Chapter 156: Spring Busy (Asking for Flowers)
Wang Laogun is going to plant an area of four acres of land this time, and he has already watered this land with farm manure when he was okay all winter last winter. Now that the land is being pushed into the shape of a field, the seeds are simply planted in the depression and covered with plastic film.
Fortunately, the seeds had not yet been sown, and Zhang Taiping went over to Wang Laogun and said, "Brother Laogun, can you show me the watermelon seeds?" ”
Wang Laogun smiled heartily: "What's wrong with this." Isn't Dashuai also interested in this? ”
Zhang Taiping nodded and said: "It's a little interesting, I heard that watermelons are planted in sandy land, and there is just more than one acre left in my wasteland, and I want to try it too." ”
Wang Laogun thought for a while and said: "Your wasteland is really suitable for planting watermelons, but there was no bottom fertilizer last winter, and it is better to have bottom fertilizer if you plant it directly." As he spoke, he beckoned to his daughter-in-law and asked him to bring the watermelon seeds to Zhang Taiping.
Wang Laogun seems to be full of energy and has no psychological burden, but his daughter-in-law is a little worried between her eyebrows, a woman's heart is always not as big as a big man, and it seems that the failure of the first two years has left a lot of shadows in her heart.
Zhang Taiping took the watermelon seeds packed in a beautiful box, all of them were black and full, and they were all carefully selected.
"Brother, you are busy with yours first, and I'll take a closer look." Zhang Taiping said to Wang Laogun.
"Okay, just put it in the cart when you're done." As he spoke, he pointed to the rack cart parked on the edge of the ground.
Zhang Taiping nodded in understanding. After he left, he took advantage of the fact that no one around him actually collected the watermelon seeds into the space and soaked them in the space spring water. Space spring water has a great effect on the evolution of animal and plant life, and often develops for the better, Zhang Taiping believes that watermelons grown with seeds soaked in spring water must be a little better than ordinary ones.
Seeing that the village chief walked towards him for a long time, Zhang Taiping turned slightly sideways and took out the watermelon seeds from the space.
"Does the handsome also want to grow watermelons?" The village chief was a little curious about Zhang Taiping holding a box of watermelon seeds to study, so he came over to ask.
"Well, there are still more than two acres left after planting flowers in the wasteland, and I planted half an acre of vegetables this morning, and I want to plant watermelons on the remaining acre."
After giving the watermelon seeds soaked in space spring water to Wang Lao Gun and putting them in the rack car, Zhang Taiping said goodbye and left.
At this time, Zhang Taiping's mind changed, before Daowang Lao Gun went there, he was going to plant chili peppers on the remaining wasteland, but now he doesn't think so. I plan to plant half an acre of peppers and one acre of watermelons.
Zhang Taiping also soaked the seeds of this pepper in the space spring water, and after lunch, the family went into battle to plant half an acre of land.
When Zhang Taiping said that he wanted to plant watermelons on the remaining half an acre of land, the first people to approve were Yaya and Fan Ming. Yaya is a child's surname, everything is the best for your own family, it is convenient to eat, and you can eat as much as you want; Fan Ming is pure novelty.
Watermelon seeds can't be bought for a while, Zhang Taiping has ordered several kinds of different varieties in different places on the Internet, and the fastest ones will not be mailed by tomorrow, so I can't rush today. I put aside the matter of planting watermelons for the time being, and clean up and arrange the backyard today.
In the backyard there is a shelf made of cement pillars, which is intended to be used as a vine at that time. The vines in the yard will be different from the vines in the orchard, and the vines in the orchard are one every few meters, so each one is required not to be too big; And there is such a tree in the yard, which can let it grow unscrupulously, and when the time comes, it will climb all over the shelf, and the bunches of grapes will hang down from the gaps in the shelf, and form a natural pergola in the summer.
What kind of seed is this? When he was planting by the wall, Cai Yazhi couldn't help but ask.
"Morning glory seeds." Zhang Taiping replied.
Cai Yazhi tilted her head slightly, she didn't quite understand what kind of flower morning glory was.
"You should have seen the trumpet flower outside, right?" Seeing that Cai Yazhi nodded, she continued, "This morning glory flower is similar to the trumpet flower, but the flowers are larger than the trumpet flowers, and they are much more beautiful. The vines are not as slender as the trumpet flowers, and they can climb up the walls, and when the time comes, the whole wall will be full of flowers, which is very beautiful! ”
Cai Yazhi then understood what morning glory is, trumpet flowers are common to her, and the flower is like a small trumpet when it opens, since Zhang Taiping said that it is not much with it, then it is also a trumpet-shaped.
Zhang Taiping dug the pit, Cai Yazhi put the seeds, and followed by Yaya and Fan Ming, who were watering with a kettle. Plant a circle around the courtyard wall, and when it grows, the vines can wrap the entire wall of the backyard and make the backyard green.
