Chapter 8 Harvesting

"How come there are potatoes now?" Potatoes are usually harvested in October.

"I planted it last fall."

"Isn't it possible to plant in the fall?"

"A new breed from the Research Institute."

"Oh!" In less than half an hour, Garden No. 9 gradually became crowded, and Aunt Fu no longer had time to talk to Yunxiang.

Yun Xiang had sharp senses. As soon as he used the shovel, he could make a rough judgment from the sliding soil. If it was small, he would immediately move it to another place. If it was big, he would quickly dig it up and put it into the space box.

She was so fast that people around her couldn't see her clearly even if they stared at her. They could only estimate her speed based on the weight of her bamboo basket.

Gradually, she and Aunt Fu became separated.

Some strangers, seeing her youth, wanted to steal things from her frame, but they were soon dizzy because of her spinning.

After digging for a while, most of the big ones were divided up, and Yunxiang decided to move to another place.

The number of people coming to the open day is increasing year by year. At this rate, we can pick up all the trash in less than three days.

When Yun wanted to get up, Aunt Fu also got up. The two of them hit it off and moved to other gardens.

"Why did you dig so little?"

"Almost half a basket!" Yun Xiang was aware of his own results and was very satisfied.

"Look at me!" Aunt Fu shook her bamboo basket, which was half full.

The standard size of their baskets is 1 meter deep, and it is considered a good harvest if you can dig out most of the basket.

Compared to other vegetables, potatoes can be used as food. No wonder Aunt Fu didn't ask her family to join her. She can handle it all by herself.

Seeing everyone's envious eyes, Aunt Fu felt even more proud.

"Hurry up, or someone will rob you!"

"With you here, what am I afraid of!" Yun Xiang is an awakened one, and no one dares to touch her. She is very smart.

"You really know how to take advantage of people!"

“That’s it!”

"I have no problem with fighting, but I'm afraid you don't have the time..."

"Hurry up, hurry up!" We can't delay the collection time.

"Where are we going?" Aunt Fu checked the time. It was just past 9 o'clock. "Garden No. 5?"

"Digging radishes?" Yun thought about it and had the impression that Garden No. 5 seemed to be planted with different varieties of radishes.

"Yes, that thing is delicious and filling!" Aunt Fu said with her eyes shining.

"How about we split up?" Yun Xiang doesn't like eating radishes, so he picks the least every year.

Aunt Fu also knew this and didn't force her, but she had a large family and she definitely couldn't go without radishes.

"Okay then!" Yun Xiang glanced at Aunt Fu's basket and said, "How about you send this basket back first?"

"This... can still be put!" Aunt Fu hesitated. Yun Xiang was not around, and she was really unsure. Not to mention her, Yun Xiang did not dare to guarantee,

"If you walk faster on the road, you won't be delayed for long. I have finally collected so much. If they rob me, I will be in big trouble.

Besides, it's not easy to dig up all the radishes in such a large field. Moreover, most people go to pick the good ones on the first day, so there won't be many people in the radish field."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." After separating from Aunt Fu, Yunxiang immediately ran to Garden No. 12.

There is a fruit and vegetable garden there, with tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, etc. In previous years, she basically planted her crops here.

Although the dishes here are made of medium-quality nutritious ingredients and don't taste good, she still can't eat them.

Yun Xiang walked quickly into Garden No. 12, where there were already quite a few people.

She first went to the tomato field. Some tomato seedlings had been uprooted, while others were still growing in the ground. The uprooted tomato seedlings were not considered; they had already been picked by the time they were shipped.

Yun Xiang chose a piece of land with few people, squatted in front of a vigorous tomato seedling, and pulled aside the dense tomato leaves. Sure enough, he saw a half-red tomato, which he picked hurriedly.

There's another one at the top of the rack! Some naughty tomatoes love to hide in the intersections of the wooden racks. She's very satisfied if she can find two or three per plant.

In addition to the tomato seedlings that grow abnormally vigorously, the short and yellow ones are also her main focus.

The short and yellow tomato seedlings did not grow well, so they produced few fruits, and some even did not produce any. The growers were not careful when picking them, which happened to be a good deal for the patient Yun Xiang.

Yun wanted to hide most of the tomatoes in the space box, and only put a layer of them in the basket. When others saw how little there was in her basket, they didn't come near her.

After picking the tomatoes, it was already noon. She didn't plan to go back, but directly picked up the basket and went to the cucumber field.

Cucumbers can be grown all year round, and there are always some during the "harvest festival," but few can get away with picking them. The cucumber fields are already crowded with people, most of them with children, picking and eating as they go.

These cucumbers were either too small with the flowers still blooming on the top, or deformed, with one section larger and another smaller, but the children enjoyed eating them happily. When they saw someone coming again, they looked wary.

Yun Xiang paused for a moment, then turned silently and headed for the bean field. There were very few people working there, so they couldn't pick enough beans.

There were only a few beans left on the rack, with only a few hanging from the stems. Some were old enough to be planted, others were so tender that they were only slightly thicker than the stems, and they were far apart from each other.

Although there are many varieties in Garden No. 12 every year, there are the fewest bargains to be found. Generally, the main members of the family will not come here. Only elderly women will bring their young children here to pick toothpicks.

Yun Xiang is quick-eyed and quick-handed, and he visits here every year. Since no one is competing with him, he always gets a lot of rewards.

Old beans are too tough and have too many stems, so they won’t become soft even if stewed, so you can only choose tender ones.

The young beans are mostly on the top, where they are in bloom and easy to find. Even though the roots are already withered and yellow, the tops are still trying hard to bloom and bear fruit, showing extremely strong vitality.

While picking beans, Yunxiang occasionally came across other vegetable seedlings, which might have been added when they were being planted later.

Compared with the seedlings in the same batch, it is much shorter and is affected by the surrounding seedlings. It is malnourished and there is not even a frame.

Yun imagined that he had discovered a great treasure and became more and more excited as he picked more fruits.

I picked up a cucumber plant from the ground and found five cucumbers of different sizes. They were tender and had fresh thorns. I made my mouth water just by looking at them.

Yun wanted to stop picking beans for the time being and focus on picking these seedlings. She actually found a lot of good stuff.

There were more than a dozen eggplants, more than twenty lantern-shaped peppers, and even more long and thin ones. She didn't count them. To save time, she just pulled out the seedlings.

After the open day, special machines will be used to tidy up the garden. Even if you don't pull out the weeds now, they will be crushed and used as fertilizer.

She found some more tomato seedlings, and there were actually more than a dozen tomato seedlings, both red and yellow, probably mixed in with the tomato seeds.

Tomato seedlings are rather delicate and have never been introduced here.

After finishing all that, she went back to picking beans, picking mostly navy beans. Navy beans are so thin and long, almost like stems, that they're hard to distinguish, so she missed a lot.

When she returned home after the garden closed, she unexpectedly harvested six large pumpkins and a dozen small pumpkins.

As soon as Yun Xiang got home, she went into the cellar, took out all the vegetables she had picked up today, put them into wooden boxes one by one, and sorted them out, and would deal with them after she finished her practical exam.

Lying in bed at night, she still found it incredible that what she had gained today was equivalent to what she had gained on an open day. What good luck!

Alas, the small wooden talisman on his neck suddenly slipped across the collar of his pajamas. Yun wanted to pick it up and looked at it from left to right for a while. Was it because of this?

(End of this chapter)