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In the blink of an eye, it is almost mid-March. Instead of warming up as people expected, the weather seems to be invading with cold air. Not to mention the sudden drop in temperature, there are even a few snowflakes occasionally. e3
Zhu Yongxin couldn't help but smoke at home, "What do you think of this day? Even if we plant the seeds now, we will definitely freeze to death, but if it continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to harvest crops in the fall." "
The lotus was suffocated by the smoke. Chapter 34: The seedlings were not good enough. He got up and went to open the window for ventilation. Then he said to Zhu Yongxin: "Dad, then we can just raise the seedlings at home. When the weather is warm, we can plow the ground and transplant them to the fields." Go inside."
"Nursing seedlings?" Zhu Yongxin looked at the lotus with confusion.
"It's like growing sweet potato seedlings. Sow them at home first and let them sprout, and then move them to the ground when the weather is suitable." He Hua tried his best to think of a suitable way to explain to Zhu Yongxin, "The way to plant rice seedlings in the south is to first plant them in the rice fields. When the seedlings emerge, you can sift out the ones that don’t grow well. After they are moved to the field, the seedlings will be generally neat and strong. There is no need to thin out or replenish the seedlings. Although ours is a dry field here, it can’t be compared. Paddy fields are convenient for transplanting rice seedlings, but it’s better than waiting for the weather to get warmer.”
Zhu Yongxin had heard and understood a bit about how to grow rice, and felt that what his daughter said seemed to make sense. However, he had never seen such farming in the north, and the number of seeds in so many acres of land was not a small amount. If it was all in vain, it would be impossible this year. It's completely over. After thinking about it, he really couldn't make up his mind, so he had no choice but to smoke the pot without making any sound.
Fang asked: "Lotus, how do you know this?"
"It's written in the farming book that Brother Jintang brought." Chapter 34: Breeding Lotus Seedlings Naturally, the responsibility was put on Qi Jintang. When Fang and Qi Jintang saw him, there was no need to call him "Master Qi". He can say half a word more, so he is not afraid of revealing his secrets.
Hearing that it was written in a book, Mrs. Fang's expression changed obviously, and she turned her questioning eyes to her eldest son, Borong.
"I do know that Mr. Qi has been teaching He Hua to read agricultural books recently. I didn't expect that he could actually read some good books." Bo Rong confirmed from the side that He Hua did have agricultural books.
Mrs. Fang suddenly beamed with joy. In her simple mind, she felt that what was written in the book was as irrefutable as the gods in the sky, so she said happily: "Young Master Qi is indeed a good person. The things taught about lotus are really useful."
Zhu Yongxin lowered his head and smoked, and after a long time he said, "We'll see in a few days."
Hehua knows that it is not easy for farmers to accept a new farming method, but not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times there are still many elderly farmers who just follow the old methods. Farming and living a life of dependence on the sky, she didn't speak to urge or persuade.
The next few days were still hazy and windy. Fang couldn't help but discuss the matter with Zhu Yongxin in private. Zhu Yongxin gritted his teeth and dragged it out for two more days, but the weather still didn't warm up. He had just eaten this morning. , he kept looking at the lotus and seemed to want to say something, but every time he thought about it, he swallowed it.
Hehua looked funny and buried her head in eating pretending not to know. When the whole family was full, she got up and helped Jasmine clean up the dishes. Only then did she hear Zhu Yongxin suddenly ask: "Hehua, did you really know the breeding you talked about last time in a book? "
"Of course!" He Hua replied resolutely, and then stuck out her tongue in her heart. It's just that it's not in the book here, but it is definitely true in the book.
"Then what are you going to do?" Zhu Yongxin finally gritted his teeth and asked with determination.
He Hua thought about it and made a gesture and said: "In the courtyard, it is like growing sweet potato seedlings. Dig the soil in the forest and pile it into a square shape. Put up shelves and hang straw curtains on all sides, and then make a small room inside. Make a fire in the charcoal stove to keep warm, then sow the seeds as usual, water them regularly, light the fire to keep them warm, and wait for the seedlings to emerge."
She said it easily, but in fact she knew in her heart that there was another very important issue, fertilizer. She sometimes tentatively asked Zhu Yongxin. It seemed that people in the village always sprinkled all kinds of fertilizers indiscriminately, without any matching or matching. It is a taboo. They think that as long as it is something that can fertilize the fields, the crops will grow well if they are thrown in. However, in fact, many fertilizers will have many chemical reactions based on their pH and chemical composition. Sometimes it is better to just put them in. Apply a fertilizer.
So these days, she has been asking Qi Jintang to explain the chapters in the agricultural book about how to fertilize the fields. Unfortunately, some things in the agricultural book seem to be very obscure and difficult for Qi Jintang to understand, and Lotus has to wait for him to study it thoroughly. , so that the knowledge can be digested and absorbed again from him, so the progress of the course is really very slow.
As soon as Lotus talked about raising seedlings, Zhu Yongxin couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and said to go out to pick up soil. Fang chased him out and said, "Although our home is not far from the forest, you can't carry as many loads as you want, mother." Let’s borrow a flatbed over there and use it.”
"Yeah!" Zhu Yongxin put down his hat and walked out, "I'll borrow a scooter."
