Chapter Eighty-Four: Help, Discuss (Ask for Flowers, Ask for Flowers)
After waiting for the two to sleep at night, Zhang Taiping immersed his mind in the space. The day before yesterday, the thin bamboo transplanted into the space by Zhang Taiping grew in the space for more than a month, and it was much thicker, and it was even more green and vigorous. Zhang Taiping transplanted the bamboo into the space, but he wanted to cultivate some bamboo seedlings from the space, and then transplant them when he was using them. I have been planning to dig a fish pond outside and plant a circle of bamboo, and then build a few bamboo buildings, and there will definitely be a lot of places to use bamboo at that time, so it is better to reserve some in advance.
Sow the wild jujube kernels picked up on the mountain and sow them on a piece of the space field, and then water the space spring, and the seeds grow at an astonishing speed visible to the naked eye. Breaking the soil, germinating, and pulling branches, Zhang Taiping did not stop until he was more than a foot tall, so that he could basically transplant outside.
The next day, Zhang Taiping didn't ask Cai Yazhi to help, which can only be done by himself. If you were standing next to you, how would you get the newly grown thorn tree out of the space? You can't tell people you're tricksters, can you?
So Zhang Taiping dug pits, planted seedlings, filled the soil, and finally poured water mixed with space spring water. Fortunately, this kind of thorn tree is inherently tenacious and easy to survive in its life, not to mention that it is also watered with space spring water, so you don't have to worry about whether it can survive at all, you can simply dig a pit and put the thorn sapling in it. Besides, there were only a few places left to plant thorn trees, so he had to do the task that two people could complete in a day.
The valley is planted with bamboo or thorn trees all week, so that it is a decent orchard. It's like if there is no wall in a yard, you will always feel at ease with what you put inside, but if you have a wall, it will feel the opposite. Regardless of whether these bamboos and thorn trees can play a protective role now, but first of all, there is a psychological comfort to people, it seems that the orchard is going to be well managed, and there is a sense of formalization.
In the next few days, Zhang Taiping pruned all the fruit trees in his orchard, and took a few days to help Song Lan and Han Miaomiao prune the fruit trees.
The people in the village have known about Zhang Taiping's orchard for a long time, and most of them are not optimistic, and they have been surprised when Cai Yazhi was in charge, and now there is nothing to be surprised about. But it was really surprising that Song Lan and Han Miaomiao's two families had to rely on the orchard to make a fortune.
When Zhang Taiping was pruning the peach tree of Songlan's house, the woman next door to Song Lan's house asked Song Landao, who was buried in cleaning the grass under the tree: "Sister Song, do you really plan to make a fortune with this?" ”
Song Lan raised her head and wiped her sweat: "There's no way, I can barely make a living with Wang Min's salary, but if Daniel is admitted to school, I can't even pay the tuition." You'll have to try it. ”
"Then you're not afraid of losing money?"
"I listened to Dashuai, now people in the city like pollution-free fruits, not ready to use chemical fertilizer, all organic fertilizer. The orchard is close to the river, and it doesn't cost much, but it's just a little tired. ”
The woman asked Zhang Taiping, who was holding special scissors to cut branches: "Dashuai, can this orchard really make money?" ”
Zhang Taiping said: "I will give you empty words now that there is no evidence, even if you say it in a daze, it will not help, after all, there is no evidence, and you may not believe it." You'll find out after next year. ”
After pruning the fruit trees for Song Lan's house, Zhang Taiping still suggested to Song Lan: "Sister Song, do you want to hear me say a few words?" ”
"Say it, all the big sisters are listening."
"The fruit trees in your yard are too monotonous, but there are too few varieties. Fortunately, peaches are peaches, and there is still potential for development if they are well managed, but this plum tree is a little chicken, and the yield of this thing is high, but there are not many people who like to eat this, so the price is not high. ”
"What do you mean by handsome?"
Zhang Taiping paused for a while and said, "Cut down these plum trees and plant cherry trees or grape vines." ”
After listening to Zhang Taiping's words, Song Lan frowned tightly and was silent for a long time. Zhang Taiping understood her psychology, and it was no wonder that she was hesitant, she always had such and such concerns about the first person to eat crabs.
"If Sister Song can't make a decision, then let it go first, and then make a decision after next summer."
"Dashuai, you see, it's not that the eldest sister doesn't want to do what you say, she really can't afford to toss."
Zhang Taiping nodded understandingly: "Then Sister Song will manage the existing ones wholeheartedly first, and then plan for the future." ”
Later, Zhang Taiping also pruned fruit trees for Han Miaomiao's family.
