Chapter 178: Black Technology
Because of Chen Wumei's matter, the Ye family has been a little unhappy recently.
Although this ending is already the best result they can get, and after a win, it can be regarded as a win, which makes the Li family disgraced. But it cannot be denied that Chen Wumei is indeed not doing well now.
During the period when she just came back, Chen Wumei hid in the Chen family's old house every day and did not go out, but lived at home with Mrs. Liu. Once she went out to fetch water and was seen by other villagers, everyone was stunned at first, and then greeted them detachedly.
But as soon as she turned her back, she began to say bad things, but Chen Wumei heard it. It's really ugly to say those words, and Chen Wumei's tears swirled in her eyes.
However, will she never go out again for the rest of her life?
What Chen Wumei didn't know was that this was already the result of the villagers seeing that her third brother Chen Jixing's family was getting richer and richer, and she helped the village grow peanuts. If it had been changed before, Chen Jixing's house would still be a thatched house and green and yellow, and those words would definitely be a hundred times more difficult to hear.
These ugly words naturally couldn't escape Ye's ears, so he took the initiative to invite her to play at home. Now that the Ye family is lively, the two twin sons are just having fun, plus a thousand words, a thousand words, Chen Wumei finally has something to do, that is, to help the Ye family watch the children.
Of course, the Ye family didn't call Mrs. Liu by the way.
Anyway, the family has been separated, and Mrs. Liu is not short of silver at all, and the three of them have to take turns to raise it. Because of the matter between Chen Wumei and Li, they did fight together, but this does not mean that the Ye family has completely accepted Mrs. Liu in their hearts.
That's good, don't interfere with each other, help if you have difficulties, one yard to one yard, everyone lives freely.
However, the Ye family was not happy, but the Huang family and Aunt Cha were very happy.
First, they felt that they had made a great contribution in this "Heli" incident, and both Chen Jixing and Ye needed to thank them. Now, they are waiting for the third large-scale recruitment of the Duck Duck Township Chef.
The second is that they have secretly gained a lot of benefits. Let's talk about the Huang family first, first got the ten taels of silver that Master Wu dropped in order to shut her up, and then, he took advantage of the chaos to kill Mrs. Li's hairpin. Let's talk about Aunt Cha Wu, in addition to sharing the five taels of silver from making tablets with the Huang family, she also has a lot of hairpin rings from Chunlan and Qiuju.
After returning to Chenjia Village, the two of them just stayed for a few days and couldn't stay idle, so they made an appointment to go to the city together and found a jewelry shop to sell the hairpin rings. In the end, the Huang family got more than 30 taels of silver, and the fifth aunt of Cha got 42 taels of silver.
It's just that they went to fight and quarreled, but they ended up with such a gain, which made both of them happy.
Of course, what they didn't know was that the opposite of this was that everyone was completely afraid of them, thinking that they would not dare to marry such a family in the future. Hearing this, Aunt Cha just smiled, she didn't have a daughter in her family, so she didn't worry about not being able to get married. But Huang is going to worry.
Chen Wumei helped Ye take care of the children, and Ye had more time to cook and sew and mend. Although the family's current economic conditions no longer need to wear patched clothes, Ye is still very frugal. If there were too many patches, she dismantled them, made them with flour and paste, and used them to make insoles and soles.
After a period of time, Ye Feng thought that Chen Wumei would find it very boring, but she helped take care of the child wholeheartedly and did not show the slightest impatience.
Ye Feng wanted to help Chen Wumei and wanted her to learn to plant flowers and trees with her, but seeing her like this, after thinking about it, she would take it a long time. If she has this will, even if she has no talent, she will learn more from him.
To say that Ye Feng has a lot of things on hand that are suitable for Chen Wumei to do, as long as she is willing to learn, it is simply a matter of time before she becomes a teacher. No matter how bad it is, it's a big deal to join the Duck Duck Township Kitchen.
With her craft, there's nothing wrong with being on her own.
However, this will have to wait for her to get out of the negative effects of this incident herself.
In addition, there is another thing that is quite a headache.
