Chapter 64 The plan of the year lies in spring
This is how the New Year is, the bustle comes and goes quickly.
School of Liujiagou Primary School was officially opened on the seventh and eighth day of the lunar month. Although the naughty children in the village were reluctant, they still went to school with their schoolbags. The hairy children ran around like wild horses that were tying their reins throughout the winter vacation, and they didn't write a word for homework during the winter vacation. They were only anxious when they saw that school was about to start. On the afternoon of the sixth day of the lunar month, he actually came over with his homework and asked Liu Junhao to do it for him. He didn't pay any attention to the fact that there were still people playing computers in the room.
Liu Junhao suppressed his smile and said, "Okay, you put it in my house first, and I'll do it for you later."
The Mao child was of course happy to hear this, and repeatedly told Liu Junhao to write quickly, and the teacher would check it tomorrow at school.
As a result, as soon as he opened the main hall, he found that Teacher Zhang was staring at him. There was nothing to say. The kid was honest now and had to do the winter vacation homework in the yard for half a day.
The light snow before the New Year did not have much impact on people. In just a few days, the weather became warmer, and Liu Junhao also stripped off a layer of thick clothes early.
In the morning, he just got up and opened the door of the house, and surrounded the ducks, screaming and waiting for Liu Junhao to feed them food. He also came with more than 20 hens. Perhaps the ducks grew up in chicken coops since childhood, so the group of chickens and ducks got along very harmoniously.
Before everyone could eat breakfast, they were anxious. Liu Junhao had to scooped a large bowl of corn kernels from the house and sprinkled them on the ground. The ducks and hens immediately shouted and snatched the corn kernels on the ground in a short while.
The fluff on the duck's body is gray and white, and occasionally there is some green, which looks much more beautiful than the local ducks in the village.
Seeing them pecking at their feet with their necks stretched out and pecking at their feet, Liu Junhao felt a little satisfied. These ducks should weigh a few pounds. When will they stew one and try it? This is an authentic wild duck that can’t be bought even if you pay for it.
Just as he was thinking about the beauty, he suddenly found that a lot of down feathers on the duck's wings began to fall off. After a closer look, almost all ducks were like this, and they had a lot of hair on their bodies.
Well, it is a good thing to start shedding hair. It seems that it is not far from laying eggs. I guess I can eat duck eggs after spring. I have eaten enough eggs these days, so it is good to change to duck eggs.
Unexpectedly, the group of ducks still clamored around him after eating. Liu Junhao was a little upset and opened the gate of the courtyard and instructed Xiaopi to bomb all of them out.
Other people's ducks are growing more and more wild, and they don't come back after going out to run. The ducks in their house are better and need to be driven out.
Under Xiaopi's pursuit, the ducks were rushed to the ditch outside the yard, and they all stretched their necks and screamed.
After dinner, Liu Junhao brushed the pot and bowl next door and went to the next door to find Professor Zhao to play chess. Unexpectedly, he saw Professor Zhao squatting in the backyard with a large teacup and watching the Chen thorn egg planted in autumn happily.
He also walked up to the front and observed carefully, and saw that these thorn seedlings had faintly broken through the ground, green and looked very gratifying.
Although Chen Thorns grow into a tree, they are covered with sharp thorns, but the tender buds that have just grown in spring can be eaten as vegetables. Wash them in a pot of boiling water, then pour sesame oil and cool them down. It tastes a little bitter when you eat them, but it is fat and tender with your teeth, which is absolutely delicious.
Moreover, the tender buds of the thorns can be made into tea after steaming. Although it tastes a bit bitter, the effect of clearing heat and removing fire is better than that of wild chrysanthemums. The elderly in rural areas like to drink this.
The fruits produced by chenzhi are even more good medicine. In summer, the scalpers stay hot and don’t eat them anymore. Just chop the chenzhi eggs and add some sesame oil and water to the cow’s stomach. In less than half a day, the scalpers will immediately return to normal.
When Professor Zhao saw him coming, he excitedly pulled Liu Junhao and said, "Let's go and see the bamboo pole, all the bamboo shoots are coming out."
"So few, only seven or eight out?" Liu Junhao asked in confusion as he looked at the bamboo shoot tips that were so long, "Nothing else was released?"
There is no one in Liujiagou to grow bamboo poles, so Liu Junhao has little knowledge of it. He is still thinking about when to make a few bamboo shoots as vegetables to eat. Only a few of them have been produced, and a plate of dishes may not be enough.
