Sophora alopecuroides primarily grows in sandy soils, resistant to sand burial and wind erosion, and possesses excellent psammophyte properties. Due to frequent water movement, the plant's root system extends deep and wide. In tightly structured soils, where water cannot flow up and down smoothly, the plant's root system is shallower. On semi-fixed sand dunes, sophora alopecuroides are often a pioneer species, the first to grow once the shifting dunes stabilize. Therefore, sophora alopecuroides are now the vanguard of Qin Feng's family's sand fixation and afforestation efforts.
Over a month later, the bitter beans that Ke'er had planted in the thatched sand-fixing grids were flourishing. Qin Feng recommended them to the village chief, asking him to talk to the villagers about planting some bitter beans next to their fields. When planting potatoes, they could just harvest a handful and bury them beside the potato ridges, which would also serve as fertilizer. Within a few days, the villagers had planted bitter beans along the edges of their fields.
Qin Feng's family achieved gratifying results in potato planting, and Ke'er decided to plant sweet potatoes on the sandy slopes on the eastern slope of Daqing Mountain.
Sweet potatoes do not have high requirements for soil, as long as the soil has a high organic matter content and good permeability. The soil environment of the sandy slope on the eastern slope of Daqing Mountain is just right for the growth of sweet potatoes. The loose fertilizer has good drainage and is suitable for the growth of sweet potatoes.
The choice of soil is particularly important for whether sweet potatoes taste good or not. Sweet potatoes grown in loose sandy soil are not only regular in appearance but also sweet in taste. Sweet potatoes grown in other soils are not as delicious as those grown in sandy soil because sandy soil does not retain water and sweet potatoes do not like too much water.
Ke'er chose a place on the eastern slope of Daqing Mountain to grow seedlings first. She selected large sweet potatoes without rotten eyes and placed them at the edge of the field. With a wave of her hand, a hill of sweet potato seeds drilled into the sandy soil. With a wave of her hand, she evenly sprinkled the woody spiritual energy of the Tiger Heart on the sweet potato field, promoting the sweet potato seedlings to grow strong and lush branches. When it was time to cut the branches and graft them, she could ensure that every sweet potato seedling would take root and grow healthily.
When the sweet potato seed potatoes grew green branches and could be pruned and grafted, Qin Chengrui took Qin Muzhe to the No. 1 Middle School in the county to take the high school graduation examination. As expected, he achieved excellent results. The dean of studies filled out the graduation certificate, stamped it, and gave it to Qin Muzhe. Qin Muzhe's class teacher also warned him not to neglect his studies even when working at home, as they would always be useful.
After leaving the office, Qin Chengrui whispered to Qin Muzhe, "Go tell your head teacher to talk less and pay less attention to those troublesome students in the next few years. If you see that the situation is not good, go back to the village quickly." After hearing what Qin Muzhe said, the head teacher was enlightened and expressed his gratitude to Qin Muzhe.
This time, Ahang was planting sweet potatoes in Daqingshan. Qin Feng didn't let Ke'er plant them alone. He called a few people from the village to help, and they planted two kilograms of potatoes a day. When everyone heard about it, they all rushed to help Qin Feng's family plant sweet potatoes.
After agreeing with the villagers who were coming to help him, Qin Feng went home to have dinner. When he arrived at the yard, he saw Qin Chengrui and Qin Muze returning home. Qin Feng washed his hands in the basin and asked Qin Muze, "How was it? Did you do well on the exam? You looked so happy."
"Well, I did well on the test and got my high school diploma." Qin Muxiao and the others gathered around him, snatched the diploma from Qin Muze's hand, and passed it around. Li Shuwan said anxiously, "Don't tear it up, it's precious!"
Ke'er was sitting by the well, washing vegetables, when she quickly called out, "Let me see, let me see." Suddenly, Qin Muze's graduation certificate appeared before him. His brothers all said in unison, "Sister, you see it first, you see it first."
Qin Muze took over the dishes washed by Ke'er and continued to wash them. Qin Muzhou grabbed one of Ke'er's hands and wiped it on his clothes.
Qin Feng saw the children being humble, friendly and tolerant of each other, and laughed out loud, "Okay, Ke'er, come here, come to daddy and watch it together."
Early the next morning, Qin Feng's family had breakfast and packed a basket of cooked potatoes to take to the fields for the helpers to eat.
When they arrived at the field, the villagers had already arrived. Qin Feng, carrying a basket of potatoes, opened the curtain and invited them to eat potatoes, one for each person. Everyone looked at each other and said they had eaten in the morning. Qin Feng said, "Take it and decide when to eat it."
After saying that, he no longer cared whether they ate the food or put it in their pockets to take home for their children and the elderly. Qin Feng divided the people into two groups. One group took scissors and started cutting the sweet potato branches in the sweet potato seedling field. Everyone looked at the green sweet potato seedlings, the soft green branches dancing in the wind. Everyone stood at the edge of the field and gently stroked the tender green branches of the sweet potato seedlings, fearing that they would break the branches of the sweet potato seedlings with a little force. When everyone started cutting the seedlings, they couldn't bear to use the scissors.
Qin Feng walked over and told everyone to split up into groups, some to prune the seedlings, others to plant cuttings. For a moment, one team, scissors in hand, was pruning the tall sweet potato seedlings. Actually, pruning overgrown branches wasn't conducive to fruiting; only by pruning branches at the right time could the sweet potatoes grow large and plentiful. Another team, holding the cut sweet potato branches, stood in the sweet potato field, bending over to plant cuttings on the ridges.
At lunch time, Li Shuwan brought Ke'er to deliver food to everyone. In the morning, the helpers all brought bowls or enamel pots, so it was much more convenient to eat now.
Lunch was simple: too much rice, spicy and sour bean shreds, eggplant and tomato salad, bacon fried potato slices, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and a pot of boiled potatoes. The dishes were few but filling.
More than a dozen people transplanted more than five acres of land in one day. When leaving, Qin Feng asked everyone to go home and get their two kilograms of potatoes each.
At night, Ke'er continued to move. She rolled her body into a small ball and after a few bounces, she arrived at the field where she was going to plant the cuttings today. She looked inside the sweet potato field and let all the sweet potato seedlings get evenly showered with rain and dew. The wood power of the Tiger Talisman Heart prompted them to grow.
In the morning, Qin Muzhou said to Qin Feng, "Dad, the commune middle school is also going to be on holiday. We will go to school tomorrow and come back in the afternoon."
Qin Muxiao said, "It's a little scary. Our teacher was arrested by people with red armbands, and they said he was a spy."
Xiao Si said to everyone, "Brothers, today we have people in our village who need to be rehabilitated. They are three grandfathers and a grandmother. One of them has a broken leg and walks with a limp."
Qin Chengrui told the children, "You can't beat or scold them. Help them when you can, but don't make things difficult for them. And don't let the villagers see you helping them."
With a serious expression, he said to Qin Fengshui, "Come with me to deliver some food and bedding to you in the evening."
Everyone said in unison, "Okay, I understand."
Qin Chengrui looked up into the distance and said, "The wind is blowing."
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