Chapter 9: Irrigating Vegetables
When Shen Qingqing was still thinking about something, Xiao Douding, who was still sad just now, suddenly jumped up and down again, pointed to the river and shouted, "Mother, you see that there are fish." ”
"Fish?" Shen Qingqing was also happy in her heart, and turned her head to see a few small fish jumping up from time to time in the river, which were very fresh.
Just now she was still worrying about what to eat for lunch, isn't this unpalatable meal coming?
Shen Qingqing put down the basket, rolled up his sleeves, and had the momentum of doing a great job: "Haohao, my mother will catch fish for you, is it good to cook fish at noon today." ”
"Good, good!" Xiao Douding's emotions came and went quickly, jumping three feet high.
As the saying goes, I haven't eaten pork and haven't seen a pig run, although she hasn't caught a fish, but she has watched a lot of TV series and naturally knows some ways.
I saw Shen Qingqing picking up a sharp branch by the river, taking off his shoes, his pants rolled up high and standing in the middle of the river.
Shen Qingqing hugged the fish and raised her eyebrows at Xiao Douding, and Xiao Douding jumped up happily: "My mother is so powerful, my mother is so powerful." ”
Shen Qingqing concocted and caught two of them again, although the fish was not big, it was enough to eat.
Back at home, it was cooking lunch, and smoke rose from every house, and Shen Qingqing's house was no exception.
First disembowel, remove the phosphorus on the back of the flower knife, put in the green onion and ginger to marinate, and put the oil to fry slowly, and finally put cold water, simmer over low heat to taste, put salt and a little vinegar seasoning, and the delicious fish soup is cooked.
When the lid of the pot just smoked, the little bean cube circled around the pot, and said in his mouth: "Mother, it's so fragrant." ”
Looking at his little gluttonous cat appearance, I'm afraid my saliva is going to flow out.
Shen Qingqing filled a big bowl of Xiaodouding, and he ate it after dividing it by two.
Xiao Douding was satisfied, pushed the rice bowl forward, and wiped his mouth: "Mother, I'm done eating, do you need Haohao to wash the dishes?" ”
Shen Qingqing was gnawing on a fish head, because the fish was small, so there was not much meat, listening to him talk as if he had been prepared a long time ago, put down the chopsticks, she didn't make any movements just looked at Xiao Douding.
Xiao Douding's eyes were clear, like a puddle of water: "Mother, did Haohao do something wrong?" ”
"Nope." Shen Qingqing shook his head, his tone serious. "Haohao, did the second tiger beat you by the river today?"
Xiao Douding lowered his head and muttered, "Yes, my mother also saw it." ”
Shen Qingqing has already discovered that although Xiao Douding is sensible, he is too cowardly in some things, which is not a good thing for a boy.
But how to guide is a question worth considering.
After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Qingqing looked at the fish bones on the table and had an idea.
She pointed to the fish bones and said, "Haohao, if you are eating fish, do you want to spit it out when you encounter a fish bone?" ”
Xiao Douding didn't know why, so he could only nod: "Yes." ”
"Then why are you spitting it out?" Shen Qingqing continued to ask.
Xiao Douding already had tears in his eyes, and he could see that he was holding back: "Because eating fish bones will hurt your throat and make it very uncomfortable." ”
"Then what Erhu said today, will you feel very uncomfortable listening to it?" She gets the question to the point.
Xiao Douding's tone was anxious: "He said that his mother is crazy, but his mother is not crazy!" ”
"Of course my mother is not crazy." Shen Qingqing's tone was extremely gentle, she squatted down and rubbed Xiao Douding's shoulder, looking at his immature eyes. "My mother is not crazy, and Haohao is not crazy, but the second tiger is hurting you when he scolds you, understand?"
After all, Xiao Douding is still young, and he doesn't understand what the relationship between fish bones and Erhu is, Shen Qingqing is extremely patient in this kind of thing: "What Erhu said today is like the fish bones you ate, you are uncomfortable, you are uncomfortable, you can't swallow it in your stomach and spit it out and throw it aside, understand?" ”
Xiao Douding's mouth closed, and he whispered for a long time: "The second tiger made Haohao unhappy, Haohao didn't know how to do it." ”
It is very simple to eat fish and spit out fish bones, but it is not a simple thing to spit out the fish bones in this fish of life.
Shen Qingqing touched his little hand, which was as soft as cotton: "Next time, if Haohao encounters the same thing, you will resist, and the second tiger will throw you with a stone, and you can't bear it in vain." ”
"But Haohao is not as strong as the two tigers."
"Then if you can't resist, you have to run, come back to your mother, and your mother will help you." The only thing Shen Qingqing can think of is this, her mother's mood is always gentle and strong and obscure.
