Scholars in the courtyard

The twelve students who came this time were divided into four teams, one group of three. Yang Xiaotao led one group, and the remaining three groups, Yang Hongye, Yang Dani and Yang Erni, were the group leaders. The three of them were also the ones who had the best knowledge of corn. .

Yang Xiaotao took out four pairs of scissors, one for each group. One person was responsible for cutting off the male flowers, one was responsible for covering the female flowers, and the other was responsible for carefully taking the male flowers away.

After the work was arranged, Yang Xiaotao made a layout, and after a few people saw it, they started taking action.

Four groups are performed at the same time to avoid cross contamination.

Ran Qiuye watched for a while, then collected the cut male flowers in a bamboo basket and sent them to a distance.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

A group of people were busy working quickly in the sunshine.

From planting to flowering, corn goes through the seedling stage and the jointing stage.

It takes about two months to go to college.

This is a normal growth rhythm, and it is impossible for Yang Xiaotao to ask Xiaowei to speed it up, so this process must be experienced.

After this period of time, it will enter the flowering and grain stage.

During this period, the time from flowering and pollination to maturity is about two months.

Therefore, the general maturity time of corn is about four to five months.

Now, Yang Xiaotao and the others want to complete this work during the jointing stage, when the flowering and graining stage is about to begin.

By the end of the morning, most of the work had been completed.

Yang Xiaotao led the students to rest under the trees. Wangcai had gained the children's friendship and became close to each other.

Ran Qiuye sat aside and asked Yang Xiaotao about the situation of high-yielding corn.

She originally thought the job was simple, just trimming off the flower spikes, nothing difficult.

But she also knew why no one before had discovered such a simple truth. There must be some unknown secret in it.

Therefore, Ran Qiuye planned to ask while he was resting.

Yang Xiaotao pulled over his backpack and took out a few green apples, two old hams, and a handful of White Rabbit toffees.

These are all prepared by Yang Xiaotao for the children.

Although no one says anything about letting them work for free, with these rewards, their hard work will turn into actual results, and they will enjoy the happiness brought by such results.

This kind of awareness can also be cultivated by Yang Xiaotao.

Under the longing but reserved eyes of the children, Yang Xiaotao cut the ham into pieces, and then divided the toffee among them.

The children thought these items were valuable, but had no concrete impression.

Ran Qiuye on the side understood that this thing cost at least five yuan.

Holding the ham in his hand, eating it in small bites, looking at Yang Xiaotao who was surrounded by the children, Ran Qiuye thought of his mother's words.

"As for this person, how can anything go smoothly when he travels through mountains and rivers? His bumps and tumbles are all experiences!"

"Remember, not being jealous is mediocrity."

"If you want to find a good one, you have to go through ups and downs, ups and downs."

"If you want to find someone mediocre, be prepared to be lonely."

Ran Qiuye looked at Yang Xiaotao again, and the original balance in his heart began to waver, tilting to one side.

Yang Xiaotao came to Ran Qiuye, took out an apple and broke it open, "Try it, it's sweet!"

Ran Qiuye reached out and took it, taking a bite without doubting his presence.

For a moment, the delicate faces were pinched together in pain, "You lied."

Hahaha

Yang Xiaotao smiled, and the children not far away also laughed, as if this prank made them more novel and made Teacher Ran's image closer.

Ran Qiuye grabbed a branch casually, and Yang Xiaotao got up and ran. The two of them ran around the tree for two steps. Only then did Ran Qiuye see the excited expressions of the children and quickly threw away the branch. Yang Xiaotao also took the opportunity to walk back.

Ran Qiuye ignored him, while Yang Xiaotao sat aside shamelessly.

"Look, this is called sharing joys and sorrows!"

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao gestured with the apple in his hand and ate it without thinking.

snort

Ran Qiuye ignored him, but started to eat.

One bite is sour, and after a few more bites, it becomes sweet.

After the two of them finished eating, Ran Qiuye asked about the corn.

Yang Xiaotao didn't hide anything, he found a branch and scratched it on the ground.

"The different phenotypes of this corn..."

After a while, there was a string of English combinations on the ground, with a probability of one-quarter or one-half written below, making Ran Qiuye both understand and not understand.

Seeing Yang Xiaotao talking calmly, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

That figure was so familiar, a generous palm caressing the top of his head, and a gentle voice explaining her doubts.

That was her father, a knowledgeable father.

His eyes were dazed, and when he came back to the front again, Yang Xiaotao was still explaining.

But Ran Qiuye saw the shadow of his father in him.

Some people say that women find partners who are related to their fathers.

Either find common ground or differences between fathers.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xiaotao and his father were so similar at this moment.

Lowering his head, Ran Qiuye covered his heart that was about to beat and slowly calmed down.

The balance in my heart has completely tipped to one side.

She needs to go home and discuss it with her mother.

After Yang Xiaotao explained it once, he didn't ask Ran Qiuye if he understood it. There was no genetic basis for this matter, and even if he remembered it, it was only superficial.

After taking a break at noon, Yang Xiaotao continued to lead the children to work.

It took a whole day to work on a piece of land before it was completed.

Looking at the completed cornfield, we are now waiting for the flowering period.

Yang Xiaotao thought carefully and found that there were no loopholes before taking the children back to Yangjiazhuang.

After telling Yang Dazhuang what happened, the village monitored the cornfield more closely.

The next day, Yang Xiaotao and Ran Qiuye returned to the city, and then went home to run their own lives.

Back home, Ran Qiuye sat on the bed, thinking about the past few days. It didn't last long, but it was like a dream.

