frightfiction Chapter 260: Busy Planting
Chapter 260: Busy Planting
"As for millet, we'll plow a piece of land today, sow the seeds, and raise the seedlings. The two of us can do it quickly."
After settling these matters, Han Zhibai picked up his farm tools and went to work in the fields behind.
Xia Qingyue stayed at home to wash the dishes, and then processed the sweet potatoes. She coated several sides of the cut sweet potatoes with wood ash, spread them on hay, and placed them in a cool place.
Heihei and Xiaobai woke up and surrounded her to ask for food. There were dumplings and a whole chicken steamed in the pot, which she made for them.
Then she dug out the seeds, put on her straw hat, picked up her hoe and went to the field behind.
Han Zhibai was weeding in front and she was turning the soil behind.
They were working in the fields, while Heihei and Xiaobai were chasing butterflies on the grass next to them.
Nearing noon, the sun was shining brightly overhead and the grass and trees were slowly drooping their heads. Fortunately, there was a little wind blowing from time to time, so it was not so stuffy. By noon, they could not stand the heat anymore and went home.
After returning home and washing their faces and hands, they sat in the main room and ate cherries to fill their stomachs.
After working, I was hot and thirsty, and it was so refreshing to eat sweet and juicy cherries.
The cherries were not very big, so she grabbed a handful and put them into her mouth. Her pink lips were stained with the juice and turned bright red.
"We picked the best cherries on the tree, probably about a hundred pounds. I saw a lot of birds pecking at them this morning. It would be ok if there were only a few, but there were quite a lot. After dinner, we'll pick the good ones and make them into dried fruits. How about that?
The sun is strong in the afternoon, and it hurts. We have already planted the millet, so we should stay at home. We will get up early in the morning or in the evening to weed and turn the soil. "
Han Zhibai nodded in agreement and said, "After dinner, let's go collect some of those yellow wild fruits. If we want to make them, we should make more at one time."
She guessed that the yellow wild fruit he was talking about was mango, and dried mango was delicious, so she nodded like pounding garlic.
He stood up and said, "You sit down and take a rest. I'll go make lunch."
"Okay." Just as she finished the word, she caught a glimpse of a dark shadow pressing down in front of her eyes, followed by the warm touch on her lips, "Mmmmm."
She called out softly a few times, smiled, closed her eyes, tilted her head back, put her hands around his neck, and responded to him.
After a long time, Han Zhibai slowly let her go, their foreheads touched, their warm breaths entwined, and he gazed at her affectionately. His blazing gaze was like a torch, as if a real fire was burning. She looked at him for two times and then lowered her eyelids because of the burning, but she couldn't resist the urge to look at him. She raised her eyes to look at him for a few times, but soon lowered them again.
Her eyebrows and eyes were tinged with unconscious charm. Han Zhibai looked at her with a dazed look. He lowered his head and pecked the corner of her mouth lightly. His voice was hoarse, "Then, I'll go cook."
Xia Qingyue's face flushed, she smiled shyly and nodded gently.
She watched him walk towards the utility room and as he walked away, she lowered her head and buried it in her knees. Her ears that were exposed were red as if dripping blood.
There were some vegetables left over from the morning, so I soaked some dried mushrooms and fried some wild onions, mixed them with some spicy dried cucumbers, and had a simple meal at noon.
After dinner, the temperature outside rose noticeably. Once they went out, it was a heat wave. They wore straw hats and picked cherry fruits under the cherry tree. The leaves blocked some of the sunlight, so it was not so hot.
Since the fruits could not be picked from high places, Han Zhibai climbed up the tree to pick them.
I picked all the good cherries from several cherry trees, weighing more than 100 kilograms. There were mango trees in the woods beside the house, and I picked the harder ones. I brought back several backpacks, weighing about 100 kilograms.
Before making dried fruits, she peeled a mango and ate it. The flesh was not that soft and tasted a little sour, but the taste was okay and the core was very thin.
