Nine-tiered fairy lotus

Chapter 24 focuses on strawberries and garlic

In July, when the extremely hot weather begins, there is no longer a trace of cool wind on the land, and all winds carry waves of heat.The countryside is soaked in sweat, scorched by fire, and marinated by laughter.The crops across the country have entered the stage of vigorous growth, and the farmland is busy with topdressing and pest control, so management needs to be strengthened.

In such weather, few people would be willing to go out, except for Hu Tu.Because of Hu Xiaolian's special existence, he is not afraid of the hot sun, and even likes the feeling of basking in the sun.

Especially when he was alone, all the hairs on his body exploded.Then each vellus seems to hold a small umbrella, covering the hot sun. Sometimes they become dark, and sometimes they emit colorful light, which is very gorgeous.From a distance, he sometimes looks like a black man, and sometimes he looks like a colorful statue, as if he is engaged in performance art.

Hu Xiaolian is absorbing the energy of light, the way it absorbs light can even be called greedy devouring, that's why those small umbrellas turn black.

It's just that its vellus hairs are still very small, and the umbrella it holds up is also small, so it can't cover all the sunlight. If it is exposed to the sun for a long time, it will easily become ugly.So he didn't dare to expose himself to the sun all the time, not because he was afraid of becoming ugly, but because he was afraid that others would ask him why he did that!It would be even more unpleasant if the person who asked the question had a little more association

Therefore, before Hu Tu prepares to bask in the sun, he will always apply sunscreen first, and keep moving while basking to prevent the sun from always shining in one place.And after a while in the sun, he went to the shade to rest.Sometimes he would also soak in the water, half plunged into the river mud to swallow water and soil, and half turned around to bask in the sun.While it won't completely protect against UV damage, it will be much better.

And when someone is present, Hu Xiaolian can also absorb energy under the skin, both light energy and heat energy, but the effect is much worse than before.And this also has an advantage, that is, it completely balances the color of the skin.

Hu Xiaolian, who has absorbed enough energy, is also growing rapidly, the roots of her palms are gradually becoming thicker, and the small umbrellas on her vellus are gradually growing like mushrooms, and the speed of swallowing water and soil is increasing day by day.

These devoured energies are transformed and gathered on the light wall, nourishing the life in the space in a unique way, especially the plants.So much so that the flowers and plants in the lotus space are growing at a visible speed, and the space is so green that the soil below cannot be seen clearly.The succulent plants specially planted by Hutu are also flooding at an extremely fast speed.

Succulentsrefers to plants that have at least one of the three vegetative organs: roots, stems, and leaves, which is plump and succulent and has the function of storing a large amount of water.It can store available water, and when the soil water condition deteriorates and the plant roots can no longer absorb and provide the necessary water from the soil, it can make the plants temporarily separate from the external water supply and survive independently.

Succulents have strong vitality. If a leaf is still on the ground, a new plant can grow. Therefore, buying one succulent means owning many succulents.

Hutu originally planted more than 30 succulents. After less than a month of crazy growth, they have grown to two or three hundred, and they can double almost every seven or eight days.

Looking at the succulents, he was a little happy, but also a little headache, "It's a pity that they are all cheap, and it's not worth the effort to sell them." He thought about it, "Then put them away first, and wait for them to grow. Old Zhuang, pick some good-looking ones and sell them, so that you can sell them for a little more money, and they are worth selling."

Because succulents are too easy to survive, they are easy to flood. As the saying goes, rare things are expensive, and once they are flooded, they are worthless.This is the case with many succulents. They may be very expensive when you buy them, but after you raise them for a period of time and then sell them, the price will drop.The money that originally bought one leaf can buy a whole tree later.

For example, "Snow Rabbit", the domestic price in April 15 was 4 yuan per plant, and the wholesale price in 3500 was 16 yuan. Now it has become an out-and-out general commodity, and you can buy a small plant for ten yuan; Color Surprise”, the wholesale price of each plant in the spring of 200 was 15 yuan, and it dropped to 300 yuan per plant in 16, and now it is also a general commodity of more than ten yuan; the prices of a large number of varieties such as Helena and 40 have also plummeted.

