HCB Chapter 263 Vegetable Garden
Chapter 263 Vegetable Garden
Originally, Lin Jiaojiao wanted to go out from the farm gate and then walk towards the vegetable garden, because when the farm was built, the vegetable garden was not originally planned to be included in the farm.
Seeing that they were going in the wrong direction, Zhang Lianyu immediately pulled her to another road, speaking in a baby voice.
"Brother, you're going the wrong way. You should go this way."
She then remembered that when she looked at the map the day before, the layout of the farm was indeed a little different.
Now it's time to plant vegetables. Lin Dadan asked the construction team to fence the 20 acres of fertile land by the stream, and then opened a gate at the edge of the cattle farm area. The vegetable garden is just outside.
Walking outside the cattle farm fence, she looked at the cows inside eating the newly sprouted weeds, while outside the cowshed Wu Guixiang was bending over to sort out the newly delivered hay that day.
While tidying up the cows, Wu Guixiang looked up to check on them and noticed someone walking outside the fence. She looked carefully and realized it was her boss who had returned. She stood up excitedly and waved her hands.
"Hello, sir."
Lin Jiaojiao heard the voice, looked over, smiled and nodded, then walked towards the vegetable garden gate.
As soon as I passed through the gate, I saw a lot of people working in the fields. Most of them were temporary workers hired by Li Na. They were paid ten cents a day, without accommodation, but with three meals a day.
Li Na is the manager of the vegetable garden. She is an outsider from Linjia Village. She went through a rigorous screening process among more than a hundred people and overcame many difficulties before becoming the manager.
I was lucky at that time because the road was blocked by heavy snow so the only people who came for the interview were people from my village, and the competition pressure was much less.
So after she took office, the planting was entirely left to her. However, Lin Dadan did not just sit there and do nothing. Whenever she had time, she would come to the vegetable garden to check on the progress.
She was looking through the planting manual left by Lin Jiaojiao. The methods in it greatly improved the survival rate of seeds and accelerated germination.
She is now studying the compound fertilizer. Now she uses sheep manure fertilizer to turn the soil over. There are many bags of sheep manure and rabbit manure in the warehouse. The employees of the sheep farm said that they collect the manure every day and then dry it in the sun. They said it is much better than their usual direct watering with manure pits.
In fact, the main reason was that Lin Jiaojiao really couldn't accept the feces being poured directly on the vegetables. At least these processed animal feces made her feel much more at ease.
Lin Jiaojiao saw a middle-aged woman in front of the wooden house next to the gate, who was looking at the manual in her hand attentively. She knew at a glance that it was written by her, so she did not disturb her and led the woman inside.
Li Na didn't react until she heard the child's voice. She immediately closed the manual and looked over.
She saw three extraordinary people standing in front of the seedling field. She couldn't tell who they were because they were from the back, but the child next to them turned her head and said something to the woman in the lead.
She walked forward quickly: "Xiaoyu, what is this?"
The leading woman turned around and immediately recognized the man and shouted excitedly, "Boss, you're here."
When she saw Lin Jiaojiao looking at her with a puzzled look on her face, she immediately realized that she didn't know her. Well, although they were in the same village, one was at the head and the other at the end of the village, and their farmlands were not close to each other, so it was normal that she didn't recognize her.
She hastily introduced herself: "I'm Manager Lin's new garden manager. My name is Li Na."
Lin Jiaojiao just recalled that she had met her a few times before and thought they were from the same village.
She nodded slightly, pointed at the field and asked, "Manager Li, did you plan all this?"
Li Na immediately walked to the edge of the field, thinking that there was something wrong with the field, but when she saw that there was nothing wrong with the field, she answered with some trepidation.
"Yes, is there any problem with the boss?"
Seeing that she had frightened the man, Lin Jiaojiao quickly praised him, "No problem, you did a great job. I quite like your plan."
She looked at the nursery fields where small green seedlings were densely distributed. In front of each small field there was a small sign with the name written on it, making it easy to see at a glance.
Li Na was suddenly praised and scratched her face a little embarrassedly: "Thank you, boss."
Lin Jiaojiao looked at the busy figures not far behind and asked, "What are they planting?"
"I haven't planted them yet. I'm turning the soil. I'll be planting strawberries, tomatoes, and peppers in a few days."
"Oh? Where are the strawberry seedlings?"
Li Na immediately took her to a field in the back, which was full of strawberry seedlings. Seeing the seedlings growing well, she was already imagining that she would be able to have strawberry freedom in two or three months.
"Not bad, not bad. Manager Li, you have done a good job growing these seedlings. Keep up the hard work. Our farm's vegetable garden depends on you."
Li Na was flattered: "No, no, I just did it according to the manual. I don't dare to take credit for it."
"No need to be modest."
After she finished speaking, she went to the tomato seedling field next to her. There were many more varieties here, such as Pink Taro, Big Red, Millennium, String, Yellow Pearl, etc.
When these are harvested, they can be used for cooking or eaten as fruits. If you can't finish them, you can make ketchup, and with ketchup you can make French fries. When the lettuce is grown, you can make hamburgers.
Thinking back to when she was at Qi Yao's house, she was so craving for hamburgers and other fast food. In two or three months, she would be able to eat them.
The more she looked at the green seedlings, the more satisfied she became. She patted Li Na's shoulder in a very leadership manner.
"Well done, I'm counting on you."
After saying this, without waiting for her reaction, he took his people back.
Zhang Lianyu was now being held by Lan Jiu and walking beside her. He almost fell down while walking, but fortunately Lan Jiu was quick to grab hold of his collar from behind and prevented him from falling down.
Later, Lin Jiaojiao felt distressed and wanted to carry him away, but Lan Jiu snatched him away and carried him. The little guy didn't resist but kept staring at him, so she let him carry him.
Zhang Lianyu put her arms around his neck, looked at him and then at Lin Jiaojiao, then, while she was talking to a passing employee, she quietly leaned over to his ear and asked in a low voice.
"Brother Lan Jiu, are you my brother and sister's new husband?"
Lan Jiu's hand tightened around his. He looked up at the person next to him in panic, and was relieved to find that she didn't notice this. Then he smiled and asked softly, "Why do you think so, Xiaoyu?"
Zhang Lianyu also glanced at Lin Jiaojiao, then leaned over to whisper in his ear.
"Because good-looking men are the husbands of brothers and sisters. When Xiaoyu grows up and becomes pretty, she will marry a brother or sister."
He smiled after hearing that, causing Lin Jiaojiao in front to look back at them. Then he turned back and explained to the employees how to efficiently care for boars after delivery.
Lan Yi, who was standing behind them, gave them a strange look. So should they report this matter to their master?