portable space

At night, a light rain secretly began to fall, softly and gently drifting into the night with the wind, moistening things silently.

When Zhang Taiping woke up in the morning, he saw that the ground was damp again, so he had just saved watering the lavender and watermelon seedlings. The leaves of the newly grown trees still had undropped beads hanging on them, and the tender green color was even more vivid after the dust had been washed away.

Bright.

Zhang Taiping ran around the mountainside several times. I don’t know when the strings of winter jasmine flowers that had bloomed had been knocked down by the rain, and the golden petals were scattered on the ground, which corresponded to the poem "The night comes."

The sound of wind and rain can tell how many flowers have fallen."

The years passed silently, time flew by, and four or five days passed before I knew it.

In the early morning of this day, Zhang Taiping opened the wooden door of the backyard and put the ewe and four lambs on the uphill slope. The big rooster also took the opportunity to lead a few little hens out to forage.

Before I even walked into the orchard, I smelled the fragrance of flowers. The morning air was particularly fresh, and the fragrance of flowers mixed in it was also very clear. But the fruit trees in the orchard were in bloom.

Zhang Taiping has never been to the orchard in the past few days. Cai Yazhi and Fan Ming have been cleaning up the weeds in the garden. Moreover, since the fruit trees in the backyard just came here early in the morning, Zhang Taiping has not given them special care, and they are blooming more than normal.

The old trees take a longer time and are just beginning to bloom, so Zhang Taiping doesn't know the majority of the flowering conditions in the orchard.

Zhang Taiping irrigated some space spring water while fertilizing the fruit trees last winter, so they bloomed a few days earlier than other similar trees.

The valley is now a sea of ​​flowers. The first are the two pear trees planted by Zhang Taiping last year. There is a poem that says, "Suddenly a spring breeze comes overnight, and thousands of pear blossoms bloom." That means it snows in winter.

The whole branch is covered with a layer of white snow

The flowers are like thousands of pear trees in bloom. But now a tree of pure white pear blossoms looks like it is covered with velvet white snowflakes, as if it has returned to heavy snow and covered the world with silver. The pear blossoms are plain white.

, the fragrance is also as elegant as the flower color.

Walking further inside, there is a cherry tree. If the pear blossom is compared to a fairy in white clothes floating barefoot like a pure and pure fairy descending from the snow mountain, then the pale pink or pale white cherry blossom is like a girl with infinite shyness, smooth and clean.

, the cheeks without color powder reflect a natural light pink color.

There are pink peach blossoms on the hillside on both sides. The peach blossoms are enchanting, like a graceful young woman with rosy cheeks. There is a saying that the face is like a peach blossom, which is exactly the kind of white and rosy face that describes the face of a young girl or a newlywed young woman. Take it off

Placing a peach blossom on the tip of your nose is like gently sniffing on the shoulder of an enchanting woman.

Zhang Taiping casually walked around among the flowers in the orchard. He felt that it was a nice scenery, so he went back to the house to get his camera, took pictures of the beautiful scenery in the valley from all directions, and took close-ups of various flowers.

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Facing a peach blossom, Zhang Taiping was fine-tuning the focus, but a bee appeared in the lens with its wings flapping, then stopped on the petals to collect nectar. Zhang Taiping immediately pressed the shutter to record this moment.

He raised his head and listened carefully, and he could hear the buzzing of wings in the air. Then he looked at the flowers, and sure enough, there were many bees busy on them. Zhang Taiping suddenly thought, should he also move the space inside?

Move some of the bees out and build a few beehives outside to keep them outside. This way, the honey can be taken out at any time, and there is a legitimate reason.

There was no rush to make beehive-like bees. Zhang Taiping hung the camera on the branch and started collecting petals.

Now that all kinds of flowers in the orchard are blooming at their most beautiful time, it is the best time to collect them to brew Baihua Wine. Most people in the world think that this kind of wine only exists in legends. In fact, it is not the case. It is just that the value of brewing is too expensive.

It is out of proportion to the income and has no commercial value, so it has not been produced on a large scale. To be honest, it is impossible to produce it on a large scale. Zhang Taiping happened to know a good recipe for brewing this kind of wine, so he couldn't help but want to collect some petals and practice it himself.

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But when he picked flowers from branches, he did not pick them randomly, but in a learned way. If the fruit trees have too much nutrition or are not suffering any losses when they first bloom, they will have clusters of flowers. If the trees are too dense, they need to be thinned out. He does this

After a while, the extra flower branches will be cut off according to the size of the branches, and the petals will be picked and placed in a prepared basket.

Zhang Taiping picked several baskets alone but did not finish a few trees. It seems that this is a slow and meticulous work that cannot be rushed. It is a bit unrealistic to complete it by oneself. Moreover, the flowering period waits for no one and will wither in a few days.

, not only missed the best opportunity to pick flowers to make wine, but also delayed the flower thinning, so the lover had to come to help.

