Chapter 059 Planting Corn Late at Night
July 15th, evening in Sikunshan.
Yang Zengyue took a bench and sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air. He drew a crop planting plan in the light under the grape trellis.
She found that there was still much to do.
There simply isn't enough time.
The boss then decided to work at night.
Anyway, Shi Rongchuan has already left, so she doesn't have to worry about being discovered.
So, she discussed it with Chen Jiaer, who was busy buying snacks, and said, "Jiaer, let's go clean up the wasteland tonight, otherwise we might not make it in time."
She plans to plant corn on the wasteland. Corn and rice take about the same amount of time to mature.
We must rush to plant while the temperature is still good, otherwise the harvest will definitely be sharply reduced.
Chen Jiaer was excited when she heard there was something to do, and nodded quickly: "Okay, do you have any tools that can be used?"
Now all farming is done by machines. A few days ago, Yang Zengyue asked Uncle Fan to plow those dozens of acres of paddy fields. He felt that Uncle Fan should have a rest.
Besides, she didn't want too many people to know about her corn planting.
The wasteland in Xingyun Temple is relatively concentrated, so the two of them can plant corn by turning it over at night.
Yang Zengyue still has the wooden plow that the predecessors of Xingyun Temple used for farming. They can use it by installing an iron plowshare on it.
As for why not use machines?
The two people who had stayed in the apocalypse for a long time didn't even think about mechanization.
Moreover, the two of them planned to work at night, and the noise of the machines was too loud.
If someone heard it and got up at night to check, wouldn't it be exposed?
Although the wasteland is separated by mountains and far away from the village, it is still better to be cautious.
Just do it.
Yang Zengyue opened the warehouse next to the main house and took out the wooden plow that had been covered in dust for a long time.
Yang Zengyue frowned: "It seems that we still need to use oxen, but with our strength and speed, we can just push it forward and do it, right?"
No need for cows.
They are much stronger than cows.
Chen Jiaer was not sure. She had never used it or seen it, so she shook her head.
Yang Zengyue found a video of plowing a field on his phone and watched it with Chen Jiaer for a while. He felt that he had grasped the key points. "Do you understand?"
Chen Jiaer nodded excitedly: "I think I understand. Let's try it tonight."
Yang Zengyue put the plowing tools under the grape trellis. Jiuxiao heard the noise and came out to take a look. Yang Zengyue told him that she was going out at night.
Jiu Xiao knew he couldn't stop them: "Although there are fewer people walking around at night, there are still some. Be careful not to get discovered."
Yang Zengyue and Chen Jiaer nodded, "Don't worry, Master. Jiaer and I can spot anyone within a ten-mile radius."
The last time Yang Zengyue sent the little forest eagle back to its nest, she jumped down from a tree more than ten meters high. There was no sound after she landed on the ground. Her posture was even lighter than that of a cat landing. Also, the skills she showed when she entered the underground palace were unmatched in this era.
Jiuxiao was very relieved.
As long as the two of them don't reveal their true strength in front of others, they can get away with it.
After finishing all this, the two decided to go back to their room to take a nap.
Wait until late at night and everyone is asleep before going to work at night.
At twelve o'clock in the night, Yang Zengyue woke up on time.
He quietly put on his clothes and put on a hat, fearing the heavy dew at night.
I closed the door quietly and came out to see Chen Jiaer also closing the door.
"Shh," the two people went downstairs without making any sound.
Yang Zengyue put the plowing tools into the space. Chen Jiaer's space was full of corn seeds, and then he walked to the wasteland where medicinal herbs were planted.
In the darkness of the night, the two people's footsteps looked very strange. A journey that normally takes half an hour to complete was completed in just five minutes.
After arriving at the place, the two could see the surrounding environment clearly without the need for lights.
Yang Zengyue put down his tools and said to Chen Jiaer, "Jiaer, I'll plow the land. You spread fertilizer in the grooves carved by the wooden plow. Place each pile of fertilizer 30 centimeters apart. We'll place seeds in between and then cover it with soil."
It’s too late to breed now, so we can only plant it simply like this.
However, in order to have a better harvest, Yang Zengyue decided to add some base fertilizer. The fertilizer she had asked the fertilizer store to deliver was piled up aside and could be used directly.
After saying that, Yang Zengyue pushed the wooden plow and ran quickly.
The medicinal herbs had just been dug in this field not long ago, and the soil was very soft, so she had no difficulty in pushing the plow.
A hundred meters is just a blink of an eye. Chen Jiaer was also very motivated and followed behind Yang Zengyue, only slightly slower than her.
It took two people three hours to plow and sow the ten acres of land.
In order to facilitate irrigation, Yang Zengyue dug a well in the wasteland. Yang Zengyue has more than one special ability. She can communicate with alien plants and control water.
So it only took the two of them half an hour to water the corn, and when they finished, the sky was just beginning to turn light.
The two of them quickly packed up and went back.
The villagers are used to getting up early, and they have to pass by the place where the villagers live on their way back, so they have to go back before that.
After putting the tools into the space, he found a secluded place to change his clothes and pretended to be going for a run. Even if the villagers saw him, they would not be suspicious. After all, the two of them had been getting up so early every day to exercise recently.
After returning, the two sat under the eaves for a while before they heard Jiuxiao's footsteps.
"Master, good morning." Yang Zengyue touched Pumpkin's head and greeted Jiuxiao behind him.
"Well, you're back?" Jiuxiao saw that the two people looked clean and tidy, so the work must have been done.
I don't know how the two of them did it.
He was looking forward to the day when he could see their true strength.
Yang Zengyue told Uncle Fan that they had already planted ten acres of corn. She would ask him what to pay attention to when the corn sprouted.
This kind of farming requires not only physical strength but also experience and wisdom.
It’s not as simple as you think.
Chen Jiaer used to think that all he had to do was throw the seeds into the ground and that no technology was needed.
Only when I really started doing it myself did I realize that there is a lot to learn everywhere.
When to sow, when to transplant rice seedlings, when to water and fertilize, when to spray pesticides, and what pesticides to use are all matters of knowledge.
Jiuxiao only knows how to grow and manage medicinal herbs, and he doesn't know the various issues concerning food when asked.
"Master, let's go into the mountains together and look for some things." Yang Zengyue decided to go into the mountains and find some powerful plants to plant while it was not too hot in the morning.
Give them housekeeping.
She planted them at the location where Jiuxiao had set up the array. After the plants took root, she would try to see if she could stimulate them to mutate in advance.
"What are you planning to plant?" Jiuxiao was very curious. What's the point of planting plants? They should plant trees, because only trees can play the role of the array.
Yang Zengyue told Jiuxiao that plants could mutate.
Not all plants mutate.
They had to look for the species they knew, as they were not sure whether other plants would be able to mutate after the apocalypse.
Jiuxiao thought about it and realized that there were indeed some powerful plants in the mountains, and he knew their approximate locations.
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