Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 173 Fertilization

An Yue thought this was a good idea and nodded repeatedly.

Qin continued, "For kids of their age, you don't need to pay them too much for their work, but it's best to pay them every day. If they can get the money, they will naturally be very motivated."

An Yue readily agreed: "It's totally fine to pay the wages every day."

The village chief stroked his beard as he listened. He also thought this method was feasible. He nodded and said, "Okay, let us take care of Yueyue! We will go to the families of those children and ask if they are willing to come and help."

An Yue quickly turned aside and saluted, saying, "Then I'll trouble my uncle and aunt to help me make the trip."

Qin laughed and scolded: "We are all family, why are you still being so polite!"

After Qin finished speaking, she took the village chief and set off to look for them. As they walked, she turned back and said to An Yue, "Don't worry, Yueyue, we will give you a definite answer before dark."

The village chief and his wife walked straight to the west end of their village.

An Yue has found the location of the water source, and now all she needs is people to dig a well. If the village chief and his team can find people, then the matter will be half done.

An Yue was alone wielding a hoe in the wasteland. She planned to plant sweet potatoes on the entire wasteland.

The sweet potato seedlings grown in the black soil have grown a lot. It won’t be long before the sweet potato vines can be cut and planted in the fields.

An Yue was digging the ground with her head down when something suddenly came to her mind.

Previously, when she went to the loess land, she saw that the wheat seedlings in the field were a little yellow. It was obvious that the land was too barren and the wheat seedlings lacked nutrients to grow.

An Yue said to herself, "It seems that I have to hurry up and find a way to make some fertilizer."

In those days, there were no industrial fertilizers, and villagers relied on poultry manure at home to grow crops.

Years ago, when she was still living in her grandfather's house, An Yue saw her grandfather and his family piling up all kinds of poultry manure in a pit.

At that time, An Yue asked curiously: "Why do we have to pile them in the pit?"

Her grandfather said to her, "When you plant next spring, apply this fertilizer to the fields, and the crops will grow strong."

An Yue thought at the time that if all crops were fertilized with only this little bit of dried manure, it would be strange if the crops could have high yields.

It seems that we have to find a way to solve the fertilizer problem as soon as possible.

It is not possible to extract fertilizers in this era, after all, various factors such as time, place and people are not mature.

Rejecting the idea of ​​refining fertilizers, she thought back to when she was a child in the 21st century, her grandfather raised two pigs and the septic tank at home had so much sewage that it could not be used up.

For now, the simplest and most direct method is to feed pigs with manure as fertilizer. Next, you have to ask around to see which store has piglets for sale, and then buy a piglet to feed.

Now, the wheat is turning yellow, and the fastest remedy is to use wood ash.

An Yue looked up at the sky. It was still early. Thinking that the wheat seedlings had turned yellow, this matter could not be delayed even for a moment.

So she stopped digging, carried her hoe home, picked up a wooden basin, filled it with wood ash and put it in her backpack, then put the basket on her back and walked towards the loess land.

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Come to the yellow earth.

An Yue held the wooden basin filled with wood ash against her waist, grabbed a handful of ash, and threw it a foot away from the wheat seedlings.

Wood ash cannot be thrown directly on the roots of wheat seedlings.

Because the main components of wood ash are potassium carbonate and alkaline substances, if it is directly thrown at the roots of wheat seedlings, the alkaline substances will directly burn the aerial roots that absorb nutrients of the wheat seedlings.

In this way, An Yue scattered handfuls of wood ash on the yellow soil.

A man was walking back and forth in the field, spreading wood ash everywhere.

Nearly two hours later, An Yue finally finished spreading the wood ash in the wooden basin.

She straightened up and wiped the sweat from her forehead, then looked up and saw that it was almost the evening hour.

An Yue thought that An Nian had returned from the town, so she hurriedly put the wooden basin in the backpack, put the basket on her back and prepared to go home.

When I got home, I found An Nian sitting on the steps at the gate of the yard reading a book.

An Yue took out the key and prepared to open the gate to the yard. She couldn't help but joked, "Niannian, you are reading so seriously!"

An Yue walked up to him and said something, and then An Nian raised his head.

An Nian quickly put away the book in his hand, smiled and asked, "Sister, are you busy with farm work in the fields?"

"Yes!" After An Yue opened the gate of the yard, the brother and sister pushed the door open and walked in.

An Nian put the cloth bag in his room, changed into worn-out clothes, rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen to start cooking.

"Sister, please go and pass the firewood. Sit down and take a rest. Let Nian prepare dinner!" After saying that, An Nian walked towards the kitchen.

After hearing what An Nian said, An Yue asked in surprise, "Niannian likes to cook?"

An Nian said as he was scrubbing the pot, "It's not that I like cooking, but I just can't bear to see my sister getting tired. I can cook simple meals every year, but the taste is definitely not as good as my sister's."

"As long as it is made every year, my sister thinks it is delicious." An Yue said while sitting under the stove and lighting the fire.

After An Nian washed the pot, he added water to it.

When the water in the pot is hot, pour the washed rice into the pot, cook the rice until it is half cooked and then start draining it.

Add water to the pot and place the wooden barrel for steaming rice in the pot. After the water boils, pour the drained rice into the barrel and cover it with the lid.

"Sister, Niannian wants to eat fried eggs with Chinese toon." An Nian said to An Yue who was handing firewood to the stove.

"I make it every year when I want to eat it, but there is no ready-made Chinese toon at home. I have to bring firewood every year. I will go to the back mountain to pick it now."

After saying that, An Yue picked up the basket and walked quickly towards the back mountain.

As soon as I walked out of the yard gate, I found someone not far away walking towards me.

An Yue took a closer look and found that it was the village chief.

An Yue took the initiative to greet him, "Uncle."

"Yueyue, the matter of digging the well has been settled. Your uncle Jing just came home, and the children from those families have also agreed to come to work. Your uncle Jing will lead them here tomorrow morning."

"Very good, very good. Uncle Jing just got home, can't he take a rest for a day or two?"

"He said no, saying that he wanted to finish his housework as soon as possible and go out to work again."

"Uncle Jing is really capable. By the way, uncle, please go inside first! Niannian is at home."

"No, no, I have to go back. Your aunt will almost prepare dinner." The village chief waved his hand.

After the village chief left, An Yue hurried to the back mountain to pick toon.

Not long after, An Yue brought back half a basket of Chinese toon.

After returning home, An Yue washed the Chinese toon and put it away, then beat two eggs and put them into a bowl.

At this time, the rice has been steamed. Take the pot out of the heat, wash the pot, boil water to blanch the Chinese toon, chop it up, and prepare to stir-fry.