Chapter 69: Some Praise, Some Criticize
Liu Paner kept it in mind, and when she went back, she took Li Dabao to fish. Whether it works or not, you have to try it to find out!
Liu Paner carefully shuttled through the rice field, there were no insects in the rice field, and there was no need to use pesticides for the time being.
When she came back in the afternoon, Liu Paner took Li Dabao to fish.
Liu Paner left the big fish behind, and put the remaining small fish in a bucket with water.
"Mother, let's not ask for those little fish, when they grow up, let's eat them again, okay?" Li Dabao suggested that small fish is not delicious, and it is not cost-effective to eat it now.
Liu Pan'er smiled, "I don't plan to eat these small fish, I'm going to put them in our rice field." You can eat insects and reduce pests and diseases in rice fields. โ
"Huh?" Li Dabao was stunned, "Can you still raise fish in the rice field?" Mother, you're not kidding, are you? โ
Liu Pan'er shook her head, "I'm not joking, listen to me, when I'm busy, you can come to catch fish, and then pour it into our terraces." A terraced field, a small half bucket of fish fry. Fish eat insects and grass in the water, and the feces excreted by the fish can nourish the rice in the field and help the rice grow. I'm listening to people, and it definitely works. โ
Seeing that his mother and relatives said so, Li Dabao had no choice but to respond, "That's okay, I wrote it down." โ
"Stay safe, don't play in the water." Liu Paner confessed, but in the end, she was still not at ease, so she personally fished fish fry with Li Dabao and put them in the field.
Liu Paner watched the small fish swimming around in the rice field, happily looking for food, and firmly believed that it should be feasible to raise fish in the rice field.
Li Dabao was also quite curious, "Mother, if we can really raise fish, next year we will wait for the rice field to release water into it, and we will release the fish fry." โ
"Good!" Liu Pan'er nodded, "But it can't be too early, lest the rice seedlings be too small and the fish will eat." โ
When the people in the village saw Liu Paner actually raising fish in the rice field, they laughed shamefully.
"It's the first time I've heard that someone raises fish in a rice field, so they're not afraid that the fish will eat all the crops."
"It's just that young people don't understand anything, and they will mess around."
"In fact, the Yuan Qing family knows the importance of the sweet potatoes grown by my family from her family's field, and now they grow well and the leaves are delicious."
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Some people praised Liu Paner, but some people felt that Liu Paner's approach was wrong.
Li Dashan, who is the best at farming, didn't pay attention to Liu Paner's rice field before. But Liu Paner put fish in the rice field, which made him quite curious and interested.
Although he had not heard of anyone raising fish in the rice fields, when he was farming for people in the south, he saw fish in the rice fields, crucian carp the size of a palm, chubby.
Although he is not sure if it will work, Li Dashan thinks it is a good attempt.
So Li Dashan would come to Liu Paner's rice field every day to take a look, and he could also see small fish swimming in the water in the rice field, and even eating weeds and small insects inside.
This surprised Li Dashan, and what surprised him even more was that Li Dashan found that Liu Paner's rice was obviously growing well and stronger.
In the eyes of ordinary people, there is no difference, but Li Dashan is good at farming, and he comes to see it every day, and when he comes to compare, he can see it.
If you have bugs, you have to spray.
Li Dashan followed the practice of the southerners, found lime, dissolved it in water, and sprayed it on the leaves with a watering can.
Everyone followed suit, and Liu Paner and Liu did this. Although it was hard work, I was very happy to see that the bugs were killed and that there was hope for a bumper grain harvest this year.
Liu often saw fish in the rice field, and said to Liu Paner with a smile: "Third brother and sister, there are still a lot of fish in our field. I just saw a fish caught in a mischievous patch of rice. If it's bigger, it might be easier to get pinched. โ
Liu Pan'er thought about it and smiled: "Well, I think so, too." Next year, I'll find another way to raise seedlings, and we'll plant the rice in rows, so that the fish can swim freely in the water. However, this fish grows very fast, and in another month and a half, after roasting the field, we can harvest it, and the smallest one is half a palm the size. โ
Liu's eyes lit up, "Yes, you see that the crops in the dry fields are all raised in wooden boxes, and they grow very well." Next year, let's try to raise seedlings first and then plant them in the field. โ
After sprinkling the "medicine", the rice grows better.
After they cleaned up the paddy fields, Liu Paner focused most of her attention on the dry fields.
After a month and a half of growth, the sweet potatoes and potatoes are growing and are very lush. Liu Paner had to break a lot of forks in order to let sweet potatoes and potatoes supply nutrients to the rhizomes.
When Liu saw so many sweet potato seedlings and potatoes forked, he immediately felt pity, "It would be nice if we had a pig at home!" With so many sweet potato seedlings, you don't have to mow the grass for a summer, which is enough to feed the pigs. Third brother and sister, we will be busy this year, and we must raise a few more pigs next year. โ
Seeing that her sister-in-law insisted, Liu Pan'er nodded, "Okay, anyway, the yard is big, and you can raise pigs and dogs." โ
"Our yard is so big, we really should have a dog." Liu felt that the third brother and sister were right, there were so many things planted in such a big yard, of course they had to raise dogs.
Dogs can watch the house, especially at night, if someone is approaching, the dog can hear it, shout a few times in advance, and the people who live in the house can also hear it in advance. Be prepared.
While chatting, the two began to pinch off the extra branches.
Cold melon, muskmelon, croissant honey, as well as tomatoes and peppers, are already mature plants.
Some have already bloomed, and Liu Paner still knocks out the excess forks, so as not to bloom too many flowers and grow too small fruits, which will affect the taste.
Seeing Liu Pan'er's skillful movements without hesitation, Liu was quite curious, "Third brother and sister, you have obtained these Fanbang seeds, and you are very skilled in taking care of these crops, not like planting for the first time." โ
Liu Pan'er was slightly stunned, then smiled and made an excuse, "Although I haven't planted these things before, I have grown cold melons." Crops like cold melon have to pinch off the excess branches, and this melon and croissant honey are similar to cold melon, and I think they should be treated the same.
In addition, I also calculated based on the shelves we built, if according to the flowers that bloomed, the fruits that grow, if there were too many, might crush these shelves. At that time, even the melon seedlings will die, and the melons that grow will be in vain. โ
Hearing Liu Paner's explanation, Liu suddenly realized, "I see! โ
Zhou Cuihua saw Liu Paner operate like this, she thought that Liu Paner was good at planting these, so she followed what Liu Paner did.
Almost all the people in Lijia Village planted sweet potatoes from Liu Paner's family.
They don't know what the sweet potatoes below taste, but the sweet potato seedlings above are tender and delicious, and they taste much better than those wild vegetables.
They are especially looking forward to the harvest and want to taste the sweet potatoes.