Back home to start a farm

At around nine o'clock this morning, on the highway in the province, two luxury cars drove rapidly one after another, turning directly onto the road to Yang City.

The two people sitting in the back of the car in front of them were playing a video on the screen of their mobile phone. It was the battle of the snowball crushing the big white goose that became popular some time ago.

After watching the video, I swiped my finger across the screen to read the comments below, and read out the address above: "Xishan Agricultural Products in Xishan Village, Bijiang Town, Yang City, Brother Qin has lived in this village for more than a year ?”

"Basically close to ten." A young man with dyed brown hair said, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, he tapped his phone screen, "Did you see this rabbit? It must be raised by Brother Qin."

"Brother Qin usually sends us some agricultural products, which are indeed suitable for this farm, and I don't know how he found this place." The page where he watched the video just now exited, and this person began to search for news about Xishan Farm .

"Brother Qin, his parents' family is in Yang City, maybe it's not far from here." Another person guessed casually, they only knew that they were in Yang City, but they didn't know the exact location.

"So, why don't we really not notify Brother Qin? Just go straight there." Ding's voice messaged, and the brother in the car behind asked uneasy questions in the group.

Among them, one of them saw the video circulating on the Internet, and after sharing it with the others, someone saw the huge rabbit and thought of Qin Shi who had disappeared for a long time.

Through multiple comparisons, they believe that the place where Qin Shi is staying now is [-]% likely to be the Xishan Farm.

No need to think about anything, deal with the things at hand that day, and drive the car the next day.

"Let's just say that we saw the live broadcast of Xishan Farm on the Internet, and it was interesting, so we came to experience the farmhouse. This reason should be okay?" Another person also replied with some anxiety.

"Come on, you really think we can hide this news from Brother Qin, maybe Brother Qin received the news before we set off yesterday."

"What should I do?"

"What should we do? Brother Qin didn't stop us from going, so let's just go and be done. Every time we eat those things sent over, this time we can eat fresh ones."

As soon as the exclamation fell, the rest of the people secretly swallowed their saliva when he reminded them of the delicious food.

In the end, this person's guess was right, but it wasn't that Qin Shi knew about it before they left.

But Qin Shi didn't know that these people would bring him a big surprise.

The weather in July and August is getting hotter and hotter. The workers in the village are working hard, and the tourists who come to play are wearing umbrellas because they are afraid of the sun.

Compared with the outdoors, the indoors where the sun is blocked is very cool. Qu Chi went home last night and slept all night, and in the morning he found a reason and rushed back, looking for the boyfriend who had been separated all night.

After Zhang Yun finished his work at home, the sun was quite high, and then he took the washed fruits and bought gifts to Qin Shi and sent them to Qin Shi.

However, before entering the door, I saw the son who said he was busy and disappeared without a trace from the window with the curtains drawn.

Two children of similar age were sitting next to each other. Qin Shi was sitting on the sofa, even when playing with his mobile phone, his back was straight, just like how he felt to others.

Qu Chi looked pretty decent before, but now he was sitting on that baggy bean bag with his arm on Qin Shi's lap, talking to Qin Shi with his face up.

What Zhang Yun was about to say was silent, and his eyes scanned back and forth between the two children, always feeling that the atmosphere was not quite right.

Zhang Yun, who doesn't know much about same-sex relationships, hasn't thought of going anywhere else yet.

It just feels like the relationship between the two is too good.

It was because the relationship between the two was so good that Zhang Yun was quite helpless after seeing it. It seemed that Qu Chi didn't listen to what he said last night.

In fact, the two of them became friends, and Zhang Yun was happy to see it. Qin Shi's grandfather was extremely respected in the village. After Qin Shi's return, he did not show any behavior that would make people dislike him.

It must be a good thing for Qu Chi to have such a friend as Qin Shi.

But what made Zhang Yun feel inappropriate was that the relationship between the two of them was too good, and Qu Chi didn't know that no matter how good a friend's relationship is, there must be a limit.

They usually come back rarely, but this time when Zhang Yun came back, he found that Qu Chi had been living in Qin Shi's house, how far apart his own house was, and had to go to live in someone else's house, so he didn't know how to leave a separate space for Qin Shi .

Moreover, the two young men are not too young. Although Zhang Yun did not persuade anyone to go on a blind date under the persuasion of his son, he still hopes that both of them will find a girlfriend.

