Chapter 23 Cultivating Vegetables

Gu Lan subconsciously sandwiched a piece of chicken for him.

"Well, you eat it too!" Gu Jinkang looked at his daughter gently, her daughter has grown up and is sensible.

Thinking that Mrs. Gu wanted Gu Mingzhu to marry instead, Gu Jinkang's eyes dimmed again.

When Gu Lan saw Gu Jinkang's expression, he knew that he was depressed, probably worried about his own affairs.

"Dad, are you still worried that I won't be able to make money?" A trace of helplessness flashed in Gu Lan's eyes, "Don't worry, I'm different from ordinary people." ”

Gu Jinkang was silent, his daughter is so young? How to make money? Can't move yourself? When will the money be repaid?

Gu Lan knew that Gu Jinkang didn't believe in herself, and she had no choice but to speak with facts, and when she made money, he would believe in herself.

After eating, Gu Lan picked up the bamboo basket and prepared to go up the mountain, she wanted to transport some clay pots back to cultivate vegetables, out-of-season vegetables are very popular in restaurants, this is done, and it will be a stable way to make money in the future.

"You're still going up the mountain?" Seeing Gu Lan carrying the bamboo basket, Li Yanping asked distressedly. The small body carries a big bamboo basket on its back, and it has to climb the mountain, which makes me sad when I look at it.

"Hmmm! It's still early, I'll go up the mountain again. Gu Lan said and went out.

Along the way, I met a few acquaintances, and they all greeted Gu Lan warmly, "Mingzhu went up the mountain to cut pigweed again?" ”

"Hmmm! The pigs at home are eating more and more, but they don't grow. Gu Lan replied with a smile.

"Pigs are willing to eat, and they eat a lot. It's really not fast. An aunt said with deep sympathy.

Walking all the way, Gu Lan also picked a few wild fruits and ate them while walking.

When I came to the place where Uncle Li burned the kiln last time, Uncle Li was squatting next to the kiln and smoking dry cigarettes, and saw that Gu Lan was coming.

Turning his head, he asked, "It's up the hill again." ”

"Hmmm! Uncle Li, I want some waste clay pots to go back to cultivate vegetables, is Uncle Li willing to sell them? β€œ

"What to sell? There are a lot of waste clay pots, you can take as many as you want? Do I think they take a spot? You take it, just to make room for me. ”

"It's not good to take your things for nothing!" Gu Lan hesitated.

"You girl is still sincere, the waste clay pot is worthless, you can take it." Uncle Li said happily.

After saying that, Uncle Li continued to smoke his dry cigarette again.

"Otherwise, my vegetables will be cultivated in the future, so I'll give some to Uncle Li to taste." Gu Lan thought about it and said again.

"Howler! I'll wait for that uncle! Uncle Li didn't believe that Gu Lan could really use clay pots to grow vegetables.

"The vegetables are planted in the field piece by piece, can they be grown in clay pots?

Gu Lan went to the waste clay pot, filled half a basket, said hello to Uncle Li, and went down the mountain.

When she got home, Li Yanpin hurriedly came over to help her unload her things, and saw that it was a clay pot, not a medicinal herb. I was a little surprised, my daughter would pour herbs for a while, and pour clay pots for a while, what was this for?

"Mingzhu, what are you going to do with these clay pots?"

"Growing vegetables." Gu Lan replied while taking the clay pot outside.

"What? Growing vegetables, is this possible? ”

"Of course it works." After Gu Lan finished speaking, she went out, and she still had to find some fertile soil.

After a busy afternoon, Gu Lan filled these clay pots with fertile soil.

Then there is the sowing of seeds, and you can plant some summer vegetables in the winter.

It's just that these are not enough, but also a sealed greenhouse, where there is no electricity, there is no heating,

Gu Lan decided to follow the model of Uncle Li's kiln and build a small kang similar to that used for heating in the Northeast to ensure the constant temperature of the greenhouse and the normal growth of vegetables.

