After breakfast, Chen Youyi ran into the field again, Qin Ziheng followed, and together with the Wang brothers, the five of them were bored in the pepper field to catch insects.

As the sun rises, the weather heats up, and in a flash it's May, and it's almost summer.

"The summer peppers are about to bloom and bear fruit, but at this time, ......," Chen Youyi muttered, putting the insects into a small bamboo tube, planning to bring them back to the chickens to eat, so that they would die a painful death.

Qin Ziheng stood up straight and said to her, "Rest for a while, you have been squatting for a long time." ”

The pepper seedlings were too short and needed to bend over or squat to facilitate the operation, Chen Youyi began to bend over to catch insects, but this posture was too tiring, and after a while, she surrendered and changed to squatting. But after squatting for a long time, her calves were sore and swollen, so she changed to bending over again, and changed several postures in half a day.

The pest has not spread yet, and there are quite a few caught here, and there are not a few left. Strange to say, when they caught insects, they would also remove the leaves with the eggs attached to them, and at that time it was determined that there were no insects, but after a day or two, they began to appear again.

"Everyone rest, drink saliva and take a break." Chen Youyi stood up and stretched her limbs and body, only to feel back pain and uncomfortable all over.

Of course, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it can't be uncomfortable for her heart.

The brothers of the Wang family all went to the small river not far away to wash their hands, sat down on the ridge casually, and drank water. When the weather is hot, people are prone to sweating, and when they sweat, they are prone to thirst.

Chen Youyi and Qin Ziheng also went to the river, washed their hands, and casually played with the water.

The river doesn't pass through the village, but it's right on the side of the fields, so it's easier to water. Because it didn't pass through the village, it didn't do much repairs, and only threw a few stones by the river, which was supposed to be a place to stay.

The weeds along the creek were repaired casually, and only part of it was repaired close to the river, and the ones that were a little further away were in disarray.

Chen Youyi felt that Qin Ziheng beside him stood up and walked towards the river, a little puzzled, looking over, he saw Qin Ziheng in front of him, among the weeds and vines, dotted with a little red.

"This is ......" She felt a little familiar, followed to take a closer look, and blinked: "Strawberry, is it?" ”

There are about a dozen wild fruits in front of me, each of which is very small, the stems and leaves are no more than 20 centimeters long, and the leaves are even smaller, looking very weak. The plant bears some fruit and looks brightly colored, looking like a strawberry from a distance.

However, when I looked closer, I found that there were only similar shapes, and these wild fruits were smaller, composed of many small grains of fruit in a clump, obviously not strawberries, but more like raspberries.

However, it grows on the ground, and its leaves are more inclined to strawberries, which is obviously not a raspberry type.

"It's red." Qin Ziheng picked a few ripe ones and handed them to Chen Youyi: "There are no good things in the mountains, these wild fruits are a little fun for children, Qin Huai likes this very much." ”

Chen Youyi took it and looked at it, it was very clean, and if she put it in the river to wash it, maybe the more she washed it, the dirtier it became, so she didn't bother to wash it again, and threw one into her mouth.

"Oh, it's so sweet!" Surprisingly, this small wild fruit tastes good, compared to the draft berry, its sweetness is more pure, the juice is not too much, but it also does not have a dry feeling, and it has a fresh and natural taste.

She stuffed the rest into her mouth, squatted down, picked one of the red ones, and stuffed them to Qin Ziheng, who also ate them.

Chen Youyi picked another one for herself, but this time her eyes widened in surprise: "It's so sour, why is it so sour?" "Sourness is not the biggest problem, the problem is that it still has a hint of bitterness, and that trace of bitterness suddenly wraps around the tip of the tongue, numbness.

She was obviously picking the red one, but it was unripe, and it was difficult to judge this wild fruit from its appearance. She raised the corners of her eyes, watched Qin Ziheng swallow without changing her face, and asked, "Is the one you gave you just now sweet?" ”

As soon as she finished asking, she knew that she had asked a stupid question, with Qin Ziheng's character, it was so sour that it was better than lemon, and he would also answer that it was sweet.

Chen Youyi smiled, and suddenly felt a little lighter in her heart. Regardless of whether her career is successful or not, at least emotionally she is quite successful. Even if she can only live a poor life, there are people who will never leave her.

People are like this, when they can't figure it out, they feel like they are stunned, and they feel that the pressure of the whole world has landed on their heads and they can't straighten their waists. But once you figure it out, you feel that you have to die and die because of this little thing, which is really funny.

Chen Youyi was in a better mood, and she didn't go to drill the tip of the horns, a large patch of chili peppers will not be eaten by insects, just as this year is to accumulate experience, collect seeds, and come again tomorrow.

Qin Ziheng saw that she finally had a little sincere smile on her face for many days, and he also smiled.

"This fruit looks a bit like a fruit I've eaten before, called strawberry." Chen Youyi suddenly missed the taste of strawberries and asked, "Are there strawberries here?" Is it common? ”

She asked ambiguously, and when Qin Ziheng heard it, he thought that 'here' referred to Tonghua County, and he would only think that Chen Youyi had lived in the palace for a long time, and he didn't know anything about the outside, and he didn't have any doubts: "No, the first time I heard of this kind of fruit, it was probably the fruit of the capital." ”

"Is that so?" Chen Youyi nodded, the origin of strawberries is South America, it stands to reason that there should be none, but Da Chen Guo is weird, many things can't be inferred by common sense, and she is looking forward to it.

She described the strawberries and remembered that in the past, there would be a large number of farms, bases, and the like every spring and summer, and vigorously announced the picking of strawberries and cherries. She loves to eat fruit and the pleasure of picking it herself, and has been there several times.

However, this kind of organic strawberry base can't be told to Qin Ziheng frankly. Qin Ziheng is very keen, as long as he has the heart to check, he will find that many of the places she said do not match the palace.

Maybe one day she will be honest and share the secret with Qin Ziheng, but not now.

"If we had strawberry seeds, we might be able to grow strawberries." This is just a casual remark, Chen Youyi has planted strawberries in small pots on the balcony, which is much more difficult than planting peppers.

Even a chili pepper has become a roadblock in front of her, and she will not be self-righteous, thinking that she can harvest baskets of strawberries with a casual sprinkling.

"Wait!" Chen Youyi was thinking nonsense about the grass leaves, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to mind.

She has been to the same organic strawberry planting base several times, where strawberries are mainly green and natural, and they are claimed to never use chemical fertilizers.

So what methods do they use to control various pests?