Generally, after digging the peanuts or sweet potatoes, it is time to start raising seedlings. Various preparations need to be done one by one.

However, in previous years, when these preparations were made, it was usually just a few people at home. Even if they went to the mountains to dig leaf soil, it would take two or three days.

In addition to burning plant ashes, it will take almost a week to complete. It also needs to be free of rain during this week.

If it rains, all the turf that was dug will be wet, and it will take several days longer to dry again than last time.

In addition to plowing and drying the vegetable garden soil, sifting the soil, and all kinds of preparation work, it took my father and mother more than half a month to prepare.

In this way, the middle sister and husband have to help a lot. For example, when digging leaves and soil in the mountains, the brother-in-law and father are the main ones, and the mother helps behind the scenes, helping with some less strenuous tasks.

Because places with a lot of leaf mold are generally places where people and animals rarely go back, and the roads to get there are generally not very easy to walk. It is easy to dig out the leaf mold. You have to carry the leaf mold into the greenhouse, but it requires

It takes a lot of effort.

But this year, it is easier to find the leaf mold. A large part of the mountain has been cleared out, and a simple road has been built leading to the mountain. Whether it is a truck or a trailer, you can drive up to the mountain and get the leaf mold back.

Much easier than in previous years.

In addition, the silt dug out of the pond has dried in the sun for a long time, so it is perfect for replacing vegetable garden soil.

In addition, the family hired a lot of people to help with work during the previous period. The nutritional soil that would have taken half a month or even longer to prepare in previous years was actually prepared in one day.

In fact, making nutrient soil is very easy as long as the materials are ready. If you can go to the construction site and connect a mixer for mixing concrete, making nutrient soil will be even more labor-saving.

In the process of making nutrient soil, the two processes of mixing and screening need to be done many times.

Each material needs to be sifted, and the sifted materials are mixed together in a certain proportion.

During this mixing process, constant stirring is required.

However, since there is no special mixing machine, in order to mix the various materials evenly, it is necessary to put the various materials in alternately and mix them together.

When mixing in the materials, at least two people need to keep turning the materials with shovels, otherwise it will be difficult to mix the various materials evenly after more materials are mixed in.

After all the materials that need to be mixed are added, the mixed materials need to be stirred three to five times before the nutrient soil is thoroughly mixed evenly. The qualified nutrient soil is made and can be used directly.

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In the process of making nutrient soil, the most laborious part is stirring. It needs to be stirred many times, and at least two people need to alternately turn it over. You shovel and I shovel, turning the nutrient soil from this side.

Go there, then turn over from there to this side, back and forth several times.

When Wu Fei came back the year before last, it happened to be the National Day, and his family was preparing to make nutrient soil. After putting down his luggage, Wu Fei picked up a shovel and helped with the work.

Originally, my mother didn't want Wu Fei to help, so she said to Wu Fei: "You work so hard outside, just take a good rest for a few days when you get home and don't do anything. Do these things at home quickly for a day or two and slowly for a day."

It doesn’t matter if it takes two days, your dad and I will just do it slowly at home."

"Besides, when you're too busy, your sister and your brother-in-law can help."

But how could Wu Fei see his parents having fun there, while he was at home watching TV and eating the cooked food? Wouldn't that bring trouble to his family when he went home?

Although his parents would not think so, they would be very happy as long as Wu Fei could come back. But Wu Fei himself felt sorry for himself, and his parents were both in their fifties, so how could they keep doing it?

, and the reason why I am watching from the side.

However, Wu Fei, who had not done any physical work for several years, and the skin on his hands had become thinner and tender, was sifting the soil with his father with a shovel.

It is a sieve made of wire mesh and wood. Two wooden poles are used to support the sieve there diagonally, and then a shovel is used to shovel the sun-dried vegetable garden soil onto the sieve.

Then the finely chopped vegetable garden soil will leak through the holes of the screen to the other side of the screen, while the coarser soil will roll down along the slanted screen.

Within half an hour, Wu Fei had several big blisters on his hands, but Wu Fei still endured the pain and continued shoveling the soil.

But the shoveling movement obviously slowed down. The attentive father noticed the changes in Wu Fei and said to Wu Fei: "Xiao Fei, if you are tired, take a break. I haven't done farm work for so long, so don't do it now."

It’s too harsh, otherwise your body won’t be able to bear it.”

Wu Fei put down the shovel, went to the side and picked up the big teapot brought by his father, and took a big sip of tea.

In addition to the blisters on his hands, his mouth was already dry. After a while, Wu Fei was so tired that he was out of breath.

It is true that when I work outside, the ability to do farm work that I have developed in the past has long been lost. Although I know how to do it, my body cannot bear it.

Several big blisters were really painful, so Wu Fei found a wooden thorn nearby and reluctantly popped all the blisters. After the water in the blisters came out, he suddenly felt much better.

After Wu Fei rested for a while, he continued to help his father shovel the soil. While Wu Fei rested, his father kept shoveling the soil slowly.

When you see that there is too much soil sifted out from behind the sieve, use a hoe to break up the sifted soil a little, and then continue sifting again.

Even if the blisters are popped, it feels a little better, but the pain is still severe. After the blisters are popped, the blistered layer of skin rubs directly on the tender flesh of the palm of the hand, and when the hand slides on the wooden handle of the shovel, it hurts.

It's a completely different feeling than it was before I didn't break it out just now.

It was hard to wait for his father to say: "Okay, let's go back, we are here today." Wu Fei felt so painful that he could no longer feel anything in his hands.

When I returned home to eat, I saw that Wu Fei was a bit awkward with chopsticks. My mother took Wu Fei's hand and took a look. She was so heartbroken that she almost shed tears. She complained to her father: "You

This old man knew that Xiao Fei had not done farm work for so long, yet he still let him do it for so long, and now you can see what his hands are like."

Seeing his mother complaining about his father, Wu Fei hurriedly said to his mother: "Mom, it's okay. It'll be fine tomorrow. It's just a new layer of skin and it'll be fine."

But the next day, my parents refused to let Wu Fei use the shovel or hoe, and could only help with some basic tasks.
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