My 1995 Small Farm

  Spring is coming, the spring breeze is warm, and shepherd's purse is fat and fresh.

For the local vegetables given by Xiuying’s sister-in-law, Chen Ling and Wang Susu boiled half a pot of eggs when they got home, and left a pot of spicy tofu soup with local vegetables. Get ill.

   As the saying goes, early spring vegetables match ginseng.

   Now is a good time to eat local vegetables.

  If some time passes, the ground vegetables will be thick and thick, like spinach, fat and strong. This is the elder's ground vegetables, and they will not taste so delicious.

   "The local vegetables are very tender at this time. I'll go out and dig some. Let's make dumplings with local vegetables today."

  The shepherd's purse given by Xiuying's sister-in-law yesterday, Chen Ling still felt that he didn't enjoy it to the full.

  Early in the morning, I carried the bamboo basket on my back and went out with the dog and horse.

  Ground vegetables are cheap wild vegetables.

  It can be found in wheat fields, on field ridges, in woods, beside ditches and ditches, and on embankments.

   Digging ground vegetables is not so much digging as looking for them.

  When spring comes and everything comes back to life, the field vegetables are hidden among the weeds, and it takes a long time to dig a basket.

  Walking around in the field, the green wheat seedlings grew up, no longer growing close to the ground as before, as if they straightened their waists all of a sudden.

  A group of puppies ran in to have fun, and the thriving wheat seedlings made a rattling sound.

   Seeing this, the little green horse also wanted to run into the wheat field and run wildly.

After being slapped twice by Chen Ling, he flicked his tail and grazed behind him obediently, but his big eyes were still thieves after the group of cheerful puppies, and his mouth was chewing the grass to look around. Look very restless.

  When we reached the river beach, there were no people around, so Chen Ling let it go, but he didn't dare to put the horse into the wheat field for a run.

   After a while, Wang Cunye and Chen Sangui walked over slowly with small bamboo baskets on their backs.

  Come to the front, Chen Sangui smiled and said: "From a distance, your father-in-law and I saw you coming to graze the horses. Fugui, are you digging wild vegetables or preparing fodder for the livestock?"

  Chen Ling was bending over to dig at this time, and raised his head and smiled when he heard this: "Dig wild vegetables, it's March, why not dig some local vegetables to eat."

   As he spoke, he turned to Wang Cunye who was surrounded by a group of puppies: "Father, are you really not going to send it off today?"

  Breakfast, the old couple don’t go to the farm to eat, but make it in the village by themselves. It’s more convenient to send Wang Zhenzhen to school after a simple bite.

   "It has been sent over a long time ago."

  Wang Cunye drove away the puppy at this time, and helped Chen Ling dig shepherd's purse with Chen Sangui.

   While digging, he said: "After delivery, I went to the reservoir to sell eggs with you Uncle Sangui."

   "Huh? Do you sell eggs? Where are the eggs?"

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment. Yesterday afternoon, the old man and the old man in the village went to set up a stall to sell eggs. These were the ones that hadn’t had time to pickle the salted eggs. There were some wild eggs and wild duck eggs in them, not many in total, but two Basket thing.

   It’s just that it’s not very easy to sell. Wang Cunye mainly went to join in the fun with the old men in the village.

   "It's sold out. Yesterday, people didn't know that it was our egg. Today, someone said that I was your old man, and they robbed them all at once."

  Wang Cunye laughed proudly: "Your Uncle Sangui set up a stall next to me, and it was sold out."

   "Yeah, Fugui, you are a celebrity in our village now, and people ask you why you don't sell eggs anymore."

  Chen Sangui smiled and said with emotion: "You are really, there are ways to get rich everywhere, and I can't blame many people in the village for looking down on you."

  Wang Cunye heard this, and immediately grinned so much that his mouth almost reached the back of his head, but he kept saying that what he can do to make a fortune is that he likes to fool around.

  …

   Having said that, when he returned after digging two baskets of field vegetables, Wang Cunye discussed with Chen Ling whether he should raise more chickens and ducks this year.

