Chapter 17: Vegetable Garden, Work
Now the land is barren.
Lu Miao said, "Before, we couldn't take care of it because we had too few people. Now that we have more people, we can clean up the land and eat the vegetables we grow together. Whoever has time can just keep an eye on it."
Lu Miao made the final decision: "Tell me where the land is? I'll take care of it!"
Although vegetables are not regular food, they are edible after all.
There are so many people in the educated youth camp, and there are always a few with a gap between rich and poor.
If the rich are unwilling to work, then those who are hungry are always willing to take a closer look.
Gu Ying thought she was taking it for granted, but still told her the truth:
"It's right in front of the door, near the corner of the pond. You can usually see some sunlight there. Although the land is barren, there used to be a loofah rack there. You can see it when you go over there."
Lu Miao nodded and pulled Ren Bingxin over to take a look.
The vegetable garden had not been taken care of for quite some time, and the path there was overgrown with calf-high weeds. Lu Miao didn't dare to walk on it, so she asked Ren Bingxin to hold a small stick in front to lead the way, and she followed behind with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The vegetable garden is next to a corner of the pond, and the terrain follows the arc of the outer edge of the pond, forming a crescent shape.
It is about the size of one mu of land. Because no one has taken care of it for a long time, the vegetables planted previously have grown leggy. They look thin, long and tender, but when you pinch them you can tell that the leaves and stems have become woody.
However, the loofah that Gu Ying mentioned is more suitable for its growth environment because it is close to the water source and has sunlight. Therefore, even if it survives in the cracks of a pile of weeds, the loofah will grow well.
The vines climbed up the tree from the perfunctory bamboo frame. At a glance, there were several old loofahs hanging four or five meters above, as well as some small yellow flowers and small hook-like loofahs.
"The old ones are no longer edible. If they grow longer, they can be eaten. But they are too high to be taken down." Ren Bingxin looked around and asked, "Miaomiao, what do you think?"
Lu Miao took a general look at the situation and walked back. "I don't have any idea for now. Let's wait and see for a few days."
"oh!"
Ren Bingxin responded and followed her back.
Gu Ying and Yang Xiaojing are old educated youth in the team. They know where the team is short of manpower and where there is work to do every day, so they usually go directly to the fields.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, in order to suffer less, they get up early and go out every day.
Lu Miao always remembered that Fu Jingyou said he would go out early. The next day, when she heard Gu Ying's bed creaking, she immediately got up.
Gu Ying was surprised. "Usually, when I called you several times before leaving, you refused to get up. Why are you getting up so early today?"
Lu Miao closed her eyes and took the comb from Ren Bingxin's bedside. She sat on the edge of the bed in a daze and started combing her hair. After these few days, she could easily tie a pigtail.
"We're going far today, and my aunt said it's best to leave early."
Gu Ying nodded in understanding. There were indeed several plots in the production team that were far away, so it would be a good idea to leave early. "If it's too far, you probably won't be back for lunch, right? Don't forget to bring some dry food."
"good."
Lu Miao couldn't accept eating overnight food without any preservation measures.
The educated youth camp didn't have a stove in the morning, so she couldn't steam her rations and decided to just make do with two raw sweet potatoes.
She said she would take two, but when she actually took two, she suddenly thought of something and put one back. She stood up, unlocked the box, and took the remaining half bag of peach cakes with her.
The original owner did not bring much luggage. Apart from bedding and some basic daily necessities, there were no containers to store things. Lu Miao originally planned to borrow some from Ren Bingxin and the others, but since they were sleeping soundly, he did not disturb them.
After everything was almost cleaned up, Lu Miao put on a straw hat, held the hoe in one hand, and the other hand was even busier. There was a peach cake hanging on his little finger, and a palm-sized sweet potato was clenched in his hand.
When they met at the northeast corner of the pond, Fu Jingyou asked, "Is this rations?"
Lu Miao nodded, thinking Fu Jingyou was going to ask her why she didn't have anything to pack. She said, "I only have a net bag and a box. The box is for clothes, and the net bag is for rations. I don't have anything else to pack."
Fu Jingyou actually wanted to say that the amount of food Lu Miao brought for lunch was too little.
Although he was thinking about it, he didn't say anything. He just raised his chin to signal Lu Miao to follow him.
Lu Miao trotted behind him. His hat had no chin strap, and facing the morning breeze, the hat was slightly lifted by the wind, and it looked like it would be blown away.
She let go of the hoe and hurriedly reached out to hold her hat. When she came back to pick up the hoe, the sweet potato in her other hand fell to the ground again and rolled several times along the edge of the pond. Fortunately, it did not roll into the pond.
Fu Jingyou saw her flustered and panicking, which was more exciting than a big opera. He tried to hold back, but finally couldn't help but stretched out his hand and took the hoe from her hand.
With one less thing to carry, Lu Miao felt much lighter. His eyes sparkled and he bared his white teeth as he thanked him: "Thank you!"
The two continued walking forward. Noticing that Fu Jingyou didn't take any farm tools, Lu Miao asked curiously, "Aren't you taking a hoe? And your rations?"
Fu Jingyou replied calmly, "I'll go home and get it later."
Lu Miao heard the clue and raised his head to look forward.
This area is already on the outskirts of the village. Looking forward, at the end of the path, on one side are houses shrouded in tree shadows and bamboo forests, and on the other side is a threshing ground piled with old straw.
Home……
Is that house surrounded by bamboo trees Fu Jingyou’s home?
Lu Miao thought so and asked the same question.
Fu Jingyou was not in a good mood and just said "hmm", not wanting to say more on this topic.
The Fu family's ancestors were once wealthy, and this is a stain...
So the entire Fu family was almost wiped out, leaving only him struggling to survive. As for this blue brick and tile house, it was the only remaining family asset.
Most of the houses in the village are made of adobe. Even the house of team leader He Hongjin is built with red bricks in the front and adobe in the back.
Although the Fu family's blue brick and tile house has not been repaired for several years, its appearance is still very eye-catching.
For this reason, even though no one mentioned it openly, Fu Jingyou and the members of Dahe Village all knew privately that they were different.
The members were glorious poor and lower-middle peasants, but Fu Jingyou was not.
Fu Jingyou was even prepared for how Lu Miao would dislike and distance himself from him once he discovered his ignoble background.
Fu Jingyou was in a low mood, but instead of waiting for Lu Miao's questioning, he was asked a completely irrelevant question:
"Are your dates delicious?"
Fu Jingyou shook his head, turned sideways and asked incredulously, "What?"
"What? You don't even listen to me when I'm talking to you?"
Lu Miao frowned and snorted, unhappily nodding in the direction of the Fu family, "I want to ask you, are the dates planted in front of your house sweet?"
There is no yard in front of the Fu family's house, but there is a flat opening with three very tall jujube trees.
It is not the time for dates to ripen yet in this season, but looking at the trees full of fruits, Lu Miao has already started to look forward to it.
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