Chapter 51 Planting Project Begins
It has been half a month since they came back from the mountain. Li Haoran and Ziyi bought a lot of seeds and have been busy hoeing the fields for the past half month, trying to sow the seeds as soon as possible.
Especially regarding rice, Yike also explained the rice sowing method that he had learned in his previous life. After all, Uncle Hao and Ziyi were not from a farming background and only knew a little bit.
Yike and his aunt Zhang Yuling went to dig up the snow under the trees, cut some dead grass under the snow, and spread it out on the lookout tower to dry.
These dead grasses are used to cover the soil. When seeds are sown in the soil, they are covered with dead grasses. This will not only make it easier for the seeds to germinate, but also prevent the sprouts from being frozen.
Now that there is no plastic film, we can only use traditional methods to keep warm.
I remember that in my previous life I saw farmers covering the seeds with plastic film after they were sown. They opened it during the day when the sun was shining and covered it again at night. Bow-shaped bamboo strips support the rice seedlings, and the sprouted rice seedlings thrive in this way. Now that there is no plastic film, we can use dead grass instead. Bamboo strips are woven into bamboo strips with large holes in a haphazard manner. Wooden stumps are hammered around the field ridges where grains are planted. Long branches are tied horizontally from the top of the stumps. The frame is made just like building a thatched house, and the bamboo strips are put on top, and dead grass is spread on it. It is like the insulation shed in the previous life.
After more than a month of continuous work, most of the seeds that should be sown have been planted.
Spring has slowly moved from early spring to mid-spring, and the ice and snow outside the forest have melted. The snow in the forest finally melted slowly. Even though there was still some snow that was reluctant to leave, the old sun forced the Snow Girl to take it away.
Today, Yike, Ziyi, Uncle Hao and Aunt went to the orchard together. Li Haoran and Ziyi reclaimed more than 50 acres of wasteland near the orchard, preparing to grow rice.
They used ridges to divide the wasteland into paddy fields, and piled some mature manure, wood ash, etc. into the paddy fields.
In the absence of cows, Ziyi and Li Haoran plowed the fields instead of cows. Ziyi pulled the plow in front and Li Haoran held the plow handle from behind. In this way, the soil in the field was plowed. Then Ziyi and the others used something called a rake to level the soil in the paddy field.
There is a stream in the orchard, and the paddy fields are located downstream of the stream. The land there is low-lying, so they dug a ditch to divert the stream water into the paddy fields.
Yike and her aunt Zhang Yuling were responsible for cutting the grass outside the paddy fields today to prevent the grass from competing for the fertilizer in the paddy fields.
"Auntie, auntie, come and see, there is a nest of eggs here, they are so big!" Yi Ke, who was mowing the grass, suddenly shouted.
Aunt Zhang Yuling dropped the grass and came over to take a look. Sure enough, there was a nest of eggs in the grass, and they were particularly large.
"These are goose eggs." said Aunt Zhang Yuling.
"Oh! Goose eggs! There should be a goose here, but why can't I see it?" His eyes lit up and he looked around excitedly, but there was no sign of the goose.
"Maybe it went out to find food. Don't cut the grass here yet, let's change direction." Uncle Hao and Auntie said, picking up a few eggs and leaving, leaving ten eggs in the nest.
"It would be great if we had a gosling. We could raise it." Yi Ke said longingly. I particularly like the majestic and domineering appearance of geese, the way they walk with their head held high and their chest puffed out, like a great general.
"After this busy period, let Ziyi take you to look for it. You can find anything in the forest. Don't take the remaining eggs from this nest. When they hatch, you will have goslings."
"Really? Then I want to raise chickens, ducklings, and geese, hahahaha!"
"Okay! Let's raise a lot of kids when the time comes. As long as they don't mind the noise." Aunt agreed.
After seeing Ziyi, Yike started chattering about the discovery of the goose eggs. Ziyi said that after he finished his work, he would come here to wait for the geese and see which direction they would come back from. He should be able to catch a lot of geese by following the clues.
So Yi Ke looked forward to finishing his work as soon as possible so that he could wait for the goose.
The horn of late spring has sounded, and the warm spring breeze is blowing on the green seedlings, which are growing very well.
Now that the weather is warmer, the dead grass covering the seedlings has been lifted up. In a few days, the seedlings can be transplanted into the paddy fields. The rice fields have been harrowed long ago, and now it’s time for the seedlings to settle down.
The vegetable seedlings in the vegetable garden have sprouted and grown. Yi Ke and his aunt have also transplanted those that are due for transplanting. The manure in the manure pit is used to water the vegetable seedlings every few days. The vegetable seedlings, which have been given plenty of fertilizer and water, are growing taller day by day. Various seedlings are competing with each other for growth. The name of the vegetable garden now basically lives up to its name, "Baicao Garden". There are dozens of kinds of vegetables, plus herbs transplanted from hot springs and other places. The garden is full of variety and shapes. Once you enter the Baicao Garden, you will often be overjoyed. Various green fresh vegetables are arranged in different ways on the dining table.
"Let's start planting rice!" Yi Ke stood in the paddy field, holding a handful of autumn seedlings in his hand. He moved one, bent over and planted it, shouting.
Li Haoran, his aunt Zhang Yuling and Ziyi all looked at Yi Kexiao lovingly. Ever since Yi Ke was born, there has been constant laughter in the house.
Although it is late spring and the weather is warming up, the water is still cold. But she was driven out of the field after working for only a short while, and her aunt Zhang Yuling coaxed her to go to the edge of the field to roast sweet potatoes for them to eat.
"Now that I'm being spoiled by the group, it's really hard to do any work." Yike thought happily in his heart.
It took Uncle Hao and his team a week to plant rice seedlings in all the fields of more than 50 acres.
The seedlings stood upright in the field, stretching out their arms to embrace the little sun elf that had stolen down from the sky. The seedlings that were crooked and about to fall were planted by Yike secretly in the fields. His aunt Zhang Yuling said that these autumn seedlings would automatically stand upright in one night, and Yike breathed a sigh of relief.
The seedlings have settled down and thrived in the paddy fields, and Ziyi has time to accompany Yike to look for chicks and ducklings. Yi Ke happily prepared his equipment and food for going out, "Chickens and ducks, here I come! Quack, quack!" he laughed secretly.
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