Chapter 457 All the seedlings died
When Wan Qiqi returned to Lotus Village, it was already dawn.
She didn't go home; instead, she went directly with Chen Yongxing to the reclaimed wasteland.
Compared to her last visit, the wasteland no longer resembled wasteland; instead, it was a large, complete vegetable garden.
A large fence surrounds the vegetable garden, making it look more formal.
The soil on the ground was no longer dry; it was much softer.
Most of them haven't been planted with vegetables yet, but they've been covered with a thick layer of wood ash.
The remaining small patch was planted with something, but the seedlings that grew didn't look healthy; they looked listless.
Some of them have even fallen directly onto the soil, losing their original vitality.
Wan Qiqi looked at it and confirmed that what Chen Yongxing had said was true: the seedlings were all in trouble and looked like they wouldn't survive!
She looked around, found a branch, dug out one of the seedlings, examined it carefully, but still couldn't see anything wrong.
But her intuition told her that the seedlings grown in this soil shouldn't be like this.
Chen Yongxing stood aside, feeling guilty as he watched as he realized that he had failed to save Miao despite his efforts.
Seeing his sister-in-law squatting in the vegetable garden, his heart ached.
These seedlings have died, what should my sister-in-law do?
So much money was invested and so much time was spent, is this the result we're getting?
He took two steps forward, then hesitantly called out, "Sister-in-law...look at this..."
Wan Qiqi tossed the branch aside, stood up, clapped her hands, and said, "Go to the village and ask who knows anything about vegetable gardens. Ask them to come and ask about the specifics."
She was confident in her seeds; their ability to germinate and grow meant there was absolutely nothing wrong with them.
That can only mean it's a land issue.
"Okay!" Chen Yongxing replied, then turned and disappeared into the vegetable garden.
Wan Qiqi looked around and found a bucket of water, then filled the bucket with the soil she had just been holding.
Then she took another bucket to fill it with soil covered with wood ash.
In modern times, testing technology can be used to examine the soil and see exactly where the problem lies.
However, in ancient times, there was nothing available, which meant that judgment could only be made based on experience.
Wan Qiqi didn't think she had the ability to judge where the problem was just by looking, but she had a general idea in her mind.
Not long after, Chen Yongxing returned with his men.
It wasn't just one or two people who came, but a whole group of people; clearly, some of them were there to watch the spectacle.
“Sister-in-law, I asked around, and Aunt Youyi knows this best in the village.” Chen Yongxing pointed to the woman beside him.
I have an impression of Wan Qiqi.
In her memory, Aunt You had a very good memory, but she never expected that she was also a skilled farmer.
There was a familiar person standing next to me.
Wan Qiqi smiled faintly and obediently called out, "Uncle Chen, Aunt Youyi."
"Qiqi, it's been so long! I feel like I haven't seen you in ages!" Aunt Youyi walked over, hugged Wan Qiqi's arm, and looked her up and down. "You've gained a lot of weight since the New Year. You must have been eating well outside..."
Chen Yongxing quickly pulled Aunt Youyi away and asked her to watch the vegetable garden.
Aunt Youyi is good in every way, and she's very kind-hearted. She knows everyone she meets very well and has to chat with them for a while before she can get to know them.
Sometimes, when we're chatting, we forget about the important matter at hand.
Wan Qiqi didn't look too good. She stared at Chen Lizheng and said, "Uncle Chen, thank you for everything these past few days!"
The vegetable garden turned out the way it is today, and the cost was far less than she had expected, thanks in no small part to Chen Lizheng's help.
"No need to thank me. If you can manage this vegetable garden well, it will benefit the development of the village. However, you can encourage everyone to cultivate wasteland, but right now..." Chen Lizheng glanced at the withered seedlings and sighed.
The villagers, who had been watching the spectacle, craned their necks, watched for a while, and then joined in the discussion.
“Chen Lizheng, I don’t think this land reclamation is a safe bet. Look at how much money and effort Chen’s eldest daughter-in-law has spent, and the crops she planted haven’t survived.”
"Yes! Village Chief Chen, we need to think this through carefully. The Chen family is making a mess of things, but we can't drag the whole village down with them. We all have to make a living too!"
“Now is the season for plowing, and I think the village should focus on farming. We shouldn’t try to reclaim wasteland lightly.”
“The Chen family is doing very well in town now, and they can do whatever they want with farming, but we depend on it for a living! If we don’t have a harvest this year, we really won’t be able to make a living!”
Chen Lizheng said something, and the people around him had a thousand words to say without stopping.
Aunt Youyi, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Chen, the village head, didn't ask you to clear the wasteland. What's the rush? Are you really that concerned about farming? You don't have time to watch the show here."
Someone wanted to object, but seeing Chen Lizheng's gloomy expression, they swallowed their words.
Aunt Youyi then squatted down to carefully observe the seedlings, and turned over the soil to check its condition.
She frowned slightly and said, "You increased the soil's fertility in a short period of time, but it's possible that the soil didn't absorb it all, resulting in excess fertility that drowned the seedlings."
"Impossible, right? Wasteland can be too fertile?" someone questioned, thinking it unlikely.
"If you bury all your excrement in the soil for a while, the soil will definitely become fertile!" Aunt Youyi glanced at the man, her expression showing displeasure.
Afterwards, she studied the seedlings she had dug up for a while and said, "What kind of vegetable seedlings are these? I've never seen them before."
Wan Qiqi lowered her head and answered with a furrowed brow.
Chen Yongxing sensed that his sister-in-law was not in a good mood, so he helped answer, "We don't know either. We bought the seeds from a traveling merchant. We just wanted to try them out."
Aunt Youyi looked at it for a while longer and said, "There might be a problem with the seeds. Just like the vegetables we grow, some can't be planted in cold weather and some can't be planted in hot weather. This thing might be the same."
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