After wiping her head, Cai Yazhi pointed in the direction of the backyard and asked: What to do with the backyard?

The backyard was tossed by Zhang Taiping on that day last year, planting a few fruit trees, and digging a deep ditch in the middle of the yard, which is now connected to the pond outside, and the water flows from the ditch into the yard and flows around and into the pond outside. Originally, Cai Yazhi in the backyard was used to grow vegetables that were commonly eaten at home, but now Zhang Taiping can't grow them with such a toss, but there is still a large piece of land that is vacant and a little messy.

Zhang Taiping took off his rain-soaked shirt and replied: "I have my own opinions in the courtyard, you don't have to worry about it." But I have left a piece of the westernmost part of the wasteland where it meets the back valley, and you can see that some vegetables can be planted on it. ”

According to his own idea, the backyard is made into a private space, with some fruit trees of various colors, some flowers, and some melons, watermelons and other melons and fruits in it. When the time comes, the backyard is green, and the people in Xia Yuli sit under the vines made of green leaves, drinking cold wine and tasting melons and fruits, what a pleasure it should be.

Now that she knows Zhang Taiping's plan, Cai Yazhi knows what to do.

After the rain, the sky is bright, and the terrain of Zhang Taiping's house is slightly higher, and the whole picture of the village can be seen from here. People walked in all directions with farm tools such as rakes and so on towards the slopes that surrounded the village.

Before and after the rain in the valley, melons and beans are planted, and now it is the middle of February of the lunar calendar, and the solar calendar is also in March, and there is still almost a month before the solar terms, but now the global climate is warming, and the changes in spring temperature and solar terms have been greatly deviated, especially in cities like Xi'an, where spring is fleeting and often follows summer in winter, and spring is exceptionally warm.

It is a good time to plant vegetables and melons after the new rain. Because at this time, the ground was soaked with rainwater, and there was a "wound", which is a specific word used by people in the countryside to say that there is water in the ground. There are "wounds" in the ground, vegetables and fruits can only germinate and grow quickly, and the fertilization is not patted because of the excess fertilizer and burns the seedlings that have just come out.

Zhang Taiping's family is no exception, no matter how big or small, the family is led by Cai Yazhi to the land designated by Zhang Taiping. The old man and the maid also went together.

Fortunately, the seeds Cai Yazhi had prepared early, otherwise such an early spring rain would have been missed in vain, and the vegetables would have been planted late, so the corresponding ones would have matured a little later.

Cai Yazhi prepared seeds for tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, cowpeas, and other vegetables that are commonly eaten at home. In fact, the survival rate of vegetable seeds such as tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants and spicy peppers is not high, and they are all purchased from other people's seedlings to grow into a long bunch. However, this year, the weather was too early, and most of the seedlings had not yet been cultivated, and I didn't see them when I went to the town last time, so Cai Yazhi could only buy seeds and come back.

In previous years, she only planted a small piece in the backyard of her home to eat at home, but this year it is estimated that there will be more varieties and more seeds prepared, but it is still less estimated. Generally, people will have a piece of land close to the water source, called "self-reserved land", which is specially used to grow vegetables for their own consumption. It is rare for someone like Zhang Taiping to leave two acres of land at a time.

Zhang Taiping is responsible for digging the pit, after digging, three women and an old man and a young man slipped the seeds into the soil, Zhang Taiping covered it and then went to the edge of the pond to pick up water and water it a little, and finally used a rake to rake it flat. In this way, enough water is given, and the soil layer on it is sparse, which is very conducive to the emergence of seeds.

Fan Ming and Xing Rushui may have done this kind of farm work for the first time, and they were very novel and very hardworking, and when they were finished, they were both sweating profusely, but Cai Yazhi was not a little uncomfortable.

Six people of all sizes went into battle together, and it didn't take much time for all the seeds Cai Yazhi bought back to be planted in the ground, and the land was only half an acre of land.

Cai Yazhi asked: What is the rest of the land planted?

Zhang Taiping looked at the remaining acres and a half acres and said, "I heard that the village chief's house has a spicy taste that is very spicy, and I will ask for some seeds later." ”

After planting vegetables, I still have to plant artichokes. This year's potatoes were planted on the same slope as last year's sweet potatoes, under the peach trees in the orchard.

The peach and cherry trees in the orchard have already begun to bloom their green leaves, and it seems that the flowering is just around the corner. But the vine remained unmoved, and there was nothing on it. Cherries ripen in May, peaches in June, and grapes don't bud until August, so the first two types bud and bloom relatively early.

Artichoke is different from previous vegetables in that it uses neither seeds nor seedlings, but fruits.

