homesick
The spring breeze brings rain, the ice and snow melt away, and before we know it, it is already the flower festival season.
Now, driven by the spring breeze, the vitality hidden under the snow in Songbai Village is suddenly flourishing.
The grass and trees were lush and the flowers were in full bloom. Wherever Song Tiaotiao looked, there was bright spring light and abundant spring colors.
Her long-suppressed dream of a good harvest also slowly revived with the arrival of spring.
Now, Song Tiaotiao's small vegetable garden has successfully planted the first wave of vegetable seeds.
Starting from the second day of the second month, Song Tiaotiao led his family to cultivate the vegetable garden and sow seeds.
The location of the vegetable garden was chosen where Gu Chengjue collected wood in winter, slightly behind the mountain.
Today, the glaciers have melted, and the winding Songbai River winds around the mountains, continuously nourishing all things.
Tracing back to its source, it is just a few gurgling springs in the back mountain.
Located close to the water, the place has become an ideal water source for Song Tiaotiao's family because of its clear and sweet water, which carries rich nutrients unique to mountain springs.
Then at the foot of the mountain, except for the clear and rushing Songbai River, it is almost flat ground.
On the flat ground, many weeds as thin as cow hair are swaying in the wind, dancing in the green ocean and rippling with layers of waves.
Song Tiaotiao looked at the vast open grassland and smelled the refreshing fragrance of the grass. She felt healed and comfortable.
But after experiencing this sensory feast, Song Tiaotiao looked again at the Feng Shui treasure land she had chosen, but thought that this place would be an excellent source of wood ash.
In such a fertile place surrounded by mountains and rivers, Song Tiaotiao was busy for nearly a month and finally sowed the organic fertilizer and high-quality seeds purchased from the mall, making the small vegetable garden take shape.
The reason why the land reclamation was extremely smooth was that the family members strongly supported Song Tiaotiao's decision, cooperated with Song Tiaotiao's plan, and worked together.
The second reason is that Gu Chengjue's brothers always come to help in their spare time, working tirelessly and with great efficiency.
To express her gratitude, Song Tiaotiao took charge of their three meals a day, making sure each meal was a combination of meat and vegetables, with no repetitions.
On the day of sowing, Song Tiaotiao wanted to take advantage of the situation and give some rare local fruit and vegetable seeds to these brothers, but they repeatedly refused and hinted to him many times that it would be better to cut losses in time.
After a few rounds, Song Tiaotiao was confused, so she decided to investigate the market conditions of the planting market, and finally figured out the trick.
It turns out that in recent years, due to the influence of the Northern Dynasties, although the northern border has introduced seeds of various vegetables and fruits that have never been seen in the Southern Dynasties, it has not mastered the corresponding farming techniques.
In a semi-exploratory state, the fruits grown by the people in the northern border seemed to be like the saying that oranges grown in the north and south of the Huai River are dry and astringent, completely lacking the freshness and juiciness of the ones grown in the Northern Dynasties.
Over time, when the respected old farmers in Northern Xinjiang were helpless, everyone had to give up their unwillingness and stopped thinking about buying seeds. Instead, they purchased ripe fruits and vegetables at high prices from Suzhou, the closest city to Northern Xinjiang.
Taking into account his brothers' concerns, Song Tiaotiao cleverly changed his words.
She only knew that the seed merchant had come to the restaurant many times to eat and was a loyal customer. Since she had made purchases many times, she got the seed merchant's internal price.
Seeing that the brothers had finally softened their stance, Song Tiaotiao carefully instructed them on the corresponding farming methods.
Although the brothers knew that Song Tiaotiao had no experience in planting, they were willing to believe in Song Tiaotiao's good intentions.
They kept Song Tiaotiao's words in mind, believing that Miss Song was extremely talented and would surely lead them to a great harvest in the autumn.
With repeated thanks, Song Tiaotiao was finally able to send the seeds as she wished.
Thinking of the golden scene of abundant harvest and abundant fruits in autumn, Song Tiaotiao couldn't help but recall the precious space that she had been thinking about recently.
Since the night of the Lantern Festival, the system's rescue progress has made rapid progress overnight, suddenly soaring to 35%.
