Chapter 28 Resigning to Go Home and Farm (5)
Transplanting the seedlings took a whole day, from morning till evening. Bai Ye did everything himself and didn't ask anyone for help.
Before leaving the greenhouse, he stood at the entrance and looked around. On the mounds of soil, the seedlings stretched happily, and along the ditches of the greenhouse, babies the size of beetroots crawled around, creating a lively scene.
"I'm going back now?"
Bai Ye couldn't help but greet him.
A group of babies turned their heads in unison, grinning and waving their little hands.
"Go, go."
"It feels comfortable and cool, I like it."
"I like it, I like it, Xiao Fan."
Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and suddenly felt a warm feeling in her heart.
Surprisingly, he was liked by a strange person.
These little monsters are really hard to associate with evil!
"I like you guys too. Don't go out wandering around at night, or you'll get eaten."
Bai Ye closed the door and locked it to prevent wild animals from coming down the mountain to steal food at night.
Over the next two days, Bai Ye was extremely busy transplanting rice seedlings, watering, and fertilizing.
All the vegetable seeds planted at home have sprouted. All three types of vegetable seeds need to be moved. After all the seedlings have been transplanted into the greenhouse, my second uncle, Li Jianjun, came over to urge us to plant other vegetable seeds.
"So fast?"
"It's getting hot soon. We need to plant string beans and cowpeas, but we can't do it at the right time, or we won't get a good price."
Bai Ye thought about it and agreed; planting a month earlier meant harvesting a month earlier. The price difference for vegetables between the first and last month of summer was enormous.
"Okay, I'll go get the seeds now."
Bai Ye searched the room and found eight packets of vegetable seeds left. He took the three that his second uncle had mentioned and put the rest back.
[Sow in the appropriate season; if the growth period is missed, the customer will be dissatisfied, and the settlement of the task will be delayed.]
The long-absent mechanical sound returned.
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Bai Ye didn't understand and asked directly, "Strange, what does that mean? Explain it clearly."
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Bai Ye suddenly had a bad feeling.
Could the meaning of this strange statement be interpreted as: the number of customers corresponds to the number of packets of seeds purchased?
To complete the dungeon quest, you need to plant all the seeds.
Bai Ye suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He remembered that the shop owner had enthusiastically recommended a type of rice, saying that it had a very high yield per acre...
"No way, am I really going to have to grow rice?"
With trembling hands, Bai Ye opened the cupboard again, pulling out all the colorful packages underneath. After confirming several times that no rice seeds or wheat had been taken, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I was terrified. I almost thought I was going to have to spend the winter here."
But the next second, an unbelievable fact was revealed: among all the seeds, there was actually a packet of watermelon seeds mixed in.
Watermelons? Grow watermelons!
Bai Ye was completely dumbfounded. How do you grow watermelons? All I know how to do is eat them!
[Please note that there are a large number of remaining customers; please maintain and manage them promptly.]
Bai Ye dug out all the seeds, laid them out in packets in front of the door, and squatted down on the ground, looking distressed.
Cucumbers, loofahs, long beans, and green beans are all good; they all need to be trellised, especially the loofahs, which also need to be trained to grow vines.
This is all physical labor; cutting bamboo alone takes quite a bit of work.
Hmm, okra, this seed is pretty good; it's relatively self-sufficient.
"Hmm, what is this?"
Bai Ye noticed a small, thin packet at the bottom of the packaging bag, nestled between the okra and watermelon seeds.
When I tore it open, the sky seemed to fall.
It's a strawberry, and it's actually a strawberry seed!
Bai Ye recalled that in elementary school, the teacher once assigned a task for each student to plant a type of fruit and wait for the joy of a bountiful harvest.
He has always loved strawberries and did not hesitate to choose to grow strawberry seedlings in pots.
As a result, the entire summer passed, and not a single fruit grew.
While everyone else was enjoying the sweet and delicious fruit, he was holding a pot of lush green strawberries with dense, verdant leaves.
In his mind, growing strawberries is a technical skill, and he has no skills at all.
"I'm going to die, I'm definitely going to die, I can't grow strawberries at all."
