Chapter 214
It has been a month since school started, and Xu Di has already balanced his time between school and home.
There are classes six days a week, but not every day is full. Occasionally there is only one class in the morning or no classes in the afternoon.
Xu Di tries her best to finish what she learns in class. If she cannot finish it, she will continue studying after her children fall asleep as much as possible.
The child goes to bed early, so she still has plenty of time at night.
She felt that the child lacked the company of his father, so as a mother, she tried to take as much time as possible to accompany the child.
During this month, Xu Di was not particularly familiar with his classmates. He could call out most of their names, but could not speak a few words to many of them.
The one she is most familiar with is Liu Yun, and they often sit together in class.
Because she didn't live in the dormitory and didn't interact much with the female classmates, they couldn't spend enough time together.
Tomorrow is the weekend, and Xu Di plans to turn over the land in his backyard as all the soil has thawed.
"Xu Di, we are going to climb the Great Wall this weekend, do you want to go?"
The one who spoke was the squad leader, the big brother from Shandong.
"Squad leader, I have something going on at home, so I won't go."
Xu Di didn't know whether this was a group activity or an activity for the majority of people.
"Hey, Xu Di, it's been a month since school started, and you don't live in school, and you don't participate in group activities very often. You seem a bit out of place, aren't you?"
"Wei Hua, is there anyone who stipulates that we must participate in class activities during our spare time?
There are more than 30 people in our class. Am I the only one who doesn't participate in every activity?
You like staring at me so much that people who don’t know you would think you like me very much. ”
Although Xu Di did not participate in any group activities, their so-called group activities were always attended by less than a dozen people.
"Anyway, you're the only one who didn't participate once. Aren't you a member of this class? You have no sense of collectivism."
Wei Hua had an inexplicable hostility towards Xu Di. They were all squeezed in an eight-person dormitory at school, so why could Xu Di go home every day?
"Class monitor, what is the purpose of organizing activities? Do you want students to understand each other and enhance their relationships, or do you want to increase conflicts among students?
Everyone’s situation is different. There’s nothing wrong with you organizing activities, but you can’t arbitrarily label students who are unable to participate, right?
Times have changed. This is no longer the age of writing big-character posters, where you can't accuse someone of a crime just by talking.
Wei Hua, I won’t bother with you this time. But if you let me hear any rumors about me that are not true, don't blame me, go to school and get things straight. ”
Xu Di packed up her things. She didn't have time to argue with Wei Hua. She was a girl in her twenties. She could feed the whole family by herself and she could talk while standing without any pain in her waist.
She had heard that Wei Hua was the most active person in the whole class.
Although she is not familiar with many classmates, she knows a little about each of them.
In her previous life, although her workplace was relatively simple, however, wherever there are people, there are right and wrong.
She doesn't talk about right or wrong, but she cannot ignore the environment she is in.
Xu Di left with the bag, leaving the squad leader and Wei Hua looking at each other in bewilderment.
The squad leader felt that he was a little wronged. He was just asking questions, but why did a quarrel break out?
Wei Hua wondered in his heart, does Xu Di have any background?
Liu Yun didn't participate either. She had been to the Great Wall too many times since she was a child and had no interest in it.
The other students also had their own things to do. After finally getting a break, everyone had something to do.
In the class, more than half of the people left at once, leaving only a few kittens. I didn’t know whether to go or not?
When Xu Di returned home, his three children were playing on the swings in the yard. Two dogs and a cat were surrounding them, and they were no longer afraid of strangers.
Last day off, Uncle Xu hired a tractor from the brigade to deliver a cart of wooden tripwires, as well as a swing, a see-saw, and these three living things that Grandpa Xu had a carpenter make for the three children.
Xu Di feels that he is a lucky person because he has the wholehearted love of his grandparents and his uncle and aunt.
Grandma Qian was also happy. Xiaodi’s grandparents loved her, and her uncle and aunt did not treat her as an outsider.
