Chapter 254 A long-awaited heavy rain and spring Xiulan
Xiulan put the money in her pocket temporarily and went to the back mountain with Lin Heng to plant melon seedlings.
After Father Lin pulled out some, there were still eight watermelon seedlings, five Hami melon seedlings, and eight cucumber seedlings left.
Lin Heng pulled up the seedlings and took them to the back mountain, where he dug a hole in a place with plenty of soil and planted them. After that, he didn't care about them except adding some manure. If they wanted to graft them, they could graft them. If they didn't want to graft them, then forget it.
There is no need to take care of fruits and vegetables grown in the countryside. They are everywhere and there is always a tree that will bear fruit.
After planting the melon seedlings, Xiulan said, "Dig a few more holes, and I'll get some cucumbers, pumpkins, and winter melon seeds to plant."
In their area, the long and thin ones are called water cucumbers, while the short and thick ones are called dry cucumbers. Water cucumbers are not as fruitful as dry cucumbers, so rural areas prefer to grow dry cucumbers.
Lin Heng dug ten more holes to avoid the location where the saplings were. Xiulan brought the seeds over and Xiaoxia rushed over to say, "Mom, I want to plant too~"
"Here, here, just scatter them in." Xiulan handed the seeds to Xiaoxia and taught her how to scatter them in the hole.
"I plant~"
Xiaoxia took the seeds and scattered them randomly, putting more than ten or twenty seeds in one pit.
But it doesn't matter. The seeds I keep are not valuable. If there are too many, I can just pull them out after they sprout. I planted three pumpkins, three winter melons, and three dry cucumbers in the ten pits.
Of course, we cannot eat all of these fruits and vegetables, and most of them are picked in summer and autumn to feed the pigs.
"I'll water it!"
After planting, Lin Heng brought water to irrigate the plants, and Xiaoxia also wanted to try it herself.
"Pour it in the middle!"
Lin Heng watched from the side and gave some guidance. From planting a seed to flowering and fruiting, and then to eating the melon that I grew with my own hands, it was a great sense of accomplishment.
When he was a child, he liked to find a small piece of land with his brother to plant cucumbers and sunflowers. They would observe and water them every day, pick up cow dung everywhere to use as fertilizer, and finally eat the cucumbers and melon seeds, and their hearts would be filled with a sense of accomplishment and happiness.
During the planting process, you can also clearly observe the growth process of the plants and gain experience. Taking children to plant fruits is definitely a very cost-effective parent-child activity.
After watering the plants, Lin Heng looked at his watch. It was only half past ten. However, the sky was still gray, with no sunshine and a strong wind.
Back in the front yard, Lin Heng and Xiulan continued to plant some other vegetables, mainly green beans, cowpeas, tomatoes, eggplants, loofahs, bitter gourds, and beauty peppers.
There wasn't much land in the yard, so just plant a little bit of everything. There was no need to worry about not having enough to eat, as Father and Mother Lin would plant a large plot every year, and they would only worry about not being able to finish it.
There is no need to grow seedlings for these vegetables. Just sow a few more seeds in a hole and some will eventually grow. You can just transplant them if there are too many.
"Let's plant both large and small tomatoes." Xiulan said, holding the tomato seeds.
She got these small tomato seeds from someone last year. The small tomatoes she produced were the size of pigeon eggs and tasted great when eaten raw.
"You can plant it however you want." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Then I still need to ask for your opinion." Xiulan smiled and scattered the seeds.
After a while, all the land in the yard was planted, except for the land for planting strawberries, which was still half empty, because Lin Heng planned to plant strawberries in all the 20 square meters.
After finishing planting the land, Lin Heng took another look at the sky, turned his head and said, "Xiu Lan, I'm going to take a look at Hongfeng Mountain."
"Go ahead, be careful of the rain."
Xiulan nodded and said that she had originally wanted to go out to pick some wild vegetables, but gave up because she was worried about rain.
Lin Heng waved his hand, turned around and went to the back mountain to pull out the red dates. He rode directly to Red Maple Mountain without even getting on the saddle.
“Hiss~~”
Red Dates hadn't run for a long time, so they neighed and ran wildly on the road. The cold wind blew on my face on the road, and riding a horse felt like traveling to the ends of the earth with a sword.
On the Hongfeng Mountain side, the ground had hardened initially after a night and people could stand on it.
Lin Heng felt happy looking at the neat and clean road, and turned to go to the mountain stream nearby.
"Niumaoguang was actually folded, it was so fast!"
When Lin Heng got there, he realized that the things were gone. He had seen a piece of cow hair here before, but it was too small to be folded, and now it was gone.
Niumaoguang is also a kind of fern, but it has a layer of spider-like fluff on it, which becomes the same as fern after tearing it off.
