Qiu Xianzhi really wanted to tell his third brother that university was actually more popular, but this was a sign of the times. The mainstream trend prevented the natives from having a long-term vision. So, let him decide for himself.
If she were Qiu's mother now, she could still make the final decision on these matters. The problem was that she was only the youngest child in the family, a child who had never left Yumin County since birth.
Even if she had gone to school for a few days and could recognize many words, who would believe the nonsense of a ten-year-old child? Oh no, strictly speaking, she was only eight years old.
Simply ignoring her third brother's entanglement, Qiu Yuling went to wash vegetables and cook.
"Lingling, go and take a rest. I'll do it." Qiu Dashu hesitated for only a moment before he saw his younger sister doing the work skillfully. On normal days, it would be fine if he couldn't see her because everyone was at work, but now that she saw him, how could he feel at ease watching his younger sister, who was only a little taller than the stove, struggling?
He took out a handful of tender beans he had picked on the road from his pocket and handed them to his sister, asking her to eat them while reading.
Well, Qiu Yuling loves children but doesn't spoil them. This family belongs to everyone, and no one job is naturally meant to be done by anyone. Since her third brother has taken over, she will let go and read books.
Qiu Yuling had her back to the tea shed, holding a book but with a blank look in her eyes. She was using her consciousness to observe the situation in her [Zhi Fu Bao Farm].
The sugarcane was growing well, so she decided to try planting it in the backyard. Their place had long hours of sunshine and a large temperature difference between day and night, so the fruits and vegetables grown there were particularly sweet. As long as there was water, there was nothing that couldn't grow.
From time to time, she would use the clay pots and wooden basins at home to cultivate some small seedlings. At first, Qiu's mother and others thought she was just a little girl, but after they finally learned how to play house, they gradually discovered that she was not just tinkering around, and actually managed to make quite a few of them survive.
Qiu Yuling's cottage is located at a corner diagonally opposite the gate. She asked her father Qiu to build some racks and ropes. Now it is covered with morning glories and roses. Thanks to Qiu Yuling's efforts, several trees that were previously in the yard have been moved to the backyard as required.
She transplanted a lot of wild flowers and weeds from outside under the eaves, all of the same color, together and framed them with a small fence. Since the weather got warmer, they have become lush and green, and they look so beautiful.
The key point is that she kept talking about how this wild grass can cure diseases and this wild flower can reduce heat, which really scared Mr. Qiu so much that he was stunned and happily followed his daughter behind her and hit her wherever she pointed.
The grapes in the yard have also started to grow. The rack that was originally built with poles has grown more and more lush recently. Father Qiu plans to build a proper rack.
All these achievements are inseparable from Qiu Yuling's space farm. Although she seems to be playing around, she runs around to Chaigang and the woods every day. On the one hand, she is looking for different species to transplant into the space, and on the other hand, she is replacing mature seeds and seedlings.
What she wants is not only for the Qiu family to be well-off, she also hopes that these simple farmers can discover a different kind of life!
Later generations praised this place as Guazhou. It is also the only place in the world with unique longitude and latitude where rose grapes can be grown. It can be seen that barrenness is not its true nature, but needs to be utilized.
"Hey~Are you distracted or sleepy?" Qiu Dashu called out several times but his sister didn't respond. He was squatting in front of her and waving his hands in front of her.
Qiu Yuling wasn't panicked when she was caught. She smiled and said, "Third brother, you said that book says sugarcane can produce brown sugar. Where is the sugarcane? How about we grow some ourselves or let mom make some for us?"
Qiu Dashu had long been accustomed to his sister's wild imagination. He had only heard of sugarcane but had never seen it, and he didn't know where to find it. However, he would keep an eye out for it, and if he found any, he would definitely bring back a few for his sister.
But then I heard Qiu Yuling say that she wanted to raise bees so that she could eat them herself.
This really made Qiu Dashu nervous. "Lingling, Third Brother is telling you, bees are no joke. They can sting you. Don't mess around like that, okay!"
She just brought it up casually. She has already decided to do large-scale breeding in the space first. She should wait for more research outside. She can take it step by step and there is no rush.
Qiu Dashu called his sister to let her know that he was going out to meet them. He guessed that his parents and elder brother had pulled out a lot of weeds, so he asked her not to run around at home alone.
Qiu Yuling responded, got up, bolted the door from the inside when her brother went out, and then went to the backyard to see her baby rabbits.
This thing is easier to raise than imagined. Rabbits love to dig holes. Her father and brother stayed up late to pick up broken red bricks and tiles from the brick factory, and built a large mansion with basements above and below the ground. The nests of rabbits successfully made Qiu's mother shut up.
The little rabbit is so cute, just eat whatever it orders. Qiu Yuling doesn't crave meat, but she has to replenish energy for the other members of the family. If she does so much work every day and doesn't eat well, her body will collapse early.
Of course she won't do it today. After all, Qiu Yuling is still a child. She can be capable, but not too capable. She will check in first and wait for the adults to come back and make her request.
It didn't take long before Mr. Qiu and his group came back carrying tall baskets of grass. They first went to the backyard to dry the grass, and then came over to wash their hands and eat. At the dinner table, the "willful" Qiu Yuling said that she wanted to eat rabbit tomorrow, and asked Mr. Qiu to slaughter the rabbit at noon, emphasizing that the rabbit skin must still be intact.
Father Qiu had memorized her process in detail. The peeled rabbit skin was first soaked in saline water at a temperature of about 20 degrees, which was slightly warm, for six or seven hours. The oil film and residual meat were scraped off, then soaked in soap beans, washed and dried, and then the dried skin was soaked in water with wood ash and "burned" to cook. After drying in the shade, the skin became soft and the fur on the skin became stronger.
Hearing Mr. Qiu reciting it exactly, Qiu Yuling shook her head and said that her father was teachable. Mother Qiu was now too lazy to pay attention to the father and daughter's antics.
Before, she couldn't help nagging a few words, and every time she nagged her daughter, she would have a "heart-to-heart talk" with her, giving many examples of terrible consequences, as if she wanted to force her daughter's stepmother to death.
The words were about to come out of her mouth, but she swallowed them back when she thought of the little girl chasing after her and saying something about staying calm over and over again.
When Qiu's mother chatted with her neighbors who were working, she realized that not every family could have a meal right after work like hers. Since she had ready-made meals, she didn't let others wash pots and stoves anymore.
Qiu Yuling said that she had finally managed to organize the family into a whole, and had subtly influenced everyone to do their own job, but not take others' work for granted. She gave herself a thumbs up!
Before going to bed, Qiu's mother boiled a pot of water for her at her request, helped her move it into her room, and told her to keep the water after washing it and not to pour it out. She could just use it when she slept, and she would use it to water the vegetables during the day tomorrow.
Qiu Yuling nodded in agreement repeatedly. In fact, she didn't really want to wash, and she knew it was very troublesome. But there was no other way. Some steps could not be skipped. Otherwise, how could she explain that she never took a bath but still smelled good.
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