Leftover Girl's Neverland

Chapter 25 "Fertilization"

Meng Zhen's father remarried when she was in her junior year. He married Han Chunyan from their compound, who was also a colleague in the factory.When Father Meng was preparing to get married, he consulted Meng Zhen for his opinion.She has not fully recovered from the shadow of losing her mother, but she understands and supports her father's remarriage. During her mother's illness, it was her father who worked hard to take care of her mother. After her mother passed away, her father seemed to be ten years older.

I go to school outside, so I don't have much chance of going back to the county in the future. Dad's lonely life is too hard, so Meng Zhen also hopes that someone can take care of him and accompany him through the rest of his life.Aunt Han is familiar with her. Her husband died of cancer, and she only has a son who is eight years younger than Meng Zhen.Her husband's illness almost used up all the family's savings. After his death, Aunt Han's life was very difficult.

We are both colleagues and neighbors, so Dad Meng usually takes good care of them. After a long time, two people who lost their partners were matched to form a new family.

Han Chunyan is very kind to Meng Zhen, but this kindness always has a kind of alienation and politeness.Meng Zhen didn't like this feeling very much.Every time she went home, she saw that the smell of her mother in the house became less and less, and the atmosphere of the new hostess became stronger and stronger, and she began to have a sense of distance from this home.

Later, she stayed in Quancheng after graduating from university, and seldom went home. Although her room and belongings at home remained the same as before she left, Meng Zhen always felt that that place was no longer her home.Although thinking like this would make my father sad, but every time I go home and see my father, Aunt Han and her son Zheng Jian happy and happy, I feel like an outsider instead.This feeling is very bleak, and now she only goes home during the Spring Festival or special days.

Meng Zhen chatted with Aunt Han on the phone, and Dad Meng answered the phone: "Really, why didn't you go home last month? Are you busy with work recently?"

"Dad, I'm fine. How are you? It's snowing in Quancheng now, is it snowing at home?"

"I'm in good health. I'm retired now. I play chess with your Uncle Wang at home all day long. Hey, Xiaohan, is it snowing outside?" Father Meng didn't know what the weather was like because he hadn't gone out yet. looking at his wife next to him.

"No, it just rained a little in the morning, but the temperature is quite low. Why, is it snowing in Quancheng?"

Father Meng got the answer, turned his head and continued talking to Meng Zhen: "No, it just rained a little here. Let's cool down over there. Are you dressed enough today? You should pay more attention when you are outside alone. By the way, Last time you said that you were in love, when will you bring it home and let your father see it, if you are a good person, then hurry up and settle it. You are not too young, Xiao Shuang in our yard is two years younger than you, this year They all have sons."

"Oh, that's right." Meng Zhen almost forgot that she told her father about Du Wei. If the two ended up like this, she wouldn't tell her father first: "Well, Dad, I broke up with him. It doesn't feel right for the two of you."

"Break up? When?"

"Well, what happened last month. Dad, let's not talk about him. By the way, I bought a house in Quancheng, and now I am in my new home!"

"Buy a house? Is the money enough? I've heard people say that the house price in Quancheng is several times more expensive than in our county. Every time you send back the money, I will save it for you. I will remit it later. If If you don’t have enough money, I’ll give you some more!”

"Dad, the money is enough! I didn't buy a commercial house. I bought a bungalow in the suburbs with a big yard. It's very cheap. You don't need to save money for me. The money I send you is for you to spend. I can't It's already very unfilial to take care of you by my side, so I have to send you some money so that you can eat well, and you can just spend the money."

"Bungalow, do you live alone? Is it safe? Has anyone bullied you?" Outskirts of the city?Isn't that the countryside?Can she live alone in a yard with a girl?Father Meng also felt that after his remarriage, his daughter was getting farther and farther away from home.

"I used to live alone, but then two teachers from the primary school in the village rented my house, and now the three of us live together. Dad, don't worry, the people here are very kind to me. And half of the people here are The surname Meng, maybe our ancestors were brothers 500 years ago. Oh, by the way, Chen Xue was afraid that I would not be safe by myself, so she asked someone to help me get a wolf dog to guard the house, so don’t worry.”

Meng Zhen looked at Xiong Xiong squatting at his feet, and hurriedly comforted his father, it would be bad if the old man was worried and ran all the way.

"Wolfdog? That's okay, is it obedient?!"

"Well, very obedient, Chen Xue said that it is a descendant of a police dog, so fierce!"

Xiong Xiong seemed to feel the master's attention, put his front legs up, and straightened his body, with the posture of a standard guard.It's a pity that there is no hair on the chubby belly, it is pink and tender, which is a bit cute no matter how you look at it.

"Okay, you should pay more attention to yourself and go home more when you have time. Your aunt and I miss you very much."

"Well, okay," Meng Zhen knew that he would never go home, which made his father very sad: "By the way, Dad, it's snowing today, and the expressway in Quancheng is closed. I guess it won't work tomorrow, so I won't go home for now." Yes. Tomorrow is Ching Ming Festival, when you visit your grandparents’ graves, please burn more paper for my mother.”

"Don't worry, your aunt and I visit her every year to pull weeds and add some soil to her grave. We will never forget it!"

