Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

She likes to eat sweet corn, so sweet corn has more seeds than waxy corn.

Just as Mu Xi finished planting the waxy corn, Zhao Yeqing took a small half of the sweet corn seeds and started sowing them.

Corn likes fertilizer, so the base fertilizer in the ground is particularly sufficient.

Considering that it will be mixed with soybeans in the future, the sowing distance must be set aside in advance.

The pattern is three rows of corn - two rows of soybeans - and then three rows of corn.

The distance between corn and corn is about fifteen centimeters, and the distance between corn and soybean is about thirty centimeters.

It’s not yet time to plant soybeans. Another important point in selecting mixed varieties is that it is best to choose two crops that can be sown at staggered times.

The nutrients of seeds are particularly important from the germination stage to the tillering stage. If two intercropped crops are planted at the same time, there may be a situation of robbing nutrients, resulting in the stunting of both crops.

The time required from planting to harvesting corn is not long, and early-maturing varieties can be harvested in three months.

But generally speaking, as long as they are not the kind of growers who specialize in growing corn for sale, the seeds bought by ordinary farmers are normal corn seeds.

The maturity period is about three and a half to four months.

It is the end of November now, and by the end of January, the soybeans can be planted. By then, the corn has passed the jointing stage and entered the booting stage.

That is the stage from corn tasseling and silking to before filling.

The corn field is relatively large, and it was not until the short sunshine ended today that the two of them finished sowing the corn.

Corn is relatively drought-tolerant. It has been raining for the past few days. The mud in the ground is moist, so there is no need to water it anymore, otherwise the water will accumulate and the temperature will drop at night, which will make it easy to frost.

After returning home after finishing the work, Mu Xi saw that it was not dark yet and did not change clothes. He picked up the hatchet and went out, "I will chop some more bamboos."

Last time I was in a hurry, I only cut two bamboos, which could only carry water to the rice fields. Later, when watering other fields, I still need to prepare a few more bamboos to facilitate the water transfer.

Zhao Yeqing took out the shotgun and put it on his back, and said, "Go back quickly, be careful."

Now is the time when various hibernating animals wake up and look for food, so be extra careful when entering the mountains.

After watching Mu Xi go out, she returned to the original house and took out the wheat seeds to prepare for the next sowing.

Previously, wheat seeds, peanut and corn seeds were dried together, but later in the cold spring it rained during the day, so they had to be collected and put away first.

Wheat cannot be sun-dried for only two or three days. After reading her notes carefully, she discovered that the original owner had also tried several different planting methods, one of which was to dry-dry the seeds for ten consecutive days.

The seeds are not dry until they make a sound when bitten with teeth.

It hasn't rained recently, but there are only two or three hours of sunshine every day. Zhao Yeqing plans to just stay in the sun for now, just in time to tidy up the wheat field.

She didn't dare to mess with the corn and peanut fields. She didn't know whether they had high requirements on the soil, but there was a lot of reference information in the notes of the original owner of the wheat field.

Like spreading lime on the ground.

Before sowing, mix the soil with lime to kill bugs and germs in the ground.

Thanks to this year's heavy snow, a lot of bugs in the ground should have been killed when the snow melted. Applying lime again can be considered as another layer of insurance.

Generally speaking, seed dressings are used when seeds are stored or when they are sown to ensure the survival rate of the seeds after they are planted.

Crops like wheat have encountered above-ground pests such as aphids before, and there are also some underground pests, such as cutworms and grubs. At this time, they rely more on seed dressing agents.

But now the conditions are limited and we can only rely on lime, a natural fungicide.

Do not spread too much, otherwise the soil will become hardened and the soil will become salinized.

Be extra careful when spreading lime, and pay attention to the direction of the wind. Otherwise, as soon as you spread it, the wind will blow all over your face and get into your eyes, which is no joke.

When Mu Xi came back, Zhao Yeqing was crushing lime.

Explaining his thoughts, "When the time comes, I will take out the sunglasses I wore in the summer, so I won't be afraid of them getting into my eyes."

After saying that, she noticed that there was no bamboo on the cart that Mu Xi dragged out.

Mu Xi explained, "I heard some noise before I got to the bamboo forest just now, so I didn't go there. I'll go back tomorrow morning."

After all, it's getting dark soon, which is when animals are most active, so it's right to be cautious.

When it dawned the next day, Mu Xi went to chop down all the bamboos.

When I got home, I saw that Zhao Yeqing had already gotten up. He hurriedly went into the kitchen to wash his hands, then took a big leaf from the cart and handed it to her.

Inside the leaves are pieces of ice formed into small leaf shapes.

"Ah! Ye Zibing!"

Zhao Yeqing was a little surprised. This was what she looked forward to most every time she went to Meishan Mountain for snow when she was a child.

It rains and snows in Meishan. After the rain stops, the water on the leaves will freeze into ice. When the ice is removed, it will be in the shape of a complete leaf. The veins of the leaves on it are clearly visible. When the sun comes out, it will melt and disappear.

When I was a child, I didn’t have much snacks. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, I ate whatever was available in the mountains. This leaf ice was a snack for the two of them.

A snack you only get when you wake up early.

Zhao Yeqing opened her mouth, and Mu Xi put the melting Ye Zibing into her mouth.

She suddenly felt cold and squinted her eyes, and the drowsiness that had remained just now disappeared in an instant.

After Mu Xi gave her the Ye Zibing, he went to chop bamboo. Zhao Yeqing chewed the Ye Zibing and made breakfast, steamed buns with milk. After simply filling her stomach, it was time to work in the fields.

Zhao Yeqing was wearing big black sunglasses and green camouflage waterproof rubber shoes. He was holding a red plastic bucket and spreading the scattered lime into the ground.

The strange shape made Mu Xi's shoulders tremble as he laughed next to him.

Zhao Yeqing snorted, "Why are you laughing? Have you never seen a boss doing farm work?"

Seeing Mu Xi laughing non-stop, she walked over and took away the rake from his hand, stuffed the plastic bucket into his hand, took off her sunglasses and hung them on his eyes.

"You come."

Zhao Yeqing took the iron rake and walked a few steps away. Looking at Mu Xi's face from a distance, the curve of the corner of her mouth could no longer be suppressed.

Mu Xi was wearing the red patterned jacket he wore during the Chinese New Year. Because he didn't like it, he said he would wear it when working and it wouldn't be a pity if it got worn out.

Now he looked like a rough man with an inverted triangle in his grandpa's red Xiangyun coat, with big sunglasses on his nose, holding a plastic bucket to spread lime.

Zhao Yeqing laughed so hard that he squatted on the ground and couldn't stand up.

This picture is so weird.

Mu Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said helplessly, "Go further away, sit there and laugh, be careful of the lime floating on your face."

Zhao Yeqing didn't sit down, turned around and ran into the room. He came out with his mobile phone more than ten seconds later.

"Look at the camera and smile, hahahahaha!"

Looking at the ten consecutive shots on her phone, she wiped away the tears from her eyes.

"If there is still a chance to print this photo, I will definitely enlarge it and hang it in the most conspicuous place at home."