Forest Kindergarten

There are paddy fields in Zongshan Village, and water channels have been built along the terrain from high to low.The long and narrow canal draws water from the mountain spring and runs for several miles, and the paddy fields on the left and right are irrigated by it.

When injecting water, remove the stones between the ridge and the canal, and the mountain spring will inject water from a small gap.

After the shallow water tillers turn green, about 1.5 cm of water is reserved in the field, and during the strong bud formation of rice ears, more water must be maintained to preserve flowers and increase grains.

Rice flower fish and ducks are raised in the paddy fields. When the fish swim, they can add nutrients to the root system of the rice and eat pests.The same goes for ducks.

Egrets sing and fly over the rice fields, staying on the tree tops in the distance, and the eyes are full of greenery. The vegetation in the mountains and fields is different from that in the city. They are unrestrained, wild and unrestrained, taking root and sprouting willfully.

Human beings live here, racing against time to compete with plants and animals for territory. If they are left alone for a few days, vines will cover the walls. Weeds were cleared yesterday, but when we go to the fields in the morning, the weeds have already sprouted next to the rice.

This is the power of nature. Human beings alone cannot compete with this vast world and the mighty nature.

Ye Kong wore high-top black rubber rain boots, rolled up his trousers to his thighs, wore a wide-brimmed straw hat, and put a wet towel around his neck, standing in the field weeding.

The fields belonged to Feiya's grandma, who took good care of Ye Kong. She not only brought him meals often, but also gave him the family's seeds a while ago and told him how to sow them.

In addition to teaching the children these days, Ye Kong turned over the sun-dried land in his spare time and planted tomatoes, potatoes and carrots.

Grandma is getting old. Although she doesn't accept her old age, the village takes turns to help her with farm work. Ye Kong brought Daxin to help her with the excuse that he wanted to learn how to grow rice.

Fei Ya knew how to weed a long time ago, and Ye Kong said: "Teacher Fei Ya will teach us." She went down to the field excitedly. Adults like to pretend to be tender, but children like to pretend to be grown-ups the most.

Drive the ducks out of the field, first push the small weeder, and walk between the ridges. This kind of small cart can be used to turn the ground, and uproot the weeds while walking. The pulled grass does not need to be picked up, leaving behind Make fertilizer in the field.

The ones that grow on the ridge need to be pulled out by hand. Feiya is half bent, pinches the stems and leaves of the weeds near the root with her slender fingers, and pulls out these annoying weeds with a single twist.

Daxin is used to these things, and a teenager can be an adult. Ye Kong took Fei Ya Fei Miao, and a few of them even weeded the grass and fed the ducks and pigs in the morning.

Grandma, wearing a floral headscarf, walked slowly from the direction of the village, bringing washed cucumbers, golden shepherd's purse dumplings and roasted sweet corn.

Grilled corn must be grilled by earthen stove charcoal fire or directly by fire. It is delicious when the corn kernels are burnt black. It is charred on the outside and tender on the inside. No need to add any seasoning. Once you bite into it, the burnt aroma and sweet juice will explode in your mouth, and the more you chew The more fragrant.

Shepherd's purse is not planted. It is the wild shepherd's purse picked by grandma in the field last month. Wash and dry it for storage. When eating, soak and chop it. Add some mushrooms, fungus, egg skin and salt to make stuffing. Ferment after mixing cornmeal and white flour. Jizi rolls the skin, wraps the stuffing in it and steams it in a pan.

Daxin ate three of them in one go.

In the afternoon, the daughter of Lao Hu's family in the village came back from the county seat. She is a nurse and works in the orthopedics department of the county hospital. It has been several years since she took an annual leave.

Lao Hu invited Ye Kong to his house for dinner.

Grandma said: "Is Lao Hu trying to introduce my daughter to you?"

Ye Kong helped grandma sweep the yard: "Impossible, grandma, don't talk nonsense."

Fei Ya squatted on the ground and patted the puppy: "That's right, the daughter of the Hu family is not good enough for our teacher."

The people in the yard were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. The village chief said, "What do you know, a little girl?"

Fei Ya: "Is there anything I don't understand!"

The village head smiled and said, "Then tell me why your sister Hu is not good enough for Teacher Xiaokong?"

The little yellow dog nibbled Feiya's finger with its baby teeth, and the little girl said solemnly, "Sister Hu is older, and Teacher Xiaokong is prettier than Sister Hu!"

Grandma: "Nonsense, there is no boy who only looks at the surface. The daughter of the Hu family is hardworking and down-to-earth. I think it's pretty good."

Ye Kong stood the broom on the wall and said with a smile, "Don't guess, everyone, Uncle Hu just asked me to have a meal."

The village chief asked, "Does Teacher Xiaokong have a girlfriend?"

Ye Kong: "No, I was too busy studying to get a scholarship when I went to college, and I also had to work as a tutor to earn living expenses. I didn't have time to fall in love." There were indeed a few girls who chased him, but he politely rejected them. Compared with falling in love, He wants to earn more money to buy gifts for his younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage.

It was late in the evening after chatting, grandma was afraid that Feiya would talk nonsense, so she refused to let the siblings go, Daxin also stayed for dinner, and Ye Kong went to Hu's house by himself.

The old Hu family has two sons and a daughter. Ye Kong came these days and found that there is no patriarchal family in Zongshan Village. Grandma Fei Ya treats Fei Ya and Fei Miao equally, and often tells Fei Miao to let him grow up to protect his sister. .

