strictlysupreme Chapter 138 You are fooling the crops
Chapter 138 You are fooling the crops
Only Gu Qingqing knew how much delicious food she had used to tempt him into this state. However, she was still very pleased in her heart. After all, Gu Zhuangzhuang had changed a lot.
She smiled and said, "He is like a spinning top. If you don't whip him from behind, he won't spin at all."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she picked up the bucket and walked towards the water channel at the bottom of the hill. At the same time, she said to them, "You guys go ahead and do your work. I still have some work to do and need to carry some water to the fields."
Luo Meihua, who had something to say, just called out "sister-in-law", but when she heard that she had something else to do, she hurriedly said, "You go take care of your own things first."
After hearing this, Gu Qingqing stopped and turned her head, "What's the matter?"
Luo Meihua smiled and shook her head, "It doesn't matter, just take care of your own things first."
After hearing what she said, Gu Qingqing said, "Let's talk about it when I come back," and scooped two buckets of water from the jar with a ladle and carried them to the manure pit.
Seeing this, Li Xin hurriedly scooped up half a bucket of water with a ladle and went to the pit carrying it in both hands.
Seeing him staggering away, Dahua grabbed a bamboo pole from the yard and chased after him, "I'll help you carry it."
Li Xin saw that she was not as tall as him, nor as strong as him, and shook his head firmly, "No, I can do it myself."
"You can only carry half a bucket of water each time. If you and I carry it, we can carry a full bucket of water together. This way, mother will have to carry one less bucket." Dahua stopped Li Xin from leaving.
Seeing Li Xin hesitating, she stepped forward and pressed the handle of the bucket, asking him to put it down.
Li Xin originally wanted to help his aunt with the work, but when he heard what Dahua said and looked at his aunt who was about to walk to the pit, he narrowed his eyes.
Just as Dahua said, if they didn't leave, aunt would come back from the pit.
Thinking of this, Li Xin grabbed the bamboo pole, let Dahua walk in front of him, and walked behind her, and when Dahua was not paying attention, he pushed the bucket towards himself.
When Gu Qingqing was carrying the second load of water, she was stopped by Zhao Dong and Zhao Bei who were leaving work.
One took the burden from Gu Qingqing's shoulders, and the other took the buckets from Dahua and Li Xin's bamboo poles.
The other people who had finished work did not rush home, but followed them to the pit.
This group of people helped to dig this pit. Now you can see yellow bamboo leaves, dry manure, dead leaves, and sawdust in it.
They even saw lime powder on the side.
"Wuyan wife, what are you doing?" asked an old man named Wang in the village.
Gu Qingqing smiled and replied, "Uncle, this is fermented manure. When it gets cold, we will spread it on the millet and wheat fields."
When the onlookers heard that this was fermented manure?
Immediately, they started talking at once.
It can be said that they are all good at fermenting manure. Every family has more than ten acres of land. Doesn’t the manure in the fields all come from their hands?
"How can you use bamboo leaves and rotten tree leaves as manure? You are fooling the crops. If you fool the crops like this, the crops will be weak and lack energy year after year, and will not produce food well!" said the village land king with concern.
"That's right, Qingqing, you can't do this. Farmers believe that you reap what you sow. If you fool the fields, the fields will also fool us." Niu Zhanghe spoke in the crowd.
Niu Yuzhu also knows how to ferment manure. When he looked at the things in the pit, he felt that it was inappropriate.
"Brother Wuyan, how about I go down and pick up the bamboo leaves and rotten leaves for you? You won't be able to ferment them until next year. Not only will it be a waste of effort, but you will also end up throwing in so much manure." Niu Yuzhu said, and he was about to jump down.
Beside him, Di Wenyan pulled it out quickly.
Wen Wuyan hurriedly explained, "Uncle, I know you are all good at taking care of crops. This is not Qingqing's fault. I accidentally saw a method recorded in a book of travel notes on a bookstall when I went to town before. The general idea is that composting manure in this way can irrigate several more acres of crops. I had the same idea as everyone else before, and this method must be nonsense. Now that we have planted wheat, we don't have that much manure at home, so I suddenly thought of this method and decided to give it a try."
Wen Wuyan jumped out at this time and said that he was the one who told Gu Qingqing about this idea.
The reason is simple. Qingqing has been married to Niutoushan Village for several years. It is impossible that she knew this method a long time ago but didn't say it out, right?
Besides, even if you tell it, if someone with ulterior motives asks you, how did you know?
She never left the village before or after doing anything, and it cannot be said that she learned it from her mother's family.
Shuangxi Village is not far from here, and it is easy to find out if you want to.
This idea also couldn't be something he would come up with. He was born and raised in Niutoushan Village. How could he suddenly come up with this?
Fortunately, he could read, and he could say that he had seen it by chance in another book.
This way, there is no way to trace the case.
Sure enough, when the villagers who were watching heard that they had seen it from a book and thought it was sacred, they still felt it was impossible.
The reason is that they have been taking care of crops for half their lives, and where have they ever seen anyone use lime powder and rotten leaves?
"Wu Yan, you remembered it wrongly, didn't you? We have been working at your house these few days, and we all know that lime is used to build houses, so how can it be used on the ground? And when we add water to the lime, it always emits a lot of hot steam. You are spreading lime and adding water like this, won't you burn the manure directly to death?"
Wen Wuyan saw Qingqing's look that encouraged him to speak boldly, so he said, "Uncle, there's not much lime powder in the pit. It won't burn the manure, but it will make the temperature in the pit slightly higher, which will make the manure ferment faster and kill some insects or insect eggs at the same time."
"Besides, this is our first time doing this, so we're just treating it as an experiment. If it really works, won't our income from the land increase next year? Of course, if it doesn't work, we'll just keep making compost in the future."
Wen Wuyan had said a lot before, but seeing that everyone was looking at him like a fool, he finally found a way out for himself.
“Why do I feel it’s unreliable?”
"What do you know? Did you read it in a book? You can't even read a single word, so how do you know if it's reliable?"
"If you think it's reliable, go back and do it!"
The person who just spoke was a little anxious, "Tsk, didn't you hear Wuyan say that this is his first time, let him do it first. If he succeeds, then we can learn from him."
Wu Shan frowned as he looked at the things in the pit. He felt that they were unreliable. Finally, he said to Wen Wuyan, "It's a good thing that you have an idea, but you still have to be careful. The crops don't wait for anyone. If you fail and destroy the fields, you will have to starve for the next six months."
"Okay, we get it. Let's give it a try. We don't have to plant all of them on the fields." Wen Wuyan smiled apologetically.
Because he understood that everyone was speaking seriously because it was all for the good of his family.
After everyone left one after another, Gu Qingqing saw Luo Meihua behind the crowd, and then he remembered that she had just come to him for something.