Since coming to the capital, Wu Gang has often received food from Wang Lidong.
Sometimes it’s ten pounds of white noodles, sometimes it’s more than twenty pounds of stick noodles.
Except for his own food, Wu Gang would take the rest back home when he returned to his hometown.
This allows his children to eat multigrain steamed buns every now and then.
"The relationship between us two should not be so polite.
I'll take Yu Yu to the next door to have a look and pick some mushrooms by the way."
Wu Gang waved his hand and told Wang Lidong to do what he wanted.
Wang Lidong brought rainwater into the next room,
"Brother Dong, why is it so hot in this room?"
As soon as the rain entered the room, a burst of warmth hit my face.
Wang Lidong looked at the thermometer on the wall: 23°C.
"It's 23 degrees in the room, do you think it can be warmer?
Come here and show you something good."
Next, Wang Lidong took Yu Yu to visit the entire laboratory.
But what Rainwater can see is the mushrooms that have grown up.
Yu Yu was a little surprised to see a large amount of fresh mushrooms in several large wooden boxes on the kang.
"Brother Dong, why are there so many mushrooms?
Did the mushrooms we ate a few days ago grow here?"
Wang Lidong nodded and said:
"Guessed it right.
Come, help us pick mushrooms and take them to uncle’s house later.”
Wang Lidong took out the bag he had prepared earlier and picked mushrooms with the rainwater.
The two picked it for about ten minutes and filled a large bag.
"Okay, that should be enough, let's go."
After saying hello to Wu Gang, Wang Lidong and Yu Yu rode to Dawangzhuang.
More than half an hour later, Wang Lidong and He Yuyu arrived at the uncle's house.
It’s rare that my uncle and aunt’s wife are both at home today.
"The rain is coming. Come in quickly and see if your daughter is too cold."
The auntie hurriedly pulled the rainwater into the room.
"Uncle, you can eat this bacon during the Chinese New Year."
After moving the grain and bacon into his home, Wang Lidong pointed to the bag containing the bacon.
Uncle Wang Dagui glanced at the bacon and warned:
"It's almost the end of the year, and I've heard that checks are being tightened recently, so be careful.
Wang Mazi from the village next to us was arrested for this matter when he heard about it."
Wang Lidong nodded and said:
"I asked someone to do it a while ago. I haven't been out recently, so don't worry."
Wang Dagui didn't say anything more after hearing this.
The auntie was nearby and saw so much bacon and said happily:
"Xiaodong, you are still very capable and can get so much meat.
Look at the villages around us. Many families have even eaten up their stored grain.
I don’t know how the next days will go.
With the weather now, there are no wild vegetables in the fields, so I’m afraid I can only cut down the trees..."
‘Bang bang bang’ the uncle knocked the table a few times with his cigarette rod and interrupted:
"It's rare for Xiaodong to come here to play with rainwater, why are you talking about this?
Go, take Yu Yu and go to the room to talk."
Wang Lidong hurriedly said:
"Uncle, how is the situation of Enoki mushrooms?"
Uncle Wang Dagui had a slight smile on his face:
"Mycelium has begun to grow, and it looks like mold.
Xiaodong, do you want you to take a look and help take a look, right?"
Wang Lidong immediately followed his uncle and went to the simple greenhouse in the kitchen to take a look and found that mycelium had indeed begun to grow.
"Yes, there seems to be no problem. The enoki mushrooms will bloom in about a month."
Wang Dagui said happily:
"I didn't expect it to work once. I thought I would have to test it several times."
Wang Lidong said:
"Although this method is simple, the simpler it is, the less likely it will go wrong. Unfortunately, the output is not high."
Wang Lidong suddenly said:
"By the way, I also brought a bag of fresh mushrooms, please wait."
Wang Lidong ran outside and took a large bag of mushrooms hanging on the rainwater truck into the room.
Wang Dagui saw a bag full of fresh mushrooms:
"Are these the mushrooms you grew? So many?"
Wang Lidong took out a few mushrooms and handed them to the uncle's hand.
"This has grown in these two days.
It's now the mushrooming period, and we can harvest a batch every few days, at least twenty or thirty kilograms at a time, so we can harvest about five or six crops in total."
Wang Dagui looked at the fresh mushrooms in his hand and calculated that he could harvest more than one hundred kilograms of mushrooms in total.
The materials used to build this batch of mushroom piles were originally obtained with the help of Wang Dagui.
"Xiaodong, your skills are really amazing.
If you grow this specifically, as long as there are no problems during the period,
After this year, the income is much higher than the income from farming."
Wang Lidong nodded and said,
"That's for sure. It's just that in winter, it consumes more coal."
Wang Dagui waved his hand:
"This little bit of coal is nothing compared to the harvest.
Besides, it’s just more troublesome in winter.
However, I still need to test it a few times. If everything succeeds, I will build a large greenhouse for the production team next year.
But this matter still needs to be negotiated with the purchasing station.
Otherwise, I am afraid that it will be too much at once, and they will not accept it when the time comes.
This time next year, I guarantee that every household in our village will be able to eat multigrain steamed buns."
Thinking about this, uncle Wang Dagui became excited and took a few puffs of dry cigarettes.
Wang Lidong reminded:
"Uncle, I think you shouldn't take too big a step at the beginning. It's better to choose a few closely related ones and try growing them at home.
If we build a large greenhouse all at once, many people will definitely oppose it.
After all, most people have never been exposed to this kind of thing.
When some people have succeeded in growing crops at home and have tasted the benefits, then the resistance to building greenhouses will be much smaller.
When the time comes, try to grow as many kinds of mushrooms as possible, and if you can’t sell them, you can still dry them into dried mushrooms.”
Wang Dagui not only sighed after hearing this:
"I originally thought so, but time waits for no one.
It has been three years now, and the food harvest is getting worse every year.
If this continues, there will be a famine in Dawangzhuang next year."
Wang Lidong thought to himself: Things will get better next year.
Of course, I dare not say this.
"Uncle, you have good intentions, but others don't think so.
Even if you do what I want, it will be delayed by at least half a year.
There is still half a year left, enough to plant two batches."
Uncle Wang Dagui thought for a long time and felt that the method suggested by his nephew was safer.
But I couldn’t help but make a few complaints:
“Some people are unable to accomplish anything, and they like to hold others back.
I will hold a meeting on this matter and let them make their own choice.
Otherwise, if you see other people planting things, you will say that I, the captain, am doing good things and only think about my own family."
Wang Lidong also felt that this would be safer.
Most people in rural areas are relatively simple, but there are always a few cunning ones mixed in.
The uncle looked at the mushroom sticks and said,
"By the way, what should I do with these harvested mushroom sticks?"
Wang Lidong said:
“This mushroom stick is a good organic fertilizer.
After harvesting, crush it directly and let it sit in the sun for a few days before it can be used as fertilizer.
By the way, uncle, I still have something to ask you for help with today."
When Wang Dagui saw that Wang Lidong was busy, he took Wang Lidong back to the living room.
After the two of them sat down, Wang Dagui said:
"If anything happens, just tell me."
Wang Lidong took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to his uncle.
"On this piece of paper are some chicken feeds that I have researched. I want my uncle to help test them to see if they have any effect."