Since Chen Wumei and Lihui returned to the village, Fan Jifei's mind has become active again. originally thought that he would never have a chance again in this life, but now that Chen Wumei has left, he has a little hope.
In his opinion, Chen Wumei was not worthy of the other party when she was still the eldest daughter of Huanghua, but now the other party has divorced and has become a divorced woman, "idle at home", now she should be worthy.
Unfortunately, things are not as simple as he thinks, at least not yet. The first one, his brother Fan Jiting disagreed.
So when he found out that Fan Jifei had this kind of thought, he took it home and scolded him with his head and face: "I said Fan Jifei, you are too spineless." You forgot how her sister-in-law scolded you before, the toad wants to eat swan meat. People didn't look down on you before she got married, and now that she is out of marriage and driven back by her in-laws, it's my turn to look down on her. It's an eye-opener. I tell you, if you dare to go to someone's door again, be careful that I break your legs. Even if you don't marry in your life, I will raise you, but I must not marry that woman. ”
It's no wonder that Fan Jiting was so angry, the Huang family was sarcastic about Fan Jifei and the two brothers at the beginning. What he said was a bit too much, which hurt Fan Jiting's heart.
Hearing this, Fan Jifei said half scared and half pleading: "Brother, in front of the person you like, where do you need any backbone!" Besides, where people are driven out, people are separated from each other. I just like her, you just beat me to death, and I like her too! ”
"There are no doors, I tell you. Unless I die, this woman will never want to enter the door of my Fan family. Fan Jiting yelled.
Since the death of his parents, he has automatically ascended to the throne and developed the role of being a brother and a father. His two brothers have finally survived to this day, and they will live their lives in the future. He was good, he liked a divorced woman, how could he agree.
Unlike Fan Jiting's irritability and dissatisfaction, Ye Feng felt that it didn't matter.
If the two really like each other and can get together, it's not impossible. And Chen Wumei has never given birth to a child, so she has no worries at all. However, looking at Chen Wumei's appearance, it is estimated that she will not consider marriage in a short period of time.
Also, what she needs now is not a man, it's time, it's adaptation.
On this day, I checked the dendrobium in the forest, and took care of all kinds of potted plants, Ye Feng was fine, and suddenly saw the plum tree growing higher and higher on the wall next door, and the idea of grafting came to my heart again.
The Liu family had already promised that as long as Ye Feng needed it, she could go back to her parents' house at any time and go to a relative's house to break some branches and come back.
To say that the Liu family also has this confidence now, since the first child gave birth to a son, just a few months out of confinement, and immediately became pregnant again, a typical rhythm of three years of hugging the two. Her mother-in-law saw that she had a state that she couldn't stop all her life, and her heart was as happy as if she was something, so Liu's life is very nourishing now.
What's even funnier is that the potted pomegranate plant that Ye gave her after her second pregnancy was also snatched away by the people who rushed to hear the news, as if they wanted to contaminate Liu's pregnancy, which made people laugh and cry.
After thinking about it, Ye Feng said to the Ye family: "Sister, do you remember the grafting I once told you?" Now the time is just right, I want to try, if you have time, go and beg Aunt Liu to break a few branches and come back. ”
Of course, Ye remembered the grafting that Ye Feng had mentioned before, but he was skeptical. However, since Ye Feng wants to try, then she must support it, and it is just to bother the Liu family to go back to her parents' house.
"It's okay to sweeten the bitter fruit, I really want to see what the plum fruit looks like on the peach tree." Ye said wistfully.
After speaking, Ye brought some pastries and packed them in a basket and walked to Liu's house. Recently, there are many children in the family, and they all have to eat pastries, and Ye Shi feels that just drinking tea without pastries is indeed like something missing, so as long as the family is free to go to the city, they will definitely bring pastries when they come back.
Before that, it was unthinkable.
When Ye came back, he said: "Don't worry, your aunt said that she is inconvenient, and I will let you go back tomorrow." ”
Hearing this, Ye Feng was happy for a while, he was finally going to start grafting.
