She reluctantly saw Xia Weiwei off at the airport and returned home.

On this day, Xu Fuqiang accompanied Wang Yanmei to take the final tractor test and got the certificate. The second-hand tractor that the family had purchased long ago finally came in handy.

Xu Qingzhi laid out the draft drawings of the back mountain plan and discussed them with his parents one by one.

These 400 acres of mountain land are still mainly used for planting fruit trees. An area has been cleared for planting the existing tea seed trees on the mountain, and some new tea seedlings have been purchased for planting.

Xu Qingzhi thought that tea seed oil itself has high nutritional value, and it costs about 70 to 81 kilograms when sold outside. It is not as good as the one grown in his own spiritual array.

You can eat the tea oil made from the tea seeds you grow yourself without worry.

Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Xu Fuqiang thought of the tea seeds, slapped his thigh, and said angrily: "Originally, there was a tea seed field on another mountain that belonged to our family. Every year when your mother and I went to pick them, they were all picked in advance. Those unscrupulous people picked them before the seeds were fully ripe, and went secretly at three or four in the morning with light. In fact, there was not much oil produced from those tea seeds. Later, your mother and I didn't care about the tea seeds over there. Our family had to buy oil every year."

Wang Yanmei thought of another question when she heard this: "I heard that after the pumpkin farmer in Bajia Village had his pumpkins stolen once, several more were stolen. People in the village said that the pumpkins he grew were special varieties and sold at a very high price outside. He was so angry that he started to install surveillance. Should we also install surveillance at home?"

Xu Fuqiang frowned and thought deeply, muttering, "It's really strange that our vegetables have never been stolen once."

In fact, most people in the village are still very simple and live their lives down to earth.

But there are also some people who steal and cheat, but Xu Qingzhi is now in the stage of building her foundation, she can sense any movement within a five-mile radius.

Several times, someone sneaked into the vegetable garden late at night to do something. She ordered the crow with red eyes to scare people. The crow brought a group of crow minions to scare the thieves so much that they thought they saw a ghost.

It was just that her parents didn't know about these things, so there was no need for her to tell them. She responded, "Sure, let's install surveillance cameras in the back. If anything happens, there will be evidence."

We can't always let Yaya run errands for such trivial matters, so it is necessary to install a surveillance camera.

But the most important thing now is to plan the planting area.

Xu Qingzhi continued to talk about his thoughts, "Mom and Dad, I also want to grow some Chinese herbal medicine."

"But we don't have anyone here who specializes in growing Chinese herbal medicines. Some people come to collect them, just the two or three kinds of Chinese herbal medicines found on the mountain," said Wang Yanmei.

Xu Qingzhi shook his head. "This thing has a price and a market. There is no need to worry about not having a market. Mom, we usually make soup and stew medicinal food with Chinese herbs. In the future, we can grow it at home, so you don't have to go to the pharmacy to get it."

I have to say, Xu Qingzhi really understands her mother.

Just to stew a chicken soup, the medicinal ingredients cost a hundred yuan each time.

Wang Yanmei waved her hand and nodded, "Okay, you make the decision, I don't understand."

Xu Qingzhi smiled and continued to talk about his ideas: "And there is no need to open up additional land for planting. You can interplant some Chinese herbal medicines under the planned fruit trees. On the sunny side, you can plant sun-loving herbs such as Rehmannia root, Scutellaria baicalensis, Astragalus membranaceus, Chrysanthemum, Achyranthes bidentata, Isatis root, Cassia seed, Atractylodes macrocephala, Aconitum, Bupleurum, etc. On the shady side, you can plant shade-loving herbs such as Coptis chinensis, Arisaema consanguineum, Chinese yam, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, etc. In addition, the cherries planted in our family and the peach trees, persimmon trees, and apricot trees we plan to plant can be interplanted with Pinellia ternata, Gastrodia elata, Ganoderma lucidum, Panax notoginseng, Arisaema consanguineum, Konjac, Polygonatum odoratum, etc. Under the pear trees, you can plant Salvia miltiorrhiza, Lilium, Asparagus cochinchinensis, etc."

