Chapter 262 Autumn Planting

"I didn't have any salt so I used tobacco to burn it. I promise I won't do it again next time."

Zhao Yeqing snorted coldly, put on a serious face and took out alcohol to disinfect him.

In the past, Mu Xi would have definitely found herbs nearby to apply to the wound, but the weather had just returned to normal and he couldn't find any suitable herbs, not even the most common airplane grass.

Zhao Yeqing turned around and went to the basement, and actually took out a plant of airplane grass from it.

In their dialect, it is called airplane grass. The scientific name of this plant should be Vanilla ternata. The leaves are slightly poisonous and rubbing them on the skin may cause redness, swelling and blistering.

But it is a very good Chinese herbal medicine for treating leech bites.

In the mountains on their side, this herb is very common. This one is a weed growing in the basement. The seeds were brought in by the two people hidden in the leaf mold they used to improve the soil for planting in the basement.

It was too hot before and didn't sprout. Later, it was placed in the basement. After irrigation and fertilization and the suitable temperature in the basement, it has now grown.

When Mu Xi went out to the citrus orchard, she finished drawing the blueprint and went to the basement to pull weeds, which happened to be one of the weeds.

Mu Xi felt it was a coincidence, but was not very surprised, because Xiangzelan was too common among them.

Zhao Yeqing crushed the leaves and applied them directly on Mu Xi's wound.

After treating the wound, Mu Xi coaxed her for a long time with lowered head and gentle eyes. When he saw that her expression had eased a little, he began to talk about the situation in the citrus orchard.

"The damage to the orchard was much better than expected. Only the middle part of the orchard that was exposed to the hail was hit hard, and many fruits fell off. The fruit trees on both sides that were shaded by trees were relatively safe."

"Not killed?"

Mu Xi shook his head and nodded, "Yes, but it's not serious. After all, it's not like a meadow, so exposed to the sun. I don't know what the situation was like before, but after a rain, the fruit trees are still in good shape."

The weather was unpredictable, and Zhao Yeqing didn't expect the fruit to taste good or whether he could eat the fruit. He just hoped that the fruit trees could protect themselves and survive.

After talking about the orchard, Zhao Yeqing mentioned his idea for today. He handed the blueprint to Mu Xi and pointed, "Just move the bathroom to the hay house as you said, and move the hay house outside. It will be a good opportunity to expand it."

The previous hay house was not small, but it was relatively small considering the current number of livestock. This time, moving it out and rebuilding it will be just enough to expand the area and store more hay.

After the expansion, it no longer fit in the original rabbit pen as the area was not large enough, so it had to be moved out and the yard expanded at the same time.

Mu Xi saw that the blueprint was almost the same as what he expected, so he nodded and said, "I will go to dig red soil and limestone in a few days. Don't come with me. We still need to prepare for autumn sowing, right? Wait until I turn the land over again before dealing with the expansion."

Zhao Yeqing's original plan was to wait until the summer was over before planting some autumn crops, vegetables: white radish, Chinese cabbage, spinach, lettuce, and chrysanthemum...

There are also coarse grains such as red beans, mung beans and corn. Red beans and mung beans are out of stock, but corn is never too much, no matter how much you have, as all the livestock in the house love it.

The pasture also needs to be rearranged.

Zhao Yeqing thought about this and said, "Then when winter comes, we can slaughter some sheep to reduce the burden of forage."

Mu Xi had no objection. He always did what Zhao Yeqing said. "Then when the weather gets cold, I'll kill a few sheep."

In fact, the cattle are the ones that consume the most forage in the house. Now that we have an extra calf, even if we slaughter a few sheep, it will only be barely enough to fill the gap in calf feed.

Zhao Yeqing: "This summer is so hot, and we don't know what it will be like in winter. The cold front came so suddenly, so we still need to prepare another silage pit."

The area of ​​pasture planted by the two is enough to fill another silo, but the process of making silage requires a little more effort.

Mu Xi thought for a moment and said, "The original pasture is a bit far away. Why don't I open up some new land nearby?"

Reclaiming wasteland was hard work, but Mu Xi felt that it was a one-time thing. After doing it once, fetching water, applying fertilizer, and transporting grass would become much easier.

The vacant land in front of the house has been developed. The nearest one is on the left side of the house, and there is some vacant land in the direction of the woods.

But the two of them never developed this side, because there are slightly more stones here, and it is more difficult to open up the land.

There are not so many stones on the right side, but except for the area to the right of the house that is planned for expansion, there is no open space elsewhere. To the right is a small hill, and there is also a small hill behind the open space in front.

It looks like we can only use the land on the left.

Mu Xi said, "Let's go to the left. The stones we dug out are just right for laying the foundation for the new hay house."

By pasting the stones and cement together, as long as the shapes are slightly matched, a lot of red bricks will be left.

"Okay, then we'll start the process of clearing the land."

The sun is not shining now, so Mu Xi doesn't wait until tomorrow. He takes a hoe and rake and goes out to the grain field to work on the land.

The growing cycle of food is relatively long, so it needs to be planted quickly. Rebuilding the house is only the second priority.

It was already dark at this time. Mu Xi turned on the light bulb installed on the top of the small pavilion outside the yard, and began to weed the fields by the light.

After the rain, the fields were more or less covered with weeds. We quickly removed the weeds while the soil was still relatively moist, and then pulled the cows over to plow the fields. The only thing left was to water the fields to moisten the soil.

The mud is loose, so it is easier to plow the land.

Zhao Yeqing picked out all the seeds to be dried tomorrow and removed the black, shriveled and bad ones.

In addition to the ones I was going to plant before, I also want to arrange for sesame and the cotton that was not planted.

For sesame, half a piece of land is enough, but cotton is more troublesome and has a long growing cycle. I don’t know if the weather will get colder too quickly. It’s like the spring when the seeds are just planted and the temperature suddenly changes and everything is gone.

A batch of cotton seeds was wasted last time. Zhao Yeqing hesitated for a long time and decided not to plant them first. He would observe the situation this year and wait until next spring.

After deciding what you want to plant, pick out all the seeds and dry those that need to be dried in the sun or soak them in water to germinate.

When Mu Xi turned over the land and started to reclaim the land next to it, Zhao Yeqing also went down to the field and started sowing seeds.

First, sesame and corn can be sown directly into the ground. After soaking and germinating, the seeds of mung beans and red beans need to be dried in the sun for a day.

Zhao Yeqing was considering whether to continue intercropping and sow red beans and mung beans between the corn.