In my days as a farmer

For the next week, Xia Dongli was caught in a busy circle.

First of all, he has to do preliminary preparations for the transplantation of fruit seedlings.

The beginning of August is not a suitable season for plant transplantation. Although the temperature in Northeast China is lower than the national average temperature, there are few clouds here and the sun is big, and the transpiration effect brought about by long-term direct sunlight is quite intense.

Originally, plants rely on the roots to absorb water to supply the leaves. However, the roots will inevitably be damaged during the transplantation process. In addition, it takes time to adapt to a new environment, so the roots cannot quickly recover after transplantation. Enter the working state.

It is not an easy task for plants to carry out photosynthesis and transpiration under the condition of insufficient water intake, and they will overturn if they are not careful.

In other seasons, trees are usually pruned when they are transplanted, but this season is the growing season of plants. In order to store energy for winter, the instinct of plants is to grow as many leaves as possible for photosynthesis. Plants expend more energy on growing leaves, which has the opposite effect.

If there is not enough food, even if you can survive the summer safely, you will not be able to survive the two major barriers in autumn and winter.If the root system fails to grow well before the leaves fall, so that the roots can store enough energy to germinate next spring, not to mention affecting the yield, whether it can survive or not is still a problem.

Then why do we have to transplant in this season...of course it's because it's cheap!

Qian Dazhuang wants to return the contracted land before the end of this year. According to relevant regulations, the crops he planted in the contracted land will be converted into discounts and returned to him by the village committee.

But this discount ratio is far lower than the market price, so in order to make up for this part of the loss, the price of the fruit seedlings Qian Dazhuang sold to Xia Dongli was less than half of the market price.

Moreover, these are new varieties, with a price but no market, so it is worth the risk.

"Actually, it's not completely impossible." Chen Li patted a bunch of express boxes delivered today, and said to Xia Dongli with a little pride, "At this time, we must rely on the power of technology!"

Seeing that he took out the medicine bag, bottle medicine powder, and injection from the box, he sorted and arranged the things while explaining: "Although it is said that the plants are best transplanted in spring, the survival rate is high, but it is inevitable that some people will encounter them. Unexpected situation. These are the potions I asked our school teachers to help prepare, which are suitable for cherry trees, and hanging them on the saplings will greatly increase the survival rate."

"Our school's phytomedicine is well-known, and this formula is a patented product." Researcher Xiao Chen said with some pride, "Everyone agrees that it's good after using it."

"Is this also a vital element?" Xia Dongli picked up a bag of medicine and began to look at the ingredients behind it. He felt a little miraculous. He bought the vital element according to the merchant's recommendation when he was transplanting wisteria.

Xia Dongli didn't grow flowers at home before, and this was the first time he heard of this thing. At first, he thought it was a plant hormone, but after being popularized by science, he realized that it was a natural extract.

Although no comparison experiment has been conducted and I don’t know the difference between using and not using it, but their wisteria was in a flowering state when it was shipped, and the flowers did not fall after planting. The growth is not bad, and it should be quite useful.

——He originally planned to buy some vitality essence this time, but Xiao Chen brought an upgraded version and directly bottled the tree.

"Not really, the vitality element acts on the roots," Chen Li thought for a while, "The hanging needle is to replenish water and inorganic salts to the tree, which can be regarded as replacing part of the root function and decompressing the root. Generally, a tree One bottle is almost enough, if the situation is not good, hang up another bottle."

The effect of this thing is good, and the price is not cheap. He bought it directly from the school and it cost more than ten yuan per bag, so it is usually used for urban greening and promoting new old trees. Ordinary saplings really don’t get this kind of treatment.

Moreover, the hanging bottle is required to be installed when the tree has just been transplanted. Once the cells are damaged and dead, it will not be able to work again.

Taking into account the weather, Chen Li suggested that the hundreds of cherry trees in Xia Dongli's family should be drilled and needled within two days of delivery.

In addition, they also need to build sunshades for the cherry trees to reduce the transpiration and photosynthesis caused by direct sunlight and avoid excessive consumption of plants.

At the same time, the potholes for transplanting should loosen the bottom soil as much as possible to facilitate the root system to take root.

The root system of cherry trees is a shallow-rooted plant among plants, which also means that they are not very resistant to stress, so after the transplanting is completed, triangular piles must be built to support and fix them.By the way, every tree has to be watered thoroughly.

According to their plan, the distance between the trees is still relatively far, and it takes time and energy to walk and carry, and they have to stop working at noon and at the hottest time, in short...

Labor is required.

