Chapter 34: Planting vegetables in the entire vegetable garden
Shuiqing felt refreshed after arguing with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
She was no longer angry when she woke up.
She turned around and saw the two children's young faces were also shocked. She taught them casually: "Don't always agree with what they say, otherwise you will keep explaining to them, and it will be suffocating just thinking about it;
We need to attack and let them explain."
The two children were stunned when they heard it, and at the same time, they seemed to understand something.....
Shuiqing was woken up, and she couldn't continue to sleep in. She was ready to dig a vegetable plot.
Yesterday, she was busy building a house and collecting chicken heads. Today, she was free, so of course she had to do this top priority.
Growing vegetables is the nature of the flower-growing family. She didn't wake up when she didn't have land in the past. Now that she has her own vegetable plot, she just wants to plant all the vegetables she can grow
Before turning around and going into the house to get the hoe, she asked: "Where are Xinghui and the two little ones?"
Why didn't I see them so early in the morning?
The sky has been clear for several days. Skirt mushrooms only appear after the rain. Bamboo mushrooms do exist, but they are either too old or very few.
And with the two older ones here, it is impossible for the big one and two younger ones to pick mushrooms.
"My eldest sister and I are responsible for carrying soil from the mountain to prepare the vegetable field, and the second sister and two younger brothers are leveling the soil in the vegetable field." Fan Jiang replied.
"We saw grandma and auntie coming on the hillside. We were afraid that they would bully you, so we ran over quickly." Yan Qiu continued.
They didn't expect that grandma, who had always been bullied, became very powerful after she fell on her head. She fought back against grandma and auntie who had bad intentions without getting angry.
Shuiqing stopped as she was about to go into the house to get a hoe.
There were only two big hoes and one small hoe at home. They were already cultivating the vegetable field, and the hoes must have been brought with them. She asked, "Have you chosen the vegetable field?"
Yan Qiu nodded and smiled, "Mother, Dad said that the vegetable field should be chosen below the spring, so that it is convenient to water the vegetables and it will not affect the water source when fertilizing."
The water from the spring is what the whole family drinks.
And the spring water is sweet and refreshing, much better to drink than well water.
"I think the land is too hard, and it is difficult for the seedlings to take root and grow poorly, so I discussed with my eldest sister to go to the mountain to pick up the soil under the forest and pile it up into a row of vegetable fields;
The soil is fertile, and it is good for growing things." When Fan Jiang talked about farming, there was light in his eyes, joyful, confident and calm.
Shui Qing:.....Some children know more than her!
"Let's go and take a look."
This piece of land that belongs to them is more than ten acres. When choosing a site for building a thatched house yesterday, Dad wanted to build it next to the spring, saying that it would be convenient for washing vegetables and clothes or fetching water for cooking.
She asked to build it not far uphill, just to leave enough open space, so that she could build a brick house before the summer of next year.
Daddy complained that he had no money saved and no money to make a living, and wanted to build a brick house after the New Year, which was a dream!
But in action, he ordered the helpers he brought to build the thatched house according to her location....
"Mom, my uncle knew yesterday that we were going to build a vegetable garden below the spring. You see, he specially cut two big bamboos and opened up all the nodes in the middle;
My uncle said that when the vegetable garden needs watering, we can use the bamboo to slide directly over, without the trouble of carrying water. When not watering, just block the hole in front." Yan Qiu walked in front and introduced.
Shuiqing:.....What kind of fairy family is this!
Sure enough, there are parents who value sons over daughters, and there are parents who care about their children so much that they don't distinguish between men and women. The original owner's parents and brother are really good.
Such a family, if you have the ability, you must leave a house for them...
When we arrived at the vegetable garden, the three little guys were doing their own work with a clear division of labor.
Xinghui pulled the soil under the fluffy forest into ridges of similar size;
Fanhe dug small holes in the vegetable field;
Little Fanhu held the vegetable seeds in his hand, stood on the vegetable field and put them into each hole, then squatted down and filled the soil with his little hands.
Seeing the water coming over, the three children's eyes lit up, and they shouted with a bright smile: "Aniang, look, we have almost planted radishes, Chinese cabbage, small greens, autumn spinach, hairy vegetables, water spinach, onions, peppers, and coriander!"
These were the vegetable seeds they had asked for from the village before.
"It would be great if there were leek roots. They can sprout again after being cut, and can be harvested every ten or twenty days. If you plant more, you can eat them often." Xinghui sighed regretfully.
Yanqiu also felt a little sorry, "Leeks are easy to fertilize, and they don't need to be taken care of. They don't need to be planted again in the future. They are really 'lazy vegetables'."
She and Xinghui took care of the vegetable field before the separation, but unfortunately after the separation, the vegetables in the vegetable field could not be taken away.
Uncle's family is not diligent, they are afraid that the leeks that grow tender and green will become as thin as weeds in the future.
When Shuiqing heard about leeks, the first thing that came to her mind was leek dumplings, fried until both sides were golden and crispy, and the soup of fresh leeks mixed with scrambled eggs flowed out when she took a bite.
Shuiqing swallowed her saliva, clicked on the seed option in the mall, and quickly found leek roots!
She said confidently: "It's okay, your father went to the city today and said he would go to the vegetable market to see if there are any for sale. He will buy some and bring back some;
There are other things, such as ginger, garlic, etc., to bring back."
Anyway, no matter whether there are any in the vegetable market, Fan Jin can "bring them back".
Hearing that there are a lot more vegetable seeds, several children cheered happily.
They are not afraid of the coming winter, they have vegetables to eat!
There are many people in the family, so they naturally need more vegetables.
The family was divided late, so we missed the time to dry vegetables and stock up on winter vegetables, so we had to plant more radishes and cabbage to replenish the winter vegetables.
Yan Qiuxing treated the vegetable field more carefully. This is the family's winter rations!
Shuiqing is also added.
She was digging holes with her hands and thinking about which vegetables Fan Jin would bring back.
Quang Ninh Province belongs to the south. Shan Shui Village is prone to flooding in summer, and the temperature in winter is around zero at most, with almost no snow.
The overall temperature is on the hot side, so potatoes can be planted in September.
It will probably be harvested in November.
Potatoes are great, fried, cooked, shredded, sliced and diced, no matter how you prepare them, they are delicious!
It has a large yield and is shelf-stable. It can be used as a vegetable or as a staple food. It is simply too good to say anything.
The water is clear and we have to plant potatoes!
But it cannot be said that it is easy to mismatch the vegetable seeds that are bought.
Well, let’s just say that I saw it in the mountains. I don’t know what kind of small animal dug it out. The animal ate it and it was fine, so I tried to see...
Then ginger, garlic, and leeks are also on the must-grow list.
Needless to say, ginger, ginger soup is indispensable when you catch a cold;
Garlic has more uses, including fried garlic with bacon, sweet and sour garlic, and fried pork with garlic sprouts next spring. She likes to eat all of them;
If you use a variety of leeks, you can arrange leek and egg dumplings, and get a few bamboo tubes to cover the leek roots, and you can eat leeks in a while.
Coriander, wait, is the coriander Xinghui just mentioned the same coriander?
No matter, just plant it, coriander is indispensable for hot pot and fish.
The more I thought about it, the more Shui Qing felt that the vegetable plot in front of me was not enough. Why did she want to plant everything?
The days of growing vegetables in the countryside are so wonderful...
"Sister-in-law Shui Qing, where are you? Something's wrong! Something happened!"