In the next few days, Zhang Taiping applied bottom fertilizer to another fruit tree, and there was only oil residue. After doing this, Zhang Taiping really felt that it was not easy for farmers to come, and this was still in the absence of organic fertilizer from farmers. He insists on completely green fruits, and he is not ready to apply fertilizer to the fruit, but he is not ready to use organic fertilizer from the farm, just that smell is unbearable for ordinary people, Zhang Taiping himself is also among these ordinary people, mainly because he believes that the space spring water will be more effective than all fertilizers.
Since then, things in the orchard have come to an end, but Zhang Taiping can't find anything to do, and he either practices knife writing or picks up a carving knife and starts carving wood carvings all day long.
This morning, after Zhang Taiping practiced knife skills, he went to the upper reaches of the river to take a cold shower, and when he came back and walked in the backyard, he suddenly felt that such a big place in the backyard was a little messy, and it was a waste to grow some vegetables.
The dry toilet in the countryside is really not suitable in the backyard, it is fine in winter, and it is a sin to go to the toilet in summer. Rural people are used to feeling nothing, but there will be a lot of outsiders in their own homes or in the village in the future, and they are definitely not used to it, just like the last time Xingrushui and Fan Ming couldn't bear this kind of dry toilet.
Besides, there is one less bathroom at home, and there is no problem for a physique like Zhang Taiping to take a cold shower in the river in winter, but Cai Yazhi can only boil a large basin of water at night and wipe her body in the house. There will definitely be a lot of guests in your home in the future, so you can't let the guests go to the river to take a cold shower or bring a basin of water to wipe it, right? So add the need to build a bathroom.
The yard needs to be remodeled once, and it's imminent. Zhang Taiping suddenly wanted to go to the opposite house to see if this courtyard, which had been idle for several years, could be used.
After breakfast, Zhang Taiping said to Cai Yazhi: "I want to clean up the backyard again, the dry toilet is not working." ”
Cai Yazhi didn't know what Zhang Taiping meant, there was no problem with the dry toilet after using it for so many years, why couldn't it be used, and looked at him puzzled.
"If it's just us, it's definitely no problem, we're used to it. But if you come and stay with a few friends for a few days like last time, wouldn't it make others uncomfortable? ”
Cai Yazhi thought about it, people in the city must not be used to the toilet in the countryside, and nodded clearly.
Zhang Taiping said: "You have to build a bathroom, and you can wash in the river in summer, but you don't even have a place to take a bath in winter." If you have a guest, it is not a solution to not let people take a bath for a few days, and you can't always bring a basin of water to wipe your body at night. ”
Cai Yazhi blushed when she heard the second half of the sentence, she always closed the door when she wiped her body, and once she forgot to close the door, and she was not less disturbed by Zhang Taiping. Although he was a little shy, his eyes were shining and shining. Can a woman love beauty or cleanliness? It's always nice to be able to take a shower or take a bath.
"It's also a pity to grow vegetables in the yard, so don't plant them again after you've finished them, and then make plans after you have got the toilet and bathroom and re-plan the backyard."
Although Cai Yazhi didn't understand what it was a pity to grow vegetables in the backyard, she still chose to follow Zhang Taiping's wishes without refutating or asking more.
"Also, the house opposite is to see if there is anything to be built, and then we will get it together. I have an idea that in the future, many people will come here to play, and the house over there can be used as a guest room. Do you think it's okay? ”
The house over there has been almost no one living in since Cai Yazhi married into the Zhang family. Cai Xiaomei is in school all the year round, and occasionally comes back to stay overnight and leave the next day, and often sleeps with her sister to talk, and may not even enter the opposite door. No one lives there, and Cai Yazhi rarely cleans it, except for the room where Cai Xiaomei occasionally stays for one night, the other rooms have been deserted. Idle is also idle, Zhang Taiping wants to take advantage of it, of course Cai Yazhi will not object.
"Is the key with you?"
Cai Yazhi got up and went to the bedroom, took out the key, and crossed the stone bridge over the river with Zhang Taiping to her home. This courtyard was built together by Cai Yazhi's grandfather and Zhang Taiping's grandfather when they came here together, and it is about the same size as Zhang Taiping's yard, and even the structure is the same. It's just that two large locust trees are planted on the left and right of the front yard, and no trees are planted in the middle yard.
Looking at the weeds in the front yard, Cai Yazhi's mood suddenly fell, this was originally a happy family, but a car accident left nothing. Once upon a time, the large courtyard full of laughter and laughter turned out to be only weeds.
She silently squatted down to clean up the weeds in the yard with her hands, and Zhang Taiping also squatted down with her. The little tail behind her also sensibly accompanies her mother and grabs the grass with her little hands.
Cai Yazhi finally couldn't control her feelings, hugged Yaya and cried bitterly, Zhang Taiping held her hand and patted him on the back. Holding her daughter and her husband's hand, she suddenly felt that she was not alone, and that she had a family and a younger sister. Raising his head, he collected his feelings, smiled at Zhang Taiping, and stood up.