When Hu Tu was buying succulents, Qin Yong told him these things: The succulent market has been a "pig on the wind" from the second half of 2012 to the second half of 2015, but this pig is about to land, which is the law of the market A natural consequence of working.As far as the current situation is concerned, succulents occupy a place in the flower industry with rich varieties and low prices.

"In the past, when I went out to find goods in the spring, most people had to ask the manufacturer to share the goods for sale. This year, no matter which base they went to, they would politely ask if they wanted goods." Qin Yong said with a smile, "It should be said that this spring is more meaty. The quantity on the market has more than doubled compared to last year. In the past, when I purchased goods, I used the quantity to keep the price down. This year, I can negotiate the price first, and there is no need for a large quantity.”

Some newcomers think that the expensive ones are the best ones. Many people compare the price and don’t pay much attention to the variety and appearance. After raising them, they find that the more meat they have, the cheaper it is, which greatly discourages their enthusiasm for raising meat. This is eating. It's a loss if you don't know what to do.

If you keep them for a long time, you will know that succulents have appearance but no variety. You will learn to buy good-looking and favorite succulents, just like keeping pets, and make them old piles comparable to works of art.

The land in the lotus space is getting bigger and bigger, and Hu Tu is thinking about planting something that can be sold for money without attracting attention.He really hopes to buy a pickup truck that can carry both people and goods, so that he doesn't have to drive an old electric three-wheeler when he goes out, but now he doesn't have enough money, and he is eager to earn some extra money .

But with only one piece of land and one piece of pond, what can be planted and raised to make money quickly?There seems to be no way to do it.Planting and breeding are three-thirds jobs and seven-seventh jobs. There is nothing that can be harvested tomorrow if it is planted today.

For those that grow faster and are more expensive, fruits include strawberries, watermelons, etc.; vegetables include peppers, garlic, etc.; as for aquatic products, it’s a bit more complicated. Eel is the most expensive item in the Lotus Terrace space.

Hu Tu thought about it, and finally decided: "Now the place is still small, try to grow some strawberries and garlic first, as for the others, we can wait until the space is bigger. We will grow more strawberries, and less garlic, and experiment."

The reason why he didn't choose watermelon is because he still can't store a whole watermelon, and there are too many watermelons this year, and the price is cheap; he doesn't choose pepper because he is worried that it will be hot on him, and the pepper is big They are small and hard to pick; aquatic products are not mentioned because he has not yet learned the technique of catching fish, and it is useless to raise them.After exclusion, the remaining two were selected.

Hu Tu bought 400 strawberry seedlings and selected two varieties, one is the Mingjing strawberry suitable for cultivation in the open field in Northeast and North China, and the other is Jumbo No. 200 with super-large fruit.I bought 0.8 trees each, because the quantity I bought was small, so each tree cost 320 yuan, a total of 5 yuan.As for garlic, he didn't choose a variety, but went to the market to find some large, uniform purple-skinned garlic cloves and bought [-] catties.

Before planting, weeds must be pulled out, and Hu Xiaolian can do it for me.Hu Tu had a thought, the silk threads in the space of the lotus platform swallowed up the excellent growing grass, and the soil was turned up by the way.

However, Hu Xiaolian cares about eating and not planting, it can't do the planting work for her, she has to dig holes one by one and bury them one by one.If it was handed over to Hu Xiaolian, it would probably plant strawberries and garlic like weeds. After all, it needs more than just fruits, and it doesn't even need to let the fruits ripen.

After three days of tossing, Hu Tu planted strawberry seedlings and garlic, and most of the work was in trimming the land in the space.In order to maximize the land area and fill in less water and soil, he deliberately made the land in the space uneven, with long ditches, hemispherical pits, and high embankments.

After these days of observation, the space of the lotus platform is very calm, without geological disasters such as collapses, landslides, mudslides, and earthquakes, so he will swallow the soil later, and he can pile it around the existing land to build a ring-shaped slope.

"Things in the space grow very fast. If you control Hu Xiaolian's food intake a little bit, you should be able to last until the strawberries and garlic are harvested." Hu Tu is satisfied. He can't wait to see the strawberries bloom and bear fruit. He wants to know, what is produced in the space? How are strawberries different from those sold outside?

(End of this chapter)