Chapter 47: Preliminary Vegetable Greenhouse
When a man and woman fall in love, time seems to fly by for them. As the calendar on the wall decreases day by day, the time has arrived at the beginning of October 1983.
Tang Shu, who originally planned to come back to apply for a loan, unexpectedly spent half a month of leisurely life in the county town.
When he regained his composure, the weather had turned cold completely, and the leaves of the sycamore trees on both sides of the street were even golden. The cold wind of late autumn blew through, and the leaves fell. The cold winter, when everything is depressing, was quietly coming.
Realizing that if he didn't rush back to help, Shao Xianjun would probably come back to fight with him. Tang Shu immediately packed up their winter clothes, said goodbye to Xia Yan, and hurried back to Xinmin Village.
As Tang Shu expected, Shao Xianjun had long been impatient. With the arrival of autumn, all kinds of living creatures in the fields began to prepare for the winter. Not to mention that the shrimps and crabs in the ponds were all hiding.
It’s hard to find wild duck eggs in the reed ponds by the river.
Without the fun of hunting for wild game, the countryside became a huge prison for Shao Xianjun. However, Tang Shu had told him that he could not leave the vegetable greenhouse under any circumstances, so he could only resist the urge to return to the city and persisted until now.
Fortunately, although the temperature has been dropping, the clinker film on the vegetable greenhouse did not show any signs of cracking. This is thanks to Tang Shu. If he had not insisted on the manufacturer increasing the thickness of the film and laying it in three layers,
I'm afraid he and the second uncle of the Tang family are very busy.
When he found that Tang Shu finally appeared on the river embankment with his cart, Shao Xianjun vented all the depression he had accumulated during this period. This boy was so unhappy that he went back and stayed for more than half a month, leaving him to guard the cold kiln every day.
Just passing the day by basking in the sun, they are brothers who share weal and woe.
Tang Shu knew that Shao Xianjun was dissatisfied, so he let him scold him. He didn't know if Shao Xianjun would cut off his clothes if he found out that he almost forgot about the vegetable greenhouse because he was in love with Xia Yan.
Judgment.
Pushing open the wood door of the vegetable greenhouse, Tang Shu bent down and walked in. The sight in front of him made Tang Shu freeze for a moment. He turned to look at Shao Xianjun, and the surprise on his face turned into surprise: "You grew these?
It’s awesome.”
At this time, outside the greenhouse, the weeds on the river bank have turned yellow, and the fields after the autumn harvest are endlessly barren, but inside the greenhouse separated by a wall is another world full of green.
Looking around, seedlings of various vegetables are scattered in an orderly manner. There is not a single weed in the field ridges. Bamboo frames have been set up near some vines. Cucumber and cowpea seedlings are vigorously rising along the frame. Eggplants, edamame, and tomatoes are growing vigorously.
, and various vegetable seedlings that he could not recognize were growing well, making the whole greenhouse a lively scene.
"I don't dare to be greedy for credit. These are all cultivated by your second uncle's hard work."
It has to be said that Tang Wei'an is indeed a good hand at farming. He knows which vegetables require a greater amount of water and which vegetables require sufficient light. It is precisely because of the knowledge he has accumulated from long-term farming.
With his experience and the fact that he focused all his attention on these pieces of land, the various vegetable seeds in the greenhouse can sprout from the ground during this season.
In response to Shao Xianjun's generous praise, Tang Wei'an waved his hands with some embarrassment: "I only know these things. Without the greenhouse you built, even if I have great ability, I would not be able to grow these vegetables in this season.
"
It was only at this time that Shao Xianjun finally understood what Tang Shu meant by off-season vegetables.
"As the saying goes, things are more valuable when they are scarce. In this season, let alone vegetables that cannot be grown in winter, even if it is Chinese cabbage that grows at this time, we don't have much. If you drag it out and sell it at this time, you
Do you think there might be no sales?”
