Chu Jiaqiang spread out the piles of straws and let the sun bask for two days, and he should be able to dry. (138.com.) Now, there are no cattle at home, so the role of straw is not so obvious. When planting things in winter, you can spread a layer on top to keep the crops cold and insulated.

In fact, straw is also a rather distinctive economic by-product with quite many uses. In addition to cattle, sheep and other livestock, straw ropes, straw sandals and robes made of straw are essential items for many farmers.

In the early days, there were many houses with straw roofs, and it was quite common to use straw to weave craft products, such as straw mats, straw hats, etc. The most common in rice paddies is the scarecrow wearing a hat to deter birds, which is a fairly common sight in the countryside.

Today, however, due to the introduction of mechanized appliances, the decline in livestock, and the ubiquity of plastic household goods, the use of straw has drastically decreased. Many farmers dispose of large quantities of straw by burning them in their fields after harvesting, but at the same time contribute to air pollution. But the best way is to bury the straw in situ, which not only does not contribute to air pollution, but also enhances the nutrients in the soil.

The old village chief and others passed by, and saw that there were always so many people working here in Chu Jiaqiang, and there were also small animals to help, and the efficiency was first-class, all of them were amazed, although this was not the first time.

"This year's grain harvest is going to be good!" The old village chief said. Seeing the bumper harvest in the village, as the head of a village, he was naturally happy. When they become village cadres, they just want the village to develop, and the villagers have no worries about food and clothing.

Chu Shengmin smiled with the joy of a bumper harvest on his face: "Yes! In July last year, this field was a load of grain, and this year there is an extra basket, and the yield is much higher. ”

"Uncle, you don't cut the grain today?" The second aunt asked suddenly. At this time, almost everyone in the village was busy, everyone was in a hurry to harvest, seeing that the weather was good today, they tried to harvest the grain, and then dried the water.

"I'll start tomorrow, and today Ayi is out." The old village chief replied. At this time, everyone's grain is ripe, but if you have something to go out today, you can only go tomorrow.

In fact, there is no shortage of manpower there, and the group of people in the research institute often help. Yesterday, Dean Ding and others were still asking! When to harvest, they are not very busy these days anyway, and the expedition team has gone out. If the expedition team comes back with all kinds of research materials, it will be the busiest.

"It's much better now, the grain harvest is good, unlike before, the yield is low, and eating is a problem. In the past, when we were young, that is, we ate food during festivals, and we usually ate vegetable porridge, and it was not uncommon to eat bran. The old village chief felt it.

The elderly just like to recall the past, which is nostalgia, so the older generation of people will miss the emotions very strongly, and they are very emotional about their homeland and hometown.

There were many old people present, and many of them went through that difficult period. At that time, it was common for everyone to engage in large-scale production together, and starvation.

"Yes! This is also thanks to Academician Yuan Longping, who has solved the problem of eating for thousands of years. Professor Wen nodded. Before Yuan Longping, the yield of these rice was at least one-third less.

Of course, the old village chief and other villagers don't know who Yuan Longping is, but they only know that Comrade Deng has embarked on the road of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich because of the reform, at least they will no longer worry about food and clothing.

As the father of hybrid rice, Yuan Longping's contribution is definitely shocking. However, in the consciousness of the older generation of peasants, he was actually absent, mainly because there was no information circulation at that time, and there was almost no publicity. Of course, later it was added to the textbooks, so the children must know that there are such old people.

"The main thing is that the craftsmanship was not good in the past, like now, I find that some places use rice bran to make some good food." Li Quan said. He had been to a place before, and he had seen pickled vegetables with rice bran, or even a separate dish, called fried rice bran.

Rice bran is actually quite nutritious. According to scientists, the nutritional value of rice bran is also quite high, in addition to containing 64 nutrients in rice, it also contains more than 90 nutrients needed by the human body. In addition to rice bran oil, rice bran protein and rice bran nutrients are the main research directions of scientists. Therefore, there are many health foods and daily necessities that emphasize that they contain fresh rice bran.

"It's hard to say, craftsmanship is ever-changing, in this world, there are countless nutritious foods, but people used to starve to death, and this is the reason. Some things must be processed through a certain procedure before they can be eaten, how could there be that kind of conditions at that time? Take rice bran, for example? I've heard that this thing can also be used to extract oil. Professor Wen said.

"Oil extraction? No way? Even Chu Jiaqiang was very surprised. If the rice bran is dry, can you still squeeze out the oil?

Hong Lao suddenly laughed, these people had all mistaken the concept. He explained: "You misunderstand that rice bran is rice bran and rice bran is rice bran, two different concepts. The rice bran that the village chief said was actually rice bran, but that thing was not eaten by people, and it was very difficult to eat. Rice bran is a layer of skin of rice, which is highly nutritious and has a small amount. ”

Chu Jiaqiang and others came to their senses, and they didn't make a mistake, but they just misunderstood.

"Did they plant this rice very late? Why is it still so green? Chen Wu saw that there was a field not far away, and the rice in it was not yet ripe, and it was all green, which was very special.

"It's a different kind of rice, it's glutinous rice." The second aunt explained.

In the countryside, every household will insert a little glutinous rice, which will be used to wrap rice dumplings and make glutinous rice in the future. Although glutinous rice is delicious, the yield is relatively low, so everyone will not grow it in large quantities.

The glutinous rice is the main ingredient, steamed in the steamer after soaking, and then quickly put in the stone scoop until soft and flexible, while the rice mud is made into a large or small ball, put the sesame seeds fried fragrant grinding powder mixed with white sugar, or soybean fried fragrant grinding powder mixed with white sugar in the plate, you can eat.

That's the way it is done somewhere else, though. In Chujiazhai, glutinous rice is generally made into glutinous rice flour first, and then made into glutinous rice cakes, the taste is the same, and the process is different.

In the past, in the countryside, I still liked glutinous rice wine, which was made by myself, and the degree was high and low. The high is strong wine, which is easy to get drunk, and the low is sweet wine, which women drink with children.

The second aunt explained to everyone that glutinous rice generally matures a little later than other rice, which seems to be a rule. Even if you start planting early, you will still harvest later. For other rices, even if some rice is planted ten or eight days late, it will ripen together with the early planting, which is a strange phenomenon. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )