dmims Chapter 38 Planting
Chapter 38 Planting
Yesterday afternoon, while soaking in the hot springs, Wei Qingqing and Sun Fangfang had already planned what they would do today: buy some flowers at the market to plant in the valley.
Yang Ming planned to add scallions and chili peppers to the vegetable supply for Zhang Yingning and the others. He originally intended to go to the county town today to prepare a quality inspection report for the scallions and chili peppers, but since Wei Qingqing and Sun Fangfang were going to the market in town, he asked them to prepare a quality inspection report while he stayed home to tidy up the greenhouse.
Normally, vegetable management isn't this strict. If there's any inspection, it's usually just checking for pesticide residues. And hotels do have quality control departments. But Yang Ming's vegetables are generally too big, so big it's worrying. Without an official quality inspection report, the staff wouldn't feel at ease feeding them to guests.
After breakfast, Aunt Liu went up the mountain to continue tidying up the hillside, leaving her daughter with Wei Qingqing. It was very unsafe to take a child up the mountain. The narrow and steep mountain path was not like the park-like stepped path of Mount Tai's Eighteen Bends, but a narrow trail made by people, usually only wide enough for one person to pass. If you were not careful, it was easy to fall down the mountain. If you fell down the mountain, you would lose ninety percent of your life. Zhang Yang drove his van, carrying Sun Fangfang, Wei Qingqing, and Zheng Bao'er, to the county town market, while Yang Ming carried a hoe and went to the greenhouse.
On the dark ground, a simple shed frame looked like an old woman with a twisted back, looking awkward.
Yang Ming wielded his hoe and dug hard into the black soil, making a hole every two meters, then throwing in a cool peach pit and covering it with soil.
He had frozen these peach pits long ago; fine cracks had already appeared on their purplish-red surfaces.
After planting about 30 trees, Yang Ming was a little tired. The main problem was that his legs were a bit weak from all the activity last night. So he took out the "Bei Xiaohuang Brand Fully Automatic Seeder" from his farm space, stuffed all the peach pits into it, went home to get a hand tractor, connected the tractor to the seeder, and then drove the tractor to plant the trees in the greenhouse.
Yang Ming plans to plant 100 peach trees, which would only take up a quarter of the entire greenhouse, or half an acre. He will then plant half an acre of apples and use the remaining acre for vegetables.
After planting the peach trees, Yang Ming took out apple seeds, poured them into the planter, and finished planting them in no time. Then he planted seeds of chives, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, radishes, cabbage, peppers, and green onions, stuffing them all into the planter. Then he drove the hand tractor and started planting.
Fortunately, the seeder can automatically identify the type of seed and sow the seeds in separate beds according to the type of seed. Otherwise, just adjusting the angle of the seeder and changing the seeds would have exhausted Yang Ming.
Around 10 o'clock, Yang Ming finally made use of the greenhouse. The originally black soil had been turned over by the seeder, and the soil had turned into a dark brown color.
Yang Ming looked at the results of his morning's work and nodded in satisfaction. However, when he saw the acre of land planted with fruit trees, he frowned. There were two-meter gaps between the fruit trees. It was a pity to leave such a large area idle. So he took out watermelon, cantaloupe and grape seeds, put them into the planter and planted them in the gaps.
After finishing all this, Yang Ming put the planter into the farm space. It was best not to let anyone see this thing for the time being. He would take it out and use it after Sun Fangfang and the others left.
"The hot spring area seems too plain. We should plant some big trees there to provide some shade, so that no one sees you being exposed while you're taking a bath." Yang Ming recalled a scene from last night, where someone was about to enter the hot spring.
Without hesitation, Yang Ming shouldered his hoe and followed the small gully to a small stream. The stream from Yang Ming's land flowed into this stream, and across the stream was an old forest. The difference in elevation between the two banks of the stream was at least two meters. Yang Ming found a calm spot, waded across, and entered the old forest.
In the old forest, the trees grow freely and unrestrained. Many seeds of large trees fall to the ground, take root, sprout, and grow into saplings. However, their ability to absorb nutrients is far inferior to that of large trees. Under the shade of large trees, they do not receive much sunlight and their growth is always poor. But plants themselves have a very tenacious vitality, so under some large trees, there are always some stubborn little trees that grow tenaciously.
