points?If he dedicated himself to his own sister, he would sacrifice it. Why would he bring someone else's daughter along?She slammed her hand out and pushed the door open.

(End of this chapter)