Rebirth of farming for a living

Well, flying to the sky and escaping to the earth.

I can only imagine it.

This way home is already very close compared to going to Jiangning Mansion.

Lijiazhuang arrived soon.

Li Qiuyan didn't care about anything, just had some lunch, and first went to the mountains to see the tomatoes he was obsessed with.

Compared with Li Qiuyan's sparse appearance when he left.

Today's tomatoes have changed a lot, and they can be said to be extremely vigorous with lush branches and leaves.

There are also many fruits hanging on the branches.

The tomatoes that grow first are almost as big as a fist.

But most of them are still green and not yet mature.

I think it will slowly turn red in a few days.

Thinking of the sweet and sour taste of tomatoes, Li Qiuyan swallowed silently.

I'm a little lucky again.

Fortunately, the shelf was put up in time last time, otherwise, there would be so many tomatoes that the branches would be crushed.

Li Xiangnan had been curious for several days. He went up the mountain with his daughter to look at the tomatoes, and he kept asking, "What's the name of this green egg?"

Green eggs.

Li Qiuyan wanted to laugh: "Dad, this green egg is called Tomato. It is said to have been passed down from other countries."

"Tomato, tomato." Li Xiangnan muttered it several times before he remembered the name of the tomato: "It really looks like an eggplant."

Like eggplant?

It should be more like a persimmon.

People call it tomato, but it belongs to the Solanaceae family, not like eggplant.

Li Qiuyan couldn't help laughing.

Take a closer look, well, the green ones do seem a bit similar.

You don’t need to explain yourself, dad has made it reasonable, so just follow what he said.

Li Qiuyan had never grown this tomato before, so after he was happy, he was a little confused again.

"Dad, look at these tomatoes, do we want to pick some?"

Many plants require thinning.

This is true for the very common green onions and cabbage.

Green onions will grow up after transplanting spring onions, while cabbage will grow up after plucking the tender seedlings.

When the tomatoes were being planted, Li Qiuyan had enough leftover.

Seedlings do not need to be thinned.

Now that it is supported by a stick, there is no need to worry about the branches being bent or broken.

But there are a lot of tomatoes growing close together on top. Will they grow better if I pick some off?

This is called fruit thinning.

Li Qiuyan has never planted anything before, so he naturally has to ask Li Xiangnan, an experienced farmer.

Li Xiangnan doesn't quite understand either.

I have never grown such a rare thing.

The father and daughter stared at each other, no one knew what to do.

After looking left and right at the tomato for a long time, Li Xiangnan finally decided: "Let's wait until it grows longer."

It’s really hard to let go of the fruit that is so good.

The worst thing is to apply more fertilizer.

Now that we have a full-time worker at home, we use the composting method developed by Li Xiangnan and Li Qiuyan.

There is no shortage of fertilizer.

If by then you see that the fruit is not growing, it shouldn’t be too late to pick it again.

Li Qiuyan didn't have any other good ideas.

I had no choice but to agree.

Li Xiangnan also comforted Li Qiuyan and persuaded himself: "Look at the eggplant, it grows well without picking the fruit, right?"

Well, that’s right.

But this tomato is really not the eggplant from Pompano.

Li Qiuyan didn't bother to explain.

After watching the tomatoes, the father and daughter did not go down the mountain directly.

Went around the mountain again.

Honeysuckle is now in the picking season, and the long-term workers are busy.

Li Qiuyan didn't bother him either.

Everything on the mountain is quite orderly, and everyone seems to be working hard.

Li Qiuyan nodded secretly.

However, although the transplanted grapevines were well taken care of, there were no fruits.

"Dad, why don't these grapes still bear fruit?"

Of course the grapes will not be ripe now, but there should be small clusters of grapes growing.

Li Qiuyan looked left and right, but didn't notice anyone. Could he not be confused?

"We just moved here, how can we bear fruit?" Li Xiangnan laughed at his daughter: "Grapes, it takes three years to bear fruit."

what?

Li Qiuyan and everyone were stunned.

Grapes bear fruit in three years?

So my plan to make wine this year was in vain again?

If not, you have to go to the previous mountain col to find some.

The clay pot and sugar are all ready, but Li Qiuyan is really unwilling to give them a try.

There was no need for Li Qiuyan to speak, perhaps because she seemed a little disappointed.

Li Xiangnan said: "These grapes are not rare. There are many in the mountains. If you want to eat them later, I will just pick them for you."

Li Qiuyan didn't want to eat it.

It's just that she couldn't explain it in detail.

So he pestered Li Xiangnan: "Dad, are the grapes in the mountains about to bear fruit now? I want to take a look."

What's there to see?

After all, he couldn't stand his daughter's humiliation, so Li Xiangnan really took her for a spin.

Li Qiuyan was satisfied when he saw that there were indeed many small grapes hanging on the large old vine.

These are enough.

Seeing that Li Qiuyan was happy, Li Xiangnan was also very happy.

The father and daughter walked down the mountain happily.

As soon as they left like this, Li Qiuyan felt something was wrong.