Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn-Chapter 278 - 51: Thoughtful Care (Part 2)

Xiao Xian also held her breath, took a few sips, and after finishing, quickly peeled a sugarcane ice popsicle and stuffed it into her mouth, now she understood why her aunt bought a whole box of popsicles.

As for the taste of the Shandong Five Grain Pancake, Xiao Xian quite liked it. After eating a pancake and finishing the popsicle, breakfast was settled.

Feng Xing was sweating profusely while eating. He glanced at his wife Zhuo Feng sitting at the table, resting her hands and watching him eat with a look that was both smiling and not.

"Aunt, I’ll go up to the rooftop to check it out, you guys eat first." Amidst the smell of soy milk in the room, Xiao Xian sniffed out an unusual scent and thought it wise to give the young couple some space. She took the keys and scissors and went upstairs.

Only after Xiao Xian closed the door and left did Feng Xing put down his bowl of soy milk, "Xiao Feng, do you have something to tell me? Is it about the land in Yanqing from yesterday?" Feng Xing wasn’t foolish; the soy milk his wife brought back was from the famous Bai Kui store in Beijing, the salted vegetables were authentic goods sold only at the Qianmen Market, not to mention the box of sugarcane popsicles.

Feng Xing didn’t like the cream-heavy, saccharin-laden popsicles bought nearby, he only loved the sugarcane popsicles sold outside the small college store. And regarding the Five Grain Pancakes, just these four items were enough for Zhuo Feng to run around most of Beijing. In such freezing weather outside, his wife’s favorite thing is to stay in bed.

"I think about getting that twenty-plus acres of land in order and developing an ecological farm," Zhuo Feng spoke with less confidence, being a wife like her, was actually quite unique.

"..." Feng Xing fell silent. Usually, anything Zhuo Feng suggested, he would support, even if it meant bringing over his niece Xiao Xian. After all, Xiao Xian was a sensible and likable child, but Zhuo Feng wanting to run a farm still caught Feng Xing off guard.

"Don’t rush to agree, it’s getting late, let’s go to work after breakfast, and I’ll go check the rooftop with Xiao Xian," Zhuo Feng was also nervous for the first time. She knew Feng Xing’s family situation; both parents were bona fide farmers who hardly raised a college-educated son, and now she was talking about farming specifically. Yanqing was a few hours’ drive from the city center, a remote place; if they didn’t quit their jobs and both went to manage it, Feng Xing couldn’t be reassured.

"Mm, I’ll go to work first and we can discuss it later when I get back home," Feng Xing quietly picked up his briefcase and left for work.

Zhuo Feng cleaned up the dishes and then went upstairs to check on her fruits and vegetables.

From the late summer planting to the subsequent soil preparation, the fruits and vegetables on the rooftop had survived through hardships, now flourishing. During winter, most fruits and vegetables were off the market, and the most common in the north was the cabbage brought from other places. By comparison, the dining table at Zhuo Feng’s home was much more colorful.

The peppers that turned redder due to the frost were plucked by Zhuo Feng. She washed them like the Korean people in the Heilong River area, without removing the stems, rinsed them with salt water, and soaked them in vinegar. When wanted, she would take out a few, beautiful and delightful to the eye.

The sweet potatoes buried in the ground, hit by the early frost, were dug out, peeled, and shredded, boiling a pot of hot sweet potato porridge that warmed from the head to the toes in winter.

Looking at the "Artificial Greenhouse", Zhuo Feng didn’t find suitable melon seeds, so she bought some common vegetables. The celery was growing nicely, glossy green, with the leaves and stems looking splendid.

The carrots that emerged from the soil were also plump and fresh. Xiao Xian, busy and thirsty on the rooftop, casually pulled one out, rinsed it with water, and took a few crunchy, sweet bites that reached her heart.

"Aunt, you really have a knack for growing things," Xiao Xian, seeing the scene on the balcony, couldn’t stop praising Zhuo Feng. Because of the limitations of the Space Sugarcane Seedlings, Xiao Xian only used a small amount of Space Immortal Liquid, which at most could enhance the disease resistance of the rooftop seedlings a bit better. The successful growth was mostly thanks to Zhuo Feng’s care.

Zhuo Feng might not be great at household chores, but in agriculture, both her learning ability and hands-on skills were quite good.

Since the late summer when the vegetables nearly died, she had been running to the library and the Agricultural Science Academy in various places, recognizing clearly the climate and soil of the north, then confirming the adaptability of the vegetables and fruits. It was a pity, the Wenzhou Early Tangerines Xiao Xian brought from Ge Village couldn’t adapt to the northern weather and were haphazardly planted in two pots on the rooftop, barely growing.

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