The 1970s: The Educated Youth's Going to the Countryside Have Supplies

Chapter 71-80

Chapter 71 Planting Vegetables

The spring ploughing period is very long and can last for a month.

Teachers like Qiao Qingqing usually only work in the early period, which is the busiest period. They don't have to work in the fields when it's not so urgent later. After all, there won't be a shortage of people after the busiest period.

Qiao Qingqing went back to school to continue teaching. The students' busy farming leave was over, and the other people in the team also returned to work as usual.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Qiao Qingqing doesn't have to plant the fields if she doesn't go to work.

She has her own private plot to take care of, and there is also land allocated by the school.

A few days ago, after Aunt Yu Qi's seedlings were ready, Qiao Qingqing went to help Aunt Yu Qi and planted all of Aunt Yu Qi's private plots.

It is said that more people means higher efficiency. Aunt Yu Qi, her two daughters-in-law, Qiao Qingqing and Li Weiying, and Fang Wen also went to help.

It's not that other people from the Youth Farm don't come, Fang Wen comes to change the seedlings, and they have to dig out the Youth Farm's private plot at home, and when Fang Wen gets the seedlings, they can plant them directly.

Li Weiying is the same. She already has her own private plot. If she wants to have enough vegetables to eat this year, she must learn to grow vegetables herself!

Aunt Yu Qi's private plot has long been dug up by the men in the family.

The best time to plant is in the afternoon. The sun is not shining in the afternoon, and the land will be more moist at night, which will increase the survival rate of the seedlings a lot.

The main thing is that everyone has to be free after work in the evening!

Aunt Yu Qi's seedling bed occupies a piece of land, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables are very complete.

Eggplant, cucumber, beans, peppers, loofah, winter melon, pumpkin, cantaloupe, cowpea, as long as it is common in rural areas and can be planted in this season.

Aunt Yu Qi is a capable person. Qiao Qingqing praised her.

There are also potatoes, which are essential in rural areas. Yujiawan Brigade will plant them in spring ploughing.

Crops like potatoes and sweet potatoes can be eaten as staple food and as vegetables. Every household will plant some in their private plots.

No one would complain about having too much food, right?

For this method of planting potatoes, potatoes that have been well preserved in winter must be cut into pieces for seeds.

Well, Qiao Qingqing nodded, indicating that she understood. She still had a lot of potatoes and would plant them when she got home.

Everyone worked together to plant Aunt Yu Qi's private plot during the time off work, and then went home to cook dinner.

As for their own private plots, they definitely didn't have time today, so they could only pass by here after work tomorrow and bring the seedlings back to plant them.

Qiao Qingqing attends classes at school during the day. During the spring ploughing period, the school basically has classes in the first half of the day, and all the afternoons are labor classes. The school has one acre of private plots, which are allocated to each class. They must plant this first before they can resume normal classes.

As a teacher, Qiao Qingqing has to take the lead in planting.

Fortunately, the children in the class can do some farm work, and Qiao Qingqing mainly does it, and the children help.