Lin Qingwan didn't know that her words with Dr. Xu had led to so many things, and she didn't know that her mother-in-law was coming to Suzhou to see her, at this time she was walking in the field with her hands behind her back, looking at a piece of yellow wheat, she was overjoyed, "This year's wheat is a bumper harvest, right?" ”

"Yes," Fang Datong, who was beside Lin Qingwan, grinned, "The old farmers all said that it was a pity, if it was planted with winter wheat, the harvest would only be more." ”

"And winter wheat tastes better." Lin Qingwan regretted for a moment, "But it doesn't matter, I didn't have time last year, this year let them harvest the wheat and prepare for the planting of winter wheat." ”

Fang Datong rubbed his hands, and was embarrassed: "But my aunt and grandmother, I don't give me a rest, I'm afraid that this fat won't be able to catch up." ”

"Isn't there still three months to go, make more fertilizer after the wheat is harvested, sprinkle it with more fertilizer, and nourish the land."

"It's just that there is no fat, we have collected a lot of fertilizer from outside, but it is still not enough." Fang Datong was a little embarrassed to tell his aunt and grandmother, and his black face was slightly red, "At the beginning of spring, our farm will be on the west side of the city...... It's all round, and now it's not winter, and the villages have already greeted the people who collect night incense in the city, and we can only buy about a quarter at most. ”

Lin Qingwan asked curiously, "How do you make fertilizer, so many night incense is not enough?" ”

"After fermentation, mix straw with manure," Fang Datong scratched his head and said: "This is what Uncle Chen taught us, and he is the best farmer in Changfu Village." ”

Lin Qingwan lived in the countryside for a long time when she was a child, and she had also seen others make fertilizer. It is also composted with straw mixed with human and animal manure, because my grandfather is a big professor, and in the eyes of the villagers, he is a very capable person, so for a while they especially like to come to the door to ask all kinds of questions about planting and breeding.

At that time, although chemical fertilizers were also used in rural areas, the quantity was small, and more relied on farm fertilizer, so my grandfather was also asked about manure.

She remembered that she was just over seven years old at that time, and her grandfather took her back to Beijing, and used his connections to find a professor at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and followed him to learn two methods of making manure.

One of them she remembers vividly, because her grandfather took her to practice it little by little.

In fact, the principle is the same as that of manure, which is mixed with human and animal manure with straw or dead grass, but it is more refined, the carbon and nitrogen content is calculated, and then stacked according to the proportion, and the steps are more detailed, so that the fertilizer can be rotted more quickly, and the phenomenon of burning crops will not occur.

This method of manure is calculated in tons, so there is a lot of fertilizer, if there is not much land people are really impatient to do this, too tired, it is better to clean up livestock manure according to the old way to mix in some straw, and wait for it to slowly rot before use.

But they didn't have that long, so the manure had to be fast.

"The dead grass cut out of the field, let people harvest it, divide it into several areas and pile it up, wait for the wheat to be harvested, and leave the straw well, and we will make fertilizer in a unified way, and change the method."

"How? No, it's my aunt, how do you know how to make manure? "He doesn't know much about farming.

Lin Qingwan coughed lightly and said: "What I see from the book, maybe it can be used, you invite Uncle Chen, I tell him to listen, and he will teach you later." ”

Is it reliable?

Fang Datong was suspicious, but he still went to ask Uncle Chen, when it came to farming, ten of him was not as good as one Uncle Chen, and he had to ask Uncle Chen if he was reliable.

Some people are indeed very talented in some aspects, Fang Datong and Uncle Chen listened together, and when he was still half-understanding, Uncle Chen could not only understand, but also draw inferences.

Lin Qingwan looked at Uncle Chen with admiration, the reason why she can remember this method is because her grandfather has taken her since the beginning of collecting cow dung, and she has participated in the whole process, because she can always remember these steps because her memory is still fresh.

Unexpectedly, she just made a start, and Uncle Chen thought about the next steps almost completely.

Uncle Chen is still sighing, "Literacy is good, I didn't expect it to be in the book on farming." ”

"Nongsang is a major national event, so it is naturally recorded." Lin Qingwan looked at Uncle Chen, whose face was full of wrinkles, and said in her heart: "It's just a pity that those who are good at farming are often illiterate, and those who are good at writing are often not good at farming, so there are few books in this area." If a person who is good at writing finds someone who is good at farming, and the two of them work together, they may be able to produce a good agricultural book. ”

Uncle Chen heard her voice, and said crampedly: "Owner, I, I just know how to farm, where can I publish books?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "You also said that you can farm, so there is one of the two, and the other one can write, isn't it?" ”

"What scholar would listen to us mud-legged people?" Uncle Chen shook his head, not thinking that this kind of thing could be done.

Lin Qingwan wanted to do it herself, but when she heard this, she said, "If you don't give it a try, you don't know if there will be anyone?" ”

Lin Qingwan turned her head and said to Bai Mei: "Let Lin An write a notice and go out, just say that I want to recruit a literate person to write a book for farmers." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, what did my aunt really do?