From the encounter in the library, from the first meeting at school, from what I saw on the way back to the village...

Everything refreshes his impression of Yang Xiaotao.

But now, this impression has been engraved in my heart.

She felt that she was in love with him.

However, she was a little hesitant and hesitant.

Because she is afraid of rejection.

With Ran's mother sitting next to her, Ran Qiuye spoke out all the confusion, choices and worries in her heart.

Ran's mother listened quietly. She understood everything the woman said and was happy to see her daughter take this step.

A wise daughter is better than a mother.

She watched her daughter grow up and knew that her daughter was sensible and knew right from wrong.

But it is precisely because of this sensible temperament that I worry that she will choose to sit on the sidelines in some things, not earning when she should earn, and not robbing when she should.

And in this day and age, waiting in place is retreating.

You will suffer a loss.

Now, Ran's mother felt relieved after hearing her daughter's thoughts.

"Akiba, love is selfish. If you don't have the ability to attract others, you can't expect charity from others!"

"Mom supports you!"

One sentence strengthened Ran Qiuye's determination to pursue love.

At this time, Yang Xiaotao returned home with Wangcai, entered the house, and prepared to rest.

Suddenly feeling Xiaowei's message, he quickly walked out of the house.

When we came to the yard and to the place directed by Xiaowei, a corn stalk had tilted, and the two original cobs on it had been vacated, leaving only the scattered bracts.

Yang Xiaotao had a cold face. He had only been away for a day and someone reached out. He really didn't take what he said seriously.

Looking at the ground again, there is a series of footprints.

I knelt down and looked at it for a while. I saw that the footprints were not big, but very shallow. At first glance, they belonged to a child.

Yang Xiaotao made a judgment in his heart.

Looking up at the Jia family, Yang Xiaotao thought about how to get this situation back.

Get up and go back into the house.

Later, Yang Xiaotao found the croton at home.

"You little bastard, if you don't learn well and teach you a lesson, you will really think that no one in this courtyard will treat you!"

Yang Xiaotao casually crushed a croton and then crushed it into pieces bit by bit.

In the Jia family, Mrs. Jia Zhang opened the lid of the pot, looked at the cooked corn cobs in the pot, and touched the head of the stalk with a smile.

"The eldest grandson is very capable."

"Much better than your useless mother."

Jia Zhang said kindly, and Bang Jian looked at the corn coming out of the pot. The orange-yellow corn kernels filled his little head with longing.

Next to him, Xiaodang smacked his fingers, "Brother, I want to eat a stick!"

"Okay, when that dead dog is gone, I'll get it for you!"

“There are many more in the yard, you can eat whenever you want!”

Banggeng said proudly, and Xiaodang clapped his hands.

"Brother, you are awesome! Great, great, great!"

Mrs. Jia Zhang looked on and became even more concerned, "Banggeng is becoming more and more like an older brother!"

Bangge was enjoying grandma's praise and felt even more energetic. At this time, even if he was asked to fight for food with a dead dog, he would dare to do so.

"Don't worry, wait until it's cool before eating!"

Jia Zhang took out the corn and put it on the window to cool.

In the yard, Qin Huairu naturally heard the conversation in the house and saw Bang Ge sneaking into the garden while taking a nap at noon today, but she didn't say anything.

In the countryside, this kind of thing was no different from picking up a radish while walking on the roadside, and she didn't think it was stealing.

That is to say, Yang Xiaotao is so picky and likes to make things big.

From her point of view, eating him was nothing, and he didn't lack this. He could hardly open the pot at home, and he had no sympathy at all.

What's more, even if you know what you can do, Bangge is still a child.

As an adult, you have the nerve to argue with a child?

In the house, the three ladies were ready to eat.

Jia Zhang picked up one stick and prepared to take the rest from the stick next to it, but Jia Zhang pressed it down, "Keep it for your father!"

Bang Gang curled his lips, and saw Jia Zhang breaking off the corn with one hand, holding the back part in his mouth, and then breaking off a small piece of Bang Gang and giving it to Xiao Dang.

Xiao Dang looked at a small piece of it aggrievedly, wanting a bigger one, but saw that the stalk took the corn unwillingly and started to chew it.

The three mothers just started eating in the room, with no intention of calling Qin Huairu.

Just as the three of them were enjoying their meal, a ray of mist passed over the corn on the windowsill.

Before the three of them finished eating, Jia Dongxu came back from wandering outside, still smelling of alcohol.

Qin Huairu watched in the yard and continued working without paying any attention.

Jia Dongxu was bored and saw everyone eating corn when he returned home.

Mrs. Jia Zhang hurriedly went to tell the matter. Jia Dongxu picked up Banggeng and spun around in a circle, making Banggeng laugh and almost choke on the corn.

"Put it down quickly, put it down quickly!"

"You don't know the importance of drinking a little bit of wine. You see, your eldest grandson choked and he didn't behave properly."

Jia Zhang complained, while Jia Dongxu looked at his eldest son who was just happy, picked up the corn cob and took a bite.

"Yeah, it tastes good."

"delicious!"

Jia Dongxu took a few bites and sat on the stool waiting for the meal, regardless of whether Qin Huairu ate it or not.

"That's right, this is the eldest grandson's ability."

Jia Zhang showed off again, and Jia Dongxu was also happy, especially the corn belonged to Yang Xiaotao.

I can't take advantage of him, but I have a son.

After ten or eight years, when the son grows up, it will not be easy to wipe him out.

Just as he was thinking about it, he gnawed all the corn cobs, then stood up and threw the corn cobs to the bottom of the pot, then went back to bed and lay down, waiting for dinner.