to farm together

"Do you want to add a guardrail for you?"

"Yeah." Xue Chengqi nodded quickly.

Now it's difficult for Xuan Yi'an. It's easy to fold a wooden bed, but he, a non-professional, can't make guardrails and so on. He can only be called a carpenter in the village.

The more famous carpenter in this village is Xuan Jianhua near the village entrance, so grandma went out and called Xuan Jianhua over.

Then the professional masters transformed this simple wooden bed in twos and twos.The boards were stacked again, and the gaps were also filled with wooden strips, then nailed together, planed and smoothed, and guardrails were installed on three sides of the bed.

Finally, the master used the remaining wooden strips to block the seam under the door of Xue Chengqi's room, so that mice could not get in.

Before going out, the master even boasted: "This room is really unique, it's so beautiful."

Xue Chengqi was really happy now, and specially cooked a table of dishes to thank the master.

After lunch, Xue Chengqi cleaned the room carefully, packed up his luggage and sundries, and put them back in the room.Xuan Yian went to the only grocery store in the village to buy a pack of rat poison.

Grandma found a broken bowl, and Xuan Yi'an poured a whole pack of rat poison into the broken bowl, put some water into it and stirred it, and waited until the medicine was almost melted, then put half of the pack of melon seeds that had been eaten by mice Pour it all in and keep stirring.

Grandma found a few more pieces of waste paper, and Xuan Yi'an went upstairs with the waste paper and the mixed poisonous melon seeds. First, she put a piece of paper next to the door of Xue Chengqi's room, and picked out more than a dozen melon seeds and put them on it.

Then I put a copy outside Xue Chengqi's balcony door, and a copy each at the door of my room and outside the balcony.The rest was taken to the first floor, and a copy was given to every room, even the kitchen door.

After finishing all this, Xuan Yi'an took an umbrella with Xue Chengqi and went to the shed to have a look. Xue Chengqi was still not at ease on the way: "Will the rat poison be ineffective?"

"I don't know. I tried mixing rice with rat poison before, but it didn't seem to work. I haven't tried these melon seeds. Maybe it will work."

"..."

"How about we get a cat?"

"Keeping a cat? Okay, okay." Speaking of cats, Xue Chengqi wanted to raise one since he was a child, but because his mother was allergic, he never had one.After he grew up, he didn't think much about it, but now he heard Xuan Yi'an mentioned about keeping a cat, and he suddenly wanted to have one again.

"But can cats catch mice?" It seems that cats don't have this skill anymore, and Xue Chengqi is still more worried about mice.

"Well, it seems that some will, some won't. I'll ask my second aunt when I go back later. They seem to have a few kittens at home."

"Uh-huh."

They first went to the seedling shed to have a look. It rained too much yesterday, and the shed was facing a big ditch in the field, so there was a wave of water in the shed, and the drainage ditch couldn't drain so fast. Today the puddle of water is drained.

However, some pepper seedlings were soaked in water, so Xue Chengqi sprayed the soaked seedlings with fungicide.Then I checked the newly added membrane in the greenhouse again, and it was not damaged.

Then I went to the shed where the beans were planted. The shed was okay, and there was no water. The place where the beans were planted was also at the height of the ridge, but the temperature was a bit low.So a layer of straw was laid on the roots of the beans to increase temperature and reduce humidity.

Finally, I went to pick vegetables in the small shed next to me. The vegetables grown here are the ones that can survive in winter, so I don’t have to worry about rain or cooling.

The vegetables inside can also be picked. Although the quantity is not much, it is enough for three people in the family to eat.After picking a bunch of lettuce and peeling a bunch of green onions, the two returned.

Passing by the second aunt's house, I went to have a look. The second aunt was fetching bath water for her little grandson, and she came out to greet Xuan Yi'an and the others after finishing the packing and taking it to the bath room.

The old female cat of the second uncle's natal family has already given birth to several waves of kittens, most of which were given away to others, and some of them could not be kept alive. Now there are only three big cats in their family.Then about two months ago, the old female cat gave birth to five more kittens, but only three were raised.

Now the three cats are completely independent, two with three flowers, one black and white, all very cute.Xue Chengqi couldn't look away.

Xuan Yi'an told the second aunt that she wanted to buy one back, but the second aunt said that she was afraid that no one would adopt it, so she bought something and gave it to them directly.

However, Xuan Yi'an's house has just put rat poison, so it's not good to take the cat back now, and it's better for them to go back and prepare the cat's litter first.So Xue Chengqi picked the black and white one and asked the second aunt to keep it, and take it home after two days.

Before going out, Xue Chengqi also confirmed with the second aunt whether the cat can catch mice, and then the second aunt said it depends on fate.But their old female cat can scratch, and the kitten should be able to do it with a little guidance.

As soon as they got home, Xuan Yi'an fetched water to wash vegetables under the eaves, while Xue Chengqi found a cardboard box and prepared to make a warm nest for the kitten.

