Chapter 59: The Three Jewels
After burying the potatoes, Gao Zhong took the sweet potatoes out of the small cellar he had dug again, found an open space in front of his house, dug a pit, and put the sweet potatoes in the pit. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Sweet potatoes and potatoes are grown in a completely different way, and the soil does not need to cover all the sweet potatoes at all, and one side needs to be exposed.
Although it is a vegetatively propagated crop like potatoes, and the propagation method of sweet potatoes can be said to be the strongest and easiest to care for in the past.
Because sweet potatoes will grow leaves directly after germination, and the so-called planting of sweet potatoes by farmers means that the leaves of sweet potatoes are cut into a section and then inserted into the soil.
The cultivation of sweet potatoes is basically over, no need to fertilize, no need to weed, let the sweet potatoes grow in the field, and in the autumn you can buy a lot of sweet potatoes!
One of the strongest of the three treasures is sweet potatoes!
Easy to care for and sweet in taste, although the way to eat potatoes is relatively simple, its simple way of growing is enough to establish its place among crops.
Another point, the body of sweet potatoes is not edible in the field, and the use of sweet potato leaves is also very large, first of all, young leaves can be used, boiled cold dressing, stir-fried these are very delicious foods; In addition, this sweet potato leaf can also be fed to pigs, chickens, ducks, etc., because it is a green leaf, so the egg production rate of chickens and ducks will be greatly increased after use, and the quality of eggs will also be greatly improved.
Finally, this sweet potato leaf or sweet potato vine can also be used as fertilizer! Its practice is also very simple, that is, it is thrown into the water, and so on until it stinks and rots naturally, the farmer calls it vegetable water, and its nutrition for the dealer is no less than the farmer's fertilizer, although it is not as good as fertilizer, but in ancient times when the productivity was not developed, this is already a qualitative leap. Of course, farmers usually throw it into the pit to double increase the fertility of the organic fertilizer.
It can be said that the strongest of the three treasures is sweet potato, and it is not only rich in starch like potatoes, but also rich in amylase, so the sugar content will increase greatly after heating.
Because of the high yield and the fact that the average yield per mu is higher than that of potatoes, sweet potatoes also play an even more important role: feeding the poultry!
Rich in starch and high in sugar, that is to say, sweet potatoes are rich in calories, and if you feed pigs with such food, the pigs will grow stronger and stronger, and the chickens and ducks will get fatter and fatter!
It can be said that among the three treasures of the Qing Dynasty, sweet potatoes are the cornerstone of potatoes and corn, and as a supplement to sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn are so prominent.
Because the appearance of sweet potatoes has solved the problems of many farmers, breeding, fertilizer, stored grain, and so on!
The planting method is simple, no fertilization, almost no management, and the planting cycle is long, in addition to the sweet potato leaves that are buried in the soil, the leaves of the planted sweet potato leaves can also be transplanted after rooting and growing.
Therefore, in a short period of time, sweet potatoes can quickly conquer the land of a place. This is different from corn, although potatoes are also vegetatively reproduced, self-dividing and growing, but it cannot achieve the crazy reproduction of sweet potatoes, and corn is even worse, it is the most delicate of the three treasures.
Although Gao Zhong started planting potatoes last year, Gao Zhong knew that when the sweet potatoes gave birth to leaves in February and March, his family's fields would be full of sweet potatoes.
After planting the sweet potato, Gao Zhong deliberately instructed Gao Wei and Gao Zhong, telling them where the sweet potato was buried, and telling them not to take care of it, and that they were all responsible for these things.
Gao Qiaoer now knows that Gao Zhong knows more than herself, so she pulled Gao Wei to agree. However, driven by curiosity, Gao Qiaoer and Gao Wei still came to check what Gao Zhong planted, and when they saw that it was the other one that Gao Zhong was holding before, they both showed surprised expressions, and then they didn't care what Gao Zhong was going to do.
As for the corn, Gao Zhong also checked it, and found no problems, so he continued to collect it, and the planting of this corn will not wait until the beginning of spring, and the weather will gradually start to get hotter.
Modern agriculture generally builds a simple Dapeng to germinate corn, grow into seedlings, and then start transplanting before the Qingming Festival in March.
But now there are no such conditions, so Gao Zhong can only use the soil method to throw the seed directly into the soil and let it grow and germinate on its own.
Although corn, one of the three treasures, is also high-yielding and delicious, it has a fatal shortcoming, that is, it is difficult to take care of!
If the soil fertility is not enough, the corn stalk will not grow tall, and the corn will be deformed!
It can be said that Gao Zhong has absolute confidence in potatoes and sweet potatoes, and he is indeed very careful with corn, because there are only dozens of seeds, and it is tragic when they run out.
Fifteen years later, the affairs of the peasant family began to get busy, and Gao Zhong returned to the yellow cypress tree to continue grinding and reading, and Gao Shangwu also followed him to practice martial arts under the tree.
At the end of the year, Yang Sanlao also took steps to come under the tree, watching Gao Zhong and Gao Shangwu practice martial arts, but during this time, Yang Sanlao had one more thing, that is, to go to the field to see his field.
The delicacy of the artichoke made Yang Sanlao have a long aftertaste, and now he has specially made a field to grow the fresh species of potatoes, and he is looking forward to it.
If this thing is really as Gao Zhong said, then this thing will become a treasure that takes care of the farmer's family, so Yang Sanlao is full of expectations for this potato.
After a few more days, the spring rain gradually stopped, and Zhang Youke took the little scholar to the bamboo house.
"Gao Zhong, take it."
Zhang Youke came to Gao Zhong and handed Gao Zhong two pieces of paper: "You can put away these two things." ”
After taking two pieces of rice paper, Gao Zhong took a look at it, only to see one that said "Five Children's Mutual Settlement Insurance", and the other was Libao, the so-called Libao is to ask the county to have insurance, called "subscription". Ensure that he does not impersonate his nationality, does not hide his funeral, does not take a stand-in, does not have a false name, ensures that his net worth is innocent, he is not the descendant of a prostitute, and he has not committed a crime or practiced his profession.
However, the name of the student on this Bao Bao made Gao Zhong eat it, which was the name of Jiang Xiucai and Jiang Shixian who sold him the brush.
It can be said that these two things are indispensable to participate in the county examination, in addition to the candidates' mutual knot and the guarantee, they also need the guarantee of five people in the village, of course, this is much easier than the mutual knot and the insurance to come.
"Thinking that you will participate in the county exam this year, and there are just four children in the clan who are also going, you will join them, and I am also a little relieved, at least you will not be stupid to fake. The student who gave you a guarantor is that Jiang Xiucai, you have also seen it, just thank them when the time comes. ”
After saying that, Zhang and Ke returned to their house and began to clean up the house with the little scholar.