The fairy of space also farms

Even if they drink Cantonese-style morning tea, the two of them can't drink tea, eat snacks, and chat to kill time like others. There are still a lot of things waiting to be done at home, and a group of guys waiting to be fed.Xu Ning thought to himself, when things become more stable in the future, he must be a hands-off shopkeeper and a wild crane.

After breakfast, Xu Ning led Xun Xu to buy a refrigerator. The number of electrical appliances in the house was increasing, but the washing machine that he first said he wanted to buy hadn't been delivered yet.When Xu Ning was buying a refrigerator, he looked at the washing machine, hesitated for a moment, and said, "After a while, the weather is hot now, and the clothes are thin and easy to wash. It's not too troublesome."

Xunxu has never used a washing machine before, so there is no way to compare it, so it doesn't matter whether he has it or not.Their clothes are now washed together, and each of them washes for a day, but it doesn't seem so unbearable.

After returning home, the two fed the cat, the dog and the mouse, and they were very busy.The number of mountain rats and bamboo rats is expanding rapidly, especially mountain rats. These guys have stronger reproductive ability than Xu Ning expected. They have grown from more than 20 breeding rats and more than ten young rats to more than a hundred now. scale.Xu Ning and Xun Xu cleaned out the utility room again, throwing away all the unnecessary things and keeping the necessary ones, freeing up most of the space for raising rats.

When Xu Ning bought steel bars and wire mesh, he specially asked people to weld a mouse house in the house. There were four floors in total, and each floor was a small grid of one meter square, and more than 100 small compartments were built. , temporarily solved the space problem of the mouse house.Xu Ning plans to start selling mountain rats in two months. The number of male rats to be bred does not need to be too many, and the excess male rats can be eliminated and exchanged for cash. After raising them for so long, there must be some income before they can continue to breed. .

The number of bamboo rats was a bit small. Later, Xu Ning and Xun Xu went to the Houshan bamboo forest to dig twice, and only got two bamboo rats, one male and one female.Xu Ning understood that inbreeding is not good, so he went online and bought two pairs of bamboo rats to be breeding rats. The reproductive ability of bamboo rats is low, and the number is small, and the output has not been seen for a while.

It was time to clean up the sheep pen again, and the two drove the sheep to the back hill, sent the little wolf and tiger to look at it, and removed the wooden boards of the sheep pen to clean it up.Xu Ning hated this kind of thing at first, but now he thinks that sheep dung is a good thing. Not to mention the lack of fertility, at least it can provide cover for his space water. He didn't use chemical fertilizers, but the things grow so well, all thanks to the sheep Fertility of manure.

Xun Xu felt very speechless, a majestic patron saint of the zodiac, actually went to sweep sheep dung, these guarded guys have a lot of face!

Xu Ning said: "After we have repaired the house, we will also renovate the sheep pen. The ground will be built into a slope, and every once in a while, we will flush it with a tap, and we will build a septic tank behind it, so that we don't need to clean it."

"Okay." Xun Xu agreed, he really didn't want to be with these sheep dung.

They were busy, Xu Jingshan led a thin and short old man over: "Ning Wazi, come here and tell you something."

When Xu Ning came out of the sheep pen and saw Xu Jingshan and the old man, he immediately understood that his uncle helped him find a vegetable picker.Xu Ning had seen this old man before, but he didn't have a deep impression. He only knew that he was from this village, but he didn't know his name.Qianlong Village is not small, with more than 1000 people, divided into five brigades and more than a dozen groups. Many people have seen it before, but they can't name it.

Xu Ning came over after washing his hands, picked a few cucumbers and washed them: "Eat cucumbers."

Xu Jingshan said: "This is Lao Xie, Xie Jiansheng, from the second team of our village, you may have seen it."

Xu Ning smiled embarrassedly: "I have seen it, but I can't name it."

