Rice planting, for many people, that is the experience that has not been experienced, not to mention the people of the north, that is, the south, many places, either mechanized, or directly used to throw seedlings. The oldest kind of rice planting is becoming less and less. People want to be comfortable, anyway, just to grow a little ration.

In this Tang Dynasty, in the north, rice is a novelty, so this rice planting has become more interesting.

Today is the day of rice planting, and after breakfast early in the morning, the family began to go out. Since all the work in the early stage has been done, the first step in planting rice today is to pull the seedlings.

Originally, in the countryside where Li Feng lived before, it was basically the work of women. However, now Li Feng's family is not so particular, one person has a seedling stool, and as soon as he sits in the seedling field, he begins to act.

"Xiaohu, Yaya, when you pull, your hands should try to grasp the roots of the seedlings, and then use both hands evenly, don't be too anxious, so as not to tear the seedlings directly. Also, there is a lot of soil at the root of this seedling, and when you pull it up, you must wash off the excess soil, otherwise it will be difficult to plant the seedlings later......"

The first time they did this job, Xiaohu and Yaya were very curious and excited, but because it was the first time to do this job, they didn't know how to do it at all, and often pulled the seedlings into two sections, and Li Feng could only teach his experience out loud. Only Rou Niang, there is no need for Li Feng to remind her, and people can do it smoothly.

"Big brother, why don't you keep the mud on it? The last time you planted a tree, didn't you say that if you leave more mud at the roots, the tree will be easier to live. If this seedling is washed, won't it be difficult to grow it? ”

As soon as the girl heard this, she immediately picked up a seedling with a big lump of mud with her small hand and asked Li Feng. Because, the last time she planted a tree, she remembered it clearly.

"Yaya, this seedling is different. First of all, these rice seedlings are different from trees, these seedlings are easy to survive, therefore, the roots are damaged, and the impact is not great at all. In addition, the soil in the fields is loose, and even if we pull it up and wash it, the fundamental damage to them will be very small. So you can rest assured and boldly wash it well, it's okay."

Seeing Yaya's worried face, Li Feng wanted to laugh. The heart said, "Can this rice seedling be the same as this big tree?" If you change to sweet potato vines, it will be easier to survive. As long as the ground is not very dry, just pull a sweet potato vine and stick it there, and people can come back to life.

"Well, I don't know how those sweet potatoes and corn were last time, how it was, and I'll have to take the time to go into the valley and get some out of it one day. In case you want to eat a sweet potato, you have to dig in the valley. Besides, this sweet potato leaf is also quite good to cook. ”

Suddenly, Li Feng thought of the sweet potatoes and corn in the valley again. This thing, once in a while, is pretty good.

"Big brother, after we plant the seedlings in the field now, when will we be able to harvest them? After a while, the wheat will be harvested, and we will only plant rice now, so it won't be the time of the Chinese New Year to harvest it, right? ”

"Yes, brother-in-law, wheat is planted in autumn and harvested in summer, and it would take so long for this rice. When the time comes, I don't know when."

First, Xiaoya asked very curiously, and then, Xiaohu also asked worriedly.

"Hehe, don't worry, it's not as long as you think. This rice grows much faster than wheat. I'm telling you, once you plant it, you can harvest it in just two months. Also, this wheat does not necessarily have to be planted in autumn and harvested in summer. In some places, people plant in the spring and harvest in the fall."

The normal growth cycle of rice is about 20 days earlier than that of wheat. And if you encounter early rice, and if you encounter the situation of planting winter wheat, this time is too bad. It's no wonder that Yaya and Xiaohu are worried.

"Brother Li, no, how can this wheat be planted in spring, why haven't I heard of it, isn't it all planted in autumn and harvested at the beginning of summer."

When Rou Niang heard that Li Feng actually said that there were still wheat growers in spring, she immediately became curious. Growing wheat in the spring is too fresh.

"Of course, as long as you go a little further north, they grow wheat in the spring. If you plant it in the spring, you can harvest it in the fall, which is much shorter than planting in the autumn and harvesting in the summer. ”

In ancient times, due to the inconvenience of transportation, information was very underdeveloped. Therefore, apart from some things happening around me, I really don't know anything about the outside world. Rou Niang didn't know that there was still spring wheat, which was understandable and normal.

"Planting in the spring and harvesting in the fall, isn't it a long time to shorten, can this wheat ripen? If that's the case, wouldn't it be nice to change it to spring sowing? It's nice to be able to do other jobs with the time you have saved. I don't know, we can do the same here. ”

Rou Niang didn't doubt Li Feng's words, but she immediately thought that this spring wheat was so time-saving, it was a great thing.

"Hehe, you, don't think about working more all the time. Life, what should be enjoyed or enjoyed. Others grow spring wheat, that's something that can't be helped. It was too cold on their side for the wheat to survive the winter, so they had to plant spring wheat. In fact, winter wheat is much more beneficial than spring wheat."

"First of all, this winter wheat harvest is much better than the spring wheat harvest, at least two layers better."

Seeing that Rou Niang asked for anything, she would think directly about working and running the family, Li Feng was a little helpless in his heart, but he was more happy, if he married a lazy woman who only knew how to be greedy for pleasure, it would be a bad thing. So, he explained to her the benefits of this winter wheat.

"Ah...... The harvest is so small, then forget it, it's better to plant winter wheat. ”

As soon as Rou Niang heard that this harvest was directly two layers less, she immediately began to shake her head constantly.

"But that's not all, you think, if you plant spring wheat, and suddenly you encounter abnormal weather such as a cold spring, the crops will suffer. In addition, due to the high temperature and rain in this summer, various pests are also very active, and the insect infestation is quite serious. In addition, winter wheat can be tillered and planted, so you can get a lot less seeds......."

Li Feng didn't have to think about it, he knew that as soon as he heard about this output gap, Rou Niang would definitely have to shake his head. And the advantages of winter wheat over spring wheat are not only that, but also have many benefits.

"It's no wonder that no one on our side has ever grown spring wheat, so a fool would do that. Well, by the way, Brother Li, just now you said that after planting the seedlings, you can harvest in two months. I calculated carefully, from seedling raising to harvesting, this rice seems to be three months. If you have two seasons, it adds up to more than half a year. In this case, it is not possible to plant two crops a year. Isn't that just a two-year harvest? ”

Suddenly, this Rou Niang immediately thought of another question, and then looked at Li Feng with an expectant face and asked. Li Feng was really speechless, thinking to himself, his daughter-in-law is really not ordinary smart. It's just that she is not interested in many things usually.

"There are places where you can plant two crops, or even three crops. However, we can only grow one season here. This rice is not cold-tolerant, and it will not survive when the weather is cold. ”

Regardless of whether it can be planted for two seasons, Li Feng will not do it. In that way, I really have to work in the fields all year round. Anyway, it's enough to eat in one season, so why bother.