This fruit is the king of summer thirst quenching and cravings – watermelon!
Su Yun'er had previously stolen a watermelon from her friend.
However, watermelons have not appeared in the list of plantable items for so long. This time, Su Yun'er finally saw watermelons in the upgrade gift pack, so she naturally did not want to give up.
Finally, on this day, as I was falling asleep listening to the children reciting their lessons, I heard a notification sound from the space.
Su Yun'er quickly entered the space. It turned out that a batch of crops had ripened, automatically increasing her points, and she finally made up the last shortfall.
Upon receiving the upgrade gift pack, Su Yun'er's first task was to plant watermelons.
Looking at the watermelon's not-so-short ripening time, Su Yun'er felt somewhat helpless.
Unexpectedly, watermelons, a very cheap and common fruit in my previous life, are actually a mid-tier crop in the game. Not only did it take so long to obtain them, but they also take so long to mature.
"Quack quack—quack quack—"
A series of duck calls summoned Su Yun'er from the spatial realm.
Next to the chicken coop in the yard, there is now a duck coop, which is also linked to the game space, so the ducks are now all active in Su Yun'er's yard.
Unlike a few months ago, there's also the size of the yard.
When Su Yun'er harvested her first batch of duck eggs, the weather had just started to warm up. Inspired by the pond in the game space, she also wanted to dig a pond in her own yard.
You can plant some lotus flowers. When they bloom in the summer, you can enjoy the flowers, and in the autumn you can harvest the lotus pods and lotus roots.
It seems the Su family courtyard has been fully utilized, leaving no space.
So Su Yun'er turned her gaze to the outside of her own wall.
To the left of this new house is a vacant plot of land. No one has bought this land for many years, so it has remained empty, overgrown with weeds and trees.
Su Yun'er went to the village head to inquire whether she could buy some of the land, and the village head was naturally very happy to oblige.
The land is a bit small for building a new yard, but if Su Yun'er wants to expand her yard, there's more than enough space to dig a pond.
After buying the land, Su Yun'er immediately found people to dig and start construction.
They dug down to a certain depth, then waterproofed the bottom of the pond, and then covered it with soil of an appropriate thickness. The excess soil was piled around the pond.
The water in the pond originally came from the well in the yard.
To make it easier to draw water to the pond, Su Yun'er had the helpers dig a winding stream between the pond and the well. Later, they simply kept it and dug the stream deeper. They paved a path across the stream with stone slabs. Su Yun'er specially took the children to the back mountain to collect some stones of different sizes and laid them on both sides of the stream and the bottom and around the pond. This not only fixed the soil but also made the entire water system look more beautiful.
Suddenly, Su Yun'er's courtyard became much more fun.
With the pond in hand, Su Yun'er decided to also link it to the duck farm. She built a duck shed in the yard and raised the ducklings in the real world. Every morning when she opened the duck shed door, the ducklings would waddle over to the pond to play and help clean up some insects.
As for lotus seeds... Su Yun'er didn't have any, but she had lotus roots, which she stole from her spatial dimension.
In her previous life, Su Yun'er had seen someone grow lotus roots in a water vat, and they actually sprouted and blossomed. By autumn, the soil in the water vat was full of lotus roots.
Following the example, Su Yun'er selected some small lotus roots with intact buds, pointed the buds upwards, and buried a few lotus roots diagonally in the pond's mud.
At the same time, some wood ash was sprinkled into the mud. Wood ash can not only kill bacteria, but also increase the fertility of the soil.
When you first plant them, the water shouldn't be too deep. Only when the lotus roots start to grow can you add more water.
In the initial period, because the water level was too low, it was necessary to check the water level in the pond every day and add water accordingly.
After planting them for a while, to everyone's surprise, the planted lotus roots actually sprouted.
Now, after two months of growth, the pond is full of water, and a layer of lotus leaves has been laid on the surface, with flower stalks emerging. It seems that the lotus roots are growing just as well under the soil.
With this pond, Su Yun'er's courtyard is like having a smart air conditioner; a breeze blows in at night, bringing a touch of coolness.
Su Yun'er, who was drawn out by the quacking of the ducks, saw that it was Aunt Song who had arrived.
"Yun'er, are you sleeping?" Aunt Song greeted her with a smile as she walked in.
Now, Aunt Song's fried dough stick business is on track. Her two daughters-in-law, understanding her advanced age, have taken over her work. Every day, the two sisters-in-law look after the fried dough stick stall, allowing Aunt Song to stay home, take care of the house, and rest.
“Yes, Auntie, please come in and sit down.” Su Yun’er pointed to the recliner next to her.
Now the trellis is covered with grapevines, and there is a cool shade under the trellis. Not only do Su Yun'er and the children like to cool off under the trellis, but Gai Xue also likes to lie down under the trellis to sleep.
For this reason, the little grass specially built a small nest for the snow under the trellis.
Every time Aunt Song came, she would marvel at Su Yun'er's ingenuity, how she had managed to make the courtyard look like a garden.
"Auntie, have some tea."
The hawthorn slices we picked and dried last year have long been gone; now we're drinking jasmine tea that Su Yun'er bought from the city.
Jasmine tea was Su Yun'er's favorite tea in her previous life, and she was very satisfied that she could buy it in this era.
"Yun'er, didn't you ask me to help you find out where you can buy ice?"
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