Xie Jiansheng laughed, the folds on his face were like a smiling chrysanthemum, he looked very amiable: "Are you looking for someone to pick vegetables here?"

Xu Jingshan said: "Old Xie heard that you are hiring people to pick vegetables, so he came to me."

Seeing the old man's thin figure and wrinkled face, Xu Ning hesitated in his heart: "How old is Mr. Xie this year?"

Xie Jiansheng said: "I was born in the same year as the Republic, so I'm 66."

Xu Jingshan hurriedly said: "Lao Xie used to grow small vegetables for sale. Last year his wife left and he couldn't handle it all by himself, so he didn't grow much. I heard that your family was recruiting workers, so I wanted to try it. Don't worry, he is doing it. If you are used to this kind of thing, you have done a good job." Then he pulled Xu Ning aside, "Ning, I know his age is not up to your requirements, but this old Xie is still very good, and he is sure to be reliable. He I have no children and no daughters, and now I am alone, and I am a household with five guarantees, so I come to you to help with things, in fact, it is just to pass the time, so you should do good deeds."

Xu Ning hesitated for a moment: "Is he in good health? If something happens, I can't take responsibility."

"It doesn't matter, he has always been in good health. You won't let him do heavy work anyway." Xu Jingshan said.

Xu Ning frowned: "When the weather gets hot, it will be very hot in the afternoon. I'm worried that he won't be able to handle it."

Xu Jingshan laughed: "Speaking of basking in the sun, we old farmers are always better than you, students. He is used to this kind of thing, and his hands and feet are very nimble. If you want to pick those vegetables, he may be able to do it in two hours." It's over."

Xu Ning hesitated for a moment: "Then, let's try first."

Xu Jingshan laughed: "Old Xie, you can do it at my nephew's place today. If it suits you, you can do it here in the future."

Xu Ning looked at the old man with a dimpled face, and felt a little unbearable, so he said, "Mr. Xie, you can do it with me first. If it is suitable, there will be a bonus in the future."

Xie Jiansheng quickly waved his hand: "No bonus, just let me do things."

So the first worker was found.At two o'clock in the afternoon that day, Xie Jiansheng came over and started picking vegetables.Both Xu Ning and Xun Xu went to help, and Xie Jiansheng said, "Tell me the quantity and how much you want to pick, and I'll pick it. You go and do your work."

"Well, call us when you pick two baskets. We'll pick them, and you don't need to pick them." Xu Ning copied a number for him, told him how to pack the baskets, and then went about his own business. He planned to take a look today , How much Xie Jiansheng can do, if not, then you have to find someone, or join in to help yourself, these are all necessary.

Xu Ning secretly looked at Xie Jiansheng who was working. The old man always wore a satisfied smile when he was working, as if those fruits and vegetables were his children. It seemed that the old man really liked this job.

Small pumpkins, loofahs, cucumbers, bitter gourds, eggplants, tomatoes, etc. are all big fruits, which are very easy to pick and do not take much time; the more troublesome ones are peppers, snow peas and green vegetables. The targets of peppers and snow peas are too small. It takes a lot of time and requires quick hands and feet. Both amaranth and water spinach need to be pulled or pinched one by one, which is also troublesome.

Xu Ning guessed that Xie Jiansheng would be too busy alone, but he didn't expect that after four o'clock, only a part of the amaranth was left unfinished, and everything else was neatly arranged.Xun Xu carried these vegetables to the well, and poured clean well water to keep the vegetables fresh. Xu Ning was going to put these things back into the space at night.

Xu Ning didn't expect Xie Jiansheng to be so capable: "Old man Xie, you are so good that you can do it by yourself. I have several hundred catties of vegetables."

Xie Jiansheng showed a simple and honest smile: "You don't need to tie the water spinach and amaranth into handles, which saves a lot of trouble."

