portable space

After wiping her head, Cai Yazhi pointed in the direction of the backyard and asked: How to deal with the backyard?

The backyard had been greatly changed by Zhang Taiping last year. Several fruit trees were planted, and a deep ditch was dug in the center of the yard. Now it is connected to the pool outside, and water flows into the yard from the ditch.

It goes around in a circle and flows into the pond outside. Cai Yazhi originally used the backyard to grow vegetables that are commonly eaten at home, but now Zhang Taiping can't grow them after all the trouble, but there is still a large area of ​​land free.

, slightly messy.

Zhang Taiping took off his clothes that were soaked by the rain and replied: "I have my own opinions in the yard, so you don't have to worry about it. I have left a piece of land at the western end of the wasteland where it meets the back valley. You can plant some vegetables there."

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According to his own idea, he would make the backyard a private space, plant some fruit trees of various colors, plant some flowers, and then plant some melons, watermelons and other fruits in it. When the time comes, he will enter the backyard.

It is a lush green place. In the summer, people sit under the vines made of green leaves, drink ice-cold wine, and taste fruits. What an enjoyment it must be.

Now that she knew Zhang Taiping's plan, Cai Yazhi knew what to do.

After the rain, the sky became brighter. Zhang Taiping's house was located on a slightly higher ground, and from here he could see the whole village. People were walking in all directions on the slopes surrounding the village, carrying various farm tools.

Plant melons and beans before and after Grain Rain. It is now the middle of February in the lunar calendar, and it is March in the solar calendar. There is still almost a month before the solar terms, but now the global climate is warming, the changes in spring temperature and the solar terms have already

There is a big difference, especially in a city like Xi'an where spring is fleeting and winter often follows summer. Spring is particularly warm.

Just after the new rain, it is a good time to plant vegetables and melons. Because at this time, the ground is soaked by the rain, and "scar" is a specific word used by people in the countryside to say that there is moisture in the ground. There is "injury" in the ground.

Vegetables, melons and fruits can germinate and grow quickly only after they are planted, and fertilization will not cause excessive fertilization to burn the newly emerged seedlings.

Zhang Taiping's family was no exception. The whole family, big and small, headed towards the land designated by Zhang Taiping under the leadership of Cai Yazhi. The old man and Yaya also went together.

Fortunately, Cai Yazhi had prepared the seeds in advance, otherwise such an early spring rain would have been missed, and the vegetables would have been planted late, and accordingly they would have matured a little later.

Cai Yazhi prepared seeds for tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, cowpeas and other vegetables commonly eaten at home. In fact, the survival rate of vegetable seeds such as tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants and Erpao spicy seeds is not high, and they are all cultivated by others.

I got a bunch of long seedlings. However, the weather was warm this year too early. Most of the seedlings have not been cultivated yet. I didn’t see them the last time I went to town, so Cai Yazhi could only buy the seeds.

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In previous years, she only planted a small patch in the backyard of her home, enough to feed her family. This year, she estimated that she would plant more seeds and prepare more seeds, but it was still underestimated. Most people would have two or three inches of land close to a water source.

, is called "private land", which is specially used to grow vegetables for home consumption. It is rare for someone like Zhang Taiping to set aside two acres of land at one time.

Zhang Taiping was specifically responsible for digging the hole. After digging, the three women and an old man and a young man slipped the seeds into the soil. After covering it, Zhang Taiping went to the edge of the pond to fetch water and water it a little, and finally used a rake to level it.

This provides enough water and the soil layer above is loose, which is very conducive to the emergence of seeds.

It was probably the first time for both Fan Ming and Xing Rushui to do this kind of farm work. It was very novel and very demanding. Both of them were sweating profusely when they finished. On the other hand, Cai Yazhi didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Six people, big and small, went into battle together. It didn't take much time to plant all the seeds Cai Yazhi bought into the ground, and only half an acre of land was used.

Cai Yazhi asked: What to plant on the remaining land?

Zhang Taiping looked at the remaining one and a half acres of land and said: "I heard that the village chief's family has a kind of spicy pepper that tastes very spicy. I will go and get some seeds back later."

After planting vegetables, we still need to plant potatoes. This year’s potatoes will be planted on the slopes where sweet potatoes were planted last year, that is, under the peach trees in the orchard.

The peach and cherry trees in the orchard have already unfolded their new green leaves. It seems that they will bloom in the near future. However, the grape trees are still motionless and there are no flowers on them. The cherries will be mature in May and the peaches will be on the market in May.

It can be put on the market in August, but grapes are not available until August, so the first two types germinate and bloom relatively early.

Growing potatoes is different from previous vegetables. It uses neither seeds nor seedlings, but fruits.

