When Chen Chen heard He Jinshu's voice, he said happily, "Ah Shu, you're back so soon?"
"Uncle He, Uncle Li, Happy New Year!" Wu Zhuan and his brother said together.
He Jinshu nodded to Wu Zhuan and the other man when he heard this, then walked over to Chen Chen and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"After talking about Ah Shu, he will definitely be able to pass the exam and become the top scorer, right?" Chen Chen said to He Jinshu.
After hearing this, Li Mo jokingly asked, "What if the person who passed the exam was the third place?"
After hearing this, Chen Zhen said indifferently: "That's fine, it's still in the top three anyway."
After hearing this, He Jinshu smiled faintly and patted Chen Zhen's head.
After hearing this, Li Mo sighed inwardly: This is the first meal of dog food on the first day of the new year, and I am full again. I won’t have to worry about food and drink this year.
After the joyous first day of the new year, it was the second day, the day when Chen Chen returned to her parents' home.
Not long after breakfast, Chen Chen and He Jinshu took the gifts and drove to Shenjia Village in a carriage.
Only Shen's mother and father were at home in the Shen family today. The eldest and second brothers Shen had both returned to their parents' homes with their respective wives and husbands.
Mother Shen watched He Jinshu help Shen Chen out of the car and said to them, "Slow down."
After Shen Zhen got out of the car, he smiled and said to Shen's mother: "Mom, it's okay, you don't have to be too nervous."
Mother Shen gave him a reproachful look, then said, “How can I not be nervous?”
After He Jinshu helped Shen Zhen out of the car, he took the gifts out of the car and then followed Shen's mother and the others into the main hall.
In the main hall, after taking a sip of tea, Old Man Shen said to He Jinshu, "Jinshu, when you are free in a few days, remember to come back and help our village see if the earthworm manure can be used to raise fish."
During the autumn harvest last year, the yield of the acre of land where the Shen family applied earthworm manure increased by 20%. Perhaps because the fertilizer was applied late, the yield did not increase much. Also, because there was only one acre of land, the yield did not attract much attention from the higher-ups, but the people in Wujia Village and Shenjia Village did notice it.
When people from both villages learned that earthworm manure could increase yields, they all asked He Jinshu about his breeding methods.
Seeing this, He Jinshu called a meeting with the two village heads. In addition to teaching them how to cultivate earthworm manure, he also told them how to make green manure and animal manure into fertilizers.
It was also suggested that the two village heads could directly mark out a piece of wasteland far away from the residential area, and uniformly cultivate earthworm fertilizer and make green manure and manure, which could be collected when needed. This way, every household would not have to make it, and the village would not be filled with stinking smells.
Both village chiefs accepted He Jinshu's suggestion and directly planned out an area in the village to make fertilizer, and they have been raising fertilizer for some time. Father Shen was entrusted by Village Chief Shen to ask He Jinshu to help check in a few days to see if there are any areas that need improvement.
He Jinshu nodded and said, "I understand, Dad."
After hearing what Old Man Shen said, Mother Shen scolded him: "It's New Year's Day, why are you talking about this with Jinshu? Don't you mind the smell?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Shen retorted, "What do you know? This is a major issue concerning our village's future grain production. We can't afford to make any mistakes. And Jinshu said before that if we use fertilizer before planting this year and then apply fertilizer in stages afterwards, the grain yield will definitely increase again. Am I right, Jinshu?"
He Jinshu nodded lightly after hearing what Father Shen said, then said with a smile on his face, "Yes, Father is right."
When Father Shen heard this, he looked at Mother Shen with a little pride in his eyes. This is not what I said, this is what our brother-in-law said.
Mother Shen rolled her eyes at Father Shen when she saw this, and said to him with disdain: "You can't say this on New Year's Day. You don't mind the smell, but I do."
After saying that, he turned to He Jinshu and said, "You don't know your father. Ever since he found out that thing can increase grain production, he has been going there from time to time to check it out. Every time he comes back, he stinks. It's really unpleasant."
After hearing this, Father Shen said to Mother Shen dissatisfiedly: "It's New Year's Day, why are you saying this in front of the children?"
What's the big deal? He's just curious about the fertilizer that can increase crop yields, so he runs more frequently.
"You can do it, but you can't let me say it?" Mother Shen said disdainfully.
After hearing this, Chen Zhen interrupted and said, "That's right, Dad, a real man is one who dares to do and take responsibility."
He Jinshu almost laughed out loud when he heard this. He quickly clenched his fist and put it to his lips to prevent himself from laughing out loud.
After hearing what Chen Zhen said, Old Man Shen couldn't help but choke. Then he said to Chen Zhen with a stern face and pretended to be serious: "Am I still your father? How can I talk to your father? Are there any rules?"
Before Shen Zhen could say anything, Shen's mother said to Shen's father, "Stop it. I think what our brother said is quite right. A real man is one who dares to do and dares to take responsibility. If you keep running to the fertilizer in the future, you will have to wash your clothes by yourself."
Upon hearing this, Old Man Shen grumbled in dissatisfaction, "How can I wash clothes? Isn't it always the wife and husband who do the laundry? How can a man wash his own clothes?"
He Jinshu was sitting next to Old Man Shen, so he naturally heard what he said. So he suppressed his laughter and changed the subject, "Mom, do you want to buy two servants to help with the rough work?"
"No need," Mother Shen waved her hand and said, "There's nothing big going on at home, I can handle it, and besides, your sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here, they will help if there's anything. We are all farmers, we don't have as many rules as the rich families, so there's no need to buy anyone back."
After that, he turned to He Jinshu and said, "I heard from Brother Zhen that your family also bought land last year, right? If you have any questions in the future, come to our house and ask your father."
When planning Wujia Village a few years ago, He Jinshu bought a few plots of land. After all, there were so many people in the family who needed to feed, and they couldn't always get food from the Shen family. They had to grow some food themselves.
After hearing what his mother said, Old Man Shen also said to He Jinshu, "Yes, if you have any questions in the future, come and ask me. Although I haven't read as much as you, I still know a little about farming. Maybe I can help you a little."
"Okay, thank you, Mom and Dad." He Jinshu said respectfully.
After having lunch at the Shen family and chatting with the two elders for a while, He Jinshu and Shen Zhen got up and prepared to go home.
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