The old man sat next to him with a stool, holding a blade to divide the artichoke specially prepared last winter into several small pieces, which was knowledgeable, instead of picking up a knife and sharpening it indiscriminately. Each piece of artichoke has a bud eye on it, which ensures that it will sprout and grow new seedlings after planting in the soil.

It was Cai Yazhi who dug the pit, and the three women and the little girl pressed the old man's shaved artichoke buds into the soil with their eyes facing up, and Zhang Taiping was responsible for covering the soil. Artichoke has a long growth cycle, not just a few days, so watering is omitted.

After ordering the artichoke, Zhang Taiping went to the village chief's house to ask for the seeds of the mutated chili pepper.

"Auntie, where's my uncle?" Zhang Taiping arrived at the door of the old village chief's house, and happened to meet the old woman who came back from outside with a head in one hand and an aluminum basin in the other.

"Handsome, your uncle just went to Wang Laogun. I heard that Wang Laogun's family was going to plant watermelons, so I went over to take a look. ”

Zhang Taiping's heart moved, it seemed that Wang Laogun was deeply influenced by himself, although he didn't follow the fruit trees, but he found another way to grow watermelons.

"Where is the land where Wang Lao Gun grows watermelons?" Zhang Taiping was curious and wanted to go over and take a look.

The old woman pointed to the east and said, "It's on a relatively flat land under the mountains on the side of his family's part. He put down his arm and asked, "What do you have to ask your uncle?" ”

"It's not a big deal, I just want some of the seeds of your family's spicy spicy seeds."

"It's a small thing, you don't have to tell him, I'll just give it to you." As he spoke, he opened the door and entered the house, and after a while, he took out a cardboard box, which was full of a box of chili seeds.

Zhang Taiping accepted the cardboard box, thanked him, and went in the direction pointed by the old woman.

In addition to Zhang Taiping, Wang Laogun is the first person in the village who dares to eat crabs with such a big opening, and success will be a great encouragement to the follow-up development of the village. So he's going to see if there's anything he can do to help.

Some people planted watermelons without crops, which is a big deal in the village, and there are many onlookers.

Zhang Taiping came to the village chief and said, "I just asked the old lady for some chili seeds. ”

The village chief nodded and said, "You also think that this pepper has a seed?" ”

Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Well, if the ones grown are as spicy as they were eaten in your house last year, it will be a big business opportunity." Now many of the spicy dishes out there are not very good, either the taste is not spicy enough or there are fakes. Some big restaurants buy the best chili peppers outside, and if we can grow this spicy pepper and sell it to the restaurant, it will make a profit. ”

After hearing this, the village chief happily assured: "All the seeds planted are the kind you ate last year, I have been experimenting with them for several years, and the seeds collected are all seeds of this pepper." ”

"This is not very popular, when the time comes, you can just talk about it in private and see if anyone is willing to plant."

The village chief nodded. After a while, he asked, "What do you think of Wang Lao's spear growing watermelons?" ”

Zhang Taiping said: "Has he ever had any experience in growing watermelons before? ”

"Yes, and it was successful both times, but the melon is a good melon, but the price is cheap I can't say, I can't sell it and finally rot at home, and I didn't even get the capital back and wasted most of my time in vain. During that time, his family was not at peace. ”

"When was it?" Zhang Taiping asked.

"Two years in a row in '06 and '07."

Zhang Taiping was relieved, for so many years, it seems that it was 06 and 07 years, watermelons were flooded, and they were cheap to less than a dime, but they still couldn't be sold, and the market was too saturated.

At that time, he also passed by Chang'an by car, and the roadside was full of green melon fields. At that time, I heard that there was a melon farmer who planted nearly 100 acres of watermelons, and in the end they couldn't sell them and they all rotted into the ground.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the peasants to cower sometimes, they are all frightened.

Zhang Taiping said: "As long as he has experience and can grow good melons, the current market will not sell." And it can only succeed and not fail, otherwise it will be a great blow to the positive surnames of the people in the village. Therefore, we not only want Wang Laogun to succeed in planting watermelons this time, but also let him make a lot of money, so as to drive the positive surnames of the people in the village and develop the village. ”

The old village chief nodded in agreement and said, "You and I think the same way. ”

Here Zhang Taiping and the old village chief are discussing, and there are many villagers discussing next to them, but most of them are not optimistic about Wang Laogun's actions this time, because the first two times are already a lesson from the past, and they have lost a lot of money, and they are not able to plant fruit trees, but they are not able to plant crops, which is the idea of the most conservative people.

ps: Still seeking flowers until the end of the month!!