Chapter 274 Sowing
Old Lady Shang and Tan Chen were both shocked. The term winter wheat was not unfamiliar to them, but it was in a southern region after all.
Especially Old Lady Shang, she now listens to the news on the radio every day, knowing which province has a good winter wheat harvest and which place has been hit by disasters. Even if she doesn't go out, she knows a lot of things.
As for her granddaughter's wish to grow winter wheat in their area, it was simply a fantasy.
"Tingting, how can we grow winter wheat in our climate?"
Tan Chen also had this question and stared at Shang Ruoting without blinking.
In fact, the temperature in Beihe Province is indeed low in winter, but Shang Ruoting is not afraid of this. She has a large amount of winter wheat seeds stored in her space.
This seed was developed by one of her classmates. It is super cold-resistant and very suitable for the climate of Bac Ha Province.
Although the environment is seriously polluted in later generations and the temperature in winter is slightly higher than it is now due to the influence of atmospheric pressure, the difference is only one or two degrees. As long as the seeds are sown about ten days in advance, there will definitely be no big problem.
Shang Ruoting was confident in her mind, but she still had to answer Mrs. Shang's questions.
In order not to reveal her true identity, she could only be vague and let the facts speak for themselves when the time comes.
"Grandma, I just want to give it a try. Even if it doesn't work, we'll just lose some seeds. If it does, we can harvest two crops a year."
Old Mrs. Shang also felt that what her granddaughter said made sense. Although she felt a little sorry for the money spent on buying seeds, she still chose to respect her granddaughter's opinion.
"Since you're determined to give it a try, I'll definitely support you. I hope this winter isn't too cold and our planting will be successful."
Tan Chen knew his wife quite well. Since she chose to explain vaguely to her grandmother, the most likely possibility was that she was planning to use the things in the space.
That space is so magical. It should not be a problem for my wife to grow winter wheat in Beihe Province.
"Ruoting is right. We can try to grow winter wheat. Even if we fail, we'll only lose some seeds."
Seeing that Tan Chen was so supportive, Mrs. Shang naturally had nothing to say.
The decision to plant winter wheat was happily made.
However, this is just talk now. The most urgent task is to plant the corn for spring plowing first.
The next day, Tan Chen took some tools to the fields. Shang Ruoting and Old Lady Shang cleaned up the house and rushed over later.
In fact, according to Shang Ruoting, she did not intend to let Old Lady Shang go over to help. On the one hand, she did not want to let her suffer because of her old age. On the other hand, there were some manual agricultural tools used in the 22nd century in her space. If they could be taken out and used, the sowing efficiency would be much faster.
Old Mrs. Shang felt sorry for Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen, and always thought that if she could help more, the two children would have less hardship.
Therefore, no matter how Shang Ruoting persuaded her to go back, the old lady refused.
In desperation, Shang Ruoting had to use her greedy killer weapon and ordered a few more complicated dishes before sending the old lady home.
At this time, everyone was busy with work in their own fields. Moreover, their farmland was at the very edge, and next door was Yangmei's land. Yangmei's family had already sown the seeds next to their land.
In other words, it is very safe to use those more advanced sowing tools now.
So, under the cover of Tan Chen, Shang Ruoting took out a manual seeder from the space. With this thing, the sowing speed doubled.
Due to the contracting of wasteland, the fertile land originally planned for building greenhouses has been cancelled. All the greenhouses are built on the wasteland, which is also convenient for management.
Therefore, the two of them took four days to plant corn on all nine acres of land.
Although things here are very busy, Shang Ruoting has no plans to rest for a moment. The high-yield rice seedlings grown in the greenhouse in her backyard can now be planted.
The number of seedlings to be grown was calculated in advance by Shang Ruoting, which was just enough for the needs of her own family and Yang Mei's family's eleven acres of paddy fields.
In the 22nd century, technology has developed to a certain level. Even if it is 11 acres of land, it can be completed by one person with the help of professional agricultural machinery. But this is not the case in this era. The work of transplanting rice seedlings still needs manpower.
It just so happened that the villagers had almost finished planting corn, so Tan Chen hired a few reliable people to help.
Shang Ruoting planned to use these acres of paddy fields as experimental fields, so she also joined in.
Although she joined, Tan Chen only let her stand there and give orders because the water in the paddy field was too cold, even if she was wearing water boots.
Shang Ruoting had no choice but to stand by the field and watch, and raise any dissatisfaction in a timely manner.
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