In my days as a farmer

"Xiao Xia..." Assistant Xiao Li, who had been preparing to take pictures with a camera for several years because of the arrival of large agricultural machinery, slowly put down the camera, looking at Jin Cancan in front of him speechlessly.

Well, how should I put it, the aesthetic taste of young people nowadays is quite bold.However, aesthetics belong to aesthetics, so there is still a little problem.

He patted Xia Dongli's shoulder with a stiff face: "Well, we can't talk about aesthetics, but your look is a bit too conspicuous. Although it doesn't matter what the appearance is for agricultural machinery reimbursement, but in case someone comes down It is still easy to cause misunderstandings when inspecting agricultural machinery."

After all, the decorative part of this thing looks too valuable. Although the quality of the agricultural machinery is there, it is difficult for people who don’t know how to understand why it is so expensive. Maybe someone will talk about the decoration at that time, adding to the trouble .

I'm not, I don't have it!

Xia Dongli wanted to cry, but he quickly pulled Bai Xiaoxiao who was supervising the installation of the instrument, "Miss Bai, isn't the product I ordered like this?"

"Ah?" Bai Xiaoxiao looked innocent: "I don't know much about this either."

She said with some confidence: "Our products have a product customization service, just like the rain collecting board of the house was built according to your needs last time. Each product can be manufactured according to the actual needs of the customer to the appearance that the other party likes."

So... this is how you like Xiaoxia.

Li Wei silently looked up at the top of the composter, hissed——no, it's so dazzling, the reflection is too strong!He can't appreciate this aesthetic concept.

"No, really not!" Xia Dongli frantically picked out WeChat to prove his innocence through the conversation between himself and Long Jiu, but he was dumbfounded when he opened it.

Long Jiu sent a message more than an hour ago, but he was busy at the time so he ignored the message.

In the message, Long Jiu shyly said that he had made some changes to the compost machine, and fine-tuned it according to Xia Dongli's liking. This was a surprise for his friends, and I hope he likes it.

Xia Dongli was stunned.

He flipped through the conversation to the top, and was surprised, the above was a bunch of rainbow farts about his aesthetics of Long Jiu, and there were indeed many patterns in the middle that were sent by Long Jiu to ask him. These lines are detailed There are many overlaps with the ones on the compost bin, and Xia Dongli's attitude towards those who asked is quite uniform-this one looks good, and that one looks good, as long as you choose it, it's pretty good.

It was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky!It was his fault that he co-authored it!Sure enough, the old ancestor was right, one must be sincere, rainbow farts are not a thing!

Xia Dongli looked at the shiny composter under the light and fell into deep reflection. At the same time, he saw Xun Ao standing there with his mouth covered in deep thought. His expression made him a little nervous, and Xia Dongli immediately leaned over.

"Xiao Ying, why is there such an expression? Is there something wrong with the composter?"

"No." Xun Yao pondered for a moment, then slowly put down his hand and said to Xia Dongli seriously: "I think it's pretty pretty."

Xia Dongli was shocked! !

He turned his head and glanced at the compost machine that he wanted to make people wear sunglasses in broad daylight, and then looked at Xun Yao's gleaming eyes, which forced himself to be calm, with a face full of disbelief, but seeing the seriousness in Xun Yao's expression, he suddenly realized .

Xun Yao has lost his memory, and now his aesthetics should be completely reshaped, and what affects his aesthetics is naturally the people around him and the media information he can access.

Recently, because of the 400th anniversary of the Forbidden City, there are all relevant publicity and variety shows on TV. What is the most famous thing about the Forbidden City?It's golden glazed tiles, vermilion palace walls, and dragon patterns that can be seen everywhere!

Xiao Yan has been watching this kind of program, and his eyes will naturally be drawn in the direction of antique and grandeur.

This can't work, Xiao Yao, times have changed!What is popular now is the refreshing and clean forest style, and this kind of rich gold is out of date.

Xia Dongli felt that he would spend more time on adjusting Xun Ao's aesthetics.

But this matter is not in a hurry, the focus now is still on the trial run of the machine.

Xia Dongli had prepared organic matter for composting before, and now the bundles are being pulled up by pulleys and thrown in. At the same time, the water injection port in the composter is also spraying water on the compost to humidify.

Most of the organic matter is the straw he bought, and some cow dung bought directly from the farm next door. Of course, there are also deciduous grass roots that he has consciously preserved these days. They are not too difficult to convert into organic matter. .

The total cost of these things was about [-]. Considering their weight, they were so cheap that Xia Dongli couldn't believe it.

It's actually a coincidence.

Now is the season for summer wheat harvesting. Driving around the surrounding villages, you can say how much straw you want. If you just say a price, the other party will take it away after seeing it. The cost is very low.

He also encountered the situation that the cow dung, which was originally relatively expensive, was half sold and half given away by the other party.

The farm next door to Xiaojin Village wanted to transform and expand its business last year. Their factory manager bought a batch of Jersey cows imported from the UK with a loan and treated them like treasures.Now that summer is the time when the appetite of the cows is the strongest and the output is the most prosperous, the front feet are still happy for the milk production, but the hind legs are sad. The factory manager did not expect these cows to be so edible, and now they are completely painful and happy.

