Chapter 20:
the next day.
Lin Ling opened the door and saw Little Green hanging on the shelf swinging back and forth: "Is it fun?"
Xiaolu immediately stopped and pretended to be sleepy: err, it's not fun, I'm sore and cold, so pitiful!
Lin Ling raised her eyebrows: "Do you know what's wrong?"
Little green is a little bully, I feel right in my heart, but a person who knows the current affairs is a hero, it doesn't want to be hung in the wind and the sun anymore, and the little green vine is not beautiful if it is dried up, it shakes the leaves , rubbing against Lin Ling affectionately: put me down.
Lin Ling thought it had been **** all night, and the lesson was enough, so she took it off: "In the future, bullying others will not be as simple as hanging you overnight, be careful of your leaves."
Little Green cares most about its two little leaves: don't pull my leaves.
Lin Ling: "Be honest and I won't touch them."
Xiaolu shook the leaves: I don't bully him.
Lin Ling tapped the little green leaves: "It's better like this."
Xiaolu rubbed Lin Ling's cheek with a leaf: It was so cold last night, I even caught a cold.
Lin Ling glanced at Xiaolu: "You still catch a cold when you're a plant?"
Xiaolu groaned aggrievedly: I'm so pitiful being **** outside, it's so cold outside...
In fact, Xiaolu could completely untie the rope by himself, but it was **** all night obediently. Lin Ling felt a little more pity for it, "Okay, just don't mess around in the future."
Xiaolu, who had been taught a lesson, finally gained a little memory, and became more honest in the next period of time. In fact, she just pretended to be obedient in front of Lin Ling, but she also confronted Xia Mo in private.
Lin Ling didn't know the little Jiujiu between them, and continued to devote herself to the planting business.
Now there are only radishes, cabbage, and leeks in the field, but they are all reserved for planting. In the past, there was only Lin Ling alone, and she could just eat whatever she wanted, but now that there is one more person, the few rows of vegetables in the field are more It's not enough, so she thinks to grow some more vegetables to enrich the recipe, and save some for seeds along the way.
The country distributed some seeds before, plus the seeds that Lin Ling found in the city last time, there are more than 20 kinds of vegetables in total. She chose several vegetables that she wanted to eat more, including: cabbage, radish, cauliflower, lettuce, pepper, cucumber, eggplant, loofah, pumpkin, cowpea, and several seasonings such as ginger, onion, and garlic. However, less is planted, because there is no meat, and I am afraid that too many plants will not be useful.
Thinking of meat, Lin Ling couldn't help swallowing. When will she be able to raise a few pigs? It’s really not possible to raise two chickens!
On the way here, Lin Ling made a lot of ideas about a beautiful home, thinking that when he arrived, he would go to the nearby forest to find pheasants or wild boars, and then bring them home and raise them.
As a result, when she arrived at the place, she immediately dismissed the idea when she saw the scorched black hills around her. She would go out after a few days when she was free to see if she could make any new discoveries.
Lin Ling took the seeds to the open space next to the yard, dug out the potatoes and planted them yesterday, and the vegetable patch next to the yard was vacant. Including the vegetable patch dug by Lin Ling himself, there was an open space of almost two acres.
Because there are many varieties to be planted and more land is needed, Lin Ling asked Xia Mo to dig up a few acres of land nearby.
She dug the vegetable pits with a hoe, and each vegetable pit was 20 centimeters wide. After the vegetable pits were dug, Lin Ling would sprout all the vegetables that needed to germinate, and then plant them in the vegetable pits one by one. .
After planting, there was no fertilizer to irrigate the ground, so Lin Ling went directly to water the vegetable seedlings. Basically, as long as the seedlings were watered with the water of the **** fish, the seedlings would grow well, and then there is no need to worry too much as long as the water is replenished .
After the vegetables that needed to grow seedlings were planted, Lin Ling set up another acre of land to plant vegetables that did not need seedlings to grow, such as ginger, onion, garlic, coriander, lettuce, etc.
These can actually make Lin Ling sprout and grow, but Lin Ling is not in a hurry to eat them, nor does he want to waste his abilities, so let them grow slowly by themselves.
First of all, one mu of land should be tidied up and leveled. A small soil ditch needs to be dug in the place where **** is planted, and the old gingers should be put in one by one, and then buried in the soil and watered.
