By the time the adults in the family had finished cultivating dozens of acres of land, July was almost over.
The potatoes in the greenhouse have all sprouted; the sprouting rate is very high.
Zhao Gang, along with the Meng family mother and her two children, cut off all the potato sprouts and successfully planted all the potatoes before August arrived.
The little boy has already built a rapeseed planter, but a potato planter is still a long way off.
So this time, planting potatoes on a total of more than three acres of land, including Zhao Xiaoxiu's family and Grandma Meng's family, was all done manually.
Fortunately, there are many people in the family, and apart from the little one, everyone else is an evolved human, so the workload is manageable.
The only thing that made everyone complain was the scorching sun.
Both Meng Da and Meng Er had their necks peeled off from the sun, and Granny Meng's skin had darkened by at least two shades.
Strangely, Zhao Xiaoxiu and Zhao Gang, father and daughter, also sunbathed without proper sun protection, yet their skin didn't get tanned at all.
Not only did I not get tanned, but there wasn't even a trace of sunburn.
Faced with everyone's curious gazes, Zhao Gang simply said indifferently, "I have good genes."
Everyone: "......"
Actually, Zhao Gang wasn't wrong; it's just that they have good genes.
Because both father and daughter have super-strong self-healing abilities, a patch of skin healed itself before it was even sunburned, leaving no trace.
After planting the potatoes, before even resting for two days, Mo Shigui, holding a megaphone, sat in his patrol car urging the lords that it was time to harvest the sweet potatoes!
"Seriously?" Meng Er complained, "We've only rested for two days, and we have to go back to the fields?"
Meng Da had a good attitude and calmly shrugged, "I've planted all three acres of land. It's just one acre of sweet potatoes. I can finish it in less than a day."
Grandma Meng looked in the mirror and tore off the skin peeling off her shoulder. "Although the hottest time has passed, the sun is still very strong. Remember to wear sunscreen. It's better to be hot than not to cover your skin."
The two brothers answered in unison, "We know."
She glanced enviously at Zhao Xiaoxiu, who had fair and delicate skin, and Zhao Gang, whose skin wasn't fair but hadn't tanned at all.
On a hot summer night, the wind was warm and the ground was dry. Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou each had a water ladle and sprinkled water on the floor tiles to cool them down.
At first, the cold water immediately steamed up plumes of hot water when it came into contact with the scalding ground, but soon the temperature dropped noticeably.
The adults discussed tomorrow's farm work, while Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Monkey went to the pond, sat on a small boat on the shore, and lay inside to look at the stars in the sky.
Peter Pan leaped out of the water and circled above the shimmering surface, occasionally spraying a fine mist of water towards the small boat, which made Sister Monkey jump up and pound her chest in threat.
A fish and a monkey, neither of them are afraid of the other, and neither of them will give way to the other.
Until Zhao Xiaoxiu, lying on the bow of the boat, laughed and shouted, "Stop fooling around, let's look at the stars together! There are so many beautiful stars today!"
Since the official adoption of the Cataclysmic New Calendar, no one remembers the old lunar and solar calendars anymore.
Zhao Xiaoxiu looked at the Milky Way in the sky, which was drawn by countless stars, and counted on her fingers, but she couldn't figure out an exact date.
However, she said with particular certainty to Peter Pan and Monkey Sister, who had finally stopped, "Today is Qixi Festival, the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet."
Monkey Sister and Peter Pan exchanged a glance and shook their heads in unison, unable to understand.
Zhao Xiaoxiu: "......" Never mind, she'll just enjoy it herself.
As she gazed at it, it seemed as if the stars in the sky were winking at her. The sky and the earth merged together, and countless stars surrounded her, both on her body and beneath her.
Suddenly realizing it, I saw that the small boat was being controlled by Peter Pan and was hovering on the surface of the pond reflecting the starry sky.
"So beautiful!" Zhao Xiaoxiu spread her arms, hugged the monkey sitting in front of her, and leaned against it, saying happily.
