Chapter 159 Busy Spring
After the salesman packed up the seeds he bought, Zhang An walked out of the door carrying them.
“Hey, Zhang An, long time no see.”
“Hey Wang Hao, long time no see, I didn’t expect to bump into you here.”
I just stepped down the steps. , when I heard someone calling me, I looked up and saw that it was an acquaintance.
This man is Zhang An’s high school classmate, and it has been almost two years since he last met.
"It's been a long time indeed, almost two years. How have you been lately."
Both Zhang An and Wang Hao were quite happy to see their old classmates.
"I, just like that, am farming at home, what are you going to do?"
Zhang An raised the seeds he just bought and showed them to Wang Hao look.
"I bought so many seeds. I never realized you were a landlord before. I'm going to the train station to buy tickets. I plan to go back to school in a few days."
Wang Hao's family is from the county seat, and his grades have always been They were all good. I was ranked at the top of the class every time. After the college entrance examination, I went to a good school.
It’s a good thing in this era. Wang Hao didn’t think farming was bad, but instead made a joke with Zhang An.
Unlike later generations, when classmates met each other, the distance between them immediately widened as soon as they heard what you said.
After chatting on the roadside for a few minutes, the two separated.
Wang Hao wants to go to the train station to buy a ticket. Sometimes if he arrives a minute late, there will be more people in line.
So let’s get to know each other’s general situation, and see you next time.
Although they were classmates for three years in high school, they hadn’t seen each other for such a long time. Zhang An could feel an obvious sense of strangeness in their warm words.
This is a normal situation. After all, everyone is in a different environment and everyone will have some changes.
We haven’t seen each other for such a long time, but if we meet someone and can call out your name, we are considered to have a good relationship.
The New Year is over, and hard-working people have already started working in the fields a few days ago.
And some people who want to be lazy now have no excuse to celebrate the New Year.
Everyone wakes up from the joy of the New Year, and still does whatever needs to be done as before.
It’s just that there have been a lot of changes in Changqing this year. Most families no longer only care about the few acres of crops in the fields as they did before.
"Mom, I'm back."
When Zhang An entered the house, he first said something to his mother.
This is a habit that Zhang An has developed over the past two years.
No matter when you go out or come home, you must first tell your parents.
In this way, your parents at home will know when you went out, what you went to do, when you came back, and whether you came back safely, so they won't be so worried.
“Where is my dad?”
Zhang An didn't see his old man at home.
“He is plowing in the nest.”
It is already late at this point, and Wang Fang is ready to start making lunch.
"You don't have to go now. Your father will be back for dinner soon."
Seeing that his son had changed his clothes and wanted to go to the ground to get some fresh air, Wang Fang asked Zhang An not to go yet. .
Zhang An thought about it and was not in a hurry at this moment.
Soon after eating in the afternoon, Zhang An drove the big black horse to the fields and started plowing.
The two grown men in the family only have one horse and one plow to work with.
If Zhang An goes to work the plow, Zhang Jianguo will be free.
But Zhang Jianguo also knew that with Zhang An in the hands of his dark horse, the land could be plowed much faster.
But he was a restless person, so he felt uncomfortable sitting on the edge of the ground watching.
So after thinking about it, I went to Mr. Huang’s house and borrowed their old scalper to plow the land.
Although Old Scalper is notoriously slow at plowing, he can still plow a lot of land in one day.
And because this nest is by the river, the ground is not very hard.
There is no hardening, which is much better than the mountains behind.
Whether it is Dahei or the old scalper from Er Ye’s family, it is not too strenuous when dragging the plow, and it is relatively easy.
Brothers fight, father and son go into battle.
The father and son drove the cattle and horses back and forth in the nest. By four or five o'clock in the afternoon, a lot of the nest had been plowed.
There wasn't much left to be plowed. Zhang An didn't want to have to do it all morning tomorrow, so he continued running in the field with Dahei on his back.
By around seven o'clock in the evening, all the land had been plowed.
After plowing, the big black horse barked at Zhang Jianguo twice.
It seems to say that this is cultivated land. I dare not run away even if you pull the plow.
In Zhang Jianguo's hands, he could only drag the plow away slowly.
Dahei from Zhang An’s family hasn’t been released to Langfeng for a long time.
