Alone in the back room, close the door. When I entered the space, the sapling that I put in the space yesterday remained the same. The magic of the space lies in the fact that the plants placed in it can remain as they are alive and well, no matter how long they are not stained with soil.

Zhang Taiping took a tape measure and carefully measured the land in the space. Planting plants requires careful planning. Zhang Taiping divided the two acres of land around the spring into four pieces, each with five points. One is used to grow medicine, one is used to grow vegetables, another is planted with fruit trees, and finally the remaining one is empty for emergencies.

Zhang Taiping opened the snakeskin bag and took out the saffron root that remained intact. I went out and brought in a wooden barrel and a wooden scoop, first watered half an acre of land with space spring water, and then turned the soil over with an iron rake, and then hooked into a shallow ditch. Place a saffron root at an interval of one foot, and after placing half an acre of land, gently cover it with a layer of soil. The soil layer does not need to be too deep, as long as the roots are covered and the core is exposed.

After covering the soil, sprinkle the space spring water. Even if I have already seen the magic of the spatial spring, I am still amazed. After the spring water seeped into the soil, the seedlings broke through the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then the branches and leaves stood slim, but stopped just when they were about to bud. Zhang Taiping immediately carefully sprinkled a layer of spring water, like an epiphany blooming, and the saffron buds opened collectively. Clusters of small red and purple flowers, like clusters of burning flames, are bright and dripping.

Looking at the renminbi in full bloom, this feeling is even more exciting than holding the real renminbi in your hand. Zhang Taiping carefully picked the dazzling red plant gold, and after checking it, there was about a catty, that is, 500 grams. The price of 25 yuan per gram is calculated, and it will earn more than 12,000 yuan in a while.

Zhang Taiping shook his head, carefully put away the harvested safflowers, and lost interest in continuing to water the spring water, allowing it to grow freely.

The fruit trees brought back are lined up, and the vines are all ready to be planted in the space, leaving one in each space for pears, apples, cherries, etc., and planting another in the orchard.

The spacing between fruit trees is much larger. The interval between the vines is one and a half meters, and the pit is only 30 centimeters deep. Trees such as cherries and longans must be spaced at least three meters apart so that they do not intertwine with each other. This kind of large and tall fruit tree, the root system is relatively developed, the planting pit needs to be sixty or seventy centimeters deep, half a square large, and it is still placed on the fruit tree to cover the empty soil. Put down the saplings, pour some space spring water on them, cover them with a thick layer of soil, and then pat them solidly. The saplings did not react as violently as vegetables and saffron, but they grew more than a foot taller, and the new branches and leaves were tender and verdant as if they had been cut out of spring.

Longan, also known as longan, is not only a delicious fruit, but also has medicinal value. It has the effect of aphrodisiac and invigorating qi, nourishing the heart and spleen, nourishing blood and soothing the nerves, and can cure anemia, palpitations, insomnia and other diseases. However, the growth of longan is more picky about the environment, and it is generally suitable in subtropical and areas without severe frost. It is mainly grown in the south in our country, due to various effects and difficult growth, has always been a precious specialty, historically there is the south "longan" and the north "ginseng" said.

When the longan tree bears fruit, it can be as high as one or two zhang, and the fruit is heavy and falling. The fruit is round in shape, like a projectile, slightly smaller than a lychee. When ripe, the skin is blue-brown, and after peeling, it is clear and crystalline, and the red and black kernels in the flesh are faintly visible, which is very similar to the eyeballs, so it is named "longan".

Cherries ripen early, have the reputation of the first fruit in early spring, and are known as "the first branch of a hundred fruits". Its fruit is as small as a pearl, but the color is red and bright, and it is as delicate as an agate gemstone. The taste is sweet and slightly sour, and it can be eaten fresh or used to decorate soups, and it is highly loved no matter how you eat it. It is said that the yellow warbler is particularly fond of pecking at this fruit, hence the name "warbler peach".

Cherries can also be used for cosmetology. The output has not been high, the market demand is greater than the supply, more than 20 yuan a pound is often priceless, the price will rise all the way during the annual fruit sale, up to forty or fifty yuan a catty, the average person still really can't afford to eat.

Zhang Taiping planted these fruit trees in the space, not for profit, but to satisfy his appetite.

After planting the fruit trees, Zhang Taiping planted strawberries under the fruit trees at intervals of one meter according to Yang Wanli's words. As soon as the spring water was sprinkled, new branches sprouted from the strawberry cores, and the roots spread rapidly as if they possessed wisdom. Then small yellow flowers bloom, and after the flowers, the large blue strawberry bumps on the fingernails are revealed, and gradually swelled to the size of two coins, and the color becomes bright red, like delicate hearts, bright and dripping, attracting the taste buds to secrete acid.

Zhang Taiping picked one and put it in his mouth, and with a little force, the sweet and sour juice overflowed his mouth, and the unique fragrance lingered between his teeth for a long time.

As for the vegetable field, there is no rush to plant it now. Zhang Taiping took out a double plastic bag from the snakeskin bag and put it on the apple bag and picked a bag full of strawberries. Then he walked out of the space with the rest of the fruit trees and snakeskin bags.

Carrying things back to the front room, before Zhang Taiping shouted, Yaya ran over with the little squirrel and entered the kitchen with Zhang Taiping.

