Chapter 305 Harvest
Next, the thing Yun wanted to do most was to wait, waiting to see how many fruits would be produced after the flowers fell, and when they would mature.
The vegetables grew incredibly quickly. The day after Xie Yu and the others left, the cucumbers and beans were already palm-sized. The tomatoes took a bit longer to grow, with buds only now appearing in large numbers, occasionally with a small yellow flower.
The eggplants have just started to bloom, and the peppers will bloom even later.
Two days later, the first batch of beans had grown. The yield was astonishing, and she couldn't believe it. She picked a whole row of beans and filled a small pot.
This is just the beginning, and it is far from the time when large quantities of fruits will be produced. As you can imagine, there will definitely be a big harvest later.
The fruiting period of beans is much longer than that of cucumbers, and even in autumn, the top of the trellis is still bearing fruit. There are many vines, so if one end withers, it will not affect the others at all.
The freshly picked beans were green and tender, very tempting. Even someone like Yun Xiang who didn't pay much attention to food couldn't help but think of many dishes like Qi Lian.
But she couldn't make anything complicated, so she chose the simplest stir-fried beans. Then she added a soup. The dish looked a bit simple, but it tasted fresh.
He cut a piece of lean meat from the back of the mutant pig and was about to put it away when he thought Xie Yu would come over to eat, so he cut another piece. Then he cut it into dices and marinated it with seasoning.
The beans were deveined and cut into dices. Just as they were about to be fried, Xie Yu sent a message saying that Chu Xu and the others were coming over.
Now, just stir-frying beans is definitely not enough. I have to stir-fry two more dishes and make a stew with them. It's not just stewed potatoes, beans, tofu, and vermicelli can also be added.
Yun thought her cooking tasted average, so she prepared the ingredients and waited for Xie Yu to come back to cook. While she was there, she dragged the hose over to water the vegetables.
The planting fields in the yard are sandy and absorb a lot of water, so they need to be watered every few days.
She built ridges around her watermelon patch to prevent water from flowing through. Once the melons are bearing fruit, they can't be watered too often, or they won't be sweet.
After she finished watering the fields, Xie Yu and the others came over. Every time Chu Xu came, he would always run into the planting fields first, and this time was no exception.
“Water it!”
"Pah, pah..."
What the hell! Chu Xu lifted his feet. The soles of his shoes were covered in mud, as were the uppers, and even his trouser legs were splattered with mud.
Yun Xiang looked at it and said, "Fortunately, the sandy soil seeps water quickly. If it were red mud, you would be able to swim."
“…You can’t water the red clay so much.”
Yun thought about it and said, "That's right."
Chu Xu looked back at the clean path. He couldn't bear to step on the mud that would rub the soles of his shoes, so he simply lifted one foot and swung it towards the plantation field. With a click and a gurgle, not much mud was swung off, and his shoes flew into the field.
…It’s hard to describe the three of them in a few words.
Jin Jiaren said directly, "Let's cook and eat, and let him go play by himself."
...Does he look like he's playing? He... Chu Xu looked down at the shoe on his other foot, "I'm not wearing combat boots."
"Fool!" Jin Jiaren couldn't help but act silly. He pulled the water pipe from the edge of the field and stuffed it into Chu Xu's hand. "Clean it up."
"Okay, brother!" Chu Xu raised his hand to pat Jin Jiaren's shoulder, but he dodged it with a flick of his arm. "Hey, there's no mud on your hands!"
"I don't believe you!"
After finishing their meal, several people hurried away, each busy with their own things.
Two days passed quickly, and the fields were completely clear for walking, and the cucumbers were ready to eat. She liked eating cucumbers raw, in their original flavor, and they were fine for salad dressing, but she wasn't a big fan of scrambling them with eggs or making soup.
After picking more than twenty cucumbers, Yunxiang only kept two for himself. Cucumbers are crisp and refreshing when picked and eaten right away. If they are left for a long time, they will become wilt and lose their taste.