In fact, for those of them who graduated from agricultural universities, it was nothing to let plums grow on the peach trees. Some of them are very good at making a tree produce several different fruits, and that's amazing.
He had already found a peach tree, it was a hairy peach, and the peaches that produced it were small and astringent, that is, children would only pay attention to it if they were greedy, and the rest of the people would not pay attention to it at all. However, this peach tree is vigorous and of moderate size, and has begun to bear fruit, which is a good time for grafting.
On the second day, Ye Feng was still in the backyard, and he heard someone calling for the door, so he hurriedly came out to open the door. Chen Wumei must be taking care of the two children in the glass house, but she will not open the door, and she is now afraid of seeing people outside the Chen family.
As soon as Ye Feng opened the door, it was Brother Cai, holding two handfuls of branches in his hand, Ye Feng was happy when he saw it, one was the branch of the peach tree, and the other was the branch of the plum. Ye Feng just wanted two or three branches, but this Brother Cai was sincere, and he broke two handfuls at once, and I don't know if there will be opinions from others.
Ye Feng said: "It's a hot day, and the hard brother has a trip." It's just that you fold so much, shouldn't you feel distressed over there? ”
Hearing this, Brother Cai said: "It's not worth anything, their tree is very big, just these branches, it's nothing at all, anyway, they have to prune it." ”
Hearing this, Ye Feng relieved himself. The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then they dispersed. His family is under great financial pressure, and he still has to work hard, but he doesn't dare to be as casual as Chen Jixing's family.
Liu's has always occupied the position of Yaya's village kitchen, but her mother-in-law has never let her work, on the grounds that the first child is expensive. Now that I'm finally out of confinement, I'm pregnant again, and I'm really uncomfortable.
After coming and going, the family's financial conditions are a little tight.
Ye Feng first put the branches on the table and selected the suitable size among them, and then removed the leaves and soaked them in water. After thinking about it, he called everyone in the family to come out and said, "I'm going to start grafting, which of you wants to learn." ”
Hearing this, Chen Jixing was the first to run out, and then, everyone came out, they were very curious, and wanted to see how Ye Feng was grafted.
The two peach trees and plum trees to be grafted have already been transplanted in the glass house, and Ye Feng saw that everyone was there, so he first cut all the tops of the plum trees. This plum tree is relatively small, so it is very easy to cut.
Then, he called Chen Jixing to help, cut out a not shallow or deep hole in the trunk, and did this, then he picked up the plum branches soaked in the water, put the plum branches cut into rootstocks, and then quickly wrapped them with cotton thread.
Actually, it's more convenient to wrap it in plastic, but unfortunately there is no plastic here at all.
Then, in the same way, a cut was made at the lower end, and the rootstock of the peach was grafted and wound with cotton thread.
"Is that okay?" Chen Jixing was dumbfounded, and also asked the questions that everyone wanted to ask.
In everyone's opinion, this is too simple. They thought that changing the traits of a tree would be a big project. Who knows that this is the case, three times five divided by two, but it is just a cut, and the rootstock is inserted into it.
"That's right. However, it also depends on luck. Generally speaking, the closer the branches of the tree, the easier it is to survive. You see, this plum tree was originally made from the fruit of the plum tree that produced these branches. It must be easy to live. As for this peach, it may not be alive. ”
Indeed, the closer the relationship between the rootstock and the tree, the higher the survival rate.
"If it is alive, that means that the plum tree is partly a plum with plums at the top and peaches at the bottom?" Chen Jixing still finds it a little unbelievable that a tree can bear different fruits at the same time.
Ye Feng said with a smile: "Theoretically, yes. So now it's up to the tree to live. ”
After speaking, Ye Feng used the same method to graft the peach tree again. Ye Feng had personally seen and tasted the fruit of this peach tree brought by Brother Cai. Large, sweet, somewhat similar to modern peaches.
If it is really alive, the family will be blessed in the future.
As soon as Ye Feng finished grafting, Chen Jixing said: "According to what you said, then this branch of this tree will be plums, and the rest will be peaches?" ”
This peach tree is relatively large, so Ye Feng chose one of the branches as the object of grafting.
