Rebirth of farming for a living

When Li Qiuyan reached the mountain, he saw the peppers being planted with their branches stretched out, and he couldn't help but feel relaxed physically and mentally.

Chili, think about the beef soup you drink at noon. If you can put a spoonful of chili oil in it, how delicious it would be.

After drooling for a while, Li Qiuyan went to the fungus shop again.

The fungus in the fungus field has also sprouted. The tender little buds are so cute.

The honeysuckle branches outside are also green, and some have small buds.

Li Qiuyan inspected the area, locked the simple door, and went to the sweet potato field again.

He met many people on the road, and Li Qiuyan greeted them all. The sweet potato seedlings looked alive, and Li Qiuyan couldn't help but be satisfied.

Satisfied, Li Qiuyan inevitably thought of a question.

That's fertilizer.

There were no chemical fertilizers, urea, or herbicides in this era.

Therefore, farming in this era is not an easy job. Farmers have few free months and have to go to the fields to pull weeds and water the fields.

It is absolutely correct to say that it is to serve the crops.

There was nothing Li Qiuyan could do about herbicides and pesticides.

But for this fertilizer, she felt she had to think of a solution.

My family used to use farmyard manure. Farmyard manure, as the name suggests, is composed of excrement.

It is no exaggeration to say that people nowadays, if they feel the urge to defecate outside, it doesn’t mean that they really can’t control it, then they will definitely go home to defecate.

Some people will bring a bamboo basket with them when they go out, and pick up animal feces and take it home.

That was the case with Lao Li Tou before.

The Li family has just been separated. Last season, all the manure was collected by Old Li.

This year, there is no one to help.

Li Xiangnan also thought of this. He had dug a hole a long time ago. Although he did not specifically pick up animal excrement on the road, Li Qiuyan's family had animals, and the animal excrement would be collected and poured in together with human excrement. In the pit, store it for retting for use when fertilizing.

There were only five acres of land before, so Li Xiangnan must have prepared enough, but now that he has so much land, he can't think of a way to do it.

Li Qiuyan thought to himself that he didn't know how those wealthy landlords used fertilizer.

Yes, since the landlord has tenants, there is no need to worry about this problem.

Li Qiuyan thought hard, until the sky got a little darker, and then he suddenly realized that it was getting late and started to walk home.

It was spring at this time, and the wild grass was very luxuriant. There were many children on the road who had picked up pigweed and were walking home carrying baskets filled with pigweed that were almost taller than a person.

Li Qiuyan took a closer look and saw a lot of wild vegetables bought at high prices in his previous life, which were used to feed pigs in this era.

Yes, Li Qiuyan's eyes lit up.

In my previous life, I loved to watch short videos about rural life, and in my mind, there was something called green manure.

I was still a blogger at that time. In order to give my children a healthy life, I insisted on not using fertilizers or pesticides, but the harvest was not good, so I thought of a way to make it myself.

Li Qiuyan didn't remember the specific operation, but he could try it.

After understanding this, Li Qiuyan was happy.I jumped home and picked a handful of dandelions on the roadside, planning to blanch them and eat them cold.

Humming a song, Li Qiuyan heated up a steamed bun, made an egg with boiling hot water, then used the remaining hot water to blanch the washed dandelions, peeled a few garlic and smashed them with a garlic mortar. Make it into minced garlic, add oil and salt, and mix it. Not to mention, it's really delicious on steamed buns.

As soon as Li Qiuyan finished eating, Li Xiangnan and his party came back.

Seeing Li Qiuyan about to wash the dishes, Wang quickly took over and said, "Mom, go and wash the dishes."

Li Qiuyan's heart was warm: "Mom, just two bowls."

Wang couldn't help but say something, took the bowl and left.

It happened that Li Qiuyan wanted to discuss the matter of green manure with Li Xiangnan, so he didn't insist anymore and took Li Xiangnan to the backyard.

"Why dig such a big hole?" Li Xiangnan scratched his head.

"We have so much land, can we use fertilizer? I want to fertilize it." Li Qiuyan was straightforward.

Li Xiangnan couldn't help but have a headache: "You are a little girl, how can you still retting fertilizer? Isn't there a cesspit? Besides, what are you using for retting?"

Li Xiangnan has been farming for so many years, and he has actually thought about the issue of fertilizers.

However, the only way he could think of was to save more excrement, or see if he could buy some from someone who collects night incense in the city.

Oh, and you can also buy night incense.

Li Qiuyan really didn't expect that the people in the city wanted Ye Xiang in vain and had to hire someone to take it away.

This method does work.

But: "It's okay anyway, I'll give it a try."

Li Xiangnan was helpless. His daughter was getting more and more creative, which was also a good thing.

Li Xiangnan went to the front yard to get a hoe and started digging.

I can’t do it without digging. I have to go to the store tomorrow.

Fortunately, Jiang Zhe saw Li Xiangnan going to get a hoe and came to help.

The hole dug was not too big, but Li Qiuyan originally wanted to try it first and see if it worked.

Li Xiangnan wiped his sweat and couldn't help but talk to Mrs. Wang when he went back.

Mrs. Wang was happy: "My daughter has a lot of ideas."

Li Xiangnan could only agree.