Chapter 142: The experience of pulling vegetables

"Why can't we sleep together?" Cheng Xiaorui was puzzled, now her relationship with Fang Mowei is an upright boyfriend and girlfriend.

Grandma said firmly: "You can't sleep together until you're married, you sleep with him, what if he makes you pregnant?" ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Won't get pregnant. Cheng Xiaorui is embarrassed to tell her grandmother, she has been with Fang Mowei above board and sleeping in the same bed for more than half a year.

Grandma was stricter, "Don't allow it, girls should be reserved, spread it out, uncles, aunts and neighbors will say!" ”

"Oh, okay." Cheng Xiaorui was a little embarrassed, compromised again, stretched out her hand from the quilt, shrugged her nose, and ......

The next morning, it was another sunny day, at six o'clock, the chicken got up and the dog got up, Fang Mowei didn't want to sleep, he had already gotten up.

I didn't expect my grandfather to get up earlier than him, and my grandmother also got up, and Cheng Xiaorui's little lazy pig was still sleeping, and my grandfather picked a pair of empty dustpans and took some small tools, saying that he was going to the cabbage field to pick vegetables, and the family planted a lot of cabbage, and every time the cabbage was big, he picked a lot and went to the market town to sell, which was also one of the sources of income for his grandfather and grandmother in winter.

My grandfather's cabbage field is located on the sandy land of the river beach, two miles away from home, the area is not large, but it is a green piece when you look at it.

When he arrived at the vegetable field, Fang Mowei stood on the embankment with his hands on his waist, and his grandfather went to the ground to operate.

He didn't understand, his family had never lived in the countryside for generations, and his grandfather told him while dialing cabbage: "Actually, the vegetable field area is not only so large, but last year there was a river flood, and the river beach flooded a lot, so it was so big." ”

"It's hard work for you to grow so many vegetables." Fang Mowei said to his grandfather with a clear face, he didn't care about anything while wearing sneakers, and he also jumped off the ground.

Grandpa shook his head. Say: "Take pleasure in it, make a living, and make it a habit." It's not hard. ”

Fang Mowei approached his grandfather and looked at the cabbage plants in the field. neatly and neatly, he learned his grandfather's movements and appearances, and threw them into the big dustpan he brought.

My grandfather said, "The vegetables sold in the city from far away look bright and beautiful, but in fact they are not as good as the vegetables I grow at home." Pesticides are minimal, and they grow naturally. ”

Fang Mowei nodded, he was very serious about the dishes, and conscientiously helped his grandfather. Dial and dial. I wondered if it was not the season to grow cabbage, what would such a large vacant land be used for.

Fang Mowei felt that when he arrived in the countryside, he was a huge rookie, he didn't know anything, and some didn't even know the most basic common sense.

Fortunately, I should still be able to learn something from this trip to the countryside.

Fang Mowei asked his grandfather, "Grandfather, it's summer." What do you do with this land? ”

"Watermelon." My grandfather replied simply, and added an explanation: "This is a river beach, and it is very fertile. Other crops are not easy to grow. It just happens that watermelons are fat, which is just suitable, and the watermelons on the beach are full of red sand, which is more sweet than the melons in ordinary land, and it is easy to sell. ”

Fang Mowei remembered that in those houses in his city, there were watermelons all year round, but they were all bought by his subordinates, and the varieties were very good and sweet. Very familiar. So far, he doesn't know how to choose watermelons in the market.

He smiled and asked his grandfather, "Grandpa, what is the knowledge of this watermelon?" What is the best way to buy a watermelon at the market? ”

Grandpa saw that he was very naΓ―ve when he asked. also smiled innocently and said, "Some people think that the sound of ripe watermelon is different from that of raw watermelon." In fact, it is wrong, only the sound of ripe watermelon is different from that of raw melon, but no family waits for watermelon to be ripe before picking watermelon. Not to mention that ripe melons are not easy to transport, and ripe melons are light in weight, and watermelons that are seven or eight medium-ripe are the best. At this time, the melon can not only be distinguished by listening to the sound, but also looking at the fibrous roots on the edge of the melon bellflower, and the fibrous roots have shrunk a little, that is. ”

"Oh, I see." Fang Mowei nodded, expressing agreement and convincing.

Grandpa looked at Fang Mowei's handsome face, smiled again and said, "If you and Xiaorui come over again next summer, you will definitely be able to eat the sweetest and most delicious watermelon just picked from the ground." ”

Fang Mowei also had a good intention, nodded, and said with a smile: "I will definitely come over to eat then." ”

The vegetable field is not big, less than two acres of land, Fang Mowei joined forces with his grandfather, and in less than an hour, two dustpans of cabbage had been allocated.

Grandpa carried them on his shoulders and wanted to pick them back, Fang Mowei said to let him come. Grandpa decisively refused, Fang Mowei's thin skin and tender flesh would definitely not be able to carry it on his shoulders. And dozens of cabbages are not heavy at all for him, so he has to call someone for help.

Back at home, my grandmother had already prepared a variety of breakfasts, which were nutritionally balanced, including: red bean rice porridge, sweet potato noodles and steamed buns, cold cucumber strips, and wild garlic scrambled eggs.