"yes, you're right." Ye Feng said with a smile.
Looking at Chen Jixing, who had transformed into a curious baby, Ye Feng said: "Brother-in-law, everyone, there are still some leftover branches here, which of you want to try it." ”
Seeing that everyone didn't dare to move, Ye Feng encouraged again: "Let's try it, it's very simple." You all saw it when I did it. Besides, I'm still here, so I can explain it to you. ”
Hearing this, Chen Jixing said: "I'm here, it's not complicated to look at." Only, where are we going to graft these branches? ”
"Dad, you're so stupid, there are so many Danruo and peach trees in our backyard, any one of them can be." Qianyan said happily.
Chen Jixing then remembered that indeed, except for the part of the backyard that was planted with many roses against the back mountain, the rest were peach trees and Danruo.
"I'd like to try it too, okay?" Chen Wumei asked in a low voice.
Although she has been holding the child, she has seen the whole process, as Chen Jixing said, it is not complicated at all. The hardest part is to cut a suitable hole in the tree.
"Of course you can, you can do whatever you want, except for a thousand words." Ye Feng said funny. asked her to come, it is estimated that before the grafting, a good tree was cut by her and bruised all over the body.
Hearing this, Qianyan pursed his mouth, but Ye smiled and clapped his hands: "That's right, you're right, it's not fun to cut your hands." ”
In this way, Chen Jixing grafted plums and peaches on the pomegranate tree, and Chen Wumei grafted plums and peaches in the same way as Ye Feng learned from the plum tree. Looking at the mummy-like fruit trees wrapped in them, everyone was a little excited.
This night, Chen Wumei did not go back to Mrs. Liu, but lived in the room that Ye had already cleaned up for her. It's not that she dislikes Mrs. Liu's old house, which is not as comfortable as here, but that she can't cope with Mrs. Liu's enthusiasm.
Since everyone felt that she had walked out of the marriage of her last marriage and began to adapt to the single life, since a few days ago, Mrs. Liu has always asked her what her plans are in the future. At the same time, she said a few better candidates in her mind.
These people are more reliable when they hear it.
I have to say that Mrs. Liu has learned to be obedient this time, and she no longer thinks about the wealth of the sky, but the people she said are either widowers or people who can't beat a fart with eight sticks, and they are all people near Chenjia Village.
Thinking about it, she would feel more at ease when she watched it right under her nose.
Chen Wumei was reluctant to think about these things for the time being. But if she rejected her directly, she was afraid that she would be sad, so she simply didn't go back, just saying that the Ye family was too busy and she wanted to help.
After placing several children to sleep, Ye came to Chen Wumei's room. This is the first time that the sister-in-law and sister-in-law have sat down like this and chatted quietly.
"Mother forced you again?" Ye asked straight to the point. Chen Wumei has experienced so much, and she is forced to mature because she is immature, and she doesn't need to beat around the bush at all, "You taste this, my sister just sent it over to Qianshan." ”
"Yes, she has mentioned it to me many times without a trace, and I know that she is anxious, afraid that I will not have someone to rely on for the rest of my life. It's just that this kind of thing can't be rushed. It's hard to find something good like me. However, I am not happy to want me to live with the kind of person my mother proposed for the rest of my life. "Chen Wumei has always regarded Ye as a sister, so she speaks very bluntly.
Saying that, he tasted the pastry recommended by Ye's again: "Well, it's delicious, it's delicious, it's just too sour." ”
"You see if this will work, you learn a craft, or follow Ye Feng's child to plant flowers and trees, and you can get a lot of silver in a year, which is better than farming, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you are tired. If you want, I'll talk to him tomorrow, and he'll agree, this kid is the kindest and warmest of all. Look at that Chen Qianshu, after learning from Ye Feng for only half a month, he mastered the technique, and now the dendrobium he planted in the forest is growing well. Ye asked tentatively.