  Anyway, he and Gao Xiulan are going to watch over Wang Susu's baby this year, so they won't be able to leave for a short time, and it's okay to raise more chickens and ducks. They can help take care of it.

   There are more chickens and ducks in the house now, but it is just more than ordinary villagers, but it is actually still less.

   Otherwise, people who want to pickle salted eggs want eggs, and those who want to buy fresh eggs also want to buy eggs. Maybe they will come to the door to look for them after a while. The eggs at home are not enough after salted eggs.

  It's a pity not to do this profitable business.

   Then he said that he felt that too many chickens and ducks were slaughtered during the Chinese New Year.

  I want to raise a little more on the current basis.

  Actually, more than half of the Chinese New Year’s food is roosters, leaving only two king roosters to protect the flock, and the rest are hens.

  It is said that hens are mainly half-sized hens and domestic pheasants.

  The hens that laid eggs only ate a few three or four.

   "Don't worry about this, Dad, our old hen is about to nest, and some eggs and duck eggs will hatch by then."

Chen Ling never paid much attention to the matter of raising chickens and ducks. He had some experience in raising chickens and ducks for a year or two, so he said: "If you really think that chickens and ducks grow too slowly, buy them from a chicken farm in the countryside. Some are fine, so you can lay eggs when you buy them.”

   "Ah? Is that okay? They came for our eggs, bought chickens and ducks from outside to lay eggs, wouldn't that be a fool?"

  My father-in-law is very upright, and I think it's not good to do this.

Naturally, Chen Ling would not explain the mystery, but just smiled helplessly, and explained: "Father, I am not fooling people, I have a way to raise chickens and ducks to be strong, and lay eggs diligently and well. I am Have you forgotten the veterinarian? The professor also approved it and issued me a certificate."

   "Oh, that's right, I forgot about this, you can still dispense veterinary medicine."

The son-in-law knows how to prepare potions for raising fish, so it’s okay to raise chickens and ducks. Then I thought about it, some of the chickens and ducks at home were bought halfway, and they were raised by Chen Ling to be strong and strong, except for thunderstorms. Apart from two injections of vaccines, I hardly ever got sick.

   "Then when are you going to buy livestock again, just buy some by the way and forget it."

   Speaking of which, remembering that his son-in-law sold his two livestock for another 20,000 yuan, he hummed in a happy mood, playing with a bunch of puppies, and walking behind Chen Ling staggeringly.

  The old man likes dogs very much. After the little yellow dog was brought back to the stockade last year, he was put in Wang Qingzhong's house to watch the house, and he never brought it back.

   Fortunately, the son-in-law has a lot of puppies this year, all of them are lively and playful, and he doesn't have to go to other people's houses to hold one.

  Back home, wash the shepherd's purse, and the family prepares to make dumplings.

  The ground vegetables that have been dug up should be selected clean, and the old leaves, yellow and dead leaves should be removed. The roots are the most fragrant.

   Then wash with water.

  The ground vegetables that have just been dug look dry and dry. As long as they are washed with water, they will immediately sprout, and each plant will look extraordinarily juicy, green, and particularly energetic.

  The ground vegetables are washed, and the fresh green leaves are very gratifying.

  Chop it up and use it to make dumpling stuffing.

   Discuss with the elders and the first, and there is basically nothing else to do today except for ordering food in the afternoon and dusk, so I will make two kinds of dumpling fillings.

   Both vegetarian and meat fillings are included.

  Vegetarian stuffing is to chop up ground vegetables and add fried frangipani.

You can add fresh pork or fresh beef to the minced meat. Today I added beef. After chopping the meat this time, I don’t need to add broth to stir it. I only eat the umami of shepherd’s purse. Don’t let the broth overwhelm the spring wild vegetables. Suppress the good taste.

  After half an hour passed, dumplings with two kinds of fillings were made, and it was just after noon.

