After a day of hard work, Yan Yu finally dug out 200 pits that she thought were qualified.
Her little helpers have all gone back.
She and Grandma Rong were the only two people left in the field.
Yan Yu confirmed again: "Can you really survive? My father said you have to open your mouth if you want to show off."
Grandma Rong wrote on the ground: "The germs are healthy, full and complete. With suitable temperature, humidity, oxygen content, and a certain length of light, the germination rate of the fruit core will be very high."
Yan Yu sighed in his heart: Look, this is professional.
Trustingly, he handed the core to Grandma Rong.
Aunt Rong picked out some fruit cores that looked the same in appearance. Yan Yu knew that these must be dead.
Then rub them one by one in your hands.
Yan Yu curiously took one that had been processed by Grandma Rong and compared it with the original core.
The most intuitive thing is that the weight and feel have completely changed.
Upon closer inspection, there are cracks of the same length on the edges, which are definitely produced on the same assembly line...
After all the fruit cores were processed, Grandma Rong wrote on the ground: "Are you sure you want to plant it today?"
Yan Yu replied: "Is it the wrong time?"
Grandma Rong nodded.
I wrote the four words "late autumn and early winter".
Yan Yu pursed her lips and said, "There is nothing we can do. This batch of seeds, including the fruit saplings, cannot wait until that time. They must be planted immediately."
Grandma Rong smiled and nodded to show that she understood.
She did not use the holes dug by Yan Yu, but found another place, cleared out a small area, held a short wooden stick in one hand to make holes on the ground, and steadily placed the fruit core in the hole with the other hand.
If the height or direction of the falling core was not satisfactory to her, she would adjust it once or twice with a small wooden stick, cover it lightly with soil, and randomly pick straw sticks nearby and insert them on the sides to mark them.
Grandma Rong's method of watering is also different. She doesn't pour or pour, she sprays...
It was really an eye-opener for Yan Yu.
Spray the surface of the soil until it is moist, and then water it evenly with a small stream of water.
She set a pile of weeds and fallen leaves on fire and watched them burn out, scattering the warm ashes around.
Dusting off the dirt on her body in a humane manner, Grandma Rong smiled and nodded at her.
Yan Yu watched the whole process and asked happily: "Is it done now? So fast! Aunt Rong, you are awesome!"
Grandma Rong's smile deepened, she took out a cloth bag from somewhere, handed it to her, and motioned for her to open it.
Yan Yu tilted her little head and kept asking: "What is it? So mysterious?"
Opening the cloth bag, speckled quail eggs appeared in front of her.
The familiar smell lingers on the tip of the nose.
Yan Yu was so happy that she almost cried.
"Auntie Rong, why are you so good! When did you cook this? Woohoo! My hand is wrapped like a rice dumpling and I can't peel it off. It's okay. I'll wait until my dad comes back and let him peel it for me to eat.
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She swallowed as she spoke.
Grandma Rong washed her hands carefully with the remaining water, picked up a small quail egg and carefully peeled off the shell. The small white and tender quail egg was delivered to Yan Yu's mouth.
Yan Yu took one mouthful after another, her whole body bubbling with happiness.
"Aunt Rong, we still have potatoes at home. They have sprouted. Let's plant them as well. By the way, we also have sweet potatoes, which are sweet potatoes."
Grandma Rong thought for a while, then picked up a small stick and wrote on the ground: "There are not many, so plant them in the yard for easy care."
Yan Yu is now very convinced by Grandma Rong. The fruit core has been planted, but her father's saplings haven't been brought back yet. They are idle and they should plant them now.
The two returned to the homestead, and Yan Yu first told Grandma Rong about her plans for the yard.
"We want to use cement to level the yard. Do you know what cement is?"
Seeing Aunt Rong nodding, Yan Yu continued: "Our house is in the most common door shape. The two rooms in the middle are one for the main room and the other for the study. The three rooms on the east are for the uncle, eldest brother and eldest sister.
, there are three rooms on the west side, one for my parents, one for me, and one for the kitchen.
Except for the wall between the main room and the study room, there are fire walls in the middle of each room. There are six fire walls in total. In fact, I think this one should be added as well. But Master Lu said that one wall between the two rooms is enough to keep the heat. No need.
So many, it’s a waste of bricks.” Yan Yu pouted, always worried about this wall.
"It's enough to live in for the time being, but when the baby in mother's belly is born, we will have a place to put some miscellaneous things in the future. I also want to build a pigsty, and the toilet must be carefully planned. It can't be left."
It's too close, and it can't be too far away. I don't want to go far away in winter... In fact, it would be better to have a drainage system, which would be more convenient for using water and flushing the toilet. But I haven't had time to think about this yet, so I can only do it temporarily.
Put it aside for now, and then think about how to implement it later when you are free.
Oops, I forgot to ask my father to discuss with Master Lu. We need to leave space for these first. Otherwise, the bottom of our house is made of big stones and it will be difficult to change it in the future.
Well, then again, these eight rooms are definitely not enough for living, so my parents and I discussed that if we want to build more buildings in the future, we will build a few more rooms behind the main room and study room.
In this case, our yard will probably look like this. We will definitely not grow anything in the front yard, so we will leave it flat, open and bright, and we will leave here and here in the back yard for growing vegetables."
Grandma Rong doesn't have any building skills, but she is definitely perfect at planning a vegetable garden.
She wrote on the ground: "The vegetable garden is placed here, and the light is good."
Yan Yu thought for a while and said yes repeatedly.
"Hey, it looks familiar, hahaha, it seems that farmyards are arranged like this. Well, yes, it must be more reasonable to plan like this."
She pointed to the corresponding homestead location on the sketch and said, "That's it, let's get started."
It was said that it was us, but only Grandma Rong did it.
Yan Yu's hands are inconvenient, but she can do fine work if she has some strength at the moment, but it's a bit difficult for her to do delicate work.
Li Xuemei is under strict supervision, and her working hours have been completed today.
Or Da Ya heard the noise and came over to take a look.
Seeing that Aunt Rong was still busy, she was busy beating around.
Grandma Rong carefully cut the stems, trying to preserve every bud point, and smeared it again with plant ash.
The home-grown fertilizer that the Yan family had saved for several days finally came into use...
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Yan Huaiwen and Liang Manshan walked back after it was dark.
The journey home is like an arrow.
Thinking about having a hot meal at home when I get home, I feel more and more anxious.
As Yan Huaiwen approached his house, he thought that at this time, his family might have already had dinner, and Mrs. Rong, who had come to help, had also gone back to rest.
Tianyou can only let him personally cook a meal for his late brother...
Entering the village, you can see the bricks and stones built up on the homestead from a distance.
Very eye-catching.
As he got closer, he saw the house builders sleeping in their clothes, and Yan Huaiwen stepped lightly.
