The daily life of a farm girl raising a family

Chapter 9 Winter Wheat

"Xiao Jiu, where can I put all these fruits?"

"Grandma, let's clean out the utility room! Otherwise, the temperature is not enough and the fruit will ripen slowly. Put half of it in the straw to ripen and the other half to let it ripen naturally. Otherwise, it won't last long if they are ripened together."

In the end, the Zhao family pushed two carts back, weighing about one thousand kilograms. Zhao Yunxi packed about three hundred kilograms in his space.

Yang looked at the pile of peaches. She didn't think so when she started picking them, but now she realized what she was doing and asked, "Xiaojiu, can we sell all the fruits with so many fruits?"

The others also had a flash of worry when they heard this, and they didn't think about selling them later when they picked them.

"I don't know either. Just try your best to sell them. Anyway, they are wild fruits. If you sell them, you will get pure profit."

He nodded with a look of approval: "Xiaojiu is right, then how much is the price of Yangtao?"

Old Zhaotou said, "This has never been sold on the market, otherwise it would be priced at five cents."

"Dad, five cents per pound is a bit expensive, isn't it? How can anyone afford it?"

Zhao Yunxi hurriedly said: "Ah, five cents is too cheap. I think it should be priced at ten cents per catty! Things are rare and expensive. And what we sell is not sold to ordinary people, and ordinary families must also I’m reluctant to spend money to buy wild fruits to eat.”

"Shiwen, is the price a bit expensive?"

Zhao Yunxi shook his head in disapproval and said: "It is more attractive to sell it if it is expensive. If it is cheap, people will definitely think your product is not good. If the price is higher, even if someone bargains, we have room for bargaining. The price is low. If you continue to bargain, we won’t make any money.”

When everyone heard this, they felt something was wrong, but they didn't know what was wrong.

In the end, the old lady made the final decision and decided to sell it for ten cents per catty.

After the meal, Zhao Yunxi asked the old man why no one was planting winter wheat.

Old Zhaotou asked doubtfully: "Winter wheat? We have never heard of anyone growing winter wheat in Shatian Village."

"Then why not try growing winter wheat? If you plant it, you will have more food for the season, right?"

When the old lady heard this, she smiled and said: "You silly girl, how can the wheat seedlings survive in the cold winter? If you plant winter wheat, you have to plant spring wheat the next year. The soil is definitely not enough, and who knows what the harvest of winter wheat will be. Sample."

"The soil is not fertile enough, so we should find ways to increase it. The knowledge we don't know must be recorded in the books."

Old Zhaotou was moved when he heard this. Although he didn't even pass the exam, he had read a lot of books. The imperial court had agricultural officers who specialized in recording agricultural affairs, and aristocratic families also had their own agricultural books. Only farmers rely on word of mouth from ancestors to farm, and they have no access to any agricultural books.

Old Zhaotou said: "It is certainly a good thing to be able to grow more food for one season. It is a good thing for our family and the entire Shatian Village. But we certainly cannot use all the fields at home to do things with unknown results. But you can try.”

"Aweng, I will try my best to do a good job."

With the permission of the person in power, Zhao Yunxi immediately summoned her brothers and sisters to prepare for a big thing.

After hoeing for a long time, Zhao Yunhe finally couldn't help but ask: "Xiaojiu, why are we digging this hole?"

"Retting, I want to try a new retting method. If it succeeds, the land at home will not be short of fertilizer in the future. Then we can eat as much white steamed buns as we want."

Thinking of Dabai Steamed Buns, these two foodies made an unprecedented effort. I worked hard all afternoon and didn't flinch.

Hey, sample. I can't control you anymore. The most important thing for her now is to be ready to gain weight. This is the top priority.

at night.

Zhao Yunxi was sitting on the swing, flipping through the agricultural books exchanged from space. She couldn't make fertilizer now, so she could only study retting methods similar to the current ones. After studying the space for most of the night, I finally found that only the retting and composting methods are suitable for the moment.

The next morning.

Zhao Yunxi was woken up from the bed by Zhao Yuntong. The temptation of white steamed buns was overwhelming.

After eating breakfast, several people looked at the gravel-filled ground in front of them. They were all a little dumbfounded. No wonder Aweng agreed so readily. This was no different from the wasteland.

Seeing that everyone was stunned, Zhao Yunxuan silently went down to the ground and began to frame the stones and transport them out.

After a while, the dumbfounded people finally went to the ground and started working. Zhao Yunxi did it to grow winter wheat, and the others did it to eat white steamed buns.

Zhao Yunsong and Zhao Yang looked at the four people as they drove the cattle over, feeling both amused and distressed. When Zhao Yunsong came to borrow cattle, he asked casually, and then he followed him for some reason.

"Cousin, are you here to help us?" Zhao Yunxi said.

"Yes, I heard from your brother that you want to plow the ground to plant winter wheat. I also want to take a look and know if it can really be grown. If it can really be grown, my family will follow suit." Zhao Yang laughed happily. The way.

Six people worked hard in the ground all morning and finally dug it out. Zhao Yunxi was too tired to walk and sat down on the ground.

"Xiaojiu, what are you going to do next?"

Zhao Yunxi tiredly held his chin with both hands and said: "The next step is to dig a hole for fertilization. Is the land capable of growing food? I'm not sure whether the improved seeds can be recovered if I throw them away."

Zhao Yang asked doubtfully: "Retting? We all make compost, and we have never heard of retting. And you don't even have fertilizer, do you have time?"

"So let's stop dilly-dallying and dig the cesspit quickly. Then start the next step."

After everyone heard this, they stopped being lazy and started working hard. Looking at their serious expressions, Zhao Yang couldn't help but feel a little more serious.

While several people were digging the hole, Zhao Yunxi led his fourth brother into the forest.

Walking deep into the forest, he pointed at the rotten soil, rotten leaves and dead leaves on the ground. Zhao Yunxi said boldly: "Fourth brother, put all these dead branches, leaves and mud into the basket."

Although Zhao Yunbai was surprised, he carried out the task and filled the basket with smelly rotten mud and rotten leaves with a look of disgust on his face. Zhao Yunxi was satisfied and walked back with his small basket on his back.

An hour later, Zhao Yang and others finally dug a pit about two meters deep and one meter in diameter.

Zhao Yunxi asked his brothers to pour the contents of the baskets into the pit, and then poured the water mixed with space spring water into it.

After getting to this point, there is still one most important thing missing, and that is fat. But this has to happen at night, because Zhao Yunxi plans to use human excrement. It's a pity that I don't raise pigs at home, otherwise it would be better to add them together. The fertilizer used in this era is composted from poultry and livestock manure.

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Zhao Yunxi planned to come back at night to do the last part of the work. Because this was his first experiment, Zhao Yunxi did not dare to pave a big way. Once the experiment was successful, it would not be too late for Zhao Yunxi to start doing it again.

Zhao Yunxi and several brothers have already arrived in the backyard. Several people covered their noses and walked to the back door, opened it, and walked to the toilet.

Zhao Yunzheng said hesitantly: "Xiaojiu, I really want to do this. Can I change it to something else?"

"I want this, it's so fat, do it quickly! If you don't do it, it will be too late, and your parents will have to worry."

Several people resignedly put the human fat into buckets and then carried it into the fields. Several people walked to the pit dug in the afternoon, and Zhao Yunxi took away the straw. I asked my brother to pour the fat in, and then stirred it vigorously with a stick.

The bamboo sticks brought out before are neatly spread on top, and finally straw is spread to keep warm and ferment. The preliminary work is finally over, and the next step is to see how the fermentation goes.

(End of this chapter)