Chapter 225 Sweet Rod
If she finds rice snails when the rice seedlings are growing in the field, the snails must not be kept because the snails crawling in the rice field will affect the growth of the seedlings.
But she was planting rice in the fields after raising the seedlings. The seedlings had already grown to more than ten centimeters tall, and the snails in the fields would no longer affect them. Even if they climbed up, they would fall down.
The manure can also serve as fertilizer for rice fields, killing two birds with one stone.
After junior high school, she rarely saw snails in the fields at the foot of the mountain. The rice fields were full of pesticides and fertilizers. Only in the ditches upstream of the rice fields could she still see some snails.
But those are not edible, the living environment is poor, and the water quality is unstable.
Now all the water in the rice fields has been drained, leaving only a little moisture at the bottom of the fields.
This is the time when you can clearly see whether there are snails in the rice fields.
She bent down and got as close to the field as possible, which allowed her to see better in the dim light.
She vaguely saw some black objects in the rice field. She seemed to have seen them vaguely when she was draining the field last night, but at that time she thought they were just a few lumps of mud.
When he reached the rapeseed field, Zhao Yeqing smelled a hint of floral fragrance. He looked up and found that some rapeseed had already bloomed.
But it seems that only a few plants bloomed early.
When she came to water the rice fields the next morning, she clearly saw the condition of the rapeseed fields.
A dozen early-blooming rapeseed flowers have already emitted a fragrant scent, attracting bees that have gotten up early to work and come to collect nectar.
It should take another ten days or so for the flowering period. Zhao Yeqing took out a small notebook and recorded the growth cycle of the rapeseed on it again.
It is speculated that it may be because the weather is a bit hot now, which has forced the rape flowers to bloom early. The temperature now is not the same as before, so this cycle has to be recalculated.
It is estimated that the harvest time of soybeans and peanuts will also have to be advanced.
It seems that the rape flowers will bloom one after another in the next few days.
Zhao Yeqing remembered that before the ground cracked, he had seen on the Internet that a teacher at the Agricultural University had grown 63 colors of rapeseed flowers. The entire rapeseed field looked like a scene from a painting, so beautiful that it seemed unreal.
But now there are only golden rapeseed flowers in this rapeseed field. But as long as all of them bloom, the golden flowers piled together will look very beautiful.
Zhao Yeqing picked a handful of rapeseed buds before the flowers bloomed and took them home to cook noodles.
The flowers are pretty, but that doesn’t stop her from eating.
At this time, the rapeseed flowers have their bottom stems and outer skin removed and are delicious when cooked directly in water.
The sweet vegetable stems are crispy and tender after being peeled.
After Zhao Yeqing had breakfast, the temperature gradually rose and was obviously hotter than yesterday.
She pulled up the sweet potato that had been hung in the well yesterday, peeled it and had it as a snack after dinner.
The chilled sweet sticks are like eating sugarcane popsicles, except you have to spit out the residue.
The sun is now too strong during the day to work in the fields. Even if you wear a hat and bend over, your back will be burned after a while.
Zhao Yeqing finished eating the popsicle while hiding in the house. He felt that the sweetness of the popsicle was now suitable for eating alone, so he broke off another one, cut it into pieces, and hung it in the well to chill it again.
There is no problem eating it plain, but the sugar production is probably a little lacking, so we have to wait for a while.
With this sweet popsicle, we can get some relief from the hot and humid weather.
Zhao Yeqing was so addicted that he had to eat a whole stalk of chilled sweet potato every day to feel comfortable.
Just when she was about to take out the fifth sweet potato to eat, Mu Xi suddenly pushed open the door to the yard.
Zhao Yeqing heard the front yard door creaking open in the backyard and thought it was Huhu and Xuebing who came back.
When I peeked out from behind the house, I actually saw Mu Xi walking into the yard.
Zhao Yeqing was very surprised, "Why are you back so soon?"
It's only been six days since I left, and it's still morning.
Mu Xi put his backpack on the kitchen floor, poured himself a glass of water, drank it, leaned against the window, and answered Zhao Yeqing outside with a slightly disordered breath:
"It went smoothly this time. We didn't see Houshan Lake last time because it was blocked by a protruding mountain. We just need to go around it and we will find Houshan Lake, which is only two kilometers away."
"So you're back home?"
Mu Xi shook his head, "I came back as soon as I got there, and took the horse directly to move the things."
After saying that, he looked at the rope in Zhao Yeqing's hand. The rope extended into the well, and it didn't look like he was drawing water. The bucket was still placed beside it.
"What are you doing?"
Zhao Yeqing grinned and quickened his movements on the rope, pulling the chilled sweet potato out of the well in just a few strokes.
He took it into the kitchen, peeled it with a knife, and handed it to Mu Xi, "Try it quickly, it will quench your thirst and cool you down."
Mu Xi took it and took a bite. The cold juice slid into his throat, wiping away the heat from his body. The sugar in the sweet potato also provided nutrients, soothing his tired body after the journey.
"That's great. Are the seeds ripe? Can we save them?"
Zhao Yeqing laughed out loud, she knew Mu Xi would like it.
"I don't usually see you pay so much attention to something. Don't worry, we'll keep the ones with full seeds. It's just that there are a lot of empty seeds on the sweet stalks right now. I guess by the time we can make sugar, the seeds will have grown to full size."
Mu Xi remembered something, opened his backpack, and took out a big bag of loquats.
"Last time I went there, there weren't many fruits. This time when I came back, I saw that there were quite a lot of ripe fruits, so I just picked them all."
The loquats are big and plump, ripe at the right time, and not too soft to store. They should last for a few days.
Zhao Yeqing looked at the loquats that looked like they were just picked, and then he remembered that he had returned home in the morning, so he asked, "Did you not sleep last night? Did you travel the mountain road all night?"
Mu Xi quickly explained, "I was asleep, but I woke up in the middle of the night. I thought I had nothing else to do so I just hurried on. I met Huhu and Xuebing on the way, and they accompanied me until we reached the pine forest."
Since the heavy snow, there have been no ferocious animals around them, so Mu Xi dared to be bolder and walk at night.
Speaking of this, Zhao Yeqing put the peeled loquat into his mouth and mumbled his guess.
"I suspect that the disappearance of foxes and snakes in the meadows has led to the proliferation of voles."
Mu Xi suddenly realized the reason after hearing this, and thought about the situation he encountered on the way back this time, and said:
"Speaking of the voles, I think there will be improvements in the near future, but we will also have more troubles."
Zhao Yeqing was stunned. "What do you mean?"
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