"This is quite a bit too little. It's not until early spring? It's just a few shoots that were produced during transplantation. When I bought it, I told me that we planted it late, and it would be good to live halfway by then. I also said that there would be no bamboo shoots this year. Judging from this momentum, the survival rate of bamboo poles is 100%, and bamboo shoots will definitely bloom everywhere. Maybe in half a year, it will be a large area." Professor Zhao said happily.
"Can the survival rate not be high? I have used spring water to water it." He was a little proud in his heart.
As he was talking, a sudden sound of turtle doves came, and two silver-gray turtle doves fell in front of them. The turtle doves had been kept in his home for several months, so they were not unfamiliar with Liu Junhao. He squatted down and stretched his palm, and the turtle dove blew on his clothes, and his mouth kept pecking at the collar of Liu Junhao's clothes, making people itchy.
After seeing the bamboo shoots, Professor Zhao went back to the house to get a few small bags of seeds, saying that when he was back during the Chinese New Year, he asked the old friends who loved to grow flowers and prepared to scatter them in the yard while it was better.
Looking at an old man, he knew that the plan for the year was spring. With such a motivated spirit, Liu Junhao was embarrassed to continue leisurely, so he asked for some of the seeds of these flowers and plants, and was about to bring them back and green the yard well. The vegetables were just a bit monotonous.
As a result, he was digging the ground with a hoe in front, and the hens followed behind pecking the earthworms, while pecking and churning in the ground with their claws. They were very skillful.
It seems that before scattering these flowers, plants and seeds, a fence would be built, otherwise the group of chickens and ducks in the yard would be harmed by the group of chickens and ducks in the yard before they emerge.
So Liu Junhao ran to the river beach to cut reeds and led the small skin to walk on the river beach. He found that spring had arrived quietly. Although the river beach looked withered and yellow, when you approach, you will find that many grasses have sprouted tender buds at the roots, with greenness as if they were there.
The reeds were completely dry for a winter, and it was very easy to cut with a sickle.
In less than ten minutes, Liu Junhao cut a lot of pieces and tied them with a rope. He carried them back slowly, and then he took out a large handful of thin wire from the house and tied the fence.
He did not scatter all the seeds of the flowers and plants in the yard, but instead scattered a lot of them into his stone lock. Although the area was covered with sand, looking at the appearance of the chicken head buds and lotus roots in the spring, you will know that it is definitely not wrong to plant them in them.
Liu Junhao dug a lot of lotus roots in the spring during the New Year. They were as thick as arms, and they were all whole lotus roots, which tasted crispy. When he went out to buy New Year's goods, he took the opportunity to take out the lotus roots and said he bought them on the street.
When talking about lotus roots, he remembered the ditch in front of the door. Before the New Year, Liu Junhao was going to plant some lotus roots inside. Now it was a chance. But he had no experience in planting lotus roots. He only knew that in rural areas, the lotus root nodes are usually buried directly in the soil, but the specific details are not clear.
It’s easy to deal with if you don’t know it, so there is an agricultural expert living next door, so you can go over and ask directly. Although Professor Zhao’s research direction is fruit trees, he has a certain understanding of planting lotus roots.
After listening to his plan to grow lotus roots, Professor Zhao was also very interested and said that growing lotus roots usually requires fat soil. The ditch in front of the door is relatively thick, so it is appropriate to plant lotus roots, but the lotus root nodes must be carefully selected. It is best to choose the lotus root seedlings with complete root nodes, intact top buds, and no damage. He also said that the lotus roots before the New Year were good.
It is easy to deal with lotus roots. After a while, Liu Junhao got a large basket of lotus roots, each with four or five sections, and it is a lotus root node with a complete range of lotus roots and a complete range of lotus roots.
Professor Zhao kept praising the lotus seedlings when he saw it. He had no doubts because during the Chinese New Year, Liu Junhao bought two large bags of lotus roots on the street, and they had not finished eating it yet.
The water in the ditch is still a little cold now, so Liu Junhao did not let Professor Zhao go into the water, but asked him to provide guidance on the shore.
The two were busy. Zhang Qian and Teacher Wang came back from school. They were all interested when they saw them planting lotus roots in the ditch. Zhang Qian even rolled up her legs and jumped into the mud and water to plant the lotus roots with Liu Junhao.
Zhang Qian really has a lot of lotus root plot. When she was in middle school, she particularly liked Mr. Zhu Ziqing's article "Moonlight in the Lotus Pond". She was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery described in it. She also said that if you have the chance, you must plant a lotus yourself.
Now that the opportunity has finally come, how can she not be excited?
Chapter completed!