And the amount of vegetables is larger, which requires more clay pots.

Gu Lan is small, and he can only carry so much at a time, if only there was a laborer to help him.

It's a pity that Gu Jinkang's leg was broken, Gu Jinkang is tall and strong, but he is a good laborer.

There are a lot of things to do, and Gu Lan feels that he is a little too busy to be alone. The most important thing is that there is no greenhouse,

The two-bedroom family is crammed into two small rooms, where can there be extra room for greenhouse?

Gu Lan walked around the front and back of his house for a long time, and decided to build a grass shed on a flat land behind the house, and then ask someone to build a kang in the grass shed, and use the firewood on the mountain to burn the kang to ensure the temperature in the grass shed.

Such a simple greenhouse was made.

In modern times, with electricity and film, it is very simple to build a greenhouse.

In these ancient times, it was really difficult to make a greenhouse! It's really hard to get started! However, Gu Lan is confident that it will be done well.

After dinner, Gu Lan went to bed early. She's going to the market tomorrow, so she has to be early.

I was afraid that I would oversleep, so before going to bed, I asked Li Yanpin to wake up early tomorrow.

Li Yanpin watched her daughter work so hard that she was so distressed that tears fell.

"Mingzhu, what is this for?" Gu Jinkang, who was sitting on the bed, asked Li Yanpin, he saw that his daughter had been busy going in and out in the past few days, and she was very hard. I can't help myself, and I feel uncomfortable.

"Mingzhu went up the mountain to pick some herbs, saying that he would go to the market tomorrow to sell them, and what vegetables did he want to cultivate? I don't understand, my daughter is working hard, and I can only help a little by the side. Li Yanpin helped Gu Jinkang bring hot water, wrung out the cloth towel, and slowly rubbed it on his injured leg.

The daughter said that kneading with hot water every day would help the injured leg recover faster, so Li Yanpin boiled hot water every night to help him knead it.

"Alas! It's all useless to blame me, if I don't break my leg, then I need my daughter to work so hard! Gu Jinkang thumped his injured leg in frustration.

"Her father, how can I blame you for this? You are also for the good of your daughter, and you only blame God for not being long-sighted, and let us encounter these accidents. Li Yanpin hurriedly pulled away Gu Jinkang's hand that was beating his legs.

"This leg is already injured, can it still be beaten? You can't take care of your own body, but Mingzhu spent a lot of money to ask the doctor to see it. Li Yanpin said with some reproach.

Gu Jinkang was silent. Ban Xiang said again, "How can you say that your daughter can understand so many things at once?" She knew before that she was messing around with Gu Chunhua. Now it's like a different person. ”

"Xu is too big a lesson this time, hit the grinding plate, and almost died. You didn't see it, she pinched Gu Chunhua when she met now, like two fighting cocks, and she didn't want to see her at all. In fact, Li Yanpin himself didn't believe in this reason.

She also felt that Gu Mingzhu had changed, since she hit the grinding plate and was carried back, she was like a different person, she became assertive, and she seemed to understand a lot of things.

Ask her to tell her where her daughter has changed? She couldn't tell why. can only comfort Gu Jinkang and himself like this.

Gu Jinkang was silent again, and he didn't know if he agreed with Li Yanpin's statement?

"Sleep! The daughter has not become bad, but has become sensible and smart. That's a good thing! Why are you struggling so much? Li Yan hired Gu Jinkang to get into bed, and said softly.

Gu Jinkang thought about it, is this reason, no matter how his daughter changes? Or is it his own daughter, why are you entangled in so many haves and haves?

When he got into bed, Li Yanpin blew out the small oil lamp with a "whoosh", and the room fell into darkness.

Gu Lan was sleeping soundly when he heard someone shouting in his ear, "Mingzhu, Mingzhu,...... Got up. ”

Gu Lan opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a beautiful face shaking in front of his eyesβ€”it was Li Yanpin.