  After the pot was cooked, Chen Ling tasted it. On the contrary, the dumplings filled with local vegetables and eggs can taste the fragrance of wild vegetables.

   Let the family eat it, and the two elders and Wang Susu also said that the vegetarian stuffed dumplings tasted brighter and fresher.

  Lian Ruirui, a stinky boy, only ate dumplings with vegetarian fillings, and he didn't give up until he ate three.

  Chen Ling looked at it and laughed straight away, saying that this wild vegetable tastes better than regular vegetables, and he must try all the wild vegetables in the wild when he has time.

   Wild vegetables are no more than vegetables, they are only eaten for a few days every year.

  Once that time has passed, it cannot be eaten.

   Such as Chinese toon, elm money, and sophora japonica, sweet-scented osmanthus.

   It’s not as long as eating serious vegetables.

   Toon and elm money are eaten when winter is over and the wheat turns green, but this year Chen Ling only ate Chinese toon, not elm money.

  He was too busy taking the dog to play around, and missed the good time to eat Yuqian rice.

   "This brat, just like your father, seeing how close the dog is, go to sleep with the dog at night."

  At this time, Gao Xiulan put the eldest grandson on her lap, pressed her buttocks and beat her up, but it was Ruirui who fed the dumplings to the dog, and she almost finished feeding the bowl of beef dumplings in a short time.

  Heiwa is not like a puppy, he hides when he sees Ruirui, and Ruirui always thinks Heiwa is the most pleasing to the eye, and more than half of the dumplings went into the belly of this big dog.

  Every time it ate one, Rui Rui clapped her hands and giggled for a while.

  At this time, he sticks out his tongue and smiles honestly, waiting for Ruirui to feed it again.

  It's a pity that Ruirui was restrained by grandma, and she was lying on her lap and waving her hands and feet to resist.

  Look at that heartless giggling appearance, and that long-flowing halazi.

   It is better to say that you are playing than resisting.

  The old lady was not willing to slap her grandson hard, and the slap fell on his buttocks, which didn't hurt or itch.

   In the end, the old lady was tired from beating her hands, but he was still laughing and beckoning Hei Wa to come to him.

  Let the old lady laugh and cry.

  Wang Cunye grinned happily.

  I feel that my eldest grandson will be able to feed the dog when he is less than ten months old, and he is very smart.

   "Mother, don't bother with him, he will be honest in a while."

  Wang Susu brought out a bowl of dumpling soup, and when she saw this, she said: "If you are not honest, let him sleep in a small bed at night."

  Hearing this, Ruirui was stunned, and then she lay on her grandmother's lap and burst into tears.

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu always talked about the small bed. He still doesn't know that the small bed is not a good place. How can sleeping alone be as comfortable as sleeping with parents.

  Wang Cunye smiled even more happily when he saw this, and said to Chen Ling: "Look, he can understand what Susu said about the little bed. This baby must be smart when he grows up."

  Gao Xiulan glanced at them, Weng and his son-in-law, angrily: "You two are still in the mood to chat and laugh, so hurry up and coax them, and cry right after eating, what should you do if your stomach feels uncomfortable after a while."

  Chen Ling wasn't worried about this, he had already figured out a coup for the baby.

  So he gestured to Hei Wa: "Hei Wa, come on, start playing music."

  Hei Wa understood immediately, raised her neck and let out a long wolf howl.

  As soon as Hei Wa barked, the puppies immediately barked with him.

The cries one after another complemented the crying of the baby, after a while, Ruirui's crying gradually subsided, and she turned her face and forgot about the unhappy things, with tears still on her face, she was laughing and scratching her little hands, Go play with Hei Wa.

   "Come on, no wonder you kissed the dog. The dog asked you to do it. It's like a baby's toy." Gao Xiulan was also amused by this scene.

  Wang Susu has long been used to it. Her dog is very useful. She will never be reluctant to feed the dog good things.

   At this moment, Chen Ling and Chen Ling are busy feeding the dog, and they will go to the vegetable garden to grow vegetables in a while.

