After the wheat harvest in the field is completed, it is time to sow seeds from the new plough, Su Changle called a few people who helped last year, and it took two days to plow four acres of land, and it took two days to plant peanuts on two acres of land, and the paddy field was also added to the farmer's fertilizer.

On the head of the Su family's paddy field, the helper surnamed Su from the village wiped the sweat on his head and said to Meng Mingzhou, "Meng boy, we have already raised the paddy field for you, and when you raise the seedlings, we will plant the seedlings." ”

Meng Mingzhou nodded, and handed them the four-day wages that had been counted in advance, "Thank you uncles, I will inform you in advance when the time comes." ”

"Meng Xiaozi is polite."

Su Rui took Su Ying and a few others to dry wheat in the yard, and Lin Lijun brought a pair of rabbits from home to play with Su Wan, only to see one was pale pink and the other was pink and white, which was even better than the pink rabbit at home.

Su Wan looked at Lin Lijun's two pink rabbits with envy, and she didn't hide her envy.

"Wow, eldest sister, why does Sister Lijun's rabbit have two pink ones, and there is only one in our family? Obviously, we have the most rabbits..."

Su Rui smiled, she really didn't know how to tell Su Wan about the fact that animals received various external reasons from the environment would produce genetic mutations.

As soon as Lin Lijun heard that Su Wan liked it, she handed the small bamboo basket containing the rabbit in front of her to Su Wan.

"Sister Wan'er, then give you both of them! So you have three little pink bunnies. ”

When Su Wan heard that Lin Lijun was going to give her the little rabbit, she immediately smiled, and was about to reach out to take it, Su Rui frowned and looked back at Su Wan.

Su Wan noticed Su Rui's gaze, the outstretched hand paused, and she struggled incomparably in her heart, and said reluctantly for a long time: "Sister Lijun, Wan'er still has a rabbit at home, Wan'er doesn't want your rabbit anymore." ”

Lin Lijun didn't see Su Rui's gaze, but directly handed the rabbit to Su Wan.

"Sister Wan'er, you don't have to be polite, grandpa said, you have a life-saving grace for my family, we should give whatever you want."

Su Rui ".................. Lijun, this can't be done! ”

Lin Lijun wondered, "Why not?" Originally, the parents of the little rabbit were given to me by you, and I was right to give you the two back. And I have a couple of rabbits at home! ”

Su Rui ".................."

When Su Rui was told that she didn't know how to refute, Meng Mingzhou came back, and Su Rui hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is it done in the field?" ”

Meng Mingzhou nodded, "It's time to raise seedlings now, and the helper said that it's actually a little late for us to raise seedlings." ”

Su Rui didn't care, "It's okay, let's plant late rice, I've already picked out the good seeds, Aunt Hua said to come over in the afternoon to teach me how to raise seedlings." ”

Meng Mingzhou saw that Su Rui had all arranged it properly, so he didn't say anything, so he went to pick out the wheat that was about the same as it was to be threshed.

After lunch, Hua Shi came with Su Qin, reached out and grabbed a handful of rice seeds selected by Su Rui, and said while turning them from the bottom to the top: "Actually, we have to cultivate rice seedlings between thirty and forty days in advance. It is generally in the middle to late March of the lunar calendar every year, and at that time we have to choose the address for cultivating seedlings. ”

Su Rui was puzzled, "Then why didn't you advance this year?" ”

Hana smiled, "Isn't it because of the shop?" I forgot that it was one of them, and the main thing was the harvest that did not care about this point in the field. ”

Su Rui knew that when a person had more income from a side hustle, the basic salary was no longer attractive to her.

"You said you want to choose an address? So how to choose an address? ”

Hua Shi looked around the courtyard of Su Rui's house, and finally pointed to the open space in the front yard a few meters away from the well.

"In fact, seedlings are generally raised in their own yards, and the fear of stealing is one of them, mainly because it is convenient to take care of, so that they can be watered at any time, and there are not too many requirements for seedlings, as long as the sun is sufficient."

Su Rui nodded understandingly.

Hua personally took a dustpan and filled it with some plant ash, brought it to the well, picked up the rake and plough and prepared to turn the ground, Meng Mingzhou saw this and hurriedly handed over the wheat that had not been threshed to Meng Mingxu, and asked him to continue threshing, and he came forward to take the rake and plow.

"Aunt Hua, what do you say you need to do, I'll turn the ground."

Hua looked at Meng Mingzhou and smiled, and nodded with satisfaction, "Just turn over the ground, then mix the grass and wood ashes into it, and then apply a little farm fertilizer and water some water to raise it." ”

After listening carefully to the Hua family's explanation, Meng Mingzhou began to turn over the ground, and after a while, the Hua family returned to the door of the hall and explained to Su Ying.

"Ying girl, you go and bring a basin of water, add a bowl of salt and mix it evenly."

Su Ying ran back to the stove room to prepare, but Su Rui was even more confused, why did she still use salt water for seedlings?

Hua Shi didn't wait for Su Rui to ask, so he took the initiative to say: "After the seeds are selected and dried, we put the rice seeds into the prepared brine, let them all soak in the water, stir evenly, the fuller ones will sink, and the floating ones will be fished out and not used, and then use water to clean the remaining seeds at least three times, so as to prevent the rice seeds from not germinating." ”

"Finally, I soaked it in lime water for three days, rinsed at least three times a day, and couldn't stir it with any tools."

Su Rui was simply stunned, "............... Why is that? ”

Hua's can't say this, "This is actually the rule left by the ancestors, we have been raising seedlings like this for generations, in fact, you can do it if you don't soak it, but the seedling rate is higher than that of not soaking." ”

Su Rui was surprised, how else could it be like this? The lime is automatically heated when it encounters water, is it for sterilization? The more Su Rui thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible.

She once again sighed at the wisdom of the ancients, and when science and technology are not as developed as modern times, they can come up with various methods.

Many people say that the ancients were not as smart as the modern people, but why don't they want to think about what the ancients had and what the modern people have? Why don't you think about how the ancients are not as good as the modern people, how did our great four great inventions, compass, papermaking, gunpowder, and movable type printing come about?

And there are many modern things, which ones do not have the shadow of antiquity? Aren't they all derived from those?

Hua knew that Su Rui's family did not have lime, so he took some from home and handed it to Su Rui.

"Auntie, the salt water is fine."

Seeing that Su Ying brought the salt water, she instructed, "Use two more basins to catch some well water." ”

Su Ying answered, and Hua Shi poured the picked rice seeds into it, stirred a few times and said in surprise: "Rui girl, your seeds are really full, and none of them are deflated." ”

Su Rui looked at Hua Shi with a smile and a word.