Chapter 138 Maturity
As Bai Tang spoke, he took out some usable wooden boards and materials from his storage space.
Lin Feng took the tools and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'll take care of it."
Bai Tang then called on Bai Jiyang and Lin Fanto go dig the soil together.
Because many people know that their house has a cement floor.
Although there is land in Bai Tang, its quality is better than that of the outside, which is obvious to anyone with eyes.
If you don't dig up the soil openly and honestly, you can't explain to others where the soil came from.
Since the back mountain was a bit far from their home, they drove there.
Once we arrived at the destination, we had no choice but to get out of the car and go to the fields.
Lin Fan and Bai Jiyang carried iron bars and bags filled with soil.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu followed behind them and soon arrived at their land.
There were many small holes in the ground, but no insects crawled out.
Gu Yanxu and Bai Jiyang were in charge of digging, while Bai Tang and Lin Fan held up bags to fill with soil.
While filling the soil, Lin Fan complained, "I hope there are no insect eggs in this soil."
Otherwise, our house would be crawling with bugs.
Bai Tang said, "We'll talk about it when we get back. I have a plan."
The four of them worked together and quickly filled the two bags with soil.
Then they moved the soil to the side of the truck, and waited for all four of them to get off.
Move the tools and soil bags to the trunk.
After everyone got on the bus, they headed home. By the time they arrived home, Lin Fenghad just finished packing up his earthen boxes.
Lin Fan closed the gate, and Bai Tang got out of the car and put the two bags of soil from the trunk into his spatial storage.
Bai Tang had Mu Mu filter the insect eggs in the soil within the space, and it actually managed to remove some.
Mu Mu disposed of the insect eggs directly.
Bai Tang then took out some soil from the space.
After mixing the two types of soil together, Lin Feng's soil box was also finished.
Lin Zhou moved the mixture to the wall, mixed the two types of soil, and then put the soil into the box.
Then, following the instructions given by the staff members at the base, they planted the seeds.
Mother Gu watched from the side, and then she said, " Lin Zhou, can you teach me how to take care of these two plants?"
Anyway, I have nothing else to do at home besides feeding the rabbits.
Lin Zhou carefully explained some key points to Mother Gu.
After they finished doing all that, they went back inside. Bai Tang said, "Our base is getting better and better."
It's already August, but the people at the basehave almost forgotten about the month due toextreme heat.
Bai Tang hangs a calendar on the wall at home, crossing off one day each day to record the passage of time.
Time flies, and the two plants they planted have blossomed and borne fruit under Mother Gu's careful care.
Their wild rabbits have been giving birth to litters and litters.
They call them Wild Rabbits, but after raising them for so long, they've almost degenerated into domestic rabbits.
When the rabbits grew up, Gu Yanxu would kill them, and then his family would have rabbit feasts two or three times a year.
With more rabbits than he could eat, Gu Yanxuwould make them into cured rabbit meat and hang it in the kitchen.
I'll take it down when I feel like eating it someday.
Bai Tang's two crops have ripened. Bai Tangsaid:
"Mom, these are the ones you raised with such care, come and pick them."
Then Bai Tang handed Mother Gu a small shovel so she could easily dig through the soil.
Mother Gu took the small shovel and went to the wooden box.
She brandished the shovel in her hand and said, "Then I won't be polite."
Grandpa Gu and his group also joined in the fun, wanting to see what was different about the new crop varieties being developed at the base.
Mother Gu carefully dug up a plant; underneath was a potato.
Then, Lin Zhou, with her keen eye, took the basket and went to receive the potatoes that Mother Gu had brought out.
The potatoes that were dug up were all quite large, and there were quite a few of them.
It has a higher yield than normal potatoes and looks to be of better quality.
After digging up the potatoes, Mother Gustarted digging up another sweet potato plant.
The sweet potatoes have grown larger, and there are quite a few of them.
After they finished digging, they took their baskets and returned to the living room.
Gu Yanxu said, "Let's try the new variety at noon today."
We ate stir-fried shredded potatoes with meat, braised pork with potatoes, and then we'd make some sweet potato porridge to try.
Grandpa Gu said, "Okay, this new variety looks good in terms of quantity and size, but I wonder how it tastes."
Bai Tang smiled silently, because the cold-resistant potatoes and sweet potatoes they had eaten before tasted rather ordinary.
Moreover, it has a strong powdery texture, but it has one good point: it's very filling.
I wonder what the potatoes and sweet potatoes grown for this drought relief will look like.
I'm just waiting for Gu Yanxu to cook lunch so I can taste it.
It was noon soon, and Bai Tang and Gu Yanxuwere busy in the kitchen.
As Gu Yanxu was peeling and cutting the potato, he said:
"The potatoes look alright this time; at least they're not as tough or mealy when I cut them."
Bai Tang said from the side, "Maybe they've improved the varieties again at the base."
Gu Yanxu quickly cooked a meal using the potatoes and sweet potatoes he had dug up that morning.
" Lin Fan, Lin Zhou, come and get the food, bowls and chopsticks."
Bai Tang also kept one or two of each as reserved seeds.
If the potatoes and sweet potatoes taste good when they eat later, they will plant more.
Lin Fan and Lin Zhou came over to help serve the food when they heard the noise.
Gu Yanxu only made a few dishes, which were far from enough for his large family.
Bai Tang then took out a lot of food from his space and placed it on the dining table.
The family quickly took their seats at the table.
Grandpa Gu first picked up a piece of potato to taste, and savored it a few times.
Grandpa Gu said, "It tastes good, just like before, nothing bad about it."
The others also picked up their chopsticks, took a bite, and tasted it.
Bai Tang also said, "It tastes exactly the same as before, but the quantity and size have changed."
This is the new variety we've cultivated at our base. Luckily, I saved some as seeds.
Then Gu Yanxu lowered his head, blew on the steam rising from the porridge, and took a small bite of the sweet potato porridge.
He said, "The porridge tastes so-so, it's not as sweet as the sweet potato porridge we had before, but otherwise there's nothing strange about it."
Father Gu said, "The base is now developing new varieties that are mainly focused on large quantities to satisfy hunger."
As for the taste, they think it's edible, and your grandfather even brought in some sweet potatoleaves just now.
Grandpa Gu said while eating, " Sweet potatoleaves chopped up and steamed into buns are delicious."
Your generation probably hasn't eaten much of this, and whole grains are good for your health.
Gu Yanxu said, "Then I'll try steaming somesweet potato leaf buns tonight."
Grandpa Gu said several times, "Okay, okay! Then I can eat three steamed buns tonight."
Bai Tang chimed in, "Then we'll make a few more wooden boxes another day, since our house is big anyway."
It would be nice to grow more plants, and then eat some of the things you grow yourself from time to time.
Mother Gu chimed in, "Yes, self-reliance leads to abundance."
After lunch, everyone went about their own business.
Bai Tang took some fruit out of her spatial storage and put it on a plate.