It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 130 Seedling Preparation (April 24)

After the wheat in the field was harvested, it was time to plow and sow new seeds. Su Changle called a few helpers from last year over. It took two days to plow four acres of land, and it took two more days to plow two acres of land. The peanuts in the field are planted well, and the paddy fields are also fed with farmyard manure.

On the paddy fields of the Su family, a helper from the Su family village wiped the sweat from his brow and said to Meng Mingzhou, "Boy Meng, we have already raised the paddy fields for you. We will plant the rice when you have raised the seedlings." .”

Meng Mingzhou nodded, and handed them the four days' wages counted in advance, "Thank you for your hard work, uncles, I will let you know in advance when the time comes."

"Boy Meng is being polite."

Su Rui and Su Ying were drying wheat in the yard, while Lin Lijun brought a pair of little rabbits from home to play with Su Wan. One was light pink and the other was pink and white, smaller than the pink one at home. Rabbits are even better.

Su Wan looked at Lin Lijun's two pink rabbits enviously, without hiding her envy.

"Wow, big sister, why does Sister Lijun's house have two pink rabbits, but ours only has one? Obviously our house has the most rabbits..."

Su Rui laughed, she really didn't know how to explain to Su Wan that animals would have genetic mutations due to various external factors from the environment.

As soon as Lin Lijun heard that Su Wan liked it, she handed over the small bamboo basket with rabbits in front of her to Su Wan.

"Sister Wan'er, I'll give you both of these! Then you will have three little pink rabbits."

When Su Wan heard that Lin Lijun was going to give her the little rabbit, she immediately smiled and was about to reach out to take it. Su Rui frowned and looked back at Su Wan.

Su Wan noticed Su Rui's gaze, stopped her outstretched hand, struggled incomparably in her heart, and said reluctantly after a long time: "Sister Lijun, Wan'er still has Tutu at home, Wan'er doesn't want yours." It's a bunny."

Lin Lijun didn't see Su Rui's gaze, but directly handed the rabbit to Su Wan.

"Sister Wan'er, you don't have to be polite. Grandpa said that you have saved my family's life. Whatever you want, we should give it to you."

Su Rui "...... Li Jun, this is not acceptable!"

Lin Lijun wondered, "Why not? You gave the little rabbit's parents to me, so it's right for me to give you two back. And I have several rabbits at home!"

Su Rui "..."

When Su Rui didn't know how to refute what she said, Meng Mingzhou came back, and Su Rui hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is the field ready?"

Meng Mingzhou nodded, "It's just a matter of growing the seedlings. The helper said that we are actually a bit late in raising the seedlings."

Su Rui didn't care, "It's okay, let's plant late rice. I've picked out the good seeds, and Aunt Hua said that she would come to teach me how to raise seedlings in the afternoon."

Meng Mingzhou saw that Su Rui had made all the arrangements, so he didn't say anything, and went to pick out the wheat that was almost sun-dried to prepare for threshing.

After lunch, Mrs. Hua came with Su Qin, stretched out her hand and grabbed a handful of rice seeds selected by Su Rui, and while turning them from bottom to top, said: "Actually, we need to cultivate rice seedlings 30 to [-] days in advance. Generally, it is in the middle and late March of the lunar calendar every year, and at that time we have to choose the address for cultivating seedlings.”

Su Rui was puzzled, "Then why didn't you advance this year?"

Huashi smiled, "Isn't it because of the shop? Forgotten is one of them. The main reason is that I don't care about the harvest in the field."

Su Rui understood that when a person earns more income from a side job, the basic salary is no longer attractive to her.

"You said you still need to choose an address? Then how should you choose an address?"

Hua looked around the yard of Su Rui's house, and finally pointed to the open space in the front yard a few meters away from the well.

"Actually, they usually grow seedlings in their own yards. One of them is fear of stealing. The main reason is that it is convenient to take care of them, so that they can be watered at any time. Moreover, there are not many requirements for seedling raising, as long as there is sufficient sunlight."

Su Rui nodded understandingly.

Mrs. Hua personally took a dustpan and filled it with some plant ashes, brought it to the well, picked up the rake and plow, and prepared to plow the ground. Seeing this, Meng Mingzhou hurriedly handed over the unthreshed wheat to Meng Mingxu, and asked him to continue threshing. Come and get the plow.

"Aunt Hua, what do you need to do, I will dig the ground."

Hua looked at Meng Mingzhou and smiled, and nodded in satisfaction, "Just turn over the ground, then mix in the plant ash, apply some farm manure, and water some water to raise it."

After Meng Mingzhou listened carefully to Hua's explanation, he began to dig the ground, which could not be finished for a while. Hua and the others went back to the door of the hall to explain to Su Ying.

"Girl Ying, go and bring a basin of water and a bowl of salt to mix well."

Su Ying ran back to the kitchen to get ready, while Su Rui was even more confused. Why do you need salt water to grow seedlings?
Without waiting for Su Rui to ask, Hua took the initiative to say: "After the seeds are selected and dried, we put the rice seeds into the prepared salt water, soak them all in the water, stir them evenly, and the plump ones will sink. The floating ones should be taken out and used, and at this time, the remaining seeds should be washed with clean water at least three times, which is also to prevent the rice seeds from not germinating."

"In the end, it was soaked in lime water for three days, and it had to be washed at least three times a day, and it could not be stirred with any tools."

Su Rui was stunned, "...Why is this?"

Hua's can't say anything about it, "This is actually the rule left by our ancestors. We have raised seedlings like this for generations. In fact, you can do it without soaking, but the emergence rate of soaking is higher than that of not soaking."

Su Rui was surprised, can it still be like this?Lime is automatically heated when it meets water. Is it for sterilization?The more Su Rui thought about it, the more she felt it was possible.

Once again, she lamented the wisdom of the ancients, who could come up with various solutions when technology was not as advanced as modern times.

Many people say that the ancients were not as intelligent as the moderns, but why don't they think about what the ancients had and what the moderns have?Those who say that the ancients are inferior to modern people, why don’t you think about it, how did our four great inventions, the compass, papermaking, gunpowder, and movable type printing come about?

And there are many modern things, which ones do not have the shadow of ancient times?Aren't they all derived from those foundations?
Knowing that Su Rui's family didn't have any lime, Hua took some from home and handed it to Su Rui.

"Auntie, the salt water is ready."

Seeing that Su Ying brought the salt water, she ordered, "Use two more basins to bring some well water."

Su Ying responded, and Huashi poured the selected rice seeds into it, stirred it a few times and said in amazement: "Miss Rui, your seeds are really full, not a single one is deflated."

Su Rui smiled and looked at Hua Shi without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)