little son-in-law

This spring, everyone in the Mo family was very busy. Mingting followed Tian Dazhuang to the countryside to collect duck seedlings, and the others were not idle either. Uncle Li asked someone to repair the duck shed, and then it was time to plant lotus roots.

Mo Nanjin and Xiao Mo were busy with the land at the foot of the mountain. When they bought it last year, Mo Nanjin had figured out how to use it as an orchard.When Mo Nanjin first came here, he found that there were many wild fruit trees on Nanshan Mountain, but most of them were sour and hard to eat, some were sweet, and they were small in size, so not many people picked them, let alone planted them.At that time, Mo Nanjin thought that maybe it could be improved by grafting. He really missed the sweet and sour fruits in the past. If he succeeded, he could also subsidize some household expenses. Besides, the children in the family would always eat more fruits. It is good.

A few years ago, he transplanted some of the most common fruit trees from the mountains to the backyard, which are plum trees, apricot trees, peach trees, apple trees, big cherry trees, crabapple trees, hawthorn trees, loquats, pear trees, etc. At the beginning, Yuyang wanted to dig a plum tree, but Yuyang said: I don’t know if I have heard a sentence, that you get lotus root because of the lotus, and you don’t need plums if you have apricots.The plum tree gave up, but later by coincidence, Ming Ting actually dug up an apricot plum tree, planted it in the yard, and it bloomed and bore fruit every year. Of course, these are things for later. There are some other fruit trees, and he is not very clear about the species, let alone used for grafting. He knows a little about these ordinary fruit trees, all of which belong to the Rosaceae family, and the chances of survival for grafting between the same family and genus are relatively high.In the past few years, we have done some experiments one after another in the backyard. Of course, there are some failures, but there are also many successes. Many fruit trees have started to bear fruit since last year.At that time, peach trees were mainly grafted with wild pear trees as rootstocks. Pear trees, apple trees, big cherries and crabapples were all grafted from the same species. Grafted with plum trees as rootstock.

The orchard at the foot of the mountain is about three acres, and it was grafted last fall.But most of the people who have planted fruit trees know that the saying is "three points for planting, seven points for raising".So this regular management is essential.

"Master, look, the trees and flowers in our garden are blooming so well, it will be a veritable orchard in a few years." Xiao Mo was fertilizing under the fruit trees one by one.

"As the saying goes: five years for peaches, three plums, four apricots, the cherry, loquat, and pear trees will take about three or four years. By then, Jingzhi and Xingzhi will be bigger, and Yunzhi can run all over the mountain. It's time to marry a wife." Mo Nanjin was topping the fruit trees to avoid excessive growth of branches and leaves.He seldom thinks about the past now, whether it is his previous life or the 17 years that seemed like a dream, the past, all follow the wind, what he wants most now is watching the three children grow up, watching They had children and lived a normal and happy life.Thinking of his orchard and fish pond, which can bring a better life to his family.Maybe in a few years we can still see Xiao Mo, Mingyue is also married, so there will be more family members.As for Ming Ting, even though he has reached the age of marriage, he is a person with his own ideas, and Mo Nanjin believes that he has his own discretion in what to do.

"Master, I don't want to marry a wife. I want to follow and serve you for the rest of my life." Xiao Mo became anxious when he heard this, and put down the shovel in his hand. "Young master doesn't want me, does he?"

"It's still a child's idea." Mo Nanjin smiled, "Hurry up and work, I have to water it later, I can't finish it, so I'm not allowed to go back to eat." Now if you don't marry a wife, you won't let him in two years If you want to marry, he will not be happy.Besides, when did he say that he was not wanted anymore? This family is the only family he has left in this world.I don't know what Xiao Mo is thinking about every day with such a big head.

"Okay, master." Xiao Mo pulled down the towel tied around his neck, wiped the sweat from his face, and blushed.He buried his body and dug the pit to topdress the fertilizer.

Master, have you heard?Ye Qing is about to marry a daughter-in-law, she is his aunt's cousin, she came to Ye Qing's house a few days ago, it is said that it was arranged since childhood. "Xiao Mo is Xiao Mo, if one day he stops talking, it will not be him.

"Well, I heard that the date is set for next month." The two families are neighbors, even if Mo Nanjin doesn't like to inquire about things anymore, this kind of thing is known, after all, it is a big deal for the Sun family and Ye Qing matter.

"Young master, even you already know!" Xiao Mo muttered, the information on the young master's side has always been closed, if it is something that the young master knows, everyone in this small Nanshan Town probably knows about it.