In the kitchen, Cai Yazhi and Cai Xiaomei are preparing the ingredients for lunch. Zhang Taiping put the rice into the noodle cabinet, then took out apples, snacks and a bag of strawberries and put them on the board.

The girl immediately shouted happily, "Daddy bought the apple!" ”

Zhang Taiping took out a strawberry and sent it to Yaya's mouth and asked, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Yaya shook her head. Not only Yaya doesn't know anyone, but even Cai Yazhi doesn't know either.

Zhang Taiping said: "It's a strawberry." As he spoke, he put it into Yaya's small mouth, and the bright red juice overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and Zhang Taiping wiped it off casually.

The eyes of the sisters next to them were full of incredulity, the money was in Zhang Taiping's hands, and they had never seen anything brought back, but yesterday the sun came out of the west.

Zhang Taiping knew what they were thinking, took out the money in his trouser pocket and said: "Saying that yesterday I went to the set was the last set, a total of four hundred, and it cost less than a hundred yuan, and there are more than three hundred yuan left here." ”

took out 200 and sent it to Cai Yazhi, and said: "This 200 is for you, I will keep more than 100 here, and I will go to the city in two days." ”

His wife Cai Yazhi's eyes flashed with crystal, and she hurriedly waved her hand, meaning to let Zhang Taiping take it all. Cai Xiaomei grabbed the money, stuffed it into her sister's hand, and said.

"Sister, if he tells you to take it, you can take it, anyway, he won't need the money now."

Zhang Taiping felt helpless about Cai Xiaomei's hostile attitude, but he was helpless. Who let the previous things be too messy.

Cai Yazhi took the money and put it into Zhang Taiping's hands. Looking at his wife's trust and expectant eyes, Zhang Taiping put the money in his pocket and patted his pocket with his hand. It's an attitude, but also a silent vow, and sometimes actions are more convincing than pale words. Seeing this, a bright smile broke out on his wife's face, and the dead heart was revitalized.

Zhang Taiping poured the strawberries into a bowl, sent them to them, washed a few more apples, then tied his waist and prepared the ingredients for noon himself. After just tasting a strawberry, the wife sent the bowl to her aunt and nephew, and came to the desk to help wash the meat and cut vegetables.

Yaya and Cai Xiaomei were eating apples on the side, and Yaya came over from time to time to race a strawberry into her parents' mouths. The family is happy.

Cai Xiaomei looked at the couple who were busy working on the sidelines, and was a little stunned.

Many people say that marriage is the grave of love for women. It turned out that a good girl married the wrong man! Love is not glory and wealth, but mutual affection. Marriage is a happy thing, but only if you marry someone who is willing to treat you as a treasure. It would be a blessing if this man could always treat his sister like he did today.

"Auntie, and the last strawberry, do you still eat it?" Yaya's immature inquiry pulled Cai Xiaomei through her senses.

shook his head, and thought self-deprecatingly that he still looked down on this man, and he didn't know how long this situation could last, and then my sister would be guilty again.

"Auntie won't eat it, Yaya will eat it herself." Cai Xiaomei replied with pity caressing Yaya's hair.

"It's not me who eats it, it's for the kittens." The girl said solemnly, and then put the strawberry to the little squirrel's mouth. The little thing "squeaked" and cheered, swallowed the strawberry in one bite, licking the girl's fingers, like a coquettish child, and wanted one.

Zhang Taiping looked back at this scene and said with a smile: "The little thing is quite smart. ”

Zhang Taiping is nearly two meters tall, but now he is doing what women often do with his waistline, just like a Northeast man chanting Jiangnan Minor. But Zhang Taiping himself didn't care, Su Shi was a typical northern man, nostalgic and kitchen, but it did not damage his talent statement, and invented the famous Dongpo meat. Besides, it's still in my house.

One pot of steamed rice, one pot of stir-fried vegetables. The first thing to do is braised pork trotters. In my previous life, when I lived alone, I cooked by myself and learned a lot of dishes from recipes and special channels on TV. Although the preferred ingredient is not available at home, it is replaced by other ingredients commonly used in the village.

Comparatively speaking, pork stew vermicelli is much simpler. Rinse the vermicelli with cool water in advance, wait until the meat is simmered until it is seven ripe, and then put the vermicelli into the pot. The vermicelli in the village is made by mixing potato flour with edible glue from home-ground potatoes, which is better cooked and delicious than the ones bought.

There must be both cold and hot when eating in Guanzhong. The cold dish is simply a cold eggplant. This dish is as simple as cutting the eggplant into slices, turning it over twice in boiling water, and then removing it and chilling it in cold water. When it cools, squeeze out the water and tear it into long strips, mix with minced garlic, and taste refreshing and delicious.

Coupled with a scrambled egg with shepherd's cabbage, it can be regarded as three hot and one cold four dishes, and two of the dishes are meat dishes. There is no New Year's Day, no festival, which is rarely seen in ordinary family meals in mountain villages.

When it is done, it is brought to a small table and the family sits around the table. The pig's trotters were given to the maid, and the little girl gnawed her mouth shiny, and her mouth shouted, "It's better than pork stewed vermicelli." The little belly was round and he didn't give up, so Zhang Taiping had to forcibly stop it.

After the warm lunch, the table was handed over to his wife and Cai Xiaomei. Zhang Taiping and Yaya, as well as Ah Huang, who also seemed to have passed the New Year, sat under the eaves to enjoy the shade.