Chapter 192 Planting Corn and Peanuts
All I saw was a man with broad shoulders, narrow waist and upright posture, waving a hoe and digging the ground.
It was noon in early spring and the temperature was about 11 degrees. He couldn't help sweating while doing farm work, so he took off his coat and put it aside.
The base shirt underneath is slightly tight, outlining the protruding lines on the arms due to the exertion.
Zhao Yeqing was basking in the sun, chewing a piece of beef jerky, and sighing inwardly,
What kind of rough literature is this that shines a light on reality.
Perhaps because the gaze behind him was too intense, Mu Xi stopped moving, turned back to look at the girl and smiled, "What are you looking at?"
Zhao Yeqing smiled and said, "No, I'm working."
As he spoke, he symbolically turned over the wheat, corn and peanut seeds that were drying in the sun with the wooden rake in his hand.
Mu Xi had dug the peanut field in the morning. After all, it was only half a field, and he had only dug it up; it had not been leveled or tidied up yet.
The dug soil needs to be broken up with a rake or hoe.
He put down the hoe in his hand and walked towards Zhao Yeqing.
Seeing him coming to rest, Zhao Yeqing put down the wooden rake in his hand, picked up the kettle and cup at his feet, and poured him a glass of water.
"We will plow the soil first in the next two days, plow all the land to be cultivated, and then level the land."
What he was thinking was that Zhao Yeqing should rest for two days first. When she took over the work, she would not need to dig the ground anymore. She would just need to break up the soil, which would not be so tiring for her waist.
She sniffed, stood up and gave up the chair, "Sit down and rest for a while."
After that, he walked to the edge of the field, took the coat that Mu Xi had taken off and put there, and handed it to him, "You'd better put it on. In this weather, if you sweat and get blown by the wind, you'll easily catch a cold."
It has become a little warmer recently. I habitually turned up the fire in the fireplace before going to bed last night, which made me feel a little hot when I slept at night. I kicked off the quilt without noticing, and I had a runny nose when I woke up in the morning.
The hot water in the kettle is also boiled with dried ginger, which can prevent colds.
Mu Xi finished drinking the water, and then filled the cup again and handed it to her. "Drink more, don't make it worse. We don't have many herbs at home. Fortunately, spring has finally arrived. When the temperature is around 20 degrees, I'll go out and find some herbs to keep as a stock."
Zhao Yeqing had a runny nose for two days and also stayed in the sun for two days. Fortunately, the condition did not get worse. On the third day, he felt better and his arms and waist were not as uncomfortable. He had difficulty putting on clothes in the past few days.
The cornfield has not been dug completely yet, it could have been finished yesterday. Zhao Yeqing forced Mu Xi to rest, otherwise he would have health problems.
When the sun sets in the afternoon, the seeds that have been exposed to the sun for three days can finally be harvested for germination.
The temperature for germination needs to be slightly higher, so Zhao Yeqing moved the corn and peanut seeds indoors.
For peanut seeds to germinate, the temperature must be kept above 13 degrees. It can barely be 13 degrees during the day, but it will be less than 10 degrees at night, so they still have to be brought indoors.
It takes three days to germinate.
It's still possible to work before it gets dark. Now the cornfield and peanut field are full of clods of earth half the size of a basketball. Zhao Yeqing takes an iron rake and uses the back of the rake to break up the large clods of earth.
Use the front of the rake to flatten and tidy up the broken soil.
It was not until it was completely dark that the two packed up their farm tools and prepared to rest.
I still feel hot when I work during the day, but at this time I can clearly feel the temperature drop.
Mu Xi poured warm water into the cup for rinsing his mouth: "We should be able to finish the two plots of land tomorrow."
Zhao Yeqing was brushing his teeth. He nodded and spit out the toothpaste foam in his mouth. "Spread the base fertilizer on the land tomorrow. Spread enough."
After washing up, I took the seeds next to the kitchen stove and returned to the room and placed them next to the fireplace.
I originally wanted to just put it in the kitchen, but then I felt it was not safe enough, after all, the temperature difference between day and night is still quite large.
The next morning, Zhao Yeqing got up early and opened the door. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was instantly very glad that he had brought the seeds into the room last night.
It was drizzling at the moment, and the eaves were covered with crystal clear icicles. Although there was no wind, I could feel the chill penetrating into my bones.
Mu Xi walked in with a washbasin, pushed her inside, and immediately closed the door.
"Why did you open the door without even wearing a coat? It's a late spring cold, and you've just recovered from your cold."
Zhao Yeqing suddenly realized that the two of them had been so absorbed in their work that they had not considered the climate issue at all.
The temperature has been rising so quickly since the beginning of spring, so it's easy for a late spring cold snap to occur.
She suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly, "Did you go to check the rice seeds this morning? How was it?"
Mu Xi took the kettle off the fireplace, poured hot water into the washbasin, blew on the hot steam, wrung out the towel and handed it to her for washing her face.
"I've seen that the wet seedlings are covered with film and it's not a big deal. After all, the seedlings haven't emerged yet. The dry seedlings are not so obvious. I just covered the film. It shouldn't be a problem."
Zhao Yeqing wiped her face with a hot towel. The steam opened up her pores and the warmth spread from her face to her whole body. As soon as the towel left her face, the remaining water on her face immediately turned cold, giving her a chill.
"This late spring cold snap came relatively early." She said with some relief, "If we had waited two days, and the late spring cold snap started after we had planted the peanuts and corn, then all our efforts would have been wasted."
The late spring cold weather here usually lasts for two or three days. It may be because the current climate is worse. The late spring cold weather is accompanied by rainy days, and the temperature continues to drop. It is not until four days later that the rain slowly stops and the temperature rises.
But even when it rises again, the sun is still blocked by the clouds, and the daily sunshine duration does not exceed three hours.
By the sixth day, all the peanut and corn seeds in the house had sprouted.
Generally speaking, newly grown buds are white, but now they are faintly green. If they continue like this, they will grow leaves.
Zhao Yeqing really couldn't wait any longer. If he continued like this, the subsequent development of this batch of seeds would be affected, so he had to plant them in the fields now.
Although they couldn't sow seeds due to the late spring cold these days, the two of them still spread all the fertilizer on the land and tidied up the last piece of rapeseed field.
At noon, when there was only a little sunshine, the two of them went out with seeds, one planting peanuts and the other planting corn.
When planting peanuts, you have to dig rows of holes, with a depth of about five to eight centimeters. Each small hole must be twenty centimeters apart to ensure high yield.
If you plant them too densely, they will compete for nutrients with each other.
The peanut seeds that were sown were all good seeds that had already been selected. She then picked out the largest and fullest ones from the good seeds and planted them on the inner side. If nothing goes wrong, the peanut seeds for next year will be the fruits of these plants.
The peanut field was relatively small, so after she finished planting the peanuts, she went to help Mu Xi plant corn.
There are two kinds of corn seeds, one is yellow sweet corn, and the other is white glutinous corn.
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