Xu Ning said: "Now the sky is long and it's getting hot in the afternoon. You are also very efficient. You can come later, at three or four o'clock. You can pick at six or seven o'clock. Anyway, it's getting dark now. Just drop by at night." I have dinner at home."

Xie Jiansheng quickly waved his hand: "I don't need to eat at your house, I will go back and make it myself."

Xu Ning smiled: "Anyway, we have to do it at home, and you will do it when you go back. It's no fun to cook and eat alone, so let's eat at my house."

"That's so embarrassing." Xie Jiansheng thought to himself, it's really an advantage for someone to pay him a salary and have to eat at his house.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks. Let's have dinner at my house tonight." Xu Ning kept the meal enthusiastically. Xie Jiansheng was so capable that he could handle two by himself. Xu Ning was happy on the one hand, but also felt a little displeased Sorry, is it too labor-intensive?

Xie Jiansheng shook his head: "No need for today, I will finish my work soon, and I will go back later."

"Then you can come later tomorrow, you can arrive around 03:30." Xu Ning said, he estimated that in July and August, the sun is too fierce, and it should be four or five o'clock before you can go out to work. If you are too busy, you have to arrange more people.

Xu Ning and Xun Xu felt much more relaxed when someone helped them pick vegetables.

This season is the peak growth season for crops, and they grow vigorously under the moisture of space water.Xu Ning looked at these gratifying crops, and at the same time found a problem, there were too many grasses, and the space water not only nourished dense crops, but also nourished weeds, and these grasses were even more ferocious than the growth of crops.Xu Ning felt a little headache. He asked Xu Xiaofeng: "Do you have any classmates who want to eat strawberries? Come to me to pull weeds during the holidays. I will give a catty of strawberries a day and take care of lunch. Remember, you must let their parents eat strawberries." Those who agree are allowed to come, and those whose homes are too far away cannot come.”

Xu Ning didn't have much hope for how many children Xu Xiaofeng could bring, so he hurried to find Wan Jingui and the old people before, and asked them to help weed. If all the nutrients were eaten by the grass, the production would be greatly affected.

The next day was Saturday, when Xu Ning returned from delivering food in the town, he saw a large group of children standing in the yard, at least one or twenty children, led by Xu Xiaofeng and Xu Xiaojing.

Xu Ning was taken aback: "Are these Fengfeng your classmates?"

Xu Xiaofeng showed his incisors, "Uncle, some are my classmates, some are children from our village." It turned out that the children in the village heard that Xu Ning would eat strawberries when working here, so they all came with Xu Xiaofeng.

Xu Xiaojing said, "Uncle, I'll help too."

Xu Ning said, "Have you all had breakfast?"

The children had eaten, and Xu Ning said, "I will make arrangements for you now." Xu Ning divided the children into five groups, with four people in each group, all of them matched in size, and then asked them to compete. You must be careful when mowing the corn. Don’t hurt your fingers. If you cut yourself, call me. The group that pulls quickly and well will win the first place, and the No.1 kid will be rewarded with an extra half a catty of strawberries. Everyone Do you hear me clearly, now I am going to pull the weeds."

Xu Ning gave each child a sickle and a bamboo hat, which he usually prepared for those who came to help.Before starting work, Xu Ning gave each of them two big strawberries. Give some sweetness first, so that the little ones will have the motivation to fight.Xu Ning first gave a demonstration to everyone, teaching them to distinguish between corn and weeds, and how to get rid of the weeds. As soon as the voice of "Start" fell, everyone rushed to their mission area.

Seeing their momentum, Xu Ning was a little bit desperate, so he ordered another sentence: "Don't cut off the corn, don't step on the corn, if you break a corn, I will deduct a strawberry from this group, and then the other members of the group The team members are shared equally, so the group leader has to supervise whether the other children are doing well, and if they don’t, they must teach him.”

