"Madam, I am not being serious here. Ask your father-in-law and mother-in-law, have they ever heard of growing vegetables in the house~?"
Mrs. Li's words were very biased, and Li Jingmo was immediately dissatisfied. He was now considered an official, so why was his status in the family still so low? It is unbearable!
When Ye Guozhong saw Li Jingmo turning the conversation to him, he thought for a while and said: "It didn't happen before, but it doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. Xiaoxuan has been good at creating miracles in the past year since he returned to Chang'an. As a father, Jingmo, why?" Don’t you even believe your own son?”
Rarely, Ye Guozhong actually started to speak for Li Zexuan.
Hearing this, the old lady of the Ye family smiled and said: "The master is right, Xuan'er is not a person who talks big words casually! Jingmo, if you talk so much now, you will be hungry in the future~!"
The old lady's words immediately made everyone laugh.
Lan'er clapped her hands and said: "Hehe! Daddy is going to be hungry! But don't worry, Daddy, Lan'er will come back and bring you food when the time comes~!"
Send food~? Your father and I are not going to jail, so do you need a little girl like you to send me food~?
Li Jingmo's old face darkened, and everyone laughed again.
While a few people were talking, two rows of wooden sticks of the same height had been planted on the edge of a strip of land in the yard. There was also a piece of curved bamboo strips on the top of the two wooden sticks. It really looked like a house. s frame.
At this time, Li Zexuan didn't care about being poor with his father. He went down personally and directed the servants at home to tie the custom-made white oilcloths to the brackets one by one.
There was no plastic in this era. After much thought, Li Zexuan had to use oilcloth instead. It was said to be white oilcloth, but how could the white cloth still be white after being soaked in tung oil? It looks like dark yellow, but even so, it is much better than black. After all, black cloth absorbs light and cannot transmit light, which is not conducive to the growth of vegetables!
These oilcloths were specially made by Li Zexuan. At specific intervals, there were two sections of rope attached to them to tie them to the pre-inserted brackets.
The winter in the north is particularly cold. For safety reasons, a layer of tarpaulin is not enough to solve the problem. Li Zexuan made the greenhouse a double-layered tarpaulin structure inside and outside. In this way, the greenhouse is even more insulated.
Of course, in addition to this, Li Zexuan also prepared a thermal insulation solution, which is the "natural" heating method.
The so-called natural heating does not mean that the temperature rises for no reason, but the effect of a magical substance, which is a fermentation agent.
The specific method is: when preparing the land, making borders or making seedbeds, fill the soil with cow dung, pig manure, fresh garbage, manure and crushed straw and straw, then add an appropriate amount of wheat koji or small koji as a starter, and finally add Fill in the garden soil so the microorganisms in the starter can work with the ingredients.
These raw materials can slowly release ground heat and gradually increase the temperature of the soil and air to ensure the normal growth of plants.
Although Li Zexuan has never farmed in this life, don't forget that in his previous life, he was from a farmer's family. At that time, his family had a greenhouse. At that time, he used this method of microbial fermentation and heat release to ensure the temperature of the greenhouse. It turns out that the effect is quite good.
It's just that the starter they used at that time was also an industrial starter, and the effect might be a little better than Maiqu or Xiaoqu.
It took more than 20 servants more than an hour to "build" the greenhouse with an area of less than half an acre.
Lan'er was very excited when she saw this kind of long "house" for the first time. The little girl shuttled back and forth in the greenhouse, but she couldn't pull it out even though she was tired, as if she wanted to treat this place as her new home. .
But when Sanbao picked up a load of dung, no one needed to say anything, and this girl ran out as fast as possible!
"Stinky Sambo! You have nothing to do. Why did you come here to pick up two buckets of feces? Oh, it stinks to death. You are so disgusting!"
Lan'er covered her nose and cursed as she ran.
"Miss, the young master asked me..."
Sanbao looked aggrieved. In fact, he didn't want to pick this smelly thing. Isn't this what Li Zexuan asked for?
"Okay, Sanbao, I will soon have people fill the vegetable field with horse dung and cow dung evenly, then sprinkle it with wheat koji, and then plant the seeds of cabbage, cold melon, leek, and shepherd's purse for me!"
Li Zexuan interrupted Sanbao's words and ordered.
It is said that these excrements are not ordinary dung, but fresh horse dung and cow dung. It is not easy to get this stuff. Dozens of servants are dispatched from the house, as well as a dozen personal guards led by Pang Feiji. , almost all the cow dung and horse dung were collected from every house in Chang'an City.
The reason why cow dung and horse dung are used instead of human dung is mainly because cows and horses are herbivorous animals. The dung contains undigested residues that are easier to ferment, and the fermented products are not fertile for vegetables. better!
"Okay! Master!"
Sanbao responded, took the other servants, and started to work passionately.
All of a sudden, the west courtyard was filled with stench.
Li Jingmo, Mrs. Li, Ye Guozhong and others could not stay any longer and hurriedly left the west courtyard.
Although Li Zexuan has a breath-holding technique and is not afraid of the stench, his daughter-in-law Han Yuxi is afraid! So he also took Han Yuxi out.
"Cousin, are you really confident that you can grow vegetables in this house~?"
Ye Fashan stood behind and asked Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan smiled confidently and said: "Of course! If nothing else, Fashan, you should be able to eat the dishes here during the Chinese New Year! Haha! You can't eat fresh these things during the Chinese New Year in Nanyang!"
"Thanks to my cousin!"
Ye Fashan smiled and catered, and then continued to ask: "Sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn is the way of heaven. Cousin, isn't it against the way of heaven for you to plant vegetables in winter?"
Li Zexuan looked at the unlucky child and said speechlessly: "Well, well, there are so many ways. Your cousin and I just want to eat some vegetables grown by ourselves. How can we go against the laws of nature? Fashan, don't be so rigid all the time. Life Well, if you want to live a decent life, your head must be... Bah, bah, you can't care about everything! You should think about it yourself!"
After that, he patted Ye Fashan on the shoulder, then turned to Han Yuxi and said, "Madam, my husband is going back to Yunshan soon, do you want to go too?"
Han Yuxi thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, I'll go too, maybe I can help my husband!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Okay, I'll let someone prepare a carriage for you~!"
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