Once cucumbers start to ripen, you can eat them almost every day and there is no need to store them.
So she packed up the rest and had the mailing robot deliver it to the Executive Office, and Xie Yu and the others divided it among themselves.
There is not much to eat, so just try something new.
A few days later, the beans were harvested again, and a good number of cucumbers were also picked. Yunxiang dried some of them and pickled the tender ones.
After she pinched the tomatoes' heads three times, they had already produced green fruits the size of a fist, some of which were still growing longer.
The eggplants have also ripened. Yun wants to pick the ones with small roots and let the ones above continue to grow.
The peppers bloom small white flowers, and I believe they will produce small peppers soon.
The fruits on the tree were as big as ocean balls. Yun Xiang couldn't help but reach out and pinch them. They were about the same size as wood, and some were even longer.
Vegetables began to ripen on a large scale, and those who knew each other gave some to them. Everyone thought they were from a planting base.
To be honest, the grafting method provided by Yunxiang is simple and crude, easy to learn, and the growers mastered it quickly.
In just three months, through observation, practice, research and compilation, a very scientific grafting method was developed.
Including temperature, humidity, daily sunlight duration, ventilation duration, seedling height, how many leaves are easiest to graft, incision angle, length in centimeters, etc.
Not to mention assistants, even ordinary people and awakened people can graft, and grafting is simple and very easy to use.
Xie Yu was very surprised to receive the news, but he did not rush to promote it. Instead, he asked the growers to continue research on this basis.
Yunxiang couldn't help but smile at the heavy load of fruit on the tree. The saplings had been grafted and were noticeably shorter, so most of the fruit could be picked from the ground. Only a small portion required standing on a stool, without having to climb the tree at all.
She stared at the big, red apples on the tree, but couldn't pick them. She was so anxious. If she had known earlier, she wouldn't have agreed to Chu Xu's request. She should have called him when the apples were ripe.
It's been so long, why is it so slow?
In fact, I just called two minutes ago.
Chu Xu received the message and immediately drove the hovercraft to pick up Xie Yu and Jin Jiamin. He was very discreet, but was still discovered by You Hao. You Hao contacted others, and the team grew larger and larger, giving off a sense of grandeur.
Chu Xu was so angry!
As soon as he entered the yard, he looked at the bent branches and asked, "Why are they so short?" He was still thinking about climbing the tree to pick them, but that was not satisfying.
"Grafting has optimized the variety." While Yun was trying to explain, one hand had already reached under the apple, and the other hand was gripping the branch tightly and pulling hard. Hey, it was a little difficult to pick.
He tried harder, and with a snap, he picked one up, and it fell to the ground. Yun Xiang hurriedly picked it up and checked it. Fortunately, it was not broken.
Normally, ripe fruit would be easy to pick, and some would just fall off on their own. Unexpectedly, she had to pull hard, so she simply found a pair of scissors in space and cut them off.
Seeing that she had already started, Xie Yu and the others hurried to find a spot to pick the fruit. By the time Chu Xu stopped worrying about it, there weren't many left. With only four trees, and it being the first year of fruiting, there naturally wouldn't be many.
“You…you…” Chu Xu was so angry that he was speechless. He turned around and looked at the other trees, “Why is this not ripe yet?”
The apricot trees should be ripe first, and the peach trees will be later, but they are still green now.
Yun Xiang was also puzzled, but she couldn't find the reason, so she shook her head and said, "I don't know." Even the tree that was half apple and half pear was not ripe.
Yunxiang washed some apples and pears for everyone to eat. They didn't want to eat the whole thing, so they shared one among four people. Yunxiang saw this and, when they were about to leave, asked them to take two each.
The fruit trees in the planting base will be ripe soon, and those of them who hold official positions will naturally be able to get a share, so there is no shortage of them.
(End of this chapter)
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