In the evening, when the sun was about to touch the mountains on the horizon, people from the old Zhou family came back from outside in twos and threes, carrying buckets, hoes, or mud in their hands. Only then did they realize that Manbao was learning medical skills on his own, and he was able to give medicine today.
Zhou Dalang went to see a doctor.
Of course, this is what Xiao Qian said.
Zhou Dalang emphasized again and again, "Man Bao read the book for two and a half days and didn't see anything."
Lao Zhoutou automatically ignored Zhou Dalang's words, happily called Man Bao to him, and said happily: "That's right, that's right. Man Bao should learn more. From now on, if anyone in the family gets sick, they will all come to you."
Man Bao nodded happily.
Now not only Zhou Dalang, but also everyone else felt a chill running down their spines, especially Zhou Dalang, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Lang who were still suffering from some injuries, breaking out in cold sweat.
The happiest people in the whole family are probably Lao Zhoutou and Man Bao.
Father and daughter are having fun with each other.
Qian ignored them, called the second, third, and fourth children to him and said, "Your injuries are almost healed. Tomorrow we will go to the village chief's house to borrow a cart, and we will go to the city to buy tiles together."
It's best to have the roof repaired in the next two days."
Lao Zhoutou's attention was diverted, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I took a look today. The sun has been good these two days, and the wheat has begun to turn yellow. It is estimated that it will be harvested in half a month. We have to
Arrange the chores at home well, otherwise you will be busy with the summer harvest and won’t have time to take care of the house anymore.”
Everyone responded.
"By the way, I went to the fields today and took a closer look. I found that some wheat is growing very well. The ears are very long and full." Lao Zhoutou turned to Qian and said, "Tomorrow I will let you and Lao Er's family grow."
A few of them will go to the fields with me to look for them and write down the locations of the wheat ears. When the time comes to harvest, cut these first and keep them as seeds."
Qian nodded and asked, "Is it much better?"
"Much better." At this point, Lao Zhoutou himself was a little confused and frowned: "I walked three fields in a row and it was always like this. There were some wheat ears like this mixed in. I didn't find it last time.
I went to see them the first time and found that they are slightly taller than normal wheat ears. The key is that the wheat ears are very long and the grains are full. It is a pity. If they were not flooded this year, I guess it would be better."
"But the seeds this year are the same as in previous years, and the planting methods are the same as in previous years. Is it because they were flooded that some of them turned out like this?"
Zhou Lang asked, "Dad, should we flood the wheat next year?"
Old Zhou thought deeply and seemed to be considering the feasibility of this.
A guilty Man Bao: ...that's because she mixed some wheat seeds bought in the mall~~
She glared at Zhou Lang, who was always giving bad advice to her father, and said to her father: "Dad, I have never heard that Maizi likes to be flooded."
But Lao Zhou shook his head, "I think what Lao Si said is right. Next year, choose a smaller field. Then you can try to fill it with water. You will know if it grows better in dry fields or paddy fields.
Already."
Manbao slumped his shoulders and asked Keke in his mind, "What should I do?"
Keke comforted: "Host, you have a lot of land anyway, so it doesn't matter if you use a small field for experiments."
All right.
But Manbao couldn't bear to think that part of the seeds she had managed to get into would be spent on experiments, so she held her head and thought hard.
After a long time, she finally thought of it, clapped her hands, and the whole family looked at her.
Man Bao looked at Lao Zhoutou happily and said, "Dad, we can grow winter wheat."
The temperature here is not low in winter. Although she has never seen people here planting it, Manbao read the book she found from Keke and found that in the future, humans will not only plant winter wheat, but also do inter-sowing in spring and summer.
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It can maximize the use of land, but this intersowing method has great requirements on soil fertility, otherwise the soil fertility will eventually be lost and the crops planted will not be good.
Man Bao doesn’t want to do inter-sowing or anything like that, but he can grow winter wheat.
There is little water in winter, even in the paddy fields, which can be used to grow wheat. After planting this crop, my father naturally knew that it was a problem with the seeds. No matter which reason he classified at that time, it was definitely not because of
It only mutates when it's flooded.
r Of course Man Bao couldn’t tell Lao Zhoutou like this, so she counted the benefits of growing winter wheat with her fingers.
"Dad, aren't the disasters this year very serious? What if we don't plant winter wheat and we have nothing to eat in April and May next year?"
When Lao Zhoutou was about to speak, Man Bao continued: "Yizhou has been hit so hard this year, and food prices will definitely be high next year. If we grow more, we can still make money by selling it."
Old Zhoutou began to think thoughtfully, "But I'm afraid the soil is not fertile enough."
Of course he knows that the climate here is suitable for growing winter wheat. In the past, people in the village also grew winter wheat. Even now, landlord Bai will plant winter wheat every other year. At that time, he would hire day laborers from the village, including Zhou Dalang and others.
But at that time Landlord Bai's fields were very fertile and he prepared enough fertilizer.
It is not easy for families like them to grow winter wheat. It is easy to consume too much land resources. The winter wheat may not be ready by then, and it will also affect the sowing of rice in the coming year.
In addition, people in Qili Village are not very short of land and there are only a few people. If they really want to get some grain of winter wheat, they will be able to cultivate that land more carefully in spring and summer and cultivate it intensively.
It's better than destroying the soil.
but……
Old Zhou thought deeply, wasn't there a disaster this year?
Perhaps planting winter wheat is the way to go, especially now it is still unknown whether it can be tax-free.
If it is unavoidable, it will be very difficult for everyone next spring.
Man Bao continued: "Dad, if you are worried that the fertility is not enough, then ask the elder brother and the others to soak in more fertilizer and spread more when the time comes. When the wheat is harvested and the fields are plowed, spread some more."
Lao Zhou nodded, "This is a good idea, what do you think?"
He looked at Qian.
Qian mused, "You can plant some. If you plant too much, you're afraid there won't be enough fertilizer. Although the fertilization is faster now, it's still not enough."
Man Bao said matter-of-factly: "Then go buy it."
Qian smiled and asked, "Where can I buy this?"
"I know, the county town," Man Bao said, "I asked Mr. Bai, and he bought them from those who collect night incense in the county town."
Everyone:......
Xiao Qian knocked her little head and said: "The food is ready, let's eat first, and then we'll talk after eating."
Manbao didn't notice anything and ate with gusto. After eating, she took out the box of snacks given to her by Mrs. Liu and shared them with everyone.
Others felt that the meal had a strange taste. Fortunately, it was cooked by my sister-in-law. If it had been cooked by anyone else, they probably wouldn't be able to eat it.
Lao Zhoutou planned how many acres of wheat he would plant. He held a piece of his daughter's filial snack and ate it with relish. He clapped his hands at the end and said, "Okay, this year our family will try to grow a kind of winter wheat."