frightfiction Chapter 484: What nasty words are spoken.
Chapter 484: What nasty words are spoken.
Lord He did not expect that he would have such an unexpected gain when visiting the workshop today.
If these were said by others, he might still question it. We also have to ask, is there any basis for what you said? Have you tried it yourself?
But this method was suggested by Shen Zhiqiu, and he felt it was credible.
So he discussed with Shen Zhiqiu: "Brother Shen, are you going to use this planting method this year?"
Shen Zhiqiu nodded: "To be honest, sir, this is what I think."
County Magistrate He waved his hand and said, "Don't be a student. I am a few years older than you. How about we call each other brothers from now on?"
Shen Zhiqiu was a shrewd man, so there was no reason for him to refuse. He said straightforwardly, "Then I'll be marrying up to Brother He."
County Magistrate He laughed and said, "You are just too polite. What's the point of talking about marrying up? I wonder if you have tried this intercropping method before?"
"No, I saw this in a farming book in a bookstore. But we saw some of the plants in the book when we were fleeing famine, and they do have those effects, so I thought that intercropping might be effective."
"Do you still have that farming book with you?"
"I didn't bring it with me. I lost it while fleeing the famine, but I have memorized the contents. If you want to read it, I can take some time to memorize it."
To be honest, Lord He definitely wants to read it. If this book is in someone else's hands, he will get it no matter what. After all, if it is really useful, it will definitely be a great achievement.
But this thing is in Shen Zhiqiu's hands, which makes it difficult to deal with. This credit cannot be taken away by force. Not to mention that Shen Zhiqiu has a relationship with the Fu family, and the Minister of Revenue, Lord Mao, also attaches great importance to him.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Lord He patted Shen Zhiqiu on the shoulder and said, "That's not necessary. If this method is really effective next year, I will personally write a memorial to ask for your contribution."
How could Shen Zhiqiu, a veteran, not see through his thoughts? However, whether in ancient times or modern times, this kind of thing is too common. Without connections and power, one will be suppressed. It just so happens that he now has some connections.
He smiled gently on the surface: "Then I'll thank you here now, brother!"
At the same time, Shen Youyou was discussing what vegetables to plant with her mother Li Jingshu in the greenhouse.
"Mom, did you ask clearly which vegetables take the shortest time to grow?"
"Grow Chinese cabbage, now called dwarf pine, the kind without a heart, similar to the ones in our previous life. I heard from your grandmother that this kind of vegetable is easy and worry-free, and the seeds germinate and grow at an amazing speed.
After sowing, seedlings will emerge in three to five days, true leaves will grow in about seven days, and they can be harvested in about a month. "
Shen Youyou nodded: "Only grow cabbage?"
"There are also small greens and Chinese chrysanthemums, which grow very fast and can be ready in about a month."
In fact, Shen Youyou herself had also thought of growing green vegetables, because she had seen people growing them in greenhouses before, and they grew very fast. She asked her mother to inquire about it, because she was afraid that the grandmothers would plant those slow-growing vegetables in her greenhouse.
Mainly, she also wanted to grow leeks, but it would take at least two months to grow seeds and seedlings before they could be harvested. So she wanted to ask if anyone in the village had stored leek roots in the cellar.
She remembered that there were many records about growing chives in greenhouses in history. For example, the Book of Han recorded: "The Imperial Garden grows winter onions and chives, and covers them with verandas."
The Tang poet Wang Jian also recorded the storage of leeks in his poem "Early Spring in Front of the Palace": "The inner garden was distributed warm soup, and melons were harvested in mid-February."
There is also a record in the Qi Min Yao Shu of the Northern and Southern Dynasties: "You need to pick it immediately, and it is no different from summer vegetables."
All this shows that cellars in ancient times were not only used to store vegetables, but also grapes, pears, apples and other fruits which could be stored in autumn and eaten in winter.
Cabbage yellowing technology is also one of the methods
For example, the Book of Agriculture records: "When there is no wind or sun, the leaves are yellow and tender, and are called leek yellow."
This is the record of growing chives in cellars.
"Then have you ever asked if anyone has leek roots stored in their cellar?"
"Your grandma went to ask."
When she heard her mother say that grandma had gone to ask, she felt relieved.
The most important thing for her right now is to cultivate her saplings.
In fact, the pepper tree can also be used to plant rice seedlings, and planting rice seedlings is also the fastest way, but the only pepper tree in the village is the treasure of Tang Xin's family, and it brings a lot of money to the family every year.
It would be fine if she just planted a few trees and brought back some branches, but she planned to plant a whole hill.
No matter how thick-skinned you are, you would not be embarrassed to let someone's pepper tree die.
Therefore, we can only use seeds to grow seedlings, but we must germinate them before growing them, in order to make the seeds germinate faster and increase the germination rate.
However, germination is simple. She has already soaked and sterilized the seeds, and used plastic cotton to germinate them.
The seeds do not need to be soaked for too long, just soak them in clean water for three hours to allow them to fully absorb water and expand.
To sterilize and remove insect eggs, she did not soak it in diluted copper sulfate solution, but instead chose to soak it in wood ash water for an hour.
As for germination, she also used straw paper made at home.
It is nothing more than spreading wet straw paper in a plastic bag, sprinkling the processed seeds on it, covering it with another layer of wet straw paper, and then sealing the plastic bag, but not completely sealing it. She also opened a few small holes in the bag to allow the seeds to breathe.
It took only about seven or eight days for the seeds to germinate, and many of them cracked slightly, revealing small white sprouts.
Today she wants her mother to help her plant all the sprouted seeds into the soil.
The two of them worked all day long, loosening the soil and spreading compost on it. They were even more careful when planting, for fear of breaking the tender white sprouts.
Just plant them one by one and sprinkle a thin layer of wood ash on them to kill insects and fertilize the soil.
Shen Zhiqiu, who had finally dealt with Magistrate He, hurried to Shen Youyou's "seedling base".
This base cannot be built by just putting up a greenhouse. The main thing is that when building the greenhouse, if there is no underground biogas for warming, we have to find time to build a fire wall. After all, it is used for growing seedlings.
So he came to take a look first and discuss how to build the firewall and how high it should be.
As soon as he entered the greenhouse, he heard his wife ask her daughter, "Yo Yo, if you spent more time researching these things and spent more time finding a boyfriend, you probably wouldn't have been single for so many years."
Shen Youyou raised her face and rolled her eyes at her mother. Just then she saw her father coming in and immediately complained: "Come and take care of your wife. She said such lewd words to a child like me."
Unfortunately, she found the wrong person. Shen Zhiqiu immediately smiled and helped his wife speak: "You were already in your twenties before you traveled through time, and you are still a child?"
"Are you my father? Can we still be together?"
"Don't you know whether I am your father or not? But the premise is that the one you are facing is not my wife."