There is a wide range of suitable times for tomato sowing, including spring, autumn, and even early winter.
It's already May, and the temperature will only increase for a long time. Kirino Keiko said that he can plant with confidence.
Sowing tomatoes was not originally part of the couple's plan, so Zongya had to start from scratch.
Kirino Akane went to look for tomato seeds in her warehouse, while Soya received some hot water under the guidance of Kirino Keiko.
"It's too hot. Souya, are you going to make tomato seed soup?"
He added a lot of cold water into it, so that it would not directly scald the seeds.
Kirino Akane quickly found tomato seeds and soaked them in warm water.
"First soak them in hot water for half an hour, then soak them in room temperature water until three or four in the afternoon. Finally, take them out and put them on a wet paper towel to wait for the seeds to germinate."
Kirino Keiko looked at the water basin, then at Soya and Kirino Akane, "Although you can directly dig a hole, sow the seeds, water them and cover them with soil, this can increase the germination rate of the seeds."
(Baidu, everyone should consider the actual situation when going to the ground)
Zong Gu nodded repeatedly, "That's it."
"When the seeds turn white, they can be transferred to a seedling tray, covered with soil and cultivated. They will germinate and emerge in about two weeks."
In other words, there is nothing else to do now except wait.
Kirino and her daughter sat on the edge, with a basin of seeds soaked in water between them, while Soya picked up a hoe to help turn over the soil.
"What's this?"
Akane Kirino turned around following the sound, and Tsukuyomi squatted down and looked at the small black dots floating in the basin.
"Mr. Yuezi, these are the seeds of tomatoes."
"Yeah."
Tsukuyomi stirred it with his hands, picked up a tiny particle with his fingertips, and held it in front of his eyes for observation.
He stared at the seed, and the mother and daughter looked at him, until at a certain moment he suddenly stood up and hurried to the living room.
"Oops, the show is about to start..."
Kirino Keiko looked at Tsukuyomi's back and watched him disappear around the corner.
"Mr. Yuezi is really a unique stay-at-home guy."
"Is this a compliment?"
"What do you think Akane?"
"hey-hey."
The two of them sat on the edge, watching Kirino Hiroyuki and Soya not far away, waving their hoes and turning over the soil. After all, the latter did not have much practical experience in working in the fields, and sweat soon appeared on his forehead.
Kirino Keiko looked at it for a moment, then turned to look at her daughter.
"Go get a towel and wipe Souya's sweat."
"oh."
Taking the wet towel, Soya smiled at Kirino Akane.
"Thanks."
...
Soya helped turn over the soil, and Kirino Keiko did not let him work too hard. She and her husband completed the subsequent digging of holes, watering, sowing seeds, and transplanting young plants.
After finishing their work, the morning was almost over, and the Kirino family stayed at the old house to have lunch.
“I feel like Soya’s cooking skills have improved a lot.”
"Really...I'm happy."
After all, there were still guests coming in the afternoon. After lunch, Kirino Keiko didn't rest for too long and soon drove her daughter and Soya to the market.
"I'm going to park the car, and you guys can take a walk first."
Arriving near the market, she asked the two of them to get out of the car first, "Don't run too far."
"Yes~"
Kirino Akane walked in front and took Soya to Shirami Market, known as "Ninko Kitchen".
This is a shopping street two to three hundred meters long.
From the east entrance to the west exit, there are rows of shops along the way, filled with brightly colored signboards. The ingredients sold range from seafood, vegetables, meat, to dry goods, grilled goods, snacks and even snacks.
Very rich.
This was Soya's first time here. He walked and looked at the ingredients that made him excited, so he walked slowly. When he came to his senses, Kirino Akane beside him had disappeared.
"Brother, do you want to buy some?"
Seeing that he had been standing for a while, the shopkeeper also walked out of the shop and picked up the nearest box of green peppers.
"This Kyoto green pepper is perfect for making vegetable tempura."
