The things in the second shed were blinding, and the branches were covered with thorns. Professor Huang rubbed his eyes and said, "Am I seeing this right? This is a wild vegetable from the mountain, called prickly old buds?"

"Yes, Professor Huang, you read it right. This is the prickly ash bud. I planted a shed of them as samples in the spring. They are 20 cents per pound more expensive than the prickly ash buds that are normally on the market. When they were put on the market in large quantities, the price was really too low, only 20 or 30 cents per pound, and it was hard to sell, so I did an experiment."

"Then what's the result?"

"The results are certainly good, but they are not suitable for large-scale promotion. The varieties suitable for large-scale promotion must be high-yield and easy to produce high yields. Professor Huang, follow me."

The group followed Liu Xia Lian to shed No. 3, where tomatoes were planted. It was the peak season for harvest. The plants were supported by tree branches and were full of round tomatoes, some green, some red, and some in bloom.

The water pipes for irrigation are buried at the edge of the field, so there is water at any time when watering is needed.

"Director Liu, what is the per-acre yield of tomatoes? Can it generate economic benefits?"

"Yes, tomatoes are a very popular vegetable among the people. We have been picking tomatoes for one and a half months now. So far, we have produced more than 6,000 kilograms per acre, and we estimate that we can pick another 2,000 kilograms. The benefits are still considerable. If you are an ordinary farmer, you can marry your children and build a house by planting one acre of greenhouse at home."

Professor Huang said: "I have bought tomatoes from Lao Xie's family. They cost 45 cents per pound. One acre produces 8,000 pounds, which is more than 3,000 yuan. Wow, that's incredible."

"There aren't that many. The products are sold to wholesalers at very low prices. Wholesalers mark up the prices and sell them to retailers, who then sell them to consumers. Although the prices are high, retailers have to bear the risks of damage and market changes. Everyone in the industry chain can earn a moderate profit, but there is no huge profit."

Professor Huang visited the tomato field and was very impressed with the management.

"You did a good job with the topping of this persimmon, so it has many branches and the fertilizer is also good, so there are so many fruits."

"The land in our Northeast is fertile, and we use 3,000 kilograms of cow and horse manure per mu of land, and about 100 kilograms of 35% compound fertilizer."

Professor Huang knows a lot and has done research on soil fertility, pests and diseases, pollination, etc.

“How do you pollinate in this shed?”

"I borrowed a few boxes of bees from a beekeeper, and they performed very well, so I basically didn't have to worry about them. But I only used them for a short time. Later, there were insects and I had to spray pesticides, so I had to return them to the owner. At that time, it was a completely sealed environment, and spraying pesticides would cause devastating damage to the bees.

Now that the shed is open, there is no need for artificial pollination, and bees and butterflies will come to help."

"Director Liu, can I have our students simulate artificial pollination? Don't worry, it won't damage the flowers."

"Sure, there are a few rotten roots over there, you can pull them out and take them back for research."

The students' method of artificial pollination is almost the same as that used by farmers. They stuff a little cotton on the end of a reed pole and then dip it on the flowers.

"Oh, by the way, I want to check out both the bean greenhouse and the watermelon greenhouse. Aren't these two types of management more complicated?"

"Watermelons are more complicated. They need to set fruit and keep the melons. You also need to calculate the date when they are ripe for picking. Picking them too early will make them unripe, and picking them too late will make them too ripe to be transported. Beans are much simpler."

Professor Huang is a man of real talent and knowledge. He can get his hands dirty and his feet on the ground. He doesn't need any red carpet or anything like that.

Most of the students are from rural areas, and city people are not very interested in agricultural universities.

Liu Xia Lian talked to them for more than an hour and her mouth was dry.

Maomao Liu refused to do it anymore and started crying and wanted to go play.

Professor Huang said, "Director Liu, go ahead and do your work. I will take the students to visit and learn. Don't worry, I will definitely not cause any damage."

"Okay, I'll be leaving first."

Liu Xia Lian was really worried, so she arranged for Li Hu and Sister Chunlan to observe secretly and report immediately if they found anything wrong.

However, there was nothing unusual about this group of people. They measured, recorded, and drew pictures. They must have learned Liu Xialian's greenhouse planting technology, but Liu Xialian never thought of keeping this technology. She always wanted to pass it on to benefit the people, so that the people's vegetable baskets would be more abundant and they could eat fresh and delicious vegetables in the cold winter.

Cat Liu is crying and it’s really hard to comfort him.

"Shall we go see the silly roe deer?"

"Roe deer?"

"Ah."

"Okay, let's see."

The two of them came to the roe deer farm, and it was now bustling with activity.

From the initial thirty or so roe deer, Liu Xia Lian later added another hundred female roe deer. Now most of them have given birth to baby roe deer, and the total number is close to three hundred roe deer.

In order to prevent indiscriminate mating, separate pens are implemented, breeding roe deer are pierced with ears, and fattening roe deer are raised separately.

Li Xiaofei and two keepers are cleaning the pens. The feces are cleaned almost every day.

The silly roe deer is curious about everything and will come over to take a look even when shoveling manure.

When Maomao Liu saw the roe deer, he was so happy that he got down from Liu Xialian's arms and touched the roe deer without being afraid.

One is silly and the other is small, but the two sides are still very harmonious.

Li Xiaofei was curious and came over to ask, "Sister, whose child is this?"

"How are other people's farms? The roe deer farms have been developing very fast recently."

"It's been better these days. In the past few days, several lambs were born every day. But recently, roe deer don't like to eat grass very much. It's still quite troublesome. The three of us go to the wild to cut grass every day."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that the dozens of acres of Li Damei's family are planted with forage sorghum and alfalfa. You can buy them at any time. Leave the high ground. After the purchase is completed, be sure to use a sprinkler to water it once. You can harvest it again in twenty days."

Li Xiaofei's brain was a little out of order: "This is the first time I've heard of someone planting grass. Otherwise, these stupid roe deer wouldn't listen. I would have wanted to drive them into the woods."

"No, we can't mess around. There are crops everywhere. We can't destroy other people's crops just to make money for ourselves. That would be troublesome. Bring the tools, I will take you to cut the grass."

There are three people in the roe deer farm, and one person must stay behind. Li Xiaofei took one person and pulled a cart to the abandoned land not far away.

This is Li Damei’s corn field, not far from the canal.

The grass was planted in early April, and now it is almost June, and it has been cut and sold once.

The sweet sorghum grass was actually about 1.56 meters tall. Li Xiaofei took a look and said, "Sister, are you sure this is grass and not sorghum?"

"Well, this is really forage grass. Of course, if you don't harvest it, it will definitely produce sorghum. It's still tender now, so we must harvest it quickly. From now on, we will harvest one acre every day. Sister Guilan will also come to harvest it."

As soon as Li Xiaofei picked up the sickle, he found it so enjoyable to cut the grass. He could finish a bundle in a few minutes and a cart in forty minutes.

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