Otherwise, the three of them may not be able to complete it even if they are exhausted.

Xia Dongli snapped his fingers and began to calculate how many farmers he needed to hire to help plant trees.

"Do you need labor? Actually, you don't need to hire people." Chen Li glanced at the address of the local forum opened by Xia Dongli, and immediately suggested, "I have labor here, and I don't need to pay wages, just a meal."

Xia Dongli's eyes lit up immediately.

The labor force that Chen Li is talking about is the students of their school.Agronomy is a highly practical major. For students of this major, it is very common to go out for an internship during the holidays or be suddenly taken to a farm or forest by the teacher for practice. This is also a very important work experience for them. source.

Although the timing of the notification was sudden, and it was during the holidays, many students had returned to their hometowns, but Chen Li still managed to pull together a team of more than 20 people.These people borrowed a van and rumbled up the small slope.

I don't know if it was because the young people were too excited or because Chen Li miscalculated the time. This group of people arrived a little early. Xia Dongli and Qian Dazhuang made an appointment at [-] o'clock in the morning. They came, so they collided with the shepherd brigade who were about to go out to graze.

"..." Rice looked at these strangely dressed people with a deep expression, and fell silent.It took a step back silently, and had the urge to run to warn its owner, but the sheep standing behind it stopped its urge.

Rice stood on the spot, bent down vigilantly, and made movements of observation and vigilance.

It's not that Rice is timid, it's just that the clothes of these agricultural students are too weird!

It was early in the morning, and all of these people were wearing long trousers and sun protection sleeves, masks and hats, and a piece of clothing over the top. Except for the two eyeballs, the whole person was airtight.

What's more, when these people saw the rice and the flock of sheep, they ignored Wang's warning and growled and approached them a little bit. Some people squatted down to touch it, and some even broke the meat buns to lure it.

Rice feels insulted, is it Wang with such weak willpower? !

Just as it growled in a low voice and wanted to force these weirdos back, Mi Li, who had been mixed in with the flock of sheep, flicked his tail and ran towards the girl breaking the meat buns happily.

"Wow!" Rice immediately barked at it. Mi Li hesitated for a while, and stood still.

"Woof!" Rice's criticism immediately became severe several degrees.

"Aw..." Mi Li dejectedly turned her head back to the flock, but her round eyes were still reluctantly staring at the meat bun in the girl's hand, and her tail hanging down her butt was flicking and flicking.

"Oh, have you been trained to refuse to eat? You still don't let your companions come to eat, you are so vigilant." The girl was not disappointed when she saw this, she pulled off her mask and stuffed two or three mouthfuls of meat buns into her stomach.

"That's not it, what kind of dog do you think it is? Did you say a word? It’s called a border herd is a border herd, and a dog is a dog. This is the difference in IQ.”

A short-cut boy next to him pushed him angrily: "Come on, how can it be so amazing, aren't they all dogs?"

"What's the same?" The boy who took the photo immediately retorted, "You who raise huskies probably don't know how smart dogs can be?"

"Aren't they all pet dogs? What's wrong with the husky? Our husky is also very smart. It knows all the places where I hide snacks!"

"Come on, can dogs not know where the snacks are? I'll just ask your husky to remember where your door is open? They are going to herd sheep!"

The inch-cut boy's eyes flickered for a moment: "Damn, of course I recognize it."

His guilty expression immediately drew ridicule from his friends.At this moment, the laughing voices of the students caught the attention of the homeowner. Xia Dongli pushed open the door and looked outside, then glanced at his watch in surprise: "Is it Researcher Chen's student? You guys came so early? Where is Xiao Chen?"

"The researcher came here on a battery car, and he asked us to come up first." Seeing Xia Dongli coming out, a dark-skinned young man hurried up to greet him, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Xia? I am the monitor of the second research class, and my name is Qiu Pei. A total of 24 people came, and they are all here."

"Ah... oh, hello, my surname is Xia, you guys arrived a bit early and I'm not ready yet, I'm sorry." Xia Dongli shook hands with him, then looked at Rice, "Dami, you first Go up the mountain, it's fine here."

"Woo..." Rice looked at these people hesitantly, a little worried.

Seeing this, Xia Dongli walked up to it, patted the dog's head, and comforted it, "It's all right, you go, be careful on the road."

"Wow!" Rice barked happily, rubbed against the owner's waist, left her scent in satisfaction, and ran towards the flock of sheep.Seeing it sprint left and right, the flock of sheep that had been resting on the spot and started grazing was instantly integrated, and then the whole army ran up the mountain under the leadership of Xiaobaa.

