Xia Lunong was so focused on waiting for the meal that he didn't care what his brother and the others were talking about. After waiting for a

long time for the kitchen to fry a plate of stir-fried pork, the people in the kitchen shouted to him, "It's ready."

Xia Huoqu jumped up from his chair, bent his waist and trotted into the kitchen with a trail of smoke. He ran out with the stir-fried pork just out of the pot, shouting, "Brother, Brother Liao Cheng, it's time for dinner!!!"

"Coming!" Liao Cheng raised his head and responded, pinched the cigarette he was smoking, put the cigarette butt back into his pocket, and hurried to the kitchen, "I'll go get the meal, Brother Xia, you take the bowls and chopsticks."

Xia Huoqu responded, turned around and went to the cafeteria to get the bowls and chopsticks he had placed there in advance, and rinsed them again.

When he returned, the kitchen had already cooked the green vegetables, and the steaming green green vegetables were placed next to the stir-fried pork.

Liao Cheng was opening the lid of the wine, and when he saw Xia Huoqu coming back, he turned around and said with a smile, "Come on, come on, I've been waiting for you. Let's eat."

Xia Huoqu sat at the table and put away the clean dishes and chopsticks.

Liao Cheng neatly poured a small half bowl of white wine and handed it to him, then turned his head and asked Xia Lunong, "Xiao Nong, would you like some?"

Xia Lunong didn't wait for his brother to speak, his head shook like a wave drum, and he refused, "No, no, no, I'm saving my stomach for food."

"Hahaha, you eat, and we drink."

Xia Lunong saw that they had brought the bowls, so he served himself a large bowl of white rice from the rice bowl.

When cooking rice in the kitchen, first boil the rice in water, and then take it out and steam it in the rice steamer when it is half cooked.

The rice cooked in this way is just the right softness and hardness, neither too rotten nor raw. The rice grains are distinct, with a layer of oily sheen unique to new rice. It is loose in the bowl, and the heat rises with the fragrance.

Xia Lunong swallowed his saliva, picked up the bowl, looked at his brother, and then looked at Liao Cheng, "I'll eat first."

"Eat yours." Liao Cheng picked up the wine bowl, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Eat as much as you want today and eat until you are full." Xia Huo

said, "Chew slowly, your body is just getting better, don't eat too fast."

Xia Lunong nodded vigorously, "Yeah!"

He picked it up and took a mouthful of white rice into his mouth with chopsticks.

The rice was slightly hot, and once chewed, the mouth was filled with sweetness, and the unique taste of starch came out immediately.

Xia Lunong sniffed, almost bursting into tears.

Liao Cheng took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes in satisfaction, and urged Xia Lunong, "Eat some vegetables."

As he said that, he used the chopsticks that he had not started to use to pick up a large piece of fat and lean meat for Xia Lunong.

Xia Lunong swallowed the rice in her mouth and said to Liao Cheng, "Thank you, Brother Liao Cheng! I'll do it myself, you eat too."

Liao Cheng smiled.

Xia Lunong stuffed the meat into her mouth and first tasted a spicy and sweet taste.

Chili is a rare seasoning now, and the amount of chili in the stir-fried pork is also very limited, so just taste it.

Xia Lunong hasn't eaten spicy food for a long time, and this level of spiciness is just right.

After the spicy taste, it was followed by the salty taste, and then the delicious meaty taste.

As he chewed, the meat juice burst in his mouth. The meat was not too fatty, and the perfect amount of fat made the meat look very tender and full of gravy.

Xia Lunong narrowed his eyes, his heart was full of emotion.

This is life!

A life of eating meat with big mouthfuls! His

previous life of eating grass almost made him lose interest in life.

Xia Huoqu glanced at his brother and picked up a vegetable for him, "Try this."

Xia Lunong ate without raising his head, took the vegetable and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes lit up again.

The vegetable was sweet with a little bitterness that was unique to vegetables, fresh and juicy, and very refreshing to eat, just right to relieve the greasiness of the meat.