"My friend... make it into tempura? Wouldn't it be spicy?"
"No, no, no."
"This kind of sharp pepper..."
After all, Soya was still thinking about Kirino Akane, so he put down the green pepper and said he would come back later, then turned around to find her.
After searching a few shops, he found Akane Kirino waiting in a tofu shop.
In front of her was a grill, with several strings of tofu coated with sauce placed on the wire mesh, and the clerk inside was constantly turning them.
"You're here."
She quickly noticed Zong Gu and pointed in front of her.
"It's almost ready."
Soya walked into the store, and the aroma of grilled tofu wafted towards him. His Adam's apple slid, and he swallowed the words "Didn't you just have lunch?"
She looked at his free hand, "Did Sogu buy nothing?"
The clerk packed the baked tofu in a paper box and motioned to the paper towels nearby and the trash can not far away.
"Try it."
Kirino Akane sat down on the bench in the store and handed the carton to Soya next to her.
He carefully picked up a bunch and found that the sliced tofu was baked very tightly and was not easy to fall off.
He bit into a piece, and the sauce gushed out from the tofu, which was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The flavor was rich, the layers were clear, and the texture was excellent.
"How about it?"
"very nice."
"Really~ Every time I come to the market, I have to come here to buy some and try it."
Kirino Akane ordered four skewers of grilled tofu, and the two of them sat in the shop and ate slowly. It wasn't until they finished eating that they noticed Kirino Keiko standing with her arms akimbo outside the tofu shop.
"Didn't you just have lunch?"
"..."
After finding the two children, Mrs. Kirino also started shopping for ingredients.
Vegetables were the smallest category in the market, so she didn't buy any. The focus of her purchases was seafood and meat. Just walking among the dazzling array of ingredients, it was inevitable to be half-hearted.
"Well, this pickled cucumber tastes good..."
"Just three or four pieces of bamboo shoots and two thousand yen?!"
"Would you like to buy some matcha?"
Soya and Kirino Akane followed behind, their main function being to carry bags.
While walking around, the latter tried to leave several times, but Kirino Keiko caught him every time.
"If you see anything you want to eat, just tell mom."
She turned around and said, but the child she was looking at was Soya.
"..."
He didn't respond, and Akane Kirino didn't notice it and raised her hand to point to the side.
"I want to eat matcha ice cream."
"no."
After shopping for more than an hour, the three of them came out of the west exit of the market, each with their hands full of ingredients.
"Mom... I can't walk anymore. Please bring the car over."
"What are you talking about? This is the sidewalk of a shopping street."
Sogu moved the two bags he was carrying in his right hand to his left hand and waved at her.
Akane Kirino smiled brightly and handed him the bag containing several portions of beef.
Just looking at his filled left hand, she took two more items.
"It feels heavier than before..."
Zonggu smiled.
"Do you want to change it back?"
"Forget it."
When they got to the car, Akane Kirino said she was unwilling to move anymore.
...
Because the upcoming relatives would live in the old house, Kirino Keiko drove the car directly there and prepared today's dinner here.
Helping carry all the ingredients to the kitchen, Sogu was also very tired.
When he went to the living room to rest, he saw Tsukuyomi staring at the TV with one hand on the table and his index finger stretched out.
"What are you doing?"
He sat down next to Tsukuyomi and didn't see anything from a casual glance.
"seed."
"..."
Zonggu came a little closer and discovered that there was a swollen tomato seed on his fingertips.
"Are you waiting for it to sprout?"
"Will it sprout?" Tsukuyomi asked rhetorically.
Zonggu was silent for a while.
"What are the three basic conditions required for seeds to germinate?"
"Basic conditions? There are three more?" Tsukuyomi was startled, "How do I know?"
"Then you want to know?"
"...Why don't you just say it?"
Zonggu didn't have the energy to talk nonsense with him, so he pointed at the TV cabinet.