Chapter 20
"Xu Di, how much did you take? How can you be so honest?"
Yan Fangfang and her husband Liang Bo saw from afar Xu Di carrying a big bag and walking unsteadily.
"I overestimated myself and thought I could carry it, but I didn't expect that I couldn't do it after walking for a while."
Xu Di also underestimated the weight of the soil. The damp soil in the space was really heavy, very heavy.
"How old are you? How strong can you be? Let Brother Liang carry it. Let's go home first. It's very cold."
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Liang."
Xu Di was pulled by Yan Fangfang and walked home quickly. The weather was really cold.
"Mom, Xu Di is here."
"Come in quickly, it's cold, come and have a bowl of brown sugar ginger water."
Aunt Wang's enthusiastic voice came out, and Xu Di felt warm in his heart.
"Hello, Auntie Wang, Hello, Grandma Qian."
As soon as Xu Di entered the room, an enamel jar filled with steaming brown sugar ginger water was stuffed into his hand.
"Grandma Qian, Mom, Xu Di is such a sincere kid, he carried such a big bag of dirt. I didn't even dare to try, it looked so heavy."
Yan Fangfang, her mother-in-law and Grandma Qian imitated Xu Di's staggering manner.
"Hurry up and sit down and rest for a while. You are so tired. Just take a little."
Aunt Wang pulled Xu Di to sit next to Grandma Qian. She held the tin frog and looked at Xu Di from time to time. She wanted to say something but felt a little embarrassed.
"Kang Kang, do you still remember your aunt?"
Kang Kang stared at Xu Di with his big watery eyes for a long time, but he couldn't remember anything.
"We defeated the monster together, remember?"
"Ah! Yes, we are heroes."
Kang Kang is no longer afraid now. He firmly believes that he is the hero who defeated the monster.
"Yes, we are heroes."
Xu Di's words made Kang Kang quickly agree with her, and he handed his toy to Xu Di.
"Auntie, let me show you how to play. The frog jumps really fast."
"Really? How do we play this?"
Xu Di consulted Kang Kang seriously, as if she really didn't know how to play.
“This is how it should be.”
Kang Kang held the tin frog in his left hand and wound the spring on the frog with his right hand. After twisting it, put it on the ground and the frog will jump forward by itself. This is the memory of a generation!
"Isn't it easy? Let's try it out, Auntie."
Xu Di picked up the stopped frog, wound it up, and put it on the ground, and the frog started jumping.
"Ha ha……"
A big and a small one laugh happily at the same time, this is simple happiness.
"What's so happy about?"
Liang Bo came in carrying the bag with great effort. He had never done any physical work since he was a child, and he rested several times during this journey.
"Why did you just come back? Xu Di has been here for quite some time."
Aunt Wang glanced at her son and saw sweat on his forehead. Was he tired?
"Oh my god, you don't know how heavy this bag of soil is."
Liang Bo shook his hands; his arms felt sore.
"Xiaobo, you just lack exercise."
Grandma Qian patted Liang Bo's arm. The child was weak and sickly when he was young, and his strength is not as great as that of an old lady like her.
Grandma Qian opened the bag to see what the soil was like.
"Oh, this soil is dark and fertile!"
"Grandma Qian, this is dug from the mountain. It has a thick layer of humus on it."
Xu Di explained that this soil was similar to the soil under rotten leaves on the mountain.
"I was wondering why you are so soft."
Grandma Qian grew up in the village and can do all kinds of farm work. She is familiar with the land.
"What's this?"
Kang Kang ran over and looked at the things in the bag, which he didn't recognize.
"This is soil, used to grow vegetables."
Xu Di grabbed a handful of soil and showed it to Kang Kang.
“This is different.”
What he wanted to say was that the soil he usually saw was different from this one.
"This is good for growing vegetables, they grow fast."
“Then I’ll plant it too.”
