Chapter 4 Seeds
Ning Ning is Lin Qiubai's college classmate and a native of Nanchuan City, and the two met Yu in the first year, perhaps because they are both from the same city, so Lin Qiubai and Ning Ning quickly became acquainted.
Ning Ning's appearance is not the type that is amazing at first glance, in Wang Cheng's description, that is, when you look at Ning Ning's appearance, you will know that she will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future, Lin Qiubai also agrees, Ning Ning's surname is not as spicy as the girls in Shudi, but quiet as water, and has the charm of Jiangnan women.
Lin Qiubai's surname is also very indifferent, two indifferent people get together, and they are surprisingly very compatible, in fact, in the four years of college, Lin Qiubai and Ning Ning are indeed a recognized pair, but Lin Qiubai knows in his heart that he and Ning Ning are the type of friendship and lovers, and they have a good impression of each other, but none of them took the initiative to break the relationship.
After parting ways after college, Ning Ning went abroad for further study, Lin Qiubai went to the north to work, the two were still in contact a few years ago, maybe a person was in a different place, and the loneliness was particularly heavy, the two finally broke through the friendship, but also because of the surnames of the two, they are not the type of mountain alliance and sea oath, in the past two years, Lin Qiubai has been busy with work, Ning Ning has been busy with his studies, and the contact is getting less and less, giving Lin Qiubai the feeling that the two of them are yellow, and now I heard Wang Cheng mention it at first glance, Lin Qiubai is really in a trance.
"You're not too young, I think it's time to think about this, I've known a lot about her over the years, a few days ago she called me, saying that she had returned to China, and I was pleasantly surprised for a while, but I don't know what she's been busy with lately? You should know her phone number, right? ”
Lin Qiubai nodded, but he didn't want to talk about this topic, there must be contact between him and Ning Ning, but not now, especially now that the identity gap between the two is a bit big, one is a returnee from studying abroad, and the other has become a farmer.
"By the way, are the seeds ready?"
Wang Cheng sighed in his heart, but he also changed the topic rationally: "Nonsense, you still don't worry about my work?" Not only do I have seeds, but I also helped you get the finished product, two mosquito traps and one flytrap, and put them in my house, and take them away when you leave, and now, let's not talk about work, go to my house to drink. ”
Wang Cheng did not go home directly, but first went to a nearby supermarket to buy a case of Nanchuan beer, which is Nanchuan City's own beer, which is almost not sold in other markets, and bought a few large bags of peanuts, and finally bought some cooked food such as chicken feet and duck heads in the deli section of the supermarket.
"Cooked?" Wang Cheng raised the things in his hand and smiled proudly.
"Nonsense, the three treasures in the dormitory before, beer peanut ham sausage, now the ham sausage has been replaced by cooked food, which can be regarded as a shotgun change." Of course Lin Qiubai is familiar with it, when he was in college, those animals were very excited at night, calling friends to fight the World of Warcraft, among which the eating and drinking are the three treasures of the dormitory, as for instant noodles, please, it's a meal, okay, you can't spare your hands to eat noodles when you play games.
Lin Qiubai was not less ridiculous under the leadership of Wang Cheng at that time, although the Warcraft technique has always been very good, but the amount of alcohol has been rising, and there is no shortage of entertainment when he goes out to work, although it is not said that he is not happy without alcohol, but drinking is also a big hobby.
There was no delay on the road, I drove to Wang Chengjia's community, went upstairs with my things, and put down my things, Lin Qiubai asked, "Where is the mosquito catching grass?" Let me take a look first? ”
"Just put it on the balcony, look at it yourself, by the way, move the stool to the balcony, let's watch while drinking." Wang Cheng didn't think there was anything wrong with drinking in the morning, and they had done even more ridiculous things.
Lin Qiubai went straight to the balcony, and immediately saw three pots of flowers and plants placed on the balcony.
He had already checked the information when he decided to plant the pitcher plant, so he was quite clear about their appearance, the name of the mosquito trap was not very good, but in fact the appearance was still very good-looking, the three flower pots were not big, and the plants of the mosquito trap and the flytrap were not large, like the mosquito trap grass was only six or seven centimeters high, a few claw-like leaves, and there was a fine pile growing at the edge of the leaf, this kind of leaf was open, like opening the mouth, and secreted a liquid that could attract mosquitoes. The mouth is closed, and the mosquito is naturally bitten, and then it secretes a liquid that can decompose the mosquito carcass for the mosquito trap to absorb.
The Venus flytrap plant is slightly larger than the mosquito trap, but the leaves of the Venus flytrap are like a small bell hanging upside down, and its feeding method is similar to that of the mosquito trap.
Lin Qiubai stepped forward and sniffed, and found that the liquid smell of these two grasses that attracted mosquitoes and flies was not strong, almost none, on the contrary, he could smell the fragrance of the leaves, plus the plants were not big, small and exquisite, but there was a sense of pleasing to the eye.