Staying in the circle all the time is a bit too energetic.
This afternoon, Zhang An let it run in the field, which was a lot of fun.
Before going to bed at night, Zhang An planted the watermelon and strawberry seeds he bought today in the space.
The black soil in space has the effect of promoting growth, and after Zhang An planted it, he also poured spring water.
At this moment, strawberries and watermelons began to grow and sprout at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, Zhang An saw watermelon seedlings and strawberry seedlings emerging from the ground.
The young seedlings grow green and strong, and any farmer would like it.
Although it has not yet produced fruit, Zhang An feels that it is pretty good just by looking at the seedlings.
The next morning, Zhang An woke up at dawn.
Can’t wait to enter the space and start observing the watermelons and strawberries planted last night.
At this time, the melon fields and strawberry fields opened last night were already filled with fruits.
Watermelon is not a rare thing to see, so Zhang An immediately saw the strawberry next to it.
At this moment, red bumps are hanging on the strong strawberry vines, like red lanterns hung during the New Year.
The big red fruit makes people greedy just looking at it.
These strawberries are grown in space, so Zhang An is naturally not worried about any parasites.
So Zhang An squatted on the ground, picked some, and couldn't wait to put them in his mouth.
Instantly, his mouth was filled with strawberry pulp and sweet juice, which made Zhang An eat a lot more unconsciously.
It seems that the guy who sells seeds did not make false propaganda. The strawberry tastes good.
And this strawberry is quite big. Zhang An looked at it and it was obviously bigger than the local eggs at home. It may weigh more than 50 or 60 grams.
Such strawberries are simply king in the current market with their sweetness and taste.
Actually, this pack of strawberry seeds is not so exaggerated. It would not grow so big in the outside world.
It’s because Zhang An was planted in space and nourished by the spring water of space, allowing him to break through some of his own limits.
Zhang An picked and selected, and finally selected some of the largest strawberries to keep as seeds.
Strawberry seeds are not strawberry fruits, Zhang An knows this well.
In my last life, I occasionally bought strawberries home to try. When there were a few left, Zhang An thought about planting them in a foam box.
But Zhang An didn’t know that strawberry seeds are the seeds in the small holes on the top of the strawberry fruit.
So I put the whole strawberry in the soil and planted it. This is actually okay, but the germination is very slow, and many seeds cannot germinate. After waiting for a long time, Zhang An was surprised and didn't see the strawberries sprouting, so he started searching on the Internet.
Finally, I found out that strawberry seeds are those very small seeds.
Because in space, Zhang An saves the effort of picking seeds.
With a thought, the strawberry seeds that had been selected for seeding floated out as if they were threshed.
Finally, they were all put into Zhang An’s prepared bag. After a few efforts, Zhang An harvested a large bag of high-quality strawberries.
After seeing the strawberries, Zhang An took a look at the watermelon next to him.
This watermelon is not like strawberry, it has changed a lot.
Not all watermelons have become very big, most of them are still similar to those grown outside.
But there is still a special part, where you can feel that they have grown a lot.
Zhang An opened one and found that the skin of the watermelon was still so thin, but the flesh was much redder than watermelons grown outside.
Although I just ate a lot of strawberries, I am not very greedy now.
However, when Zhang An saw such an attractive watermelon, he lowered his head and took a bite.
So sweet.
This was Zhang An's first reaction, this melon is too sweet.
Zhang An then knocked on a few more and tried them one after another, and found that although the watermelons were different in size, they were all equally sweet.
Zhang An couldn’t finish eating such a big watermelon.
Just throw it into the fish pond for the fish to eat, and there is no waste.
The old rule is to save seeds first.
This time Zhang An did not just pick the largest watermelon to save seeds, but picked the largest and the smallest two.
Watermelon is different from other fruits. Some people like big watermelons, while others like small watermelons.
Most people like to buy big watermelons to take home and cut them enough to feed the whole family.
Some people buy it to eat by themselves, so they choose the small ones and eat them with a spoon.
Zhang An left the space, and Wang Fang had already gotten up at this time.
After washing, Zhang An began to soak watermelon seeds and strawberry seeds in spring water.
“What are you doing.”
“Didn’t I bring back some watermelon seeds and strawberry seeds yesterday? Let’s soak them in water to germinate them.”
