Chapter 385 Old Friends
The fields at home were still full of weeds, and they couldn't plow the land or sow seeds until Mu Xi brought the things back.
Really bored with nothing to do, Zhao Yeqing took a hoe and went to the field, ready to do some work manually first. He couldn't just rely entirely on machines once he had them.
After all, people’s best tools are still their own hands. The original purpose of machines is to provide better work. Even without machines, people still have to work, otherwise it would be putting the cart before the horse.
Zhao Yeqing feels that he is a very strange person. Sometimes he is a little pessimistic and often reflects on himself and thinks about the many things he has done wrong.
Sometimes I am very optimistic. When I accomplish some small things, I feel that I am really excellent and have a sense of accomplishment.
For example, at this moment, she felt a great sense of accomplishment when she completely dug out a ginger flower that was taller than her calf.
This beautiful wild flower that grows in the tropics was rarely seen before. However, my hometown used to have a subtropical monsoon climate, so it was not seen in the wild. However, there are many of it in the botanical gardens in the province.
The wisteria at home is about to bloom, so it would be appropriate to plant it under the wisteria trellis to complement the flowers.
So Zhao Yeqing, who was digging the ground in the previous second, went to the flower stand in the backyard and started transplanting flowers in the next second. After transplanting, he continued to dig the ground.
The little pig eating grass on the grass outside was so frightened by Zhao Yeqing running around that it didn't dare to concentrate on eating. After it finally stopped running and was about to lower its head to find something to eat, the barking of several dogs came from not far away.
Zhao Yeqing looked up when she heard the voice and saw Mu Xi, looking disheveled, walking towards her with a wry smile on his face.
His clothes and hair were covered in unknown liquid. When the liquid solidified, it made his hair into a large clump, which also gave off a sour and smelly smell.
There was also a very conspicuous big bump on his forehead.
Zhao Yeqing was shocked, "Did you fall into the swill bucket?"
Mu Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said helplessly, "It's hard to explain. I'll go take a shower first. Is there any hot water?"
"There's a kettle in the hot water bottle, but it may not be enough."
"Use it first. If it's not enough, wash it with cold water. I can't stand the smell on my body for even a second."
Zhao Yeqing took the harvester and backpack from him and followed Mu Xi into the house.
Fifteen minutes later, when Mu Xi came out again, Zhao Yeqing couldn't help but sigh: "They are like two different people."
Mu Xi pointed at the backpack and asked, "Have you opened it and looked at it?"
Zhao Yeqing didn't go to get his backpack: "No, come here first, I'll put some medicine on the big bump on your head."
After applying the medicine, Zhao Yeqing went to pick up the bulging backpack. "How come after two days away, this backpack is heavier than before I left?"
As soon as I opened it, a bunch of green and yellow bananas appeared before my eyes.
Zhao Yeqing was stunned for a second, then pointed at the banana and asked, "Do we still have this thing on the mountain?"
Mu Xi also pointed to the big bump on his forehead and said, "It's all because of these bananas. When I was going down the mountain, I saw several banana trees. I didn't pick any because the fruits were still green. When I came back, I saw that they were turning yellow, so I picked them all, thinking that they would turn yellow after a while. I didn't expect that I would disturb the monkey's nest."
Zhao Yeqing had guessed something before Mu Xi said it, but he didn't dare to confirm it. "The monkeys ran away before the weather turned cold, and I really forgot about them. I didn't expect them to come back."
"That's right. I totally forgot about that. The bananas weren't picked because they hadn't turned yellow yet. I guess the monkeys were waiting for them. They didn't expect me to snatch them away. They beat me up."
Mu Xi reached out and took out the bananas from his backpack. "I grabbed half of them and ran away. There are still a lot left, but I guess they're not easy to get."
Zhao Yeqing was not very interested in the remaining bananas; she wanted to transplant the banana trees back.
"Will you get beaten if you try to dig secretly at night?"
Banana trees are generally not planted from seeds. Each banana tree will wither and die after bearing fruit once, but several new seedlings will grow from the rhizomes and gradually grow into banana trees. You just need to cut the rhizomes that can grow new seedlings and plant them, or find the new seedlings and take them back to plant.
"It's not easy. Monkeys live in trees at night. You might be discovered as soon as you go there, unless you wait until they are gone."
"He's always here when he's asleep, so why wouldn't he be here during normal times?"
Mu Xi blinked and pointed at his wound and said, "That's not necessarily true. The monkey hit me on the forehead with an unripe fig. There are probably many other fruit trees nearby. They may not be guarding them all the time, but the banana tree is most likely the center of the territory. Yesterday I saw at least a dozen monkeys on the tree next to the banana tree."
When Zhao Yeqing thought of the scene of being chased by a group of monkeys and having the fruits smashed, he temporarily gave up the idea of stealing the banana tree.
"Then let's wait. There are more fruits in the summer. Maybe the success rate will be higher then. Let's stay at home and finish the spring sowing and lifting equipment."
The harvester had not yet been tested, so Zhao Yeqing plugged it in to charge while waiting for Mu Xi to take a shower. It was already midnight when it was fully charged. After confirming that it could turn, he went out to try it out early the next morning.
Early morning in the fields.
Zhao Yeqing placed the harvester close to the ground and turned on the switch. With a sound of metallic friction, the metal gear turntable began to rotate, instantly cutting off all the weeds on the ground nearby. The grass that was lush and upright the previous second fell to the ground the next second after the turntable passed by.
With this efficiency, harvesting ten acres of land a day is no problem.
It can be used for a long time on a single charge, and I can harvest half of the grain in the field next to my house. The only problem is that the engine does get a little hot.
After Zhao Yeqing finished cleaning up two large plots of land, he let it rest and handed it to Mu Xi to take it back to charge. He stayed in the field and gathered the cut grass into a pile and threw it outside the field.
The grass piled up into a small hill. Zhao Yeqing thought about it and flattened it. Maybe a lot of straw mushrooms would grow there after a while.
The floor has been wet recently and the moisture content of the soil is very high. Except for some individual plants with deep roots, the rest are weeds with shallow roots. Mu Xi directly put the iron plow on the ox. The soil that had been soaked by rain for a long time was very soft and could be plowed directly.
In some places where the plow could not be plowed, Zhao Yeqing would carry a hoe and dig out the grass roots.
With the addition of the harvester, it only took the two of them less than two days to weed and plow all the land, and the efficiency was at least three times higher than before.
After spreading the disinfectant lime, the sun came out and they left the ground to dry for two days. During these two days, the two decided to install the lifting device and conduct a test run.
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