The richest man in the leisurely country

Chapter 285 Pruning Branches
After giving the seeds to Ah Li, Su Mu rested aside, sitting and watching her grow vegetables.

I mainly want to see how Ali's craftsmanship is. If there is something wrong, I can point it out at any time.

However, they both came from the countryside, so even if Ah Li only stayed in the village for a few years, it shouldn't be a big problem after all.

After getting the seeds, Ali sorted the seeds into categories and threw a few seeds into each dug nest.

"Actually, when planting these, we usually get a small piece of land first and scatter the seeds densely. After the seedlings grow out, they are transplanted and picked into the ground."

Seeing Ah Li doing this, Su Mu couldn't help laughing.

Whether it is planting eggplant peppers or cabbage greens, this is generally done in rural areas.

"I think that's too much trouble."

Ah Li said softly while sowing the seeds.

She didn't blush, but felt that this was a very upright thing.

"Then you can do this. Just sprinkle one or two seeds in each nest, and you don't need to transplant them when they grow out. Also, put the seeds in and grab a handful of mud to cover them. It doesn't matter how thick the cover is. of."

While talking, Su Mu jumped into the ground, grabbed a handful of mud and covered the nest where Ali put the seeds.

All kinds of vegetable seeds should not be covered too thickly, otherwise they will not grow easily and will rot inside.

This time Ali didn't speak, and paused for a moment. After putting a few seeds in each nest, according to what Su Mu said, just grab a handful of soil and cover it.

"Also, green vegetables and peppers can be planted in the middle. On the edge, you can put tomato seeds in. Tomatoes have vines, so just let them grow along the stalks." Su Mu helped cover the soil, on the side remind.

Farming in rural areas does not mean that you plant what you plant in each piece of land, unless it is a large-scale planting like Su Mu's in the field, which will be easy to pick.

When planting in private plots, it is necessary to maximize the use of land space here.

Plant your main crop in the middle of the field and put something else in the edges.

For example, when planting corn in the mountains, some beans will be planted in it. When the corn grows, the beans will also grow.

At that time, the bean vines will grow up along with the corn.

In this way, more grain can be harvested per mu of land.

There are also some better places where potatoes can be planted now, and potatoes can usually be planted in the first few days of the first month.

The corn is not planted until February and March, and the potatoes can be harvested before the corn grows too high.

For these planting techniques, Su Mu is also good at it.

After hearing what Su Mu said, Ali also felt that it made sense.

Tomatoes have vines, so they should be planted on the edge of the stalks, so that they can grow along the stalks, and it will be easy to pick when the time comes.

"You plant first, and I'll water it."

Seeing that Ali gradually mastered the skills, tomato seeds were sprinkled on the edge of each plot. Su Mu was not idle, and went home to get a sprayer.

Put a drop of fairy dew in the sprayer, then carry the sprayer to the field, and start watering the seeded field.

With the moisture of fairy dew, the seeds will germinate and grow very quickly.

The main thing is that Ah Li rarely goes to the field in person, and Su Mu doesn't mind helping her to grow these vegetables.

After sprinkling for a while, Su Mu put the sprayer aside when he saw that the speed at which Ali planted pears could not keep up.

"You can sprinkle water yourself later. You don't need to sprinkle too much, just pour some water in it. I'll go and trim the fruit trees behind."

Seeing that it was still early, Su Mu went home again and brought a pair of scissors specially designed for pruning branches.

These trees have been planted in the private plot for a long time, and they have only been watered with fairy dew once, but they are still growing very fast and very lush.

Some are already two or three meters high, and they haven't had time to trim them yet. Su Mu plans to take this opportunity to trim them properly.

Ah Li planted the land, and Su Mu pruned the branches.

Su Mu climbed up the tree with ease, and pruned the branches that needed to be pruned little by little.

As for the pruned branches, there is no need to worry about them, just let them rot in the ground by themselves.

If it was before, I would definitely take them back to dry and use them as firewood.

Now every household has an induction cooker, and basically they don't burn firewood for cooking.

However, some elderly people still choose to burn wood when they feel that the stove is not warm and consumes electricity when it is especially cold.

This is a habit they have developed over the years. Some of them have to light a fire every morning when they wake up.

There are dozens of fruit trees in total, and Su Mu's pruning speed is also very fast, and it will be done quickly.

After pruning, I went to get some water, dripped the fairy dew in it, and poured it directly on the roots of the trees, so that they could absorb the fairy dew by themselves.

"Didn't you plant so many fruit trees? Why do you want to plant them here?"

After spreading the seeds into the ground, Ali was not in a hurry to water, but sat down and watched Su Mu watering the trees.

The fruit trees he planted here are all on the mountain.

If you want to eat, you can go to the mountain to pick it by yourself at any time.

"That's different. I planted these trees myself to eat. It's more convenient. Every household will actually plant some fruit trees nearby. I used to have a jujube tree in my house, but unfortunately it was cut down later. gone."

"At that time, we often climbed to the trees near other people's houses to pick fruits and eat them. I like to climb to the trees when the fruits are ripe, and eat them while picking them without taking them away." Su Mu laughed.

He just wanted to reminisce about his childhood.

That feeling is really different.

Maybe you will feel that when you go to the mountains, there are fruit trees everywhere, and you can pick whatever you want to eat.

But Su Mu still liked this feeling very much.

Ah Li didn't understand what Su Mu said, but she didn't refute it.

She rested for a while, carrying the sprayer on her back, and began to water the seeds she had sown.

"Do you want to get some bamboo poles or something to stick on the side of the stalks, so that the tomatoes grow along the way?" A Li suddenly turned her head to look at Su Mu and asked while sprinkling water.

She thought it was the same as growing beans.

Su Mu shook his head after hearing this, and said with a smile: "No, the stalks in my house are very tall, and then we can tidy them up a bit and let them grow along the stalks, and there will be a bumper harvest."

"I also want to taste, how does the vegetable you grow taste like?"

"If you think it's not good, you can get some dung water to water them when they grow up."

Since Ah Li wants to learn how to farm, Su Mu also thinks he can teach it.

As long as she is willing, let her take care of these private plots in the future, so that she can also find something to do.

"Forget it, that smells too bad, I don't like it. Just get some fertilizer and sprinkle it in." Ali shook her head and refused.

Although she likes farming, she also loves to be clean.

She also knows that dung water is very effective and nutritious for growing crops.

But Ali doesn't like these.

"I'm just kidding you, I don't need these at all, but what you said made me suddenly think that I can get a set of equipment after I finish the chicken pen and cow pen."

"Take all those cow dung and things together, and then spray them on the vegetable fields." Su Mu thought for a while.

In this way, the fertility of the land can be maintained.

(End of this chapter)