That night, Song Tiaotiao was confusedly introduced into the points system amid the system's pleased praise.
The moment she discovered that her points had suddenly reached 450,000, Song Tiaotiao, who had been unable to sleep at night, tossed and turned in a mixture of feelings of loss and excitement.
After she calmed down from the excitement of her points soaring, she discovered that the virtual mall had undergone a large-scale update.
The original cool metallic homepage has been replaced with an eye-catching light green theme, seemingly to suit the season.
In the upper left corner of the mall, where the name column was originally located, there is an icon with the three characters "Gu Chengjue" on it indicating the target of the strategy.
"Gu Chengjue" was on the same level as "Song Tiaotiao", and pink love bubbles appeared in front of her name from time to time.
Song Tiaotiao looked at the love bubble, feeling a little amused at first, and then she stared at it in a daze for a long time.
In a moment, Song Tiaotiao discovered that as long as she kept looking at the three words "Gu Chengjue", a small statue that looked like Gu Chengjue would appear behind the name from time to time.
The little man's demeanor was extremely inconsistent with Gu Chengjue's charm.
When he saw her smile, he would blush and hide behind her name, revealing only a pair of eyes that were looking around. From time to time, he pretended to be casual and secretly glanced at her.
Song Tiaotiao chuckled softly, turned her head quietly, and looked at Gu Chengjue who was sleeping with his eyes closed beside her.
She combined the lively and cute appearance of the little statue and pictured Gu Chengjue making the same expression in her mind. Song Tiaotiao lowered her eyes, smiled lightly, and looked away.
As soon as she officially entered the mall, Song Tiaotiao saw the three golden words "Golden Finger" occupying half of the map.
When you click into it, you will find that each of the golden fingers on the list lives up to its name, and they all catch your eye with extremely high points and extremely attractive functions.
Among them, the golden finger with the lowest points is the storage cloud space, but it also requires a full 500,000 points to redeem it.
In addition to storage, the basic functions of the space can also set the weather, temperature, time, and most importantly, the things stored in it can be taken away at any time.
In addition, the space also has an additional upgrade mode. After the space is upgraded for the first time, the space can be divided into multiple small spaces that do not interfere with each other for local area planning. The second upgrade can expand the space capacity.
Although the functions of the third upgrade still need to be developed, Song Tiaotiao fell in love with it at first sight in the dazzling list of golden fingers.
The space can not only meet her food storage needs in the future when there is a good harvest, but also provide her with a secret space for self-defense when she uses modern means in the future.
After choosing the direction, Song Tiaotiao lost the ability to fight for it.
In the month since she parted with Gu Chengjue, except for two exchanges of letters, which added nearly 5,000 points to Song Tiaotiao, she had no contact with Gu Chengjue during the rest of the time, so she didn't gain any points at all, which made Song Tiaotiao look forward to it.
But till now, the long wait has made Song Tiaotiao, who was itching to get what she wanted, calm down to where she is now.
As the sun sets, the sky is filled with rays of light.
Song Tiaotiao rested in the small shed she built, half lying on a rattan chair, gazing at the small vegetable garden in front of her in the afterglow of the setting sun.
She was contentedly drinking homemade herbal tea while calmly planning water conservancy for the farmland according to local conditions.
The spring breeze blew across her face, ruffling a few strands of black hair from her temples.
Song Tiaotiao suppressed her smile and placed the drawing in her hand on the small table beside her.
After completely untying the slightly loose red hair rope, she raised her hands and wanted to tie up her long black hair again.
The spring breeze blew again, and the silky black hair that had just been tied in my hands slipped through my fingers like quicksand.
Song Tiaotiao chuckled helplessly, thinking that fortune and misfortune really go hand in hand.
Compared to early winter, Song Tiaotiao's hair was slightly dry and frizzy, but now it has been nourished and shiny thanks to scientifically formulated daily dietary supplements.
Song Tiaotiao tried several times, but was always blown away by the wind. In desperation, she had to tie her hair up hastily. After confirming that the red hair rope would not fall off with the wind, she continued to study her antique sprinkler technology with the system.