After looking at it for a long time, Wang Cheng walked out and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" How does it look? Yesterday I also saw this thing for the first time, but I think there is some ornamental value, by the way, I also asked my friend, he told me that this grass is very popular now, and the demand is quite large, but he also said, to rely on this grass to catch mosquitoes and flies is nonsense, the effect is not very good, usually if there are no mosquitoes and flies, you can feed some bread worms to it, as a pet to raise. ”
Lin Qiubai nodded, Wang Cheng's friend didn't lie, this pitcher plant is not a grass, but it is a carnivorous grass, not only to water, but also to feed them meat, so that they can grow strong.
"What about the seeds?" Lin Qiubai asked.
"Isn't it there?" Wang Chengyi raised his neck, pointed to the corner of the balcony and said: "One package is mosquito trap, two hundred seeds, the other is flytrap, also two hundred seeds, and one package is from me, just a few, it is said to be the famous Rafflesia, if you can grow it, let me see the freshness, Rafflesia has never even seen it, it is very difficult to plant." ”
Rafflesia? Lin Qiubai was happy in his heart, this is a good thing, Rafflesia also has a name called man-eating flower, this is indeed a flower, and it is also a carnivorous plant, the flowers are extraordinary, and they are the largest flowers in the world.
"Yes, thanks."
"Thank you for a yarn, this thing is not worth a few dollars, my friends have said, don't look at a lot of these seeds, the survival rate is less than 30%, and you have to plant a master to plant, like you, it's not that I bury you, it is estimated that less than 10%, you just play it, are you really ready to be a farmer for a lifetime?"
Wang Cheng was not optimistic about Lin Qiubai's sudden decision from beginning to end, farmers are not so easy to be, facing the loess with their backs to the fields, even if there is national policy support now, they can only earn 12,8000 a year, otherwise there will not be so many farmers going out to work, others are desperately running to the city, Lin Qiubai is good, he doesn't do the job with a monthly salary of tens of thousands, and goes back to be a farmer, if others will definitely say that this person is sick.
Lin Qiubai smiled, knowing that if he nodded yes, Wang Cheng would have to be endlessly bitter, so he simply followed the words and said, "Well, I'll just try, if it doesn't work, I'll say it, right?" ”
Wang Cheng stopped talking.
After talking about the matter, the two old men began to drink, these two people can usually meet last time during the Chinese New Year, at this time there is naturally an endless topic, a case of beer twelve bottles is really nothing, Wang Cheng later drove out to buy a box, this is considered to be a good drink.
Coming out of Wang Cheng's house, Lin Qiubai went back to Repulse Bay directly, it was almost twelve o'clock, and as soon as he entered the bay, he saw the old man of the Wang family wearing a straw hat and carrying a hoe on his shoulder.
"Yo, Uncle Wang? Watching TV at home on this hot day, going to the ground? Lin Qiubai greeted.
"Oh." Old man Wang is almost sixty years old this year, but he seems to be full of energy, and at this time he smiled innocently: "I am idle at home, and I am thinking about filling in the field stalks." ”
Hearing Old Man Wang's words, Lin Qiu's diphtheria moved, and his stomach, which had just been full at Wang Cheng's house, actually felt a little hungry again.
The source of the repulse bay is the reservoir, as long as the reservoir is not dry, the repulse bay will almost never be cut off, and the reservoir has indeed not been dry, there is water all year round, and the reservoir is very large, so the fish, shrimp and crabs in the reservoir are quite abundant, when Lin Qiubai was twelve years old, the people near the reservoir hit a silver carp more than one meter long, which became a beautiful talk at that time, and Lin Qiubai still remembers it vividly.
Even now, there are quite a lot of fish in the reservoir, and people nearby don't have to go fishing, but hook fish, the so-called hook fish, is to use a long and strong fishing line, this kind of fishing line is a thick hook, throw it hard into the reservoir, and then pull hard, if you are lucky, you can hook a big fish in a few clicks, almost all of them weigh more than ten catties.
These big fish rarely swim out of the reservoir, but there are exceptions when the water rises to a high level.
Shu is rainy, especially in summer, heavy rain thundershowers will always fall so many times, at this time the water level of the reservoir rises, there will be a small range of flooding, the fish, shrimp and crabs in the reservoir and other aquatic products will go downstream, if you are lucky, you can't pick up big fish.
Picking up big fish is luck, but shrimp and crabs and the like don't have to rely on luck, crayfish, big crabs go downstream, many are rooted in the field, if you want to eat, you can catch it, the technology is better, there is no problem to catch a pound or two a day, especially now the young and middle-aged laborers in Repulse Bay are working outside the same day, resulting in fewer people to catch, shrimp and crabs are more, a bit of a flooding posture, and the old man Wang said that the field stalk is actually to fill the hole drilled out of the shrimp and crab, so as not to let the water in the paddy field because of the hole more flowing water, And almost every time the stalk is filled, there is always a harvest.
As a Shu person, spicy crayfish is bound to be eaten, blowing a cool breeze at night, drinking cold beer, and snorting Ma Xiao, it is really a fairy-like enjoyment, so when he heard that the old man Wang said that he wanted to fill in the field stalks, Lin Qiubai suddenly thought of Ma Xiao, and then felt greedy.
"Oh, then Uncle Wang, you're busy, I'll put things down first."
"Okay."
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