The daily life of a farm girl raising a family

Chapter 13 Fertilization Successful
  Everyone was startled and immediately walked to the yard.

I saw Zhao Yang looking at everyone with excitement and saying: "Grandpa Third, good news. When I just passed by the field, I looked at the pond where the fertilizer was retting and found that the fertilizer has been retting."

"Success?"

Old Zhaotou looked at his little granddaughter on the side. He knew they were working on some new fertilization method. I am skeptical about the new retting method they proposed. After all, the ancestors of Shatin Village used a composting method.

After hearing the good news, Lao Zhaotou was so excited that he stopped eating and greeted his two sons and walked into the fields.

The group of people hurriedly walked to the field. Old Zhao Tou quickly walked to the edge of the pond and uncovered the straw. He followed Zhao Yunxi, who was deep-seated, and was choked with tears by the smell of ammonia.

Old Zhaotou on the side was very surprised when he smelled the smell. After all, he was an old farmer. Of course he knew what good fertilizer smelled like.

Old Zhaotou stirred the pit with a stick, and the smell became more obvious.

"Xiaojiu, how do you make this fertilizer? It's different from the way we used to pile it."

Zhao Yunxi coughed and wiped his tears and said, "It's just adding dead leaves and rotten mud to the pit, and then adding some human fertilizer in it."

"Human fat." Zhao Guangming said in surprise.

"Yes, because I have to save the fertilizer at home for spring planting, and I don't have any fertilizer. So I asked my brother to pour some human fertilizer into it, and I didn't expect it to work. It seems that this human fertilizer can also be used for retting! There will be no shortage of fertilizer at home in the future. used."

"If that's the case, then we can try using human fertilizer in the future."

Old Zhaotou looked at the fat man in the pit, and the smile on his lips became more and more obvious. I walked to the field and looked at the wheat I planted earlier, and found that it had begun to sprout.

He said to his two sons: "Since we are here, let's water the fields with fertilizer."

Zhao Youcai and others, who were still excited, heard the order. I picked up the farm tools and started to take action. From time to time I could hear excited words from a few people.

Seeing everyone's excited expressions, Zhao Yunxi was still a little worried. The success of retting this time must be due to the addition of spring water. If you want to promote this method, you have to try not adding spring water next time.

When his grandfather and grandson returned home, Zhao Youde, who had already received the news, had been waiting in the Zhao family yard for a while.

Seeing his third uncle walking into the yard with a happy face, Zhao Youde knew that something was right. Zhao Yunxi happily walked forward to chat with Old Zhaotou. Zhao Yunxi heard the hearty laughter of several people in the yard from time to time.

After the meal, Zhao Yunxi looked at his smiling grandfather and put forward his own ideas.

Old Zhaotou asked doubtfully: "Make more varieties? Isn't it a bit rash to do so? Although the fertilization is successful and the seeds have begun to germinate, there is still a question whether they can safely survive the winter and produce ears."

"Aweng, I have come up with a solution for the winter issue early on. When the temperature drops, put straw on it, and you can basically survive the winter safely. Besides, if it snows, it can also play a role in keeping warm."

After hearing what his little granddaughter said, Old Zhaotou thought for a moment. Thinking that if it succeeds, the family will have an extra season of food, which is still a bit tempting.

"Then how many do you plan to plant?"

“I’m thinking of planting another ten acres.”

Old Zhaotou hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Zhao Youli became a little anxious when he saw that his father didn't object at all. "Dad, you just agreed. All your ideas are good, but if we can't make it through the winter, won't they all be scrapped? That's ten acres of land. Why don't you think about it again?"

Wu also echoed: "Dad, you are right in what you said. If the winter wheat fails, it will be fine if we are tired. But there will be ten acres less land to plant spring wheat next year, and the whole family will be hungry by then."

"Third uncle and third aunt, don't worry. Even if the winter wheat fails, spring wheat can be planted on these ten acres of land next year. As long as there is fertilizer, it will not affect next spring planting."

Hearing Zhao Yunxi's words, Mrs. Wu said in a bitter tone: "Xiaojiu! It's not that the third aunt said something about you. You are a girl who can just stay at home and help the family with some work. Why do you have so many strange ideas? , you have never been hungry, so you don’t know how sad it is to be hungry! I have never heard of growing winter wheat. You said you can just try it with two pieces of shabby land, how can you still use the land at home?"

Yang didn't want to speak at first, but she heard her younger siblings talking about her daughter. He couldn't help it anymore: "Third brother and sister, that's not what you said. If Xiaojiu was like your Yun Shu, would you know that kiwi fruit is edible and can be sold for so much money."

"Sister-in-law, you"

Seeing the two people arguing, Mrs. Zhou sent her third daughter-in-law away and said, "Ms. Wu, go to the backyard to pick some vegetables and pack them up for dinner."

Old Zhaotou said to Zhao Youde with an embarrassed look on his face: "I'm telling you a joke."

Zhao Youde said with a smile on his face: "Third uncle, what are you talking about? If it weren't for the fact that the fat is so good, I would be worried. After all, this is related to the food for a season, so we need to be more cautious."

When Zhao Youli heard this, he followed Zhao Youde and said, "Cousin, you have to talk to my father. Just try it with the two acres of land, but don't use the land at home."

Seeing that the third child was still arguing about this matter, Zhao Guangming's face became even more angry. Zhao Youli ran away quickly when he saw this.

Seeing the angry look on Old Zhaotou's face, Zhao Yunxi quickly comforted him: "Aweng, don't be angry. It's not wrong for Third Uncle to have such concerns. After all, we have never done this before.

If the fertilization had not been successful, I would not have dared to do this. After all, it is related to the family's production. But with the new retting method, even if it fails, planting next spring will not affect the family. "

When Zhao Guangming heard this, the anger on his face subsided a little, and said: "Your third uncle and his wife are short-sighted, and they are afraid that their own interests will be damaged."

Zhao Youde said: "Uncle Third, what Xiaojiu said is right. If it weren't for the new fertilization method, even if we had land at home, we wouldn't have dared to use so much land to try it."

"Aweng, now that you've made the decision, hurry up and plant the seeds. Otherwise, if you don't take the time to cool down, the ground will freeze."

Zhao Guangming looked at the main room where only the eldest daughter-in-law and the second son were present, and the rest were half-grown children. I feel very uncomfortable again, if the boss is not injured. Why
  "Second brother, this afternoon you dig out the ground and sow wheat seeds."

Zhao Youcai watched the old man's expression change and guessed that he was thinking about his elder brother's injury.

He immediately said: "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely arrange things in the field."

"Aweng, we will also help."

In the afternoon, Zhao Youcai and others went to the fields carrying farm tools. Since this land was plowed only a short time ago, it only needs to be plowed once more this time before it is ready for planting.

Zhao Yunxi and others headed towards the forest.

When a few people walked to the kiwi fruit field playfully, they were stunned when they saw the sight in front of them.

　On New Year's Eve, I wish everyone all the best in 2024.

　　
  　
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