Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 86 Tussah Silkworm Hatching
Since Jing Han talked with Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng felt that the road in front of him seemed to be much wider. He also told Zhi Ming what Jing Han said, and Zhi Ming was even more touched.After Zhiming thought for a few days, he talked with Jinghan for a long time.He was originally a doctor, but he became a victim because of the strife in some mansion gates. He could not continue to practice medicine in the county town, so he ran to the mountains to farm and see ginseng.Although life is not bad these days, but what I have learned is not useful, after all, I am depressed and unwilling.Now after listening to Jing Han's words, it opened a door for him.Yes, even if he can't do medicine, he can still deal in medicinal materials and process medicinal materials.These are what he is best at, why not find another way to do something of his own?This kind of ginseng farming is not his strong point after all.

Since then, Zhiming's mind has stabilized a lot.Except for the work in the field every day, I took Wen Cheng to dig for medicinal materials in the rest of the time.Then I found some places and planted the medicinal materials to observe the habits of the medicinal materials so as to facilitate large-scale planting in the future.

Although Jinghan is also interested in studying medicine, but she has too many things to do, after all, it is not as good as Wencheng, who can only focus on it.So Jinghan put down her thoughts of studying medicine and concentrated on making silkworm cocoons.The silkworm cocoon needs to be heated for more than 40 days before it can break out of the cocoon and become a moth, and then lay eggs.

Jinghan put the silkworm cocoon down in the house to warm up from the tenth day of March, until the twentieth of April, when the cocoon finally started to move.This morning, as soon as Jinghan entered the room, she saw silkworm moths in twos and threes in the room, which made Jinghan very happy.He hurriedly called Wencheng and Zhixin to help pick out the diseased silkworm moths and then separate the males and females.This is not difficult to judge. Female moths are generally slightly larger than male moths.

Silkworm moths broke out of the cocoon one after another. This thing's ability to fly is extremely poor, so it is easy to catch.Everyone carefully put the silkworm moths into the baskets that had been prepared earlier. Of course, the ratio of males to females is one to one, so that the males and females can lay eggs after mating.

Jinghan made about a thousand cocoons last year, and the ones that broke out of the cocoons were probably eight or nine hundred, and the rest remained silent.Among these silk moths, there are more males, so there are only about three hundred pairs that succeeded in hugging each other in the end.In the afternoon, everyone began to disassemble the silk moths and put the female moths in a basket separately so that the female moths could lay eggs.This basket is specially prepared. The branches used to weave the basket are not peeled off, but are left to allow eggs to be laid on it.In addition, the outside of the basket is pasted with the thickest layer of paper so that the silkworms will not crawl and lose when they hatch.

At night, the female moths have basically finished laying eggs, and all the female moths that have laid eggs have to be taken out of the baskets, and then the baskets are covered again, and the temperature is continued in the room to hatch the silkworms.This temperature and humidity must be guaranteed, so Jing Han lived in this room, constantly watching the temperature in the room, sprinkling some water on the ground from time to time to maintain the humidity in the room.

After ten or so days like this, the silkworm eggs in the basket finally turned into some small black insects, which are called ant silkworms.

The silkworm hatched successfully, and the silkworm had to be quickly climbed up the tree.It happened that the weather outside was fine that day, so Jinghan asked her father to help her take the basket to the large forest in the north.I found a slightly shorter oak tree, and let the branches of the oak tree stretch into the basket.These little black bugs seemed to have sensed the scent of oak leaves, and they climbed onto the tree one after another.At this time, the leaves of the oak tree are only more than one inch long.

The weather in the north is colder, so the trees germinate later.To raise tussah silkworms, naturally you have to follow the growth time of the oak trees to determine the growth stages of tussah silkworms.

Jinghan kept changing the branches and stretching them into the basket, and these little guys gradually climbed up the tree.Jinghan had already told Wen Cheng and the others to clean up all the nearby forests and all the ant nests on the ground, otherwise, the ants would not let these silkworms go.

"Okay, the ant silkworms have already climbed the tree, so we have to prune the branches and move the silkworms frequently in the future, otherwise the silkworms will grow up gradually, and the leaves on the tree will not be enough to eat." Jinghan looked at the densely packed small black worms on the tree , said.

"We don't understand these things, so you can do whatever you want." Wen Cheng and Jing Wan Jingxian also came to help, and Jing Wan finally overcame her fear of these bugs and came to her.

"Okay, that's it for today. The day after tomorrow, we'll come over to move the silkworms. By the way, we may have to come and watch them often during these days, otherwise, the birds in the sky will eat up the silkworms. Second brother, starting tomorrow, we all need to prepare more slingshots, stones, etc. When we see birds coming, we have to blow them away.” Birds are the natural enemies of tussah silkworms, if we don’t keep an eye on them, we may lose a lot by then of.

Everyone went back to find the slingshot, and then went to the river to pick up a lot of small stones. The stones by the water are generally more round, which happens to be a good thing for making projectiles.