Wang Fang walked next to Zhang An and looked at the different seeds in the two pots.
“This is the seed of red knot. I thought it was grown directly from red knot.”
Everyone in the family has eaten watermelon, so Wang Fang can tell the watermelon seeds at a glance. .
And Strawberry Wang Fang has only seen it before, but is not familiar with it.
“Haha, when I first went to buy it, I thought it was the one for eating. Later, people told me that it was the tiny seeds on the strawberries that are the seeds.”
After finishing what he was doing, Zhang An took some time to look at the kiwi saplings in the backyard.
These are native seedlings that Zhang An spawned using kiwi seeds. They are different from the grafted seedlings sold by merchants in later generations.
If Zhang An had no space and so recklessly planted kiwi fruits, he would definitely lose a lot of money.
Because under normal circumstances, the fruits produced by the original kiwi fruit seedlings are not that delicious.
But Zhang An’s saplings were all grown through the stimulation of space and the optimization of spring water.
So such seedlings are definitely no worse than those grafted seedlings of later generations.
Kiwi plants are divided into male and female plants, and they are basically dioecious.
Unless artificial grafting occurs, there will be no monoecious plants.
Therefore, most of the places where kiwifruit was planted in later generations required manual pollination. With the development of science and technology, machine pollination appeared.
Many people in later generations said that the original seedlings of kiwi fruit will not bear fruit.
In fact, I only knew half of it, so I started posting videos online.
Otherwise, how could there be so many kiwis in the wild.
It’s just that when the female plant is in the wild, it needs external factors such as bees and birds to help pollinate it before it will bear fruit.
If it is said that without pollination, it cannot bear fruit, then no matter what kind of seedling it is, it cannot bear fruit.
Seeing that these saplings have grown very well, we need to transplant them quickly during this time.
The most suitable time for kiwi transplantation is winter, and it is already early spring, so we must seize this time to solve the problem quickly.
"Mom, I'm going to the second uncle and third uncle's house."
Zhang An thought it was time to go and see how the mountainous land that the second uncle and the third uncle had worked on was being prepared now. .
"Aunt, where is my uncle."
Zhang An arrived at the second uncle's house, but no one was home. When he arrived at the third uncle's house, only the third aunt and Xiao Yanzi were at home.
"He went to dig ridges with your second uncle."
"Okay, then I'll go over and take a look at the ground. The saplings at home are ready for transplanting in the past two days."
After coming out of his third uncle's house, Zhang An walked all the way to the back of the village.
Qingjiao is the name of the foot of the hillside behind Changqing Village.
When we came to the field, our second uncle, second aunt, and third uncle were digging holes in the field.
Zhang An looked at this mountainous area very well, because it is a slope below the hillside.
Because it is halfway up the hillside, there is a layer of dark and soft humus in the ground.
Whether it is in terms of lighting, terrain or land fertility.
This is undoubtedly the most suitable place for growing kiwi fruit.
There is a saying that there are only drowned kiwis, not drought-dead kiwis.
This sentence shows that kiwi fruit is a plant that is particularly afraid of waterlogging.
So when they are planted on this slope, there is no need to worry about their roots being submerged during floods.
What's more, the second uncle and the third uncle are still digging ridges and ditches here.
"Second uncle, third uncle, how are your preparations here? The saplings in my yard can be transplanted. If you don't do it, it will be too late."
"It's done. , It’s just a matter of digging ditches, and they can be transplanted now.”
After plowing the land some time ago, Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhang have been loading manure into the land.
Then it was plowed again, and now some wooden stakes have been planted in the land, and the wires have been stretched.
“Okay, it’s still early anyway, so why don’t we start growing seedlings today.”
Zhang An also felt unprepared, so he simply started transplanting.
It just so happened that after transplanting the seedlings in the past two days, Zhang Anhao made room for breeding.
Listening to Zhang An’s arrangement, Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhang naturally have no problem.
The drainage ditches in the land were almost completed. After Zhang An arrived, he also helped with the work, and it didn't take long to finish it.
After lunch, several families began to plant seedlings in Zhang An’s yard.
Because this is the first time to plant, Zhang An’s two uncles have only planted a total of more than four acres of land this time.
There are hundreds of seedlings before and after, so there is no need to ask for help.
(End of this chapter)