Being able to eat is of course a good thing. If you can eat, you can produce more milk, and the nutritional value of milk can also be higher, but the problem is that being able to eat also means being able to pull!Because they had never raised this kind of cattle before and were not well prepared, the farm encountered the problem of a backlog of cow dung.

The farm itself also makes compost. The compost bought in Xiaojin Village in the spring of this year is the same type of cow dung compost.But now the farm produces more than a ton of cow dung every day, and it doesn't take long to fill up the field ready for composting.

If it is winter, some earthworm farmers will come to pull cow dung, but now the cow dung in this season is bought back and fermented, and the temperature is enough to burn the earthworms to death. Xia Dongli, who was buying milk and heard his call, met him.

One of the two parties wanted to buy and the other wanted to sell, and they hit it off immediately. Xia Dongli paid a transportation fee and took away a ton of cow dung, which was a huge bargain.However, the two parties also signed a gentleman's agreement that they will sell a batch of pastures to the farm when they mature in the coming year.

It is said that their family’s forage has made a small splash in the animal husbandry circle of this city. Not to mention the high palatability in the mouths of cattle and sheep, and the background of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, if it wasn’t for the little boss of the slaughterhouse who proudly said that all He bought all the pasture, and I am afraid that someone will come to the door long ago.

This time, because of a temporary idea, the lack of capital accumulation can only rely on procurement, but Xia Dongli thought that the cost of composting in the future should not be so high.

His composter has not produced yet, and the surrounding farmers do not trust the machine very much.So Xia Dongli still has to spend money to buy straw now, but in the future he may be able to exchange the humus produced by compost for straw.

Of course, the main premise is that the villagers are aware of the benefits of organic fertilizer, but Xia Dongli has just listened to it a few times, and the villagers of Xiaojin Village are relatively open to this.

In fact, speaking, the cost of straw is small, and the bulk is livestock excrement.

There is no large-scale livestock breeding in Xiaojin Village, which means that he has no nearby raw materials and can only collect or purchase them by himself.But the problem is not too big, even if the farm owner sells cow dung to him at the market price next time, the price of fresh cow dung will be much cheaper than composted ones.What's more, he now has a flock of sheep.

After the sheepfold is built, it is estimated that the raw materials that can be collected every day will not be much less.

"Conventional composting takes about sixty days at a time." Bai Xiaoxiao stood beside Xia Dongli wearing a dust mask and watched the feeding port close. "Although the organic matter put in this time was not chopped up, they are relatively easy to rot. Plus it’s a hot day, so I don’t think it will take much time, don’t worry, it will remind you when the fermentation is complete.”

Xia Dongli shook her hand and thanked her sincerely.

Bai Xiaoxiao helped him a lot during the few days here. She and Chen Li overturned the original plan of the construction team and rearranged the pipeline together.

They built diversion canals, set up pumping pipes and pressurizers, and thus constituted a simple irrigation facility for farmland water conservancy.

After this operation, an isolation zone appeared between Xia Dongli's low-lying field and Baiyun Mountain. This isolation zone built by several small canals can effectively block the impact of mountain streams on the fields in rainy weather. The low-lying water can also be used to pour water into the reservoir through the pressurizer, which can be used for farmland irrigation and composting machine work.

The two also built several water outlets on the ground. In the future, as long as the water pump is turned on, Xia Dongli can directly receive water from these outlets for irrigation, which is also very convenient if he wants to engage in drip irrigation.

As long as the reservoir has water.

Xia Dongli was really embarrassed to let the two of them do white work, and the money was a bit vulgar. In the end, he bought two old hens and some local specialties and asked someone to deal with them and send them over.

Both Bai Xiaoxiao and Chen Li accepted it with a smile.

In fact, the two of them are very happy to do this kind of design without worrying about the cost. Party A's father like Xia Dongli is simply an angel father, and he must give a thumbs up.

Cough, far away.

It takes two months to complete composting, but for Northeast regions like them, September after two months is also the beginning of the land going dormant. Xiaojin Village started to snow in early November last year, but the temperature before the snow fell The temperature has dropped to zero. After the autumn harvest is over and before the snow falls, at most one crop of fast-ripening vegetables will be planted. Farmers will not waste fertilizer at this time of year.

But composting is different.The compost material is loose, and it will be sprinkled on the bottom of the perennial plants. This thick, fluffy and soft humus is like covering the plants with a layer of cotton quilt, which can effectively avoid the erosion of severe cold.

And it can also add a meal to the microorganisms in the ground that have not yet entered hibernation. When the snow melts in the next spring, the soil will be much more fertile.

The next batch of compost made in autumn will have more abundant raw materials.Most of the plants in Northeast China are deciduous plants. In autumn, the ground is full of fallen leaves.And these best composting materials are all free.

However, the production time of compost in autumn will be longer than that in summer, and it will not be harvested until next spring, which is just used as base fertilizer for spring plowing.

