Winter is coming, and the winter wheat planted in the fields by every household has sprouted and has begun to enter the overwintering period, waiting for spring to grow vigorously.
People in the village are gradually becoming idle, but the Lin family is getting busier and busier.
The wasteland on the mountain has been left idle for a while. If it is not sown and cultivated, nothing will survive when the cold winter comes.
Mrs. Lin mentioned the fertile wasteland, and Mr. Lin quickly finished the rice porridge in the bowl and said: "The chaff left by sifting the rice in the past few days has been piled up in the warehouse. The boys often pick up some while playing in the mountains. The leaves have come back and are now soaked in swill buckets, but unfortunately it won’t last long and the fertilizer may not be very effective.”
Boss Lin thought of the chicken and cow excrement accumulated in the shack and said: "Animal excrement is most suitable for fertilizer. When the time comes, put some fertile soil in it and cover it thickly with straw. Once it heats up, the effect will be doubled. Even if there are too many acres of wasteland, Too much, I’m afraid the fertilizer we prepared is not enough.”
After dinner, the whole family quickly went up the mountain. The men were very strong and carried poles to transport fertilizer up the mountain.
The boys were not idle either, picking up branches and fallen leaves not far from the newly opened land, and even the rotten fruits that fell on the ground. These are all good things from fertile soil.
Aman had never been to the mountain before and was very curious. With Zheng's permission, he also came with him.
She doesn't have to work, she just has to keep an eye on the auspicious clouds in the bamboo basket to prevent small insects from biting her in the forest.
Tianci, Tianji Tianrui and other children rushed into the grass like calves, squealing with excitement.
Tianfu is young and his brothers don't like to play with him, so he can only stay where he is and look after Xiangyun with Aman.
He picked up an alfalfa flower and plucked the petals hard. His face was bulging and he was very unhappy.
Ah Man had never seen this kind of purple flower before and was very curious: "What's the name of this flower? It's so beautiful."
Tianfu squinted his eyes and looked at her: "You don't even know this. It's called alfalfa. It blooms in winter. Isn't it all over the mountains and roadsides?"
He looked like he had never seen the world, which deeply stimulated the little girl opposite him.
Ah Man glared at him: "There is no such flower in my garden. When I go back, I will ask my father to plant it."
Tianfu was even more unhappy when he remembered that when he had listened to the adults chatting in the courtyard earlier, saying that Ah Man had to live at home for a while.
"When can you go back? Because of you, I don't have any custard to eat."
In Aman's opinion, egg custard has never been a precious thing: "If you don't have it, you don't have it. You can eat other things, such as bird's nest or shark's fin."
"What is a bird's nest?" Tianfu was confused.
Ah Man finally found his way back to the game and made one for him exactly like the way he looked at her just now.
"You are so stupid, you don't even know about bird's nests. Bird's nests are nests built by swallows. They are delicious. Among bird's nests, white bird's nest is the cheapest and blood bird's nest is the most expensive."
Tianfu didn't care that Aman disliked him and asked again: "What is the blood swallow?"
"It seems that the blood shed by swallows building their nests has stained the nests red..."
Tianfu frowned and looked at her with disgust: "How cruel, you actually eat such a thing, I want to tell my parents."
Aman squatted on the ground, watching Lin Tianfu running away, and looked helplessly at Xiangyun in the basket with his mouth closed.
She didn't pay for the swallow's nest. If she didn't eat it, others would.
Xiangyun was observing the wasteland opened by the Lin family and found that the land was very large. The previous owner had obviously put a lot of effort into building the canal. A ditch was dug from the bottom of the river half a mile upstream, and it was directly connected to the canal. field.
Slope terraces can maximize the use of mountain space. The upper woods will store water when there is heavy rainfall, and lead the water out through ditches in seasons without rain. This can ensure that the terraces will not suffer from drought.
Lin Laoer hoed an acre of land, irrigated it with the picked fertilizer, and covered it tightly with straw. He found that the fertilizer carried up the mountain was pitiful compared to the 40 acres of land.
Especially the newly planted ten acres of land had to be fertilized twice with thick fertilizer before good crops could grow.
He looked at the remaining thirty acres of land and sighed: "There is too little fertilizer. It is not enough. It is troublesome to transport it up and down the mountain. It is best to find a fertile place nearby."
Lin Laosan pointed not far away. There was a deep pit there. It should be a trap used by the villagers for hunting. It seemed to have been abandoned for a long time.
"We dig the pit wider, add mud around it, and retting it directly in it, which makes it easier to pick up."
Just do it, the pit was quickly dug, and a natural fertilizer pond was built in one day. In order to prevent someone from accidentally falling into the pit when going into the mountains at dark, Lin Laosan specially planted a circle of bamboo poles around it as a reminder.
From this day on, young men and women have work to do.
Lin Laoer told them that fertile land requires soil and river water, plus manure and fallen straw leaves, so that the land can be fertile.
The boys started looking for fallen leaves all over the mountain to bury in the pit, and even Tianfu joined in.
Tianrui didn't wander around like a headless fly like his brothers. After thinking carefully, he decided to dig out the black soil from under the big tree and pour it into the pit to make the bottom.
The shovel was too big and heavy, making it difficult for him to operate, so he called Lin Silang to help.
"Why do we have to dig out the soil under the tree? Can't we just use the soil from the hole?"
Tianrui thought for a while and said: "My father said that fallen leaves can be used as fertilizer when mixed with soil. The soil under the trees has been irrigated with fallen leaves all year round. Isn't it the best fertility? In this case, we can directly use them to fertilize. Isn’t it faster?”
Lin Silang's eyes lit up, yes, why didn't he expect that this would save trouble.
He moved quickly, looking for thick trees to dig.
Just because the tree grows taller, doesn't it mean that the fertilizer under the tree's roots is better?
It didn't take long for the dug hole to be half filled.
The boys felt that there were not enough baskets, so Tianfu decided to use the basket containing auspicious clouds.
Xiangyun was still searching for useful medicinal materials in the space. She remembered that leguminous crops have nitrogen-fixing effects and can greatly improve soil fertility.
It's a pity that in this era, the people don't even have enough to eat. If you ask them to use the food to fertilize, it will make them feel more distressed than cutting out meat.
The pharmacies have mung beans, adzuki beans, black beans, and the medicine boxes on the shelves are full of them. If you don’t use them, it’s a waste. It’s a waste to just use them to fertilize the land.
Just as she was thinking about spilling the beans while no one was paying attention, she felt her body light up, as if someone had lifted her up and stuffed her into a small arms.
Xiangyun was stunned.
Aman was also stunned.
She was small and her arms were weak, so she couldn't hold the child at all, and soon the two of them sat down on the dirt.
The ground that had just rained was still damp, and the two of them turned into two clay dolls.
When Lin Laosan looked up to check on his daughter while he was working, he suddenly found that she was completely dirty. She had rolled in the mud puddle, and her white porcelain face was covered with mud.
The bamboo basket that originally contained his daughter had been used by boys to carry rotten tree leaves. He was so angry that his eyes almost bulged out. He threw down the shovel and grabbed one in each hand: "This basket is used to contain my daughter. Who let it go?" Did you use it to store rotten vegetable leaves?"