Put the picked flowers in the space, which is the best place to keep fresh. As long as his wishes are not met, the things placed inside will always remain in their original state.

When he returned to the house, everyone at home was getting up, and Zhang Taiping told Cai Yazhi about hiring someone to thin out the flowers.

Cai Yazhi: Aren’t the more fruits the better?

Zhang Taiping smiled and shook his head and said: "This idea is wrong. If you don't thin the flowers this year, there will indeed be a lot of fruits at the beginning. The small fruits will be full of branches, and there will be a situation of abundant fruits. But because there are too many fruits

If you lose nutrition, you will not be able to keep up. At that time,

Some of them will fall off automatically, but there will still be a lot of them left, and they won’t grow very big. The final peaches that should be as big as a fist can only be the size of an egg. The quantity has gone up, but the quality is not good. It’s selling

If you don’t go out, you will have no choice but to die in your own hands.”

When Cai Yazhi heard this, she already agreed with the thinning of the flowers. What she was most afraid of was that the fruits produced would not be sold.

Zhang Taiping continued: "This is just the negative impact of this year. Next year, because the fruit trees have been exhausted due to excessive exertion this year, next year's fruit will be like three or two kittens. So the flowers must be thinned, and they will grow by then.

If the fruit still feels dense when it’s grown into small fruits, then it’s time to use fruits and vegetables.”

Cai Yazhi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Zhang Taiping came to the village chief's house and told him about hiring people. The village chief immediately informed the villagers. The toon trees had been sold out these days and everyone was idle. Zhang Taiping's move would not only increase everyone's income, but also

Able to learn the knowledge of managing fruit trees.

"Uncle, I just want women. This is a delicate job. Women are careful, but men can forget about it. They may not be able to do this job." Zhang Taiping said when the village chief made the announcement.

"Okay, no problem." The old village chief responded and turned on the loudspeaker to notify.

After breakfast, the idle woman came to Zhang Taiping's house. After hearing that it was about fruit trees, Han Miaomiao from Song Lan, who decided to work on fruit trees with Zhang Taiping, also came with her and declared that she

I came here to help out for free, to learn some management knowledge, and to ask Zhang Taiping some questions.

The two of them are really interested in this fruit tree. They are also the ones who take charge of things at home. They say they are vigorously cultivating the fruit trees, and their husbands can only give their full support.

Zhang Taiping also told the two of them the theory he told Cai Yazhi before the meal.

"Commander, we all obey your orders. We will do whatever you say when the time comes. If there is any news about the fruit trees, you must tell us in time." Song Lan was a little frightened after hearing Zhang Taiping's words.

She was really happy about the flowers in her garden at that time. It would have been a big mistake if she didn't have a handsome man.

Han Miaomiao next to her also had the same idea as Song Lan. The rain in Chutian this year was good, and last winter, there was enough fertilizer and many flowers bloomed. She was also happy for a while. At this time, she also nodded quickly to express her agreement with Song Lan.

Lan had the same idea.

"Don't worry, I will definitely tell you two if there are any developments." Zhang Taiping nodded and said.

Immediately after the village chief recorded the names of the people who came, Zhang Taiping took everyone into the orchard and gave everyone a basket.

First, he demonstrated it himself and said: "When the peach blossoms are blooming, leave two inches between the flowers on each branch. Pick all the excess flowers in the middle and put them inside. When they are full, come to me to pour them."

Come out. The distance between the cherry flowers is reduced by half. Oh, and be careful of the bees inside the flowers stinging your hands."

After a group of women understood Zhang Taiping's demonstration, they laughed and laughed, then each carried a basket and went under the tree to start working.

After all the women had left, Fan Ming turned around and asked, "Brother, what do you want these flowers for?"

Zhang Taiping tilted his head and said, "Have you ever heard of Baihua Wine?"

"Yeah! Brother, can you still make wine?"

Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Of course I will. The soju you got drunk on last time was the fruit wine I brewed."

"Then, is Baihua Liquor brewed sweet?"

"This is also my first time brewing. I don't know the details yet, but I will add some honey to it and it may taste sweet."

"Then I don't care, you must leave a jar for me when the time comes."

Zhang Taiping smiled and nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'm indispensable for you."

Fan Ming chuckled, carrying the basket like a butterfly, shuttled between the trees and flowers, and went to pick flowers.

Cai Yazhi also carried the basket and was about to start. Zhang Taiping said: "Don't go in, find a few people to prepare lunch, and take care of the food today. It will be faster, otherwise it will be a bit troublesome if the flowers fade."

Cai Yazhi put down the basket and went back to the house to find someone to prepare lunch.

This is not a tiring job. I took a short break after lunch and continued working. It really saved time. I dared to comb all the fruit trees before dark. There was a huge pile of petals alone. Zhang Taiping took advantage of the fact that there was no one around.

When I noticed it, I took part of it into the space, and the part that was left outside was packed up and placed in the cellar.