As long as the seeds have sprouted, other things will be easy to handle. In order to prevent the coming winter from being too cold and the temperature being too low to freeze the clinker film, Tang Shu ordered another batch of transparent clinker cloth as a backup
, three people took turns to be on duty on the river embankment, in order not to let the vegetable greenhouse miss even the slightest bit.
During the growth of off-season vegetables, idle Xinmin villagers would come over to peek from time to time. The harder Tang Wei'an and his nephew tried to hide it, the more curious they became about what was in this long yurt.
It's a pity that Tang Shu has taken many measures to prevent the greenhouse from being vandalized. The dogs he keeps bark at the slightest sign of disturbance, and they are not away from people for 24 hours. So far, they have not been able to observe them closely.
opportunity.
"A farmer who only knows how to farm and two idiots from the city. What can these three people do? I see, they are just messing around."
"Even so, I don't know what they are doing inside. It's so mysterious and not allowed to be seen. It can't be some shameful thing."
"We are all from the same village. I advise you to be polite. Party Secretary Zhang went in and took a look. What they grow there are just ordinary vegetables, nothing special."
The three of them chose to turn a deaf ear to those malicious gossips. At this time, Shao Xianjun had become brothers with some of his peers in the village, and his efforts were rewarded with wine and meat. With these people helping to speak, they saved a lot of money.
Less unnecessary trouble.
So their current idea is to stick to the riverbank and not let the greenhouse collapse, and then wait for all kinds of vegetables to bear fruit.
At the same time, in the small courtyard of the Tang family in the dormitory area of the farm tool factory, Gu Manzhi placed a reply letter in front of Xia Yan.
Xia Yan glanced at the envelope and looked at Gu Manzhi with astonishment in her eyes. Then she took out the letter paper inside and quickly opened it and browsed through it. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and turned to her classmates again. The original surprise was replaced by questioning.
: "You sent a letter to my home? And told me about my partner in Jiangcheng?"
Gu Manzhi seemed to have predicted Xia Yan's reaction, and she responded without any panic: "Before we came to Jiangcheng for internship, my aunt told me to watch you, but you didn't listen to my advice, so I could only report it to my superiors.
The situation is over.”
"How could you do this?" Xia Yan's cheeks were bulging with anger. If Gu Manzhi hadn't been pregnant, she would have really wanted to give him a slap.
"It's not a bad thing to vaccinate your family first. Look, I helped you find out what your parents are talking about." Gu Manzhi pointed to a section of the reply letter, "Auntie said, don't stop or object.
But we must remind Comrade Xia Yan to stay clean and keep her distance."
Xia Yang snorted coldly and wanted to say something. He looked at Gu Manzhi's belly that could not be covered, and swallowed back the words that came to her lips. Her mother didn't know the situation here, but in Xia Yang
From Yan's perspective, the words in the letter were like knives, piercing Gu Manzhi's heart with each sentence.
"Auntie is right. I brought the blame on myself, and I am also your beacon, so I have to watch you closely to prevent you from making a mistake and regretting it for eternity."
"You just exchanged this letter? Didn't you tell my mother that Tang Shu is going to apply for Ning Agricultural University?"
"No." Gu Manzhi shook his head and chuckled, "You two are going to have a dark time under the lamp, how could I not understand?"
After hearing what Gu Manzhi said, Xia Yan finally put her heart back to where it was before.
Helping Tang Shu establish a good impression in front of her parents needs to be done step by step. If her parents knew about this in advance, not only would her plan not be implemented, but it would also likely have a negative impact on Tang Shu.
The parents think this kid is quite scheming, and that could be a serious problem.
Since her parents have said they have no objection to this matter, she has nothing to worry about.
"How about we go to Xinmin Village during the next break. Your application for suspension of study has been approved by the school. Now you need to rest. I think Tang Shu's second uncle's house is a good place. Since you have decided to give birth
To give birth to this child, it is necessary to make some preparations. Let’s go to a spot first?”
"Are you accompanying me? I think you are meeting my lover under the guise of helping me."
Chapter completed!