The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

The advantage of Chinese New Year is that you can get up late and go to bed late. Xue Yinsong always likes to be lazy on the bed. Even if he heard Aunt Huan talking in the yard, he dragged Xiucai not to get up.

The little scholar scolded with a smile: "Why are you so crazy, your father and the others are all up, how long are you going to hang around?"

Xue Yinsong closed his eyes and said: "They are them. They can't sleep when they are old. If you sleep with me again, this bed is so warm."

The little scholar had no choice but to lie down again along with him and said, "It's New Year's Eve, I can't be as lazy as last year, I have to study hard."

"You can relax these few days, take a vacation for yourself, and work hard after the year is over." Xue Yinsong said lazily, gently touching his arm and said, "How is Changhui's writing skills?" Are you going to send him to study?"

The little scholar nodded and said: "I wanted to let him go to study, but I also felt that he was young, and I was also worried." Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "Study should be done as soon as possible. Now that you are young, you don't have to send it far. It’s in the Shushu School in Fuchun County.”

The little scholar was stunned: "Fuchun County? It takes more than an hour to go to the city. If you want to catch the morning class, don't you have to go out at the fourth watch? The child is too young, and I don't feel relieved to leave him alone."

Xue Yinsong immediately showed his fox tail: "Then stay at school, just live in a school, and you will be picked up once a month." Xiao Xiucai immediately scolded with a smile: "I think it was because of his extra words yesterday that annoyed you? No, How can such a small child live in the school, what will the big child do if he wants to bully him."

Xue Yinsong snorted and said, "I cleaned up the West Room, made him a small bed and bought him a quilt to sleep on by himself, how can I keep getting out of bed with adults."

The little scholar smiled and said, "Let's talk about it in the spring. It's cold now, so I have to help him cover him with a quilt."

The two chatted on the bed before getting up. Auntie Huan cooked a pot of leftover broth, vegetables and rice from last night and stewed it on the stove. He smiled and said, "Hurry up and wash up, the pot is hot."

Father Xue squatted under the eaves with a big bowl, and greeted them when he saw them: "Come and eat quickly, your Auntie Huan's cooking skills are really good, this big miscellaneous cooking is really delicious."

In addition to eating and playing during the Chinese New Year, it can be regarded as a big holiday for relaxation, but Xue Yinsong was not idle. After breakfast, he found an old bed board and ordered two wooden boxes.Father Xue felt strange: "Tiger, what are you doing?"

"To plant wheat, grow seedlings first." Xue Yinsong asked his father while holding a wooden plank that couldn't be tenoned: "You can fix this? I can't fix it. I want to order two boxes, three inches deep."

Father Xue took over his son's half-hanging wooden plank and compared it to the tenon, and cut off another section neatly. It is very cold, are you afraid that the seedlings will be frozen when they come out?"

Xue Yinsong admired the wooden box in his hand and smiled mysteriously: "In terms of farming, you are better than me, but in terms of innovation, I am naturally better. This innovative seedling breeding is my strong point, so don't worry about it, anyway. Our family will definitely plant wheat in March."

"March?" Father Xue stared, "Why so early? If there isn't enough sunlight when it's fruiting, then Huizi won't be full."

Xue Yinsong explained with a smile: "I heard someone introduce a double-grab method on the way here. You can plant two seasons in a year. You can plant wheat in spring and plant in February. Harvest before ear seedlings, and then irrigate the ground. Plant rice separately when ear seedlings are planted. Harvesting, this method can double the property, but the disadvantage is that the seedlings need to be raised, and the seedlings have to grow a foot high before they can be planted."

Father Xue's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true. I'm breeding right now, and we'll plant them in the ground when the weather warms up in spring. There's just one thing, the rooted wheat can only be transplanted one by one. Be careful not to damage the roots."

Father Xue nodded again and again, and said with some concerns: "Tiger, can this be done?" Xue Yinsong thought in his heart that as long as the temperature is enough for three seasons, it will be fine, and he had to comfort him: "Of course it can be done, but I am pestering you." People have been asking for a long time, so don't worry."

Xue Yinsong first went to the field to choose some good soil, crushed it finely, dug out the small stones and sundries, packed the soil as high as the wooden box, took the wheat seeds, soaked them in water, and skimmed off the floating shells Impurities, soak with warm water.

Father Xue was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, and ran back and forth: "Tiger, why don't you take such a big risk, let's try a small field first, and if it works, we can grow it next year."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "Father, don't worry, I can handle the scale well. Let's forget about the first day of Chinese New Year today. Let's dig a big hole in the field on the third day of the new year. Bury it with manure."

Father Xue nodded and said, "Okay, haven't you done some kind of dragon breeding pile before? Do you want to do it?"