Little girl Xu Xiaojing watched her brothers and sisters enter the cornfield, and she followed Xu Xiaofeng into the cornfield with a sickle.Xu Ning was watching the children mowing the grass when he suddenly heard Xu Xiaofeng yelling loudly: "Ah, Jingjing, you cut a corn! Uncle, Jingjing broke a corn. I didn't cut it, so you can't detain me." Strawberries." This kid also participated in the activities with everyone, and also served as the group leader. He had to rely on his own ability to earn strawberries.

Holding a sickle, Xu Xiaojing looked at Xu Ning helplessly, with a weeping expression on her face.Xu Ning walked over and looked at the innocent corn: "Quiet, you can eat strawberries without mowing the grass. Let's go back with my uncle and play with the little leopard."

Xu Xiaojing didn't say anything, and followed Xu Ning back obediently.

When Xu Ning returned home, Xun Xu couldn't wait for him to come back to cook, he was already boiling water and cooking noodles by himself.Xu Ning put Xu Xiaojing down and put away the sickle in her hand: "Xiao Bao, come and play with Jing Jing."

Little Leopard came out from that corner without knowing it, stretched on the ground, squinted his eyes and let out a lazy "meow".When Xu Xiaojing saw the little leopard, she immediately became full of energy, picked up the little leopard and went to play.

The little wolf and the little tiger circled around Xu Ning's feet. They were hungry and waiting to be fed.Xu Ning washed his hands: "What to eat? Let me do it."

Xun Xu smiled at him: "I've washed and chopped all the vegetables, waiting for you to cook."

Xu Ning looked at it: "Tomato and egg noodles? Okay, I'll make it." Xu Ning took out the meat he bought today from the cart, cut a piece of lean meat, shredded the meat quickly, and fried it with ginger and scallions. It is fragrant, pour in shredded pork and stir-fry to change the color, then pour in diced tomatoes and stir-fry, pour egg liquid, then thicken with sweet potato powder, boil, add salt, sprinkle with chopped green onion, tomato and egg fried sauce is enough, this kind of food The method is more delicious than the tomato and egg noodle soup.The noodles on Xun Xu's side are also ready now, and both sides are cooked at the same time, just in time to eat.

The weather was a bit hot, so Xu Ning took another cucumber and fried noodles with fried sauce, which was delicious.Xu Ning mixed noodles for the cat and dog first, and asked Xu Xiaojing, "Jing Jing, do you still eat noodles?"

Xu Xiaojing was picking strawberries in the strawberry shed to eat: "I don't want it—"

Xu Ning didn't force it, turned his head and said to Xun Xu: "Today we have to entertain those twenty or so little fellows at noon, you go to the rice fields to catch some fish, pick the big ones, seven or eight or ten fish It’s all right, let’s eat fish at noon. It’s best to catch all the miscellaneous fish in the rice fields, so as not to hinder the growth of small fry.”

When Xun Xu heard that there were fish to eat, he was so happy that he smiled happily: "Okay, I'll go catch the fish after I eat." Although Xu Ning's craftsmanship is good, but there is not much meat at home. When it was time to eat it, Yu Xunxu, who had no meat, was very distressed. Although the family had never cut off meat, eating too much pork really didn't taste good. Xunxu especially missed the taste of lamb, but the sheep hadn't been slaughtered yet. Fortunately, Xu Ning spoke up, and went to catch fish every day from now on.

After Xu Ning had eaten, he put the meat he bought back into the refrigerator, and poured the snails he bought into the water basin, and added some water to raise them.Xun Xu asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Snail, have you never eaten it?" Xu Ning said.

Xun Xu's eyes lit up: "Eatable?"

Xu Ning smiled: "Let's raise them for two days, spit out the mud, and then cook snails." He hasn't eaten snails for many years. Today, when he went to the market to buy vegetables, he saw someone selling snails. Thinking of this, he bought them. Two or three catties, this food is delicious to eat, but it is very troublesome to make, good things are never easy to come by.