The old man sat on a stool next to him, holding a blade and dividing the potatoes specially prepared last winter into several small pieces. This was done with knowledge, instead of picking up a knife and randomly peeling each piece.

Potatoes all have a sprout eye on them to ensure that they can germinate and grow new seedlings after they are planted in the soil.

It was Cai Yazhi who dug the hole. The three women and little Yaya pressed the old man's peeled potato pieces into the soil with their buds facing upwards. Zhang Taiping was responsible for covering the soil with the soil. The potato growth cycle is long and does not only take a few days, so it saves time.

Went watering.

After ordering the potatoes, Zhang Taiping went to the village chief's house to ask for the seeds of the mutated pepper.

"Aunt, where is the old uncle?" Zhang Taiping arrived at the door of the old village chief's house and happened to meet the old aunt holding a pair of fen huang flags, rice gulls, juliao tangerines and oils in one hand.

"Commander, your uncle just went to Wang Laoqiang's place. I heard that Wang Laoqiang's family is going to plant watermelons, so I went over to have a look."

Zhang Taiping's heart moved. It seemed that Wang Laoqiang was deeply influenced by him. Although he didn't follow the same trend of planting fruit trees, he found a new way to grow watermelons.

"Where is the land where Wang Laoqiang grows watermelons?" Zhang Taiping was curious and wanted to go and have a look.

The old aunt pointed to the east and said: "It's on a relatively flat piece of land under the mountain on the side where his family is divided." She put down her arm and asked, "What do you want to ask your uncle for?"

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"It's nothing serious, I just want some seeds from your spicy chili pepper."

"It's a small thing, you don't have to tell him, I'll just give it to you." He opened the door and entered the house. After a while, he took out a paper box with a box full of pepper seeds.

Zhang Taiping accepted the cardboard box, thanked him, and headed in the direction pointed by the old aunt.

In addition to Zhang Taiping, Wang Laoqiang is the first person in the village who dares to do this. Success will be a great encouragement to the subsequent development of the village. If he fails, Zhang Taiping will probably spend this time.

The morale he had built up during his hard work was gone. So he had to go see if there was anything he could do to help.

Someone planted watermelons instead of crops. This was a big event in the village, and many people came to watch.

Zhang Taiping came to the village chief and said, "I just asked my old aunt for some pepper seeds."

The village chief nodded and said, "Do you also think this pepper has seeds?"

Zhang Taiping nodded and said: "Well, if the ones grown are as spicy as the ones I ate at your home last year, then that's a big business opportunity. Many of the spicy ones out there are not very good, either because they don't taste spicy enough.

There are fakes. Some big restaurants buy good chili peppers from outside. If we can grow this kind of chili pepper and sell it to restaurants, we will make money."

After hearing this, the village chief assured with joy: "The seeds grown are definitely the ones you ate last year. I have been experimenting for several years, and the seeds collected are all the seeds of this kind of pepper."

"This is not very popular. We can just talk about it privately and see if anyone is willing to plant it."

The village chief nodded. After a while, he asked again: "What do you think of Wang Laoqiang growing watermelons?"

Zhang Taiping said: "Has he had any experience growing watermelons before?"

"Yes, and it was successful both times. It's just that the melons were good, but the price was unbelievably cheap. They couldn't sell them and ended up rotting at home. I didn't even get back the capital and wasted more than half a year. That period was a waste of time.

His family is not at peace all the time."

"When did it happen?" Zhang Taiping asked, frowning.

“Two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007.”

Zhang Taiping was relieved. For two years, it seemed like 2006 and 2007, there was a flood of watermelons. They were all cheap to less than a dime, but they still couldn't be sold. The market was too saturated.

At that time, he also drove through Chang'an, and the roadside was full of green melon fields. At that time, he heard that a melon farmer planted nearly a hundred acres of watermelons, but in the end they could not be sold and all rotted in the fields. The couple couldn't think about it.

I drank pesticide in a fit of anger.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that farmers sometimes hesitate to move forward. They are just scared.

Zhang Taiping said: "As long as he has experience and can grow good melons, he will not be sold in the current market. And he can only succeed but not fail, otherwise it will be a huge blow to the enthusiasm of the people in the village. So not only must we

Let Wang Laoqiang succeed in planting watermelons this time, and let him make a lot of money. Only in this way can the enthusiasm of the villagers be stimulated, and the village can develop."

The old village chief nodded in agreement: "You have the same idea as me."

Zhang Taiping and the old village chief are discussing here, and there are also many villagers discussing next to them, but most of them are not optimistic about Wang Laoqiang's actions this time, because the previous two times have been a lesson learned, and they lost a lot of money.

It’s better to grow fruit trees than it is to grow crops. This is the thinking of the most conservative people.

ps: Still asking for flowers until the end of the month!!!