  …

   Spring is lacking, and I say that I still have work to do in the afternoon, but in fact, after eating and clearing away the dishes, I make tea and sit in the yard, and I don’t want to move anymore.

  The spring sun is warm and soft, and after eating, people seem a little lazy.

  Only Ruirui is full of energy, and is still playing with Heiwa's strong body under the eaves without getting tired.

The other puppies, Xiao Jin, were all on Chen Ling's side, squinting their eyes and lying around, lazily stretching their bodies, laying on the bluestone slabs to bask in the sun, and the little cat was also under Xiao Jin's belly, This posture stretches the body.

  Even Ruirui's giggles seemed to be inaudible, her stomach was full of ups and downs, and she accompanied her master to take a nap under the warm sun.

   Resting until after two o'clock in the afternoon, Ruirui fell asleep lying on Heiwa's big belly in a daze after being tired from playing.

  The adults got up and prepared to go to work in the field.

  After pulling up Chinese cabbage and planting winter potatoes last winter, the vegetable garden became barren.

   Now it's just some spinach.

  The family has long been tired of eating.

   Hurry up and plant the green vegetables in spring.

  Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu soaked all kinds of vegetable seeds at home, and the vegetable seedlings and sweet potato seedlings given by the villagers have been placed for three or four days. If they are not planted, the good time will be delayed.

  Many vegetable seedlings in the village were planted in the sweet potato ponds dug out when raising sweet potato seedlings.

   After the weather is warm, just like sweet potatoes, transplant vegetable seedlings and vegetable seedlings into the vegetable garden, so that they grow quickly.

   At that time, you can also eat green vegetables as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if you sow directly, you have to "squat the seedlings". "Squat seedlings" are for the better growth of the seedlings. After the vegetable seeds are sown, water should not be watered within a certain period of time, so that the roots of the seedlings can be rooted down and promote root development. Prevent the stems and leaves from growing wildly, so that such vegetables grow well and have high yields.

  Some vegetables are prone to disease in the seedling stage. When the seedlings are raised, they can be found in time, and when they are transplanted in the vegetable garden, they can be picked out in time.

   For example, eggplants, tomatoes and the like, that is the case. Seedlings are better planted when transplanted.

   And there is no need for leeks and peppers, just sow the seeds directly after soaking.

  Before planting vegetables, you need to press sweet potato seedlings first.

  There are not many kinds of sweet potatoes, just like winter yams, half an acre of land is enough, and it is very fast.

When Chen Ling went to take out the sweet potato seedlings, Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan were very surprised: "The sweet potato seedlings have been placed for three or four days, and we are afraid that the leaves will turn yellow. Look at this green, not only did not wilt, It's still quite energetic, and the leaves are so branched."

"Yeah, I just put it in the back of the kitchen, buried a layer of soil, and watered it a little, just in case they would wilt." Chen Ling nodded. With his own environment, even if he didn't water it, what? Regardless, these seedlings will not wilt.

  Transfer fertilizer, plow the ground, loosen the soil, and lower seedlings.

   After three hours of hard work, all the sweet potato seedlings on half an acre of land have been planted.

  The remaining one and a half acres of land, several types of vegetable seedlings such as eggplants and tomatoes were planted.

  The seeds of leeks, loofahs, and cucumbers were also scattered.

It took less than four hours to plant the large vegetable garden of two acres of land. This is because Zhou Weijun and Yu Qi'an in the middle came back from wandering outside and came to help when they had nothing to do. Can't finish.

  The two-acre large vegetable garden grows enough vegetables for several families. But Chen Ling wasn't satisfied, so the farm and the village's homes also ordered some creeping melons and vegetables, and sowed all kinds of seeds before giving up.

   Pickle vegetables if you can’t finish them, and sell them if you don’t want to pickle vegetables. If you don’t grow some vegetables and flowers at home, you always feel that there is something wrong.

  He also decided to put grape trellises on the corridor of the farm.