【Chapter 157】 Preparation for wintering
The smooth progress of the expansion project of the winery made the Liu family happy, after all, the winery is not only a simple tool for the Liu family to make a living and get rich, but also a kind of spiritual sustenance. Especially Liu Jiahong, the mental pressure has been relatively high since the injury, and the whole person has become much older.
Some time ago, weaving bamboo for the 'Xinying Flower Shop' made him find a little value of his existence, but Liu Rui's insistence on staying at home and farming made Liu Jiahong feel deeply sad. All kinds of things piled up on Liu Jiahong, the head of the family, and the tangible and invisible pressure made him almost breathless.
On the surface, Liu Jiahong's body has recovered, the complexion on his face has become ruddy, and his smile is much more than at the beginning of the injury, but only he knows that all this is just an appearance. The worry about his son's future and the thinking about various industries in the family make Liu Jiahong consume his energy all the time.
Fortunately, during this period of time, the harvest of both the orchard and the vegetable garden has been very good, and the family's economic conditions have improved rapidly, which has somewhat relieved some of Liu Jiahong's pressure. In particular, Liu Rui has become more and more sophisticated, and his handling of many things has become decent, and he has grown up, which also makes Liu Jiahong quite gratified.
Seeing that his son, who took over the power of the family, first partnered with several of his uncles to set up a large-scale pig farm, and then began to rebuild the mountain pond, looking like he was working hard and doing it quickly, although Liu Jiahong had doubts in his heart, Liu Jiahong still chose to silently support his son's decision behind his back.
Although Liu Rui has a lot of actions and wants to develop a lot of industries, in Liu Jiahong's view, everything else is trivial, and the foundation of the Liu family's foothold in Qingyun is still the winery. Today, Liu Rui regards the expansion of the winery as a top priority, and the first one is Liu Jiahong.
Today's Liu Jiahong seems to be full of great passion, and he is busy every day, striving for perfection and perfection in every detail of the winery. In this case, the shadow of injury and almost paralysis finally dissipated from Liu Jiahong's heart, and he was greeted by bright sunshine.
Seeing that his father finally found the motivation for life, Liu Rui, as a son, was naturally excited, after all, with his father's help, the future business plan can be carried out better and more smoothly.
By handing over the expansion of the winery to his enthusiastic father, Liu Rui was finally able to spare time to manage the tomato patch and backyard orchard accordingly, laying a solid foundation for the next stage of harvest.
The gradually cooler weather did not affect the tomato seedlings in the tomato field, and the tomato seedlings grew rapidly as if they were being blown under the double moisture of the ultra-long sunshine in the south and the space spring water. In order not to affect the quality of the tomatoes, Liu Rui did not apply chemical fertilizers to the field, let alone pesticides, and insisted on using the ecological methods mentioned in the book for field management.
In order to reduce the damage of insects to tomato seedlings, Liu Rui also placed several mosquito killer lamps around the tomato field to attract moths and pests around him. Every night after the electricity is turned on, a large number of insects will fall under the mosquito control lamp, which will become an excellent food for the free-range three-yellow chickens at home.
This discovery also gave Liu Rui more ideas.
In the summer, at night, the yard was full of small insects and moths, which was very annoying. The good effect of the insecticidal lamp made Liu Rui's eyes shine, and he also installed a few in the orchard to attract insects that are a little overflowing in the orchard in the back mountain.
After doing this for a period of time, the insects in the Liu family's compound, which originally flew wildly at night, soon became much less, and they could no longer see those scenes that made the scalp tingle. At the same time, the chickens and ducks at home can also eat a lot of protein every morning, which not only saves food, but also grows smooth and shiny hair, which is also a surprise.
Liu Rui thought that the tabby frog is also an omnivorous animal that needs a large number of insects as food, and if it starts to be raised in the future, it can also use the phototaxis of insects to provide low-cost feed for the tabby frog.
The tomato seedlings, which were not eaten by pests, grew well, and they climbed up along the bamboo frame built by Liu Rui, and hung the branches one by one with ropes, so that the tomato seedlings and the bamboo frame were integrated, and they could no longer distinguish each other. They are like green city walls, neatly arranged in the ground, which makes people's hearts flutter when they see it.
Small pale yellow flowers have bloomed all over the branches, dotting the green walls, and the swaying flower bones have no fragrance, but they represent the hope of a good harvest.
Because before planting, Liu Rui had already put a lot of farm fertilizer into the field, coupled with the moisture of the space spring, Liu Rui did not need to fertilize the tomatoes, but only needed to clean up the weeds that occasionally grew in the field.
Now Liu Rui's main task is to prune the tomatoes, so that they can receive more sunlight, withstand more balanced forces, and grow healthy and strong. Liu Rui, who planted small tomatoes for the first time, is also a new hand, and in the face of dense branches, he feels a little at a loss. He could only borrow a video recorder, and then bring relevant video tapes from Zhou Guodong to play them, and practice while studying.
Fortunately, the technical information provided by Zhou Guodong is quite complete, from written materials to video materials, and the problems encountered in the process of small tomato planting and the corresponding treatment methods are explained, so that Liu Rui quickly changed from a layman to half a small tomato expert.
Looking at the lush tomato field, Liu Rui is very satisfied, according to this situation, these small tomatoes can ripen before the Spring Festival, and the first batch of agate-like small tomatoes can be harvested. According to the news from Zhou Guodong, Liu Rui knew that these small tomatoes did not need to be sold in the Qingshan market, and after they were ripe and harvested, they were packed and sent directly to the provincial capital.
In addition to the management of the small tomatoes that are flowering and pollinating, Liu Rui also has a more important task, that is, the wintering management of hundreds of acres and more than 1,000 fruit trees in the back mountain.
Some time ago, Liu Rui had already invited some villagers to prune most of the fruit trees to reduce the number of leaves and reduce water vapor transpiration, so that they could survive the winter smoothly. Now, as the weather gets colder, it is necessary to loosen the soil for the fruit trees, fertilize and water them, and then fill the bottom of the trees with straw to provide nutrients and keep them warm.
With a combination of reduced water transpiration and nutrient supply, the problem of overwintering fruit trees is no longer a problem. In addition, with the better the preparation for wintering and the more measures in place, these fruit trees will grow new branches in the shortest possible time as soon as spring begins in the next year, and achieve a consistent growth trend.
For Liu Rui, it is not a very hard thing to manage the fruit trees and tomato fields, and he has Shennong space to cheat, and he has completed all the work easily.
After he was busy for a few days, he looked back at the fruits of his labor, and his inner mood was naturally a little proud.
(To be continued)