"It's weird. If I plant them seriously, they just won't grow any strawberries. Does that mean it's not my fault?"
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White Night's heart is half cold.
In the afternoon, he took two packets of seeds to Li Jianjun to ask him how to grow watermelons and strawberries.
Li Jianjun scratched his head and shrugged, "I don't know how, all I know is how to grow vegetables."
"Second Uncle, you are my own second uncle." Bai Ye almost cried.
Li Jianjun shook his head again, "I really don't know how. Growing fruit is much more troublesome than growing vegetables. Oh right, there's Uncle Er in our village. He used to grow watermelons. Go and learn from him."
"What about strawberries?" Bai Ye asked again.
Li Jianjun's brows furrowed immediately. "Can't you just not plant it? People usually grow this stuff in large quantities for mass production and harvesting. What can you do with just this little bag?"
Bai Ye was suffering inside!
I didn't want to plant them, but I was blind and impulsive that day, and before I knew it, I had bought the seeds.
If we don't plant, the mission will never be over.
"I want to eat."
Bai Ye looked up, appearing half-dead, and smiled faintly.
Li Jianjun waved his hand and shooed the people out.
Accompanied by Li Dashi, Bai Ye went to the village's second uncle's house to ask him how to grow watermelons.
“My son Xiaofan wants to grow some watermelons. You know, everyone in our village can grow grains and vegetables, but only you have the skill to grow watermelons.”
Li Dashi tapped his cane on the ground, and Bai Ye immediately understood, handing over the two bottles of Erguotou he was carrying. "Uncle, thank you for your hard work. I need to learn some real skills from you."
The second uncle was quite satisfied and explained the precautions for growing watermelons one by one. At the end, he didn't forget to remind him: "Young man, don't be greedy. Two watermelons on a vine is the maximum. Any more than that and the watermelons won't be big or sweet."
Bai Ye nodded and went home to begin his research.
When the second batch of rapeseed was sown, the lettuce and other vegetable seedlings in the greenhouse began to grow rapidly.
This is their rapid growth period, and water is the most essential element. Insufficient water will result in tough vegetables, so all the vegetables in the two greenhouses need to be watered twice a day, morning and evening.
Because of the surge in water consumption, the water taps at the village entrance were no longer free to use, so Bai Ye immediately paid for them.
Then, I borrowed a water pipe from my second uncle and started diverting water into the ditch.
"Keep a close eye on it, don't let it get too full and flood," Li Jianjun advised from the side.
Before leaving, he added, "Remember to fertilize in a couple of days, and also get rid of the pests. Will you spray pesticides?"
Before Bai Ye could reply, the babies in the greenhouse, who had already grown to the size of watermelons, started crying loudly.
"No, no!"
"It's bitter, so bitter, and it tastes awful."
"Fat, fat."
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm about to die—"
white night:"……"
If I didn't know you guys were just wailing every day, I would actually believe it.
However, "Second Uncle, I won't use pesticides."
"Those vegetables won't grow big; the aphids will eat them all."
“I plan to use natural insecticides. My grandfather also said it’s feasible. I’ll mix it myself later and also get some insect traps in the greenhouse. We’ll use a two-pronged approach.”
Natural pest control – this is what farmers did before the advent of pesticides.
Tobacco water can prevent aphids and cabbage caterpillars, wood ash water can prevent spider mites, and the juice from soaking onion skins can remove fungi. There are also peppermint water, mugwort water, and so on.
In addition to being a natural insecticide, it also provides biological protection, using insects to control insects and maintaining the ecological balance within the microenvironment.
In short, there are many methods.
Bai Ye himself does not object to the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, after all, those things are indeed convenient to produce.
But if the supernatural beings don't like it, then it can't be used at all.
Otherwise, a sonic attack could be launched on the spot.
What worries Bai Ye is that as the seedlings grow, these little monsters are becoming more and more aware of things. Just the day before, Bai Ye overheard the word "evaluation".
He knew that when he grew a little older, these vegetables would come and bargain with him face-to-face.
