Chapter 47: The Vegetable Garden
At the end of the meeting, the villagers once again dispersed and walked slowly on the village path.
Some went home to share the joy, and some continued to be busy with farm work, but this time they held a real Grandpa Mao in their hands, which made them feel very down-to-earth and full of longing for life in the future.
After they left, Lin Musen first helped the second uncle's table back to the ancestral hall, a long table of solid wood, and he easily carried it in alone.
The second uncle on the side couldn't help but cast appreciative looks, and when he just moved, he called two strong men to move out.
"Knock"
After the sound of the table colliding with the ground, Lin Musen put down the table according to the position requested by the second uncle.
Lin Musen clapped his hands, with a sunny smile on his face, it should be that the happy mood of the villagers affected him, and then said to the second uncle: "What else is there to do, by the way, second uncle, why didn't you see Long Long today?"
Lin Musen saw that all the adults came today, and the children were only four or five years old at most.
There are also women in their arms, making babies in strollers, he thinks that there should be a lot of children when it is so lively, so he asked a little strangely.
"There's nothing to do today, the transfer has already taken effect after signing it, and I can hand over one of them to the town government when I have time. Long Long is definitely not at home, today is not a weekend, and there is no holiday, of course he is studying in the town. ”
The second uncle explained when he saw Lin Musen's somewhat confused look.
So that's the case, Lin Musen scratched his head: "Okay, I know, second uncle, then I'll go back first, my dog is still at home." ”
"Go, and if you want to eat vegetables, just go to my vegetable field to pick them, they are all home-grown, just next to your grandparents' vegetable patch in the past, you should know, don't always buy outside, who knows if they grow from pesticides............"
"I know, okay, then the second uncle, I'll go first, you have to be busy beforehand. ”
Lin Musen hurriedly interrupted the second uncle's nagging and walked towards the road, he thought to himself: It feels good to have a relationship with someone.
"This kid. The second uncle saw that Lin Musen had run away, and snorted angrily.
The vegetable patch of the village is just behind the village, that is, a large area of reclaimed land in front of Lin Musen's old house, and the pieces are neatly arranged and extended upwards, which is not spectacular.
As far as you can see, the colorful butterflies and yellow bees dancing in the spring color make you feel that this is a place full of green life, and it is a natural and idyllic scenery.
In the vegetable field, each vegetable field is not the same, but they are all the same, the villagers will divide the field into a good area and plant a little bit of everything, basically there will be vegetables in different seasons throughout the year, what are the small greens, cauliflower, beans, loofah, garlic............
They are all common vegetables in some farmhouses, such as loofahs and beans, and the villagers have built bamboo shelves to let them climb up to grow better.
Lin Musen came to the vegetable patch, and saw that some of the vegetable patches had just sprouted, and he didn't know what kind of vegetables they were.
But some of the older ones he knew, and the vegetable patch at his feet was planted with cauliflowers, which had already revealed their white bodies, and they would soon grow up and mature, and the tomatoes next to them also hung green fruits.
In the vegetable field, some vegetables have either grown new sprouts, or are almost ripe, or have been put into the pot to become a delicacy, which is the fruit of the villagers' labor.
He found the vegetable patch of his second uncle's house with his memory, and also saw that his vegetable patch was empty, and there were some weeds, which looked desolate.
Lin Musen still remembers that when he was a child, he often followed his grandparents to the field to plant cabbage, potatoes, celery, etc., and his short body was very cheerful walking around in the field, and the industrious figure of his grandparents seemed to be vivid............
Some of the eldest sisters and aunts who have just finished the meeting are watering, weeding, fertilizing, and applying farm fertilizer in their vegetable fields.
It is an organic fertilizer, and even the most ordinary vegetables are fried and different from the outside, and the faint sweetness in the mouth is also worth recalling.
After they saw Lin Musen, they greeted Lin Musen with the most sincere smiles, and Lin Musen also responded one by one.
Lin Musen stood on the path between the vegetable fields of the second uncle's house, looked at the vegetables in the vegetable field, he felt that the loofah that grew on the bamboo frame was good, and it was small, although it was not very long, but it was tender and green and could be eaten, so he picked two, and then remembered the beef he bought in the town, pinched a handful of peppers, and prepared to leave.
But when the surrounding eldest sisters and aunts saw that Lin Musen was here to pick vegetables, they all stopped what they were doing, and then picked up the best vegetables in their own vegetable fields and prepared to send some to Lin Musen.
When Lin Musen got up, he saw the eldest sister, the aunts were holding some vegetables in their hands, walked to him and stuffed them into his hands, and the enthusiasm caught him a little off guard.
In the end, Lin Musen returned home with a basket full of fresh vegetables.
After returning to the old mansion, Lin Musen couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at the basket in his hand, this basket was enough for him to eat for more than a week, so he took out the loofah and pepper to be used tonight, and then walked towards the peach forest in the backyard, Lin Musen was going to see if the cellar could still be used.
Cellar to preserve things, this is the most common way to preserve freshness in rural areas, cellars can not only keep fresh in winter, but also especially suitable in summer.
The cellar will be dug deeper, keep warm in winter, and the sun will not shine through in summer, and people will feel cold when they enter it, so it can be used to preserve things and store food.
Lin Musen's cellar is in a clearing on the left side of the peach forest, where there is a very thick plank, which is the entrance to the cellar, it is still obvious, Lin Musen only glanced at it in a hurry when he watered it last time, and he hasn't entered it yet.
Walking to the entrance of the cellar, Lin Musen lifted the thick plank, and a somewhat moldy smell rushed to his face, and Lin Musen fanned the musty smell with his hands.
At this time, Da Mumu also smelled the smell and ran over curiously, Lin Musen patted Da Mumu's head and asked him to go out to play, Da Mumu glanced at him resentfully, and ran away very obediently.
Seeing that Da Mumu had gone away to play, Lin Musen looked back at the cellar, and the plank opened to reveal a boxy passage.
The sunlight from the sky had reached the bottom of the passage, and there was a wooden ladder that connected to the floor of the cellar, but except for this one that was clearly visible, the rest of the place was still pitch black.