Chapter 1198

The rainfall in the whole of February was pitifully small, and the water in the pasture riverbank was affected. The originally planned lotus root fields had now become a piece of damp mudflats, gradually growing some grass shoots.

In this March weather, the grass shoots were soft, tender, and swaying, always attracting those cows and sheep who were greedy to take a look.

This was when Chen Chi and Chen Xi, the two brothers, were needed.

Two border collies would circle around them while barking loudly, roaring until the cows and sheep had to retreat.

If there were any who didn't cooperate, the strong Chen Chi would be responsible for pulling them.

However, this was currently still in fantasy and rehearsal, because the pasture grass was actually quite fresh, and the cows and sheep couldn't eat it, so they eventually went back honestly.

Zhang Wang continued to chatter: "Don't think there's nothing to do here—the surface soil is dry, but who knows how wet it is underneath! If a cow falls in, you can't pull it out!"

"Not to mention if it sprains its foot inside, such a good calf! Can you bear to let it suffer?"

Chen Chi didn't understand the rest, but he remembered 【it's easy to sprain your foot and it will hurt】 firmly, and nodded while patting his chest:

"I'll watch them."

Just as he finished speaking, Sister Yanran and the others came over skillfully riding a tricycle, wearing sun hats and holding tablets.

After working for a period of time, everyone was familiar with each other, especially since the three of them often wandered all over the mountains, and there weren't many people they didn't know.

Even Chen Chi remembered them. After shouting "Sister" happily, he heard Sister Yanran say:

"Chen Chi, is your phone not charged? Qiao Qiao said he made an appointment to watch "Digital Baby" with you after work..."

Chen Chi said "Ah" and ran to the house.

After everyone greeted each other, Sister Yanran and Grandpa Qi Lin found a spot and squatted down first, directly reaching out to dig a lump of wet mud.

One on the shore, one on the edge of the river, they simply washed their hands, wiped them clean, and quickly made records.

"The water temperature and air temperature are both rising, it's almost time to prepare."

"Okay." Tang Xiaodong also started making plans.

But he was still a bit unwilling: "Building a dam would be more convenient for management, and the yield would be higher later."

Sister Yanran shook her head: "Song Tan knows, and her uncle also offered to help build a dam last year. She didn't agree."

As for why...

"Because she doesn't lack the yield increase brought by the dam, and she actually wants to row a boat inside when she has nothing to do."

"You can row all the way to the river bend. The dam blocks the artistic conception—sigh, forget it, the yield doesn't really affect Song Tan at all."

"Let's plan it this way, before the rain comes..."

Sister Yanran said so, and Grandpa Qi Lin and Tang Xiaodong felt their money-making was easy again. But thinking about the strawberries they were guarding day and night behind the dormitory... hiss!

Making money is easy, but graduating is not easy!

Tang Xiaodong sighed: "Okay, then it's best to decide on the work today—the riverbank currently has an exposed area of about 30 acres, and cleaning it will take two days."

"Look at the weather, does it need to be sun-dried for a week?"

"Not really, if we spread base fertilizer after sun-drying for a week, it won't be easy to ferment, and it will easily pollute the surrounding river water."

"Ducks, geese, cows, and sheep all like to gather near the water source on that side."

"Then let's spread base fertilizer directly after sun-drying... I'll see when it rains, and try to start planting when the rain stops."

"By the way, Grandpa Qi Lin, can the seedlings contacted by the teacher be shipped on time?"

Grandpa Qi Lin sighed: "I originally picked E-lotus, Wuzhi, Yugoslav, Space 36..."

These are all economic varieties that either have high lotus root yield or high lotus seed yield and good taste.

However, Grandpa Qi Lin just wanted to shake his head: "I also provided a few other varieties to Song Tan together, so that when we manage them, we can see whether to focus on the yield of lotus roots or lotus seeds, and then adjust the method accordingly."

"As a result, she only asked which flowers look good and which taste best. Hearing that some taste sweet and crisp, and some taste soft and thick, she finally decided to plant some of each..."

The three of them looked at each other silently.

Finally, Sister Yanran summarized:

"Song Tan really doesn't look like a farmer who made a fortune by farming."

People talk about economic benefits, but she doesn't talk about it at all. She didn't say she didn't want high yield, but the choices she made weren't entirely for that.

But...

Sister Yanran, who is not short of money, thought about it and expressed understanding:

"If I had such a piece of land at home, I would also plant things I like. Come, come, come, let's arrange how I can plant these so they will look good."

"By the way, I'll ask her if she wants to plant some flower varieties?"

"By the way, I have to say, not building a dam might cause losses for raising loaches by the river..."

And on this side, Qiao Qiao was humming and moving beehives to the other side of the hillside.

After a winter of low-key development, the beehives at home had easily reached fifty.

Now it was the entire family of four in Old Song's house riding tricycles to send them over—compared to the start of five beehives.

Seeing that there was work to be done here, Chen Yuan and the others came over from afar: "Need help moving things?"

Qiao Qiao was just about to point to the rapeseed field in front, but Song Tan refused with a smile: "I can move them, but you don't need to help—everyone has their own division of labor. If you always come to help, after a long time, I will take it for granted."

She is the boss, and what she said actually makes sense, but Chen Yuan laughed:

"Yes, we have our own jobs, but we've already changed shifts, I'm willing."

The young Boss Song, who heard that she returned to open a farm after accumulating some work experience after graduation, probably doesn't know how precious the work and benefits she provides are to them who have difficulty living in a familiar environment.

Even if they didn't feel it at first, after working for a month now, with daily food, drink, sleep, and workload, no one would not feel the change.

So Chen Yuan moved the beehives directly: "They are dismissed, I'll help."

Song Tan was a bit helpless, but fortunately, it wasn't really a strenuous job—

"Arrange the beehives in a straight line along the rapeseed field, with an interval of about 3m between each beehive."

This side of the hillside is a large rapeseed field. The flowers are in full bloom now, and the bright yellow in front of them makes people's hearts open up.

And in the flat fields at the foot of the mountain, there are deep and shallow greens and rich and light purples.

In the new spring, everything is renewed, and the Chinese milk vetch in the ten acres of rice fields is slowly blooming.

And on the further boundary line, Chinese rose is climbing on the high fence. Because it stored too much energy in autumn and winter, strong shoots are now being drawn out from the soil one by one.

No need to wait for midsummer, it will bloom into a piece of brilliant flower sea.