Chapter 169 - 169 Experiment (2)
169 Experiment (2)
Gu Qingming woke up early and walked around the courtyard.
After a while, she saw her grandmother walk out of the woodshed and pick up an empty plastic bucket.
“Grandma!” Gu Qingming called out to her grandmother. “What are you going to do? To fetch water?”
“Fetching water? There’s water at home. There’s no need to go outside to fetch it,” Grandma Shi said. “It hasn’t rained for a few days. I plan to water the vegetables. The vegetables and sweet potatoes planted a few days ago have to be watered. Otherwise, they’ll dry out!”
Gu Qingming immediately said with interest, “Grandma, I’ll go with you!”
Grandma Shi knew that her granddaughter was curious about everything, so she nodded. “Okay, let’s go together!”
Grandma Shi carried the bucket and walked in front, followed by Gu Qingming.
Gu Qingming asked curiously, “Grandma, where is the planting place this time?”
“Hehe, it’s a little far this time.” Grandma Shi chuckled and said, “However, there’s not much land there. There are only two lines of land. One line is planted with cabbages, and the other line is planted with sweet potatoes.”
“Why aren’t the fields near the families that own them?” Gu Qingming asked. “Isn’t it quite troublesome to work here and there?”
Grandmother explained with a smile, “In ’82, when this place was divided into solo fields, they were all drawn by drawing lots. Because there are good and bad fields, it’s impossible to allocate the good ones to one family and the bad ones to another. Therefore, the good lands and dry lands were divided according to the population of each family. Then, they were distributed by drawing lots.”
Gu Qingming nodded and said, “Oh, so that’s how it is. It would be more convenient to work when the lands are together!”
“Haha, in this case, who would be willing? If they were allocated good fields, they would definitely be happy. Then, if they were allocated bad fields, they would definitely not be willing,” Grandma Shi said with a smile.
The two chatted as they walked.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, they arrived under a big maple tree.
“This is a maple tree!” Gu Qingming knew ordinary trees. “Grandma, this maple tree is so big!”
This maple tree was really huge.
The trunk was very thick. It would probably take two people holding hands to hug it.
The dense maple leaves were dense and layered.
From afar, it looked like a big mushroom. A big green mushroom.
“It’s said that this maple tree is three hundred years old,” Grandma Shi said. “There’s a small temple built under the maple tree where the Five Grains God is worshipped. Therefore, this place is called the temple. Every first and fifteenth day, someone will bring tribute to the Five Grains God. Ming’er, do you want to take a look?”
“Yes, let’s go take a look!” Gu Qingming said with interest.
Grandma Shi said with a serious expression, “Ming’er, you have to respect the temple, understand?”
She knew that children who had received modern education like Ming’er would definitely not bother if they were asked to worship the temple.
However, the temple had a legacy of a thousand years. Even if modern people didn’t believe in gods, they had to show their respect.
Gu Qingming’s expression also became serious. She nodded very seriously and replied, “Yes, Grandma!”
When they reached the bottom of the big maple tree, they saw a small house. It was about ten square meters and was divided into two rooms.
One was dedicated to the God of Five Grains, while the other was dedicated to the Bodhisattva of Observation and the God of Wealth.
There was a tribute table and an incense burner.
There were a few apples on the offering table and burning incense on the incense burner.
It seemed that someone had come early in the morning to worship God.
Further ahead was a corridor about a meter wide and about three to four meters long.
On either side of the corridor were short concrete benches.
This was originally designed to make it easier for people to rest or seek shelter from the rain.
This was the first time Gu Qingming had seen such a small temple.
Although it was small, it was the hope and spiritual sustenance of the farmers in the past.
Even in the modern world, it was the same.
Gu Qingming followed her grandmother’s words and sized up the temple curiously while being respectful.
Her grandmother’s land was in front of the small temple.
Gu Qingming saw what her grandmother had planted.
“Grandma, is this a bag of seedlings?”
Gu Qingming pointed at a small and tender seedling.
“Yes, this is a bag of vegetables!”
“So this is a sweet potato seedling?”
“Right.”
Gu Qingming asked in confusion, “Are sweet potato seedlings planted with vines? Or have they already grown so long?”
This sweet potato vine looked to be two to three feet long.
“Pfft!” Grandma Shi laughed and said, “I only planted it a few days ago. How can it grow so quickly? This is a sweet potato vine. Ming’er, wait here for a while. I’ll go downstairs to fetch water!”
“Good!”
Grandma Shi pointed to a small river beside them.
However, this river was at a certain depth from this place.
If one wanted to fetch water, one had to go down.
Then, Grandma Shi picked up the bucket and carefully walked down the stairs.
The slope was a little steep, so she had to be careful.
Gu Qingming looked at her and said worriedly, “Grandma, will there be any danger? It’s so high, yet you still have to bring water up?”
“No! I’ve been doing this for most of my life.”
Grandma Shi had already walked to the river and placed the bucket in the river.
A moment later, two buckets of water were filled.
“Grandma, won’t it be too full? Be careful!” Gu Qingming said worriedly. “This ladder was only made with a hoe. Be careful not to slip!”
“Don’t worry, I’m used to walking.”
“Oh, but you have to be careful!” Gu Qingming said. “This slope is so steep. I wouldn’t dare to pick it up!”
When Grandma Shi heard this, she immediately laughed and said, “Haha, you with your delicate skin and tender flesh. You can even prick your hands when I ask you to pick vegetables. How can you carry a burden?”
Seeing her grandmother bring the water up, Gu Qingming came over and placed her hand on the edge of the bucket. The water, which was originally full, rose a little but the change was invisible to the naked eye.
Grandmother put down her burden and picked up the ladle. She began to scoop water and water each seedling.
Gu Qingming said, “Grandma, didn’t we pick some sweet potato leaves the day before yesterday? The sweet potatoes there are so big. Why have they just been planted here?”
Grandma Shi explained, “This sweet potato is planted for the autumn season. It’s mainly for eating. It’s planted with sweet potatoes with red hearts. A few days ago, I picked the sweet potato leaves and planted them to make sweet potato powder. That kind of sweet potato has a lot of powder.”
Gu Qingming did not understand, but she did not continue asking.
“Are these autumn cabbages?”
“Yes, you could say that.”
“The things planted before and after Liqiu are almost all called Autumn Produce.”
“Oh, I see!”
The grandmother and granddaughter chatted as they worked. Although Gu Qingming was in charge of chatting, she did not work.
However, her eyes never left the water in the bucket.
After half of a bucket was used, Gu Qingming placed her hand on the edge of the bucket again.
Gu Qingming placed her hands on the two buckets four times.
The amount of spiritual spring water was different every time.
Since she had already achieved her goal of coming with his grandmother today, she just had to wait for two days to see the growth of this bag of vegetables and red.
After her grandmother finished watering the vegetables, she went to another plot of land to do the watering.
Gu Qingming repeated her old trick.
After watering three plots of land in the morning, Gu Qingming used the spirit spring water.
After that, she would have to monitor the effect.