Fortunately, Xiao Douding is a smart and sensible child, and she understood her words after turning around in her mind, and wiped away her tears with her little hands: "Mother, Hao Hao understands, if anyone bullies me next time, I will no longer suffer as if I am spitting fish bones, but resist, Hao Hao can't beat it, so go to find my mother." ”
As he spoke, he pretended to throw the fish bones on the table to the ground.
Shen Qingqing felt relieved and funny in her heart, pinching his face: "Haohao is the most sensible, and my mother likes Haohao the most." ”
The road to education is long, but fortunately, every level has been completed well.
Shen Qingqing looked at the leftover scraps on the table, thinking that this body was so weak that she didn't know if she could still work.
But after washing the dishes, there is no imaginary sense of powerlessness, but it is energetic, today is washing clothes and cooking, if it is usually tired and panting, but today is full of energy.
It was the afternoon, when every family was taking a lunch break after eating, and the sun was scorching every inch of the village like a furnace, and the cicadas were crowing and even the dogs were sticking out their tongues.
Shen Qingqing simply closed the door to avoid the sun, thinking about this matter in his heart, he couldn't help but muttered to himself: "The effect of this spiritual spring water is really good, even Xiaodouding is a lot better." Could it be that the water has a role elsewhere as well? ”
She clearly remembered that the stone tablet on the spiritual spring water said that this water had many effects, and the one that interested her the most was that it allowed plants to thrive.
As a farmer, tending to the crops is the top priority, and if this divine water is really so magical, then why not take advantage of it.
Thinking about it a hundred times, it is better to do it yourself, thinking of this, Shen Qingqing went to the courtyard and took a bath tub, closed his eyes, and thought in his heart that the place where he went to the spiritual spring water was indeed there.
There is still no change here, Shen Qingqing has already looked left and right, up and down many times, and this time he didn't ink, and directly scooped a basin of water with a bath basin.
When I opened my eyes again, the basin was filled with spiritual spring water.
When taking inventory of the belongings before, Shen Qingqing remembered that there seemed to be some vegetable seeds in the cellar of the house.
It happened that Xiaodouding also woke up during his lunch break, so he hurried over to help.
Shen Qingqing opened the cellar mouth first, and she didn't go down immediately, but put a candle at the cellar entrance.
This is because the cellar has been sealed for a long time and it is not known if there is oxygen in it, so test it with a candle. Many villagers didn't understand these truths before, and after going down, they would die of lack of oxygen.
Fortunately, the candle was not extinguished and seemed to be safe.
There is a ladder from the mouth of the cellar, which is only more than two meters high, and it is not a dangerous activity.
Shen Qingqing asked Xiao Douding to hold a candle on it for lighting, and when he went down carefully, he saw all kinds of vegetable seeds in the corner of the cellar, some of which had returned to moisture and mold, but fortunately, most of them were dry and could be fed.
Shen Qingqing picked one or two seasonal vegetable seeds and came up.
She looked down at the seeds, and then at the water in the bathtub, and felt a strange feeling in her heart.
It's a coincidence, there is a field in the backyard of the house, because the original owner is lazy and has been deserted.
The wasteland is not big, only sixty or seventy square meters, and it is definitely not possible to plant large crops such as corn, garlic and wheat, and there is no strength in the field to keep up with nutrition, but it is more than enough to plant vegetables, but now it is full of weeds.
Shen Qingqing took a straw hat and cut off the weeds with a sickle first, some of which could be fed to Aunt Wang's family, and some of which were directly put into the field as fertilizer, and then used to light an open flame, the purpose was to completely burn the seeds of the weeds, so as not to affect the growth of vegetables at that time.
These are all things that Shen Qingqing learned in the university classroom, and they are very easy to do.
In the end, Shen Qingqing took the hoe, Xiaodouding held the vegetable seeds, Shen Qingqing dug a pit, and Xiaodouding put the seeds in.
The efficiency of the two people is fast, and it will be all done in less than an hour.
Xiao Douding's face was full of sweat, but he was not idle and tired, and he kept clapping his hands next to him: "My mother is really amazing." ”
Shen Qingqing took off the straw hat, and the hair was stuck to her cheeks because of sweat, but seeing that the field that was still overgrown with weeds just now was instantly clean and vibrant, not to mention how much sense of accomplishment there was in her heart.
However, the most important step is not yet complete.
Vegetables need to be watered, and this water is made of spiritual spring water.
Shen Qingqing was afraid that something would happen to Xiaodouding, so he came to water it himself, but it was also simple, the bucket was filled with water, and he used a big spoon to pour it down the pit he had just hoeed.
Finally, the vegetable seeds watered with spiritual spring water were planted!