Spring is the season when all things come to life.
Not only did the crops in the fields begin to grow, but so did the weeds in the fields.
The variety of rapeseed crops in the Changqing Mountains is that although there are many wild grasses and wild vegetables growing on the ground, they are always out of reach under the cover of the rapeseed bushes.
Moreover, most families in the village who raise livestock and poultry go to the rape fields to cut grass and feed the livestock and poultry every day, thereby saving a lot of corn.
Therefore, the best time to weed rape every year is at the beginning of winter.
On the contrary, in spring, no one will weed rapeseed.
But besides rapeseed, there are other crops.
For example, Zhang An's family planted half an acre of potatoes. When Zhang Jianguo and his wife went up the mountain to look at the crops a few days ago, they discovered a lot of weeds growing in the potato field.
Potatoes are meant to absorb nutrients from the soil. If weeds grow too much, they will compete with potatoes for nutrients.
So today the family is going to the field to weed the potatoes.
This batch of potatoes planted last year can be dug in another month or two.
This piece of land was relatively close, and the fertility of the land was pretty good. When the potatoes were being planted, Zhang Jianguo carried a lot of horse manure to plant them.
You have to be careful when weeding, because the hoe blade is relatively wide, and weeds usually grow near the roots of potatoes. When weeding out weeds, the stems and leaves of potatoes will be dug up.
Zhang An felt uncomfortable using the hoe, so he finally dropped the hoe and pulled up the grass with his hands.
Shoveling the ground and shoveling grass is also a technical job, so my family often says that if I don't study hard, I will have to come back and plant crops.
But for the next generation, they may not be able to grow crops well.
In this way, the family worked in the fields.
Zhang Jianguo and his wife were weeding with hoes, while Zhang An was pulling it out with his hands.
Because potatoes are planted in ridges, Zhang An picked a ridge and started weeding.
The shoveled weeds cannot continue to be placed in the ground, because if the sun does not shine or the sun is not strong enough, the weeds cannot be killed and they will grow back in the ground.
The weeds cannot be burned away, but they grow again when the spring breeze blows.
So Zhang An's family carried all the weeds they had dug up to the rocks at the edge of the field. The weather was a bit cloudy today and the sun wasn't out, so these things wouldn't die so easily.
Half an acre of land is not a lot, and the three people finished it quickly.
Zhang An also planed some small potatoes to take home and prepare to stew them. These potatoes were very small, no bigger than eggs.
When he got home, Zhang An washed the potatoes and brushed them with a brush, and the skins came off.
Put a large iron pot on the fire, add a spoonful of lard, pour some water, put the washed potatoes into the pot, cover the pot and wait until they are cooked. Zhang An also picked some peppercorns in the garden.
Wash the leaves and simmer them together.
The potatoes braised in this way are as delicious as adding Sichuan peppercorns.
It took about twenty minutes to simmer. During this time, Zhang An made a bowl of chili noodles that he liked to use for dipping.
Pour out the chili noodles you want, add pepper powder, salt, MSG and other seasonings, stir evenly and it's ready.
The chili powder at Zhang An's home is pounded by Zhang An himself, so it is very crushed and powdery, without too much chili skin.
As the fire continued to heat, bursts of aroma began to come out of the pot.
Twenty minutes later, when I opened the lid, the potatoes in the pot were cooked and golden.
First, use chopsticks to pick out the pepper leaves and throw them away. This stuff is not delicious.
Then one person filled a bowl and ate it. The potatoes at the bottom of the pot were already stuck to the bottom of the iron pot and fried into a layer of potato crispy rice. This layer of potato crispy rice was delicious. Zhang An liked to eat it when he was a child.
The family started eating in the yard, holding small potatoes with chopsticks and dipping them into the dipping sauce in the bowl.
It tastes glutinous and soft, and paired with the taste of chili noodles, it's simply great.
There are many ways to eat potatoes in the village.
Not only can it be sliced, shredded, and diced for stir-fry.
It can also be eaten cooked, stewed, fried or grilled. Zhang An also likes to peel off the burnt carbon skin on the outside, cut it with a spoon, and sprinkle it with a layer of chili powder.
, hiss, my mouth is watering.
And this stuff never gets boring. Zhang An has been eating it for decades in his entire life. Every time he doesn’t fry a bowl during the Chinese New Year, he always feels like something is missing.
After eating this pot of potatoes, there is no need to make dinner at night.
The next morning Zhang An got up and found some red eggs and glutinous rice cakes on the table.
"Mom, whose family sent these red eggs?"
Zhang An asked Wang Fang at home while washing his face.
"It was sent by Grandma Wang's family. Their family had a grandson the day before yesterday, so every household is sending red eggs."
In the village, if there is a new baby in the family, a lot of eggs will be prepared, boiled, dyed red and delivered to every household in the village, which means bringing good luck to the new baby in the family.
Of course, this is also a different kind of notice, telling others that you have a baby, and when the full moon wine comes, everyone who has received the red egg will go.
This red egg was the favorite of the children, because at that time eggs were rarely available at home.
That is to say, on birthdays, the family will provide boiled eggs, but it is impossible at other times.
However, the red eggs delivered to your doorstep are already cooked and will not last long, so when someone brings red eggs to your home, they are usually given to the children at home.
"Her family, I remember she already has many grandchildren. Her family, Wang Baoguo, all went to elementary school with me."
"Don't watch people say this when you are outside, otherwise they will scold you behind your back. Who would dislike having so many people? This time it is at her youngest son's house." Wang Fangjiao said to Zhang An, and these words were heard in the audience.
This cannot be said for rural areas.
"Oh, I know, it's the same family that got married last year, right?"
The weather has been very bad recently, it has been misty and rainy, and it is not convenient to go out to work.
Maybe it's because the Qingming Festival is approaching, so it rains more.
And when it rains, the budding flowers on the cherry trees bloom.
In the morning, Zhang An walked to the yard and saw that white cherry blossoms were blooming everywhere, in the yards of every household in the village and on the mountains in the distance.
The white cherry blossoms and yellow rapeseed flowers in the entire mountain are mixed together, as if the earth has been put on a new dress.
Pink cherry blossoms are rare in the village. Zhang An has been in the village for so many years and has no impression of pink cherry blossoms.
Maybe the varieties are different.
Even the small cherry tree that was just planted at home has many flowers blooming on the branches.
It seems that the results can be achieved this year.
Especially the yards of many people's homes are quite beautiful now.
However, the flowering period of cherry blossoms is very short, just over a week. When the flowers fade in a few days, the petals will fall on the cement floor, and sweeping the floor will take time every day.
When the cherry trees in my forest grow up and bloom in spring, and the spring breeze blows, they will look like the colorful fallen flowers in Peach Blossom Spring.
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