The rest of the seeds are directly sprinkled on the leveled soil, then covered with a layer of fine soil to keep warm, and then watered.
After the vegetables were planted, Xia Mo wiped the sweat from his head: "Will they grow up soon?"
Lin Ling shook her head: "Wait a few months."
Xia Mo was stunned for a moment: "Can't you grow up?"
Lin Ling said: "No, those who want to keep the seeds have to let them grow slowly."
At the end of Xia, he let out a cry, thinking that he would have to wait for a long, long time.
Lin Ling glanced at Xia Mo and guessed what he was thinking, "Although I didn't encourage them to grow, watering them with Dahei water also has the same effect, but the effect is not obvious."
At the end of Xia, he thought of the honest **** fish, "Then I'll fetch water for them every day."
Lin Ling stopped him: "No need, just water it every few days."
At the end of Xia, who didn't know how to farm, he asked again, "Why?"
"Now that the apocalypse is over, we don't need to grow vegetables when we have something to eat for the time being. When it grows slowly and grows, it will taste better than the ones grown." Lin Ling paused: "And now the land The lack of water is serious and we have to adapt the plants to the surrounding environment."
Xia Mo said, "But they lack water."
"When water is poured into the soil, part of it is absorbed by the vegetables, part evaporates, and part penetrates deep into the soil. If they lack water, they should work hard to grow rhizomes to absorb the water deep in the soil, instead of waiting for us to water every day. Water." Lin Ling explained.
Xia Mo thought for a while: "There is no water in the soil, what should they do if they die?" The vegetables he planted so hard could not die before eating them.
Lin Ling said: "We will check their growth every day. If we find that the leaves are dry and yellow, we can just water some more."
Survival of the fittest in the pre-apocalyptic society, especially in the apocalyptic world, those who survive have certain advantages, either have great ability, or strong mentality to go out, follow the trend and do everything, people follow these rules, plants also As it should be.
Xia Mo said: "Then I will watch it every day."
Lin Ling didn't object, "These fields have been watered several times before, so you don't have to water them every day."
At the end of summer, it should be said: "Water once every other day."
Lin Ling hummed, "After ten days, water it again every three days, and after ten days, water it every five days, just like the trees on the mountain."
The pine trees planted at the beginning have all survived, and the watering has gradually changed from once a day to once every five days. At this rate, wait a few months and then water again in a month or more. You only need to pay attention to whether the trees are crooked, or whether they are eaten by insects.
Lin Ling sighed softly, feeling that planting trees and vegetables is like raising a child. The first few days after planting is equivalent to raising a newborn baby, paying attention to the baby's physical condition all the time.
When the baby is two or three years old, the parents will be able to relax a little bit, and there is no need to feed them every three or four hours, just three regular meals.
When children are in their teens or twenties, they don’t have to pay too much attention to food, clothing, housing and transportation. At this time, they will pay more attention to issues such as mental health and academic performance.
Hmm... Thinking of this, Lin Ling still thinks that planting trees is easier, but raising children is so difficult!
Seeing Lin Ling sighing, Xiaolu rubbed her chin with a leaf: If you are not happy, go beat Dahei.
The **** fish in the pond trembled: Mixed doubles? help...
"You think I'm you!" Lin Ling didn't have that hobby and went home with a bucket.
After planting vegetables, Lin Ling had nothing else to do. He counted his own seeds, and there were eight kinds of seeds left: wax gourd, bitter gourd, celery, onion, rapeseed, carrot, lettuce, and wheat.
Little Green shook the leaves: Still planting?
"No more." Lin Ling put away the seeds and kept them for the next batch.
After locking the seeds into the box, Lin Ling sat at the dining table by the window. The light outside the window was bright and sprinkled into the room, making the room brightly lit.
The bear doll still sits quietly on the table, never feeling bored.
"Little Xiong, I planted some vegetables again today, and I will keep them as seeds when the elders grow old. If this cycle continues, I won't have to go out to look for seeds in the future."
"In addition, I went to rice again today, and it seems that I have grown a little taller than the previous two days. As long as there is no shortage of water, we can eat rice this year." Lin Ling paused: "But I can only save a few catties for eating. , and the rest must be kept for seed.”
