Chapter 193: Growing Mushrooms

Jiang Ping naturally understood the meaning of Ye Xiaoyu's words, and when it came to this, if she didn't agree, it would be too unkind, and the most important thing was that the business of supplying vegetables, which was now the bulk of Lujiazhuang's economic resources, was indeed led by Ye Xiaoyu.

Thinking that there are a lot of paddy fields in Lujiazhuang anyway, take two or three acres for Ye Xiaoyu to test first, even if it fails in the end, it will not cause much loss, and at that time, even if Ye Xiaoyu is uncomfortable in his heart, he can't blame the Lu family.

After planning in her heart, Jiang Ping agreed to give Ye Xiaoyu three acres of paddy fields near Yinpan to build a mushroom house.

Ye Xiaoyu was a little depressed, but what she was depressed about was not that Jiang Ping only gave 3 acres of paddy fields to experiment, but that she couldn't understand the planting principle of "recycling and complementary utilization" that Ye Xiaoyu said. During the chat just now, Jiang Ping's focus has been on the destruction of paddy fields, and she did not mention Ye Xiaoyu's explanation to her from the beginning that "the fertilizer left over after planting mushrooms can just increase the fertility of the paddy field soil".

That's it, if Ye Xiaoyu really wants to explain this theory, then she might as well be depressed now, and wait for the results to come faster and more simply.

After getting Jiang Ping's permission, Ye Xiaoyu ran to find Qinglang again, after all, Lu Yishou has now given him all the land in Quanxiu Village, and he wants to build a mushroom house, so it is better to tell him in advance. And Ye Xiaoyu also plans to ask him to help more in building a mushroom house and growing mushrooms.

Originally, Ye Xiaoyu wanted to wait in the courtyard of the Lu family as usual for the sunny weather that came back from outside, but after coming out of Beiyuan. It was already dark, and at this time, no matter how hard Qing Qing worked, he had already returned to Lujiazhuang. Ye Xiaoyu couldn't, and trotted all the way to the kitchen to see if he could meet Qinglang who happened to be having dinner. As a result, it was natural to disappoint Ye Xiaoyu once.

In this way, she could only go to the East Chamber, where Qinglang lived, to find him.

But this East Chamber, which is the place Ye Xiaoyu is most reluctant to go. Because there is Lu Meijiao. This is not to say that Lu Meijiao is a big evil person, maybe she is still a good person. It's just that she has to tease Ye Xiaoyu every time she sees her. made Ye Xiaoyu feel that she was more annoying than those evil people.

But who called Sunny her son? Since he has a request for others, no matter how unwilling he is in his heart, Ye Xiaoyu still has to go to the East Chamber.

Because there is an ancestral hall, the east chamber is the largest courtyard in Lujiazhuang. But because there are few people living there. It seems a little deserted. But. Since the dismissal of a large number of subordinates. The whole Lujiazhuang seems a little deserted.

The room where Lu Meijiao's mother and son lived showed bright light, maybe because she took the initiative to come to the East Chamber, maybe because she came to the East Chamber, or maybe because of Lu Meijiao. Looking at the light seeping from the window lattice, Ye Xiaoyu was inexplicably nervous.

Because of her nervousness, she stood outside the house in the cold wind for a long time, until she ...... Well, it's been so long that someone has been tapped on the shoulder.

"What are you doing here?"

Although the light was too dim, Ye Xiaoyu couldn't see whether Qinglang's face was expressionless or expressionless, but the sudden sound made Ye Xiaoyu feel like a thief who was caught stealing.

"Uh...... Oh, by the way, I came here to discuss something in the field. ”

Ye Xiaoyu quickly adjusted her feelings and immediately explained. I knew that Qing Lang hadn't come back yet, so I looked for him directly outside.

"Let's talk to the compound?"

A gust of wind blew, Ye Xiaoyu couldn't help but shrink her neck, and rubbed her hands vigorously before she felt a little warmer. But even in such cold conditions, she was reluctant to go inside. She was really afraid that Lu Meijiao would make fun of her and Qinglang every time.

Qinglang didn't answer, but still silently accompanied Ye Xiaoyu out.

"That's a good idea, isn't it?"

When the two of them walked to the Lu family's compound, Ye Xiaoyu had already explained his plan to Qinglang in detail.

"What do you want me to do?"

Looking at Ye Xiaoyu, she asked lightly.

The temperature has plummeted, and the first snow may fall in two days.

"All the things. Haha, I'm kidding, because we have to build a temporary mushroom house in the field, we have to drain the water in the paddy field first, prepare the land to make a box, and at the same time have to take some rest in the field. Anyway, it's quite troublesome, and I can't say it right now, so I'll tell you more about it when we go to the field tomorrow. ”

The yard was too cold, Ye Xiaoyu shivered from the cold, and she couldn't even say anything, at this time she really couldn't explain the specific operation method to Qinglang in detail, at this moment, what Ye Xiaoyu wanted to do most was to go back and soak her feet, and then wrap her in the quilt.

But when she was really wrapped in the quilt, Ye Xiaoyu felt a little sorry for the sunny day. When we met just now, she only remembered the matter of building a mushroom house in the field, and she didn't ask if Qinglang had eaten rice, but when she thought that even if she asked Qinglang, she might not be able to answer, Ye Xiaoyu's heart instantly felt a lot more relaxed.