"This dish is delicious too!"

Liao Cheng's cheeks turned red from drinking, and his face was full of innocent smiles, "The vegetables served carefully must be delicious. You should eat more."

Xia Lunong ate to his heart's content and ate three bowls of rice in one breath. In the end, his brother couldn't stand it anymore and pulled his hand, "Don't hold on."

Xia Lunong had to put down his bowl and chopsticks with regret, his eyes still stayed on the stir-fried meat on the table, his expression was not satisfied, but the food in his stomach was almost up to his throat, and he really couldn't eat anymore.

Liao Cheng saw him like this and laughed, "I still have a piece of meat there, we will stir-fry it the day after tomorrow."

Xia Lunong shook his head quickly, "No, no, I'm satisfied today, I have to take a break."

His brother patted his shoulder as a comfort.

After finishing her meal, Xia Lunong did not leave the table, but just sat there and listened to their chat.

The two talked about everything, and Xia Lunong listened to them and learned a lot about what was going on outside.

After lunch, Xia Huoqu urged Xia Lunong to go home for a nap, while he and Liao Cheng continued to work.

After Xia Lunong woke up, she wanted to look for them, but she couldn't find them.

In the evening, Xia Huoqu came back and said, "I have taken back part of the farmland, which is at the foot of the mountain. I will take you to see it tomorrow."

Xia Lunong did not expect his brother to act so quickly. He sat up in surprise, put down the book in his hand, and looked up at the sky outside. "It's not too late yet, why don't we go now?"

"It's time for dinner."

"No, I ate too much at noon, so I don't need to eat dinner tonight." Xia Lunong jumped up, picked up his brother's coat from the chair next to him, and took another one for himself. "We can just take a walk and have a good sleep when we come back."

There is no electricity in the base. Most people need to light up at night, just a piece of bamboo, inserted diagonally, and the effect is not as good as candles.

Many people will finish everything before dark, go to bed as soon as it gets dark, and get up again at dawn the next day.

Work at sunrise and rest at sunset.

Xia Lunong had just slept for half the afternoon and had just gotten up to read a novel. He was not sleepy yet and wanted to go out for some exercise.

He stuffed his clothes into his brother's arms and pushed his brother's shoulders, "Go, go, go."

Xia Huoqu was pushed out by him and had to say, "Okay, walk slower, don't fall."

Xia Lunong smiled and slowed down his pace.

The two brothers walked out side by side.

Xia Lunong asked, "Which mountain is it?"

"It's just behind the house."

Xia Huoqu led him to the path behind his home and went up from the back.

There were fields on both sides of the path.

It was the beginning of spring, and the fields were planted with all kinds of crops, rice, corn, sweet potatoes, tobacco, peanuts... one after another.

These were all fields of the base.

Only the terraced fields at the foot of the mountain and on the mountain were private fields.

After the Great Wall on the top of the mountain was repaired last winter, five mu of land was allocated to each member of the base at that time, which was basically used as a vegetable field.

Although Xia Lunong was lying on the hospital bed at that time, he was also a member of the base, and the base allocated land to him.

Many people in the base make a living by gathering, and do not grow vegetables, so they rent it out.

Xia Huoqu was too busy, so the brothers rented out their fields. The other party was growing vegetables in the fields and had not had time for spring plowing.

It was convenient for Xia Huoqu to harvest the fields, but he could not collect the rent for the fields in this short season.

Xia Lunong didn't know any of this. He turned around to see what was being planted on the roadside.

He wanted to plant everything, but he didn't know how to plant it.

Soon, the two of them were at the foot of the mountain behind them.

Xia Huoqu pointed to a roughly rectangular field and said to Xia Lunong, "This is the field at home."

Xia Lunong's eyes fell on the field.

This field looked quite large, about 40 to 50 meters long and 6 to 7 meters wide. There were evenly-spaced ridges in the field, with some messy vegetable roots and leaves left on them. There were plastic greenhouses in two of the fields, which were covered tightly, so it was hard to see what was planted inside.

