Little Ruanruan has already planned it out. She divided the land she rented from Grandpa Village Chief into five plots: one for eggplants, one for peppers, one for corn, one for soybeans, and another for leafy greens like lettuce, bok choy, and romaine lettuce.
Little Softie had already cleared the weeds from the ground long before the rain.
Now the four little ones are each holding a small hoe and are diligently hoeing the ground, while Su Lei has set up a video camera to film them.
Peach Blossom and Little Lotus came to play with Little Softie and Qianqian early in the morning. When they saw them hoeing the ground, they wanted to help, but when they saw the camera set up by the edge of the field, they timidly withdrew their feet, afraid that they would appear in the video.
Little Ruanruan didn't force them. In her sweet, childlike voice, she said to them, "Sister Peach Blossom, Sister Little Lotus, wait for us a moment. After we finish weeding this plot of land and planting the vegetables, we can go play with you!"
Little Ruanruan has already asked Grandpa Village Chief for the eggplant and chili seedlings she has cultivated. The corn seeds, soybean seeds, bok choy seeds, lettuce seeds, and romaine lettuce seeds were bought for her by her older brother when he went to town.
The soil was still soft after the rain, and the little guy's shoes were covered in mud in no time. Looking back, the ground they had just hoeed was now compacted by their trampling. How can you grow vegetables on such compacted ground?
Peach Blossom and Little Lotus, who were originally squatting to the side and were too embarrassed to be in the picture, couldn't stand it anymore. They went into the field, asked Little Soft and Qianqian for small hoes, and stood in the field with their legs apart. While hoeing, they said to Su Xiaowu and Su Lei, "You should stand like this, with your feet apart and far apart. When you are hoeing, you should wait until you can't hoe the ground in front of you before you move your feet."
This way, the soil that has just been hoed won't be compacted again by trampling.
Su Lei and Su Xiaowu readily complied and obeyed, and sure enough, the soil they hoeed later was much better than before.
Before they finished hoeing the land, Su Xiaowu's group of brothers realized that without him, going into the mountains wasn't as fun as before, so they turned back.
Unlike Peach Blossom and Little Lotus, the group of boys were not observant enough to notice the hidden camera nearby.
They rushed to the edge of the vegetable garden and helped dig the drainage ditches that Xiao Ruanruan had planned. Some dug the holes, some planted the seedlings, and for corn and soybeans, they simply threw the seeds into the prepared holes and covered them with soft, fine mud.
Sow the seeds of lettuce and romaine lettuce evenly on the ground, and transplant them after the seedlings have grown. Bok choy does not need to be transplanted; it can be eaten as soon as it grows.
Many hands make light work. Even though it was just a group of little kids, with their large numbers, they finished all the work that Xiao Ruanruan had estimated would take the four of them two days to do in a short time.
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