Chapter 392: Ripe Gourd [Second Update}

The gestational moon drawing was a pleasant surprise for everyone. The gourd is picked off to go through some landscape paintings, which is a perfect handicraft. can be used for viewing.

With the snow moon of drawing, all that remains is the shabu paint. Zhang Niu asked himself if it was not difficult to solve this problem, apply a few layers of lightly smelling paint, and after a while, it would be okay.

Zhang Niu has never made a gourd, and he doesn't know how long it will take for the gourd to be ready, at least after the gourd is dried, he can carry out some of the later processes.

The fat man still knows a little bit about the craft gourd, and there are often people in the city who sell these gourds. The ancient yellow gourd is full of some landscape figure paintings, and even some copied fonts.

After the meal, Zhang Niu found a long ladder that had been placed there for a while in the grocery room, and could not go up with a stool. I can only use a bamboo ladder, which has been in the grocery room for a long time, and it is covered with dust, and a little slapping the bamboo ladder shakes out the dust all over the ground.

Carrying a bamboo ladder to the small courtyard, everyone had already stood under the pavilion, looking up at the green gourds above, Gao Mingda also followed, and soon there were other plants in the courtyard that they didn't know, and they were watching carefully.

Planting gourds in the countryside is not to wait for all the gourds to turn yellow before picking them, but when the gourds are heavy, they can be picked and hung on the bamboo clothes pole at the door to dry slowly.

In the traditional production of gourds, the gourds turn yellow on their own on the vines until they mature, which takes a long time. The gourds made are more quaint and fragrant in color than the gourds that are usually picked earlier.

The bamboo ladder leaned on the gazebo, Zhang Niu shook it steadily, so he planned to go up to pick the gourd, but let the father behind him pull it, "It's better for me to pick the gourd, you don't know that those gourds are ripe." If the gourd is tender, it is not good. ”

Zhang Niu laughed, he really hadn't thought of this, and turned sideways to ask his father to go up, "Be careful."

Assist both sides of the bamboo ladder to prevent the bamboo ladder from shaking.

The little girl raised her head and stared at the gourds hanging down on it, wishing that these gourds could be picked off earlier and put in her hands to play.

Su Ming climbed up slowly, and the pavilion above was a square flat top with a lot of dirt. A few gourds were planted on it, and now they are full of gourds swaying in the wind.

After a rough glance, Su Ming knew in his heart that it was good to pick those gourds. The village also has a first-hand method for picking gourds, including manufacturing. There are still a few people in the village who make these craft gourds, and Su Ming has also seen a lot of them over there, and he knows a little about the situation.

Three gourds in front of you. The hanging gourd is less than 20 catties, "all of the gourds are full, and you can see that they are good goods."

The ripe gourd is pale yellow after peeling and drying, and there is a heavy feeling of fruit in the palm, and the crisp gourd seeds hit the inner wall of the gourd when shaken a little hard, and the sound of "whoosh" is the best gourd. Over time, the color gradually turns dark yellow, and the color gradually turns brownish purple when exposed to long periods of sunlight. In addition, collectors have been playing with their hands for a long time, and there will be a layer of natural pulp on the surface of the gourd, which will be more crystal clear and clean.

The quality gourd is not only important in appearance, but also more important is the thickness of the gourd wall, the wall thickness is sufficient for the nutrient supply in the growth process of the gourd, it is not disturbed by pests and diseases, and the growth cycle is long, and the gourd variety is pure. It should be carved and branded, and it is handy to carve in the hands of the artist, and the hand is as you wish. And it lasts for a long time. It can be made into handicrafts that can be collectible and played for hundreds of years, immortal and incorruptible.

Su Ming didn't know how his son planted these gourds. Touching these gourds are heavy feelings, patting the gourd has a sense of heaviness, some gourds are not green, but pale yellow, the gourds of others in the village are still turquoise, but there are nearly a dozen gourds here that have belonged to the mature category.

"Dad, how about the gourd on it." Zhang Niu saw below that his father had been parked there. So he opened his mouth and shouted, asking what was the matter.

"Good goods! Many of the gourds are ripe. It's all changed to a pale yellow color. Su Ming replied with a smile, cut off the gourds one by one with scissors, and put them in the bamboo blue that he brought up.

Some of the gourds that bloom and hang out in the later stage look a little tender, Su Ming looked at the gourds full of bamboo baskets, and these gourds were not ready to be picked. Save it for later, when you have time.

"These gourds of yours ripen earlier than the gourds in the village, and the color is better than the ordinary ones." As soon as Su Ming came, he happily handed the bamboo basket to Zhang Niu.

The gourd of the bamboo basket is more than ten catties, now the interior is thick, there is no hollow situation, the weight is a little heavy, and after the sun is dried, shake the gourd, there will be a sound inside.

Zhang Niu grabbed a gourd, sniffed it in front of his nose, and then smiled, "Good gourd, it's the best way to make handicrafts." "It's all thanks to the utility of space water.

A few little girls picked up a gourd early, and they played with the gourd up and down.

"Tiantian, don't spend on gourds, do you like to draw a big panda on it in the future?" President Zhang also has gourd handicrafts at home, but they are not as good as the current gourd.