The composter started working normally, which also means that today's preparatory activities have been successfully completed, and the rest is some cleaning activities.

With a big wave of Xia Dongli's hand, he led everyone back to the small brick house, where the country chef he invited had prepared two tables of running water seats.

According to the rules in the countryside, unless it is agreed that wages are required for hired work, the villagers do not talk about money when they help each other, and they only need to pay for a meal.

Of course, in many villages, this kind of rule has gradually faded, but in Xiaojin Village, everyone still abides by this relationship, and even treats it as a social event. Xia Dongli's act of asking the villagers for help this time also announced that He officially joined Xiaojin Village's social circle.

The countryside is different from the city. The turnover rate of villagers here is low. Generally speaking, being a neighbor for a while is equivalent to being a neighbor for a lifetime. Therefore, the social relationship between villagers is very important.

Xia Dongli seemed to have settled down in Xiaojin Village before, but to the people here, he was like a duckweed, not yet deeply rooted.

The friendly relationship between each other is actually rusty.

But now, as soon as this valuable compost bin is put away, as soon as this meal is invited, it is actually announcing to everyone that he wants to stay here.

Assistant Xiao Li told him these reasons, and Assistant Xiao Li invited him for him. Otherwise, according to Xia Dongli's social circle, he might only be able to invite three or two kittens.

"And there is another reason for inviting people over." At that time, Li Wei and Song Dan were standing on the small slope, pointing to the small reservoir built by Xia Dongli, "I have to let everyone see this."

Xia Dongli is upstream of the water source. It is his freedom to build a reservoir upstream, but it is inevitable for the villagers to worry about this young man intercepting the water source.

Although his cistern was applied for when it was built, and the area, volume and orientation were declared, and for safety, the cistern of Xia Dongli's house was buried underground, and the exposed area was increased. A fence is installed to prevent people from accidentally falling.

Because of this design and cost considerations, the main water source of the reservoir is only rainwater and the tributary water of the small pond. After being filled, these water resources will flow down the mountain along the waterway. The volume of his reservoir is not large, mainly In order to protect the composter, irrigation is secondary.

But if people are not allowed to see the actual size of their cistern, it will not be reassuring, and more conflicts can be avoided after everything is put on the bright side.

Of course, Xiao Li's assistant Xia Dongli paid a price.

The slightly longer pasture grass in their family was picked up several times, and these pastures were used by Assistant Xiao Li as a meeting gift to connect with the little black faces of their family.

Not to mention, it may be because of the pasture, or it may be that the little black face has relatively thick nerves. The attitude of the sheep in their family towards Assistant Xiao Li is much better than that of Xiao Baa towards him.

He was even bitten by a sheep and sucked a few mouthfuls. Assistant Xiao Li was surrounded by bleating sheep, and he was so happy that he didn't want to leave.

Not only did he not want to leave, he even wanted to steal a sheep and take it home to raise under the eyes of the rice dog, which made the onlookers speechless.

"However, I think that if Assistant Xiao Li really came to steal the sheep, Da Mi would actually not stop him." Xia Dongli looked at Da Mi, who was huddled in the corner with only one eye sticking out, and whispered to Xun Yu: "So Xiao Li Why is the assistant so unpopular with animals? He's fine."

Xun Yao also glanced at the three dogs over there who were driven furtively by the rice, pondered for a moment, and said to Xia Dongli, "He has...a smell that animals don't like."

"...That's really unfortunate..." There is really no way to appreciate this, it's innate.

Xia Dongli expressed 100% sympathy for Xiao Li's assistant, and he specially opened a watermelon to deliver to him. Li Wei looked at Xia Dongli's face full of question marks, as if with Buddha-like comfort, and backed away unconsciously several steps.

After sending away the reluctant Bai Xiaoxiao, Xia Dongli's life returned to peace.

He has recently developed a new habit of going to the side of the composter to check the temperature inside the machine when he has nothing to do. He feels very relieved every time it rises by one degree.

In fact, in addition to composting, this composting machine also has the functions of cultivating liquid fertilizer and insect breeding.

Liquid fertilizer can cultivate EM bacteria liquid, while insects are mainly earthworms. Both of them actually use the heat energy produced by compost to a certain extent.

There is a cultivation port at the top of it, and bacteria and water are sprinkled into it, and the EM preparation can be harvested in a short time.However, the production time of EM preparations is short and the vitality time is also short, so he can make it as he uses it and put it away first.

As for earthworms, he plans to raise them in September. Earthworms like a warm and humid environment. Summer is the low season for their reproduction. The earthworm box in Xia Dongli’s house is still large enough, and after two months of raising it, it’s time to send them here to change to a larger one. place.

The most important thing is that a small greenhouse must be built before insect breeding, otherwise its earthworms will be a gluttonous meal for nearby birds.

But although this season is so hot that earthworms don't want to fall in love, another insect has waited for a year.

Just after Slight Summer, a lovely insect has completed its eclosion after a long juvenile period, opening the most romantic new chapter in their life.