kingnovel Chapter 669: A New High in Rice Harvest
Chapter 669: A New High in Rice Harvest
The old man said, "Very true. Originally, only five or six survived, but now there are more than ten plants. This thing grows really fast! But in more than a month, the weather will be cold, and I'm afraid this thing will not survive. I don't know if the fruit can still grow."
I'm worried. After all, I've worked so hard to take care of the baby until he grew up. I have to go to see him five or six times a day, but he still doesn't grow up. Isn't that a shame?
Zhou Guo said, "Master, it's okay. At worst, we can build a thatched shed when the weather gets cooler. If that doesn't work, we can move the plants indoors. There will always be a way. There are always more solutions than problems. There is only one problem, but there are many solutions."
The old man smiled and said, "You're right. I have to write it down."
When the strawberries turn red, the rice in the fields can be harvested.
Before releasing the water, Zhou Guo had people move all the crabs in the fields. It was very simple. The wetland by the river had not been dug out yet, so they just dug a small one next to the rice field, led the river water in, and temporarily moved the crabs inside.
Wait until the grain is harvested and then move it back to avoid gossip from the villagers.
There were more than ten acres of rice, and so many people harvested them in half a day.
Zhou Guo separated the rice from these two acres of land from the others.
This year, in addition to applying more fertilizer, management was not relaxed and crab seedlings were raised in the rice field, which had a great impact on the rice harvest.
After the rice was dried and weighed, we harvested 1,262 kilograms of rice from just two acres of land this year! !
More than 500 kilograms of grain per acre!!
Unprecedented, unheard of!
The villagers were shocked!
They all decided to plant rice next year and asked Zhou Guo to save the seeds and exchange them for wheat.
Zhou Guo agreed to all of them.
In addition to these seeds, she also picked out the ears of grain with long, plump grains and many grains before harvest, dried them and stored them.
These rice seeds stored aside will be the seeds for the two acres of land next year. The reason for the high yield year after year is that in addition to the proper fertility management, the seeds are also the best ones she picked out from the ears of grain in a year.
Good seeds are the key to a good harvest.
The old man is helping to dry the grain and rice ears these days.
I think with my little disciple's ability, even if there is not much land and even if there is no fertilizer, he may be able to feed so many people in the family.
Although he didn't know how to farm, he also went to the village to collect grain. He knew what the harvest from the best land was like. One acre of land could produce no more than 500 kilograms, or even more than 4 shi.
The two acres of land of my little disciple are like the fairyland in heaven.
Zhou Guo wrote down this data in a notebook.
In addition to these two acres of land, the family's other dozen acres of land also had a harvest that, although not as good as these two acres, was better than that of other families in the village.
The best yield per acre is four shi, and the worst yields three shi and two dou.
The other families in the village are even worse off. They don't know how to grow rice, the land they use is not the best, and they are reluctant to use fertilizer.
Zhou Guo took a pen and paper and went around the village. He found out that the best land yielded three shi and five dou, the worst land yielded less than two and a half shi, and most of the land was between two and a half and three shi.
Although it was not quite satisfactory, the villagers were already very happy.
You have to know that this is medium-quality land, and most of the fertilizer we bought was spread on the wheat field.
Not much was sown in the several acres of rice fields, and they just followed Zhou Guo's actions and did whatever she did.
It is a blessing from God that we can have a harvest of three stones.
You have to know that in previous years, wheat fields could not achieve this yield even in a good year. Any yield of more than two and a half stones was considered top-quality land.
Da Jia Le was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He smiled and said to Zhou Guo, "Zhou Guo, I will work with you next year. We only planted two acres this year. We have eight acres of land. Next year, we will plant half of it with rice and the other half with wheat. You have to teach us."
Everyone wanted to teach her, and more than a dozen people in the threshing floor gathered around her.
Zhou Guo said: "Okay, you guys have the final say on what you want to plant on your own land, but I'll be frank with you. If anything unexpected happens, don't blame me. I won't compensate you, and I can't afford it."
"That's natural. So, I only planted two acres this year and tested the water. I didn't expect that the results were not much different from the wheat fields with fertilizers. The rice yield is still better than the wheat yield."
She calculated that there should be a lot of rice planted in the village next year, so she reserved enough seeds for the whole village, and the rest would be edible.
When I got home, I saw the old man searching through the pots of plants under the porch with a pair of scissors, pulling aside the leaves to look inside.
Zhou Guo laughed, "Master, you have to search three or four times a day, picking each one as it turns red. How can they ripen so quickly?"
The old man said without even looking up, "I originally wanted to bring the food to the fields during the autumn harvest, but now there are more people at home, and we harvested all the food in one morning without me having to do anything. Actually, when I think about it, harvesting food in the fields myself in previous years was quite interesting, even though it was a bit tiring. When I was tired and hungry, I would eat a bowl of bright red braised pork, iced green bean soup, and a plate of these red berries. Just thinking about it makes me happy."
Zhou Guo laughed out loud.
Li and Zhou Xing couldn't stop laughing.
The old man waved his hand, "What are you laughing at? You must not understand. Only after hard work will this meal taste delicious."
Zhou Guo said, "That's easy. There are still two families in the village who haven't harvested all their rice yet. How about you go and help harvest it for a day?"
The old man refused, "No way, even if I am free, I am not so free that I have to work for other people. It's not like I will get sick from being idle."
"Puchi!" Several people laughed at the same time.
Zhou Guo took a ground berry from the table and ate it. Although it was not as big as the ones he had eaten in his previous life, it was very fragrant, sweet, and full of fruity aroma. It was a pleasure to eat it.
Seeing the old man beside him still looking at the pots one by one, he said, "Master, don't look at it anymore. In five or six days, the fruits under the corridor should be red. When they are red, can you send a few to each family?"
The old man shook his head. "Why should we give it away? We don't have enough to eat at home. How can we give away more? It's not like we can't finish it all. Next year, we can plant a large area. If we can't finish it all, you can give it away to other families."
Well then, then don’t give it to me. She finished one and took another one.
After a few days, most of the fruits under the corridor turned red and hung outside the pots, looking bright red and particularly festive.
Li said happily, "It would be great if these fruits could wait until Zhou Gu's wedding day to turn red. We wouldn't have to buy lanterns. It would be so festive."
Others took a look and realized it was true.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, I can't do what you ask. Besides, there were so many people that day, and so many red fruits. Not a single one was left after a while. And you still want them to look good, so good that they can go into other people's stomachs."
Zhou Mai and the others laughed.
……
In the blink of an eye, before the pine mushrooms appeared, Zhou Gu's wedding date had arrived.