In the school's nature class, the teacher arranged a field diary class, which required parents to accompany it in person.
That day was Wednesday, and Qiao Xiaomai had an important meeting and it was difficult to ask for leave, so the child asked Yi Xiangxi to accompany him. Qiao Xiaomai couldn't help it, so he agreed. Yi Xiangxi was so happy to get this opportunity that he immediately drove his child to a vineyard in the suburbs.
This vineyard belongs to a friend of his. All organic grapes are grown in it. They are far away from pesticides and grow very well.
It has come to the end of the grape harvest, but this orchard has good geology and is a late-maturing variety. At this time, the branches are covered with abundant fruits, and the big and black grapes are clustered like black gems. It is really beautiful. The outside planting of the vineyard
A row of roses with low branches, rose
The roses were in full bloom and the grapes were fragrant. Xiaobai happily picked the grapes with his own hands and threw a grape into his mouth greedily: "Uncle Yi, these grapes are so sweet and... delicious... I have never picked them myself."
Where are the grapes... why don't you eat one too..."
"Xiaobai, don't eat it yet, let's wash it before eating it."
"Uncle Yi, I went to pick strawberries. Last winter, Sister Mai took me to the strawberry base to pick winter strawberries. They were delicious..."
Yi Xiangxi patiently accompanied her to pick apples and observe the orchard. The child was so excited that he ran to the rose bush and stretched out his little hand to touch a red rose the size of a fist: "Uncle Yi, why are roses grown here?"
ah?"
He smiled and patiently explained: "Rose roses are not planted in the vineyard to look good, but to prevent the vines from getting sick."
"Huh? Grapevines can get sick too?"
"Plants, like people, can get sick. Grapevines and rose trees have many similarities, and they both like to cause the same disease. However, because the rose tree's sensing ability is stronger than that of the grape tree, it will take one or two seconds before the disease occurs.
It can appear in advance within weeks. Therefore, experienced growers will vaccinate the grapevines in time according to the lesions of the rose trees, so as not to affect the quality of the grapevines..."
Xiaobai listened attentively.
Yi Xiangxi saw that the child was holding his chin, looking very cute, so he started talking more: "Xiaobai, do you know what grapes are mainly used for?"
"Our teacher said this, saying that it is used to make wine. The teacher also said that the wine will be packed in large oak barrels."
“Do you know why it’s in oak barrels?”
Xiaobai shook his head: "I don't know, the teacher didn't tell me."
He smiled and said: "Then let me tell my novice. When farmers made wine in the past, they used cherry wood, walnut wood, etc., but the taste of the wine was not very good. By chance,
A farmer in France put wine in an oak barrel. Soon after, he discovered that the wine in the oak barrel was extremely sweet and delicious. Only then did everyone realize that oak is the best tool for storing wine. Therefore, from then on, high-end wines
All packed in oak barrels..."
"Ah, so that's it. Uncle Yi, I want to write this in my diary."
"OK."
"Uncle, I really want to drink wine now..."
Yi Xiangxi laughed: "Silly boy, you are still young and cannot drink. When you grow up, I will take you to France. If you like it, I will buy you a red winery in France..."