Small vine

Our family moved to a new house last spring. In the small courtyard by the window, I accidentally found a new branch that had just spit out a bud. "What is this?" I asked my mother. Mother looked at it and said, "This is a vine." A vine! Seriously, I've only eaten grapes since I was so big, but I still don't know how grapes grow. Curiosity prompted me to have a strong interest in this vine.

At first, the small vine seemed to be ill, and there were only a few tender leaflets on a dry stem, which was very pitiful. Under the guidance of my father, I inserted two three-meter-high wooden sticks obliquely on both sides of the vine, put a piece of wood on it and tied it with a rope to form a natural trapezoidal arbor. Every day when I come back from school, I will loosen the soil and water the vines.

The vines grow gradually, and the dry stems become thick and green. There are many small branches on a tree trunk, and each branch is covered with green leaves. I observe it carefully every day. The vine of the grape is a section, and palm-sized leaves grow on each section. The leaves are upright, large and dense, leaving no gaps. Vines climb as long as they have a frame. In a few days, the vines have grown taller than me. More than a month passed, and one day, I suddenly found white flowers on my neighbor's vine. But I can't even find the shadow of a flower on my vine, which makes me very anxious. I asked my mother, "Mom, can our vines bloom?" "Our vines are damaged. As long as it is carefully cultivated, it will definitely bloom, and it may be a little late. " Mom said. This makes me more confident and more diligent in practice. There are many good things, and under my careful cultivation, many small white flowers have also blossomed on our vines. Flowers are small, mostly pink and white. After a few days, the flowers withered and a string of fruits as small as rice grains grew.

In August, the grapes grow to the size of small apricot stones and become half black and half green. I am impatient. I picked one and put it in my mouth. When I bite, it is sour and astringent. Only then did I realize that the grapes were not fully ripe.

September in late autumn is the harvest season, and my grapes are ripe. Grapes have grown to the size of glass balls, and their colors are very bright, some are purple and some are dark green, which is very beautiful. I picked one and put it in my mouth. Ah! Sweet and sour! I gave the grapes to my parents so that they could share the fruits of their labor with me.

Looking at the grapes on the shelf and the fruits of my labor, I smiled happily.