At the beginning of Mao Shi.
It's still bright.
Cheng Wanwan sat under the tree in the yard to rest. She was really tired.
She glanced at the unfinished sand tables in the yard and thought it was time to prepare some more pens, ink, paper and inkstones for Cheng Zhao.
It is true that children can use a sandbox when they first learn to read and write, but after they become proficient, they can practice writing on paper. The use of the brush, the control of the pen tip... all aspects need to be mastered as soon as possible.
Going to Dehetang to buy these will cost you at least dozens of taels of silver, but they are very cheap in the mall and you can get whatever you want.
Find an opportunity to go to town and take these things out openly.
Just as she was thinking about it, Li Zheng walked in from the courtyard door.
When an outsider came in, Cheng Wanwan could no longer sit there carefree. She stood up and said with a smile, "Why is Uncle Li Zheng here?"
Li Zheng said: "I just asked Tieshuan's father to go to other villages. The locusts were driven away in Guihua Village, Lijiagou and Chengjia Village. Although there were losses in the fields, some food was left. Le The tight belt should still be able to last until next year, but I don’t know if these locusts will fly back again?”
He told the villagers that the locusts would never come back, but he still felt unsure.
Cheng Wanwan was a little embarrassed. When did Uncle Li Zheng start asking for advice from her?
"After locusts gather and fly away in one direction, they rarely kill another one, unless they encounter a high mountain blocking the way." Cheng Wanwan also read from the book, "The rice in the field will be harvested in a few days. This short period of time Within a few days, the locusts should not come back."
Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally have hope this year. I won't be so hungry and dizzy again."
"But -" Cheng Wanwan changed the topic, "According to the current situation, there may be locusts next year. There are so many locusts this year that they will lay eggs in the ground. When the temperature rises next summer, after the eggs hatch, I don't know what will happen again. How many locusts came out to eat away at the crops.”
Li Zheng was shocked: "How should we destroy the insect eggs?"
Cheng Wanwan's expression was also solemn.
There is a speculation in modern science that the reason why locusts gather together to cause disaster is because the insects secrete a hormone to attract locusts after laying eggs.
Now that the locusts have gathered, it means that the female locusts have finished laying eggs. There are millions of eggs hidden in the soil of the fields that they cannot see.
The book mentions several ways to kill insect eggs. Pesticides are the most effective, or watering the fields for a long time, or freezing to death at low temperatures or burning to death at high temperatures. Another common one is to burn the land.
Cheng Wanwan walked to the edge of the field.
This is their family's rice. Zhao Dashan takes care of the fields carefully every day. Weeding and removing insects is a daily necessity. Now that it is almost harvested, there is no top dressing. The growth of the rice is not good. It can be said that the nutrition of the rice root system is not good. It was completely absorbed into the ears of rice. Because the drought had been too long and the water came too late, there was not much time for the rice to slowly absorb nutrients and grow to fullness.
Most of the rice is yellow. When the yellowing rate of the rice ears exceeds 95%, start harvesting. Otherwise, the grains will fall off and it will be difficult to collect them.
Cheng Wanwan squatted down and took a closer look at the roots of the rice. The tops were almost yellow, but the roots were still green and full of vitality.
She suddenly remembered a piece of news she had seen in her previous life. Regeneration rice was growing well in a certain place, and local leaders came to inspect it... Regeneration rice means planting rice that can be harvested twice at a time. After the first harvest, the rice piles are used to re-grow seedlings. The ears are long and can be harvested again. Of course, the yield of the second harvest is only about half of the first.
Now the locusts have eaten less than half of the rice. If regeneration rice is really feasible, this loss can be fully compensated.
Cheng Wanwan's heart beat wildly.
"Da Shan Niang, what happened?"
Li Zheng saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and he felt inexplicably uneasy.
Cheng Wanwan didn't dare to mention the matter of regenerated rice. She only found out about it after watching the news, and she heard that regenerated rice can only successfully ear in an area with suitable moisture, light, and temperature. She didn't dare to give Li Zheng hope. If the climate conditions in Dahe Village do not allow for the cultivation of regenerated rice, wouldn't it be a hope but a disappointment? That would be even more painful.
"Use fire to burn the eggs." Cheng Wanwan continued the topic of killing locust eggs. "During the autumn harvest, the rice piles should be left longer and the fire should be burned in the ground longer to completely eliminate the eggs."
Li Zheng nodded solemnly: "I'm relieved about this. I will give you some advice during the autumn harvest."
After Li Zheng left, Cheng Wanwan returned to the room and went to the mall to buy a book. What she bought was "Regeneration Rice Practical Manual".
There were already a lot of books under her bed, all about farming. She had never been exposed to these in her previous life. She didn't expect that she would become an expert in farming in this life. As the saying goes, you will learn as long as you live, so since she wants to be here For the rest of her life, she must be proficient in these agricultural tasks. She is much luckier than others to be able to buy books on modern science.
Cheng Wanwan didn't waste time, opened the book and started reading.
It turns out that regenerating rice was originally produced to cope with the reduction in production caused by natural disasters. For example, after floods and droughts, the field production is reduced and no harvests are achieved. As long as the axillary buds of rice are still alive, a second crop can be cultivated... This technology is very simple to implement, without her It is as complicated as imagined, and the cost is extremely low and the efficiency is extremely high...
When it got completely dark and the children outside came back, she hid the book under the bed board and walked out.
Cheng Zhao took several children into the house and continued to teach Ergou and Sidan. The firelight illuminated the faces of the three people, which looked inexplicably sacred.
Zhao Dashan and Zhao Sanniu looked at each other and silently joined the learning team. Although their mother did not ask them to learn the same as Si Dan, they could not fall too far behind. They were brothers from the same family. If they fell behind too much, they would fall behind. Sorry to stand together.
Cheng Wanwan and Wu Huiniang were stewing pheasant and hare.
The four wild wolves brought seven or eight prey to them every morning. If they stewed four of them, the family would still have half of it left. From now on, the family would be able to eat game every day. This was a good deal.
The stewed game is placed at the door of the yard. In the dead of night, the four wolves will naturally come to the door and drag it away to eat.
At the end of Xu Shi, the whole family was lying on the bed and fell asleep.
Cheng Wanwan was dreaming, dreaming about what happened in her previous life. She was lying on the soft sofa and scrolling through her mobile phone. There were fresh strawberries and cherries in her hand, taking a bite of sweet fruit. She was happily playing with her mobile phone and watching TV. There was also air conditioning. The cool breeze blows, and the days are spent leisurely...
While I was dreaming, I heard the voice of Li Zheng in my ears.
"Da Shan Niang! Come out quickly! Something happened!"
Cheng Wanwan sat up sleepily. It was dark outside and the full moon was shining brightly. Looking at the sky, it must have been midnight.
She yawned and got off the bed and walked out. Li Zheng was standing outside her yard with an anxious look on her face: "Zhang Lai's home was surrounded by wild wolves. I don't know if it has anything to do with your Xiao Hei. Hurry up and take Xiao Hei with you." Take a trip!"
Cheng Wanwan suddenly woke up from his sleepiness.
She lowered her head, and Xiao Hei was swirling around her, with anxiety on his face.
She immediately picked up Xiao Hei and said, "Let's go and have a look."
Dahei followed up with his tail wagging.
