The pond is dug and the spring water in it is bubbling and at a rate it gushes out, and the pond will be filled in two days. Well, it seems that we have to hurry up and buy fish fry, fruit trees, and lotus seeds.

When Meng Zhen returned home, Liu Jiajia cleaned the freshly unearthed stone tables and stone benches in the courtyard. Seeing her enter the door, he beckoned, "Sister Meng, come and see, this is what you dug in your field, right?" ”

Meng Zhen agreed to come over, Liu Jiajia had already cleaned the soil on it, and the stone table revealed its original appearance: about two square areas were divided into two parts: two-thirds of the area was depicted as a chessboard, and the Chu River and Han Boundary were clearly visible above; The other third is polished into a small round table on which tea sets and meals can be placed. The four stone piers are also carved very exquisitely, each around is engraved with auspicious clouds, and there is a large character in the seal body, which is "Ping", "An", "Ru", "Yi".

The table top was polished very smooth, and when I put my hand on it, there was a slight coolness.

"Great stone table, build a shelf here, plant some grapes or wisteria, and sit down in the summer to enjoy the coolness, it will definitely be refreshing!"

Liu Jiajia was full of yearning, and she began to understand a little why Sister Meng settled here. In Zhoujiazhuang, although there is no modern entertainment, the air here is fresh, the folk customs are simple, and the neighbors live in harmony. There is a quiet, peaceful atmosphere everywhere, which is very suitable for people to live in.

She decided, even if she had found a relationship with her family, she would stay: teaching here, she could find her place and have a sense of being needed.

"Where's Xiaoyan?"

"Oh, she made dinner, she said she had just learned a hand on TV and wanted to make us seafood gnocchi soup."

"Seafood? Why don't I remember when I bought seafood? ”

Meng Zhen walked into the kitchen as he spoke, and Feng Xiaoyan was sweating profusely around the stove.

"Xiaoyan, are you ready, where did the clams come from?" The sinks were soaked with peeled clams, and the water in the soup pot was already boiling. Meng Zhen rolled up his sleeves and took out the clam meat and put it on a plate on the side.

"Oh, it was sent by the student's parents. We said no, but they said that the fish from our own fish pond was worthless, so we stuffed it into our hands and led the child away. ”

Feng Xiaoyan was still encountering a gift for the first time, and she was a little confused, holding a bag of clams and not knowing what to do with it. As a result, the teacher in the same office smiled and asked her to accept it, saying that it was a common practice here, and the neighbors often sent things to each other, not to mention that the two new teachers often gave up their Saturday holidays to help the students make up for their lessons, and the parents had long wanted to thank them.

"Oh, that's right, by the way, how long has it been soaking?"

Meng Zhen washed his hands and began to rub the clam meat, because it was all from the river, and there was a lot of mud and sand in it.

"I soaked for an hour, and the water was changed several times. Sister Meng, my gnocchi is not good. You see, it doesn't feel the same as it does on TV? ”

Meng Zhen took the basin and picked it with chopsticks, "There is less noodles, okay, go watch TV, I'll do it!" ”

She put on her apron, took two eggs from the fridge, knocked the edge of the basin, and poured the chicken white into the basin, leaving the yolk alone in a small bowl. He took out half a bowl of flour from the noodle bag, poured it inside, and stirred it with chopsticks while shaking the basin.

Feng Xiaoyan let go of the stove and did not go to the living room, but watched Sister Meng cook with great interest.

Meng Zhen turned off the stove, poured out the hot water in the pot, and cleaned the pot with a loofah. Turn on the heat again, heat the pot, turn on the range hood, pour peanut oil, wait for the oil to be hot, put the chopped green onion and ginger shreds inside, "swoop", the heat is accompanied by the fragrance of green onion and ginger.

Meng Zhen sprinkled a little salt, stir-fried a few times, then added a pot of water and covered the pot.

"It turns out that you still need to be oiled, I thought I could just add water!"

"Actually, that's okay, but I prefer the boiled pot, which tastes more fragrant. If you want to eat lighter, you can directly add water and boil. ”

While speaking, the water was boiling, Meng Zhen put the lid of the pot aside, grabbed the washed clam meat into the pot, the fire was very strong, the soup was open again after a while, she held the basin with her left hand, and quickly pulled the reconciled noodles into long strips of inches with chopsticks in her right hand, and threw them into the pot one by one, the noodles were rolling in the boiling water, and the soup pot was full of clam meat and cooked noodles for a while. The noodles in the soup pot also saw the bottom, Meng Zhen took a soup spoon and scooped a spoonful of hot water into the pot and poured it into the basin and shook it, and the noodles stuck in the basin were scalded into small lumps by boiling water, and then poured back into the pot with water and noodles.

Washed a few small cabbages, folded them into three pieces by hand, and put them all into the pot, Meng Zhen beat the egg yolk left alone into soup, and poured it evenly in the soup pot, and suddenly the fresh yellow egg flowers scattered.

"Alright, let's go set the dishes and chopsticks, and start eating!"

"Hey, yes!" Feng Xiaoyan put the dishes and chopsticks away, opened the kitchen window, and called Liu Jiajia to come in and eat.

After dinner, Liu Jiajia corrected her homework in the bedroom, while Feng Xiaoyan was holding a pillow and watching TV on the sofa.

Meng Zhen was surfing the Internet, and she thought about several kinds of fruit trees, but she didn't know if they were suitable for planting here. After a few clicks, she finally settled on two kinds of fruit trees, apple and pear. I probably checked the price on the Internet, and it turned out that it was a few dollars cheaper, and dozens of dollars more expensive. There are so many varieties that she is dazzled and doesn't know which one to choose.

