Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 76 Tussah Silkworm
In spring, I am always very busy. I have to save face in the columbine pool and plant the land.Wen Han and Wen Cheng are missing this year, so they are much busier than last year.The land planted this year is exactly the [-] feet that were planted and planted last year.The ones that were planted last year cannot be planted this year.Firstly, there was no fertilizer in the field, so the crops did not grow well, and secondly, the ginseng field was originally planted with saplings, and the saplings grew taller, so they could no longer be planted.

Two thousand Zhangsan land, that is, twenty acres.This kind of ginseng land, which is full of sticks, has a horse path and a pool face, so of course it can only be planted on the pool face.So there were more than 30 mu of forest at the beginning, and only [-] mu of land could be cultivated.

Twenty mu of land is still a little less for the Xu family, but there is nothing they can do about it.There is no need to consider stubble when planting this kind of land, just plant it casually, and the old man arranged the types of crops according to the purpose.Although two and a half children were missing, Jinghan and the others were older and able to do a lot of work, so it didn't take long for the twenty acres of land to be planted in a few days.

After planting the ground, Jinghan began to stop again, and the thorny shoots on the mountain came down again.But this year Wenhan and the others are not here, so the job of going to the town falls on Zhiming.It happened that Zhixin and Zhiming also went to the river to cast their nets and brought back some fish. Naturally, they wanted to go to Dao Town to see Huixin and the others.

Zhiming led Jinghan and Wenchang to the town together, and they brought a lot of thorn buds and a lot of fish.Jinghan wants to go to the Baiweilou to see if there is still fish from her family there.Of course, they went to Qingnian's house first, Wen Han and Wencheng were studying in the school, Qingnian was in the pharmacy for consultation, Huixin and Jingya were the only ones at home, and Xiao Jinghui, who was five months old, was at home.Jing Hui can turn over by himself now, lying on the kang with his little head up, which is very interesting.As soon as Jinghan saw this fat boy, she couldn't help hugging him.Jinghan is already ten years old and works a lot, so she still has a lot of strength. It is not bad to hold this little guy who weighs fourteen to five pounds.

Xiao Jinghui looks very good-looking, with the advantages of Huixin and Qingnian.White and chubby, with big black eyes and a small red mouth, everyone will smile happily when she sees her, she is even more beautiful than Jinghan's doll in the milk powder advertisement in her previous life.Jing Han hugged Jing Hui and couldn't help kissing the little guy's cheek.

"Let's eat here at noon, you guys haven't come here for a while. I'll go to buy some food and come back, you wait." Hui Xin was about to go out to buy food.

"Little aunt, no need, we still have to go to Baiweilou to have a look. Besides, the mountain is very busy at this time, so we can't delay for too long. After a while, we will come to stay for a few days when it is not busy." Jinghan doesn't let Huixin go out.Zhiming also talked on the side, and then Huixin sat down again.

Jinghan and the others left some thorny shoots, two fish, and some wild vegetables for Huixin.The vegetables on Chaoyang Slope are all old, but the shady place is still tender, Jinghan made it specially. "Little aunt, you can keep them for eating. In this season, where are there any vegetables to eat? These are wild vegetables. If we come back tomorrow, I will bring you some more."

Zhiming took Jinghan and Wenchang out of Tao's house, first went to the market to sell the thorn buds, and then went to Baiweilou.The steward in charge of the back kitchen of Baiweilou is surnamed Sun, and Jinghan has seen this person many times.As soon as he entered the Baiwei Building, the guys inside greeted him.The guy also recognized Jinghan and the others, so he arranged for them to sit down and went to the back to find Steward Sun.

After a while, Steward Sun came out from behind, and they laughed when they saw Jinghan. "Hey, I'm still talking, the river has been opened for a long time, why haven't I seen you come to deliver the fish? Coincidentally, you are here today, have you brought the fish yet? If so, we will hurry up Overweight, pay some money. Our restaurant also accepts other people’s fish, which are raised in ponds, which can’t match your pure river fish. When guests come, they ask if there is any river fish, and I say no , people are not happy."

"Uncle Sun, we didn't bring much this time. We still have ten fish. You sell them first, and we'll bring some more tomorrow." Jinghan and Zhiming quickly brought the fish over without weighing them one by one. , Just find a similar size and weigh it, and then multiply it by ten.The fish that Jinghan and the others gave were not much different in size, the small ones were not tasty, Jinghan never wanted them, only big ones.

"It's thirty catties in total. We'll give you thirteen cash per catty this year, which is 390 cash. Little girl, you can take the money." Steward Sun handed Jing Han several strings of money.Jinghan put the money in the small bag in front of her.

"Uncle Sun, let's go first, and come back tomorrow to deliver fish to you." When everyone came out of the restaurant, Jing Han waved at Steward Sun, got into the carriage, and left.