Directly search the Internet for how to use cardboard boxes to make a cat bed, and then follow the above tutorial to find tape, scissors, and paintbrushes.First use tape to stick a layer on the outside of the carton, then draw a door shape on the side of the box with a paintbrush, then cut out a door with scissors, and finally put a layer of film on it, and put some old clothes in, and the work is done perfectly.

At night, Xue Chengqi went back to his room and closed the door tightly. Then he found the leftover wallpaper and surrounded the guardrail of his new bed.Then put on the sheets and blankets, put on the quilt cover, pillows, and by the way, a mosquito net.

I lay it on it and rolled it around twice, and there was no shaking or creaking, so the effect was good.Xue Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then played with his mobile phone.

Xuan Yian next door continued his program debugging, calling a third-party interface to generate a QR code, and then scanning the code to pay, while testing and adjusting.It was after twelve o'clock in the evening that the entire payment function was finally adjusted.

I yawned, turned off the phone, and went downstairs to the bathroom.When I passed by Xue Chengqi's room, I found that there was still light shining through the crack of the door. You still haven't slept so late?Could it be that he was too scared to sleep by the mouse?

The next day, Xuan Yi'an still got up at six o'clock. It was still dark at this time. When she passed by Xue Chengqi's room, she found that the light inside was still on. Could it be that the light was turned on all night?

Xuan Yi'an glanced at it suspiciously, then went downstairs to make breakfast.After a while, grandma also got up, and after rinsing her mouth, she went to the room to feed the chickens with rice, and let out the chickens that had been chattering for a long time.

Xue Chengqi didn't get up until Xuan Yi'an had prepared breakfast, and then the three of them ate breakfast together.

"Xiao Xue, how did you sleep last night?"

"pretty good."

Seeing that Xue Chengqi's eyes were darkened, Xuan Yi'an obviously didn't believe it: "Really? I saw that the light in your room was still on in the morning, so I thought you hadn't slept all night."

I don't know if there is a psychological shadow, or the story about the rats that grandma told in the morning was too scary. Xue Chengqi couldn't sleep last night. He was always worried that the rats would come out from which corner, so he didn't dare to turn off the lights.

But don't talk about this kind of thing, so he said with a smile: "Haha, how is it possible, I was too sleepy when I came back from the bathroom last night, so forget to close it."

"Oh, there should be no mice last night, right?"

"No, it seems that there are a few melon seeds missing from the door in the morning. I don't know if it will be effective."

"That's right, I'll look for it later to see if it died somewhere in the corner." Grandma replied after hearing the words.

The weather finally cleared up today, so Xue Chengqi and Xuan Yi'an had to go to the field to transplant cucumber seedlings into another greenhouse, and also had to dig a cold-proof ditch to get out.

After breakfast, Xuan Yi'an called the villagers to help. The elders helped dig the cold-proof ditch, and the women helped transplant cucumber seedlings.

Because it had just rained and the ground was still relatively wet, the cold ditch was only dug out first, and it took a few days for the soil to dry before putting the hay in.The ground where cucumbers are to be cultivated has been turned over last time, and they can be transplanted directly after being sprinkled with chicken manure to open holes.So I finished work after five o'clock in the afternoon.

Back home, grandma happily told Xue Chengqi that she found a dead mouse in the corner of the lobby on the second floor and in the grain storage room on the first floor.

It seems that the rat poison is still effective, but the rats are also picky eaters.Since it is effective, let it go first, maybe you can kill a few more.So those poisonous melon seeds were left for another night.

However, Xuan Yian searched every corner of the house again the next day, and found no dead mice.I don't know if the rats who have identified the past have learned to be smart, or there are really no rats.No matter which one it is, the poisonous melon seeds can be removed.

After tidying up the poisonous melon seeds, Xue Chengqi happily went to the second uncle's natal house to take the pre-ordered kitten home.

Grandma specially found a rotten plastic basin, filled some plant ashes from the stove and enlarged it outside the door, saying that the newly brought kitten should lead it inside first, show it a few times, and tell it that it will defecate in it in the future .

So Xue Chengqi followed grandma's instructions, put the cat in and pawed it a few times before taking it home.

"Put it down, cats generally don't like being hugged."

"real or fake?"

The little cat opened a pair of big round eyes, looked here and there in Xue Chengqi's arms, and meowed twice from time to time, so cute that Xue Chengqi didn't want to let go.

"Why lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask grandma."

Grandma looked at the two of them, she seemed to like the appearance of this little cat, and said with a smile: "Most of them don't like it."

Xue Chengqi then put the kitten on the ground, then pondered: "What name should I give it?"

"It's neither black nor white. Don't name people according to their coat color again."

By the way, Xue Chengqi was thinking in his heart that this is both black and white, whether it is better to call it Xiaohei or Xiaobai, but he did not expect to be complained by Xuan Yi'an before the entanglement is over-_-||

"Uh, that's called impermanence!"

"why?"

"Black and white are impermanent."

"..."