The workshop was inaccessible, and Mo Tingyu and Song Nanzhi couldn't stay idle, so the group hurried to the village after breakfast the next day.
After returning to the village, Mo Ziwan made a plan for Han Chunlin's class. When she made a plan for Han Chunlin's class, the village school also started to be built.
Not only has the school started construction, but the Mo family is also planning to hire people to open up the wasteland in Cuilong Mountain they bought.
Before opening up the land, Mo Ziwan asked again: "Grandpa, have you thought about what to plant?"
Mo Tingyu initially wanted to grow red potato. Once the red potato was grown, not only could it be ground into powder, but the red potato vines and the ground red potato residue could also be fed to pigs. However, he temporarily gave up the idea when he thought that red potato consumes a lot of fertility.
Instead of growing red potatoes, he just wanted to grow corn. Corn is not as fertile as red potatoes. Not only did he grow corn, but Mo Tingyu, who was used to being frugal, did not try to exploit the corn fields because he had more land at home. He continued as usual. We plan to plant more soybeans in the corn field, otherwise the rows will be empty and the land will be wasteful.
I also need to plant some sunflower seeds for my children, who will fry them as snacks later. I also need to plant some sesame seeds. Wanwan likes to eat sesame oil.
After Mo Ziyuan heard Mo Tingyu's idea, she overturned all his grandfather's ideas in one sentence, "Grandpa, there is not enough fertilizer in the field anyway. Planting corn and soybeans does not consume much fertilizer, but it still consumes a lot of fertilizer." Fertilizer, since you want to nourish the land more, it is better not to plant anything now. This will save you time and effort in planting and the harvest will not be good. You will also have to use up some fertilizer in the ground, and it will be slower to grow. All of them will be planted temporarily. vetch, vetch fertilizes the ground.”
"What? Planting grass?" Mo Tingyu thought he didn't hear clearly. What are you doing planting grass? He only heard about planting grass, but he didn't hear anything about planting grass to enrich the land.
"Wheat vetch is Yuying grass." Mo Ziyuan said slowly after answering, "Grandpa, vetch is also a medicine, and it can also be fed to pigs. The most important thing is that vetch does not consume the ground. The fertilizer can also make the land more fertile. Once the vetch is planted this time, we can plant wheat again. Even if we apply less fertilizer, it will definitely be enough for the wheat to grow."
Milkvetch is an annual plant. After it withers and rots, it can stimulate nitrogen in the soil and thus fertilize the land. This was something the teacher casually mentioned in the biology class in middle school.
Mo Ziyuan was surprised that she could remember things that she had completely forgotten about a long time ago. This was probably the function of people's subconscious mind. Although what she said was accurate, it was clear that Mo Tingyu didn't believe it at all, "Have you never heard that milkweed can fertilize the land?"
Mo Ziyuan had already thought about how to persuade her grandfather, "Grandpa, think about it, does it grow luxuriantly every year in places with milkweed? Besides, what is written in the book is definitely correct." Although grandpa is not I am literate, let alone unable to read, but I absolutely trust books. Everything in the books is good, reasonable and correct.
"Is it also written in the book?" Mo Tingyu asked again.
"Yes." Mo Ziyuan nodded, "The book says that the roots of milkweed can change the soil quality and make the land more fertile after it rots in the ground."
"When the vetch grows well, grandpa won't be willing to cut it to feed the pigs, so we'll let it grow until it produces seeds and sell them all to Uncle Liu to make money, or we can keep the seeds for when we want to fertilize the land again. , let’s plant it again.”.
"I think you just want to use all the land to grow medicine!" Mo Tingyu didn't believe a lot of what she said before, but only thought that what she said later was her purpose.
Mo Ziyuan felt that she was really wronged by her grandfather!
With all my conscience, everything I said is true, but after thinking about it carefully, if the milkvetch seeds are sold at a good price, there is nothing wrong with planting a season of milkvetch every year in the future.
Thinking about it this way, I really don’t blame Grandpa for thinking about himself like this!
But the problem now is a crisis of trust. How to make grandpa believe in himself and then plant milkvetch to change the soil quality?
After thinking about it, the most effective method is always to act like a baby! Because explanations are not very convincing! He could only plant his favorite crops after the purple milkvetch was harvested. When he saw the crops growing, he would naturally understand that what he said was not a lie or a lie.
"Grandpa, don't believe me?" Mo Ziyuan pursed her lips and said coquettishly.
Seeing his granddaughter's aggrieved look, Mo Tingyu hurriedly explained: "Grandpa doesn't believe you, it's just that it's a pity to use such a big piece of land for growing grass."
"It's not grass! It's medicine. You can sell it for money and feed pigs!" Mo Ziyuan replied stubbornly.
"Then why haven't I seen you selling milkweed before?"
"It's not about ripping off the grass and selling it, the seeds of the vetch are the medicine." When she said this, Mo Ziyuan was ready to use her tactics, "There are so many vetch seeds, I can't pick them all? Besides, you don't worry. I go out alone, how do I pick it up?" His mouth became even more depressed.
As long as Mo Tingyu asked one more question, Mo Ziwan was ready to shed some crocodile tears.
But before the tears fell, Song Nanzhi walked in with a bowl and said, "Wanwan, come and drink this bowl of chicken soup. Your sister Yulian has already cooled it for you!"
