Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Silkworms are very edible in the later stages and require a very large number of mulberry leaves.

The mulberry forest planted by the sericulture farmers has been around for some years. Most of the mulberry trees are old trees. The trunks are thicker than the arms of hands. This is considered relatively old. Generally, mulberry trees for sericulture are planted with long strips. Unless they are planted to pick mulberries, it is rare to have a mulberry tree that has grown to such an old age.

At least she had never seen it before. Only the mulberry tree at the foot of Meishan Mountain and at the edge of the village that could harvest delicious mulberries every year could grow so big.

If silkworms can be grown later, the branches of these mulberry trees can be cut and planted to expand the number of mulberry forests.

There were a lot of saplings dug out and transported back during this trip. The two largest mulberry trees could not be dug up, and even two people could not transport them back. They could only dig out smaller saplings, which were easy to plant.

There is a fish pond next to this mulberry forest. There are many fish in it. The mulberry trees near the fish pond grow particularly densely. The larger mulberry trees are also here. Mu Xi said: "These silkworm eggs are also here." I found it here. I searched nearby for a while, but I couldn’t find it except here and next to it.”

Zhao Yeqing crouched and walked, carefully examining the leaves of the mulberry tree near the fish pond, and she found several wild silkworms that had grown up.

She planned to stay here and let these wild silkworms grow on their own, so that if they couldn't survive, she would have something to worry about when they came back.

However, it is 80% certain that this mulberry tree will grow better next to the fish pond. Zhao Yeqing thought for a while and dug out a few more ones from the side of the fish pond. The larger ones were bigger, but if they need cuttings at that time, Just use the branches of these trees.

She guessed that the reason for the good growth was that there were fish living in the fish ponds, and the silt in the fish ponds had sufficient nutrients. In such a growing environment, the mulberry trees would not be malnourished, and the survival rate of subsequent cuttings would be higher.

The mulberry tree next to it has not been fertilized for so many years. It looks okay alone. When placed next to this row of mulberry trees, it looks like a child with a sallow face and skin due to chronic malnutrition. It is nearly one-third shorter than the ones in this row.

After Mu Xi loaded all the dug mulberry saplings into the car, he suddenly felt a chill on his face. He thought it was raining. He moved his hands faster, but as he moved, he felt something was wrong.

The shadow reflected on the floor in front of him was dark, and the sunlight above his head was so dazzling that he couldn't even raise his head.

Where did these water drops come from?

Zhao Yeqing glanced in the direction of the sound and twitched his chin: "Here, there are several cicadas on the mulberry tree over there."

In summer, cicadas chirp.

This kind of insect that sucks plant sap has a small belly and urinates when it is full. If you get a drop of water under a tree when passing by on a sunny day, it is most likely the urine of this type of insect.

Mu Xi was working just now and didn't notice the cicada next to him. Now he had no choice but to wipe the water droplets off his face, walked to the water source, took a handful of water and wiped his face.

Zhao Yeqing went to avenge Mu Xi, took out his slingshot, and with great luck, he shot down the culprit in one go.

The two of them hadn't had lunch yet, and they planned to come here to eat the grilled fish they had last time. Mu Xi said that there was a fish pond here that used to be used to raise fish, so she decided to come directly without bringing anything. Eat from the fish pond.

The last time Mu Xi came here, he brought various cooking seasonings and put them in the kitchen of the silkworm farmer's house. He would still need them if he came over often in the future.

After catching three fish, he returned to the kitchen on the second floor with the cicadas he had just caught. When he passed by the first floor, it suddenly dawned on Zhao Yeqing that the rotten plants he saw on the first floor, which he thought were pigweed, were actually the mulberry leaves harvested by the original owner. .

But why the one with a pole?

Zhao Yeqing silently wrote down this detail. Could it be that feeding mulberry leaves with a pole is better? You can try it.

Several large bundles of saplings were loaded onto the car, and Zhao Yeqing also took away a small red clay stove in the kitchen. This thing is small and is very suitable for making tea by the stove in the yard in winter. It is better than before The one they made is much more refined.

It was a pity that all the tea leaves found in the kitchen of this family were moldy. Zhao Yeqing looked up at the sky and wanted to cry without tears. He said to himself: How about taking advantage of the good weather and picking more flowers when they are in bloom, and then making some scented tea. Drink.

Put some chestnuts and the like on the small stove and roast them. They can be roasted when the weather turns cold in autumn. In addition to chestnuts, there will also be citrus that can finally be eaten this year. Last year's citrus was pure sour, and this year the fruit will expand. As long as she took good care of him, she would not believe that he could not eat delicious fruits.

Three large pieces of sewing tools were still lying in the house, and the two of them had returned to the meadow with the mulberry saplings.

Where to plant it?

Zhao Yeqing's idea was to plant them next to the fish pond, but there were already grapes beside the fish pond, and she was reluctant to pull them out. Now the grapes grow so well every year, which is also due to the nutrients in the mud of the fish pond.

Let's plant it on one side. Anyway, mulberry trees are easy to grow. They can be grown in fields and on slopes behind houses. If you can't plant them, just fertilize them more diligently.

The characteristics of plants in the rainforest climate are shallow root systems. I don't know if this mulberry tree can adapt to it. Zhao Yeqing spent some effort to make ridges on the land where the mulberry tree is planted, trying to create conditions for it to survive.

They haven't seen a pack of wolves in the past few months. After the cows and sheep went out to graze, the two of them had a lot of peace of mind. However, in order to prevent accidents, if they happened again, the cows and sheep still had to return to the grassland within the enclosure. If there is grass on the ground, the mulberry trees cannot be planted randomly.

The most space-saving planting method is to plant along the edge of the wooden fence, which will not affect the growth of wild grass on the grass. Zhao Yeqing also spread a lot of grass seeds on the grass some time ago. There are many grass seeds at home, and wild grass grows anyway. The pasture is also long, it might as well be long pasture.

But if the mulberry trees are planted along the edge of the fence, then the cattle and sheep will have to graze at home and it will be inconvenient to isolate them. The cattle and sheep also like to eat the mulberry leaves. If they are not fenced, they will be eaten up by her in a short time.

We still have to plant them together and then build a fence.

The roots of the dug mulberry saplings did not have much soil in them. The soil was too heavy. The saplings without soil had to be planted quickly, otherwise they would easily wither without soil support. The two of them were so busy digging ridges and digging holes for planting. All done in a day and a half.

Just in time, the silkworm eggs in the box hatched out.

Zhao Yeqing was convinced: "Could this silkworm be born by smelling it?"

Mu Xi put the small black silkworms in the dustpan lined with mulberry leaves, but he didn't dare to put them on the hollow shelf.

People are cautious when dealing with things they come into contact with for the first time and unfamiliar things, and Mu Xi is also afraid that the silkworm baby, which is not much thicker than a hair, will fall unsteadily from the hollow gap and die young.

Put it in a relatively safe dustpan first.