I thought that when I went on an outing with a group in the past, I once soaked in a forum called "Spring Water People", and there was a garden planting section in the forum, so I logged in to my account and posted a post in it:

He said that he wanted to grow apples, but he didn't know what varieties to plant, and he didn't know where to sell fruit trees in Quancheng. Unexpectedly, netizens were very enthusiastic, and within five minutes, some netizens replied to the post.

"Back to the landlord, apples can be grown in Fuji or Jinshuai, which are the most popular varieties in the city. If you want to buy, you can go to Taobao, where the variety is very complete and the price is low, but you must be able to Taobao, otherwise you will be fooled! ”

"I really like to eat red Fuji, but it's too expensive now, can the landlord sell it to me cheaper?"

"Taobao, there is everything, if you can't do it, go to the flower and bird market in the western suburbs, where there are many saplings for sale. My little tomato seedlings were bought there, and the price was not expensive, just farther away. ”

"Hello, I am ** garden company, our company is mainly engaged in all kinds of saplings, flowers and plants, the landlord needs to contact 158 ********, Manager Liu."

“……”

Meng Zhen watched it for a long time, and everyone was very enthusiastic, but after a while, the building was crooked, and some netizens began to show off the mini fruits planted on their balconies. In the end, the moderator was enthusiastic and sent her a private letter to the station, detailing a nursery with a good reputation.

She took a closer look at the address and was not very far from Zhoujiazhuang, so she planned to go in person tomorrow after selling the vegetables, and if the variety was good and the price was right, it would be set.

"By the way, Sister Meng, why didn't you see Xiong Xiong!"

There was an advertisement on TV, Feng Xiaoyan got up to pour water, and suddenly found that something was missing in the house, looking at the empty kennel by the door, she remembered that she hadn't seen Xiongxiong for a day.

"Oh, Bear," is bad, I'm so busy today that I forgot to get it back from the manor: "Yesterday I took it to the city to see my friend, and my friend missed it too, so I stayed at her house." Tomorrow I'll go to the city and bring it back. ”

"Isn't that friend who has a police officer's husband?"

Feng Xiaoyan came to the separated study with a teacup, and now there are too many advertisements inserted, which is annoying to watch, so she chatted with Meng Zhen.

"That's right, Xiong Xiong was sent by her husband!"

"It's a shame that we weren't at home when they came that day! Ah, the TV started, I won't tell you ha, I'm flashing! ”

Hearing the familiar voice on the TV, Feng Xiaoyan hurriedly rushed back to the TV.

Meng Zhen secretly exhaled, damn it, how could he forget it. I haven't seen him for a day, and I don't know what happened to this little guy? Copying down the address and contact information of the nursery, Meng Zhen quickly closed the computer and returned to his bedroom.

When I entered the manor, I saw that Xiong Xiong had fallen asleep on the floor of the wooden house, his small furry body rising and falling with his breathing. Alas, I am not a competent master, she lay on the sling, looking at the bear, swinging back and forth. The manor was quiet, the air was filled with the smell of vegetables and fruits, and the small snoring was very clear.

The next day, Meng Zhen came to the market with the vegetables in a familiar car, paid the stall fee, put the dishes on the table, and a new day began. Yesterday was a big set, and today the market is much lighter, but with the patronage of a few regular customers, Meng Zhen still sold out quickly. With an income of nearly four hundred yuan added to her wallet, she is still more confident in the future, provided that the manor must exist.

Riding a tricycle, Meng Zhen rushed all the way to the nursery introduced by the moderator. Pushed the car into the yard, talked to the contact person on the phone, and waited for the time to start looking around at the nursery. This place is located on the outskirts of the city, the area is very large, and there are stacks of flower pots stacked in the corner of the courtyard, as well as some dead flower seedlings and saplings. Meng Zhen looked at the branches and leaves that were about to dry out, and thought to himself: "The land in the manor can accelerate the ripening cycle of crops, so can it come back to life?" ”

Just thinking about it, the contact person who had just spoken greeted him, "Hello, it's Ms. Meng Zhen, I'm the team leader in charge of sales at the nursery, my surname is Zhao, and I'm talking to you on the phone." ”

"Hello, Team Leader Zhao, I'm Meng Zhen. Do you have good varieties of apple and pear saplings here, I was introduced by a friend. I just looked casually, and I only saw flowers and plants, but I didn't see fruit saplings? ”

"Come, Ms. Meng, come to the back, the temperature outside is too low now, and the freshly raised saplings are all put in the greenhouse. Please come with me, how many saplings do you need? ”

"I still have more than half an acre of empty land, and I want to plant fruit trees, how much do you think is appropriate?"

When she checked the information yesterday, some netizens said that the distance between fruit trees is about 2.5 meters ~ 3 meters, which is more reasonable, and according to this calculation, you have to buy 30 to 40 fruit trees. But she wasn't sure if the netizen's statement was professional, so she wanted to consult Team Leader Zhao.

"Well, half an acre, that's about 300 square meters, it's estimated to be about forty!"

The statements of the two sides are similar, and Meng Zhen estimates that it is this amount: "En'en, okay, then I'll buy twenty apple trees and pear trees each." Can you tell us about the better varieties, because I'm a first-time planter and I don't know much about fruit trees. ”

"No problem, come, please come in," Team Leader Zhao led Meng Zhen to an empty greenhouse. There are a lot of small saplings wrapped in wet soil inside, and there are many varieties, almost all of which Meng Zhen doesn't know.