nucmednet Chapter 161 Watering
Chapter 161 Watering
The next day, Lu Chuan got up early in the morning and went to the river near his home to put the fish basket, while Xu Han was busy preparing breakfast at home.
When Lu Chuan returned home, Xu Han had just prepared breakfast. After breakfast, the two of them carried baskets and went to the valley to continue picking wild vegetables.
I don’t know how much vegetables I can harvest from the family garden in the future, so it’s better to stock up more now.
Today, the two people's target is Viola yedoensis. This wild vegetable is very easy to find. It has small purple flowers and a faint fragrance.
Whether it is steamed, scrambled with eggs, or served cold, it tastes great.
In modern times, Xu Han always goes back to her hometown several times every year at this time to eat some steamed violet yedoensis dishes made by her mother.
Viola yedoensis grows in patches. If you find a bunch of it, there will be many more nearby. It mainly grows from roots.
After the two found a piece of land, they started digging with shovels. Digging required squatting or bending over. After squatting for a whole morning, Xu Han's legs were sore.
At noon, after lunch, the two sat under the shade of a tree and began to rub their legs.
Xu Han rubbed the soil and said, "The ground was still quite damp two days ago!
The mud is a bit dry when we dig wild vegetables today. Let’s go back early today to water the peas and broad beans in the wasteland! And the chives and other things in the yard are probably short of water. "
"It's time to water the plants. Let's go back early today! Otherwise, we won't be able to finish watering them!"
After the agreement was made, the two began to dig wild vegetables again. It didn't matter what kind of vegetables they were, as long as they were edible and grew lush, they would pick some whenever they came across them.
But the main one is Viola yedoensis. Xu Han really loves to eat this, second only to locust flowers.
At about three o'clock, Xu Han and Lu Chuan started to rush home.
When they reached the river, they separated. Xu Han used the old wooden barrel to fetch water and put it into the space, then transported it to the wasteland. Lu Chuan went home to get the watering tools he had prepared during the winter.
In fact, it is just a watering can with a long handle, which makes it more convenient to use for watering.
Some ladles will leak, while others will not. Choose different ladles according to different needs.
After Lu Chuan took the ladle, Xu Han hadn't filled it with water yet!
So Lu Chuan joined the water-fetching team and started fetching water.
Although there is space cheating, it still takes some effort to get the water into the big bathtub. Fortunately, there is still a lot of water in the river, so it doesn't take much effort to get water.
The two men filled the bathtubs they had bought earlier with water, and then filled the wooden barrel, and then began to water the wasteland.
After Xu Han placed the bathtub at a certain distance for Lu Chuan, she went back home.
Xu Han poured the water from the kitchen vat over the chives.
Now that the weather is warmer, the leeks are growing better and we can harvest them in a few days.
After the water in the water tank was used up, there was another water tank in the backyard that was still collecting water! I exchanged it with the full water tank in the backyard and continued to collect water.
Then he went to the wasteland again and followed Lu Chuan to water the crops there.
Although there is room for cheating and you don't need to carry water, it is still a huge project to water all the crops.
In the days to come, watering the crops in the fields every day will become the norm, but you can’t water so much at once like you did today, otherwise your body won’t be able to handle it.
In the future, water them separately, water this part today and that part tomorrow.
When it got dark, the two of them still hadn't finished watering. It didn't matter, they could continue watering tomorrow.
As they were eating dinner, Xu Han said, "Watering the plants is so tiring! I get a headache just thinking about watering the plants like this every day."
“You don’t need to water every day in the early stages, but it’s okay to water a little bit every day, so you won’t be so tired next time.
When the weather gets drier, we can harvest peas, beans, garlic and onions, but we won’t plant as many other crops.”
"Yeah! Otherwise, I'd be too busy watering the plants every day. I don't know what's happening down the mountain right now. It should be almost time for spring plowing!"
"The weather is warmer, and some experienced elderly people should have noticed the difference in the weather. When I have free time, I will go to the county town to take a look." Lu Chuan continued.
Xu Han didn't respond after hearing what Lu Chuan said. From what the Taoist said, it was estimated that someone else was looking for Xu Han! She suppressed her overflowing saintly heart and decided not to meddle in other people's business.
Xu Han and Lu Chuan were very tired after watering the plants for the whole afternoon today. After dinner, they went to rest early.
The next day, the two began to plant potatoes. The wounds on the surface of the cut potato seeds had healed and could be planted. If they were not planted now, they would probably sprout and grow taller in a few days.
Because the soil is not moist enough, you need to dig a hole and water the bottom thoroughly before planting, so as to better ensure that the potatoes can take root.
Lu Chuan was responsible for digging the pit first, while Xu Han went to the waterfall behind the house alone.
Last night it suddenly occurred to me that maybe I could put the water tank under the waterfall and let the water flow directly into it, so I wouldn’t have to get water from the tank.
In order to test whether this method is feasible, Xu Han tried it on himself first.
After arriving at the place, we placed the water tank under the waterfall, and the water from the waterfall quickly filled the tank.
Although this was quick, the consequence was that her clothes and shoes got wet. This was her first time and because she had no experience and didn't think too much about it, Xu Han got soaked all over.
After getting the water, he quickly returned home, changed into dry clothes, and drank a bowl of ginger soup.
The water is still very cold now, and you can catch a cold if you are not careful, so it is better to be more careful.
After using up the water, Xu Han went to fetch water again. This time she had experience, so she put on a raincoat and the water pants that Lu Chuan used to dig lotus roots.
After all the equipment was prepared, I was able to fetch water smoothly and my clothes didn't get wet. That's great. Now watering will be less labor-intensive.
After watering the base, put the potato seeds in the hole and cover them with soil. They grow quite quickly.
All the potatoes were planted in one day, and of course the ridges had been made before.
Today's work ended relatively early, so Xu Han prepared to make something delicious.
I haven’t eaten the Viola yedoensis I dug up yesterday yet! Let’s make a Viola yedoensis feast today!
The first dish is of course steamed violet yedoensis. After steaming, let it cool down a little, then pour in the chopped garlic sprouts that have been marinated in advance, add MSG and sesame oil, stir evenly and you can eat it.
The second dish is scrambled eggs with viola yedoensis, and then a cold dish, which is also delicious.
The Viola yedoensis for cold salad must be blanched, otherwise it will look like eating grass and be weird.
She also made a soup with viola yedoensis. Vegetarian dishes alone were not enough, so Xu Han took out some chicken stewed with mushrooms from the space to eat together.