The most common thing in the field was weeds.

Several kinds of weeds spread out along the ground, and the weeds were deep and knee-high.

I don't know if it's because the person who rented this field didn't take good care of it.

Xia Huoqu saw him looking around and asked, "Have you decided what to plant?"

"Not yet, brother, what do you want me to plant?"

"Anything is fine." Xia Huoqu said, "But we don't need to grow food, we can just exchange some rice, we won't eat much."

"Then don't plant it." Xia Lunong was easy to talk to. He just went to help plant the rice seedlings today. Rice is indeed not easy to grow.

Xia Huo said, "What do you want to plant? I'll take you to change seeds tomorrow."

"How about planting some peppers, eggplants, pumpkins, winter melons and other vegetables?" Xia Lunong thought, "When I'm more experienced, we can cook at home."

The big pot rice in the cafeteria was really unpalatable, lacking oil and salt, and the dishes were not varied.

Xia Lunong was really fed up with it.

Xia Huoqu said, "Get up early tomorrow and go to the market to see what seeds you can get."

"Okay." Xia Lunong agreed happily, and then asked, "Brother, what do you want to exchange?"

"Don't we have a bag of soybeans at home? Let's exchange them."

Xia Lunong nodded and asked, "Brother, can you go down to the fields to have a look?"

The base was short of supplies, and everyone was keeping a close eye on the crops in their own fields. If anyone was found stealing things and handed them over to the security team, they would be fined at the very least, or kicked out of the base at the worst. Everyone

was very careful about their reputation and would not easily go to other people's fields.

Otherwise, there were so many eyes in the base, and if someone saw them and reported them, they would probably be in trouble.

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Go ahead, I've told Lin Xu's family."

Xia Lunong then went down to the fields carefully.

It had rained in the past few nights, and the fields were very wet. The ditches were full of mud.

Xia Lunong slipped as soon as he went in. He stumbled and was about to fall to the ground. He stretched out his hands and tried to grab the grass beside him.

His brother was quick-witted and grabbed his collar and lifted him up. "Be careful!"

His brother said again, "Don't grab the grass. These grasses are very sharp."

Xia Lunong was almost stunned. He looked at his brother blankly, then looked at the grass below, and gently touched it with his knuckles. Sure enough, the grass below was rough and tough, and it was prickly when touched. If he grabbed it carelessly, it would definitely scratch a small hole.

He took a deep breath of cool air, "Why is this grass so sharp?"

"Some grass is like this, and some has thorns, with small insects and ants crawling on it, and snakes nesting underneath. Be careful when you pull it out."

Xia Lunong's heart sank when he said that. She stared at the ground under her feet with wide eyes, "Are there, are there snakes?"

"Very few, but it is not ruled out. Be more careful."

Xia Lunong rubbed her arms, her face changing again and again, and finally said, "It's okay, I'll be careful."

Xia Huoqu originally just wanted to remind him to be careful, not to scare him, "There's nothing wrong with being careful. The world is much more dangerous now. You have to be careful even when farming."

Xia Lunong nodded vigorously.

Xia Huoqu smiled and gently pushed his shoulder, "Okay, I'll walk around the fields with you."

Five mu of land, one mu of land is equivalent to an area of ​​66.7 square meters, and this five mu of land is a full 333 square meters. If you really look at it inch by inch, you can see it for a long time.

There is time to kill before dark.

The author has something to say:

Unlike everyone in the comment section, I am now an omnivore. I can eat coriander, green onions, etc. 2333

that, this is a slow-paced farming article. Xia Lunong can only become a cat after more than 20 chapters. He is a lucky cat. He is particularly good at farming, hunting and collecting supplies; his CP only appears after the 30th chapter; the brother and childhood sweetheart are a pair, and they are also officially together later. I will put up a reading reminder later, thank you everyone.