Chapter 22 Planting Cotton Seeds and Harvesting Cotton
It took Gu Jianguo and Su Mingmei two trips to get all the things.
Potatoes and cabbages were the biggest items. Thinking that the snow would last for more than 20 days and it would be inconvenient to go out, Gu Jianguo used his relationship with the canteen to purchase a large basket of them.
In addition to the dishes, he also bought a bottle of soybean oil, some seasonings, and weighed two kilograms of peach cakes.
I was lucky today. Although I didn't buy any cotton or cotton shoes, I bought a pair of rubber shoes for each of the children, so they don't have to worry about getting their feet wet when it rains or snows.
I also weighed two kilograms of eggs, two kilograms of flour, and one kilogram of White Rabbit candy...
Gu Jianguo took out the things one by one and showed them to his wife.
"I didn't buy cotton, but the salesperson gave me a bag of old cotton seeds for free. I don't know if I can grow them. How about we try it in the yard next year?" Gu Jianguo said as he handed the bag of cotton seeds to his wife.
Cotton is in such short supply that you can’t buy it even if you have a ticket.
It would be nice to grow your own cotton.
But he didn't hold out much hope. After all, the salesperson said that the cotton seeds had been stored for several years and it was uncertain whether they would sprout. They were originally going to throw them away...
"Qibao, you miss your dad, right?" Gu Jianguo picked up Qibao from the cradle and brought him to his wife.
Su Mingmei opened the bag of old cotton seeds and found that some of them were already moldy. She shook her head and said, "I'll go to my parents' house tomorrow. These cotton seeds can only be burned as firewood."
Gu Qiqi curiously leaned over, grabbed the cotton seeds from Su Mingmei's hand, and took the opportunity to smuggle a few seeds into the secret space.
[You will know if cotton seeds can be grown by trying! ]
[If cotton is grown, the three brothers won’t have to suffer from the cold! ]
The soil in the secret space is fertile, the temperature is suitable, and there is an entire spiritual vein to nourish it. Maybe even old seeds can take root and sprout!
After hearing their daughter's voice, Su Mingmei and Gu Jianguo were both deeply moved by the little girl.
Look, how thoughtful his Qibao is!
I always think about my brothers, afraid that they would catch a cold!
Because of her kindness, the love her gave to her brothers was not in vain.
Gu Qiqi was held by Gu Jianguo, her consciousness sank into space, and she scattered a few cotton seeds on the flat land not far from the spring.
The soil here is the most fertile, all black soil, and it is closest to the spring, with abundant spiritual energy. Maybe these cotton seeds will give her a surprise...
After scattering the cotton seeds, Gu Qiqi's consciousness withdrew from the space and found that his brothers were sharing candy.
White Rabbit Milk Candy!
Maybe it’s because of the baby’s body, which secretes a lot of saliva, Gu Qiqi wants to taste everything he sees.
Moreover, the ingredients in this era are real, and the things made are more authentic, unlike the various additives in later generations. She has even heard that one White Rabbit can dissolve in a cup of milk.
"Look how greedy our Qibao is. I hope our Qibao grows up quickly, and then daddy will buy you candies!" Gu Jianguo said as he scratched Qibao's little nose lovingly.
"Qibao can start eating complementary food in the spring of next year~" Su Mingmei said with a smile.
After eating the White Rabbit milk candies, the boys started eating peach biscuits.
Gu Jinan was so happy, he had White Rabbit milk candy and peach cakes, he was so happy!
In addition to these, Gu Jianguo also weighed back two kilograms of melon seeds.
The children were bored at home, so they sat around the fire and ate melon seeds, which was very relaxing.
Su Mingmei sorted out the things her husband had bought one by one, while Gu Jianguo sat by the fire holding Qibao.
They lived in a bungalow, which was not like the tiled houses in the countryside with gaps everywhere, so they left a door open when they were warming up by the fire to avoid coal poisoning...
Sitting next to the warm stove, there are two sweet potatoes simmering in the stove. The sweet potatoes are half cooked and the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes is floating in the air.
Gu Jinze and the other two boys ate peach cakes while asking Gu Jianguo about his schedule for the day.
Because of the snow, school has officially been suspended.
Su Mingmei didn't let them go out, so it was boring to stay at home all day.
If their mother hadn't allowed them, they would all have wanted to go to the city with him.
Gu Qiqi pricked up his ears to listen to his father's description of the situation in the city...
She was full of longing for the outside world and wanted to see it for herself.
But thinking about the current situation, Gu Qiqi felt melancholy again...
With her baby body, she didn’t know when she would be able to leave the family compound…
Gu Jianguo played with the children for a while, then changed his clothes and shoes and went out.
He needs to talk to his leader about the snowstorm.
Su Mingmei still took Gu Jinze to the cafeteria to get dinner.
For dinner, we had roast chicken with taro and stewed Chinese cabbage with vermicelli.
Smelling the delicious meaty smell in the air, Gu Qiqi swallowed a mouthful of milk.
When she grows teeth, she will find new ways to eat meat...
There was heavy snow for two consecutive days, with the snow reaching knee-deep.
After Gu Jianguo talked with his leader, he immediately organized people to shovel snow.
If it snows for another night, they will have to wade through snow tomorrow when they go out...
The sky gradually darkened, but because of the light from the snow, I could still see clearly.
Gu Jianguo and his team mainly shoveled out the main road from the family compound to the canteen at night...
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when Gu Jianguo came back.
Gu Jinze and his boys had already gone to bed. Su Mingmei sat on the bed sewing and mending, waiting for her husband to come back.
Gu Qiqi was lying in the cradle pretending to be asleep, but in fact her consciousness was sinking into space. She was shocked to see that the cotton seeds she had sown in the afternoon had taken root and sprouted, growing into a small tree covered with balls of cotton wool.
???
She wasn't hallucinating, was she?
Everything in the secret space was still normal, but who could tell her why the cotton seeds grew so fast after being sown?
Is it because cotton seeds are foreign?
In order to verify this hypothesis, Gu Qiqi first used her mind to gather the cotton wool into a pile, and then peeled out the cotton seeds inside.
Just after peeling the cotton seeds, I saw the cotton branches quickly wither and turn into a pool of fertilizer and blend into the soil.
Gu Qiqi scattered the peeled cotton seeds again.
I had sown a few cotton seeds before, and this time I sowed a large area.
Gu Qiqi didn't leave either, his consciousness was always fixed on that piece of land.
After about ten minutes, tender sprouts broke through the soil.
Twenty minutes later, the sprouts grew into seedlings...
Thirty minutes later, the seedling had grown half a meter taller...
…
A night passed.
After harvesting the third crop of cotton, Gu Qiqi could no longer bear it. She threw the dehydrated cotton out of the space and fell into a deep sleep...
Gu Jianguo woke up automatically when his biological clock arrived.
The first thing he saw when he turned on the light bulb was the vast expanse of white in the room.
Gu Jianguo thought it was the aftereffect of shoveling snow last night and couldn't help rubbing his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, the cotton piled up like a hill was as white as snow. It was not his illusion but really existed.
Gu Jianguo suppressed the shock in his heart and subconsciously looked towards Qibao in the cradle.
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