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Chapter 59: The Knowledge of Farming

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    Take these tomatoes for example. Today¡¯s tomatoes are soft and soupy, but they don¡¯t taste good. They taste like chewing gum. They don¡¯t taste good whether they are eaten raw or mixed with sugar.

    Especially those that claim that a tomato can grow into a big tree and bear hundreds of fruits, which is even more tasteless.

    Jiang Tian followed his grandfather to the vegetable garden. He was responsible for the land with a hoe.

    When I put the hoe down, the black soil was revealed, which was very fertile. My grandpa had picked it up one load at a time, including farm manure and retting fertilizer. This would make a vegetable garden possible.

    Not only the vegetable garden, but also the land where crops are grown.

    Grandpa was hoeing the ground nearby.

    "When your land over there is sprinkled with mussel shell residue, I'm going to plant some tomatoes, lettuce, and some sweet potatoes and taro. Then you can roast the sweet potatoes."

    "It will be better for your health to eat more vegetables in the future. Tomatoes can also whiten your skin. Look at your mother. She has always liked tomatoes since she was a child, so her skin is so good."

    Jiang Tian complained: "My skin is already very white. To be honest, I would like to bask in the sun and get a tan. That would be so handsome."

    "Whether it is bronze or white, it is all caused by your skin type. There is no need to pursue it excessively."

    "I know, even if I want to tan, I probably won't be able to!" Jiang Tian can't help it. After being baptized by spiritual energy, his skin is as white and tender as a baby's skin. It really doesn't match the temperament of a man.

    Jiang Tian¡¯s speed is very fast, and most of the land has been hoeed. Grandpa¡¯s speed is not slow either. His body now looks like he is twenty years younger.

    "Grandpa, I want to contract a few acres of land to grow some vegetables and buy them. You see how popular our vegetables are, and we will definitely be able to sell them at a good price."

    "Farming!" Grandpa hesitated, "Actually, you can do something else."

    Hearing this, Jiang Tian knew what his grandfather meant. To put it bluntly, he still wanted him to work in the city.

    Grandpa said to himself: "Look, it's so comfortable to work in the office, and you don't have to worry about the wind or rain. If you really don't want to, you can also take the civil service exam and then work in the county, just a few steps away from home."  It¡¯s also very close, the work is easy, and there are five insurances and one housing fund. When the time comes, it will be a great thing to buy a house, marry a wife and have children.¡±

    Jiang Tian was helpless. This is how the old man thinks. He hopes the children can settle down stably and doesn't want them to mess around. It's best to stay close to them so that he can take care of them.

    Of course it is the elderly who take care of them, not the children who take care of themselves.

    "Let's see, grandpa, I'm still doing internship anyway, I haven't graduated yet, well, I might graduate next month, it doesn't matter."

    "You give me a year to see if I can make money. If not, I will go to the city by then. It won't take long anyway."

    "Okay, okay!" Grandpa agreed.

    Jiang Tian didn¡¯t relax when he saw that he agreed, because he knew that his grandfather would mention this matter every once in a year, which was normal. Only after he stabilized did his grandfather really stop mentioning it.

    Grandpa thought for a while and said, "It's easy to contract land. The village has always had such an incentive policy. I hope that young villagers will come back and the villagers will plant more land. When the time comes, just go and tell the village chief directly, and you can also let them  You only contract for one year, so you can test the waters first, so you don¡¯t have to worry about losing too much if you contract for too long.¡±

    ¡°But let me remind you, do you know why the villagers are unwilling to contract the land? Because they cannot bear so much loss, even if it is only for one year, but think about what the land in our village looks like.

    It is very barren, and we need to prevent water and soil erosion. It costs too much money to complete the preparatory work, and we need to buy fertilizer. Too much fertilizer can easily cause soil compaction. If you use farmyard fertilizer, you will not be able to use the land in a short time, and you still need retting fertilizer.  , otherwise the ground will be full of bugs.  "

    "In the past, this kind of land was treated with the attitude of planting it one year and then abandoning it. If you plant corn, you won't be able to produce a few corn**. After harvesting the corn, all the corn stalks will be left in the ground and set on fire.  , you also need to watch by the side at all times, and you must not let the fire burn the trees, otherwise, it will be troublesome."

    "After the burning is completed, the insects in the ground have also been burned to death, and the ground is covered with plant ash. At this time, watering is needed to prevent the plant ash from being blown away by the wind. You don't need to water too much, as long as it can wet the surface. Then  Just needWhen driving cattle to plow the land, you need to plow deeper and bury the plant ashes under the soil.  "

    Grandpa stopped hoeing, "Do you think this is the end?"

    Jiang Tian complained: "You asked me this, so it definitely can't end like that."

    "Yes, this is the preparation for the first year. After that, grass seeds will be sown in the plowed land. By the second year, you will see that the ground is covered with weeds. Wildfires cannot burn them all, and the spring breeze  "Blowing and regrowing, of course, does not mean burning these weeds, but waiting for them to wither naturally. After they wither in winter, you can clear the weeds and prepare for planting in spring, because at this time, the fertility in the ground is enough for crops to grow."

    ¡°From now on, we need to apply farmyard manure and burn plant ashes every year to ensure the fertility of the land. Otherwise, the crops will not be as good as the previous year.¡±

    "Now you understand, contracting land is not a problem. The most difficult thing is fertility. Without fertility, how can you grow vegetables?"

    "And that was all in the past. Now we are not allowed to burn it. Those people don't know what they are saying. They say it pollutes the air. In fact, everyone knows that the main pollution is industrial pollution, car exhaust, etc. What are you going to do?"

    Jiang Tian was silent.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that there are so many things to pay attention to when farming!¡±

    "Of course. Farming is a science, and there are many things in it. And you can't just learn it in textbooks. You also need to apply it in the field, otherwise it will be just talk on paper."

    ¡°Do you still want to continue contracting the land now?¡± Grandpa asked.

    "Of course, this little difficulty won't trouble me." Jiang Tian was full of confidence.

    Grandpa was surprised, "Looking at you, it seems that you are not worried about fertility issues, or that you have already guessed what I am going to do."

    This time it was Jiang Tian¡¯s turn to be surprised, ¡°What are you going to do?¡±

    "I didn't guess that. Then what method are you going to use? It's not because you want fertilizer. I can tell you that you can't use too much of that stuff. Just don't think about it. Just use my method."

    Grandpa didn¡¯t wait for Jiang Tian to ask, but he said it, ¡°Aren¡¯t we going to clean up the lotus root pond and pond? There is fertile silt in there, which is completely usable.¡± (Remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com
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