Upon seeing these small trees, Yang Ming didn't care what kind they were. He simply dug them up with his hoe and stored them in his farm space. After digging up more than 100 trees, Yang Ming wiped away his sweat, rubbed his aching back, and slowly walked back.
This time, they dug their way through the trees without going too deep, so they didn't get lost. However, Yang Ming was still attracted by a big tree. It wasn't that the tree was a rare or precious species, but rather that there was a huge honeycomb on the top of the tree, and the tree trunk was also covered with honey, emitting an enticing aroma.
"This is the tree that bear climbed yesterday. How did I end up here?" Yang Ming's nose twitched slightly as he caught the scent of honey. He felt a little itchy. "Should I take this beehive...?"
But after thinking about it, I decided against it. There's a certain distance to collect items using the farm space, the furthest being 3 meters. This giant beehive is 8 meters above the ground. If I want to collect it, I'll have to climb at least 5 meters high. If I get attacked by bees and fall from the tree, that would be terrible. Although I have the protection of the Landlord Farm Space, it might still shut down for non-fatal injuries. Didn't I get scratched by Meow Meow a few days ago? And those big mosquitoes in the mountains have never given up their right to bite me.
Yang Ming looked back every few steps as he walked out of the woods, crossed the stream, and followed the gully back to his own land.
Yang Ming took out his phone and checked the time; it was already 11:30. Those who had gone to the market should be back soon! Thinking this, Yang Ming picked up his hand tractor and started walking back.
Facing the rising sun, Zhang Yang drove out of Zhengjia Village and onto the county road, bumping along the way towards the county town.
"What flowers should we buy today?" Sun Fangfang asked Wei Qingqing, who was sitting in the back seat, while holding her son in the passenger seat.
"We'll see how it goes, but it would be best if we could buy some seeds," Wei Qingqing said.
"If you ask me, we should buy a little of every kind of flower, so that we can see flowers all year round. We should also plant some wildflowers from the mountains; there are plenty of those in the mountains," Zhang Yang said as he drove.
"You're a grown man and you're quite knowledgeable about flowers? Tell me, do you think garden flowers smell better or wildflowers smell better?" Sun Fangfang rolled her eyes at Zhang Yang.
"Neither garden flowers nor wildflowers smell as sweet as chrysanthemums." Zhang Yang chuckled, glancing sideways at his wife.
"You despicable bastard." Sun Fangfang blushed and glared at him.
The group drove and soon arrived in the county town. As soon as they entered the town, they were greeted by a flower market. In modern society, greenhouse technology has made it impossible for the weather to limit the flowering period. Flowers such as peonies, orchids, chrysanthemums, plum blossoms, peonies, daffodils, and impatiens are displayed on both sides of the road, blooming in competition.
In addition, there are ornamental plants such as cacti, aloe vera, bamboo, red pine, cypress, and weeping willow.
Zhang Yang parked the car at the flower market and let Wei Qingqing, Sun Fangfang, and Zheng Bao'er get out, while he went to the quality inspection department to have the scallions and peppers tested.
Having arranged to meet Zhang Yang at the flower market, Wei Qingqing and Sun Fangfang led Zheng Bao'er around the flower market.
"Peony is noble, elegant and beautiful, with a variety of charms. It is known as the 'King of Flowers' and 'National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance.' Its colors include yellow, blue, black, white, green, purple, pink, and many other colors, creating a riot of colors. The flower shapes are also different, including lotus, sunflower, rose, and hydrangea shapes. They are varied in appearance, beautiful and charming, symbolizing peace, wealth, prosperity, and happiness..." The stall owner said this in front of a stall full of peonies of various colors.
"Master, you are so knowledgeable, you speak so fluently..." Sun Fangfang praised.
"It's all written in the book, I'll just read it aloud..." The stall owner was honest and handed over a book he was holding.
"Oh, I see..." Sun Fangfang took the book and looked at the cover. It was a book that introduced flower varieties and cultivation techniques. "Master, we're planning to buy some flowers. Could I borrow this book to take a look?"
The stall owner pointed to a bookstall next to him, "That stall is mine too."
The meaning is clear: if you want to see it, you'll have to pay for it.
Sun Fangfang stuck out her tongue, handed the book to the stall owner, and the three women moved to another stall together.
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