Every time he heard people say that so-and-so brought his girlfriend back, and so-and-so's child was going to get married, Zhang Yun felt envious in his heart.

She can understand that the child doesn't want a blind date, and she can hold back if she doesn't let her urge her, but if they want to fall in love freely, they must first contact girls.

Two people stay in the village every day, no matter what they do, they are with their good friends. How can they get married early like this.

Zhang Yun was worried in his heart, but his son didn't listen after he said it.

"Mom, why are you here?" Hearing the sound of the door opening, Qu Chi looked up, quickly threw the phone to Qin Shi, and took what was in her mother's hand.

In fact, the movement of Zhang Yun entering the gate was not small. When she stood by the window and looked in, both of them felt it.

After all, the amount of sunlight shining into the room suddenly decreased, and the five senses of the two of them were relatively sharp.

But the two of them didn't change their positions after feeling it, and Qu Chi didn't plan to hide it from his parents anymore, but even if it was a confession, he had to choose a suitable time.

Before confessing, let the parents have a mental preparation.

"Brought two sachets for Qin Shi. The smell is not strong, and they are used to repel insects in the house." Zhang Yun said, taking out the things in his hand.

Similar to the sachets sold on the streets of the Dragon Boat Festival, a few bamboos are embroidered on the elegant solid-colored fabric, and you can smell the fragrance inside if you hold it in your hand.

These sachets are not filled with spices, but several herbs that repel mosquitoes.There are many kinds of mosquitoes in summer. These sachets are hung in the house without too obvious fragrance, and can greatly reduce the mosquitoes entering the house.

"Thank you, Aunt Yun." Qin Shi took it in surprise, and kept rubbing his fingers against the bamboo pattern on it. A few vague scenes appeared in his mind. It was his mother who put the freshly made sachet into his hands.

I haven't received a gift like this for many years.

Qu Chi took one from Qin Shi's hand, pretended to be unhappy and said, "It's all given to Qin Shi, so your son doesn't have it?"

"You want it? If you want it, go back and help me with my work."

"What are you doing?"

"Go pick cowpeas."

"Aren't you afraid that your son will get tanned in this hot weather?"

"A boy is afraid of being dark, and your skin is too fair now, more sun exposure will make you manly."

So Qu Chi was arranged by his mother to the side of the vegetable garden, and Qin Shi came over after a while, with two more hats that he found in the house, and each of them put one on his head.

The green vegetable field is surrounded by fences, red dahlias are blooming outside, and the fence is covered with small morning glory, and there are grasshoppers jumping up in the grass on the ground when they hear the movement.

Green vines climb up the bamboo strips, and the leaves are piled on top of each other to block the sun. Smooth cucumbers, rough bitter gourds, and slender cowpeas are hidden among the green leaves.

Cowpea is the most common food in summer. Almost every household in the village grows a lot of it. It tastes very good when cut into small pieces and fried with shredded pork. It is also very popular to sell outside during this time.

It didn't take much force to pinch the green cowpea with my fingers, and it was pinched off with a crisp sound.

Cowpeas nourished by green light taste better, but Qu Chi doesn't like to eat fresh fried cowpeas, and this dislike is acquired.

It's all his father Qu Deyun's fault.

When my grandfather was sick in elementary school, when Zhang Yun went to take care of him, only Qu Chi and Qu Deyun were left at home.

Qu Deyun was busy with the oil mill every day, and he only cared about saving trouble when cooking. At that time, the dishes were not as rich as they are now. Almost every day there is a dish of fried cowpea.

After eating for more than half a month, I felt disgusted by eating Qu Chi. After his mother came back, every meal at home basically consisted of two dishes.

Even though his distaste for fried cowpea subsided later, Qu Chi just tasted two chopsticks and couldn't eat much.

I don’t like fried cowpeas, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t like other ways of cowpeas. When Zhang Yun came home and found out that his son was being tossed, he didn’t give Qu Deyun a good face for a few days. Later, he thought about other things. Let the son accept the practice.

Handling cowpeas is also a reserved task of their family.

In Xishan Village, the cowpeas planted can be harvested a lot, and they couldn’t be sold at any price before, so every family will make sour cowpeas and dried cowpeas.

The production method of sour cowpea is very simple. Wash the sour cowpea, remove the head and tail, stuff it into a prepared glass container, add an appropriate amount of salt and sugar, and then pour rice washing water into it.