After Xu Ning finished his work, he went up to the back hill with a hoe to remove the weeds, while going to supervise the work, and checked every once in a while to see if the group of little boys had mowed the weeds clean.Although the group of boys were young, they were full of energy. The morning sun was already a bit vicious, but none of them fled.

After a while, Xu Ning applauded and signaled everyone to stop: "Now is the rest time, everyone go to the sink to wash their hands first, there are activities arranged."

The children all stopped and ran to wash their hands. Two of them were still reluctant to go, Xu Ning said, "You guys should go too, it's cheating to stay here."

Those two just followed.Seeing that everyone had washed their hands well, Xu Ning led everyone to the edge of the back mountain, and pointed to a piece of raspberry: "Everyone go pick raspberries now, pick and eat by yourself, but be careful, don't prick the thorny ones. paddling."

A group of children looked at the raspberries hesitantly: "Can this be eaten?"

"Huh? Of course you can eat it." Xu Ning was a little surprised. These children also grew up in the countryside. Have they stopped eating raspberries?As he spoke, he took the lead in picking a few bright red raspberries and put them in his mouth. No one knew how delicious it was!

Xu Xiaofeng saw his uncle pick it up and eat it, so he didn't hesitate anymore, he picked one and put it in his mouth: "It's really sweet, it tastes like a strawberry."

Xu Ningxin said, it's obviously better than the taste of strawberries.

A group of children followed suit one after another, picking raspberries and putting them in their mouths. Some said they were delicious, while others vomited and thought they were sour.Xu Ning said with a smile: "Pick the red ones, and neither pick the yellow ones nor the blue ones."

Everyone had fun and became very active.Xu Ning knows that children lack certainty, and if they do something that is not much fun for a long time, the efficiency must be very bad. It is better to let them play and continue working.Sure enough, after resting for half an hour, everyone was full of confidence and motivation. Seeing that everyone was having fun, Xu Ning told them: "Have lunch at my house at noon, and I'm going to cook now."

When Xu Ning went back to cook, he found that Xun Xu had caught more than a dozen fish and raised them in a basin, and there was a small basin next to it. Xu Ning went over and saw that it was actually a small basin of shrimps.He mentioned it to Xun Xu yesterday, saying that the survival rate of shrimps was too high, and the density of shrimps in the creek was too high, and he had to fish them out to relieve the pressure on the living space. Unexpectedly, he caught shrimps and came back today.The prawns have been raised for more than a month. I don’t know if it’s because of the water in the space. The prawns grow very fast and are twice as big as before. They are about the same size as ordinary freshwater prawns. Although there is not much meat, they are barely edible. .

There were a lot of people eating at noon, except for the 40 or so little kids, Wan Jingui and the old people weeding. The work of weeding was not too heavy. a meal.This adds up to a total of 27 or eight people eating.

Xu Ning cooked some fish, fried two bowls of shrimp, loofah soup, eggplant stew, scrambled eggs with pumpkin, fried meat with cowpea, and also made a big pot of squashed cucumbers and a big pot of pickled cucumbers, almost all of them were There are not many types of dishes at home, but they are full of weight.

Children love to be lively, especially when they eat together. The dishes are also suitable for their tastes, and their appetites are surprisingly good.Fortunately, Xu Ning prepared well, cooked enough rice, and the food was not enough after eating. Xu Ning hurriedly made another scrambled egg with tomatoes, added some pickled cucumbers, and finally filled the stomachs of all people, old and young.

After the meal, Xu Ning didn't ask them to work immediately, so Xu Ning asked them to move the chairs and sit and rest.The chairs are all made of moso bamboo from their own home, and Xu Ning's uncle Guo Chenggong made the chairs.Xu Ning had a whim one day and wanted to get two reclining chairs for himself and Xun Xu, so that in summer, they could sit in the reclining chairs to enjoy the cool air and watch the stars while sleeping.

