Over fifty years old, without children, she cared for her aging parents. After seeing them to their end, and with a bit of savings in hand, a mysterious space suddenly appeared.
What was ther...
At first glance, there were only a few bamboo stalks left, so I picked up a shovel, went to the gate, and started building a trellis to plant pumpkins at the gate.
Although this place is not large, the yield of pumpkins is not low, and pumpkins can be eaten in many ways.
The main reason for planting pumpkins is that you can use them to steam buns, and the steamed buns will turn yellow.
It has the same color as steamed buns made with cornmeal mixed in.
Moreover, the pumpkin steamed buns are so soft that you can't tell the difference unless you look closely.
Why do I say that? Well, I have to start from the beginning. My cousin opened a noodle shop in the supermarket, and the multigrain steamed buns he made, especially the cornmeal ones, contained pumpkin. So, if I didn't tell you, you really wouldn't know.
Especially now that cornmeal is ground as finely as wheat flour, how can you develop it? You can only taste the difference when you eat it!
While setting up the scaffold, I realized we didn't have enough bamboo!
When I grow vegetables in the space, I'll need the same things, like grafting cucumbers and green beans. Looks like I'll have to go out and buy a few bundles tomorrow.
I was busy in the space all day, and went to sleep not long after dinner.
Maybe it's because I went to bed early yesterday, but I woke up just as dawn was breaking and couldn't fall back asleep.
With nothing much going on at home, he slipped into the space and began tidying up the land.
First, we'll cultivate that small patch of land in the corner on the east side. We've already decided to plant fruit trees on this plot, like watermelons, cantaloupes, honeydew melons, and the like.
Near the woodshed wall is a row of trapezoidal trellises planted with strawberries. Next to the strawberries are a large and two small blueberry bushes. The large one used to be planted in the outer yard, and the small one was bought online a few days ago.
You might say this doesn't exist, but if you want to eat it, you might say it does! It produces a lot of fruit, but anyway, it's home-grown. I can't say it's completely pesticide-free, but it's definitely not above the limit.
This plot of land is 20 meters long and 3 meters wide. It can be divided into three parts: one part for watermelons, one part for cantaloupes, and the remaining part can be divided into two parts: half for tomatoes and half for honeydew melons.
It can be said that this small piece of land has now been completely cleared out, and unless there are special circumstances, it will become an orchard.
The plot of land on the west side, near the roadside, is for growing vegetables. It doesn't need to be too big; a width of 3 meters is enough.
In any case, it seems that the most lacking thing right now is vegetables! It's not even a small plot of land, so planting vegetables wouldn't be too much. Besides, this is just the current plan. We'll have to rethink what vegetables to plant later, won't we?
The remaining 14-meter-wide plot of land is used to grow crops, and even so, there is still more than 0.4 mu (approximately 0.067 hectares) of land for growing grain! This is not low considering the current yield of seeds and grain.
That's true. Putting aside everything else, just take wheat. If managed well now, one mu (unit of land area) can yield 800-1000 jin (unit of weight). If this plot of land is calculated as four fen (unit of land area), it can yield at least 320-400 jin (unit of weight) of wheat.
Moreover, if this were converted into flour, it wouldn't be a small amount; it would be approximately 240-300 jin (120-150 catties).
Nowadays, people don't lack oil and fat in their stomachs, so this amount of food, while perhaps not enough for one person to eat for a year, is certainly enough for more than half a year.
In front of the main house, a grape trellis was built on the west side. Under the trellis, near the window, was a stone mill. Outside were other large farm implements, such as wheelbarrows and threshing machines.
There's an open space below the study, where we can dry crops or something similar.
I originally planned to plant something on a small plot of land, but then I thought better of it! If I planted everything, there wouldn't even be a place to stand.
Speaking of air drying, how do we know it's possible?
Because there is day and night in the space, and the temperature is the same as the outside temperature, I got up early today and came here to work, so I felt that the temperature was the same as the outside temperature. Therefore, I still need to buy some greenhouse film.
Otherwise, not to mention anything else, the place on the east side against the wall where fruit trees are planted can only be left empty in winter. Also, strawberries and blueberries need to be kept warm in winter.
We shouldn't expect them to mature too early, but we can't let them freeze to death, can we?
After finishing with the plot of land near the east wall, I took advantage of this free time to wash my hands and eat some food.
After driving to the county town, I first bought two pieces of plastic film, each 30 meters long and 10 meters wide. Then, seeing that they were selling felt, I bought two pieces of the same size.
This is my first time setting up a greenhouse, and I don't really know how, but never mind, I'll just buy the equipment first and gradually build up the greenhouses. If problems arise later, I'll solve them slowly!
Then I went to a place that sells aluminum alloy and ordered ten frames. The frames are 4 meters long and require 20 pieces, and the ones that are 3.2 meters long require 10 pieces. One end can be fixed with screws, but then I would need to buy a ladder.