Speaking of his dead wife, Meng's father felt sour.When she was suffering from depression, it was very tormenting, and what happened afterwards was unclear, but now all she recalls are the happy days when the two of them struggled together.Therefore, every year on Ching Ming, Death Day, and Ghost Festival, he would go to the cemetery to visit her, and sometimes Xiao Han would accompany him.

"Well, Dad, you and your aunt must take care of your health. Don't be reluctant to spend money. Now my daughter can earn money. I will feel at ease outside if you are healthy and healthy!"

"Hey, okay, when the weather gets warmer, I'll go and see your new house." Father Meng knew that his daughter had settled down in Quancheng, and the possibility of her coming back was even smaller.Oh, let her!

"..."

It snowed heavily for two days, and the whole village was completely white. On the third day, the snow finally stopped, but the sky was still cloudy.It was not until the fourth day that the long-lost sun emerged from the clouds.

At noon, the snow began to melt, and Zhoujiazhuang, which had been quiet for several days, began to make sounds. People wore rain boots and carried hoes to the wheat fields.

Meng Zhen happily saw off her aunt, ready to visit her own wheat field.It was reported in the news yesterday that due to the heavy snowfall, wheat seedlings and vegetables in many villages around Quancheng were frozen to death and frostbitten, and remedial work must be done after the snow melts.

remedy?Meng Zhen plans to dig out some of the yellow soil in the manor and add it to the wheat field. She thinks this should be more effective than pesticides.After lunch, she changed into her overalls, put on her rain boots, and carried a hoe and shovel to the wheat field to loosen the soil and "fertilize".

After greeting the villagers he met on the road, Meng Zhen came to the wheat field, put on his gloves, and started weeding and plowing with a hoe.

When she weeded the wheat field for the first time, she didn't even know how to use a hoe, so it was her second aunt who taught her.Originally, according to my second aunt's intention, we could simply apply herbicides, and her half-acre land would be finished in a short time.

Meng Zhen's goal is to create green and pollution-free food, refusing to use any chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and her wheat field does not seem to be much, so manual weeding should be okay, right?

The second aunt saw that she was very determined, so she enthusiastically taught her how to hold the hoe and how to use force. Meng Zhen watched carefully. After the demonstration was over, she picked up the hoe and swung it down with great momentum: the weeds are still there, but the wheat seedlings are flying up.The injured second aunt kept laughing, saying that she was "not a working yamen servant".

In the next two days, Meng Zhen came to the wheat field to weed the weeds after selling the vegetables. She made progress in practice. After two shiny blisters appeared on her hands, she finally finished weeding the wheat fields.

There is not much grass in the wheat field now, the main thing is to loosen the soil and add the soil from the yellow land in the manor as fertilizer.Meng Zhen leaned forward, holding a hoe in both hands, tilling ridge after ridge.After loosening a ridge, spread the "fertilizer" on it thinly. After half a day, Meng Zhen finally finished all the wheat fields.She straightened up, stood on the ground, looked at the wheat that was clearly alive, and thought that it should be almost the same, if she poured some spring water, the wheat would definitely be harvested this year.

Meng Zhen beat his sore waist, and seemed to be able to see the scene where the wheat was ripe and the waves were rolling.

"Zhen Nier, are you done?"

Second Aunt Meng came back from the field, passing by Meng Zhen's wheat field, and saw her staring at the field in a daze.

"Oh, Second Aunt, I'm done with work. I loosened the ground and added some mud I dug from the lotus pond. I looked at Maizi and seemed to be more energetic, don't you think so?"

Meng Zhen turned his head and chatted with Second Aunt Meng.

"Well, it looks much better. You said you used the mud dug from the lotus pond?"

There was some fresh soil in the ground, she was about to ask what it was?

"That's right, when I planted the saplings that day, I felt that the dug out mud was quite moist, and the fruit trees survived after planting. I wondered if it might be more nutritious because of the nourishment of the spring water in it. Today, the frostbite of the wheat is also It’s not serious, so I dug some up and tried it out.”

"It's possible. The spring water here contains some minerals. I heard it is very nourishing. Oh, Zhen Nier, you still have eyesight. You don't know, since you dug the spring water from the lotus pond, the people in the village Everyone is envious." Second Aunt Meng looked at the wheat field that Meng Zhen had tidied up, and then looked at the snow-covered lotus pond, and she was also envious in her heart: "By the way, you have fish fry in this lotus pond, right?"

"That's right, I bought it from the fishpond in Song Village. I just put it in. I don't know if the fish has frostbite!"

"It should be fine. The spring water seems to have a constant temperature. You can see that it is still steaming. Since there are fish in the pond, you can't just leave this place open. It's better to add a fence or someone to watch. Although Zhuang The people here don’t necessarily have an idea for your fish fry, but they still have to guard against those dishonest bastards from making trouble.”

"Well, when the weather turns better, I'll ask Mr. Wang to build a wooden house and add a fence to the pond."

Meng Zhen thought, the fish fry are still young, when they grow, she will put them all in the spring water of the manor, where they will grow safely and quickly.But the wooden house and the fence also need to be built. It will take another two days. There are still a lot of vegetables in the manor to sell, and things have to be done in the same way.

(End of this chapter)