"Wow!!!" The young photographer took pictures of the whole process. Seeing the appearance of Rice and another small yellow dog controlling the team from left to right, he couldn't help but exclaimed, and asked Xia Dongli with great interest. : "Mr. Xia, I saw on the Internet that border shepherds are all under the control of the owner's whistle. Does your dog not need instructions?"

"No need," Xia Dongli had heard this young man praise their family's rice before. For a dog father, Xia Dongli has always adhered to the motto "As long as you praise my dog, we can become good friends." In principle, therefore, his initial liking for this young man was 20 points higher than others.

He showed off calmly: "Our family's rice can give itself instructions. It can make its own decisions whether to go up the mountain or down the mountain, whether to take the sheep out or not."

"Oh! Are you so smart? Have you received special training?" Several students who saw the rice herding sheep also jumped up.

Xia Dongli asked someone to move a stool (FROM Community Activity Center) and said with a smile: "I don't have any training, maybe it's the power of blood?"

Another young man pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, came over to give Xia Dongli a hand, and asked by the way: "Mr. Xia, may I ask if the sheep you raise are Valais black-nose sheep? Are they easy to raise? Fertility How about it?"

"Huh? You know this." Xia Dongli was a little surprised, "It's easy to raise. I haven't gotten sick after raising it for a few months, but the main reason may be that our breeding density is low and the activity area is large. It can’t be used as a reference either.”

"As for fecundity...it's not yet the breeding season, and I don't know yet."

Seeing that he was so talkative, the students immediately gathered around him, helping him carry things, and those carrying water, all of them were active and curious: "Mr. How are you doing on herds?"

"Uh, it's not bad, it's very flexible."

"Mr. Xia, we saw the pasture you planted on the way here. May I ask if it is goat bean? How is the drought and cold resistance of this variety?"

"It's very good!" Xia Dongli looked at their little eyes that were thirsty for knowledge... Well, he could only see the eyes, and pointed to the chair with a smile: "Sit down first, save your energy, I'm quite tired today, has Xiao Chen told you about our mission today?"

"I've said it." The students replied unanimously, and then exchanged glances with each other, and the class leader Qiu Pei replied: "Today we are here to learn about the summer colonization of fruit trees and the application of tree trunk punching and injection technology."

...so academic?

Xia Dongli wiped off his cold sweat silently, feeling that each of the students in front of him exuded the light of a master.

Xia Dongli felt a little short of breath for no reason.Fortunately, it didn't take long for Xiao Chen to drive his little electric car up the slope, and when he saw that the students had arrived, he immediately waved to them, "Oh, we're here, you're going well ?”

"Thanks to the strength of the pagoda you pointed out, teacher, for guiding us in the direction we are going." The driver who was driving was also one of the students. He made a joke, and it could be seen that the students and Researcher Chen were quite casual.

"That's not true~" Chen Li smiled and glanced at Xia Dongli, "That's the landmark building of our Xiaotupo."

Xia Dongli: "..."

Xia Dongli stood up silently and patted Chen Li's shoulder: "You talk first, I'll go get mung bean soup."

Chen Li's eyes lit up: "Remember to put ice in the mung bean soup!"

"I know." Xia Dongli waved his hand casually, and reminded, "If you feel hot, move an electric fan." Then he walked into the house.

The yard in front of the small brick house is quite large, but it is still a bit difficult to accommodate so many people, so Chen Li took a group of students to sit in the open space at the door.

He seized the time to repeat today's tasks and learning goals, and then ordered two students who can drive agricultural tricycles to be responsible for the cargo transportation, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner.

At this moment, Xia Dongli received a call from Qian Dazhuang. Their truck encountered a wild boar crossing the road on the way, and it would be delayed for a while.

Xia Dongli told Chen Li about this matter with a dark face. Chen Li felt a little empathetic when he heard the words. As the same victim of a wild boar crossing the road, he thoughtfully said that it was okay. Anyway, there were so many of them, just to remind them Qian Dazhuang remembered to shade the saplings, so as not to let the roots be exposed to the sun. Qian Dazhuang immediately responded, and the two hung up the phone and looked at each other.

Planting trees is delayed, but these 20 young people are still there, so we can't make people sit still.

"Why don't you invite them in?" Xia Dongli suggested hesitantly.

Chen Li pondered for a while, then turned his eyes to the wolfdog resting on his stomach in the chicken coop in the yard, his eyes lit up: "Shall I take them to bathe and apply medicine to the wolfdog?"

Xia Dongli was shocked, you agricultural students still have to learn how to treat dogs?