Kang Kang also wanted to grab the soil, but was stopped by Xu Di. She knew that the child was rather spoiled, and she didn't know whether her family would allow her to touch the dirt.
"Kangkang, wait a minute, the soil is very cold, please find a pair of gloves to wear, otherwise your hands will get frozen."
"Then why don't your hands get cold?"
The child tilted his head, looking questioning.
"Because my aunt is an adult, her hands are thick and resistant to cold."
Children are not easy to fool.
"Here, bring the flower pot."
Liang Bo brought in a few flower pots from outside, which were not small.
Yan Fangfang also found a pair of woolen gloves for Kang Kang to wear, fearing that he would have a stomachache after playing in the dirt.
Xu Di taught Kang Kang to put the soil into the flowerpot and press it gently with his hands.
It's enough to fill the flower pot a little more than two-thirds with soil.
"Okay, let's plant some vegetables." Xu Di took out vegetable seeds and leek roots from his bag.
“Hey, is this a leek root?”
Grandma Qian looked at what Xu Di took out and recognized it as leek roots.
"Granny Qian is amazing. She recognized it right away. There are a lot of them planted in the troughs at my grandfather's house. I pulled some of them over. This is faster than planting chive seeds. They will sprout in a few days."
Xu Di taught Kang Kang how to plant leek roots. The little guy studied very seriously and methodically, without any confusion at all.
I haven’t finished planting a flower pot yet, and there’s still some left.
"Okay, leave these to me. I'll go back and plant them later. Regardless of whether they'll be eaten or not, it makes me feel good to see a pot of green seedlings in the house in the middle of winter."
Seeing that Xu Di brought a lot of soil and vegetable seeds, Grandma Qian also wanted to grow vegetables.
"Then I'll help you plant them later. There are also seeds of lettuce, spinach, coriander, radish and cabbage here."
Xu Di brought seeds of green leafy vegetables, but did not bring seeds of eggplants, beans or other vegetables with long growth cycles.
"There are so many of them. These vegetables sprout quickly and will grow quite tall in ten days or so."
"Well, they are all small vegetables with a short growth cycle."
Xu Di and Grandma Qian were talking about growing vegetables. The Liang family didn't quite understand what they were talking about and listened carefully.
Xu Di and Kang Kang also planted some small vegetables, using five flower pots in total. There is still a lot of soil left in the bag.
"Come on, Xu Di, help me plant some vegetables. Later, we'll go back to your Aunt Wang's house and have a delicious meal."
"We'll have mutton hotpot for lunch. Everything is ready. Come back as soon as you finish planting."
Aunt Wang responded to Grandma Qian's words and said that she had prepared a lot of meat.
"If there's something delicious, can you not come back? I'll be back in a moment."
Grandma Qian led the way, and Xu Di followed behind carrying the soil.
This time it is much lighter and easy to carry.
After leaving Aunt Wang’s family compound, Grandma Qian lived in the family compound next door.
"This is the government housing estate, and it's not far from where I live."
Grandma Qian introduced the place as we walked, and Xu Di gained a new understanding of this place.
Grandma Qian lives on the second floor, in an apartment with three bedrooms and a living room.
The room is neatly arranged and clean.
"Aunt Qian, you're back."
A middle-aged woman in her forties came out of the kitchen. She looked like a housekeeper.
"Xiao Wu, this is Xu Di, a junior I'm close to. Xu Di, you can call me Aunt Wu, the organization will arrange for me to be taken care of."
Although Grandma Qian was only the chairman of the Women's Federation before her retirement, she had passed on intelligence and made many contributions, so her salary was really not low.
"Hello, Aunt Wu!"
Xu Di greeted them as usual and followed Grandma Qian to the balcony, where there were several empty flower pots.
The two of them were quick and skillful, and in no time they had planted the leek roots and the side dishes.
"Okay, let's go to Liang's mutton hotpot."
Grandma Qian held a cloth bag and called Xu Di to go out.
The old man and the young left, talking and laughing.
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