Monkey Sister didn't care about beauty or anything like that. She told Zhao Xiaoxiu that the mutated jujube tree and the evolved persimmon planted at the foot of Nanshan Mountain had started to bear fruit.
Zhao Xiaoxiu is currently focused on the convenience store and hasn't visited the fruit trees on the back mountain in a long time. She was pleasantly surprised to hear what Sister Monkey said.
She wasn't sure if it was the right season, but she was sure she'd be able to eat fruit this fall.
With this thought in mind, Zhao Xiaoxiu lay down in the small boat with a deep sense of satisfaction and slowly fell asleep.
......
The evolved sweet potato harvest is in full swing.
One mu (unit of land area) yielded more than 6,000 jin (unit of weight) of sweet potatoes. After deducting the portion kept for seed and the portion for personal consumption, the remaining 3,000 jin were sold to the official recycling station.
The purchase price is 4 points per kilogram, and the total amount earned is Hope Base points.
With this matter finished, the lords can finally stop and rest for a while.
There were no planting tasks to complete in late August and throughout September.
Of course, this excludes lords whose rapeseed fields have not yet been cultivated.
With the off-season for farming, more people are coming into the mountains, and Zhao Xiaoxiu's small shop is doing much better business. She buys and sells, earning the price difference, and her revenue is becoming more and more stable.
With nothing to do at home, Granny Meng took over from Zhao Xiaoxiu and helped her run the convenience store. Having worked at a recycling station before, she was very familiar with the process and got the hang of it in half a day.
When Zhao Xiaoxiu had some free time, she flipped through the calendar on her phone and suddenly remembered that Youyou's birthday seemed to be coming up soon.
Wait, Yu-Yu's birthday is coming soon, does that mean his dad is coming soon too?
After a month of peace, Zhao Xiaoxiu's mood became uneasy again.
She couldn't explain why, but the thought of the biotech company's headquarters terrified her.
Strangely, thinking about Aunt Yang Mei makes me feel different.
Holding her phone, Zhao Xiaoxiu sat at her doorstep looking at the wall covered in vibrant flowers and thought to herself, "People really can't be too idle."
Having too much free time makes it easy to overthink and affect your mood!
Just then, Zhao Xiaoxiu caught sight of Zhao Gang carrying a roll of tarpaulin toward the backyard. She jumped up and jogged after him.
"Daddy, Daddy!"
Zhao Gang turned around, naturally extended his free left hand, took the hand of the little girl who had followed him, and asked gently, "Are you hungry?"
The father was very satisfied with his cub's appetite.
The more you eat, the more you absorb, and the more you absorb, the stronger your body will become. Strong and healthy cubs are the cutest.
Faced with her father's expectant expression, Zhao Xiaoxiu felt a little depressed. She had just eaten a whole grilled fish as a snack half an hour ago and hadn't finished digesting it yet!
But she still shook her father's hand and pleaded, "Dad, let's go into the mountains together, go hunting, pick wild fruits, and find something delicious to eat, okay?"
"It's so boring staying at home..." The little girl's eyelids drooped, her nose wrinkled, and she looked listless.
The father and daughter arrived in front of the greenhouse, and Zhao Gang put down the rainproof cloth he had just bought from the supply station.
There was a lot of timber piled on the ground, and the Meng brothers were sawing wood. They planned to take advantage of the off-season to expand two more greenhouses so that they could eat fresh vegetables when winter came.
"What's wrong, Xiaoxiu?" Meng Da asked, amused, looking at Zhao Xiaoxiu's wrinkled face. "Did you have a fight with Sister Monkey?"
Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head. Zhao Gang said, "Tomorrow I'll take Xiaoxiu into the mountains to practice. You two can build the greenhouse yourselves."
Zhao Xiaoxiu immediately raised her head and shouted "Yay!" with great energy, no longer looking listless.
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