"I like it, I'm going to draw a lot of pandas on it." Tian Tian hugged the gourd, up and down Billy.

"Okay, grandpa will help you get it." Chairman Zhang smiled kindly.

After handing it over to the little girl to play with for a while. The gourd that comes out in this way cannot be made into a handicraft at all.

These gourds are already ripe, and now they will all turn pale yellow after a few days. When the interior is empty, it can be made, and it will take a few days to make the quaint gourd crafts.

Zhang Niu returned to the small courtyard and suddenly saw Gao Mingda in the corner, looking at the plants with a magnifying glass.

"Mingda, you are

Gao Mingda, who was looking at the plants intently, looked up. Seeing Zhang Niu coming over, he smiled and said, "The plants in your small courtyard are really incredible, I have never seen these plants." ”

When everyone was looking at the gourd just now, he had already appeared in the corner, the water droplets falling from the eaves, when he was about to touch the leaves of a plant, the plant closed the leaves, and the slippery water droplets fell to the ground, and the leaves would slowly open.

Seeing this scene, Gao Mingda couldn't believe it. It wasn't until he went to get a small glass of water that he was sure that he didn't look at the flowers, and this plant was extremely sensitive to the droplets of water that fell flat, like a shy girl.

Zhang Niu knew what Gao Mingda was talking about, pointed to the plant and said, "This is a bashi leaf, which is particularly sensitive to rain." "I started running the train with my mouth full again, fooling Gao Mingda.

"Slap leaves?" Gao Mingda looked at the plant with a smile, "It's really a little similar, I don't know if you planted this plant." ”

It was a surprise to see the colorful watermelon, and today he can see such a strange palm leaf in the small courtyard, he can't help but be surprised, it is simply incredible, there are these plants in the vast forest, you may not be able to find it.

"It was found in the mountains, and then grafted onto it."

"Grafting." The palm leaves are integrated, and there are no traces of grafting.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to recognize it now." Zhang Niu knew that Gao Mingda was a little suspicious.

"You have a lot of planting methods, we don't know, but this slap leaf, I think it has a lot of economic value." Gao Mingda changed the topic and then turned to the economy.

Zhang Niu nodded, "I know this, the slap leaf will become a scenery in the future."

Gao Mingda knew that when he planted palm leaves in the courtyard, he must know the purpose of palm leaves, and at the first glance he saw it, Gao Mingda appeared on a rainy day. These slap leaves are wrapped around the top of the trellis, and when the raindrops fall, the slap leaves are all closed, and the bottom is refreshing.

"The scenery is good, there is this slap leaf here. I guess there are more tourists coming here. Gao Mingda agrees with this idea, and the pumpkin planting he proposed may not be as good as the palm leaves.

Thanks for the compliment, there is still a while to be busy if you want to get it up.

"I have a suggestion, you can plant pumpkins or gourds mixed with gourds here, and add these palm leaves, I think the effect will be better."

"That's what I thought." Zhang Niu suddenly remembered that the peaches were smoking the buds in the morning, and immediately asked, "I have a matter to ask for, I heard that some fruits can grow in two batches in winter, I don't know if there is such a thing." ”

"What you said is that some plants that originally bloomed once and hung fruit once often have buds that can pull out buds, bloom and bear fruit in winter, and the second batch of fruits has a better taste than the same batch of fruits." Gao Mingda thought about it for a while and came to a conclusion.

"Is this plant demanding for winter?" There is this botanist here, and I want to know more

Condition.

"This requirement is very strict, and you also know that the cold winter wax moon is a fatal blow to some fruit trees, and now I know that the grapes in a certain place are two seasons a year, not in the greenhouse, but under the howling north wind, those grapes are the same as the grapes that ripen in summer." Glancing at Zhang Niu, "Are you going to plant this?" ”

Zhang Niu shook his hand, "How could it be, I just asked casually, I was just curious about this, fruits can be hung out in such cold weather in winter, I just want to know, what is going on." ”

"If you're interested in this, I can get in touch with you." Gao Mingda said kindly.

"No, forget about it. I'll talk about it later when I have a chance. "Decline Gao Mingda's kindness: "Does my colorful watermelon have any research on your topic?" ”

I suddenly remembered what Gao Mingda had gained from recording his thoughts in the bamboo building last night.

Speaking of this, Gao Mingda said apologetically, "After seeing the colorful watermelon yesterday, without your permission, I will tell my colleagues about it, and please don't be surprised." ”

Zhang Niu waved his hand generously, "This is human nature, how can I blame you, you are a researcher, when you see the colorful watermelon, you will definitely be unable to help but tell your colleagues." ”

Zhang Niu thought very clearly about this, sooner or later, the matter of colorful watermelon will let people know, why not sell personal favors to Gao Mingda, maybe there will be something to ask him for help in the future.

Gao Mingda thought that he would be scolded by Zhang Niu, but it turned out that it was fine, and this mind was worthy of Gao Mingda's admiration, "My colleague said, come and see it in a few days, you said this." ”。

"As long as I'm not afraid of being poor and backward here, I'm welcome with both hands." (To be continued)