【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Early in the morning on the weekend, in the Biological Research Institute of No. 4 Middle School in Shunyi District:

The students from the Biology Club first visited the agricultural project and training base. The organic vegetable field outside the greenhouse was allocated to their senior project group:

The carrot seeds that were just planted in the first dog days have now grown into seedlings. The second dog days have already passed, so they are also responsible for soaking the coriander seeds for germination. Finally, a row of neatly planted sunflowers against the wall are already full of large fruits, waiting for the students to pick.

After listening to the teacher's assignment, everyone discussed and arranged the order of today's labor learning: 1. Observe and record carrot seedlings, and water and fertilize them. 2. Pick sunflower fruits and store them properly. 3. Soak coriander seeds for bud cultivation. (Because the bud soaking activity is done indoors, it is scheduled to be near noon.)

Everyone first came to the first vegetable plot: the carrot garden. The teacher explained carefully to the students, and Lin Pin'er carefully recorded in her notebook: carrot seedlings prefer loose sandy loam soil, and need to be carefully cultivated before sowing.

The seedlings have now grown for almost twenty days. Lin Pin'er thinks these seedlings are so cute that she can't help but draw a simple sketch of the seedlings in the blank space next to her notebook: the outer layer of leaves is two long and thin leaves, and the inner layer is like leaves like a cattail leaf fan, and the densely packed branches are struggling to open.

Next, the students put on masks and gloves as required by the teacher. Each person was given a small bag of granular compound organic fertilizer, and followed the teacher's demonstration to spread it evenly on the soil. Finally, they sprinkled a layer of wood ash on the surface. This is because wood ash contains a large amount of potassium, as well as various trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, etc., which can not only promote the growth of roots and rhizomes, but also prevent pests.

After working for a while, some students started to complain. The first one was Jin Rong: "It's so hot, it's killing us. They didn't even arrange for us to work in the greenhouse. We are here to study, not to be farmers."

"That's right, I'm so tired!"

In fact, summer mornings are not that sunny, and the teachers’ arrangements are very reasonable.

Lin Pin'er made a plan yesterday. Knowing that there would be outdoor activities today, she specially bought a set of sun-protective clothing and wrapped herself tightly from head to toe. She also wore a sun-protective hat and mask. Now only her two deer eyes and nostrils were exposed.

She also bought a set of ice sleeves for Shui Rong to wear. The two of them felt cool and didn't feel the sun at all. They were working hard in the vegetable garden.

The club leader immediately came over to encourage the students: "Everyone, try to finish as quickly as possible. The sun will be the hottest at noon. If we finish early, we can rest early. There will be a resting place in the farm over there. You can go there to rest after you finish your work."

In less than an hour, Lin Pin'er and Li Shuirong had finished fertilizing here and immediately hid in the rest area.

Pin'er took out the thermos cups for both of them from her schoolbag. Inside were small pear soup. She took a sip and it quenched her thirst and cooled her down.

After taking a sip of pear soup, Li Shuirong suddenly remembered something. He picked up his schoolbag and found something in a dust bag. He took it out and saw that it was two neck fans. He adjusted the gear and put one on Lin Pin'er, and then put one on his own neck.

The classmate in the corner secretly captured this moment with his mobile phone and immediately sent it to the "Pin Shui Xiang Feng" group as first-hand material.

"So sweet! Are you sure they are not twins? Their school bags, water cups, and now even the neck fans are couple styles."

"I also want the same neck-hanging fan." People in the group echoed.

After a while, the teacher prepared the tools for picking sunflower seeds and called on the students who had completed the first group of tasks to go to the next task point, the vegetable garden by the wall to complete the task.

Lin Pin'er put away their cups, and Li Shuirong told her to keep the fan on, and then arranged a sunscreen mask and hat for Lin Pin'er. Then he and the students who had finished their work went to the vegetable patch by the wall to gather.

The teacher taught them how to tell whether the flower disk is ready for harvest: when the leaves of the plant turn light green, the back of the flower disk starts to turn yellow, and the edge of the flower disk turns green, it can be picked.

Each student received a small sickle, worked in groups of two, and received a large storage box, and then they could start working.

Of course, Lin Pin'er was in the same group with Li Shuirong, and they had a clear division of labor: Shuirong was tall, so he helped her lower the flower disks on the high branches and leaves, and Lin Pin'er was responsible for cutting off the branches with a small sickle and then storing them in the storage box.

Lin Pin'er arranged the sunflower plates in the storage box neatly. Even the classmate with obsessive-compulsive disorder praised her.

Li Shuirong leaned close to Lin Pin'er's ear and whispered, "Do you know what the flower language of sunflower means?"

Lin Pin'er shook her head. She had never studied the language of flowers.

"There's no one else in sight, you're everywhere!" After saying that, Li Shuirong took out a small sunflower from behind him like a magic trick and gave it to Lin Pin'er.

"I didn't pick it. Maybe someone cut the wrong pole just now. I saw a small flower on it, looking lonely and pitiful. Why don't you take it?" Li Shuirong explained.

Lin Pin'er immediately laughed: "You have to find so many reasons to send flowers. But these are planted by teachers and classmates with great effort, you shouldn't pick them randomly." Pin'er believed him.

"You still understand me. If you like it, I will buy it for you. I won't pick it randomly."

The two of them worked together to move the fruits they picked to the open space for drying, and placed them neatly on the space under the teacher's instructions. Shui Rong took out his mobile phone, pulled Pin'er to squat on the ground covered with sunflower petals, and took a selfie.

It was almost half past ten and the sun was already scorching. After Li Shuirong and Lin Pin'er finished their group task, they rushed to the rest area to rest. Pin'er put the little flower in her schoolbag.

Soon, Jia Baoyu and Wu Qing's group also arrived, and other groups also arrived intermittently. Now, the people who were still basking in the sun were the ones who had just complained and expressed their dissatisfaction. It seems that talking nonsense for a moment will not solve any problems.

Then the teacher took the students who had finished their homework to the Seed Research Institute. It was so cool here with the air conditioner on. If those who were dragging their feet knew how cool it was here, they would definitely regret it!

Each student was given a small packet of coriander seeds. Lin Pin'er observed carefully and then whispered to Wu Qing:

"Do these seeds look like the Sichuan peppercorns in the hotpot base?"

Wu Qing was amused by her: "Now that you mention it, it is indeed quite similar. I am a little craving for hot pot now."

Baoyu heard this with sharp ears and responded immediately: "How about we go to eat hot pot at noon? I am craving for it too."

Wu Qing rolled her eyes at him: "Eating hot pot on such a hot day, who are you trying to kill with the heat?"