Li Jianjun left, but Bai Ye continued to drain the water. He also walked along the edge of the greenhouse, lifting up the plastic film to expose the bottom half so the vegetables could get some sun and fresh air.
A lettuce stalk had somehow climbed up to Bai Ye's feet, then hopped onto his shoulder in a couple of quick movements.
The sharp teeth were aimed directly at the carotid artery.
Bai Ye turned her head and met a pair of dark eyes, which were filled with clarity.
Despite his fierce and terrifying appearance, his eyes are so pure!
Bai Ye thought for a moment, then raised his hand and rubbed it. The originally fierce-looking Lettuce Baby was immediately dumbfounded.
A tiny lettuce suddenly popped out from the bald head.
"Pfft—"
Bai Ye laughed, "So you guys can sprout again on your own? It's good that you've grown out. With samples on your heads, I can tell who's who. Otherwise, with all of you in such a mess, I'd really go blind."
These baby vegetables, even when they grow up, are still pretty much the same. Every evening, distinguishing them and returning them all to their respective greenhouses is a challenging task.
The villagers all say that young people are very proactive in their work, spending all their time in the vegetable garden.
Only Bai Ye knew that there was no other way; the real seedlings in the field needed to be taken care of, and the "vegetable monsters" that had "emerged" also needed to be watched over.
"It's soft and a bit warm, is it dehydrated?"
Bai Ye touched the mini lettuce on the other person's head, then immediately picked it up and put it in the water. After soaking it for a while, he rinsed it and put it back on his shoulder.
As for the wet coat, he didn't care at all.
Lettuce Baby's eyes were dazed, and its exposed teeth unconsciously clenched up. Finally, all the sharp parts were hidden, leaving only a row of neat little teeth.
It remembers in its heart that it wants to devour.
Only by devouring can one gain immense power.
But this human in front of him seemed a little different. He was never afraid of them; from the first second he opened his eyes and saw them, he hadn't seen any other emotion besides surprise.
To eat or not to eat?
After Bai Ye lifted all the plastic film from the bottom of the two greenhouses, the first sprouting lettuce seedlings were still pondering.
He was so engrossed in thinking that he became drowsy, then with a splash, he rolled onto the ground, soaking his feet in the water, and closed his eyes to bask in the sun.
The mini lettuce above is still growing.
When the older brother does things, the younger brothers follow suit.
In just half a day, all the baby vegetables lying in the greenhouse were growing vegetables on top of their heads.
When Bai Ye returned in the afternoon, he was already able to clearly distinguish the three types of vegetables.
The rapeseed plants lie flat and clustered together, always huddled together. The lettuce plants, each with its own strong sense of territory, refuse to give up their small space.
As for the tomatoes, they would sometimes gather together and sometimes separate far apart.
Bai Ye frowned as he looked inside the shed. He saw that many tomato seedlings were slumped on the ground, and some vines were growing wildly in all directions.
How could that be?
Even though it's lying down, how come it still looks so messy?
Bai Ye squatted among the tomato seedlings, touching this side and that side, lost in thought.
Ge Guifen passed by and went closer to the greenhouse to check on her grandson's vegetables. When she saw the tomatoes, she exclaimed, "Why are they growing like such a mess?"
“I’m puzzled too. I laid them all down as my second uncle told me to, but some of them are still wilting.”
"If the roots don't support the plant properly, lower it a bit more. When it blooms later, it will need to grow more sturdy and support the plant. If the roots are too thin, they won't be able to support it."
Bai Ye thought about it and realized that if the root system is underdeveloped, and a long string of fruits grows behind it, it will be top-heavy and unbalanced.
"Okay, I'll go through it again."
Bai Ye reorganized the document, and as she sorted through it, she gradually began to see the problems.
Those little vegetable shoots that ran out seem to be the roots of the seedlings planted underground, their very essence.
These little rascals spend all their time wandering around outside, running around so much that the soil underneath is all loose. Lettuce and bok choy don't need trellises, so it's fine, but the tomato seedlings are in big trouble.
If one branch is loose, the whole tree will be crooked, and if it keeps running around aimlessly, it'll probably be half-dead.
A dead customer?
That will result in a deduction of pay.
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