Mrs. Fang hesitated and called him again: "Will you tell your parents about raising seedlings?"
"I just said it. If they want to do it, they can do it themselves. If they don't believe it, it won't stop us. After all, it is a new thing. If it really doesn't work, it will harm others." Zhu Yongxin naturally understood what Fang was thinking. , this is also the first time for me to try something like this. If it doesn't work, I shouldn't take others with me to take risks.
Seeing that Hehua was really going to raise seedlings, Hehua immediately became interested and ran to the backyard to look at the urine and other messy things that she had let Fang collect these past few days. She recalled in detail how phosphate fertilizer and nitrogen-potassium fertilizer should be used as base fertilizers when raising sorghum seedlings. Nowadays, there are no ready-made chemical fertilizers available, so she had to use bone meal instead of phosphate fertilizer and urine instead of nitrogen fertilizer. She hoped it would also play a certain role.
Zhu Yongxin borrowed the flat car quickly, but when he went there he was smiling, and when he came back he was gloomy and scary. Mrs. Fang guessed what was going on without asking. It must have been a quarrel and quarrel with Lao Zhutou about the seedling raising. Fortunately, when the fourth child saw that he was going to dig soil and had nothing to do, he changed his clothes and came to help.
Mrs. Fang quickly got a shovel for them, and then greeted the fourth child with a smile: "Your second brother has a stubborn temper. Don't pay attention to him. I will dig the soil later and come home for dinner. My sister-in-law will fry two good dishes for you. You can accompany me." Let your second brother drink two more cups, and I expect you to help put up a show this afternoon!"
Zhu Laosi laughed when he heard this and said: "What the second sister-in-law said is outrageous. How can my brothers help each other just to eat and drink? Don't worry, sister-in-law!" After that, he followed Zhu Yongxin to dig soil on the mountain.
Zhu Yongxin followed Hehua's instructions and dug out the black soil between the roots of some big trees, and transported it back in two large flat cars in one morning. Hehua looked at the black humus soil and felt confident in the seedling cultivation. It will be more sufficient.
After lunch, Zhu Yongxin and Zhu Laosi dug a hole in the outer house to bury the pillars. Living close to the mountain means there is no shortage of wood. They buried four logs as thick as bowls and hung straw curtains on all sides. Fang used hemp rope to tie the straw curtains Sew a few stitches in between to prevent drafts.
Hehua directed Bo Rong to grind the bones and pour the urine into the black soil and mix well. Jasmine had long since hid aside, pinched her nose and looked at Hehua with disgust and said: "Hehua, you are so dirty. Come on, stay away from me when you sleep tonight."
He Hua made a face at her and said, "Then our sorghum grows after being soaked in urine. What should we do? You are not allowed to eat it after the autumn harvest!"
Jasmine saw that she couldn't persuade her, so she stomped her feet and went to help Fang to hang the straw curtain. She couldn't help complaining: "Mom, you and dad are becoming more and more pampered with lotus flowers. Can't you raise them as a boy?"
Mrs. Fang smiled when she heard this: "You haven't seen her only having fun at home. If an outsider comes, she will pretend to be well-behaved better than anyone else."
Although Zhu Yongxin agreed to breed at home in advance, it did not mean that he completely believed in Hehua and the farming instructions Hehua said. In the end, he discussed with Fang and only used half of the seeds to grow seedlings.
Hehua tried hard to say that she wanted to do this job of seed selection, but Zhu Yongxin refused at first. She worked hard for a long time, but finally Fang couldn't stand it anymore and said: "You have already followed her in raising seedlings, so what else can you do about picking a seed?"
So the lotus flower finally got what she wanted. She selected half of the large and plump seeds, spread them outside in the sun for two days, took them back inside and soaked them in water for five hours, and finally directed Zhu Yongxin to sow them in the soil in the courtyard. The seeds, which had been sun-dried and soaked, emerged very quickly, and within three to five days almost neat little sprouts had grown.
Hehua didn't study agriculture. Although she saw it every year in the forest farm, she was still in a different major. In ancient times, there were no greenhouses, no thermometers, no chemical fertilizers and various pesticides. She could only feel it with her body surface. Determine the approximate temperature and judge the humidity by touching and kneading the black soil. Apart from continuing to read agricultural books with Qi Jintang, I spend most of my time in the straw shed where seedlings are raised.
Seeing that she was like this every day, Mrs. Fang couldn't help but privately said to Zhu Yongxin: "I thought that Hehua would be smart and neat since she was a child, and that she might be able to have some good fortune in the future, but now looking at her at such a young age, she If you are so interested in crop fields, it would be a good idea to find a family nearby who knows everything about it."
Zhu Yongxin glanced at her with a smile and said: "You are just worrying about nothing in your free time. How old is the lotus? You are just wondering. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. No one knows what their destiny will be in the future."
After hearing this, Mrs. Fang also laughed at herself and said that she was really too old to worry about it. Then she urged Zhu Yongxin to dig a shallow pit in the courtyard and build an earthen kang, preparing to distribute sweet potato seedlings after the Qingming Festival, and then he started busy. Prepare things for the Cold Food Festival and Qingming ancestor worship.
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