In addition to the Niumaoguang, there are many small Chinese toon trees nearby, but none of them have sprouts yet. They are at a high altitude, so Chinese toon sprouts only appear during the Qingming Festival. The big Chinese toon trees that are dozens of meters tall will not sprout until a week after the Qingming Festival.
"Oh no, it's raining."
Lin Heng was still looking around when it started to drizzle.
Feeling something was wrong, he immediately ran to Hongzao, rode on his bike and headed back.
“BOOM!!”
Just when we were halfway there, there was a loud bang and the rain suddenly became much heavier.
"Damn, so fast!"
Lin Heng was caught off guard and clamped his legs together to increase his speed.
"hiss!!"
Hongzao ran as fast as he could and walked back quickly.
The farmers in the village also ran back as fast as Lin Heng did. However, human power was too slow after all. Lin Heng went home to put the red dates in the stable before he could walk a few hundred meters.
“Wow!!”
The long-awaited spring rain came down in torrents. This rain was heavier than any previous one. In a moment, water began to flow on the ground and water dripped from the eaves into lines.
The raindrops hit the ground with a loud noise, splashing round bubbles that burst in an instant. Lin Heng stood at the gate and watched the people in the fields getting soaked, feeling a little bit of gloating.
But even if they got caught in the rain, no one complained that the rain shouldn't have fallen, they just thought it fell too fast.
When he ran back home, people were standing at the door like Lin Heng, watching the rain, watching the trees gradually turn green after being washed, watching the ground gradually come to life, and watching the sky gradually turn blue.
"What a nice rain! It's really a help from God."
Lin Heng closed the door, ran back to the house quickly and shouted with a smile.
"Yes, this spring rain comes at great speed!" Xiulan also nodded. She hadn't seen such heavy rain for a long time.
After the rain, the survival rate of the fruit trees, Chinese medicinal herbs and forage they planted increased by at least one or two times.
"It's good to rain, it's good to rain~"
Xiaoxia jumped and danced along with Benben, her three pigtails swinging back and forth.
Not only were these three people watching the rain, but the three dogs and one cat in the house were also standing under the eaves watching the rain, sticking out their tongues.
Not only was the rain heavy, but the wind was also strong, making the wind chimes make crisp tinkling sounds.
"Let's go back to the house. It's a bit cold!"
After watching the rain for a while, Xiulan spoke.
Lin Heng nodded, called the cat and dog into the house, closed the door, then opened the backyard door to give the dog a passage to go to the toilet.
They went back to the bedroom, opened a window, sat on a chair and watched the rain boredly. When they got tired of reading, they could only read a book to kill time.
When there was no internet or TV, even the most obscure books could be read. In fact, Lin Heng had read many of the books here in his previous life, but reading them again gave him a different feeling.
Recently, Lin Heng started to read Das Kapital, which he didn’t finish in his previous life. If he wants to be an excellent people’s entrepreneur, how can he allow himself not to study this great work?
But this kind of book is too profound. Lin Heng finds it difficult to read it himself, so it is impossible for Xiulan and Xiaoxia to understand it.
So, Xiulan took a book to read by herself, while Xiaoxia played with plasticine and made little figures.
I felt time passed so quickly while reading. It was dark after I had read only fifty pages. But the rain still did not stop. It was so loud that it drowned out all other sounds in the world.
Xiulan turned on the light and looked at Lin Heng and asked, "What are you going to eat tonight?"
"Anything is fine. How about we just have a simple meal?" Lin Heng said, looking up.
"Okay then, I'll go downstairs."
Xiulan nodded, opened the door and went to the kitchen.
The meal was ready in a short while. Three bowls of scallion clear soup noodles, a little bit of sesame oil, and a fried egg, it tasted very fragrant.
After dinner, Lin Heng didn’t want to continue watching, so he leaned against the door and watched the rain for a long time, until it was too dark to see any light.
In the room, Xiulan was practicing her penmanship, and Xiaoxia was still playing with plasticine. Lin Heng read a book for a while, then began to tell Xiaoxia a story, and let her drink some milk, and gradually fell asleep.
The rain continued all night and only stopped around five or six in the morning on the 27th.
"It seems like the rain has stopped!"
At half past six, Xiulan woke up in a daze and reached out to touch Lin Heng.
"Yes, it seems that it has just stopped for a short time. Let's sunbathe for a day today, and then we can go for an outing tomorrow."
Lin Heng responded without opening his eyes, and habitually reached out and hugged Xiulan.
"Hmm~"
Xiulan hummed softly, leaned her face on Lin Heng's chest, hugged him with her hands and then became motionless.
Lin Heng was the same, he didn't even open his eyes and soon fell asleep again.
