As September arrived, the nighttime temperatures seemed to drop abruptly, with a larger temperature difference than during the previous End of Heat—though it meant that the temperatures had finally fallen below 28°C at night.
For farmers, the seasons never lie.
"The White Dew is coming soon, we should hurry to plant the vegetable seeds, shouldn't we?"
Wu Lan asked Professor Song.
After all, when she had been ready to go out and buy seeds, it was Professor Song who said he had all the seeds... and indeed, there were seeds, a few days ago Brother Xiaozhang had brought over several courier boxes filled with packets of vegetable seeds.
Professor Song led his students early in the morning to pick a basket of young Ai Cao leaves—previously, when they made Ai Tiao, these plants had been cut and taken back, but since no one cared for them for a while, they quickly grew new tender leaves from their stems.