Jinghan and the others went to buy some household items, and then drove the ox cart back to the venue.Afterwards, every morning Zhixin would go to the river to fish, and then Zhiming and Wenchang would send the fish and the shoots that everyone broke to the town to sell.And Jinghan followed Xue Shi and Zhu Shi up the mountain to break off the thorn buds at home. Anyway, there was not much work at this time, so while there were still thorn buds, of course they had to get more.

This ginseng farm has been around for a long time. Xu's current location is closer to the south, and the north has planted clubs for more than ten years.The small saplings that were originally planted have grown quite tall, probably more than two meters.The rule in ginseng is that saplings should be planted in the autumn of the new planting year. After the goods are made, the saplings will grow up gradually, and they will grow into forests in the future.

In the previous life, the saplings of Yulin pine were usually planted, but when Jing Han came here, she found that the saplings planted here turned out to be oak saplings.It is estimated that in this era, people do not have better technology for the cultivation of coniferous trees such as fish scale pine, right?This oak tree likes to sprout and grows fast.Another advantage is that the oak tree is a very high-quality mature tree species with hard wood. After it grows up, it can be used in many places and has a wide range of uses.

These trees are not densely planted, and there are other tree species in the middle that occasionally float over and take root, so a plant community is gradually formed.It is estimated that in a few decades, this place will become a dense forest again.

The weather is getting hotter, and the thorn buds have grown up and can no longer be sold, so Jinghan and the others started digging for medicinal materials again.In this season, as soon as the Gastrodia elata seedlings came out of the ground, Jing Han took her younger brothers and sisters to look for Gastrodia elata.Gastrodia elata is a kind of medicinal material that is associated with Armillaria, and Armillaria is very rich in the ginseng that has been planted with clubs.In addition, the oak forest is very suitable for the growth of Gastrodia elata and Armillaria, so Jinghan took everyone to the oak forest in the north to find Gastrodia elata.

Jinghan saw a gastrodia elata, and she was just digging her head out, when she heard Jingwan shouting, "Second sister, there are a lot of bugs here, let's go, there are too many bugs."

Jinghan raised her head and looked in the direction Jingwan was pointing at, only to see a lot of bugs on an oak tree.These insects are generally green, and some are yellow, with some stripes on their bodies, about an inch or more in length, densely crawling on the branches and leaves of oak trees, gnawing on the young leaves.It should be because of the morning, these insects not only eat the leaves, but also drink the dew on those leaves.Jinghan looked at these bugs carefully, and felt that these guys seemed to be wild tussah silkworms.I heard from my grandma in my previous life that there are usually tussah silkworms in the oak forest, which are also called mountain silkworms.There are quite a lot of breeding in Liaoning Province. Probably since the Ming Dynasty, some people have domesticated and raised wild tussah silkworms.

This is the place under Changbai Mountain, the climate is a little colder, but there will be some wild tussah silkworms, but the number is small, and maybe no one pays attention to them.Jinghan was thinking, if it is really a tussah silkworm, it can be domesticated well, and then it would be good to raise silkworms.The eucalyptus trees here are relatively tall and short, and there are many trees, which are more suitable for the growth of tussah silkworms.Perhaps the only disadvantage is that the climate here is colder, and you can only grow one crop a year, unlike the warmer places in the south, where you can grow two crops a year, spring silkworms and autumn silkworms.

"Let's not touch these worms, Jingwan, don't be afraid, these things should be good things. If I read correctly, these worms may spin silk in the future. From what it looks like, it will take about a month to get rid of them." Cocooning, let's come and see it often, and then we can know if it is a mountain silkworm. If it is true, we can raise things next year, and maybe we can make some money by then." Jing Han I have already decided in my heart that it is a mountain silkworm, but it's not good, I'm too full of words.

"Sister, what's the use of these horrible bugs? Fortunately, there are things." Jing Wan looked at those bugs, a little scared.

Jinghan smiled, girls are generally afraid of these soft crawling things. "Jingwan, what's so scary about these bugs? They don't bite you. Well, let's come and have a look every day from now on. Let's look for Gastrodia elata now."

Jing Han asked Jing Wan and the others to stay away from the oak tree, while she looked around and found these bugs on two or three trees.I calculated in my mind that if the remaining half of these mountain silkworms can cocoon successfully, there will be a lot of seed cocoons left.Although raising silkworms is indeed a bit troublesome, the benefits should still be good, but people who don't know this time and space recognize this kind of tussah silk.Forget it, let's talk about it when the time comes, it's more important to dig Gastrodia elata first.

Jinghan and the others wandered around in the forest for an afternoon, and dug up three or four catties of fresh Gastrodia elata. Jinghan saw that it was almost noon, and led the big guys back to the venue. It happened that Mrs. Xue and the others were going to cook, and Jinghan Han quickly washed out the Gastrodia elata, threw it into the pot and boiled it.

(End of this chapter)