From then on, every morning, Jinghan and the others took their slingshots and ran into the woods to watch the birds in the sky.This tussah silkworm is a very delicious thing, people can eat it, not to mention the birds in the sky that day, it is simply a delicious temptation.So every morning, Jinghan and the others can shoot down a lot of birds, and now they are happy.These birds all entered the stomachs of the children.

Jinghan and the others are busy watching those tussah silkworms every day, moving silkworms, hunting birds, spraying water in the forest, etc., they are very busy.The adults, on the other hand, are busy cultivating the land and crops. This year, the boys only have Wen Cheng at home, and they are also busy delivering fish to the town and helping Jing Han, so the work here is slower.

Because Wen Han and Peng Cheng Zixuan had passed the county examination, they both went to the prefectural city to take the prefectural examination.The government examination was held in April, and by this time the examination had already been completed, and I was probably on my way home.Mrs. Chen was thinking about Wenhan, and she had to say a few words every day, wondering how Wenhan did in the exam and whether he could pass or not.

It was just about to pass the Dragon Boat Festival, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Chen family were making zongzi there.Mrs. Xue was putting zong leaves in her hand and was putting rice in it. Hearing what her mother said, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Mother, Wen Han is only fifteen, but he's just a kid. He won't pass the exam this year, so he'll have to take the exam next year." I remember when Zhixiang took the exam, you were never so worried."

"Can it be the same? How old is Zhixiang? When Zhixiang took the government examination, he was sixteen or seventeen, right? Besides, this grandson and son are always different, don't they all say that they are relatives in the next generation?" Chen Shi knew that he was a little too worried, so he couldn't help smiling. "Hey, this man is old, and he's just chattering. I just wish these sons and grandchildren were by my side."

The mothers were chatting, there was movement outside, it turned out that Qingnian and Huixin came back with their children.Together with Tongde's family, Jingya, Wenxuan, and Wenchang, everyone got out of the car together.Qingnian and Zhide moved the things out of the carriage, then Qingnian paid the fare to the coachman, and the coachman drove the carriage away.

Hui Xin hugged Jing Hui and came in front of Chen Shi, "Mother, we are back for the holiday." Jing Hui still knew Chen Shi, so he opened his little hands for Chen Shi to hug.

Chen hurriedly hugged Jing Hui, and kissed his tender little cheek. "Call me grandma."

Jing Hui obediently called out, "Grandma." His pronunciation is still not very accurate, and his voice sounds like a brain, but everyone can understand it.

Qingnian carried a larger item and handed it to Mrs. Xue, "Sister-in-law, please put away the items. There is nothing good, just something to eat."

Mrs. Xue took the things and hurriedly put them in the old lady's room.

When Mrs. Chen saw it, she said, "It's great if you can come back. What else do you need? We don't need anything on the mountain. Don't buy it in the future. It's unnecessary to spend that money." Mrs. Chen still hugged Jinghui If he didn't let go, Jing Hui was also obedient, and let Chen Shi hug him, with his two small arms still around Chen Shi's neck.

"Mom, we don't come back often, just some snacks or something, save some to eat on the mountain, and it won't cost a lot." Huixin was fatter than before, and her complexion was also good. She smiled and took the scene from Chen's hand. Hui hugged him back. "Mom, let me hold it, this little thing is heavy, don't tire you."

Xiao Jinghui left Chen Shi, but quit, twisting his body, he kept looking back at Chen Shi.Seeing her grandson like this, Mrs. Chen felt beautiful, so she quickly took it back, "Okay, let's stop torturing the child. I can still hug him, and I'll give it to you when he's fresh."

Zhide over there also came to talk to his parents, this time it was considered promising, and Zhide also came back with something in his hand. "Father, mother, there is nothing good. I bought you some meat and a few packs of snacks. Keep them for eating." Since the last incident, Han's attitude towards the Xu family has also improved a lot. , it's not like it used to be anymore.

"It's great if you can come back. What are you taking? Wen Xing and Jinghe are getting older, and there will be plenty of places to spend money in the future. Save as much as you can. Don't lose money to your children." " Mrs. Chen asked Mrs. Xue to take the things, save the meat for cooking at noon, and put the dim sum in the house.

"Mother, we did something wrong in the past, thanks to the elders who didn't blame us, and treated us like before, we all understand. Those things don't have much money, it's just Zhide's thoughts, your elders don't think too little .” Han brought Wen Xing over, “Wen Xing, call me grandma.”

Wen Xing was still a little awkward, but somehow he called out, "Grandma." Then he hid behind his mother.

Mrs. Chen looked at the little grandson and said lovingly, "Good boy, hurry up and get in the house. Your brothers and sisters have all gone to the forest in the north, and they will be back soon. Maybe you can shoot some birds again." Come back, then you will have a good fortune."

While talking, Jing Han, Jing Wan, Jing Xian, and Wen Cheng came in from outside, holding a lot of birds in their hands, "Grandma, you can roast birds for lunch today." Jing Han raised her hand and shouted happily road.

(End of this chapter)