After listening to Xu Qingzhi's words, Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei's eyes widened.

"Qingzhi, you know so much. You're different after going to college. Unlike dad, who knows nothing. When he planted bayberry trees, he just bought some fruit trees and never took care of them again." Xu Fuqiang gave his daughter a thumbs up.

Xu Qingzhi raised his phone, which showed a search engine interface. "I don't understand it either. I searched it online."

There were some other information points about planting that she did not explain to her parents one by one.

For example, normally crops need to be rotated every year, and the same applies to vegetables. Continuous cropping on the same piece of land is prone to disease or reduced yield, so attention should be paid to water and fertilizer management.

But with the spiritual energy array and spiritual spring water, there is no need to worry about these problems, so there is no need for her to say anything.

"I'm thinking of planting some strawberries in the second half of the year. We can plant them in September when the weather gets cooler. Plant raspberries on this piece, blueberries on this piece, and then plant vegetables on these pieces of land. We can rotate the crops. Next year, we'll plant watermelons, grapes, and melons on these pieces of land. Mom, don't you like melons? You said the melons we bought this year didn't taste good and were bland. Let's plant some ourselves next year."

The more Xu Fuqiang listened, the more excited he became: "Melon! Qingzhi, plant some more melons. Your mom loves to eat melons, and your dad loves to eat melons."

Xu Qingzhi smiled and nodded, and responded: "Okay, Mom and Dad, plant whatever you like to eat when the time comes."

"We also grow sweet potatoes, purple sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peanuts in this plot of land. The three vegetable plots at home are too scattered, so we grow everything in the plot in front of our house for our own consumption, so we don't have to go far to pick vegetables. The other two plots of land are used to grow seedlings and keep them for seeds."

"We can raise some fish in the big pond on the back hill so we don't have to go to the market to buy fish."

In addition to planting these, there are also dedicated people to handle the digging of canals, installation of water pipes, and arrangement of surveillance wires. As long as there is money, there is nothing that cannot be solved.

A special room should also be built on the mountain to store tools and provide a place to rest when needed.

Xu Fuqiang was very satisfied after hearing this and immediately started making phone calls.

Xu Qingzhi called the person who installed the surveillance camera to come and see how to install it and arrange the lines.

The next day, the person who installed the surveillance camera came early in the morning and set the route.

Xu Qingzhi didn't understand these and just gave the money.

The news that Xu's Houshan Farm was about to start construction soon spread throughout the village.

Many people came forward with hoes to offer help. Even a grandfather in his seventies came with a hoe on his shoulder, followed by many old men.

Xu Fuqiang was stunned. He didn't expect that in addition to the laborers from the village he called over, there would be such a large group of people coming.

An old man who had watched Xu Fuqiang grow up spoke up: "Fuqiang, we have nothing to do at home anyway. We have already harvested the rice a while ago. We heard that you needed help, so we came here. We don't charge money. We will help you for free. Just give us some water to drink."

"Yeah, we have nothing to do at home anyway, and we feel uncomfortable if we don't go out for a day."

Xu Fuqiang was really embarrassed: "My dear uncles, how can I feel so embarrassed?"

"Don't give me that. I've seen you running around the village in your open-crotch pants. The mountain you own is so big, it will be quicker with more people. Otherwise, it will take forever."

This person has volunteered to help, so there is no point in sending him away. If we tell him to go back and not help, it would be a very embarrassing scene.

It's like this in every village. In the past, there was a man who planted fruit trees, and the villagers would go to help him as soon as they heard about it. They didn't need to pay, just give him some advice.

If the host is considerate, he will provide two meals.

So Xu Fuqiang asked everyone to drink some water, and then went to the back mountain to start working.

Wang Yanmei drove the tractor to plow the soil, and Xu Qingzhi took the initiative to take on the job of cooking.

There was no one at home, so she made a gesture and the little paper man began to wash, pick and cut the vegetables diligently. The big paper man flipped the pot so skillfully that Xu Qingzhi could even smell the fragrance of the vegetables.

As expected of the little ones she cut herself, they are all smart and sensible.

(End of this chapter)