idyllic tranquility

Li Dan'er's family has a lot of men and a lot of land, especially his father's six brothers (one is short of being able to summon the dragon), all of them are good at farming.Therefore, in order to make full use of high-quality labor force, his family rented a lot of land from Landlord Li's family.

With good farm work, the adult men in Li Dan'er's family not only grow crops well, but also grow other economic crops a little better than other families, and they can always take care of the crops in the field. spiritual god.

Ever since Li Xinran fell in love with the watermelons brought back from the Western Regions by Li's landlord Dalang two years ago, the Li family planned to let the tenants under the name of their farm try to grow watermelons.

But because the seeds saved in the past two years were too few, they could only be distributed to a small number of people to plant, and Li Dan'er's family belonged to this small group of people.In this way, Li Dan'er's family is not unfamiliar with the rare watermelon.The past two years have indeed yielded results.In the first year, [-]% of the watermelons planted by his family survived, and several of the watermelons had the size of a baby's fist; in the second year, nearly half of the watermelons survived, and most of them also produced fruit, the largest of which was as large as an adult's fist. size up.This result is already the best among all those who have tried.

Two years of planting experience, coupled with the exchanges between Li Daner's father and brothers Li Dashan and other farmers who have experience in growing melons in the past two years, Li Dashan's family is full of confidence in this year's watermelon planting.

Coincidentally, this year, Li Hao, the owner of the landlord, returned from his business trip to the Western Regions. Considering the itinerary, he specially brought back a lot of mid-term watermelon seeds. He really planned to increase cultivation and expand the scope of planting.In order to grow a large watermelon that is sweet and delicious as soon as possible, Li Hao even spared no effort to promise a lot of money, rewarding the one who grows the largest watermelon with 50 taels of silver.

In this era, seven taels of silver are enough for a peasant family to live a good year, and 50 taels of silver is probably a huge sum that most peasant families have never seen.Even Uncle He's family, which already has a good source of income, does not have a deposit of 50 taels now.

I have to say that there is no shortage of brave men under the heavy reward.

As soon as this remark came out, not to mention the farmers in Beili Village, even the villagers in other villages broke their heads for a handful of watermelon seeds.All of a sudden, Beili Village was completely bustling with relatives and relatives, and friendship and friendship.

No matter how many watermelon seeds Li Hao brought back, there were not enough watermelon seeds, and his younger sister Li Xinran also pestered him for it. In the end, he simply left half of the watermelon seeds and handed them over to someone he trusted, and gave the other half to Li Xinran for her to share. I toss about it casually, anyway, planting watermelons is for her, and all the little sister's thoughts are the most important.

When Li Xinran got the watermelon seeds, the first thing that Li Xinran thought of when he got the watermelon seeds must be his younger brothers, and the method of distributing the seeds was also simple and rude: whoever has the highest brand will get more watermelon seeds.

In this way, Li Dan'er's family, who has always regarded himself as the number one fan of the young lady, naturally gained a lot, plus the adults in his family are all good at farming, Li Dan'er is of course very proud, even walking recently, All feel very smooth.

It is for this reason that when Li Dan'er talks to He Ning, he always looks superior, but it is a pity that he expresses the wrong person.

He Ning only cared about being happy when he heard Li Dan'er's words, but didn't care about his attitude.Knowing that there is watermelon in this time and space, and thinking of the sweet and juicy watermelon he ate in his previous life, and the watermelon juice he drank was sweet and thirst-quenching, He Ning could no longer restrain Feiyang's mood.

Seeing that He Ning was in a daze all the time, Li Dan'er thought he was fainted by the pie falling from the sky, and without waiting for He Ning to ask him, he told him what he knew about watermelon. The appearance of a few treasures is probably the result of many "old hats" who have gone through popular science.

"Do you know what a watermelon is? I don't know. Let me tell you, this watermelon is a rare variety brought over from the Western Regions. It is the most suitable fruit for summer and early autumn. The watermelons grown in the Western Regions are twice as tall as you and me." The combined head of a person is bigger, with green skin and red flesh, one taste is like drinking a mouthful of honey water, the mouth is full of sweetness, it does not need to be chewed twice to turn into sweet water, two mouthfuls will quench your thirst, It’s just that it’s troublesome to be too old to vomit seeds!” Even so, the expression on Li Dan’er’s face was not complaining at all.

