Chapter 277 Xu Yu, are you okay?
On the day when Uncle Xu led the caravan out, Sang Zhixia finally decided on the type of tea trees to be planted after repeated selection, comparison and inquiry.
Mocha, Yingshuanghong, and Fuding Dabaicha, which can remain green even in the ice and snow.
Mo Cha's tea trees can be found locally in the northwest, but the scope of expansion of planting still needs to be selected, so there is no rush for the time being.
However, there are no such concerns for Yingshuanghong and Fuding Dabaicha, and they can be planted this year.
In order to shorten the growth cycle of tea trees as quickly as possible, Sang Zhixia decided to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to transport living tea seedlings from the farther south to replant them here.
Xu Yu originally planned to go there in person.
But as luck would have it, Chen Jing'an, who had gone to Kyoto, rushed back to the northwest. As soon as he arrived, he was arrested by Xu Yu and taken to see Sang Zhixia.
Xu Yu said confidently, "Chen Jing'an said to leave this matter to him."
Sang Zhixia's conscience wasn't as completely extinguished as Xu Yu's. Seeing Chen Jing'an's dusty, unwashed clothes, she felt a little uneasy: "Didn't you just get back?"
"Wouldn't it be too tiring to just arrive and then travel a long way?"
At that time, if you went on a long journey, you either had to take a car or ride a horse, and you had to sleep in the open air under the wind and sun. It was really hardship for everyone along the way.
Chen Jingan suppressed her resentment and forced a smile, saying calmly, "Sister-in-law, you're worrying too much. I'm fine."
Sang Zhixia nodded doubtfully and said yes.
When Sang Zhixia turned around, Chen Jingan, who had been very calm a second ago, hit Xu Yu with his crutch: "Beast!"
Xu Yu cleverly avoided Chen Jing'an's revenge, ignored his resentment, and chose to turn a blind eye to the anger on Chen Jing'an's face.
Xu Yu followed and took Sang Zhixia's hand, acting all gentlemanly and gentle. "Zhizhi, didn't you say before that there are some rules to follow when digging tea trees? I just happened to have explained everything to Chen Jingan today, so he won't have any questions when he gets there."
Sang Zhixia nodded suddenly, beckoned Chen Jingan to follow, and said, "Come on, come on. It's hard to explain it with words. I'll take you to the field and show you."
In the farm's designated orchard, Sang Zhixia demonstrated how to dig out a fruit tree seedling with a small shovel while explaining, "The roots of the tea trees must not be damaged. When removing them from the original tea garden, they must be removed along with a palmful of mud around the roots."
"And so."
Sang Zhixia grabbed some oil paper and wrapped it around the roots. She emphasized, "Don't lose any of the mud you dug out. Wrap it with oil paper and then wrap it with oilcloth."
"During the transport, they must not be exposed to strong light and must not be stuffed into airtight boxes. Depending on the weather on the way, they can be watered every five days, but the roots must not be soaked. Just make sure the soil they are wrapped in is damp to avoid rotting the roots."
"Remember?"
Chen Jing'an looked at it carefully and nodded to indicate that there was no problem.
Sang Zhixia touched her chin and tried to think if she had missed anything. Xu Yu took the small shovel from her hand, buried the dug-out fruit tree back, and replanted it.
Chen Jing'an was looking at the farm that had been transformed.
The last time Chen Jing'an came to the farm was during the autumn harvest last year.
During the autumn harvest, wild wolves descended the mountains, causing chaos and wounding. The bloodstains that had once been visible had completely vanished into the black earth beneath their feet. What lingered in their noses was no longer the sickening smell of blood, but instead the faint aroma of dry straw and a...
Chen Jing'an had a strange expression on his face. He wrinkled his nose and took a deep breath. "What's that smell?"
Why does it smell bad?
Sang Zhixia was still lost in thought, so Xu Yu said, as if he was used to it, "Oh, you mean that grass-like, but slightly dull and pungent smell?"
