Chapter 395 The old man disliked her for not working well!

Lin Wanxia did not tell him too much, just said that they wanted to build a shed that can grow things in winter, called a greenhouse.

Jiang Sinian had never seen a greenhouse, but he still knew how to farm.

Jiang's father didn't even know about greenhouses, but he knew about farming. He knew what Jiang Sinian meant as soon as he heard it, and immediately shook his head, "Fifty centimeters thick won't work, it has to be seventy centimeters to one meter."

"What do you mean?" Lin Wanxia asked. Fifty work points and one meter.

"Change the soil. The salt in these soils is too heavy, it's difficult to grow crops. It's even more impossible for you to grow anything else." Jiang Sinian explained.

"How long will it take to exchange the soil for so much land?" Lin Wanxia frowned. "Even if everyone is not afraid of hard work, how can there be so much soil to exchange?"

One mu of land is 677.77 square meters. Exchanging one meter of soil is equivalent to exchanging square meters for cubes.

"There is no shortage of soil." Jiang's father continued. "The Yellow River is desilted every autumn. The soil on our land has piled up into a dam. It is not difficult to get some soil."

Lin Wanxia asked: "Since you want to exchange the soil, why do you have to go so far? Isn't there an open space at the door of your home?"

"That piece of land belongs to the village collective. In the past, the village used it for threshing. Not to mention in winter, even in normal times, the soil is so solid that it cannot be dug." Jiang's father explained, "However, if you only need one mu, the one by the river is enough."

The village is surrounded by rivers on both sides. The river to the west of the village is used for irrigation. There is a piece of wasteland opposite the river in the southwest corner of the village.

It was originally farmland, but after the land was divided among households, because it was just a small piece of land outside the canal, it was difficult to manage and no one wanted it, so the land became waste.

The family turned to Cun head again.

Jiang's father used a shovel to shovel some soil in several places, twisted it and smelled it, "This land is better than that one. Fifty centimeters of soil is enough."

Who doesn't want to do easy work?

Everyone is willing to do this.

Father Jiang went to the village committee to discuss it.

The rest go home.

Fourth sister-in-law asked curiously: "Xia Xia, why do you want to rent a piece of land? Are you coming back?"

Lin Wanxia shook her head, "No, I want to build a greenhouse for you and Fourth Brother."

Fourth sister-in-law asked: "What is a greenhouse?"

Lin Wanxia pointed to the plastic sheet wrapped on the door outside the main hall, "What do you think the plastic sheet on the door is for?"

"To keep out the wind and keep warm!" Fourth sister-in-law answered without thinking.

"Yes, a greenhouse is similar. Use a bracket to support a shed, and then cover it with a layer of plastic sheet. This way, the temperature in the greenhouse can be guaranteed, and you can grow some fruits and vegetables in winter."

"But... the wind is strong in winter, and the plastic sheet will be blown away by the wind, right? And it snows easily in the north in winter. Will it collapse?"

"No." Lin Wanxia pointed at the warm tea on the square table and drew while explaining, "The greenhouse originated in the north. The north is colder than here. They experimented for two or three years before finding the most suitable greenhouse structure.

Just like building a house, first build a two-meter-high wall, and then drive fifty-centimeter to one-meter-high wooden stakes or steel bars at equal distances ten meters away from the wall. The wall and the wooden stakes are connected in the middle with iron pipes or bamboo poles to form arched beams. This is the main structure of the greenhouse. .

Then wrap the whole thing with plastic sheeting.

In our northern part, northwest winds are dominant, and this wall can block most of the wind, and it is a gradually downward arc, so snow and fallen leaves will slide down. Even if snow piles up, it can be easily cleaned up.

If you think the temperature in the greenhouse is not high enough, you can light two coal stoves in the greenhouse, or use straw to make mats and cover the plastic sheeting at night and roll it up during the day. "

Mother Jiang curled her lips when she heard this, "This broken greenhouse of yours is not cheap to build. Why would you grow crops in a greenhouse if you have that much money? ! "

"I grew up in a fishing village, and we believe in an old saying, 'It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.' Giving favors directly to people can only benefit them temporarily, but teaching them a skill to make money will benefit them in the long run." Lin Wanxia is never polite when confronting Jiang's mother. Jiang's mother

is a typical bully who only cares about the strong and never wins a quarrel with Lin Wanxia. She snorted, got up and went back to the inner room without saying anything back.

Lin Wanxia was still a little uncomfortable, "Huh?"

That's it?

The fourth sister-in-law came to Lin Wanxia's side and whispered, "Father-in-law warned her. He said that you and Xiaowu are going to get married soon. If she makes you angry and you regret not holding the wedding, she won't get a penny of the gift money."

Lin Wanxia: "..."

Another skill to deal with the worst mother-in-law.

The fourth sister-in-law hesitated and said, "But it will cost a lot of money to build this greenhouse! Can we still get a harvest if we grow crops like this?"

"Don't grow crops, grow fruits and vegetables. Plant whatever is rare. Sell them after they are grown. It's best to sell them in the city because they have money. Think about it, in the middle of winter, every household has a pile of cabbage and potatoes stored, and suddenly the supply and marketing cooperative sells green cucumbers. Don't you want to try something new?

Off-season vegetables are more expensive than meat."

"Ah?" The fourth sister-in-law blinked, "That makes sense. But you and Xiaowu are not often at home."

Lin Wanxia smiled and said nothing.

Now I have to tell the fourth brother that the fourth sister-in-law is a gift for them, and they must stop them from building it.

It's not too late to talk about it after it is built.

***

In the month of Leshan, when every household should be chatting and playing cards online, the Jiang family is unusually busy.

First, a zone was cleared around the land to be reclaimed, and then the weeds in the middle were set on fire.

Every adult in the family had a shovel in hand, just in case.

Fire has been a dangerous thing since ancient times. It is out of control. If it burns in the middle, it will be extinguished immediately.

Fortunately, the weather has been sunny and windy these days, and the dead grass is very dry, so it burns quickly.

The land that has just been burned is still warm, and the frozen soil has melted a lot.

Everyone took the opportunity to shovel the soil along the burned area and put it on a cart and push it to the river.

With more people, there is more strength. In three days, a pit 50 centimeters deep was dug.

Then they drove the ox cart to the Yellow River and pulled back carts of soil.

Half red soil, half sandy soil.

Different plants can be planted.

Lin Wanxia had no work to do.

At first, she wanted to do it, and after shoveling with a shovel for about three minutes, she was driven aside by Jiang's father who had lost his patience. "