bayedsolid Chapter 295 Spring Rain
Chapter 295 Spring Rain
After Zhou Mingzhi and Qi Xu disappeared in the yard, Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Mingqi also went about their own business.
Zhou Mingqi asked Zhou Mingqin to pick the snail meat, while Zhou Mingshu took a shovel and a spade to the flower garden.
My family doesn't have much experience in growing flowers, so I will have to pay more attention to it later.
After finding several suitable locations, Zhou Mingshu dug a few holes and planted the fruit seedlings exchanged from the system.
While no one is noticing, she wants to plant a few more varieties so that she can have more kinds of fruits to eat when they bear fruit.
The grape vines were planted not far from the wisteria.
Both are climbing plants, so it's easier to build a climbing frame when they are put together.
She planted fruit trees such as orange trees and grapefruit trees a little far away, so they would not bear fruit for one or two years. They were planted in a corner where no one could see them.
Seeing that the sun had not yet completely set, Zhou Mingshu was busy taking care of the fruit seedlings.
She dug a hole and planted the seedling, and she was very motivated thinking that it would bear many fruits in the future.
There was smoke coming out of the kitchen, and it seemed that the family was preparing dinner.
She dug a few more holes without being told...and almost planted a durian tree in the end.
Thinking that the climate here is not very suitable for tropical fruits, she finally gave up the idea.
Just plant some commonly eaten fruits.
Finally, she fetched some water from the river for watering the plants. After she finished all the work, she took her tools and went home.
The people who came to help in the yard had already gone home, so she filled a basin with water to wash her hands and face.
"Sanya, where have you been? I couldn't find you when I went out just now."
Qi Xu appeared from nowhere, playing with a duck feather in his hand.
"I'm weeding the flowerbed. It's lush and green now, so it's normal that you can't see me. Next time if you have any problems, just stand at the door and call me."
"That's fine. Anyway, there's nothing to do. I saw you weren't in the yard so I went out to check."
There was indeed an extra plate of snail meat on the dinner table. Liu cut a handful of water celery and stir-fried it together, adding chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns. The taste was both spicy and numbing.
Several people were sweating while eating.
"Uncle, the price of stones still hasn't come down?"
“Not only is there no trend of falling, but the price is getting higher and higher…”
"Forehead……"
No one expected this result.
"San Ya, the flowers in our flower garden haven't bloomed yet, so it doesn't really matter whether we can make money or not. We can postpone the paving of the road for a while. The main thing is that we can harvest the flowers for making ointment. We don't expect to make any more money from other things."
Zhou Mingshu thought about it and agreed.
"Then let's start building a fence. It would be bad if the villagers' sheep come over and eat our flowers."
"Then build the fence first. Anyone in the family who is free can come and help."
Except for the side close to the river, the other three sides of the flower garden need to be weeded. Together with the vegetable garden, it covers a total of more than half a circle.
If you are busy, it will take four or five days.
……
Just as they were getting ready to build the fence, a spring rain disrupted their plans.
Not only was the family unable to build a fence, but even their roast duck business in town was delayed.
But then again, spring rain is as precious as oil.
The drizzle poured down, and the mountains and fields became green.
Even the stone surface of the small bridge in the village was covered with moss.
"It's good to have some rain. A spring rain brings warmth, and the crops in the fields should grow taller and taller."
"That's not true. It snowed so heavily last year, so this year's harvest won't be bad."
The adults in the family looked at the rain in the yard and chatted intermittently.
The raindrops flowed down the green tiles, forming strings of beads as they fell, and after hitting the ground they formed small puddles one after another.
When the puddles can no longer hold the rain water, it flows down the ground to the low-lying areas.
Finally, it flows into the dug drainage canals, and then flows into the vegetable gardens and flower beds...
The rain was not heavy, but it came and went, drizzling for a day or two.
The sky was always gloomy, so Zhou Mingshu put on an extra coat.
She couldn't stand the late spring cold and felt a little cold.
I took a book, hugged the little squirrel and crawled into bed to enjoy this rare quiet moment.
Farmers are looking forward to this rain.
But for Qi Rui, who was building a house, it brought a lot of trouble.
Many houses were forced to stop construction after only half of the construction was completed.
Much of the mud and sand that was transported was wet by the rain, and even though it was covered with a tarpaulin, a lot of it was still washed away.
Even though I felt a little anxious, there was nothing I could do.
After the rain, the sky cleared up and spring came.
Old Mrs. Zhou asked a few children to go to the mountain to see if there were any mushrooms.
It has rained in spring for two days. If any mushrooms grow, I can pick some to taste.
After eating dried mushrooms for more than half a year, they really want to eat some fresh ones.
The soil on the mountain was still a little sticky, but no one cared about that.
With a chopping knife on their waist and a backpack on their back, they walked up the mountain one after another.
Zhou Mingzhi was tall and he walked in front, followed closely by Qi Xu and Shen Yang.
Like Qi Xu, Shen Yang had lived in the plains since childhood and had never seen mountains or rivers.
He is indispensable for going up the mountain to pick mushrooms. He is older than Zhou Mingzhi, and they are very coordinated in what they say and do. When he heard that they were going up the mountain, he was very excited.
"Now that it has rained, the bamboo shoots on the mountain will probably sprout again. Let's go to the bamboo forest and take a look. Xiaojie and the others picked quite a few last year."
"Great! The bamboo shoots and pork stew are really delicious."
Shen Yang has eaten this dish before, and the bamboo shoots in it were dried bamboo shoots that had been sun-dried before.
Now that we have fresh bamboo shoots, won’t the taste and texture be elevated to a higher level? !
"Haha, indeed. Pickled sour bamboo shoots are delicious too. Unfortunately, we've already eaten all the pickled ones from last year. I'll have to ask grandma to make more this year."
Zhou Mingshu followed behind and listened to them talking, and couldn't help laughing.
Several young men can't stop talking about eating and drinking.
There were not only them on the mountain, there were also many villagers in the woods, and they all came up the mountain to try their luck.
Because he had experience in mountain hunting, Zhou Mingzhi took them directly to the mushroom and wild vegetable nests.
Be it mushrooms or wild vegetables.
We can’t let our brothers and sisters go back with empty backpacks, otherwise their trip would have been in vain.
We have spent a winter full of radishes and cabbages. Now that spring has arrived, it is time to eat more fresh wild vegetables.
Zhou Mingzhi took a deep breath, the scent of soil mixed with grass was full of the flavor of nature.
Zhou Mingshu saw a lot of duck celery on the ground, which was still very fresh and tender after just growing, so he squatted down and started picking it.
The method of cooking duck celery is very simple. Just wash it, blanch it and then stir-fry it. The stir-fried vegetables are fragrant and delicious, and are also good for hot pot.
Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi also did not leave, they squatted down and started picking.