In fact, the measures for cultivating mushrooms in paddy fields are not as complicated as they are theoretically possible.

When the rice in the field is harvested, the water in the rice field is drained and the land preparation begins. The so-called "box" is a ridge of land that is leveled and drawn with a hoe. At the same time, the soil in the ditch is dug out and placed on the edge of the chamber to form a mound, which is used to block the culture material used to cultivate mushrooms in the future. The deep ditches are used both for drainage and for walkways for planters.

Once the field is leveled, you can build a simple mushroom house on top of it. Because the place is not big, it is also convenient to disassemble later, generally the mushroom house is built into a herringbone, the middle part is reinforced and supported with bamboo or wooden sticks to form a simple top beam, and then covered on the top beam with relatively thick oil paper, spread out along both sides of the top beam, forming an equilateral triangle. Then lay straw on it, and finally hang the pre-woven thatched curtains at both ends of the herringbone shed, with such a double guarantee, it can not only shade the light, but also the temperature will not be too low.

After the construction of the mushroom house is completed, the next step is the more technical nutrient fermentation.

Although most of the fields are idle after the autumn harvest, Ye Xiaoyu does not plan to choose the location for cultivating nutrients and mushroom seeds in the fields, and simple mushroom houses have been built on the 3 acres of land with Jiang Ping's permission, and the remaining fields are full of water, which requires manpower to drain the water, and the cultivation of nutrients needs to be dry, even if it takes time and manpower to drain the water in the paddy fields, these places are not the best choice.

Therefore, Ye Xiaoyu chose the mountain behind Lujia as the "base" for the early cultivation of mushrooms and nutrients, and she and Qinglang built a number of "hotbeds" for cultivating mushrooms in the back mountain.

The method of building a hotbed is not complicated, first make a cushion pier out of stone, connect it with two long wooden planks, and then lay bamboo pieces on the wooden planks to form a simple bed frame. Put the rotting tree trunk, lime powder, cow dung, bran, etc. together on the bamboo pieces of the bed frame, cover them with slightly damp straw, and finally cover the straw with oiled paper to make these nutrients tightly sealed.

Once the nourishment is ready, it's time to light a fire on the base at the bottom of the bed frame. During the day, the sun warms up, and at night the base burns again, and the temperature in the sealed pile rises quickly. After three days in a row, you can stop burning and patiently wait for the temperature in the nutrient pile to cool.

While waiting for the temperature to cool, turn over the bamboo pieces on the bed frame every other day to maintain ventilation. After this lasts for 7 days, the nutrient pile is almost fermented, and the temperature has dropped almost completely, and the nutrients can be moved into the mushroom room with the bed frame.

After moving into the mushroom room, since the temperature is now low, in order to maintain the temperature, someone needs to burn a fire next to the mushroom room to keep a certain temperature inside, and at the same time, water is sprinkled on the straw outside the herringbone shed every day to maintain humidity. After about 15 days in a row, the mushrooms in the mushroom room are almost popping up, at this time, you can cover the nutrient pile with soil, after adding soil, the most troublesome period of mushroom cultivation will pass, and the next is daily management.

Compared with the early cultivation, the daily management is much easier, as long as the water is sprayed regularly and quantitatively every day to maintain the humidity of the soil cover.

"When spring starts, the temperature rises and evaporates quickly, so you can just add more water to spray. When the spring sowing is in April or May next year, just after the whole rice field is planted, then you can dismantle the herringbone shed, sprinkle the mushroom residue into the rice field, and then plow the ground and plant the seedlings......

He Qinglang watched the hired workers spray water on the straw outside the mushroom house, and Ye Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Qing Lang next to him didn't answer, Ye Xiaoyu was no longer surprised by Qing Lang's symptoms of "intermittent muteness", and originally wanted to turn his head and laugh, but saw that the man with facial paralysis was leaning on a big tree trunk on the ground and falling asleep at this time.

The long eyelashes cover the face, and the indifference revealed by the bottomless eyes on weekdays is missing, and the sunny sleep looks unexpectedly gentle.

In the past ten days, in order to help himself cultivate mushrooms, this man with facial paralysis is indeed tired. Although hired workers are hired to help build mushroom houses and level the land, the night fire and daily care are mainly responsible for Qinglang, although Ye Xiaoyu also has helpers.

In fact, the most tiring thing should be night care.

In winter, the temperature has begun to plummet, especially at night, when the temperature outside can literally freeze people into zombies. However, in the early stage of mushroom cultivation, someone must also burn a fire at night to maintain the temperature in the mushroom room. In order to save some wages, Sunny took care of it himself. Seeing Qinglang doing this, Ye Xiaoyu was cold-blooded and a little moved, so she decided to keep vigil in the field with him, but before she could bring it up, she was driven back to Lujiazhuang by Qinglang on the grounds of "I'm more used to being alone".

So Ye Xiaoyu made it sunny and really let him stay alone in the field for more than half a month. During this period, only Liu Yu went to help him replace him for a few nights.

Take care of the mushrooms in the field at night and deliver them to the capital during the day. Such a high-intensity workload made Qinglang, who was not fat, lose weight again. (To be continued......)