Chapter 22 The full moon and autumn colors
After lunch, my nephew Wen Yiqiu was called by my sister for lunch. The 5-6-year-old child has to rest at noon in the kindergarten, and now he has developed a habit.
But today Wen Yiqiu didn't want to take a nap. He made many of the snails he caught in the bucket, and there were 3 or 4 pounds. In the end, his sister became popular. Wen Yiqiu, who was not afraid of her brother-in-law, was afraid of her sister, so she followed her back to the house to sleep.
Liu Yi now goes to bed early and gets up early every day, and is full of energy all day long. His brother-in-law Wenquan is very interested in the vegetables grown by Liu Yi. So Liu Yi takes him and his uncle who has nothing to do with him.
My uncle has long been interested in the vegetables in the greenhouse, but he has never had the chance to go in. First, Liu Yi is usually very strict in his precautions, but he will not go in private to check it out by himself.
In fact, Liu Yi didn't think of this at all. Since he admitted that the villagers around him could plant vegetables in steel greenhouses, he also introduced and understood some of the situations of the vegetables. He was prepared for the vaccination and then concealed from others, and had no effect.
The three of them entered the greenhouse together, and all kinds of vegetables inside grew well. Because lettuce, lettuce, cabbage, and spinach are mainly annual or biennial plants, they feed on stems and leaves, and are planted once and harvested once. Unlike tomatoes, peppers are eaten as fruits, and they can be harvested once and picked many times after planting.
Look at the current growth of various vegetables, lettuce, cabbage, and spinach can meet the harvesting standards in 5 or 6 days. Lettuce will have to wait for a few more days, mainly because the stems are too small. Although you like lettuce leaves (noodles and cold dishes) when eating lettuce, you also like the stems of lettuce more. When Liu Yi opened a noodle restaurant, he met a vegetable farmer selling the stems of lettuce, the tips of lettuce and leaves separately. The stems are more expensive than the tips of lettuce leaves. The stems are mainly purchased by hotels. Liu Yi mainly supplies high-end hotels this time, and lettuce ordered by big trees should be more popular.
The area of tomato and pepper is not large for a few days after planting, and it is only 30 square meters in total, but it seems that it grows even harder, reaching 1 or 20 cm high in a small amount. This is not possible. During the growth process of tomato and pepper, it needs to be built and tied to a certain height. Otherwise, the stem will be bent and fallen when it grows taller, which is not conducive to fruit bearing. It seems that you have to cut some bamboo poles for it to build it, Liu Yi thought silently.
My brother-in-law Wenquan didn't understand the relevant knowledge of agriculture, so he was not surprised at all. But the uncle came in and saw the growth of various vegetables. He was shocked. He had been growing for decades and had a lifelong relationship with grain and vegetables. Who grows vegetables can grow fast and well like Liu Yi. When you smell it, you will smell it with a fresh smell. It is completely different from the vegetables produced by greenhouse fertilizers. It is also much better than the farm vegetables grown at home.
"Okay, it's worthy of being high-tech..." I heard my uncle keep muttering in his mouth.
My brother-in-law Wenquan looked at the vegetables growing well, and each vegetable looked very good: "You gave me the kind of vegetables last time. Can the ones grown here be the same now?"
As he looked at his fingers, about 100 square meters of lettuce appeared in the other direction of the greenhouse. "Yes, the varieties grown this time are the same as last time, but the taste may be better." Liu Yi said confidently.
The two greenhouses have 30 square meters of tomatoes and peppers, and the other vegetables are about 200 square meters, and the other cabbages, lettuce and spinach are basically the same, about 80 square meters.
I checked the vegetables in both greenhouses. My uncle now feels that the vegetables that have been growing for decades have become white. Looking at Liu Yi, a layman who grows vegetables, can he not be an outsider? He has never been engaged in farm work since he was a child. Even in the greenhouse, he can see that the land and the vegetables that are planted a little irregularly can grow so well. He can't help but mutter, and keep asking for more seedlings next time. He is also grateful for the high-tech and grow such good vegetables.
That night, Liu Yi and his family moved the table and benches to the yard to enjoy the moon. On the table were a plate of mooncakes, a pot of jasmine tea, and some snacks and fruits placed in the fruit basket plate. Wen Yiqiu, who had been jumping around since he woke up from noon, was now competing with Liu Yi for a cold chair. Only saw Liu Yi lying on the cold chair, swaying around freely. Wen Yiqiu became interested and grabbed Liu Yi's arm and wanted to pull him up and sit on it. However, with how much strength he could have at the age of 5 or 6, it was only in vain.