Mo Ziyuan felt that she was being raised like a pig. In addition to three meals a day, she would always give herself an extra meal in the second half of the day. Today, the family stewed chicken. After simmering it early, she took out a bowl and put it out to dry. Eat your own snack, put the snack aside for now, business is more important, "Grandma, grandpa don't believe me?"
Song Nanzhi glared at Mo Tingyu, "What? What did Wan Wan say? You don't believe it?"
"I didn't say that I didn't believe her. We didn't have a good agreement before. On the land in Cuilong Mountain, there are 20 acres of land for growing medicine, and the rest is used to grow food. But now she said that the rest is all for growing clouds. Yingcao will nourish the ground."
Song Nanzhi had never heard of planting grass to nourish the land. He looked at Mo Ziwan and said, "Wanwan, this vetch is a weed, and weeds are found in wasteland."
Mo Ziyuan further explained: "Grandma, it is written in medical books that vetch is medicine, and the seeds can be used as medicine. After collecting the seeds, they directly turned the vetch into the ground and waited for them to cover it in the ground. After it rots, there will be fertilizer in the ground, which is easier than pouring manure into the ground."
"If you don't want to buy herbs, you can cut the milkweed directly after it sprouts and feed it to the pigs. After feeding it for a while, you can find someone to plow the land. This will not affect the planting of crops."
This method is okay. Anyway, now that we have cleared it, it is still cold and we cannot plant crops for the time being. So in the end, I did as she said, plant milkweed first, cut it and feed it to the pigs when it grows. After feeding it for two times, it will be almost warm. When the time comes, ask someone to dig up the ground, and the grass and everything will be turned to the ground. Inside, you can also squeeze out some fat.
So, the Mo family invited people to help, and while it was still cold and before the busy farming season, they cleared out all the land so that they could plant crops in time when the weather warmed up.
There are sixty-three acres of land. The original plan was to use 20 acres to grow medicinal materials for the children. There are still about 40 acres of land left. Thinking that the fertility of the land is not enough, I planned to plant some less fertile crops first, but now I have no more. Even though it has been changed, I don’t know if this milkweed is really as fertile as Wan Wan said.
If the land can really be fertilized, then it will all be planted with wheat. This large area has been planted with wheat. The family will have to harvest a lot of wheat. Thinking of the harvest, Mo Tingyu grinned unconsciously. The family will have to build a special granary to store so much grain.
Sixty-three acres of land, which had been left vacant for half a month, was finally cleared away. Not only were all the stones and trees in the ground cleared, but in order to facilitate planting or harvesting, the cleared stones were directly removed. It was laid in the middle of the ground and two paths were paved out.
Not only did they pave two roads, they also dug trenches in the middle, all the way to the edge of the field, so that the rainwater in the field could be kept outside and prevent the crops from being flooded when there was too much rain.
After the wasteland was cleared, preparations were made to sow vetch seeds. This matter cannot be done without Murong Qingyuan, who first proposed to plant medicine.
When clearing the wasteland, Murong Qingyuan went to Liu Yuan again, hoping to ask him to help buy seeds of medicinal materials. The original plan was to plant Panax notoginseng, astragalus, and angelica. Now Ziyun will be added. It’s very popular, and I can buy a lot of milkvetch seeds.
Fortunately, they are not expensive medicinal materials, and they are very close to Beijing, so whether they are medicinal materials such as Panax notoginseng or milkvetch, they can be purchased easily.
It is easier for smart people to do anything, and Murong Qingyuan is definitely a smart person.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't know how to grow medicinal materials, as long as someone can grow them. So when Liu Yuan helped him find someone to buy seeds, he took the opportunity to ask about how to grow medicinal materials.
With Liu Yuan's introduction, Murong Qingyuan did not lower the price. He paid as much as he said, and his attitude was very respectful. Liu Yuan also helped him talk, saying that he was the only child in the family, and there were no crops. I know how to plant and live by digging up some medicines and selling them. Now I have to study again and I don’t have much time to go to the mountains to dig up medicinal materials and sell them, so I just want to grow some medicinal materials myself and sell them.
When he said this, he originally planned to say only two copies, but in the end he said it in full. Thanks to his good memory, he borrowed Liu Yuan's pen, ink, paper and inkstone to start writing as soon as he was sent away.
If the person selling the seeds had known that he could write down everything he said, he probably wouldn't have said so much!
Liu Yuan looked at him with a smile, "You are a master who steals very openly!"
Murong Qingyuan chuckled, "It all depends on Uncle Liu's help, otherwise he wouldn't be willing to tell me so much."
"As long as you know, don't forget me after you plant the medicine!"
"Definitely not. From now on, I will send all the medicines I grow to you, Uncle Liu, at the lowest price!"
Now that we have the method of planting, we can wait to plant the seeds after clearing up the land.
Since it is fertile land, the sixty-three acres of land are planted with vetch first, regardless of whether they are used to grow medicine or grain. Before planting, Murong Qingyuan soaked the milkvetch seeds for two days according to the planting method he had memorized, so that the seeds could germinate earlier after absorbing enough water.
Fortunately, there was no need to plow the ground when planting. Although there was a little more land, the seeds were just sprinkled into the ground. So Mo Tingyu did not ask anyone to help. Together with Qiao Yulian's father and mother, the three of them scattered two seeds. The sky has finished sowing the seeds.
