Reborn Sanitary

Tuesday, April 1990, 10.

"Class is over." Accompanied by the beeping bell and Zhang Yuhai's shout, Xu Tao packed his schoolbag silently, looked up at the window, the light rain had been falling all day, Xu Tao frowned slightly, After an autumn rain and a cold, the greenhouse has been built long ago, but the seedlings are not ready for transplanting. Xu Tao is a little anxious. The weather is getting colder every day. The temperature in October in the north has begun to drop, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is getting bigger and bigger. Big, it will take two and a half months to three months for seedlings to be transplanted to fully mature. Xu Tao is afraid that they will not be able to keep up with the shipments of years ago. If so, this year will be completely lost.

Slightly lowered his head and pulled out the plastic sheet from the desk, put his schoolbag on his back, shook off the plastic sheet and put it on his body, "Xu Tao, let's go, hurry home."

Zhang Liang, who was standing at the door, called out. Xu Tao checked that the schoolbag was not exposed, and quickly walked to the door with the plastic cloth wrapped around his body. He glanced at Zhang Liang, "Let's go." After speaking, Xu Tao walked out of the classroom.

Perhaps it was pretending to be something in his heart. Along the way, Xu Tao lost his usual leisurely pace and walked quickly with his head bowed. Zhang Liang was also thinking about the land at home, and followed with his head down. The cow and the slug were a little apprehensive, and they glanced at each other, Hu Yuzhu pushed Xiao Ga and Song Dahai with a crooked mouth, "Xiao Ga, go and ask them what's wrong, why are they so unhappy?"

Song Dahai glanced at Xu Tao who was frowning, and leaned over to Zhang Liang, "Er Gouzi, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Liang wiped the raindrops off his face, glanced at Song Dahai, and shook his head, "It's nothing, I miss my home."

Song Dahai asked, "Is that your cow shed?" Zhang Liang lowered his eyes, "Your home is the cow shed, mine is the vegetable shed."

Song Dahai stuck out his tongue and laughed twice, "I'm wrong, haven't you grown your vegetable shed yet?" Zhang Liang shook his head irritably, "It's not time for the thin seedlings to be transplanted. They said they would have to wait for a few days.”

Seeing that Xiao Ga had already chatted with Zhang Liang, the three of them crooked their mouths and came over, "Er Gouzi, do you think that thing in your house can produce food? After two days of snow, there will be nothing left, my grandpa said Well, our ancestors never planted the land in winter." Zhang Liang glanced at Da Niuniu Daguo who was talking, "Why not, my dad said it can be done, and it can be done."

Zhang Liang has been explained by his family long ago, and it can only be said that Zhang Daming figured out this matter to the outside world, and he must not reveal the truth about Xu Yan and Xu Tao, otherwise, Xu Yan and Xu Tao, who only have two and a half children in the family, will be killed by people in the village. Drowning, Zhang Liang has also seen what kind of old women in the village are like, no matter who asks, they will say that Zhang Daming figured it out by himself, as for the Xu family, they brought it by themselves.

Although the people in the village were skeptical, but fortunately Zhang Liang's aunt married into the city, and the Zhang family also insisted that it was their own thinking.

Zhang Liang, who was restless, choked on Niu Daguo and didn't speak. He just walked back in a hurry and hurried back to the village. Just as he turned into the trail, Zhang Liang found a lot of people around his door. Zhang Liang panicked, thinking that something happened at home. Xu Tao, who was walking beside Zhang Liang, also saw the crowd surrounding Zhang Liang's house, frowning and ran forward behind Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang pushed through the crowd and rushed into his yard, and found that it was not an accident, but his parents, elder sister, and elder sister Xu Yan were transplanting seedlings, and Xu Tao, who followed into the yard, was relieved to see the busy people. Smiling, he took off the plastic sheeting on his body, wrapped his schoolbag inside and put it on the bicycle by the yard, threw off his arms and hurried over to help with work.

Seeing the palm-sized seedlings in his hand, Xu Tao smiled, "Sister, did Uncle Daming say the seedlings are ready?" Xu Tao asked Xu Yan beside him while working.

Xu Yan also smiled, "Okay, Uncle Daming checked it for the last time in the morning and said that it can be moved to the shed. At noon, we will transplant our family's seedlings first, and then we will start to transplant our aunt's house after we have a meal. They were all transplanted and watered, and they came here with a warm wall fire."

Xu Tao was slightly taken aback, he thought he would get Zhang Liang's house first, but unexpectedly, Xu Tao looked up at Aunt Fat and Uncle Daming, who were dripping all over their bodies, his heart felt hot, and the expressions on his face became softer, Aunt Fat, Da Ming Uncle really..., Xu Tao didn't know what to say, but the gratitude in his heart added another layer.

Because of the large number of people in the family, the shed of Zhang Liang’s house is half larger than that of Xu Tao’s house. Digging seedlings, planting, watering, and heating the walls, everything is done well. Well, it was only when the Zhang family's uncle came over to help later that it was completely dark to finish the job.

Xu Yan, who was shivering from the cold, and Xu Tao refused the fat aunt's stay on the grounds that she missed the vegetable shed at home. The siblings supported each other and returned to the cold home. Xu Tao jumped a few times, and rushed Xu Yan into the house Changing clothes, she squatted in the stove and quickly lit the fire, added some water to the cauldron, cut a few pieces of old ginger at home and threw them into the pot, Xu Yan changed her clothes, and put the towel on her head , quickly ran out to replace Xu Tao.

Seeing Xu Tao enter the room, Xu Yan took out the leftover steamed buns on the bowl shelf, took out two eggs, a persimmon, and started cooking. When Xu Tao changed his clothes and came out, Xu Yan had already steamed the steamed buns on the stove There is a bowl of ginger water beside the table, "Xiao Tao, drink up the ginger water quickly, so as not to catch a cold."