The trick of adding rice washing water is still a secret recipe that Zhang Yun learned from others. In the village, there are also pickled pepper water or water made from peppercorns for soaking.

Everyone's taste is different, but Qu Chi, who has tasted the sour cowpea made by other families in the village, said that none of them are as good as his mother's secret recipe.

Especially the minced meat and capers made by his mother are simply unique, and you can't taste this kind of taste outside.

Diced capers and minced meat, served with chili and garlic cloves in the oil pan, tap dancing to the beat of the spatula.

They embrace each other and communicate with each other, each taste is perfectly stimulated, and then deeply fused until the ultimate taste bursts out on the tip of the tongue.

Although this dish is simple, it is one of the best appetizers. Whether it is served with rice porridge or noodles, when you have no appetite, you can easily eat two bowls of rice.

Qu Chi felt that if his father cooked this dish for him for half a month when he was a child, he would never get tired of it.

"Xiao Chi, did you bring me the rice washing water?" Zhang Yun shouted at the top of his voice as he repeatedly washed the picked cowpeas in the sink.

Qu Chi, who hadn't rested for a while, got up obediently, took Qin Shi's hand and ran out the door: "We'll get it right away."

The aunts who were preparing lunch for the workers had already prepared the water for washing the rice, and the water that soaked the rice turned milky white and filled two large buckets.

"Xiaochi, the rice steamed in a ground pot today may produce a lot of rice oil. Come over and bring a pot later." Auntie handed the bucket of rice washing water to the two of them, and watched them leave with the bucket.

The firewood in the ground pot was crackling, the kitchen was so stuffy, no one was in there, only the rice in the ground pot was gradually expanding, the rice was gradually becoming sticky, and the white mist came out from the gap .

"Okay, I'll bring it over later."

When Qu Chi and Qin Shi came back, all the cowpeas had been cleaned by Zhang Yun and Qu Deyun, and they were all stuffed into glass jars at least as big as two heads.

"Mom, I brought back the rice water."

"Just put it on the table. The cowpeas in the pot are cooked too. Take it out with a colander and be careful not to burn it."

Qu Chi asked Qin to go to the yard to fix the shelf first. He stood in front of the pot and lifted the lid of the pot. A thick mist came out, and the water droplets gathered inside the pot lid dripped back into the pot at the same time.

Find the big pot that is usually used to hold the soup, use a colander to fish out the green cowpea after boiling in the pot, put it in cold water to cool down, and then drain the water. When the pot is full, take it to the yard to go.

With a loud crash, all the boiled cowpeas in the pot were poured out on the spread out bamboo mat. Qin Shi spread the cowpeas out evenly with chopsticks.

These cowpeas will be steamed and roasted in the sun and dried in the sun for three to five days, slowly losing the moisture in the body, and the color will change from green to gray green, so that they can be stored for more time.

Generally, it is not a problem to store it for a year or two.

In the past, there were not so many vegetables in greenhouses, and they tried their best to store them before winter, and every household would make some pickled or dried vegetables.

Later, the living conditions got better and better, and I could buy fresh vegetables in winter. There were fewer pickled or sun-dried vegetables in the village every year, and I just bought some if I wanted to eat occasionally.

Qu Chi's family is an exception, mainly because their family likes to eat, and the ones they buy are not as delicious as the ones they make at home.

Especially the dried cowpea, the dried cowpea bought back in a year looks good, but it is estimated that it is dried, and there is no need to spend time drying it.

It can't be soaked in water at all, even if it is cooked, it is still so hard, not to mention the taste, it can't be chewed at all.

The ones that are dried at home are different. In the winter when the snowflakes are fluttering, there is a fire in the house, and the dried cowpeas are soaked in warm water first.

After soaking, cut into small pieces and stew in a pot with chunks of pork belly. The dried cowpea will absorb the aroma and fat of the meat, and the taste is soft but not tough. It is more popular than meat. disappeared from the plate.

Just for the stuttering in winter, Qu Chi was willing to spend a few more days under the sun in summer.

It's a pity that I have been busy for a long time today, and I can't eat it in a short time, but I picked a lot of cowpeas, and Zhang Yun kept a handful, and there was a cowpea fried pork in the lunch dish.

Zhang Yun knew about Qu Chi’s problem, so he tried to make this dish as delicious as possible. He also cut the cowpea and minced meat into cubes, and the pork belly was fatter, and the fat was forced out in the pot. Fresh cowpea was no more Only water can maintain the taste, and millet pepper is added to enhance the spiciness.