Bai Mei came back to her senses and asked, "Where is the notice?" ”

"It's posted at the West City Gate Notice," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent, so there is no need to write a deadline, the price, go to Steward Lin, and give a price that is neither high nor low according to the remuneration of the writer." ”

Fang Datong said: "Then no one will answer." ”

Lin Qingwan said indifferently: "Try it." ”

Bai Feng hurried in from outside and said, "Auntie, Zhou Tingshi handed over a post to visit, and the people are already outside." ”

Lin Qingwan raised her eyebrows, "He came alone?" ”

"No, with his son, he also brought a lot of gift boxes," Bai Feng paused and said, "I see that Zhou Gongzi is a little frustrated. ”

"The apology is here, is the eldest lady out of school?" Lin Qingwan asked with a smile.

"It's almost there, it's estimated that I'm only out of school now, and I'll be back in two quarters of an hour at the latest."

Lin Qingwan got up and said, "Invite people into the flower hall, Uncle Chen, you go back first, let the dry grass be cut first, and wait for the rest to be harvested." ”

Uncle Chen should go down and bow down with Fang Datong.

Lin Qingwan went to the flower hall to see Zhou Tingshi.

As soon as the injury on Zhou Tong's head was healed, he was pressed by Zhou Tingshi to apologize, and he shouted that the pain dragged on for two days, and today he really couldn't drag it out so he had to come.

As soon as Lin Qingwan entered the door, he saw him standing aside with his head lowered, Zhou Tingshi was busy saluting Lin Qingwan, and when he saw his son standing dumbly, he couldn't help but drag him, and glared: "Don't hurry up and salute the county lord." ”

Zhou Tong was dissatisfied, and looked up at Lin Qingwan angrily, and saw Lin Qingwan standing on top and looking at him with a smile.

Zhou Tong met her gaze, his heart froze, lowered his head to avoid Lin Qingwan's gaze, and arched his hand: "I've seen the county lord." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and bowed, "Don't be polite, Lord Zhou, please take a seat." ”

Zhou Tong pursed his lips in his heart and stood behind his father with lowered eyes.

Zhou Tingshi glared at his son warningly, and apologized to Lin Qingwan, "The dog is not good, please forgive the county lord." ”

Lin Qingwan curled the corners of her mouth and said: "It's that Lord Zhou is too strict, I think Ling Gongzi is very good, dignified and talented." ”

"It's just too naughty," Zhou Tingshi took the opportunity to apologize, "Last time, he messed around with two classmates and dug a pit on the way down the mountain from the academy, causing the carriage of the county lord and the three young ladies of the Lin county lord and the monk's family to fall, and I heard that the county lord Lin also knocked his head." ”

"When this kid heard this, he was uneasy, and he hesitated for a long time before confessing to the lower official that he should have come to ask for the guilt a long time ago, but the lower official had no sense of proportion when he beat him, and let him stay in bed until now before he could come over, and asked the county lord to forgive him."

With that, he got up, lifted his robe, and knelt down.

Lin Qingwan hurriedly stretched out her hand and said, "Lord Zhou, please get up, where is the children's business worth it?" ”

Lin Qingwan didn't let Zhou Tingshi kneel, but she didn't stop Zhou Tong, who was kneeling behind him, she looked at him with a smile and said: "Since Ling Gongzi sincerely admits his mistakes, I think the eldest sister will probably forgive him." ”

Is this what it means to let him kneel down for Lin Yubin too?

Zhou Tong felt as if there were needles under his knees.

"Haven't you thanked the county lord for a lot?" Seeing his son kneeling on the ground in a daze without saying a word, Zhou Tingshi was so angry that he stretched out his foot and kicked him and said, "The county lord will come back in a while and make amends to her, see if you dare to be naughty in the future?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "Child, how can there be anything that is not naughty, as long as it does not harm others." ”

Zhou Tingshi's embarrassed smile.

While he was talking, Lin Yubin came back.

Zhou Tong thought about it again and again, but he still couldn't pass the psychological level, so he took the opportunity to get up and arch his hand: "County Lord Lin, I'm here to make amends for you." ”

Lin Qingwan held back a smile and picked up the tea to drink tea.

Lin Yubin glanced at him, avoided Zhou Tingshi's salute and returned a half-salute, then looked at Zhou Tong, "Apologize?" I don't know what crime Zhou Gongzi committed? ”

Zhou Tong's face turned red, but he was still not humble or arrogant: "Last time, I was naughty and dug a pit on the road with two classmates, but the coachman of the Shang family accidentally drove the car into the pit, causing the county lord to hit his head......"

Lin Qingwan put away her smile and put down the teacup flatly, and Zhou Tingshi was so anxious that he hurriedly gave his son a look.

Lin Yubin sneered directly: "It turns out that the trap was made by Zhou Gongzi, but it was ingenious, digging a pit and covering the dead leaves on it, not to mention that the driver was sitting in the car and driving, even if he got closer to see, he might not find it, right?" ”

Zhou Tong lowered his eyes and said, "Is it down, I don't want to hurt the county lord's heart, but I didn't expect it to be so coincidental?" ”

"So the trap wasn't for the four of us cousins, but for all those who came down that path?"

Zhou Tongsheng blushed and defended: "I don't want to target anyone, we just have fun." ”

Lin Yubin snorted, and was about to say, then I will go to dig a big pit in front of your house another day to play, but I heard my sister-in-law gently put the lid of the cup on the teacup, Lin Yubin paused, turned his head and said reluctantly: "Since Gongzi Zhou sincerely apologizes, then forget about this matter." ”