Chapter 7 Growing Radishes on the Farm
Zhou Mo appeared in a col surrounded by mountains, and at his feet was an open flat land, on which there were five square pieces of yellow earth.
The area of each piece of loess is not large, about 4 square meters.
The five plots of land are arranged in a "one" shape.
There is also a fence next to it, and on the edge of the fence are several farm tools, including shovels, hoes, kettles, sickles, etc.
Zhou Mo picked up the shovel and dried it on one of the yellow soils.
With a slight insertion, the tip of the shovel is buried in the soil, and with a little force, a small pit is dug.
Zhou Mo dug five small pits in a row before clicking on the "farm warehouse" bubble on the system's light curtain.
A box identical to the system's backpack jumped out, and the 5 radish seeds given by the system lay quietly in the first small grid.
Zhou Mo took out the white radish seeds and buried them one by one into the small pit she dug out.
She had never done farm work before, and she didn't know whether she had dug a deep or shallow hole or how thick the soil had to be buried on top of the seeds, but the system told her that "the seeds were planted" after she had planted them.
If it succeeds, it means that she has no problem with the planting method just now, and continues to plant.
After the 5 seeds were successfully sown, Zhou Mo thought a little proudly: It seems that I still have a talent for farming, no wonder this interstellar pastoral system will choose me to be the manager of Blue Star.
Do you need to water it after planting?
She picked up the jug next to the fence and began watering the seed.
If you water too much, will you drown the radish seeds?
How much is the right amount to pour?
As a novice in farming, Zhou Mo has a lot of small white problems that she can't figure out, but fortunately, she has a system.
She grabbed the kettle, tilted it as hard as she could, and poured it slowly, little by little. It wasn't until she watered the first seed 7 times that the system beep sounded.
"Watering success!"
Zhou Mo happily "yes" and continued to water the second seed.
"Watering success!"
"Watering success!"
While pouring and summing up her experience, her speed gradually increased.
After pouring the water and putting the kettle back in place, Zhou Mo looked at the words displayed on the five small pits, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
"Countdown to maturity: 23 hours, 59 minutes and 06 seconds."
"Countdown to maturity: 23 hours, 58 minutes and 22 seconds."
……
The white radish in this pastoral system can be ripened in one day, which is amazing!
I don't know what it will look like, but will it taste particularly good?
I'm looking forward to it!
Zhou Mo is quite satisfied with his first farming performance.
She clapped her hands, cleaned up the floating ash on her hands, clicked on the system light curtain, exited the farm, and returned to the train's toilet.
After washing his hands in a hurry, Zhou Mo opened the door of the toilet and returned to his seat.
Yang Xiaoyan asked, "Why have you been there for so long?" ”
Uh, for a long time? Why don't you just say you're on tuba?
Zhou Mo: ......
Forget it, she didn't bring any paper.
"I was a little dizzy, so I squatted for a while, but then my legs went numb again, so I came out so slowly."
I had to use this as an excuse.
Yang Xiaoyan was distressed and anxious, she said: "I said earlier that I would rest for a few days before taking the train, you have to leave today." Can it still work? If you really can't do it, let's get off at the next stop? ”
Zhou Mo patted his mouth, dead, why did he say that he was dizzy, even if he was really dizzy, he couldn't say it, which made his mother anxious.
"I fainted, and now there's nothing going on, really! You don't have to get off the bus. It's only a dozen hours of driving in total, and it's been so long, and if you insist on it, you'll be there. ”
Yang Xiaoyan still remembered the doctor's words, looked at the gauze on Zhou Mo's wound, reached out and touched Zhou Mo's forehead, and said, "Then if you feel unwell, tell your mother, you know?" ”
Zhou Mo nodded obediently: "Okay!" ”
"Why don't you lie on the table and squint for a while, you basically didn't sleep last night, it might feel better to squint for a while, I'll take a thick dress for you."
"Hmm."
Yang Xiaoyan took out a fleece sweatshirt from the canvas bag at her feet, folded it a few times, and put it on the table in front of Zhou Mo.
Zhou Mo lay down on it, and before closing his eyes, he said, "Mom, you haven't slept in the past few days, you can sleep for a while." ”
Yang Xiaoyan nodded, and after Zhou Mo closed his eyes, she also leaned on the backrest and closed her eyes gently.
But soon after closing her eyes, she opened them again, turned her face out of the window, and seemed to be looking at the scenery outside, but she didn't seem to see anything.
She had tried not to think about it, but as soon as she closed her eyes, the questions of "how", "why", and "why" would still be entangled with each other over and over again, and intertwined into a black and heavy net over her heart.
So, just open your eyes, look at the scenery, think about your parents, think about your children, think about the future......
Zhou Mo quietly looked at Yang Xiaoyan for a long time.
It wasn't until she was sure that although the starlight in her mother's eyes was still dim, it didn't go out, but had a tendency to slowly light up, that Zhou Mo was relieved.
Slowly, she really fell asleep.
Zhou Mo slept for nearly two hours.
Yang Xiaoyan finally regained the confidence to live well, and fell asleep leaning on the backrest.
The waiter selling the lunch box on the train looked for customers in the aisle: "It's time to eat, do you want a box lunch?" ”
Zhou Mo, who was asleep, received the key words "eating, box lunch", and woke up suddenly. Her stomach was rumbling.
Belch......
She's hungry! Her mother hadn't eaten a few meals and was probably hungry too.
"I want two boxed lunches!"
After Zhou Mo finished speaking to the waiter, he turned around and gently pushed Yang Xiaoyan, and said, "Mom, I asked for two boxed lunches." ”
Yang Xiaoyan reacted and hurriedly paid the money, and said to the waiter: "Thank you!" ”
The waiter had a smile on his face, nodded slightly at Yang Xiaoyan, and pushed the cart forward to sell.
Zhou Mo put a boxed lunch in front of Yang Xiaoyan, opened the lid for her, broke the disposable chopsticks, put the tips of the two chopsticks together and grinded them, and handed them to Yang Xiaoyan.
"Mom, eat quickly, the meal should be cold in a while."
"Well, you can eat it too."
After Yang Xiaoyan finished speaking, she raised her chopsticks and sighed.
"Over the years, I have been busy selling fruits during the day and taking care of your dad at night, and I have paid little attention to your growth.
Whether you have homework or not, how well you do on exams, etc., are all in charge of your father, and your father also goes to the parent-teacher conferences.
Later, your dad was diagnosed with the disease and became very clingy, so I had to put down the fruit stand and take care of your dad wholeheartedly.
Before I knew it, my daughter had grown so big, and she knew that she cared about me, and she would hand me food and chopsticks......"
Yang Xiaoyan's feelings in her heart are very complicated, both the guilt of her daughter's negligence, and the sense of relief that "my family has a girl who has just grown up", in general, the latter will account for more proportion.