Xu Tao agreed to frowned slightly and drank the ginger water in one gulp, put down the bowl and wiped his mouth, "Sister, I'll go to the shed to have a look."

After finishing speaking, she picked up the plastic cloth that was put aside and put it on her body, "Hurry up and come back, we will eat right away." Xu Yan confessed to open the lid of the pot to prepare soup, and Xu Tao agreed to go out and go to the greenhouse in the backyard.

When I came to the shed, I opened the door carefully, lifted the torn quilt inside the door and walked into the warm shed, pulled the light cord, and the two 70-watt bulbs hanging on the roof of the shed turned on. Under the dim light, the width was 130 meters In the [-]-meter-long greenhouse, the neatly planted seedlings are like a big unity in Xu Tao's eyes at this moment.

Carefully walking slowly along the path where only one person can walk in the middle, looking down at one seedling after another, the smile on Xu Tao's face became bigger and bigger, from the beginning to the end, Xu Tao took a deep breath, the air was moist Xu Tao walked along the path to the stove eye of the warm wall with a smile, bent over and carefully opened the iron plate blocking the stove eye, and looked down at the wooden stumbles inside. The red wood and touching the warm wall made Xu Tao's eyes bright.

Standing up straight, Xu Tao closed the iron plate and looked at the young seedlings in the field again. It is not cold yet, and one firewood a day is enough. After the frost, the temperature of the greenhouse must be maintained, and the ground The humidity must also be maintained. Leaning against the warm wall, Xu Tao silently thought about the matters that need to be paid attention to. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and his brows frowned slightly.

When the weather is cold, such a greenhouse needs people to maintain the temperature, and the firewood is absolutely constant, otherwise the excessive temperature difference will affect the growth of vegetable seedlings. Moreover, Xu Tao thought that the temperature in City D was only a few degrees below zero at that time, but Here at home, the coldest time is minus [-] degrees. Xu Tao looked at the small green seedlings in the vegetable field at this time, took a deep breath, and a flash of determination flashed in his eyes. My own hope, even if I die, there must be no mistakes. As long as I get the rules right in the first year, it will only become easier and easier in the future.

"Xiaotao, go back to eat." The shout from outside the greenhouse interrupted Xu Tao's thoughts, and Xu Tao looked at the vegetable field again, slowly exhaled the breath held in his chest, and quickly and carefully walked to the door go.

Putting on the plastic sheet, turning off the light, removing the torn quilt, opening the door, and carefully securing the door and hanging the rope buckle, Xu Tao turned to look at Xu Yan's blurred figure, "Sister."

Xu Tao yelled, Xu Yan reached out and grabbed Xu Tao's arm, "Go home and eat." Xu Tao followed Xu Yan stepping on the muddy vegetable field and walked into the house. The two brothers stomped their feet vigorously to shake off the mud sticking to the soles of their feet.

After entering the house and sitting at the kang table, Xu Tao picked up the big bowl of soup in front of him and took a sip, "Eat the steamed buns, you must be hungry." Xu Yan handed the steamed buns to Xu Tao, Xu Tao looked up and nodded with a smile , "I'm really hungry."

Xu Yan chuckled, "I'll start working when I get home, can you not be hungry? You don't want to see when it's time." Xu Tao smiled, lowered his head and ate quickly, and Xu Tao was hungry in just a few minutes After eating a big bowl of soup and two big steamed buns, Xu Tao put down the bowl and chopsticks, rubbed his stomach, and burped.

"Sister, when will we collect it?" Xu Tao looked at Xu Yan, who was eating quickly, and asked while rubbing her belly. Xu Yan swallowed the steamed buns in her mouth and looked up at Xu Tao, "It's almost there, Xiaotao, sister Tell you something."

Xu Tao nodded, "Tell me." "Xiaotao, don't we have a horse at home? My sister wants to make a rear trough for the horse. When the vegetables are ready, I go out to sell vegetables. I have to have something to pull the vegetables. We can't always borrow the horses. It’s easy to use the car in the car, and it’s convenient for us to make one at home, how about it.” Xu Yan talked about what she thought of today while eating.

In fact, Xu Yan wants to take a taxi today because of everyone's gossip during work, especially Widow Zhao's old ladies who like to gossip. It's cheap, Xu Yan thought for a while, instead of begging grandpa to tell grandma when using the car, it's better to make one at home, not to mention the convenience for home use, and when the vegetables are really grown, it also saves people from using the car to get stuck in their big necks.

Xu Tao's eyes lit up, and he nodded, "Sister, it's time to fight. Otherwise, when the food is served, why do you drag the food to the team? There must be someone on the team gossiping."

Xu Yan smiled, "Then it's settled. I'll go to Houtunzi tomorrow to book the car, prepare the tools, and take over the land in a week."

Xu Tao nodded with a smile, "Sister, our family has a horse this year, we will do it ourselves, and no one will ask, so that when the time comes, people in the village will not work and watch our jokes." Xu Yan nodded vigorously , "Okay, you lead the horse for sister, and sister cuts it herself."

Xu Tao smiled and did not speak. Xu Yan knocked Xu Tao's head and smiled. Under the dim light, the smiles of the siblings brought a ray of hope to this barren family!

The author has something to say:

Let’s talk about it first. Vegetables in rural areas are planted directly in the ground, covered with plastic sheets to raise seedlings, and after the seedlings grow out, they either move to another place, or just stay where they are, and the seedlings grow slowly. It takes more than half a month for a vegetable seedling as long as the palm of your hand. Granny Xiaomo said that the smaller the seedling, the harder it is to grow, so it takes a lot of time even if it is only palm-length.