"Hey, there is no separation between farmers and animals. If you don't go to the end, who knows which way you will go. It's always right to have an extra skill." Chen Li waved his hand and said with a vicissitudes of life, obviously rich in experience.

"It's okay!" Xia Dongli brought gloves and a disposable bib to someone, and told him, "Remember to put on the mask, and be careful when washing it, so as not to hurt it."

"Don't worry." Chen Li waved his hand, calling for the youngsters to come and observe how to treat canine skin diseases.

That's right, the second reason why Xia Dongli has been busy recently is the new dog at home.

The two of them took the dog to the hospital for a walk before, and got a good news and a bad news.

The good news is that the dog has passed the blood and stool examination and confirmed that there are no two fatal problems of canine distemper and canine distemper. Although the constitution is a little weak, there should be no major problems.

But the bad thing is that the skin disease on it is a fungal infection.

The skin disease caused by fungal infection is the most troublesome kind of skin disease in dogs. It is highly recurrent, difficult to cure, and can be contagious. Therefore, Xia Dongli took this big wolfdog and his family's dog as soon as it was identified. The separation distance between several dogs was increased to two meters - he added another layer of fence beside the chicken coop to prevent the rice grains from approaching.

In fact, the fungus exists on every dog ​​and exists for a long time. This thing floats in the air, like mold, and cannot be isolated.

Usually the fungus has no effect when the dog is in good health, but once the dog’s nutrition cannot keep up with the decline in the resistance, the fungus will immediately start to dominate, and if one does not pay attention, small bumps will form, and then the small bumps will soon become Formed into circular sores, if left unattended, such sores would quickly expand and spread throughout the body.

Because there is no hair on the sore, the dog with skin disease looks very bad, but fortunately, this disease is not fatal. As long as the treatment is continued and the resistance is increased, the dog will recover soon.

Of the three dogs in Xia Dongli’s family, Rice and Xiaotian are both adult dogs, and both dogs are very healthy and in good shape. Only Mi Li is underage, and it is still in the rapid growth stage. Dogs of this age The main body nutrition of dogs is provided for bone development, which is relatively fragile in other aspects.

So it's the number one defense target.

The protective fence is very effective, but the jumping ability of the rice grain itself is not very good, and the flexibility of the growing dog is greatly reduced. The rice grain that their family is very curious about this dog can only observe from a distance every day. The nearer opportunity is the time to give the big dog a medicated bath.

So every time the big dog was bathed, Xia Dongli had to do it quietly when the rice grains were not around.

The most effective treatment for fungal skin diseases is medicated bath. As the name suggests, it is to sprinkle the medicine in the water and let the dog soak in it for a while. This treatment allows the medicine to contact all the sores on the dog. If there is treatment, there is no prevention.

Of course, the dog’s head cannot be soaked in water, you can only wipe it with a cotton swab, but don’t worry, the inflatable Elizabeth ring on the wolf dog’s neck will be like a swimming ring at this time, ensuring that the dog’s head is in the water.

In order to provide a medicated bathing place for the dog, Xia Dongli bought an inflatable swimming pool for children.

The big wolfdog asked Chen Li to put a muzzle on it meekly, and was about to go out when Xia Dongli suddenly stopped them.

The young man hurried out with a large double-button canvas collar in his hand: "I almost forgot about this. The courier just arrived. The leash is specially designed for strong dogs. It's more convenient for you to have a collar."

He squatted down, put the collar around the wolf dog's neck, carefully buckled the pin buckle, and tied the stainless steel chain.

Xia Dongli adjusted his position. Just as he was about to stuff his fingers into the collar to feel the tightness, he suddenly found that the dog's big black and white eyes were a little moist.

He was shocked at the moment, and quickly reached out to touch the collar, "What's wrong? Did I tie it too tightly? Or do you not like to use collars? But dogs must use collars, otherwise they will be caught..."

"Woo~" the wolfdog whimpered, and for the first time turned away from Xia Dongli's hand touching its collar. It took a small step, and carefully rested its hairy head on Xia Dongli's shoes.

It moved very slowly and carefully, and when it lay down, its big eyes kept looking at Xia Dongli's expression again and again. In the end, it was not stopped until it rested its head on his shoes.

The dog is very light, and it seems that it is also trying not to crush Xia Dongli, testing whether the human will accept its approach little by little.

Finally, it felt the gentlest weight on its head. "Fool!" The young man smiled. He stretched out his hand and pressed the wolfdog's head so that it stuck to his shoe.

Xia Dongli lifted up the small metal plate under the dog's neck and showed it, "Look, with this, you are our dog."