Otherwise, it seems like I can't reach it, which would be a hassle.
Then I drove to a shelf store and bought a folding ladder.
After buying it, I had nothing else to do, so I drove to the place that sells second-hand bamboo and asked for four bundles of thin bamboo, each about the thickness of a finger.
Fearing that they might suddenly need bamboo again without time to buy more, they also ordered two bundles of bamboo as thick as a wrist.
After buying these, I went home. There was still a lot of work to do at home.
Actually, there was nothing wrong. I was just turning over the soil and wanted to double-check if the temperature inside the room was the same as outside.
Find the thermometer in your house; there's one inside, and another one inside.
The rest of the time is spent tilling the land. What if it's the same?
I live in the north now, where wheat can be planted in winter, so I'll plant it.
If it's different, then plant some other crops, such as off-season crops or vegetables.
It took me three days to work on this small plot of land, digging it out one hoe at a time. Because I hadn't planted anything for a long time and I'm getting old, I worked a bit slower. But I dug it very deep for planting, about thirty centimeters thick!
I originally planned to buy some small farming tools, but with so little land, I decided against it and decided not to waste the money.
It can be confirmed in three days that the temperature inside the space will change with the outside climate.
Don't you know it's raining inside too when it's raining outside?
Because the weather has been nice lately and it hasn't rained, but just in case, we still need to buy some plastic film to cover the farm tools under the grapevines.
When I placed the order, I requested two trolleys. One was wooden with bicycle wheels, and I also asked the seller to include an extra wooden wheel in case I needed it. The other was a small metal cart, which is quite lightweight and can hold a lot of things.
Today was the day I booked the greenhouse frame. The frame is quite large, and my car is too small. However, I arranged with the vendor in advance that I would go there when it was just getting light, as there would be fewer people on the road and no traffic police checking vehicles at that time.
It was fine to leave the car door open at that time, even though I got up before 5 a.m. I arrived there at exactly 5:30 a.m.
He quickly loaded the car, paid the remaining balance, and left. When he arrived in the suburbs, he saw that no vehicles were passing by and there was no one on the road. He quickly put the car into his storage space, closed the back door, and turned around to leave.
When I got back to the county town and arrived at the market, it was not yet seven o'clock.
I just wandered around, looking for something I hadn't bought yet, and then I bought some more. After walking around for a while, I didn't buy anything. I already had everything in my inventory, so I stopped looking. I saw a breakfast shop on the side of the road, went in, had breakfast, and then left.
When we arrived at the place to buy the film, we realized that the film we bought a few days ago was not enough, so we cut another piece of film that was 20 meters long and 20 meters wide, another piece that was 10 meters long and 10 meters wide, and another piece that was 20 meters long and 15 meters wide.
I bought these other items thinking that I might need them someday, and also because the original one I bought was too big, and I wouldn't cut it off for other uses unless there were special circumstances, so I bought a few more.
Seeing that there was some oil paper under his warehouse, I asked for a piece that was 20 meters long and 20 meters wide, and that filled the car.
While cutting the parchment paper, I was thinking that when I got home I should order some online, all sizes, just in case I didn't have enough. It's better to not have it than to be without it.
So after I got home, I didn't do anything else. I just bought oil paper and oil paper bags online, 500 sets of each size.
It can be said that I have spent another 30,000 yuan in the last few days, and so far I have spent about 400,000 yuan. There is still more than 100,000 yuan left in the card. In addition, the tens of thousands of yuan left by my mother will be given to my younger brother.
When I got home and had nothing to do, I went into the space and started building the greenhouse frame. I was very happy to slowly put the frame up.
Don't underestimate this 20-meter-long and 3-meter-wide greenhouse frame; it took me a whole week to use it. The main problem was the blanket; it was so difficult to cover it up! I spent a long time thinking about how to open it properly.
Finally, when there was absolutely no other way, they cut the blanket in half, making it one meter wide.
Just like the straw fans that other families in the village used to make for their roc blankets, this one is rolled up, but it's much easier than that, since blankets are much lighter.
Since the space appeared, a busy month has passed. After taking care of the space, a small greenhouse has appeared on the east wall, and winter vegetables have been planted on the land on the west side of the road.
Wheat has also been planted in the largest area on the far west side.
But what surprised me was that, unlike in the long novels where you get a space to buy and hoard things and instantly transmigrate, it didn't happen.
I'm still living a good life, and half a year has passed without any sign of it, so I've stopped taking it seriously.
Over the past six months, I've planted one-third strawberries, one-third cherry tomatoes, and one-third vegetables in my greenhouse.
Because of production issues, I have no choice but to drive my old car to the markets around the county town every day to sell these things, and the income is not bad.