Alpine Orchard - Chapter 239

[Chapter 239 Heavy Rain]

This morning I couldn’t see the sun, and it was a bit muggy.

It’s almost noon now, and the temperature is getting hotter. It’s cloudy, but it’s not covered by dark clouds yet…

Ye Mo paid attention to the weather station in Dongmen Town. The weather station said that there will be heavy rain this evening.

Ms. Xiao Mian and their watermelon fields have ditches, but the ditches are not deep. The terrain here is relatively low. If there is a heavy rain, it is easy to accumulate water.

“Dad.” Ye Mo took out his phone and called the old man.

“Ah?”

“I’m on Ma’am’s side. There may be a heavy rain tonight. The melon fields on Ma’am’s side don’t drain very well. You can drive the tractor over here and attach the ditching machine. Open it deeper.” Ye Mo said.

“Well, okay… Come here right away. There is also a walking tractor, can you bring it here together?”

“Get it here.” Ye Mo said.

Here are 4 watermelon fields, scattered high and low.

There have been two rainstorms in May, with loud thunder and light raindrops… There will always be a heavy rainstorm on their side before the official rainy season enters.

Ye Mo waited here for a while, and Lin Shan drove the orchard transport truck to bring the machine over. As for the tractor, Lin Xiaomian drove over.

A small 32-horsepower tractor, bought about a week ago,

Ye Mo went to help assemble the trencher…

“Is there going to be a heavy rain today?” Lin Shan said.

“That’s what the weather forecast said.” Ye Mo said, “The melon fields here don’t have deep ditches. I’ll help them build a deep ditch around the melon fields.”

“Yeah.” Lin Shan nodded.

Deep trenches are not just for drainage. In the future, the deep ditch can be used to judge whether it is necessary to water the watermelon… The

deep ditch can store some water to ensure the humidity of the soil around the melon vines.

Watermelon, equivalent to drought, is more afraid of waterlogging.

To store water in a watermelon field, it can only be a deep ditch. The water storage capacity should not be too much…

Specifically, the soil around the melon vines should maintain a certain humidity. The humidity is up to you to judge.

The super-large watermelon is also grown here, and a lot of organic fertilizer is given.

Ye Mo drove the excavator down, and along the edge of the melon field, a deep trench with a width of 27 cm and a depth of nearly 1 meter was dug.

Here is solid soil, not sandy soil. Digging deep ditches is also convenient…

Lin Shan used a walking tractor to dig vertical ditches in the melon fields.

It’s almost noon.

After Ye Mo and the others worked in the field for a while, the lady called them over for dinner.

The lunch was made by Lin Xiaomian and Xiaomian’s mother, at Madam’s house.   Niu

Youde took out his beer: “Have you straightened out your work on the mountain?

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Youde smiled: “That’s good, don’t delay you because of my affairs.”

“No delay…” Ye Mo said: “We said before that we will dig deep ditches for your melon fields here. There are too many trivial things on my side, so I forgot.”

“I saw someone surveying the land on the gravel slope a few days ago, and the land over there has been contracted?”

“It has been contracted, and the total is 89 mu.” Niu Youde said.

“That much?” Ye Mo said.

“The 89 mu of land is all flat. Shallow hills and hillsides are not allowed to open up wasteland…” Niu Youde said.

“Our family has contracted 20 acres. Your second uncle’s family has 20 acres, and Tang Xun’s family has 20 acres. The remaining 29 acres are contracted by Chen Chen and his family…” Ms. Xiao Mian said with a smile: “Our family’s 20 acres of land , we are also planning to allocate 10 acres to the second family to plant.”

It is indeed tiring for the two of them to manage 20 acres of melon fields, but it is not impossible.

For example, the melon field at Ye Mo’s side, if calculated…that is, each person manages ten acres.

“Ma’am, 10 acres of land, why don’t you make it into a greenhouse.” Lin Xiaomian said, “As Ye Mo said, the risk of managing watermelons in a greenhouse is much lower. Moreover, the watermelon can be guaranteed to ripen early in the greenhouse, and the seedlings are not afraid of frostbite.”

“We also I’m thinking about it.” Niu Youde said: “Look at the harvest of those watermelons in the field, let’s talk about it. A ten-acre greenhouse requires a lot of investment, and we have never grown watermelons before…”

“Take your time.” Lin Shan smiled.

have eaten.

The sky outside seems to be a little darker, and it feels like a heavy rain is coming.

Ye Mo and the others didn’t go back to rest, put down their bowls and chopsticks, and hurried to the melon field to continue digging ditches.

Lin Xiaomian took the kitchen knife, and went to the banana grove over there with her mother, chopped down two banana trees… and put the bananas on the trees back.

The banana seedlings that Ye Mo bought last year were planted near the reservoir, and they have grown up. More than a dozen of them are blooming, and it is still very early to pick bananas.

afternoon.

The day was gloomy and very sultry.

Ye Mo sat on the tractor and ditched, drenched in sweat.

Niu Youde and Lin Shan used the tractors alternately…

The eldest sister and Xiao Mian’s mother used a hoe to dig the soil.

A group of people are doing it in full swing.

After three o’clock in the afternoon, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the muffled thunder was already faintly heard.

There are still the last two fields, which add up to more than an acre. Ye Mo adjusted the ditching machine to only open about half a meter to speed up.

The same goes for Lin Shan and the others, first get the drainage done. As for the others, don’t worry about that much.

The thunder grew louder.

After four o’clock, the ditch hadn’t been finished yet, and it was raining. Accompanied by bursts of thunder, it looked like it was going to be dark.

Only the last bit remains. There must be no problem with the drainage of melon fields. A burst of torrential rain fell, and the few people were quickly drenched…

“Okay, okay, I won’t do it. I’m going back.” Niu Youde shouted.

“It’s time to call it a day.” Lin Shan also shouted.

Ye Mo put away the trencher. Xiao Mian’s mother and the others came over to dig out the dirt…

“Dad, Mom, I’ll go back first.” Ye Mo said.

“Okay.” Lin Shan replied.

“Come over for dinner tonight,” the lady yelled.

“Forget it. This rain will definitely not stop in the evening…it won’t come over.” Ye Mo said.

“I can’t come here at night, such a big fish.” Lin Shan also said.

“Okay, come over for dinner another day.”

“Hahaha… We’re still talking about that. Hurry up, pack up and go back.” The

rain was heavy, like pouring.

Ye Mo drove the tractor back to the mountain, but the downpour had blocked his sight.

After entering the big warehouse, Ye Mo rubbed his eye sockets, only to see Lin Xiaomian in the warehouse.

Ye Mo drove the tractor to the corner, looked at Lin Xiaomian, “Why did you come here?”

“Come here to pick you up.” Lin Xiaomian said, “Where are your parents?”

“Behind.” Ye Mo was about to pinch Lin Xiaomian’s face , Parents and the others came in in an orchard transport truck.

The Hongqi SUV was in the warehouse. Everyone shook off the water on their bodies and got into the car…

“We don’t want to get the car dirty with our bodies,” Xiaomian’s mother said.

“If it’s dirty, it’s dirty, call Lin Xiaomian to wash it.” Ye Mo said with a smile.

Lin Xiaomian made a fierce face at Ye Mo.

(end of this chapter)