So, when Uncle Xu left, Grandma Qian also prepared a lot of things, such as cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, and tea, and the organization would send a lot of these every quarter.
Feelings are mutual. Only when there is give and take can they last long.
"Mom, Xiao Huang and Xiao Hua ate a bowl of food today, and their bellies are so round."
Yuanyuan is the most talkative one in the family. Every day, when Xu Di comes back, she starts talking about what they did at home. Although what I say sometimes sounds confusing, most of the time I can make it clear.
"Really? Then will Xiaohua and Xiaohuang become fat dogs?"
"No, after eating, they run around the yard with me."
With three cats and dogs, the children have something to do all day long, such as training the cats and dogs.
After accompanying the children and training the cat and dog for a while, Aunt Wu called us to eat.
At night, after the children go to bed, Xu Di finishes the day's homework because he has to work the next day.
There were tools at home, and I found them when I was cleaning the warehouse.
Hoes, shovels, four-tooth forks, rakes, pickaxes... there are many of them, old and young. Grandpa Xu spent a whole day cleaning up these rusty tools.
After breakfast, Xu Di went to the backyard to turn the soil.
Aunt Wu brought her children to help pick out the grass roots from the soil.
"Xiao Di, this soil is quite fertile, not compacted at all."
"Well, he must have grown something before. This is a large piece of land. If we plant vegetables on it, it will be enough for us to eat for the whole summer."
Xu Di will grow seedlings in the space and find an excuse to take them out when the time comes.
"It's enough, more than enough. We can still pickle and dry vegetables if we can't finish it.
With this vegetable garden, I will never feel bored again. Let me tell you, when I was in the village, I was one of the best at growing vegetables. ”
Aunt Wu's face was full of excitement when she talked about her old profession.
She grew up in the countryside and loves the land in her heart.
"Then teach me. I haven't grown vegetables for decades."
Grandma Qian touched the soil and became interested.
"Okay, let's go together."
Aunt Wu is full of confidence, which is what she is good at.
"Okay, then I'll go to the Niufang Brigade and bring back some vegetable seedlings.
These two days, I saw a lot of people selling wild vegetables. I'll ask if they have leek roots and buy some.
If you plant them in the ground, you can eat a crop of leeks in ten days or so. Scrambled eggs with leeks, leek boxes, leek, egg and dried shrimp dumplings. ”
The more Xu Di talked, the more greedy he felt, and his saliva was about to flow out.
"Mom, stop talking. You're drooling."
Nuannuan has eaten all these things and is craving for them.
"Haha...Mom is drooling."
It was a rare sight, and Nuannuan blushed.
"No hurry. After we turn the soil today and plant the chive roots, they will grow very fast."
Xu Di planned to take the leek roots back tomorrow night as she also wanted to eat them.
On this day, three cats and a dog, three big and three small, were busy in the backyard.
Some people turn the soil, some look for insects to feed the chickens, and some break up the big clods of earth. The work is clearly divided and everyone enjoys the work.
Xu Di was not in a hurry to make ridges for the turned over land. He just let it dry for two days to dry out the insect eggs and bacteria in the soil.
After working for a whole day, Xu Di fell asleep early in the evening and had no dreams all night. But when he woke up in the morning, his arms were very sore.
In the evening, Xu Di brought back a piece of plastic sheet, a pile of leek roots, and a lot of rapeseed.
Aunt Wu thought that these were exchanged between Xiao Di and the person selling wild vegetables, so she didn't ask any more questions.
There is no need to make ridges for chives. Just level the ground, leave a certain distance, and plant them in rows.
Xu Di brought back forty or fifty leek roots, planted them, watered them, and covered them with plastic sheeting.
The plastic sheets at that time were not as thick as those in later generations, but rather thin.
The double layer used by Xu Di feels pretty good.
Now, they just have to wait for the leeks to sprout and grow so that they can eat leek boxes and dumplings stuffed with leeks and eggs.
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