Then the empty land was leveled, a path was paved with gravel in the middle, and the rest of the land was ready to be planted with something that would make the yard look beautiful.
At noon the next day, the seeds that Zhang Taiping had ordered in the evening came. In addition to watermelon seeds, there are melon seeds and a packet of gourd seeds, seeds for more than a dozen common flowers.
Cai Yazhi is very magical, the computer at the bedside can still sell things, she always thought that this thing and TV are not used to watch things, but she doesn't know how to order things on it. Zhang Taiping saw her novelty, so he taught her how to surf the Internet, the Internet is always easy for new scholars to indulge in it, swimming in the virtual world, Cai Yazhi is no exception, stretching her swan-like neck and staring at the screen, following Zhang Taiping's method, clumsily searching for what she wants to know in Du Niang.
Zhang Taiping looked funny, but he didn't expect his wife to have such a child's side, so he didn't bother.
Taking out the seeds that were delivered, Zhang Taiping divided them into two parts, and one part was left in the space. After soaking the seeds in the space spring water, he went to the wasteland to plant watermelons by himself without calling anyone.
There is a saying called "point melon", which means that planting melons is actually a very simple thing, but melon farmers have invested too much effort and hope on it, so they are extra careful, and there are many steps to do, and it is necessary to achieve perfection.
But Zhang Taiping is not worried that it will not succeed, there are no worries and worries, and it is much more leisurely to do it. It doesn't matter if there is no bottom fertilizer on the wasteland, when the space spring water is watered, why worry that it will not grow vigorously. It is not like Wang Laogun's house to clean up the land, but embodies the essence of the word "point melon", digging a pit in the ground, planting two watermelon seeds and then covering the soil. It's easy and easy!
His method was extremely fast, the area of one acre of land was planted in a short time, and then some spring water was taken out of the space and poured into each small pit, and it was completed.
washed his hands and walked back with his head on his shoulder, but saw Cai Yazhi also holding a plastic basin in his hand and going to the top of the hillside.
Zhang Taiping said: "Don't go online? What is this going to plant? ”
Cai Yazhi's face turned red when she heard Zhang Taiping's question. For her, Zhang Taiping went to plant watermelons and she was ashamed to go online at home and didn't help, so Zhang Taiping asked, a little embarrassed.
The small plastic basin in his hand was thinking about Zhang Taiping and gestured.
Zhang Taiping took a closer look, and there was half a pot of pumpkin seeds inside, remembering that the pumpkin was also planted in this season, and she was going to plant pumpkins. He didn't go any further, but went with her.
There are not many requirements for planting pumpkins, just like Zhang Taiping planting watermelons, he is "ordering melons." "The two of them dug a pit and put seeds together. Pumpkin cultivation does not need to be on any good land, nor is it a main business, Zhang Taiping plans to plant a large circle on the periphery of his hill and orchard.
The idea is a bit grandiose, and only half of the seeds in half a pot are planted. The seeds of this no longer need to be ordered online, every household has them, and during this time, Cai Yazhi went back to collect a plastic pot in the village.
Originally, when planting pumpkins, it was necessary to cover the seeds with a layer of pig manure or sheep manure, but Zhang Taiping did not let Cai Yazhi do this, and with so many seeds, where to find so much pig manure and sheep manure. Cai Yazhi didn't insist, although if she didn't do this, she might reduce the yield, but the advantage was that there were many of them, even if there was only one melon on a vine, it would be enough for her own food. She didn't grow it as a farm product at all, but thought about producing and selling it herself.
After returning home, Cai Yazhi went to cook, and Zhang Taiping went to the backyard to clean up alone.
The old man is treating Fan Ming, and the process of his treatment is not only to take medicine, but also to cooperate with acupuncture from time to time. Anyway, Zhang Taiping watched it once, but he couldn't understand it at all. He knows some medical skills, but he only stays at ordinary minor illnesses, such as colds, fevers, and diarrhea. Heat stroke and the like, and then some simple first aid, for this strange disease that few people know about has never heard of, let alone cured. Traditional Chinese medicine is broad and profound, it is really even more magical, he studied for a period of time and consulted many people, but the achievement is not ideal, this is a medical skill that requires experience and time precipitation, so although Zhang Taiping understands a lot of theory, but will only prick some common and ordinary needles. The old man's method of pricking needles is quite strange, he doesn't know much about it, and he has no interest in learning. So after watching it twice, I didn't bother anymore.
Without Fan Ming's company, I don't know where the other friends have gone today, Yaya is only one person left, and she followed Zhang Taiping to the backyard to watch him work.
Zhang Taiping first "ordered" watermelons and melons, and then the seeds of various flowers. This is the name of each flower seed that Yaya will always ask curiously, and Zhang Taiping does not have the slightest patience to explain each kind. Be careful and patient, and be a good father.
ps: Give a little more today, four more!! Ask for flowers to keep the second place on the flower list, and this month will be complete. I hope that all the big brothers and sisters will work together. Thanks!!