Grandma's house also has a large field of mixed vegetables, the weather is cold in winter, specially built a sun canopy, cucumbers are grown by grandma's own family, in addition to planting a lot of other vegetables and fruits, such as: hundreds of pepper trees, tomato seedlings, sweet potato seedlings, melon seedlings, corn seedlings, eggplant trees, build a loofah vine and so on.

At this time, Cheng Xiaorui naturally got up. Sitting at a boxy square wooden table, he looks like he can't wait to eat with chopsticks.

Seeing Fang Mowei coming back from outside with his grandfather, he asked him in surprise with wide eyes: "Brother Mowei heard that you went to the cabbage field with your grandfather in the morning?" ”

Fang Mowei washed his hands with well water with a trace of natural temperature outside, and returned to the main hall, his grandmother set a stool for him to sit, he said, "Yes, you can't afford to wake up, lazy pig......"

Cheng Xiaorui raised her head, shook her face lightly, and said mischievously: "What's the matter, I slept lightly, you didn't call me at all, I will definitely get up as soon as you call me." ”

Fang Mowei wasn't by her side last night, and she couldn't sleep, she was used to sleeping with Fang Mowei. When Fang Mowei was away, he always felt unsteady in his heart.

Wait for my grandfather to sit down before breakfast begins.

Fang Mowei was twenty-four years old, and it was the first time he had eaten such an authentic farmhouse breakfast, not to mention, he was quite surprised, the hearty Cheng dΓΉ far exceeded his expectations.

And the delicious Cheng dΓΉ is something he has never tasted. Before thinking about it, he dared to be very proud, he had been to countless countries, eaten many countries, many regions, and was endowed with famous mountain and sea delicacies or local specialties. At one point, he boasted that he had eaten more delicious food than anyone else.

Now, he didn't dare to say anything at all. Especially in front of Cheng Xiaorui, he felt that the sweet potato noodle steamed bun in his hand at this time was more delicious than anything he had eaten before.

"It smells so good." Fang Mowei ate two steamed buns in one go, drank a big bowl of porridge, and wiped his mouth.

Cheng Xiaorui saw that he liked it so much, and he also smiled playfully, and she was very happy.

Fang Mowei eats well, and her impression of the countryside and her grandmother's house will also be very good.

Fang Mowei really ate a lot, the chopsticks never stopped, the crisp pickled cucumber strips, the fragrant green water celery, and the steamed buns with sweet potato noodles were eaten after a while.

The reason may not only be because of the natural green and harmless taste of the country food, but also because he did some farm work in the morning and consumed a lot of body.

"Huh." Grandma watched Fang Mowei eat and drink heavily, and her heart was very happy.

My grandfather was in a good mood, too. I thought that the son of this rich family from the city would be unsociable with them for disliking their environment, but he didn't expect Fang Mowei to be quite comfortable.

When my grandfather thought about it in his heart, he couldn't help but smile calmly, and felt that it was not strange, a boy who could get along with her granddaughter Cheng Xiaorui could not be a boy with bad quality.

After breakfast, Cheng Xiaorui helped her grandmother clean up the dishes and chopsticks and rinse them in the east kitchen.

Fang Mowei also had time to look at and study the farmhouse's houses and buildings.

The most common buildings here are two-story buildings, red tiles and white walls, four or five rooms, the main house is boxy, facing south, and there is only one floor of the kitchen, toilet, and utility room, and it is built on the east or north side.

However, there is a small pond on the west side of my grandfather's house. Although it has dried up, and the lotus leaves in the pond have long since turned to ashes, leaving only straw, there is still a small river singing a crisp song at the edge of the field not far away.

Fang Mowei had a whim, if the pond was connected to the river, and then the pond was filled with water, and then planted lotus flowers, and raised a few carp, if he and Cheng Xiaorui were idle in the city and wanted to come out to breathe fresh air, then it would definitely be interesting to tease and play here.

At nine o'clock in the morning, my grandfather and grandmother were busy with all the things that were suitable for the morning. My grandfather is no longer a barefoot doctor, and when he has nothing to do, he goes to a small card hall two miles away to play upgraded poker with a few old people who are playing well.

My grandmother also went out, spread out the cabbage that she had taken in the morning, and dried it on the floor in front of the gate, but people didn't know where they went. Fang Mowei didn't understand that his grandparents picked so many cabbages and came back, not to take them out and sell them, but what they wanted to do.

Until Cheng Xiaorui told him that he was making pickles.

It was more than ten o'clock, and the warm winter sun was completely out, and Fang Mowei stood outside the house and looked at the scenery.

Cheng Xiaorui walked over to accompany him, and in the chicken and duck circle on the side, a few little chickens were eating on the edge of the well. That place is wet, a lot of insects, earthworms, looking at the yellow fluff of the chicks, they have begun to be self-reliant after a few days of being out of the nest.

Fang Mowei watched and teased from time to time, while Cheng Xiaorui took a wooden stick erected on the side to dig up the soil, and teased a few little chicks with a small earthworm and kept jumping and turning in circles.

"I'll go, you're so bored, so bad." Fang Mowei despised her, she didn't see her so naughty when she was in the city on weekdays.

Cheng Xiaorui immediately threw the wooden stick again, came to his side with a bright smile, stood on tiptoe and wanted to jump on his back and be carried by him.

Fang Mowei walked away arrogantly, not letting Cheng Xiaorui carry his back, after all, in public...... (To be continued) R861