Chen Jing'an clenched his left fist and smashed it against his right: "Yes! That's the taste!"
“The smell of a fermentation tank.”
This was the first time Chen Jing'an had heard the words "fermentation tank" in his life. His face was filled with curiosity. "What is a fermentation tank?"
"The fermentation tank is..."
Xu Yu slowly raised his head to look at him, his expression amused: "Want to know?"
"Hmmmm!"
Xu Yu put down the small shovel in his hand and said, "Then I'll take you to see it?"
Chen Jing'an followed Xu Yu with great anticipation. A moment later, Sang Zhixia suddenly heard an uncontrollable "Ugh..."
Then came Xu Yu's already numb voice: "The fermentation tank is a fertile place."
Sang Zhixia said that the chicken, duck, goose manure, pig manure and cow manure in the pens are all good things, and it would be a pity to throw them away directly.
However, it is not feasible to use the cleaned feces directly as fertilizer. According to Sang Zhixia, it will burn the roots of the seedlings.
Therefore, before applying fertilizer, it must first be piled in this excavated super-large manure pool for sedimentation and fermentation, hence the name fermentation pool.
Chen Jing'an was retching non-stop and looked pale as he saw maggots digging around in the stinking fermentation tank.
Xu Yu didn't want to let him go. He said calmly, "See? This is what we do on the farm."
"If you really don't want to go out and work on the tea trees, why don't we switch? I..."
"That's not necessary!"
Chen Jingan's face turned pale as he covered his mouth tightly. In the suffocating smell, he said in despair, "Oh my god!"
"Even if I can't buy it, I will definitely dig up the tea trees that my sister-in-law wants, even if I have to secretly dig them from other people's tea gardens!"
Xu Yu sighed softly with regret on his face, "Really?"
"Then I can't go out."
"What are you doing out here?!"
Chen Jing'an didn't dare look at the horrific scene at her feet anymore. She stepped back a long way, pinching her nose and shouting, "Sister-in-law's farm is so busy, you should just help out on the farm!"
"Leave the rest to me! I can do it all!"
Chen Jing'an was afraid that Xu Yu would go back on his word, so he covered his mouth and nose tightly and ran away without looking back.
Xu Yu raised his hand to stop him, wanting to say something but hesitant. Seeing this, Chen Jing'an ran even faster.
Sang Zhixia looked at Chen Jingan in astonishment as he passed by like a gust of wind, with a strange expression on his face: "What's wrong with him?"
Xu Yu smiled: "Nothing, I'm just a little too excited about going out."
Sang Zhixia didn't dare to get close from a distance, and looking at the huge fermentation tank behind Xu Yu, she felt like she was facing a formidable enemy.
It was not Sang Zhixia's original intention to make it so huge.
Sang Zhixia originally said that they should dig a hole and bury some manure, add the ash from burning the grass and the like, and the fermented product can be used to fertilize the soil, which is a rare good thing.
Sangzhixia means that a suitable-sized one can be placed at the junction of the cultivated land, so that it is convenient to take it from the field, and the smell emitted will not be too terrible if it is dispersed.
However, the person who dug the pit would have misunderstood.
The man digging the hole thought, there is so much land on the farm, what if the pond is too small?
Then you have to dig a big one.
The bigger the better!
With the collective efforts and the wielding of hoes and shovels, the envisioned dozen or so fermentation pools were combined to form a terrifying width and depth.
Also a very horrible smell.
Sang Zhixia held her breath, not daring to breathe. She looked at the motionless Xu Yu and asked in a complicated tone, "Xu Yu, are you okay?"
Doesn't this person never come this way?
Why did you suddenly have the idea of showing off your fermentation tank today?
Xu Yu looked at Sang Zhixia helplessly. As soon as he opened his mouth, he blurted out an uncontrollable retching sound: "Ugh!"
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