Chapter 74 Cultivating Mushrooms
After returning home, Zhou Ziwen started chopping firewood, splitting the dead tree he brought back into pieces.
"Looks like I need to find time to go to the county town and buy a saw."
It is indeed a bit tiring to just chop it with an axe.
It may not be a big deal for Zhou Ziwen, but he doesn't want to waste his efforts.
If you were someone like Zhou Chaoyang, you would probably be exhausted after chopping down a tree.
"Brother Ziwen, take a break first and then eat!"
Before he finished his work, Chen Qiaoyi called him to eat.
"good."
Zhou Ziwen wiped his sweat.
Working in this hot weather doesn't make me feel tired, but sweat is dripping down my face like it's free.
"Brother Ziwen, use my handkerchief!"
Seeing Zhou Ziwen wiping his sweat with his sleeve, Chen Qiaoyi took out a handkerchief from her pocket and carefully wiped his face.
"Yiyi, it's great to have you."
Looking at the person in front of him gently wiping the sweat off his face, Zhou Ziwen couldn't help but speak.
"whee."
As soon as these words were spoken, the little girl burst into laughter, and her eyes became crescent-shaped.
Today's dinner is also very sumptuous. The wild rabbit we shot yesterday was brought here to eat.
"Ziwen, try it and see if it smells fishy."
Chen Shiying asked expectantly.
Today she specifically used the method Zhou Ziwen taught her to remove fishy smells.
After trying it once, I found that it works very well.
"Sure, sister, your skills have improved again."
Zhou Ziwen gave a thumbs up.
To be honest, Chen Shiying is really talented in cooking.
He had only taught her once, but Chen Shiying remembered it completely and could reproduce it. This is not something that most people can do.
"As long as it tastes good." Chen Shiying smiled and was very satisfied.
Just now she was worried that Zhou Ziwen would say it was not tasty.
After one meal, they had finished eating a whole hare.
Of course, the main force is definitely Zhou Ziwen. The two sisters together do not eat as much as he does alone.
"It's a pity that I can only eat vegetarian food tomorrow." Zhou Ziwen sighed.
In this day and age, it is really difficult to eat meat every day.
"Let's go fishing tomorrow!"
Zhou Ziwen had a plan in mind.
After he finished eating the pork, he could only eat fish.
"But in this case, there will be a lot to do tomorrow!" Zhou Ziwen was a little worried.
He worked in the production team every day and didn't have much free time.
Tomorrow he has to be busy making culture medium for growing mushrooms and preparing food, and he feels like he is too busy to handle it all.
"It seems that I can only have my own time after the mushrooms are cultivated."
Zhou Ziwen became more eager to cultivate mushrooms.
It’s not that he wants to be lazy, but if he wants to live a better life in the countryside, he has to work harder.
If you just want to muddle through life, like the people in the Youth League, who eat vegetarian food every day and sometimes only have pickles to go with their meals, then you don't need to work so hard, just lie down.
But with the idle panel, he would feel sorry for himself if he didn't try hard.
He is busy now, and once the mushrooms are grown and the production team knows his abilities, he believes the days ahead will be easy.
After all, cultivating mushrooms requires technology and the workload is not that large.
When he relaxes, he can focus on his own affairs.
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Soon, the next day came.
Zhou Ziwen went to work as usual.
But things get busy after work in the afternoon.
"Xiao Zhou, I brought you what you wanted. Do you think it's enough?"
"Thank you, Aunt Li." Zhou Ziwen hurriedly thanked her.
"Hey, it's just some quicklime. Come back to me if it's not enough." Aunt Li said generously.
"That's enough, that's enough. I only need a little."
After seeing Aunt Li off, Zhou Ziwen opened the paper bag in his hand.
It contained just the quicklime he needed.
Aunt Li is a member of the silkworm breeding team, and they also use lime on a daily basis.
After all, silkworms are a very precious species, and silkworm houses often need to be disinfected with lime powder.
"With this, we have all the materials needed to make the culture medium."
Zhou Ziwen carefully packed the lime powder back.
After returning home, he did not delay and started making it on the spot with the materials he had.
I was busy until it was almost time for dinner and finally completed the preliminary processing of the culture medium.
After finishing his meal in a hurry, he immediately went to the river with his fishing tools and started fishing today.
It was not until dark that he returned home with a full harvest.
At this time, his mushroom growing skill had been upgraded to level two.
【Mushroom Planting Level 2 (4/200)】
The second-level mushroom planting skill can be considered an entry-level skill. If it were in the world of martial arts, it would only be a glimpse of the basics.
After upgrading his skills, Zhou Ziwen has become more familiar with the ins and outs of growing mushrooms.
"Now it's foolproof."
Zhou Ziwen clenched his fists.
In the next few days, Zhou Ziwen was busy growing mushrooms.
In order to provide a suitable growing environment for mushrooms, he even cleaned out the kitchen and used it as a mushroom house.
Anyway, he doesn't cook at home, so the kitchen is not very useful, so it's okay to use it temporarily.
Two days later, Zhou Ziwen had completed the cultivation work. All that was left was to water the mushrooms every day and wait for them to grow and mature.
It sounds simple, but there are actually many tricks involved.
Mushrooms are quite delicate. The temperature of the room, the humidity of the culture medium, the light, etc. will all affect the growth of mushrooms.
If you don't understand the tricks, you will end up in failure if you are not careful.
For a period of time afterwards, whenever Zhou Ziwen had free time, he would run to the temporary mushroom house to take a look and observe the growth of the mushrooms.
In just two days, Zhou Ziwen discovered that the mushroom mycelium began to grow and spread, and after another two or three days it would germinate and then grow into a mushroom entity.
After a few days of idle time, the proficiency of mushroom planting skills has reached half, and it will be upgraded again in a few days.
"Brother Ziwen, are these white ones mycelium?"
In the mushroom house, Chen Qiaoyi leaned close to the ear and whispered, as if she was afraid that the loud noise would wake up the mycelium.
"Yes, these mycelium will germinate in two days." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
"This is too magical!" Chen Qiaoyi looked at the moldy mycelium in surprise.
"Haha, let's go, let's go out first, I'll show you something good." Zhou Ziwen took Chen Qiaoyi's hand and walked towards the bedroom.
I have been busy growing mushrooms these days and have neglected my future daughter-in-law.
He had some free time today, and while his sister-in-law was cooking, he planned to make up for the money he owed from a few days ago.
"Brother Ziwen, no, my sister said we're not married yet, so we can't... woo..."
When working, Zhou Ziwen always likes to focus on his work.
Compared with words, he felt that actions could better express his feelings.
Soon, Chen Qiaoyi was moved by his actions and began to sing with joy.
In other words, Chen Qiaoyi's voice was not loud, and the adobe walls of Zhou Ziwen's house had good sound insulation. Otherwise, Chen Shiying next door would probably come over with a kitchen knife and knock on the door.
(End of this chapter)
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