The same goes for Lao Hu, his daughter-in-law left early, and the two elder brothers in the family treated her sister very well, and they let her have everything, so Lao Hu's daughter could successfully graduate from the town middle school, be admitted to the medical school, become a nurse, and walk out of the mountains.

"This is my daughter, Long Ying." Old Hu's tone was full of pride.

Lao Hu is over half a century old, and Hu Longying looks 26 and seven years old, and he is already the head nurse.

"Hello, Miss Longying, my name is Ye Kong." Ye Kong shook hands with her.

Hu Longying said with a smile: "I heard from my father, thank you for coming to the village to teach the children to read, and I will send my children back in the future. I originally wanted to let the children have more contact with nature. It is best to live in my hometown, but I was worried about being affected. If I don’t have a good education, I can rest assured that Teacher Ye is here.”

Lao Hu poured wine for Ye Kong, which was his own fermented rice. The off-white wine had a low alcohol content, and it could be drunk as a drink in this season. It was sweet, smooth and refreshing.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Are you ashamed?" Lao Hu pretended to be angry, "What? Don't tell me that you are a woman when you come back this time?"

Hu Longying nodded generously: "Yes, I have a partner, I will tell you when I come back, and bring him back during the Spring Festival, so that you can meet my eldest brother and second brother."

Lao Hu had selfish intentions in inviting Ye Kong to be a guest. His daughter is 26 and still single. He wants to introduce her to Ye Kong, just in case the two see each other right.

Although they didn't see each other right, the girl brought back good news anyway.

"...The flower shop in the city is not a traditional flower shop, it is an online sales. He accidentally broke his leg when he went to the county town to order flowers. He came to our hospital for treatment... and then we got together... nice to me……"

Lao Hu was satisfied, and nodded repeatedly. He wanted nothing else, as long as he was a good person, motivated, and the most important thing was to be good to his daughter, he was satisfied.

Ye Kong University belongs to the horticultural club. He is very interested in flowers and plants, so he chatted with Hu Longying. Seeing that he likes him, Hu Longying also knows a lot, so he gave Ye Kong the flowers and seeds he brought back.

"I told my dad to plant and decorate the yard. If he doesn't like it, he might as well give it to you, Teacher Ye. If you like it, I'll send it to you next time."

Ye Kong brought the flowers and seeds back to the wooden house. They were all fresh-cut flowers, which could not be planted or propagated by cuttings. He found a few vases from the warehouse that Daxin sorted out that day, trimmed them and inserted them in the water.

It's a long way from the county seat, and the lavender and milky white petals of the wind chime are wilted. The flowers are cut for only three to five days, and they are the most delicate, and they can only last long when they grow in the soil.

There is also a large handful of apricot-pink daisies, which are native to Morocco and have a lovely name called apricot jam.Ye Kong found a transparent vase to put them in, and put them together with the wild white daisies picked in the field in the morning.

Clusters of large crimson popsicles form soft, lovely balls that fit best in white gilt-rimmed jars.

Ye Kong was sitting on the straw mat in the living room, Daxin was already asleep, and the little civet cats were sleepy from playing, so they slept beside him, the big civet was lying on his back, showing his soft belly defenselessly, and the second civet into his arms, stuffed the little nose into his arms, the little round ears moved occasionally, and the three raccoons were lying on the tea table with a small biscuit in their mouths.

Ye Kong touched the raccoon in his arms, and looked at the flower seeds under the lamp. The son-in-law of the old Hu Zhun honored his father-in-law, packed them by category, and carefully pasted their names and planting methods.

He is a little eager to try, and when he is free, he will clear up a few more pieces of land and plant flowers.

He took a pen and paper and made a simple plan for the open space in front of the wooden house. Vegetables were planted in the warehouse and near the sycamore forest, and he could make a flower garden in the open space to the east...

He was thinking about the future when a mushroom fell onto the paper with a snap and rolled round twice, the mud on it stained his blueprint.He picked up the matsutake and dropped another one.

Is it mother civet cat?Since the last time I came, every two or three days, I will send delicious food from the mountains.

As soon as he raised his head, his eyes went dark, and three or four matsutakes fell towards his face one after another. After the matsutakes were smashed, three black rock ears fell down and landed on the head of the raccoon.

Definitely not the raccoon mother!Ye Kong thought, there is only one person who played such a prank, no, a ghost, who just didn't show up for several days...

"Lianpei, come out!"

No one was seen, but the voice came out faintly: "Do you want to fall in love with her?"

Ye Kong froze for a moment: "With whom?"

"A girl from the village."

Ye Kong: "Who said that?"

"Then she will send you flowers!"

"..." Erli turned over in a daze, arched in his arms, with four legs facing the sky, found a comfortable position and continued to sleep.

Ye Kong lowered his voice: "That's what Lao Hu didn't want..." He patiently explained to Lian Pei who didn't show up at all, "Where have you been these few days?"

A gust of cool wind blew by, and Lord Shangui appeared out of nowhere, sitting beside Ye Kong, wearing a red robe with the neckline parted open, revealing most of his pale skin.

"What are you drawing?" He didn't answer Ye Kong's question, he leaned close to Ye Kong like he was fighting for favor with a civet cat, and he took the muddy paper out from under Ye Kong's hand to look at it and asked.

Ye Kong told him his thoughts, and he said with disdain: "There are flowers in the mountains, I will pick them for you if you want!"

Ye Kong: "The flowers will die soon after picking them." He pointed to the wilting wind chimes, which were inserted in the water, and the petals stretched a little. "It's better to plant them in the ground."

Lian Pei suddenly said: "Then follow me into the mountains!"