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

Waiting for the rain to take a break, and occasionally weeding during the break.

It has been ten days since the wheat was sown.

After the germination period, it officially enters the tillering stage.

The malt branches into side tillers to form stems and leaves. This stage will continue to grow for more than 20 days before entering the next stage, the jointing stage.

Now is the time to compete with weeds for nutrients.

The weeds in spring are very vigorous, so the two of them had no herbicides and had to weed them manually.

I thought I would go into the mountains to look for wild vegetables after the spring rain.

But I didn't expect that after the spring rain, not only crops would grow, but also weeds that couldn't be pulled out all the way, and could grow taller than the crops in one night.

It rained continuously for three days. The two of them wore raincoats and pulled weeds in the rain. They didn't waste time waiting until the rain stopped and could go out to dig wild vegetables as soon as possible.

Going out once again made Zhao Yeqing sigh with emotion at the power of nature.

Originally, you could still see the bare meadow. After a spring rain, the entire meadow was covered with tender green. A few days ago, the grass was only a little tall, but now it has grown to the point where it is soft when you step on it.

“With this growth rate, I’m afraid we don’t have to worry about food for our cattle and sheep.”

Zhao Yeqing was wearing rain boots and was walking on the meadow. This was the first serious trip into the mountains for the two of them after winter, and they didn't know what delicious food they could find.

Just think about it and be happy.

The weeds on the meadow are still covered with a layer of stagnant water after the spring rain, and there is a crisp sound of 'piapia' when stepped on.

I didn't go to the side near the pine forest. That side had been inaccessible before. Wild boars, bears and wolves had all appeared there before.

The two of them chose the path down the mountain, where they could go to the bamboo forest to dig two bamboo shoots.

After a winter, I have finished eating the few dried bamboo shoots I had stored up, and am waiting for this bite.

The bamboo shoots haven't grown yet. When they arrived at the bamboo forest, Mu Xi only saw the tip of a bamboo shoot that had sprouted.

Use a hoe to carefully dig out the surrounding soil and dig out the bamboo shoots completely from the soil.

Zhao Yeqing searched around and found no bamboo shoots, so he turned around and went to look for other wild vegetables.

Fortunately, the situation was not as bad as she expected. Most of the plants had their green heads sticking out from the gaps between the withered plants.

She saw the rat grass used to make Qingming dumplings again.

The last time I was at home, I picked the sage grass and made dumplings, and then went to chat with my grandparents.

I'm afraid it won't work this year.

I picked two handfuls and took them home so that I could give them to the original owner to have a taste.

Wandering around, she discovered a wolfberry tree, which also sprouted new leaves at this time.

The tree that had survived the cold winter was now full of life again. Zhao Yeqing was very touched and accepted the newly grown leaves.

Wolfberry leaves make soup so delicious.

Remember this position, and when autumn comes, pick the wolfberries back and make tea and soup.

By the time she picked half a basket of wolfberry leaves and returned to the bamboo forest, Mu Xi had already dug three bamboo shoots and was holding a bouquet of wild orchids in his hand.

I also saw it when I was still in Meishan during the Qingming Festival.

Mu Xi smiled and shook the bouquet in his hand and handed it to her.

Seeing her take it, he remembered something and couldn't help laughing before saying, "Do you remember picking orchids when you were a kid?"

Zhao Yeqing was stunned for two seconds, and then he thought of what he was talking about and laughed out loud.

That was when they were young. Before the Qingming Festival that year, they went to the mountains to pick orchids.

She was young at the time and had only gone into the mountains a handful of times. Her grandparents would not let them go far, but the orchids were in bloom that year. The two of them went into the mountains unknowingly while picking orchids.

A large field of wild orchids was found in one place.

The two of them were so happy that they ran and jumped nearby. They even picked a lot of them and gave them back to the two grandmas.

Later, the Qingming Festival passed and the orchids were about to go out of season, so they thought about picking another handful and putting them at home.

He sneaked out and ran to the same place as last time. As soon as they arrived, the two of them were dumbfounded.

Where the orchids were originally growing, on the small slope next to where they jumped up and down, there was a bamboo pole with white tomb floats hanging on it.

At that time, the word "graveyard disco" had not yet appeared, and the two children were almost scared out of their wits.

They looked at each other and ran home quickly. Mu Xi was frightened, but said nothing.

Zhao Yeqing threw himself directly into his grandma's arms and cried with a 'wow' sound.

Several old people were confused and hurriedly asked Mu Xi what was going on, but Mu Xi was also a child at that time, and the family comforted him for a long time before asking him what was going on.

Grandpa explained that the tomb was an old one, and not every year the descendants remembered to visit the tomb. The tombstone used to be a wooden one, but it disappeared and was never replaced.

Although Zhao Yeqing found it funny when he thought about it, he was also frightened.

Mu Xi smiled and said, "I had nightmares for a long time at that time."

Zhao Yeqing rolled his eyes at him, "I don't know who it is, but he came to me the next day and told me that he wasn't afraid at all."

"If I didn't say that, would you be even more afraid?"

This is true.

If you are afraid of this kind of emotion, it is useless for your elders to tell you not to be afraid. Only your peers can be convincing if you say there is nothing to be afraid of.

After returning home with a bouquet of wild orchids, Zhao Yeqing put the flowers into a vase and paired them with a few long-leaf grasses, which was quite wild.

On the way back, I also picked some white wormwood, which is very similar to the leaves of chrysanthemum, especially the white fluff on the leaves.

It is very delicious when mixed with flour. It is also a traditional Chinese medicine. It can be used for wind, cold and dampness and can also replenish the vital energy.

Mu Xi kept enough for one meal, washed the rest, put it in a dustpan, and took it to the yard to dry in the sun.

After Zhao Yeqing put the orchids in the vase, he put the willow branches he cut along the way in the kitchen.

Light a fire to dry the rainwater above.

In spring, the willow branches grow young leaves, which can also be fed to sheep. I brought them back when I saw them.

It's been raining for the past two days, so I didn't dare to let the cattle and sheep out for fear that they would have diarrhea if they ate the watery grass.

Throw the fresh wicker sticks into the sheep pen and walk straight into the original owner's house.

I took out the seeds of various fruits and vegetables that I had prepared before from the seed bag.

After the late frost and the spring rain, it is time to sow fruits and vegetables.

I'm too lazy to raise seedlings in the room this year, and now that the climate is suitable, I might as well just spread them directly into the soil to grow seedlings.

The temperature was still relatively low at night. After Zhao Yeqing scattered the seeds into the ground, the ground was covered with mulch film.

In order to save mulch, various fruits and vegetables are concentrated within one square meter for seedling cultivation.

The growth time of several types of fruit and vegetables is similar. They can be transplanted in about 20 days, and seedlings will emerge in a week. You must remember to thin the seedlings at that time to avoid overcrowding and stunting.

The biggest fear in farming is natural disasters.

I have learned since I was a child - if the weather is clear and the fog is heavy for a long time, it will be cloudy; if it is raining and the fog is long, it will be clear.

On the morning after a sunny and cloudy day, Zhao Yeqing was hit by heavy fog as soon as he opened the door.