The green cowpea, the red millet pepper and the brown minced meat are fully mixed, and it looks quite appetizing.

Qu Chi took a sip, and the meat tasted pretty good, but he still didn't like the slightly crunchy texture of the cowpea, but the others were quite happy to eat it.

"When I was young, didn't your friends come today? They probably have some taboos. I'll make a big dinner to welcome them in the evening." Zhang Yun chatted and said, Qin Shi was the only one at home, and when friends came, she was doing this. The elders should help entertain them.

"Don't bother Aunt Yun, they like to eat everything, and it doesn't matter if they have work meals." Qin Shi said quickly, "It would be great if you could let them live here."

Yes, although Qin Shi didn't welcome them very much, he still arranged room and board for these friends before they came.

When he got the news yesterday, he had told Zhang Yun and Qu Deyun in advance, and got their consent.

The reason for arranging them to live in Qu's house in advance is that there is really no place to live in the village, and there are no hotels here, and there is no development of inns and the like.

The construction workers who came to build the fence lived in several utility rooms vacated by the village committee, which was not enough to accommodate them, and many of them temporarily lived in the villagers' homes.

Qu Chi's farm also plans to build several staff dormitories and warehouses. When these houses are built and the workers repair the village wall, they can live in these rough houses.

Fortunately, the weather is hot now, so I can sleep directly on the floor by then, and I don't have to worry about being frozen.

There is a hotel in the town, but the few people who came to look for Qin Shi came here to see his excitement, and they would definitely not want to go, and Qu Chi's friend will come over in the next two days.

When there is one light bulb, it will be annoying, but when there are a group of them, these light bulbs can let them play by themselves, but they will not be illuminated.

Qin Shi really didn't intend to specially hold a welcome banquet for them. The usual food on the farm would be enough to satisfy them, but too much tossing would make them gain ground.

So they continued to grow cowpeas in the afternoon, and they were not at all ready to welcome this group of guests.

Busy until the sun goes down, the temperature is obviously much lower than that at noon.

Zhang Yun and Qu Deyun took home the cowpeas drying on the bamboo mat, while Qu Chi went out with the hose.

When the weather is hot in summer, the water in the ground evaporates quickly. It has not rained for a while recently, so the vegetables grown in the ground are prone to water shortage and need to be watered manually.

Pay attention to watering flowers, plants and vegetables in summer, not when the sun is shining at noon.

Because cold water encounters hot land, it will affect the absorption of the roots, and falling on the leaves that have been exposed to strong sunlight will also cause damage.

So if you want to water, you have to wait until the morning and evening are cool, and you have to water enough to meet the needs of the plants.

The water jets out from the inside of the water pipe, falls on the leaves of vegetables, and falls into the thirsty soil.

The vegetables in the vegetable field are trying hard to absorb the water. When the breeze blows, the leaves with dewdrops are swaying in the wind. It makes people happy to see them

Qin Shi approached the tomato seedlings with small lanterns hanging from them, picked off two bright red tomatoes, and raised them up to gesture to Qu Chi, asking him to bring the water over to rinse.

Qu Chi faced Qin Shi who was beside the fence, the afterglow of the setting sun fell on his slender figure, with a gentle smile on his face that he only showed to him.Qu Chi's eyes stayed on him and he was unwilling to leave, just looking at him could not stop itching in his heart.

It's a pity that he was worried about his parents who might come out at any time, Qu Chi could only hold back his imminent steps, and moved his hand holding the water pipe.

The running water is precisely sprayed on the tomatoes to wash away the dust on them.

Looking at Qin Shi, Qu Chi couldn't help but move his wrist, the sprayed water swayed for a while, hit the tomato and then popped up again, the water spray hit Qin Shi's body like a jet, leaving shallow or light water marks.

Qin Shi could only shake his head helplessly for Qu Chi's little gesture. If the two of them were at home, he would have pulled him into his arms by now.

Now he just walked over with the cleaned tomato and put it in front of Qu Chi's mouth.

Qu Chi took a bite directly, and the abundant juice in the tomato successfully appeared on his face.

Looking at the clear water and tomato juice on each other's faces, the two smiled at each other, reaching out to help each other wipe off the marks on their faces.

At this time, two cars appeared in the line of sight not far away, driving straight here.