Xue Yinsong's eyes lit up. When he was young, he had indeed made a compost pile of earthworms. He raised a large pile of earthworms. If there were too many earthworms, he would throw them into the ground. He could even feed chickens and ducks: "Okay, if you don't tell me, I'll put them in Forget about this crop, do you think that earthworm has any effect on the harvest?"

Father Xue frowned and thought for a while: "I haven't really compared carefully whether it is good for the harvest, but chickens and ducks will grow fatter after eating them."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "Okay, this is easy, you can start raising earthworms when the fertilizer is ripe, and don't throw away the leftover vegetable roots and vegetable skins at home. That is the best way to raise earthworms."

Father Xue thought for a while and said: "The food of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and rabbits is not a big problem, but your fox is a big problem. This Chinese New Year can still feed and drink for those four uncles. What should I do when spring starts? "

Xue Yinsong also had a headache. Those four cubs had been home for almost ten days, and their appetites had obviously grown, and they were also more courageous. In the backyard, although the teeth are still small enough to kill chickens and ducks, it is still a threat.

Father Xue said: "You must solve this problem, see if you make a cage and close it or something, otherwise the chickens and ducks at home will be killed."

The courtyard wall is a half-height parapet built with stones, and the fox will definitely not be able to escape. Xue Yinsong frowned and thought about it, and then he suddenly had an idea: "I will make the chicken and duck cages higher, so that nothing will happen."

"How to be tall?" Father Xue asked.

"Clean up the pigsty and make two floors. Pigs are raised on the first floor and chickens are raised on the second floor. This saves space, and the chicken and duck manure can be washed directly into the pig manure pit with water, which is clean and hygienic. Besides, the chicken and duck manure is Good thing, chicken manure is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and if it is decomposed and used for farming, it is really a good fertilizer."

Father Xue looked at his son in disbelief: "You still want to build a building for chickens and ducks? This man hasn't lived in a building yet, and this animal will enjoy the blessings first, so you can just mess around. I don't support this." You, if you want to support you, it will be a joke for the whole village to see our family."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly said: "Look at our yard with so many animals, don't you feel it's crowded? Where do we pile up the wheat stalks when we wait for the autumn harvest? Besides, we have to raise a cow in spring, look at this yard Is there still room in the village? The chickens and ducks take up such a large area, how can we do it without moving? The two mu of land, my father and son, can be cultivated with a bit of fatigue, but if the 20 mu of land is really taken back, there is no way. How about a cow?"

Father Xue looked around, the small farmyard was indeed crowded due to the rapid population expansion, and the cows were big animals, and the area they would occupy was almost as big as a room. "Then you can't build buildings for chickens and ducks. What kind of talk is that? Then you can't make the whole village laugh at it? You don't know that it's rare and strange for country people. It's like changing the world when something small happens. The gossip lady talked about it for a whole month."

The previous courtyard has been built like this. It is impossible to re-repair the courtyard wall and make it bigger. The only way is to integrate and re-layout. Houses and wells are places for people to eat and use. Chickens, ducks, pigs, and rabbits are all over there. Now there is still some space in the middle, but if you want to build a cow pen in the middle, it will be very tasteful. When you eat on the stone table in the backyard in summer, don't feel disgusted."

Father Xue held back his panic and couldn't think of a way out, so he flicked his sleeves and left angrily.After a while, the little scholar came, probably because the father had sued his son, and as soon as he entered the yard, he asked, "What's the matter with you, I think Uncle Xue is very angry, and he kept pulling Aunt Huan around the house explain."

Xue Yinsong recounted his idea of ​​renovating the pigsty: "You see, the backyard is so big, so I can't do anything about it. If I don't raise cattle in the spring, I will be exhausted and I won't be able to plow the land. Let's build a second floor. What's the matter, I really don't believe those people can talk me out of me."

Xiaoxiu thought for a while and said: "Your idea is very good, it can save money, but Uncle Xue has a good face, you can't let him walk in the village and be pointed at by others, or else, the chicken coop will be repaired." Come and use it as a rice warehouse in the future."

Xue Yinsong shook his head: "The most important thing for grain storage is not to be exposed to moisture, otherwise it will harden and become moldy, or it can be used to hold wheat straw. Wheat straw is easy to mold and rot when piled directly on the ground. It is reasonable to pile it on the pigsty. "

The little scholar smiled and said: "That's right. We are not short of money. Who cares if you are willing to spend a lot of money to build a high-end straw warehouse. Besides, it doesn't matter if you raise a chicken or something."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Then you go and tell my father, let him come quickly, the family's wood is not enough, we have to go up the mountain to cut some trees." Xiao Xiucai hurriedly agreed and went to the front yard.