We went to bed a little late last night, and both of us felt a little sleepy this morning. It was mainly because we read a book a little late last night, not because of sex.
"Mom, I need to go to the bathroom!"
At half past seven, Xiaoxia suddenly made a sound, and both of them woke up immediately.
"Here I come."
Lin Heng put on his clothes in two seconds and carried Xiaoxia to the toilet. Xiulan took the opportunity to find a new set of underwear and got up.
The air outside is fresh, the sky is blue, the forest seems to have turned much greener overnight, and even the bluestone tiles washed by rain are exceptionally clean.
The golden sun in the sky was particularly dazzling, and the scorching sunlight was about to shine on his yard.
After going back to the house to dress Xiaoxia, the family of three went to the backyard to exercise.
"The sun is shining brightly today. Let's dry the quilts after we finish exercising." Xiulan said, looking at the clear blue sky.
She had a feeling that it would be very hot today, so she dressed lightly, wearing a white autumn coat on top, a pink and white printed plaid shirt on the outside, grey trousers and a pair of white canvas shoes on the bottom.
Her hair was tied up high with only two thin black pins to hold the loose hair in. This look made her look youthful and beautiful, and also elegant and intellectual.
Lin Heng was a little distracted by the exquisite figure. Although he had seen what it looked like inside before, it felt completely different when she put on different clothes.
It got to the point where he couldn't aim steadily when practicing archery.
“Isn’t it nice?”
Xiulan blinked at Lin Heng and asked with a smile. She dressed up specially for Lin Heng to see.
"Yeah, it looks very good." Lin Heng nodded repeatedly.
"That's good~"
Xiulan was very satisfied and walked with a lighter step.
When the three of them went to milk the cows, the road on the back mountain was a bit muddy. Fortunately, it was paved with some broken bluestones, otherwise it would have been impossible to walk on it in the morning.
“It’s raining nicely!”
After the three of them had been milking for a while, Father Lin came back with a bundle of hay. He had gotten up long ago and had been walking around the village for several times.
"Dad, are you going to plant corn and soybeans in a few days?" Lin Heng asked his father.
Father Lin nodded and said, "Yes, I have already planted the rice sprouts, and they are now three centimeters high. When the weather clears up, I will turn the land over and plant early corn and soybeans. The rest will be planted after the wheat and rapeseed are harvested."
"What's the matter? Do you want to go up the mountain?" Father Lin fed the cow some grass and asked with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, we are going to Heihe for an outing tomorrow, and to hunt bears at the source of the Heihe River around Qingming Festival. Do you want to go, Dad?"
After hunting bears, you can start breeding shrimp fry. Green shrimps start breeding in April and May, and their life cycle is only a little over a year, so they can grow into big shrimps and be sold in September.
"I don't think I have time. You guys go and play. You and your brother are enough to hunt bears." Father Lin smiled and shook his head.
"It's just one day of fun, I just need to make two more trips, it's not a big deal." Lin Heng said. He felt that his father chose not to go because he felt he couldn't do it.
"Let's go fishing in the summer. I have to plow the fields tomorrow." Father Lin shook his head.
"Oh well."
Lin Heng did not insist, and after milking, he went back. He ate potato pancakes and drank milk again in the morning.
After dinner, Lin Heng didn't want to go out because everything was messy. It would be best to wait for a day in the sun.
Xiulan took out the quilt and hung it on the rope to dry. She also took a basket of clothes and walked over to touch Lin Heng: "Husband, come with me to wash clothes."
"I don't want to go. Let's bask in the sun for a while before going. You can come and bask in the sun with us." Lin Heng shook his head. The sun was too comfortable at the moment.
"I don't want to go to the river alone, get up quickly~"
Xiulan pulled him, her tone coquettish.
Seeing that Lin Heng didn't move, she stood in front of him to block the sun, looking at him with her big watery eyes.
Looking up at this pretty face, Lin Heng spread his hands and said, "Okay, okay, let's go. You really can't sit still."
"It's so fun by the river. The water is very high today." Xiulan blinked, smiled and pulled him up.
She was very happy to wash clothes by herself even though Lin Heng was playing in the water and ignoring her. She was happier than washing clothes with the women in the village.
"Let's go, Xiaoxia."
Lin Heng picked up Xiaoxia who was playing with the ball, took a small bamboo basket, and went out with Xiongba.
The ground was a little muddy, but fortunately, not to the point of sinking into it.
There was a gentle spring breeze on the road. From afar, the fields were all green, and this tender green was extremely pleasing to the eyes.
“This water is so beautiful!”
After a while, the three men and the dog arrived at the river. The water in the Shiban River was still clear, but it was four or five times larger than usual, and it was rushing downstream violently.
With such warm sun and clear river water, people feel like playing with it.
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