met free Chapter 206 Want to plant fruit trees
Chapter 206 Want to plant fruit trees
While feeding the cow, Xu Congyi did not stop. She put the grass into the stone trough and gently stroked Li Tian's back. Her movements were gentle and powerful, as if she was massaging this old friend. Li Tian closed his eyes, his ears moved gently, and occasionally he would make a satisfied moo, which echoed in the cowshed, making it particularly warm and harmonious.
After feeding the cows, we came back and cleaned up the kitchen and the dishes. Everyone went back to their rooms for a nap as they would be busy again in the afternoon.
Tang Xiaowu came at the original time. Seeing that the house was quiet, he was a little puzzled. Xu Congyi might be sleeping at this time, but everyone else was awake. When he was wondering, he saw the plow and rake next to the well. Then he remembered that it was time to farm, and everyone must be taking a lunch break. Tang Xiaowu scratched his head, unloaded all the boxes by himself, and took away all the popcorn boxes on the stone table. He was very careful throughout the process, for fear of disturbing the Xu family.
Xu Congyi was thinking about packing popcorn, so she woke up after her nap. When she saw the neatly arranged boxes on the stone table, she knew that Tang Xiaowu had taken the popcorn away. She planned to do the same in the future, putting it directly on the stone table, so that Tang Xiaowu could do it by himself when the family was resting or no one was around. The folks in this village were simple and honest. During the day, unless the whole family was going out for a long time, they would not lock the door.
The family hadn't gotten up yet, and Xu Congyi had just boiled a full pot of hot water. There were no thermoses in that era, so when she went out, she would use the big kettle at home to boil water and take it with her, because it was well water and had to be boiled before drinking. Although Xu Congyi used the purified water in the space, she still couldn't get rid of the love for hot water in her Chinese bones.
In the afternoon, the Xu family went to the fields, and Xu Congyi went to the backyard to add a lot of firewood. Before, Xu's mother and Li Dahua were always restless and would chop some firewood when they had nothing to do. Now everyone is busy with farming, and Xu Congyi doesn't want to chop firewood herself, so she decided to buy it from the space. However, she found that the firewood bought from the space is indeed not as durable as the chopped ones. She tried many varieties, such as camping firewood, bonfire firewood, decorative firewood, and fruit wood for roast duck. The advantage of these firewoods is that they are easy to ignite, but the disadvantage is that they are not durable. However, the lack of durability is not actually a disadvantage. With her space, there is a constant supply of firewood.
After adding more firewood, Xu Congyi cleaned up the chickens, ducks and cows. It was said that cow dung could be used to make fire after drying, but Xu Congyi didn't want to keep it. After cleaning up the house, she went to the rabbit house and found her grandfather working in the rabbit house.
"Grandpa, why are you in the rabbit house? Didn't you go to the fields?" Xu Congyi was a little surprised.
"I'll go right away. Clean the rabbit house first. The rabbits produce a lot of feces every day. It's very good to save it and make fertilizer. Yi Yi, don't worry about the rabbit house in the future. Your father and I will take good care of it. Besides, your father still has to slaughter rabbits!" When Old Man Xu saw his granddaughter coming to the rabbit house, he knew that she was here to clean it, and he quickly gave her instructions.
"Okay grandpa, I got it. I'll go back to do housework then." Xu Congyi did not raise any objections. Besides, she really didn't dare to kill the rabbit. It was okay for her to cook it, but she really couldn't kill it.
It was almost four o'clock, and Xu Congyi had to think about what to eat for dinner. Recently, she wanted everyone to eat well, drink well, and sleep well. She didn't need to rush to eat dinner, so she had to make something rich. But since her grandmother and mother were not around, she couldn't make it too complicated. So she finally decided to have brown rice as the staple food, and then make four dishes: boiled pork slices, braised pork, braised eggplant, and sweet and sour eggs.
These four dishes are relatively simple and quick to make, and for convenience, except for the braised pork, which is cooked in a large pot at home, she cooked the rest of the dishes and steamed brown rice in her own space. Although the pot in the space is not big, it is more convenient to use, and it is also more convenient to steam rice. She still doesn't know how to steam rice in a wood-fired pot.
At dinner time, the family sat around the table, enjoying the delicacies carefully prepared by Xu Congyi. On the table, the braised pork was bright red, fat but not greasy; the boiled pork slices were tender and smooth, with a moderate spicy taste; the roasted eggplant was soft and tasty, with a fragrant aroma; the sweet and sour eggs were sweet and sour, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Every dish was praised.
After dinner, the topic naturally turned to the planning of the wasteland. Xu Congyi enthusiastically proposed to plant a large area of fruit trees, such as peach trees and apricot trees, on the wasteland. She imagined that in the summer, the family could chat under the shade of the trees and taste the sweet fruits from their own orchard. However, her proposal was opposed by the whole family.
"Why not?" Xu Congyi asked in confusion.
The family patiently explained that although planting fruit trees sounds wonderful, it actually requires a lot of time and effort. At present, the family has limited manpower, and the situation of the wasteland is also relatively complicated, so some basic transformation and sorting work needs to be done first. In addition, the planting and maintenance of fruit trees require certain professional knowledge, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee the survival rate of the fruit trees and the quality of the fruit. And because the place is close to the foot of the mountain, animals on the mountain will come down to steal food. The rabbit house is built with walls and fences, as well as woven straw mats. Every evening, the straw mats are covered on top of the rabbit house to prevent animals from coming down and taking the rabbits away, but the fruit forest is hard to defend.