Chapter 201 Spring is so nice
The walls and floors were plastered with cement, and although the walls were covered with a layer of wooden boards, water still accumulated under the boards.
The floors and walls were very damp, and the wooden boards on the walls began to smell slightly musty overnight.
Mu Xi quickly lit up the unused fireplace to dry out some of the moisture in the room.
The long-lost sticky feeling appeared, and Zhao Yeqing wished he could take a shower eight times a day to relieve the sticky feeling on his body.
This weather makes the crops grow very quickly. Fruits and vegetables have sprouted and are growing a small section every day.
Zhao Yeqing removed the plastic film, and after a few days, when the seedlings grew into small ones, he pulled out the weak ones and left the strong ones.
Now that the seedling growth period has passed, there is no need to drain water from the rice fields every morning and evening.
When I released water for the last time, some fish fry accidentally swam from the water outlet into the rice fields. The fish fry grew very fast and within a few days, small fish as thick as little fingers were seen swimming among the rice seedlings in the rice fields.
It has been more than a week since the rice seedlings were transplanted. The seedlings have stabilized and entered the tillering stage.
Mu Xi brought some manure and carried out the first topdressing.
It is not difficult to apply fertilizer to rice fields. You just need to stand at the edge of the field and spread the powdery manure like soil into the field.
Zhao Yeqing was afraid that his hands would shake and he would sprinkle manure on her head, so she hid far away in advance.
Squatting next to the rapeseed field, pulling weeds from the ground.
There is a large patch of Oxalis here, which is the kind of clover that can be seen everywhere.
Maybe it’s because the fertilizer was spread here, so the Oxalis grows so fat and strong.
She pulled the wood sorrel out of the ground by its roots and brought out its underground rhizomes and fruits.
A tiny crystal carrot.
The largest of these radishes is only the size of a thumb, and they are edible. When I was a child, I would dig them up and eat them when I had nothing to do.
But not all wood sorrels have radishes.
It took her a while to pull out five or six, then she took them home, cleaned them, and put one in her mouth.
It has a crisp texture and sour taste with a hint of sweetness. This sour taste is not like the sour taste of fruit, but the sour taste of wild grass.
It’s not very delicious, but it tastes special.
Mu Xi hadn't finished spreading the fertilizer yet, so Zhao Yeqing didn't go over to give it to him to taste. He put it on the plate and waited until he finished spreading the fertilizer.
After he finished spreading the fertilizer, the two of them had to go into the mountains together.
The wild vegetables in the mountains are fresh and tender in this season. Zhao Yeqing is craving for some Houttuynia cordata, so the two of them look for it along the water source. Only the Houttuynia cordata in this season is the most delicious.
Zhao Yeqing loves to eat leaves, so he picked two big handfuls.
There are also quite a few rhizomes, and the roots on them should be kept intact as much as possible so that they can be taken back and planted beside the fish pond.
The two of them went to look for other food separately. In Zhao Yeqing's basket, apart from the Houttuynia cordata, there were some wild vegetables in early spring and red prickly ash.
When the basket could no longer hold anything, he shouted, "Mu Xi! Are you okay?"
"alright!"
When she heard the response, she stood there waiting, and after a few minutes Mu Xi came over.
Zhao Yeqing leaned over to look at the things in his backpack.
There were all kinds of gods, demons, and all kinds of things. In addition to the green-leafed wild vegetables, there were also red goat milk fruits, all kinds of mushrooms, herbs like selfheal and motherwort... There were even two rhizomes of unknown plants covered in soil?
"What is this? Medicinal herbs?"
The two stems are obviously not from the same plant. One has only the rhizome, while the other still has some stems and leaves.
Zhao Yeqing pulled away the wild vegetables covering it and saw clearly the plant with stems and leaves. It was a rhododendron.
Mu Xi said: "This one hasn't bloomed yet, but there are two small flower buds on it. It's a good opportunity to dig it up and plant it. If it survives, it will probably bloom next week."
Hearing this, Zhao Yeqing felt sweet in her heart. Mu Xi never liked flowers and plants since she was a child, only she liked them.
But whenever they went into the mountains and there were wild flowers, Mu Xi would almost always bring her a bouquet of flowers.
Now Zhao Yeqing forgot to ask what plant the other rhizome came from and walked home briskly.
After arriving home, we dug up the soil in the corner of the yard where the tool shed used to be. This would become a small garden for our family.
Watching Mu Xi plant the azalea, Zhao Yeqing finally remembered to ask about the other rhizome.
Mu Xi took it out and handed it to her, "Guess."
Zhao Yeqing had never seen it before, and it didn’t look like the herbs his grandmother had when he was a child.
Seeing that she didn't guess it, Mu Xi didn't keep her in suspense and said bluntly, "It's wild grape vines."
She can eat wild grapes, but it would be strange if she could recognize this stem.
“Where is it planted?”
Mu Xi pointed to the fish pond and said, "Just plant it on top of the fish pond. The feces of the fish in the pond will be its nutrients."
"This is really convenient. There is no need to water or fertilize."
Mu Xi smiled and nodded, "If it grows well and bears fruit, the rotten fruits will fall directly into the fish pond and feed the fish."
You just need to build a frame above the fish pond.
This is easy. We still have a lot of bamboo left at home from the last time we cut it down. We can just nail one down.
Mu Xi was chopping bamboo in the backyard while Zhao Yeqing moved the firewood for today's cooking into the kitchen.
"We're running out of firewood at home," she said through the kitchen window, "Let's chop down a few trees and dry them in the sun."
Mu Xi responded, "I'll go directly there tomorrow, you just stay at home."
After the bamboo frame was built, Mu Xi planted grapes beside the fish pond, and Zhao Yeqing planted Houttuynia cordata beside the grapes.
Suddenly, I heard a buzzing sound in my ears.
Her body froze, not daring to turn her head, "Mu Xi!"
Mu Xi turned around and saw a bee hanging on Zhao Yeqing's head.
He waved the shovel a few times, and the bees were scared away.
"I'm leaving."
Zhao Yeqing then turned his neck, relaxed his body, exhaled, and exclaimed, "This bee is amazing. It is still alive after such a cold winter."
These words made Mu Xi stunned, and Zhao Yeqing also reacted, and the two looked at each other.
This winter with temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero has passed, and the bees are still alive. What does it mean?
This shows that the beehive is extremely large, the bee colony is very strong, and there is a lot of honey stored, which can support the survival of the bees.
Only with more honey can there be enough food, and only when the bee colony grows large can they huddle together to keep each other warm and survive the cold.
When we were still in Meishan, we said we wanted to find bees. Later, because there was no nectar source and the water supply was cut off, we had to move away, so the plan was shelved.
Zhao Yeqing realized it later and said, "Strictly speaking, do we have a source of nectar now?"
Mu Xi nodded, "It seems so."
There is a large rapeseed field at home.
When the crops in the home garden bloom, it will serve as an auxiliary source of nectar. The bees can also help with pollination, saving you from having to do it yourself.
The more Zhao Yeqing thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. "Yes, even if the rapeseed flowers are over, we still have alfalfa, which is a forage grass that we have been planting continuously. We don't have to worry about not having a source of nectar."
Spring is so nice.
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