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

Zhao Yeqing was very confident that no one would dislike her meadow.

The sliding rails for installing the bamboo wall had been brought back long ago, and two small rooms were separated on the first floor, one for each of the two old ladies.

Worried that the two elderly people would feel uncomfortable after sitting in a helicopter for more than an hour, Mu Xi made the beds as quickly as possible so that the two elderly people could have a good rest.

Old Mrs. Feng has to take a nap at noon, and her schedule is almost unchangeable every day.

But Grandma Sun was different. As soon as she put down her things at the meadow, she went straight to the cotton field without even touching the bench.

As soon as he saw the lush cotton plants, he showed an expression of "as expected".

"Many people don't know how to take care of cotton when they first start planting it. It's pretty good that you young people can grow it like this for the first time. When we planted it before, the yield per mu was about 130 to 150 kilograms. I think you can get more than half of that."

Zhao Yeqing was somewhat happy when he heard the first half of the sentence, but when he heard that the yield per mu was only half of others', his heart instantly dropped.

"The output is less than half of what you produced back then. How can this be called a good thing..."

Grandma Sun poked Zhao Yeqing's forehead with her finger and said, "Young man! Don't be too ambitious. It's impossible to achieve success overnight on your first planting. Everyone has to figure it out step by step. Your cotton field has reached the late stage, and the effect of intervention is not great. Wait until next year to plant again. I will teach you from the beginning, and the yield will be different."

The two planted cotton according to the rules of planting grains and vegetables. Indeed, many places were not properly treated. Grandma Sun stood at the head of the field, pointed at the cotton field and said, "The spacing can be wider. You usually plant rice, right? Do you make rice seedlings yourself?"

Zhao Yeqing nodded: "Yes, we put water in the fields to grow seedlings."

Grandma Sun nodded: "It's about the same. Leave a small ditch between the two rows. This plant consumes a lot of water. In the summer, put shallow water in the ditch to moisten the soil, so it won't get sick and dry up so easily."

Walking from the beginning to the end of the field, Grandma Sun looked at the rows of tall mulberry trees next to her and said, "Oh, are you raising silkworms or growing mulberries? These mulberry trees with long stems are for raising silkworms, right?"

Grandma Sun's family used to make a living by growing cotton, so she naturally knew that some individual cotton growers in the surrounding area would also plant some mulberry trees to raise silkworms, especially the ethnic minorities nearby. Some villages still retained the more closed customs of the past.

They seldom come into contact with the outside world unless it is necessary, and they rely on their own production and sales for their food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Zhao Yeqing took Grandma Sun to the basement to see the silkworms and looms they raised.

"I do have some silk threads, but I'm not very good at weaving cloth. This time I asked my old lady to come back and ask her to give me some guidance."

Grandma Sun smiled and said, "I may not be as good as my elder sister in other aspects, but I have more confidence than your old lady in growing cotton and weaving cloth."

Zhao Yeqing was delighted when he heard this: "Then can you teach me?"

"You can teach, but you can't teach in vain."

Zhao Yeqing patted his chest and said, "Then what do you want me to learn? As long as I can do it and it doesn't violate the law, it's fine."

"I can teach you first, and we can talk about the subsequent compensation later."

It is estimated that it will take another month for the cotton to be harvested, but not all of it will take a month. A small amount of cotton that matures first can be harvested in about half a month.

The two old ladies taught Zhao Yeqing how to weave in the basement. Hand weaving is a science, as it requires using both the warp and weft threads, and using both hands and feet, which made her dizzy.

During this period of time, Mu Xi took on all kinds of chores at home. Whenever he had free time, he would go downstairs to watch and learn from the masters. By the time Zhao Yeqing had finally learned most of it, Mu Xi had also learned about four or five points.

It’s time to harvest the beans, and Zhao Yeqing can no longer stay in the basement, he has to go to the fields to help.

Grandma Sun also wanted to change her clothes and help, but she was stopped by Grandma Feng before Zhao Yeqing and Mu Xi could dissuade her.

"Okay, you're old, why are you still messing around? Young people have plenty of energy, so why would you need them? Come and watch TV with me."

Grandma Sun is the only one left at home, with her son and daughter gone. She spends the whole day trying to find something to do to distract herself from all the nonsense. But the sun is so strong now, and her health is more important. She might get heatstroke, which would be even more troublesome.

The total area of ​​red, green and yellow beans planted was less than one acre, and the two of them also had a harvester on hand.

The first to mature were red beans, and most of them have been harvested by Mu Xi. By now, the mung beans and yellow beans that matured later have also become full, and those that need to be dried are almost dry. As the handheld harvester went to the ground, rows of beans were cut on the ground with the roar of the engine.

The beans were bundled and brought home for threshing. Grandma Sun, who was sitting in the house watching TV series, felt a little restless. Old Mrs. Feng sighed in her heart, "Go if you want to, but don't stay in the sun for too long."

Grandma Sun was still a little embarrassed and cleared her throat to hide the awkwardness on her face, but she still couldn't help but stood up and went out, walked to the yard, and threshed the soybeans with a flail.

When Zhao Yeqing was carrying the bean plants back from outside one after another, he saw Grandma Sun standing in the yard pounding the soybeans. He quickly dragged the plastic sheet containing the bean plants under the eaves so that she could work in the shade.

After the two men moved all the bean plants outside in, they stopped Grandma Sun from working. Zhao Yeqing took the flail from her hand and drove her into the house to rest. Grandma Sun turned around and walked into the original owner's house and took out the seeds that the two men had prepared a few days ago.

After the beans are harvested, they have to be sown in the autumn, otherwise the land that has been fertilized with great effort will be wasted.

Now that the climate has returned to normal and the four seasons are distinct, we can no longer arbitrarily grow other crops in winter. We can only follow the previous rules and plant wheat or rapeseed.

The temperature on the meadow will not be particularly low in winter, after all, it is a southern city, but it is not completely cold. After all, the altitude is one or two thousand meters, so it will still snow.

Only wheat and rapeseed are relatively cold-resistant and can survive the winter.

The seeds that Grandma Sun took out were wheat and rapeseed. The two of them had prepared the seeds a few days ago. The sun was strong today, so Grandma Sun took out the seeds and hung them up to dry. Two days later, seeing that all the beans had been threshed by the two of them, she urged them to prepare the land quickly.

The old lady has so many years of farming experience that she can tell what the winter will be like just by looking at the weather in the summer.

"This winter is expected to be a bit cold. The sun is not very strong during this period. You still have a sunshade here, so hurry up and spread the seeds on the ground. If you are late, you will catch up with the autumn rain."