When dusk was replaced by stars and moon, Song Tiaotiao finally discussed the implementation plan with the system.
Song Tiaotiao looked towards the vegetable garden with her almond-shaped eyes full of hope.
Although there is still no seedling growing on this piece of land, it does not prevent Song Tiaotiao from imagining in her mind how prosperous her little world will be after water conservancy is implemented in the future.
Just then, a cool night breeze came, carrying bursts of floral fragrance.
Song Tiaotiao sniffed the refreshing night breeze, which was different from the usual ones, and her expression was relaxed.
After a moment, a small and exquisite jade-white apricot blossom was blown by the wind and lightly brushed against Song Tiaotiao's temples.
But this apricot blossom did not float away. Instead, it fell on her ear and was retained.
There are clearly no apricot blossoms within a hundred meters, so how could they arrive with the wind?
Although Song Tiaotiao had doubts in her heart, when she thought of the poetic scene of apricot blossoms blowing all over her head, she couldn't help but feel happy even if there was only one flower fluttering in the air.
She gently picked up the apricot blossoms that were on her ears.
Watching the jade-white apricot blossoms gracefully falling on her fingertips, Song Tiaotiao lowered her eyes and smiled softly.
Just then, a sound of footsteps came from far away and came from behind her.
Song Tiaotiao's smiling almond-shaped eyes moved slightly.
She twisted the apricot blossoms in her hand and turned to look at the person who came.
When she looked into that person's eyes, clusters of flower breezes, like fluttering butterflies, fluttered around her.
Song Tiaotiao looked at the pair of smiling eyes and was distracted for a moment. After a moment, her eyes flickered and she called softly, "Gu Chengjue..."
Hearing this, those phoenix eyes were so gentle, like the bright moon in the sky. Clearly covered with a layer of hazy mist, but one could tell the gentleness in them at a glance.
Gu Chengjue covered the bouquet of flowers in his cloak with his palm, and said with a faint look in his eyes: "Tiaotiao..."
Hearing this, Song Tiaotiao nodded slightly, raised her eyes and smiled, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back in the letter? I could have prepared some of your favorite food for you."
Gu Chengjue heard Song Tiaotiao's slightly irritated tone, and his eyes flickered. He smiled and shook his head, "Thank you for your concern, Tiaotiao... I wanted to write home again, but this time I returned because of a sudden military deployment. We received the military order and had to pack up and set off that night, so I didn't have time to write to you."
Being able to accept military orders and dispatch is mostly an important task in the army, and the people used must also be capable and talented with outstanding strength in the army.
When Song Tiaotiao thought of this, she looked up and found that Gu Chengjue had arrived again under the stars, and his luggage was ready to face the moonlight, shining with a dazzling brilliance.
She was happy for Gu Chengjue in her heart, her almond-shaped eyes curved. After a moment, she thought of the hardships Gu Chengjue had experienced and said slowly, "So, you had a hard time in the army...?"
Gu Chengjue shook his head, lowered his eyes and chuckled, "I haven't noticed the hardship, but compared to when I was in the army, I miss home even more..." At this point, he looked back at the vegetable garden, his eyes deep, "If I work harder, I can earn a horse and go home more often."
Having said that, he noticed that the night wind had calmed down, so he quietly handed the bouquet of flowers hidden in his cloak to Song Tiaotiao.
Looking at the bouquet held in Gu Chengjue's hands, Song Tiaotiao's eyes sparkled with joy, like the shining stars.
Seeing this, Gu Chengjue's eyes were full of tenderness, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "All the flowers I can see on the way home are all here. I wonder if you like it, Tiaotiao?"
Song Tiaotiao nodded slightly, her eyes bright with smile: "Of course, I like these fresh and lively things the most. Thank you, Gu Chengjue."
Seeing Song Tiaotiao's happy expression, Gu Chengjue's eyes were light: "As long as you like it... It's late at night and the dew is heavy. You are wearing thin clothes. Can you go home with me today? I will work with you tomorrow, okay?"
At that moment, Song Tiaotiao opened her lips and said in unison: "You've been sleeping in the open air all the way. Let's go home first so I can make you something delicious."
The two smiled at each other and went back side by side.
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