Qin Feng led County Magistrate Tang and Qin Chengrui along a secluded path to the cowshed. After observing for a while, Qin Chengrui said, "It's okay, you can go in."
Qin Feng knocked on the door, and after a while they heard "Come in." They pushed the door open and saw everyone sitting on the big kang looking at them. Old man Chen Liefeng smiled and said, "See, I was right, Qin Feng and Cheng Rui are here. Only they knock on the door when they come."
Qin Feng smiled and put the basket on the kang table. "You guys eat it, it's still hot. This portion is for the female comrades."
Everyone was happy. Some went to get their bowls, some went to move their stools, and Mr. Chen's young bodyguard, Jian Yue, went to deliver a portion to the female comrade in the room next door.
"Now that Qin Feng is here, we are blessed to have such a good time." Old Master Meng Guoliang said in a loud voice.
"Yes, your wife's cooking skills are really good!" Professor Sun Ziru of Jingcheng University praised happily.
Professor Zhuang Lao of Beijing Agricultural University handed over a bowl of rice and said, "Old Chen, let me give you the bowl. Eat it quickly. Only when it goes into your mouth can it be yours."
Seeing County Magistrate Tang, he shook his head helplessly and said, "You, you are busy. Why did you put down your work and come here?"
"I've come to see you, old man." "I'm fine, you don't need to come. It won't do you any good if you get discovered. Only by protecting yourself can you protect more people."
"I see. I'm relieved now that I've come to see you. I'm relieved that Qin Feng is here." County Magistrate Tang stepped forward to support Old Chen and said, "Xiaogang is coming too, but he had something urgent to do. He said he would come to see you in a few days." He handed Old Chen a cloth bag, "This is what Xiaogang and I brought for you."
"Wu Gang is back from the army. What a pity, he was such a great warrior. He's back, maybe it's a good thing. He should work hard wherever he goes and never forget to serve the people."
"Yes, I will remember. I will never forget to serve the people."
When he saw Mr. Chen's leg, he asked, "How does your leg feel? Does it still hurt?"
"Much better. Although Ke'er is young, her medical skills are quite good. She checked the patient and the result is comparable to that of old man Sharon." After saying that, she turned around to look at a thin old man who was sitting in the corner, holding a bowl and eating silently.
"Oh, what a sin! I hope this ordeal will be over soon. Don't come here anymore. Just do your jobs well. Qin Feng should also stop coming here."
After leaving the cowshed, the three of them walked silently in silence. When they entered the yard, they all breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, County Magistrate Tang said, "Qin Feng, talk to the village chief and build a cave house next to the cowshed so that the two couples can live together. They are both poor people. If you can help, please do so. Note that the cave house looks shabby from the outside. Repair it inside. It is old and cannot withstand repairs."
Qin Feng nodded, "Okay, I understand."
Qin Feng brought three chairs and handed them to the two men. After they sat down, County Magistrate Tang asked Qin Feng, "How are you managing these two mountains? Are there any difficulties? How are the sweet potatoes growing?"
Qin Feng told County Magistrate Tang in detail about the sand control and grass cultivation in Daqingshan and Xiaoqingshan, and also told him about their family's next preparations.
"Soil desertification on Xiaoqingshan is relatively mild, with only a large expanse of sandy land on the west slope. There's less soil there, so we've grown grass to stabilize the sand. All other arable land is planted with drought- and sand-resistant plants. Desertification on Daqingshan is more severe, with the entire west slope covered in sand. Currently, we're only using grass grids to stabilize the sand, but the bitter beans there don't grow as well as they do in the grass grids on Xiaoqingshan. In the sandy, thinner areas of Daqingshan, we've planted jujube trees, intercropping peanuts. We'll see the results next year."
"Oh, intercropping? I don't know anything about this yet. Can you explain it to me in detail?"
After Qin Feng explained the dual-harvest method of intercropping fruit trees and crops, County Magistrate Tang expressed his gratitude, saying it was worth the trip. Tomorrow, he would have teachers from the county agricultural college come to see the site, summarize the experience, and prepare data for countywide promotion.
Ke'er waited until the three of them went back to the house to sleep before she put on her modified nightgown and went to look for pond mud and clay. Her brother Qin Muzhou said that he had seen several ways to transform sandy soil in a book, and Ke'er wanted to try it. One way is to add clay to the sand, use clay to fill the gaps in the sand, and increase the soil's ability to retain water and fertilizer, but the amount of clay added should not be too much, otherwise the soil will accumulate water. You can also add pond mud to the sand, which is not only rich in nutrients, but can also improve sandy soil.
The third method is to add crop straw or decomposed fallen leaves to the sand and gravel, which can make the barren sand and gravel become fertile. Generally, after 2-3 years, the sandy soil can be used to grow crops normally. My brother said that we can try this method after the autumn harvest.
The fourth method that Qin Feng's family has already used is to apply a large amount of decomposed farmyard manure to the sandy soil. After being processed with the farmyard manure, the sandy soil will become very fertile. However, the amount of farmyard manure is small, so they thought of setting up a breeding farm.
Now we have to go find the clay from Tangni River, bring it home and send it to Daqingshan and Xiaoqingshan.
In a few breaths, they arrived at a pond of more than ten acres. The mud in the pond was about two meters deep. Ke'er was happy. It was good to have more mud. It was worth the trip. She put her left hand on her waist and waved her right hand. "I only want the mud."
"It's all over the place."... The space was filled with mud flowing down the mountain. Fortunately, Tiger Bao had issued a restriction order, otherwise, the space would be filled with stinky pond mud. Tiger Bao rolled his eyes at Ke in the space. "Stupid."
Ke'er first went to the river pond, then found some clay soil. Three hours later, Ke'er's space was filled with pond mud, clay, dead grass, and rotten leaves.
Ke'er turned into a small ball and bounced back home. This is one of Ke'er's favorite 72 transformations. It's fun.
The next day, the family went up the mountain and saw the pond mud, dead grass and rotten leaves scattered all over the ground. They all turned to look at Ke'er. Ke'er looked at everyone, touched the tip of her nose, put her left hand on her waist, and waved her right hand, "Hurry up and dig the ground. I'm going to see how the sweet potatoes are growing." Seeing Ke'er's naive look that she was trying to hide, the whole family laughed.
Amidst the joking laughter of her family, Ke'er came to the sweet potato field. The sweet potato vines were growing green and lush. Ke'er took out a small backpack from the space and picked up the tender tips of the sweet potato vines, only the parts with more than four leaves, and took them home to let her mother fry them in oil. They were super delicious.
Ke'er's little hands deftly moved the green sweet potato vines up and down, thinking about what to eat for lunch. She also thought about pinching a few more sweet potato vine tips to send some to Grandpa Chen so that he could taste them. She thought it would be better if her mother prepared the meal and sent it over as well.
Qin Feng took the boys and Li Shuwan to turn over the silt, clay, dead grass and rotten leaves under the sand, let them be exposed to the sun, and see if they can plant plants after a while.
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