After Guo Chenggong came over, he saw that his nephew had built such a large piece of land, and it was very impressive. He guessed that he might invite many people to help with the work in the future, so he helped Xu Ning make dozens of chairs for backup. There are two reclining chairs, and the others are ordinary chairs, both tall and short, and a bamboo woven summer bed is also made.When Guo Chenggong was making chairs, he stayed with Xu Ning for several nights.Xun Xu was very unhappy, because Xu Ning drove himself to another bed to sleep, and he slept with his uncle.Therefore, when Xu Ning proposed to repair the house later, he fully agreed, so that Xu Ning would not have to share a bed with others.

Resting until after two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Ning called these children to continue working, and finished work at 04:30 in the afternoon. There are so many people and so much power.

Xu Ning appraised strawberries for them, and gave half a catty extra as a reward to the outstanding children, and repeatedly told them to pay attention to safety, and let them go home.

After seeing off the children, Xu Ning continued to weed in the back mountain, and saw Xun Xu bent over in the watermelon field, not knowing what to do: "What are you doing?"

"Let me see if the watermelon is ripe." Xun Xu twitched his fingers and tapped on a big round watermelon.

Xu Ning said: "It can't be so fast, it will take at least ten days." The melons in his family were planted early, and the seedlings were raised in space, so they grew much faster than other people's, but Xu Ning felt that It won’t be so fast. Other people’s melons are just blooming now, and his melons are already very big. There are still a lot of green and round watermelons with large skins rolling in the ground. very gratifying.

As early as when the watermelon was blooming, Xu Jingshan told Xu Ning to keep one female flower and pinch off all the other female flowers on the melon vine, so as to ensure that all the fertility grows on one watermelon, otherwise, if there is too much, the fertility will be scattered , two or three can't bear the weight of one.

Xu Ning was somewhat skeptical. He was reluctant to pinch off all the melons. The watermelon was pollinated by his own bees, and the success rate was very high. Almost every female flower could survive.Xu Ning kept two watermelons on most of the melon vines, and only a few kept one watermelon.Seeing him like this, Xu Jingshan shook his head again and again, he is really a scholar, inexperienced and emotional, what a disadvantage.

Now that the melons are almost ripe, Xu Ning found that what Xu Jingshan said was not unreasonable. The single melons grow very quickly and are very large, while the double melons grow much slower due to the diversion of fertility.However, Xu Ning didn't spare the water in the space, and would water it every once in a while. The double melons also grew very gratifyingly. Although one can't keep up with the single melon, the two together will definitely not be lighter than the single melon.

Later, Xu Ning thought about Xu Jingshan's words. Generally, the cost of growing watermelons is controlled, and the fertilizer will not be spread desperately, which will not make back the cost. Therefore, cultivating single melons is the most effective choice during that time period.He spares no fertilizer, so two melons are no worse than one.

Xun Xu straightened up from the ground: "I think this one is already cooked."

Xu Ning walked over suspiciously, and looked down at the big watermelon weighing more than 20 kilograms. It was a single melon, as strong as a big winter melon.He reached out and tapped the watermelon, which was dull and crisp: "Wait for another two days, it should not be ripe yet."

Xun Xu blinked and looked at Xu Ning: "What should I do, I want to eat now." He licked his mouth as he spoke.

Xu Ning gave him a white look: "Such a big melon, if it's not familiar, wouldn't it be too wasteful?"

"I'll finish it if it's not cooked." Xun Xu made up his mind that he must eat melon today.

Xu Ning suddenly remembered that the watermelon outside was almost ripe, and the watermelon in his own space should be ripe. Although he went to pick vegetables and strawberries every day, he forgot to check whether the watermelon was ripe. Taolin, the peaches should be ripe long ago.He waved to Xun Xu, lowered his voice and said, "I'll eat for you tonight."

Xun Xu looked at Xu Ning with a smile: "Okay." Not only will I eat watermelon tonight, but I will also eat you.