Chapter 289 Selecting Wheat Seeds
Miao Jiu then remembered that neither of the two children had ever fished before: "You will have classes starting tomorrow. You don't have classes in the afternoon, so I'll take you fishing."
"Really?" Si Jinchen's eyes were full of light.
"Of course it's true. Let's go to the dock." Miao Jiu said with a smile on his face.
"My uncle is the best." Juanjuan praised again.
"Let me tell you, I'm really good at fishing." Miao Jiu immediately became proud and started bragging about how good he was at fishing.
The two children's eyes were full of stars as they listened to him and looked at him with admiration.
Madam Si looked at Siming and said, "If we don't catch any fish tomorrow, I wonder if he will feel embarrassed."
"Mom, just let him blow for a while!" Siming said, then he remembered that he didn't see Liu Yueya when he came here: "Where is that girl Yueya?"
"When I went to pick her up today, she said she had a fever. She must have been tired during this period of time." Mrs. Si couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Has he been sent to the hospital?" Siming frowned slightly.
"I've checked. The fever has subsided, but she's not in good spirits. Let her rest at home for a few days." Old Madam Si went in to check.
But I didn’t let Juanjuan and Si Jinchen go because I was afraid that the two children would be infected and get sick together.
"Mom, I want to go to the valley in a couple of days. Do you want to go?" Siming looked at the three people squatting on the ground digging earthworms.
Madam Si looked at him and asked, "Are you planning to take Juanjuan and Achen with you?"
"Well, when I went there before, I found the environment nice, so I thought I would take you to see it if I had the chance." Si Ming withdrew his gaze.
"Okay, but you have to bring their teachers along. They've already missed out on studying for a long time, and we can't fall behind any further."
Mrs. Si was worried about her two children's studies, and she also wanted Yan Anqing to go see Wen Ce.
"Okay, but Yueya is sick, I don't know if she can go with you." Siming originally planned to take his three children with him.
This kind of trip is more like a trip, and it also allows people in secret to relax their vigilance and see if they have any tricks up their sleeves.
"Let's wait and see if she's feeling better. If she is, we can go together." Old Madam Si also hoped that Liu Yueya would go together.
The three people squatting on the ground dug earthworms even harder. In addition to feeding the birds, they also needed a lot of earthworms for fishing tomorrow.
Ling Yun looked at everyone's tools for pioneering the new land and made a list of what was needed.
There is a plow cart and wheat seeds on it, but everyone is busy clearing the land now, and he doesn't know who to entrust the task of screening the seeds to.
After thinking about it, I could only ask Miao Jiu: "Master Jiu."
Miao Jiu saw him, stood up and looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"It's like this. We don't have some tools, so we might need to buy some. The wheat seeds still need to be sorted, and we might not have enough manpower here."
"Do you think you can ask someone to help you select wheat seeds?" Ling Yun said this while still feeling a little nervous.
"Juanjuan and her brother can help!" Juanjuan stood up and raised her little black hand.
Miao Jiu looked down at her and said, "You and Achen alone can't pick out so many seeds."
"Uncle, we can ask people from the orphanage and charity for help!" Si Jinchen thought of someone who could help.
"That's a good idea." Miao Jiu said, then turned to look at Ling Yun and asked, "How many kilograms of seeds do you need?"
Ling Yun calculated that one acre of land would require ten to fifteen kilograms of seeds, and based on the current progress of land reclamation, he gave Miao Jiu a rough estimate.
Miao Jiu nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone send it over when you've selected it."
Ling Yun looked at the earthworms in their bucket and squatted down: "Miss, Master, we need to put some soil on them. If you have any vegetable leaves when you go back, put some on top."
"Otherwise they'll die easily, and they might not be fresh when you go fishing tomorrow."
"Uncle Ling, you can also raise earthworms!" Juanjuan watched him scoop some soil into the small bucket.
"Yes! We used to raise chickens and ducks at home. If you feed them earthworms and insects, they will lay better eggs." Ling Yun answered her while adding new soil into the bucket.
Miao Jiu actually took note of what he said: "So you used to raise earthworms yourself?"
"I guess so! We used to have fields at home, but we were busy every day and couldn't dig for earthworms every day, so I tried raising them. I didn't expect they would actually grow any."
Ling Yun saw that the bucket was almost full of soil, so he didn't add more soil into it.
Miao Jiu nodded, but didn't say anything. When the land here is almost cleared, they will also build a livestock farm, and they will definitely have to raise chickens and ducks.
Not to mention anything else, farmyard manure is a very important item.
Foreign chemical fertilizers are still a bit of a luxury for them now, but they can still think of ways to get organic fertilizers.
Siming waited until they had finished their business before walking over to the two children and asking, "Have you dug enough?"
Juanjuan and Si Jinchen nodded. There were a lot of earthworms here. They had dug a lot, so it should be enough.
"That's enough."
Sima Ming bent down to help them pick up the bucket, asked the two children to return the tools, and washed their hands.
Ling Yun observed the area around the wasteland and found that there was a river nearby, so watering and irrigation would not be a problem in the future.
Miao Jiu looked at the things he wrote to buy, and asked his men to buy them. He sent the wheat to the orphanage and charity, and asked the people there to help select good wheat seeds.
He looked at the two little guys not far away, and asked someone to send some food to their home, preparing to find something for them to do.
The people below took the list and immediately went to buy these things. In just half a day, the required items were delivered.
The wheat seeds were sent to orphanages and charity homes. The people there knew that they were helping the Si family, and they were all very happy.
The courtyard of the Governor's Mansion.
Old Madam Si took a winnowing basket and began to sift the wheat seeds.
The two children sat beside her and studied seriously.
"We have to choose those with full grains. If the grains are not full like this, we can't use them. The wheat grown in this way will not be good."
"Also, choose wheat seeds that are golden or brown, with a smooth surface and no blackening, mold, or spots."
"For example, newly harvested wheat may contain gravel, impurities, and seeds of other plants, and we have to sort them out."
Madam Si showed them a handful of wheat and said, "These have been screened by a blower. There are very few shriveled grains left."
He lay there softly, yawned loudly, and then lay down lazily on the ground.
Jizizi came over with great interest, tilted his head and looked at the wheat in the bag, and then looked at the ones that were picked out and placed aside.
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