Peel the mango and cut it into slices about one finger thick, spread them out on a bamboo raft and take them out to dry in the sun.
It took two people an hour to complete the task.
The cherries need to be cut and pitted, which is troublesome and time-consuming to do one by one. By the time everything is done, the sun has already set.
The mangoes that have been exposed to the sun for a while have wrinkled skin, which shows how strong the afternoon sun is.
It wasn't so sunny now, so Han Zhibai picked up his hoe and went to work in the fields.
Xia Qingyue stayed at home to feed the poultry and cook dinner.
After dinner, she soaked mung beans and grew some bean sprouts to eat. There were no wild vegetables here, and she couldn't go without vegetables for a long time.
She had originally intended to go to the beach when the tide receded in the evening, but she had been busy making dried fruits in the afternoon and was very tired. After taking a shower, she just wanted to sleep, so she didn't go.
They had just arrived in Wei Hai and did not bring much food with them, so they had to plant crops and grow vegetables as soon as possible. After the food they had was eaten up, they could store the harvested grain. After all, if they had food in their hands, they would not be panicked.
If you just play now and wait until you have enough fun to plant, the daylily will be cold by then.
She thought that there was still a long time to go, so she should do what she needed to do first, and then she could play however she wanted later. Otherwise, she would not be happy and satisfied.
A good night's sleep.
The next day, before dawn, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai, who had had a good rest, got up early and made breakfast. When it was slightly light, they went to work in the fields. He first went to the canal to fetch water to water the seeds planted yesterday, and then weeded.
A large piece of land was plowed yesterday. Xia Qingyue dug dozens of rows of holes in one breath and planted cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, cowpeas, pumpkins, gourds, leeks, amaranth, wild tomatoes and other vegetables. After covering them with soil, she watered them.
Some of the ginger and garlic sprouted and were also planted in the soil.
Later, she reclaimed another piece of land and planted peanuts, mung beans, soybeans and sesame.
In the evening, Xia Qingyue wanted to go to the beach to play, so they made lunch early and went back to their room for a nap after lunch.
The cherry mangoes that had been dried in the sun for a day were almost dry. After waking up, they steamed them in batches and then dried them in the sun.
The dried fruits made after three steaming and three drying have an excellent taste and rich sweetness.
At 5 p.m., they took their scissors and sickles and went out to trim the flowers and plants in front of the house to clear a path.
The busy time passed quickly. Han Zhibai threw the cut branches into the backpack. He looked up and saw the sky was covered with clouds and the world was shrouded in the orange-yellow glow of the sunset.
"Qingyue, let's go to the beach!" He put down the sickles in his hand and hers, took her hand, and ran towards the sea along the road under their feet.
The black and white dog, who was sleeping at the back, saw them running away and started barking and chasing after them.
After running for about three or four minutes, they stepped onto the white sand beach and headed straight for the sea a few dozen meters away.
The white sand was soft, and the shoes would easily sink when stepped on. In her previous life, Xia Qingyue had traveled to the beach as a revenge purchase. The sand there was yellow, and probably because there were so many people in the scenic area, it did not look as clean and pure as here.
As they ran, the sea breeze, with a slightly hot feeling, whistled towards them and embraced them warmly.
As she ran, she felt her body becoming lighter with the wind, like a seagull circling in the sky, having grown wings, floating and ready to fly at any time to a free place far away.
This novel experience made them feel very happy, and they looked at each other and smiled happily.
Soon, they ran to the seaside, stopped, took a deep breath, and stared at the magnificent sea in front of them without blinking. The sound of waves came to their ears.
The sunset at sea is so beautiful that people hold their breath unconsciously, for fear of disturbing and destroying it. The orange sun gradually disappears into the sea level, coating the sea surface with dazzling golden glow.
The two people holding hands looked in the same direction, immersed in the beautiful scenery.