Lin Ling couldn't talk to Xiaolu about these things, nor could she talk to Xia Mo, so she could only chatter with the unresponsive and heartless little bear, to get rid of some inner depression.
"Good boy." Lin Ling stretched out his hand and rubbed the little bear's head, "I'll make you a nest with the rice later when the rice is harvested."
Bear still didn't respond.
Lin Ling was already used to this, so she turned her head and turned on the radio. The volume was turned down very low, and the melodious and pleasant music sounded in the room.
Xiaolu, who was basking in the sun outside, moved when she heard the sound, jumped onto the table, and shook the leaves: it sounds good.
Lin Ling smiled.
Little Green shook the leaves again: Let them go every day from now on.
"You can't leave it on every day, or you will run out of power." Lin Ling's batteries are limited, so use them sparingly.
Xiaolu said: Then put it on every other day.
Lin Ling: "No."
Xiaolu: Then release it every five days.
Lin Ling: "Let's talk about it later."
Xiaolu: Then five days.
Lin Ling thought that the premise is that you can remember the day clearly. At this time, there was movement outside the yard. Lin Ling looked outside and saw Xia Mo running towards the house with his hands on his buttocks. He came back wet, probably just washed from the pond Come back from the shower.
Lin Ling walked to the door and asked, "Why don't you change your clothes?"
Xia Mo was very embarrassed and whispered, "It's broken."
Lin Ling: "Where is it broken?"
Xia Mo whispered: "Pants."
"The pants are torn?" Lin Ling looked at the position where Xia Mo was covering her buttocks, and laughed out loud: "Didn't it be fine just now?"
Xia Mo: "I was bitten by Dahei."
"Are you fighting too?" Lin Ling knew that Xiaolu often fought with Dahei, but he never thought that Xia Mo could fight with Dahei by himself: "Is there anything else I can wear? Go and change your pants."
Xia Mo shook her head and nodded again: "It's dirty."
"Then I'll find you two more sets." Lin Ling found two more sets of clothes for him in the late summer from the upstairs cabinet, because they were all worn by girls, and they were very pink: "Take them."
At the end of Xia, he took the clothes and took a look. This is for girls, right?
"The clothes I gave you last time were also worn by girls, and they are the only plain clothes in the closet." Lin Ling paused, "Put them on first, and bring back a few more sets when you find clothes that fit you when you go out. .”
At the end of summer, there is no way, you can't be naked, right?
After changing clothes and wearing a broken hat, she came out. She was pink and tender, with long hair, looking like a girl.
Lin Ling glanced at the hair under his hat that had grown so long that it covered his face, "I'll cut your hair."
Xia Mo raised her hand and stroked her hair, "Cut your hair?"
Lin Ling said, "Don't you want to cut it? If it's shorter, it won't block your eyes."
Xia Mo glanced at Lin Lingqi's short hair, thought about it, and then nodded.
Lin Ling found the scissors: "I need to take off the hat."
Xia Mo touched the hat, hesitated and took it off, "Cut it off."
Lin Ling looked at Xia Mo's movements, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Since the child came here, he has never been willing to take off this broken hat in front of her. The hat is his armor, protecting him from harm.
But today he was willing to take off his hat in front of him, and turned the back of his neck to her, which showed that he also began to trust her gradually.
Lin Ling picked up the scissors with a smile in his eyes, trimmed Xia Mo's hair, and finally cut it into a short ear-length hair similar to hers.
"It's finished." Lin Ling pursed her lips and looked at Xia Mo who had cut her younger sister's head. The lower child who exposed her forehead and cheeks looked very delicate, with big and dark eyes, and this pink body The clothes are more like girls.
At the end of Xia, he didn't notice it. He only felt that after cutting off his hair, his vision became clearer, his neck became cooler, and he felt quite comfortable. He turned around and ran outside, "I went to the mountain to check the saplings."
Xiaolu, who has no gender awareness, sees that the child has become more beautiful, and can't help but cling to Lin Ling, asking her to help her cut a good-looking hairstyle.
"Do you have hair?" Lin Ling rolled her eyes, "If you're not afraid of going bald, I'll cut it for you."
The two leaves of Xiaolv shrank immediately, don't be bald!
Lin Ling smiled, and took the scissors to trim her hair against the window glass. Just halfway through the trim, she heard the howling of a beast from the mountain.