Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

"Just spreading stove ash won't work," Su Ziling interjected. "If it's really a rice leaf cicada, this measure won't work."

"Do you have any idea?" Grandma Su asked her.

Su Ziling nodded, "Boil peach leaves in water, filter it and spray it directly after it cools down. It can not only prevent rice leafhoppers but also rice planthoppers. After the rice seedlings are planted, you can plant a row of soybeans on the edge of the field."

"We understand spraying peach leaf liquid, but why do we have to plant soybeans?" Su's mother asked.

"Not only do we need to plant beans, we also need to plant them twice a year. First, we can increase the harvest, second, we can prevent soil erosion, and third, we can leave a habitat for spiders, the natural enemy of rice leafhoppers, which can also be regarded as a prevention and control measure."

This was the first time they had heard such a statement. Father Su muttered, "Oh my goodness, there are so many things to know about farming. But how do you know so much?"

In the past, if someone asked Su Ziling to lie, she would definitely stiffen her neck and say no. If she wanted to say something, she could say it. If she didn't want to say anything, she could just shut up. Lie? She couldn't lie at all.

And now? Bullshit makes me happy.

"Master Chen told me."

"Is that Erniu's teacher?"

"Yes!" Su Ziling nodded, and continued to talk nonsense without blushing. "Last time I went to deliver bracken to Aunt Chen, Master Chen happened to be there. When we talked about farming, he mentioned a book he had read, called "A Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", and he lent it to me for a few days. There is a record in it."

Father Su had no doubt at all, "You really have to study. If you don't study, you won't be able to farm."

"Does this peach leaf liquid also work on rice leafhoppers?" Grandpa Su poured a cup of tea and blew on it gently.

"It works. It can cure cotton aphids, corn borers, rice stem borers, rice leafhoppers, and rice planthoppers. I'll cook it later and spray it tomorrow morning. I have to spray the key points."

"Okay, I'll go check it out tomorrow morning." Old Man Su sighed, "The situation this year isn't very good. There are insects everywhere, and nothing goes well. Go to the county when you have time, and stock up on some coarse grains at home."

Grandma Su was not in the mood to eat, so she simply put down her bowl and chopsticks. "What can we do if God doesn't give us food to eat? We just have to accept it. Besides, it's not just us. Today I asked those who came to deliver mushrooms, and they also had these problems."

"No wonder the number of mushrooms delivered has been decreasing recently. It seems that they are all working in the fields to catch insects."

Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Su's mother quickly cleared the table and said, "You've been busy all day. Go take a shower and go to bed. You have to continue spraying pesticides tomorrow."

The next morning, Grandpa Su took a sickle and carried peach leaf liquid to check on the seedlings, while Su Ziling and the others carried buckets and continued to spray the pesticide.

They sprayed from morning to night, and even their meals were prepared by Grandma Su and brought to the fields. She simply steamed a few steamed buns and boiled a pot of soy milk. She didn't cook any vegetables, just some pickled vegetables. The whole family sat on the stalks of the field, finished their lunch in a few bites, and then continued spraying.

We brought more buckets today. The four buckets that were dipped in medicine yesterday were used to dilute the juice of the hairtail vine. I also brought four other buckets to fetch water.

Father Su was responsible for fetching water. After Grandpa Su sprinkled the medicine on the seedlings, he rushed over and took Su Ziling and the other three to spray the medicine.

I worked until dark, and finally finished spraying all the corn.

Of course, everyone was exhausted. We sprayed all day without a break and our hands were so sore that we couldn't even lift them up. But fortunately, we finished spraying everything.

A dreamless night.

Probably because all the medicine had been sprayed, the people in the Su family slept until dawn.

Su's mother had prepared the meal, but everyone hadn't gotten up yet, so she went to call them one by one to get up and eat.

After dinner, Su Zizhong and his friends went to set up their stall, while Su Ziling, his father and old man Su went to the fields to check on the insects.

I first went to look at the two plots of land that were sprayed the night before, "Grandpa, how are you doing over there?"

Su Ziling and Su's father were in charge of looking over this side, while Old Man Su was looking over from the opposite side alone.

"Most of them are dead, but there is still one from time to time." Old Master Su looked at the trees one by one, and if he found one that was not dead, he would just crush it to death.

Su Ziling nodded, "It's the same here. There are one or two in a row. I guess they didn't put enough liquid in. We need to replenish it later and add more liquid."

After Su Ziling finished speaking, he pointed to one of the trees and said, "Dad, there's one here. It's big and fat, and it's green."

Father Su took two steps at a time, grabbed the corn tree, aimed at the bug, and then squeezed it hard...

Su Ziling didn't dare to look at them. She was a little afraid of these fleshy insects, especially the soft-bodied insects without bones, such as earthworms, borers, millipedes, and slugs...

I get scared of anything soft, and the bones become crispy.

After looking at the piece above, several people went to look at the piece that was sprayed with the juice of the hairy fish vine. Compared with the peach leaf juice, the juice of the hairy fish vine was relatively more severe, so all the insects in this piece of land died. After looking at the whole piece, Su Ziling didn't see a single living insect.

"Grandpa, how is it, did you find it?"

"Yes, I found one in the outermost row at the edge of the field. I guess it was missed. The others didn't agree."

Looking at the two plots of land, the effect of the hairy fish vine juice is better than that of the peach leaf juice.

After looking at the ones here, several people went to other plots to have a look, and finally came to the conclusion, "Both medicines are fine, and they kill the weeds cleanly. We'll share the medicine with everyone when the time comes. Since the hairy fish vine is difficult to dig, we'll just pick peach leaves first."

Seeing that all the insects were dead, Grandpa Su's face was beaming with smile. He had originally tried to catch them with his hands, but he couldn't catch them all. He thought the corn would be wasted, but he didn't expect that all of them would be killed in less than two days.

"But the corn's bell has been chewed like this. Will it affect the corn cobs that come later?"

"It has no impact. The corn seedlings are still small. They will grow back later. There won't be any more bugs in the short term. But we have to pull out the weeds as soon as possible."

I was so busy catching insects during this period that I didn't have time to pull out the weeds in the field. In just a short time, the weeds have grown taller again.

"The grass is not a big deal. When the sun is hot, just come over and shovel it for three or four days and it will be gone. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that the bugs are gone."

Old Master Su waved his hands. He didn't care about this little bit of grass at all.

"It will be gone in a short time, but you have to spray it again before it blooms, that is, when the corn grows to the armpits." Su Ziling said after thinking for a while.

In the past, they also sprayed pesticides twice, but thinking that the residual time of the hairy fish vine is even shorter, she added, "I guess one time may not be enough, and we have to spray twice more. The residual time of this pesticide is too short, and I'm afraid it will be longer."

"It's okay. Now we know that this medicine is useful. We spray it every time it grows and we can always kill it." With the medicine, Father Su's voice became louder and more confident, as if he could kill it even if he were given another ten acres of land.