Speaking of this, Li Dan'er swallowed his saliva to moisten his throat, and thought: Usually at this time, you can always see the children on the opposite side swallowing saliva, and can't wait to interrupt him, begging him to satisfy them But why is the only Miao Miao of the He family still acting stupid?

However, when he thought that this person was still a fool before, Li Dan'er felt relieved.A fool is a fool, even if he becomes normal a little, there will still be a sense of foolishness, it seems that this disease of foolishness is not curable.

Although Li Dan'er doesn't like He Ning's stupidity, he won't be ignorant of the watermelon seeds that belong to He Ning. This is the main reason why Li Xinran values ​​Li Dan'er and makes him his number one younger brother.

"Hey, let me tell you what I'm doing. You take the seeds and give them to your grown-ups to plant. Tell them that if you grow good melons, you will be rewarded with dozens of taels of money."

He Ning, who was still indulging in the watermelon fantasy, sank his hand and subconsciously took a bag of about two catties of watermelon seeds. When he came back to his senses, he only saw Li Daner running home.

The He family knew a little about the rarity of watermelon.After all, there are no secrets in the village. It was already spread when someone tried to grow it two years ago.In the past two days, rumors of Li Hao's release have also spread in the village. The women of the He family who often go out to visit know more than the men who always stay at home and do carpentry.

After Mrs. He and Li Juan's popular science, the He family also knew that watermelon is good. Among other things, the mere fact that their grandson wanted to eat it was enough for Uncle He to make the decision to grow watermelon.

But the He family has little land, and all of it is used to grow food. If you want to grow watermelons, you have to go to the village head to buy land as soon as possible.

He Ning is not worried about this.

"Isn't there a small hill behind our yard, I think it would be suitable to plant there."

There are not many people walking on the small hill in the backyard of the He family, and the soil has a high sand content, which is not suitable for planting crops.As the closest family, the He family has the most right to use it, and they only cultivated a small piece of vegetable land.

"That sloping land has poor soil quality, can it grow good melons?" He Ning's uncle He Daxing asked the question.

"I heard from Li Daner that watermelons are resistant to drought but not humidity. According to him, the sandy soil in the small hills in the backyard has good drainage and loose soil, so it should be very suitable for growing watermelons."

He Ning knew the growth habit of watermelon, but he couldn't say it directly, and he could only use Li Dan'er as an excuse.Anyway, judging from the current situation, it doesn't matter whether anyone believes Li Dan'er's words or not. After all, they have no better choice.

In the next few days, the He family chose a mountain that was leeward to the sun and spent a lot of energy leveling and maintaining it.

And He Ning soaked the seeds at home to accelerate germination.First, stir and soak the seeds that have been in the sun for two days in warm water to sterilize them. After rinsing, soak the seeds in shallow water and put them in a kitchen with a higher temperature to germinate.

After the seeds germinate and grow seedlings, they start to sow. When it's time to transplant, the He family planted one plant per square meter according to He Ning's suggestion.

Under the careful care of the He family, the survival rate of the watermelon seedlings was 60.00%, and the surviving seedlings also sprouted branches and grew steadily.At this time, He Ning also suggested to cut off the excess branches and vines of each plant, leaving only the main vine and the two best-growing side vines, so as not to let too many branches and leaves affect the growth of melons and fruits.In order to prevent overgrowth, the irrigation water was also reduced.When the vines were about half a meter long, He Ning asked the He family to press the vines with soil every three or four knots.

Most of the watermelon plantings in the previous life used artificial pollination in order to increase the fruiting rate, but in this era, there is no such thing as artificial pollination, and natural pollination is the right way.A pseudo-farmer like He Ning doesn't have the skills to challenge the nerves of authority.

When it was time to sit on the melons, He Ning vaguely remembered that the ground under the young melons had to be flattened and made into a slope, and the young melons were placed in a direction parallel to the branches, and then the melons were turned over every once in a while.When sitting melons, in order to ensure the large amount of water required for the growth of watermelons, a large amount of water needs to be watered, and at the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the water in the melons circulates smoothly and does not accumulate water.

Most of these experiences and conditions of growing watermelons were what He Ning saw and heard when he returned to his grandmother's house in the countryside in his previous life, and some of them were checked by He Ning on the Internet.Therefore, He Ning's theoretical knowledge is still very effective in planting watermelons.

The He family saw that He Ning's guidance was decent, and they also felt that it was very reliable.Even when there is uncertainty, thinking about the two years of planting experience of Li Dan'er's family, I firmly believe it.

After about two months of careful care, the watermelons in He Ning's family have also begun to ripen.