Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Huo Yunchao looked up at the big tree not far away where the two hugged each other, and said with a smile: "Uncle Chen, think about it, how does this big tree grow so tall and strong? Could it be the three of us? Will Wu come over from time to time to fertilize it? Or have the birds and beasts in the forest become spirits?"

"Chao'er, don't lie to me. Tell me the truth. Are you telling the truth? Are you trying to trick me?" Uncle Chen was impatient and asked his doubts without any modification.

Huo Yunchao did not answer immediately. Instead, he found a branch and peeled away the rotten leaves to reveal the dark brown soil hidden underground. When he dug deeper, he also disturbed a few earthworms.

He picked up the earthworms and said, "Uncle Chen, come here and take a look! There are earthworms hidden under here! Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe in your own experience, right? A three-year-old child knows that the land with earthworms is the most fertile!"

Earthworms can not only feed chickens, but are also one of the standards for testing land fertility.

Uncle Chen followed the same example and found a dead branch, picked it, dug, and asked him to find three earthworms in succession. The humus soil here was visibly fertile and had sufficient moisture. You could tell at a glance that it was good. thing.

Uncle Chen thought for a while and asked, "Chao'er, are you planning to transport this fertile soil down the mountain and spread it directly into the fields?"

When Huo Yunchao heard this, he quickly explained: "No, no, no! Uncle Chen, I do plan to transport the fertile soil for growing big trees down the mountain, but this soil cannot be used directly. Moreover, this fertilizer cannot be used for Cultivation of pulses and cereals.”

Lin Xiaocao on the side asked: "Huh? Why? I'm still thinking about spreading these fertilizers into the ground and planting soybeans next year."

Huo Yunchao

Explain the damage caused by bacterial viruses to crops in a way that everyone present can understand: "Sister Xiaocao, take a look at how many snakes, insects, birds and beasts there are in this mountain forest? Think about it when there is swine fever. As a result of the riot, pigs in every village died of illness? What if the fertilizer we transported back from the mountains contained dirty things that made the pigs sick and die?"

Lin Xiaocao's face suddenly changed with fright, and she waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no! I can't be regarded as the sinner who brought swine fever!"

Huo Yunchao said with a smile: "So, we dug up the fertilizer here and went down the mountain. It had to be screened and exposed to the sun for a few days to kill the dirt that might cause swine and chicken fever, and then it was spread into the land where the fertilizer could be used. I just said I have seen ten acres of thin fields, and three acres of them are not suitable for growing rice, wheat, or beans. I plan to go to the county magistrate tomorrow and ask him to help find suitable grain seeds."

It was Huo Tianxiang who asked this time: "Chao'er, didn't the county magistrate transport two oxcarts of grain for you last time? Why did you go to the county magistrate again to ask for it?"

Huo Yunchao answered half-truth: "Dad, last time I saw some pots of strange flowers and herbs at the county government office, I wanted to take a look. I heard from Uncle Liu that there are pots that can bear fruits as big as a fist. , I want to ask the county magistrate to see if I can eat it."

In fact, what he was talking about was not something else, but sweet potatoes with extremely high yield per acre. However, the true value of sweet potatoes in this other world has not yet been discovered. The rich and powerful regard sweet potatoes as fresh imported products, and no one pays attention to the fact that sweet potatoes are an important food that can feed the world.

Huo Yunchao searched for good memories from his original memory.

Several times, no information was mentioned about high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes and corn. He was going to the county government office last time and accidentally discovered a very thin sweet potato plant.

The sweet potatoes were planted in a small flowerpot with a shallow mouth and a body less than the height of a hand. If Huo Yunchao hadn't had good eyesight, he might not have been able to spot this rare crop that was about to change the Dasheng Dynasty.

Huo Tianxiang's expression changed again and again. He was unwilling to let Huo Yunchao take the risk of trying unknown things, but he also didn't want to lose face when Uncle Chen and others refuted Huo Yunchao.

Huo Yunchao is not only his most beloved eldest son, but also a young talent who is valued by the county magistrate. More importantly, Huo Yunchao has changed other people's inherent views of him time and time again, using his achievements one after another to slap everyone who looks down upon him in the face. His people.

Huo Tianxiang did not pour cold water on Huo Yunchao at this juncture. He only nodded and said that he would help transport fertilizers that could be seen everywhere in the mountains and forests.

Uncle Chen silently picked and dug with dead branches. He was an old farmer who had been farming for most of his life, and he could vaguely feel that the humus soil was about to play a big role.

Huo Yunchao extended an olive branch at the right time, "Uncle Chen, I would like to trouble you to come with me to the county government office tomorrow."

Uncle Chen was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to achieve his goal so easily. He stuttered and said, "Seriously? I, can I really go with you to see the county magistrate? I, I..."

"The county magistrate also has two eyes and one nose. Don't worry, Uncle Chen." Huo Yunchao reassured everyone and asked everyone to dig up humus soil!

Xu Ning used a shovel to fill the bamboo basket with black and shiny humus. Occasionally, earthworms popped out of the soil, which was very fertile.

Chen

The uncle and others put in a lot of effort. They got Huo Yunchao's personal promise. They were elated and full of energy. Let alone letting the five of them pick humus soil, they could go to the sky or the earth!

The five Chen family members were so motivated that they stole the tools of Huo Tianxiang and others. Without Huo Yunchao saying anything, they pushed the wheelbarrow back and forth to transport humus soil.

Huo Yunchao and others did not stand idle. They first cut grass to scare insects and birds, and then used dead branches to push the most fertile layer of humus into hills, making it easier for the five Chen family members to transport it.

Huo Yunchao and his party never idled from the dim light of day until the sun reached high in the sky. They piled up ten mountains of fertilizer.

No matter how nimble the five Chen family members were, they could only move three mountains of fertilizer in one morning, and there were still seven more that needed to be moved.

Chen waited and waited but did not get the "solution" Huo Yunchao said. On the way back, she quietly asked Huo Yunchao: "Chao'er, didn't you say you wanted to solve it?"

Huo Yunchao didn't answer and asked instead: "Stepmother, which one of the things I promised you did you fail to do well?"

Mrs. Chen grabbed the corner of her clothes and said with evasive eyes, "I, I am, the rice vat at home is almost at the bottom."

She was talking about the rice that had been reserved until the middle of next month, and the five members of the Chen family had almost eaten it.

Originally, the rice was specially left by Chen to be cooked by his two biological sons and Huo Yunchao when they returned to Huo's house for dinner.

Uncle Chen and others came to the house to eat and drink, and Mrs. Chen took the name of her sister and aunt. She couldn't do anything to let her brothers and nephews eat porridge, but the family's food reserves were almost exhausted.

Huo Yunchao sighed softly, "Stepmother, believe me, I will definitely let the Huo and Xu families live happily and eat rice every day."

good days. "

He knew that Chen was telling the truth. When he and Xu Ning went back to Huo's house for dinner, Chen must have cooked the rice and filled the six-inch bowls for the couple.