After pulling for a while, Wen Yiqiu, who was impatient, was full of anger and ran to Liu Yi's mother and murmured and said something in a low voice. Liu Yi thought it was definitely not a good thing, so he sued him for the lawsuit! As expected, his mother said to Liu Yi: "Get up and let Yiqiu sit down. Let your uncle go back. Is there anyone who is an uncle like this?"
He stood up without caring, and Wen Yiqiu next to him snatched the chair and looked at his smug little face, disdainful of it.
Walking to the guardrail of the yard and looking at the sky tonight, Liu Yi suddenly realized that the moonlight in the sky was bright, and some stars were blocked by the moonlight (on the night when the moonlight was very good, the stars were invisible). In the soft moonlight, Liu Yi observed the surrounding scenery. The high ridges opposite could reflect a hazy outline, like silver light pouring on the ground, covering the mountains with clothes. A gentle breeze blew by, bringing a faint fragrance of flowers, fresh and natural, refreshing, and leisurely. At this moment, Liu Yi was as if he had been integrated into the surrounding environment. His fatigue and all kinds of pressure in his heart were released, and he gained a relaxation of his whole body and mind.
After standing for a while, my nephew Wen Yiqiu ran over with a mooncake: "Uncle, I've eaten mooncakes. My mother asked me to take it, saying that I'll be able to reunite after eating mooncakes today."
"Then aren't we reunited now?" Liu Yi said casually after taking the mooncake.
After thinking for a moment, "After eating, we will be reunited every year."
Children today are indeed much smarter than in the 1980s when Liu Yi was originally in. They have had wide contacts since childhood and can absorb a lot of knowledge that adults cannot understand from different channels (TV, the Internet, and books). How can they not be smart?
When we returned to the table, our uncle's family didn't know when they would come out to enjoy the moon. We sat together and everyone said this enthusiastically.
"Uncle, the osmanthus flowers behind my house are already a bit old. A gust of wind just now, and the fragrance of flowers is so good," Liu Yi said to Uncle who had a sip of tea.
"That osmanthus tree should have been 50 years this year. It is a silver osmanthus tree. Every autumn, the fragrance of the flower can be smelled far away. I also cleaned up some and soaked a jar of osmanthus wine. I still remember that this tree was planted when we were young. Your father was only in school at that time. Now things have changed." The uncle answered a little sadly.
I accidentally mentioned sad things again, but today is a festival, so it is not easy for everyone to get together. Liu Yi decided to say something else happy: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I think my father will also look at us in the sky and bless us silently. This time I went back to the village, and if everything goes well, I don't plan to go out again, so I stay in my hometown."
My brother-in-law took the conversation: "As long as you grow those vegetables, you can reach the taste that you gave us last time, there will definitely be a shortage of supply on the market. Now that life in the city is better, there are more and more rich people, and people who pursue grades and tastes are getting bigger and bigger. But I'm just a little confused. Didn't your vegetable be tested by the relevant departments? What if no one believed in the quality of vegetables at the beginning? That's what you urgently want to solve."
My brother-in-law saw that the problem did exist, and Liu Yi thought of it too. However, Liu Yi can only do a normal test now, which is to test the pesticide residues of vegetables and the nutrients contained in vegetables. Then Liu Yi dared not think about the test of organic vegetables immediately. At this time, Liu Yi felt that there was not enough time, and I hope it would be smooth when doing things.
My uncle didn’t understand what Liu Yi and the others said about vegetable testing. Rural people were not that particular: “What else do you do? The vegetables growing in the greenhouse looked delicious, but they didn’t get pesticides in it and they were tested.”
"It's just that you have to go to the test without pesticides. It's easy to sell with testing and the price will be high."
"Now, this is all messy. It's not about charging a fee, but I think it's just a mess." The uncle still couldn't understand it, and Liu Yi could only shake his head and smile. Many things are not that everyone doesn't understand, but that the changes in the real society are too colorful and make people unable to keep up.
The moon is still bright in the sky, and the insects and birds are gradually ceased after the night, and finally they are completely silent. How many such places can give people an environment to relax their minds, and how many places can give people spiritual peace, leaving the fast-paced urban life and returning to the leisurely pastoral countryside in the countryside, Liu Yi does not regret it at all. He believes that there are also ways to radiate its glory in the countryside, but it has not been found yet. Liu Yi is back and wants to change the poor and backward appearance, because this is not what the mountain village should have in his heart.
The moon viewing ends at night, and tomorrow's life will begin again.
Chapter completed!