Chapter 57 56. Developing vegetable plots
How big is 20 square meters?
In fact, it is only as big as a living room.
But now Huaiyu works from morning to noon, and the mud on the boots on her feet is getting thicker and thicker, so that she feels that there is something wrong with this land! Why is it so big? !
She is not strong enough, let alone swinging the hoe, she needs to use her body to step down on the shovel, and it becomes difficult after several times.
Now looking at this large expanse of land that has been dug up, my hands and feet feel hot and painful.
The ground is still wet, and it feels heavy every time I shovel it out. Those weeds that are only now showing their tender green buds have roots underneath that are criss-crossed.
Like a net, it firmly grasps the surrounding water and soil, making the soil solid and the water heavy.
Every time after hard work, she had to slap and beat the clods of soil before throwing the grass roots out.
The land looks flat now because it was deliberately flattened during the planning of Qiangwei Mansion, and there were still some gravels and rocks underneath...
If it weren't for the quality of his multi-function shovel, Huaiyu would really have lost another point.
Fortunately, after a whole morning of hard work, the square piece of land in front of us was finally dug out.
However, we can’t rush to make ridging now. After winter, there are probably many insect eggs and bacteria hidden in the soil. Huaiyu wiped his sweat, looked at the bright sun above his head, and decided to let the sun shine for a while. Oh my god.
Also...she is hungry.
Three meals a day is quite normal, but the day she woke up, she was full after only drinking one bag of nutrient solution.
Later, I was in a hurry to build a house. There was a lot of hard work that I often had to do with a sigh of relief, but the food was only one morning and one night.
But now, I am not as tired as before, but I already need three meals a day. Is it because the food we eat is too simple, or is there really a lot of nutrients in the nutrient solution?
She thought of the unpalatable nutrient solution and couldn't help but fall into a painful struggle at this moment.
But then look at my thin and white wrists. They are really thin. In fact, they cannot be said to be beautiful. Before, my skin was white and my blood color looked good, so that it would not make people think that I was lacking in vitality, had a sallow complexion and was thin.
At the same time, Zhou Qian's words echoed in his ears: "...Eat more, and you will look like you are sixteen or seventeen years old..."
Huaiyu began to think deeply.
She feels that she should be older than sixteen or seventeen, but everyone she has met so far will first react to calling her as a minor.
Sister, younger sister, little girl...
As well as herself, she clearly subconsciously feels that she is an adult, but facing other people, the terms "uncle, brother, sister, aunt" are also Come as you please.
That's not right.
She thought about it so much that she felt hungry, and she couldn't figure out why. It’s not like she used to be a strong and talkative peasant woman, right?
Hey, that seems to work... At least I have experience now.
Huaiyu sighed helplessly.
But I can’t think about it anymore, I’m so hungry and my heart is so hungry that I’m panicking! She immediately threw away all her thoughts and quickly carried the pot to the new stove in the straw shed.
The weather is getting warmer, so you can cook here during the day.
Have gnocchi soup with pickled bracken for lunch!
After thinking for a while, I finally took out a bag of nutrient solution and started to drink it painfully.
......
After lunch, Huaiyu went into the tree house and took a look. He found that the house only had a frame today, so the water vapor dried faster.
Now that I am in it, I don’t even feel damp anymore. It is estimated that it will be completely dry by tomorrow at the latest.
The only ones who are disobedient are the wisterias.
There was no experience when Huaiyu was born, which made their roots too deep.
Although the tree trunks used for the frame have stopped supplying nutrients, new wisteria saplings have sprouted at the edges of the tree house and at the soles of the tree trunks used for beams. Huaiyu stared at it again and again, but finally didn't want to care anymore.
After all, they are obedient enough. The roots are here and the shoots are sprouting from the other side. And when you grow up in the future, maybe you can share the draft shed with the beams and pillars, which will be stronger.
Go back into the house and look at the pot of bean sprouts.
The bean sprouts have grown too much, and now there is no way to hold them in a basin. Even though they are placed under the shade of blue bricks, the temperature under the sun still causes them to grow rapidly.
Now, it has become a clump of tender bean sprouts.
If there was a hot pot base at this moment...
Huaiyu's mouth was watering, but he didn't dare to think deeply.
After all, the slightly spicy dish served in the morning was delicious, and it really made her stomach feel uncomfortable for a while after eating it.
My body is indeed too crispy. It seems that I should be more cautious when eating spicy food.
Although bean sprouts cannot be used for hot pot, it should be fine to make lard and vegetable porridge at night, right?
There are no eggs, no meat, and no sauce. Otherwise, it would definitely be super delicious wrapped in a burrito...
Huaiyu lay on the bed and rested for a while, but his mind was filled with all kinds of food, and the more he thought about it, the more he started drooling. , the full belly is not so full anymore.
She sighed and sat up.
Forget it, let’s get to work. If you clear up the ground earlier, you will have more food to eat.
By the way, think about those pork, chickens, ducks, etc. How many cents do you need to buy them now?
Gluttony makes people strive for progress!
Huaiyu started mowing the grass again.
The hay that I collected myself but became moldy and rotten in the heavy rain, as well as the hay in the wasteland everywhere, the twigs in the woods on the hillside not far away, the wet leaves and grass buried deep...
After collecting sacks of sacks for several hours, we even recovered a pile of small hills.
Huaiyu took out the lighter.
"Crack."
As the flames came into contact with the dry grass, wisps of smoke drifted away, and the dead branches and leaves in front of them slowly began to contain more and thicker smoke.
There was a lot of moisture in this pile of leaves, so it probably wouldn't burn out that quickly. Moreover, it was surrounded by flat land with only scattered weeds, so it was relatively safe to burn.
Huaiyu took the shovel and took this opportunity to go back to the ground and turn over the dirt again, breaking it into pieces.
At sunset, all the rubbish was beaten into pieces. Huaiyu rubbed his arms and estimated that if he waits for another day in the sun tomorrow and turns the soil again, it should be almost done.
The fire on the side has been extinguished, and the surface is covered with black and gray ashes. When the wind blows, it scatters in all directions, making people unable to open their eyes.
And Huaiyu turned the shovel down and saw the heat rising rapidly inside.
It's still hot.
The ash pile was broken up and spread out, causing the heat inside to quickly disappear under the blowing of the evening breeze.
When it was no longer so hot, Huaiyu brought a big bucket, lifted the ash bucket by bucket to the vegetable field, and poured it into the soil layer by layer.
Plant ash kills insects and bacteria, and can also be used as a base fertilizer. When the dew soaks it tomorrow morning, the nutrients inside will penetrate even more...
Ah!
Anyway, there is so much land, why not dig another one tomorrow?
Update one. I'll go out to do some errands in the afternoon and write the rest later.
(End of this chapter)