flstandardbreds Chapter 177 Building a greenhouse
Chapter 177 Building a greenhouse
"Really?" Qian Fulai was overjoyed.
"He's leaving next year?" He couldn't help but exclaim.
Tian Tian rolled her eyes at him. "Why are you so happy that he's leaving?"
She came to Qianjiazhuangzi today to direct the farmers to chop bamboo and build greenhouse frames.
"He's gone..." No one's after you anymore, of course he's happy...
Qian Fulai thought to himself, but said, "Of course I'm happy. With him gone, the soldiers on the border will be able to eat their fill."
Tian Tian snorted and walked ahead to inspect the bamboo that everyone had cut down.
The wild bamboo on the mountain is very old, so it grows very tall, making it perfect for greenhouses.
She didn't want to build the arched type of greenhouse; she wanted a square one instead.
It's also simpler to do.
The whole bamboo stalk is inserted directly into the ground on both sides, a notch is cut at the top, and then thinner bamboo stalks are used to wedge into the notches on both sides, and then ropes are used to secure it.
To make it more stable, tie another bamboo pole diagonally to the two right angles to form a stable triangle.
The top is then connected with bamboo to form individual frames...
Finally, the entire area is covered with greenhouse film.
She checked the system; the widest greenhouse film was sixteen meters, and the longest was two hundred meters.
However, based on the actual situation...
The height of the greenhouse... two meters is enough.
As for the width... about eight meters.
"Can you do it the way I say?" Tian Tian asked the farmer.
The farmer gestured, "...Okay."
"Bamboo stalks were planted on both sides, twenty-four feet apart, and six feet high..."
"The distance between them is three feet..."
"Place the bamboo horizontally on top, then tie it vertically...and tie it diagonally as well..."
"Sure, No problem."
Tian Tian nodded, "How long will it take to tie it up?"
The farmer scratched his head, "This..."
It's hard to say how long it will take to finish...
They've never done this before...
Tian Tian waved her hand, "Forget it, just do your best, and try to finish it within a month."
"If we really can't make it in time, then we'll just do as much as we can."
She muttered deliberately, "If you finish quickly, you can plant things as soon as possible, and everyone can make a lot of money before spring."
Upon hearing this, the farmer immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, young lady, we will do our best to finish it within a month."
Tian Tian nodded happily, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
People need encouragement.
Qian Fulai followed behind Tian Tian, asking, "Tian Er, what exactly are you trying to do?"
He didn't understand.
He was certain that even the farmers didn't know.
Tian Tian returned to the edge of the field, pointed to a piece of land, and said, "I'm going to build a big greenhouse on this land."
"This way... we can grow vegetables even in winter."
Qian Fulai looked around...
A greenhouse covering two hundred acres?
How do I build it...?
"Build a frame with bamboo? And then what?"
"Should we hang up straw curtains?"
Qian Fulai was using his imagination.
In this era, hanging a straw curtain outside the frame can indeed provide warmth.
But she has something better: modern greenhouse film.
"You'll know then."
On the way back to the city, Qian Fulai finally couldn't help but ask...
"Tian Er."
Tian Tian leaned against the carriage, feeling drowsy... "Hmm?"
"You... that happened so long ago, you'll be seventeen next year..."
"Have you ever thought about getting married...?" Qian Fulai asked cautiously, watching Tian Tian's reaction.
Tian Tian kept her eyes closed, her eyebrows and eyelashes unmoving, and said, "I won't marry."
Why should she get married? She's only sixteen.
In her time, there were many people in their thirties and forties who didn't get married, or even remained unmarried for life.
In this era, she has money and leisure, a house and a car, and Lord Li is there to rely on. Isn't her life carefree enough?
Why get married?
"You won't marry anyone?" Qian Fulai pressed.
"Yes, I won't marry anyone!" Tian Tian replied.
Qian Fulai's expression...
He didn't even know how to express his feelings at that moment...
Happy? Disappointed?
“Actually…” he murmured, “you don’t need to hold a grudge about what happened before…”
"There will still be people... who don't mind that matter."
He thought Tian Tian was still traumatized by the Cheng family's affair and dared not get married.
"You're a good girl..."
Tian Tian shifted her posture, her expression remaining calm. "I know I'm fine..."
Qian Fulai: "..."
He remained silent for a moment, but finally decided to ask, "What about Ling Yao?"
Tian Tian's eyelids trembled slightly, and after a moment she slowly opened them.
"Why mention him?"
“Big brother, his identity is extraordinary,” Tian Tian said with certainty.
That day, Ling Yao asked her for sweet potato seedlings, and she asked about his identity.
He hesitated at the time, and she guessed that his identity must be very unusual, which was why he tried so hard to hide it.
Realizing this, she deliberately asked, "Does anyone in your family serve in the military at the border?" to give him an out.
"Don't bring up those unfounded things again, lest you offend someone important..."
Qian Fulai stared intently, "What is his identity?"
Tian Tian shook her head thoughtfully. She didn't know his identity, but she guessed... he must be extraordinary.
Qian Fulai crossed his arms and snorted, "How extraordinary can he be? I think... he's just a spoiled brat, humph."
*
Ling Yao sneezed, sniffed, and continued writing a letter to his mother.
He was originally planning to return to Beijing next year.
but now...
He had to explain to his mother that he couldn't return to the capital and that he had to go to the border between Daqi and the Southern Barbarians.
He wrote a few words, then felt they were inappropriate.
Tear off a page and rewrite it.
He had to be earnest and persuasive to convince his mother.
Otherwise... his mother might send someone to Baishi County to take him back directly.
To prove that what he said was true, he even prepared a basket of sweet potatoes for his mother.
These sweet potatoes have all been dried in the sun. Miss Tian said they can be stored for a long time and should be fine to send to the capital.
In the letter, he would also include a recipe for eating sweet potatoes.
Raw sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato cakes, fried sweet potato fries, etc...
I believe that once his mother tastes it, she will understand how important what he is doing is.
*
"Sweet potatoes?" Empress Li squatted in front of the bamboo basket, looking at the bright red things inside...
Granny Zhu was opposite her, and they were both looking at the sweet potatoes.
“This is from the ground, it’s still covered in dirt.” Empress Li picked one up and weighed it in her hand. “It’s quite heavy.”
Granny Zhu was holding a recipe for cooking sweet potatoes...
"His Highness said it can be peeled and eaten raw."
"You can also grill it..."
Empress Li tossed the sweet potato back into the bamboo basket and said, "Take this sweet potato and the recipe to the Imperial Kitchen."
"Tonight... please invite the Emperor, my brother and sister-in-law... to come and taste this... sweet potato."