"Can't I know that Caiqing has come to ask Yuyang for the pattern of tie-in flowers, and is going to embroider a door curtain for her brother." Although Xiao Mo said in a low voice, Mo Nanjin still heard it.He also heard it from Yuyang, who also embroidered a pair of mandarin duck pillowcases as a wedding present.

"I don't know how this bride is, and I haven't heard Ye Qing mention it before. This was two days ago when my wife said that Caiqing sent a basket of spring bamboo shoots, and asked me to bring some eggs back. What about his aunt and cousin. I just took a look, but she kept her head down and didn't look at her."

"When Ye Qing gets married, you will see it. It seems that you are anxious, and it's not your own wife." Mo Nanjin joked, about the in-laws of the Sun family, Mo Nanjin heard something from Yuyang, probably She also heard from Caiqing.The in-laws are from Weijia Village, and it is said that life is also difficult. They have a son and a daughter. The son Wei San is an idle master in the village. He is almost 20 years old and has not been able to marry a wife. I don’t know who I heard some time ago. My idea is to use my younger sister Wei Yu to exchange marriage, that is, to marry my younger sister to the son of the other party's family, and marry back the daughter of the other party's family by myself, and neither party needs to give a dowry.This is the kind of poor family who can't get the dowry gift to marry a daughter-in-law as a last resort, or the brothers in the family can't marry a wife for various reasons, so they exchange their sisters for a daughter-in-law. Forget it, the latter sufferers are usually their own sisters. Wei San fell in love with a family some time ago. The man in that family is said to be almost 30 years old. Because he was blind in one eye, he never married a wife. , There is still a younger sister in the family who is waiting to marry, so they agree to change marriages with Wei San. This Wei San will force his sister to change marriages regardless of whether the younger sister has agreed to someone else.Aunt Ye Qing was afraid of her son, and she was also afraid of hurting her own daughter. Originally, the wedding date was set for next year, and Wei Yu was 16 years old. Because of this reason, she brought her daughter who was not yet young enough to Nanshan Town and lived in Ye Qing's house. , ready to get married next month.Regarding the marriage of women who have not reached the age of ji, there is no express rule that it is not allowed, but everyone is used to men and crowns, and women can marry and marry only when they reach ji.Mo Nanjin just listened to the matter of the Wei family. After all, once Wei Yu married, she would belong to the Sun family. No matter what, Wei San would not be able to come to the Sun family to rob other people's daughter-in-law in exchange for a marriage. He didn't expect that Later, this matter really brought a little bit of trouble to the Mo family.

"Master, you will make fun of me."

Mo Nanjin didn't stop working in his hands, teasing Xiao Mo from time to time, even the work felt a lot lighter.Although it was just to scare Xiao Mo not to go home until he finished watering, but now the sun is in the middle, it should be almost noon.These things cannot be done in a short while.For half a month, he and Xiao Mo will go to the orchard to pull weeds, fertilize, prune branches, cut leaves, prevent wind, stabilize trees, repair fences, plant thorns, and occasionally look at the crops and vegetables in the fields, and go to the fish pond Look at the duck shed and lotus root. Although there are Ming Ting and Uncle Li's family, it is not a matter of trust or not, but that he is the owner after all, so he must be there to see.Everyone is really exhausted these days. Fortunately, looking at the progress, the orchard is almost busy today and tomorrow.The duck shed has been repaired, and it may take some time to plant lotus roots and buy ducklings, but generally speaking, it should come to an end in mid-April, and everyone can have a good rest by then.

"Master, I saw a crabapple over here." Standing under a crabapple tree, Xiao Mo suddenly straightened up excitedly. The distance between the two of them was a little distance, and Xiao Mo put his hands around his mouth and shouted.

When Mo Nanjin walked closer, some bright red petals had already fallen from the crabapple tree, and clusters of bean-sized crabapple were hidden among the green leaves.

"It seems that these begonias will bear fruit this year." Mo Nanjin was very happy, and everyone's hard work was not in vain.What could be more satisfying than seeing your hard work pay off.

"Master, does this mean that our so-and-so, oh, is grafting, is it a success?" Although I don't know how the young master came up with such an idea, the young master made the few fruit trees in the house in this way. There are many, but they are not small, and they are also quite sweet.

"This crabapple should be regarded as a success. Let's see how the fruit is ripe now." Mo Nanjin pushed aside the leaves and counted, there were only five or six bunches in total.In the first year, you can't ask for too much.Although the few trees at home have been considered a success, they are only a few trees. There are so many in the orchard. When I first planted them, I was still a little uncertain.Fortunately, all the fruit trees were dug from the mountains, and he got so many without spending money.