Seeing that Chen Wumei was silent, Ye Shi only thought that she was not interested, and continued: "Or you join the Yaya Township Kitchen, cook and cook, and follow everyone to see and learn." ”
Speaking of this, Ye thought of himself and Zhao at the beginning.
They always felt that this life had been like this, taking care of the children, guarding a few acres of rented land to live, where did they think that there would be such a life.
Who said that women can only stay at home and not go out, now there are so many women in the kitchen of Yaya Township, all the people who stir-fry and cook are women, and the men are just contributing.
Especially Zhao, since joining the Yaya Township Kitchen, now his skin is whiter, the family has more silver, and the whole person seems to be more than ten years younger, in the final analysis, he is more confident.
If Chen Wumei can follow and see the world, she may slowly become confident.
Hearing that the Ye family was wholeheartedly planning for herself, Chen Wumei was very moved in her heart, and said slowly: "Thank you, third sister-in-law, after thinking about it, I am still willing to follow Ye Feng to learn to plant flowers and trees." ”
Originally, what she wanted to do most was to enter the Duck Duck Country Kitchen.
But after thinking about it, she didn't say anything about being tired, she was not afraid, the key was to meet with many people. If she goes everywhere, people point to her and say that she is a divorced woman, and she can't stand it.
And with her status, it is unlikely that she will participate in the production of the wedding banquet. My own family doesn't mind, but the main family does. It's better to follow Ye Feng to learn to plant flowers and trees, and when you are free, you can help watch the children, which can be regarded as repaying Ye's kindness.
Not many people know this technology, and it's okay to soak in the forest all day long.
"If only you figured it out. Follow that kid to study hard, and when you get out of school, cultivate good flowers and trees, and get silver just around the corner. When the time comes, your own pockets will bulge, and the begger will not catch up. ”
"Sister-in-law, you also joke about me......"
"I'm telling the truth. You only look at your Aunt Zhao, now as long as she releases a word, there are people who are willing to marry. Besides, you are so young and beautiful. By the way, is that Fan Jifei still like that? ”
"I'll ignore you."
One let go of the knot, the other let go of the burden, and both of them slept very well this night.
Gradually, the autumn breeze picked up and the weather became cooler. One after another, people came to the door and asked to cook. To say that the whole summer, the two detachments of the Yaya Township Kitchen have only received a few orders of business, and everyone has long been idle.
However, if there is no urgency in the summer, most people will not choose to cook in the summer. The cook suffers, and so does the eater.
The two squads hurriedly divided their labor and prepared to go.
Chen Wumei was envious in her heart for a while, but she accepted it quietly, and followed Ye Feng to learn to plant flowers and trees wholeheartedly. Ye Feng saw that she was interested in grafting techniques, so he taught them wholeheartedly.
Surprisingly, Qianyu also joined the ranks, and did better than Chen Wumei. The two of them took a knife specially customized by Ye Feng in the city, and ran into the woods every day, harming many small trees for a while.
Fortunately, this forest was bought by Chen Jixing's family, and it was in the backyard of others, coming and going freely, and others couldn't care about it at all.
I have to say that practice is really the only criterion for testing the truth, and after a lot of grafting, the technology of the two has been very mature. No, some of the trees that the two grafted half a month ago have already sprouted and are alive and well. The plum tree that Chen Wumei grafted before also lived.
As for the two fruit trees that Ye Feng grafted, maybe because they were in the glass house, they grew very well.
"Uncle, I thought that fruit trees could be grafted successfully, but what about bonsai? I want to try. Qianyu suddenly said one day.
"If you want to do it, you can try it, but you can only graft the ones in the backyard, not the bonsai in the second-floor room."
The ones planted in the backyard are just some flowers and trees that have not yet taken shape, and they can be tossed around.
In this way, Qianyu and Chen Wumei, who were fascinated by grafting technology, began to graft flowers and trees again, which made Ye Feng impressed.
Before, he also thought about grafting flowers and trees, but he felt that the survival rate would not be high, and there were too few species now, and there was no mature theory, so it would be nondescript to graft them.
However, anything is possible, and maybe the two of them can really do it.