The end of the year is approaching, and it is time to prepare for the New Year. Compared with last year, there are many more markets in the suburbs of Beijing.

After the winter vacation, May Day, who arrived home earlier than Ping'an and June 1st, fulfilled his promise, and really accompanied Miao Lishan and Zhou Jiao's mother and daughter to the street for two days.

The bazaar has always been crowded, shoulder to shoulder, all kinds of people stay in front of all kinds of items, carefully compare, slowly select, and calculate.

Zhou Jiao knew that her son was not used to such a leisurely state, not to mention that the two of them could still take the guards out, so she let him go.

And with the early departure and late return of May Day, it is said that the wings of the second courtyard are full of red Spring Festival couplets, not to mention, even the main house is piled up a lot.

Zhou Jiao didn't care when she heard Aunt Yuan, who often went over to bring lunch to May Day, say this. She is still confident in her son's ability to do things.

What's more, during this time, her attention has to be focused on the old mansion, where there is a small project of out-of-season vegetables that she is experimenting with successfully.

When it comes to why she suddenly had a whim, what out-of-season vegetables she wanted?

This is to mention the southern fruits and vegetables that Geng Dazhi brought back at the beginning.

In previous years, Zhou Jiao had space, so she built some shelves in the kitchen, and used these shelves as a cover, and there were few types of food that could be eaten, and she didn't care much.

But since there are these southern fruits and vegetables, not only his parents and Zhang Guoqing have better appetites, but even the three Ping'an brothers, who have always been picky eaters, are happy to take a few more bites when they go home on weekends.

Zhou Jiao can't forget how hard she used to correct her sons' picky eating problems. Although they have grown up a lot better.

But she has the ability to give children a better life, so why not give it a try first. Anyway, oil futures have been bought and left, and the manager has also been found.

Now that she is free, she is not in a hurry to change jobs, and it seems that she has nothing to do for a while except for going to and from work.

So with this one, in late autumn and early winter, Zhou Jiao stretched out her paws to the vegetable patch in the back garden of the old house.

Uncle Yuan and Aunt Yuan are old farmers, and they cherish the vegetable garden the most, and in their eyes, no flowers and plants can compare to that vegetable garden.

With their careful service, in the early winter, there are still a few small green seedlings left in the vegetable garden covered with a lot of straw that they specially found.

Although it is estimated that it will not last long if it is frozen, it does not prevent Zhou Jiaozhen from thinking about it.

Due to impromptu instigation.

The ground was about to freeze, and in desperation, Zhou Jiao held on to the idea of giving it a try, and burned the ground with the straw and wheat straw that had transported the raw stones and seeds before.

She has theoretical knowledge, connections, and Uncle Yuan, who is idle, is good at farm work.

The two of them worked together perfectly.

Today, the vegetable garden in the backyard garden is not very large, but low greenhouses supported by bamboo poles and oilcloth have been erected.

"Hanshu, Zhaoxinchen Biography" contains: "Taiguan Garden planted winter onions, leeks, and vegetables, covered with roofs, lit a fire day and night, and waited for the warm air to be ......"

In ancient times, greenhouse vegetables existed very early, but until now they have not been popularized, let alone become an industry.

Why?

Because it costs too much!

It is not difficult to see from the point that "covered with the roof and burned day and night", in the past, vegetables had to be planted in the house, and they also needed to be burned day and night to keep warm.

Zhou Jiao is familiar with the theory of vegetable greenhouses in later generations, and of course she cannot grow them in her own house, but she is limited by the lack of certain materials.

She is now playing with the whole small experiment, and decided that once it is successful, it will be directly handed over to the agricultural department of the unit for comrades to plan in further detail.

- Once the out-of-season vegetable project is established, it really won't work without them taking the lead.

Just this one shed, that is, her, if it is replaced by another person, it is impossible to achieve it in an era when you buy with a ticket.

Now it's harvest time, and Zhou Jiao's attention is all on this.

At this moment, she bent down and squatted on the ground to check the condition of a mushroom on the ground, and then turned around and looked up at a small ridge of leafy vegetables, leeks, and so on.

Uncle Yuan on the side had already smiled into a chrysanthemum, "I see, it's good to rise, I can really eat fresh vegetables in winter." ”

"Thank you Uncle Yuan."

"What a hard work. I'll pick all the ones that are cooked for you, and I'll send them to the compound, or will I wait for you to come back from work and bring them back along the way? ”

"It's better to wait for me to bring it back from work, and you won't go out in the cold. Don't be reluctant to eat, remember to ask my aunt to cook you a few more dishes. ”

"Hahaha......"

"Don't just laugh, how much can a few people eat in the family? If you have more, it's a gift, so it's better for you to eat more. ”

When Uncle Yuan heard her say this, he smiled happily: "Okay, wait for next year, let's make another big one, and you can eat whatever you want when the time comes." ”

"Okay."

Zhou Jiao agreed.

But he understands that he won't have a chance next year. Now it seems that it has been a success, and he, a veteran who is mainly responsible for this greenhouse, will be called if it is not surprising.

However, Zhou Jiao did not say these words in advance.

Anyway, this is a good thing, maybe Uncle Yuan can still get a formal job. It's good to have a job, but it's good to keep the old house, and there will be a retirement job to receive in the future.

"Have you gone to see the yard over there? Good guys, they can pull away carts and carts early every morning, and I see that they are busy.

But I've been watching for a few days, sometimes I'm busy, and at noon, I don't even have time to eat on May Day, so you have time to stop by and take a look. ”

Uncle Yuan has said it several times, but Zhou Jiao didn't take it to heart.

Now that she said that the child was so busy that even eating was a problem, she was moved, glanced at the time on her watch, and decided to go there herself.

- She has no objection to children using the holidays to earn a little money, but if they sacrifice their roots, then they shouldn't.

In winter, the hutongs have regained their early vitality.

In the corner, there are long-lost popcorn old men, and children queuing up with cloth bags.

The laughter and laughter of the children who were building snowmen and playing snowball fights nearby added a breath of life to the scene.

Not far away, there is a nearby grocery store, and there is still a thick curtain at the entrance, but it can't stop the rich aroma of fried chestnuts in sugar.

Zhou Jiao glanced at her own second courtyard not far away, lifted the curtain and weighed a catty.

Her family is the best on May Day, especially in winter.

By the time Zhou Jiao was holding a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts wrapped in oiled paper, when she arrived at the second courtyard, almost an hour had passed.

Seeing that it was only half an hour before the afternoon work time, she was a little annoyed that she was afraid of being cold and troublesome, why didn't she ride a bicycle?

She pushed the gate of the courtyard, making a creaking sound, but it turned out that the deadbolt was not inserted.