On the day the old lady went up the mountain, it rained, and the next morning, it was still drizzling, as if God was mourning the old lady.

Although the old lady in the village is gone, for most people, life still has to be done, the work in the fields has to be done, and the housework at home has to be done.

Grandma Xi came to Gao Mingcheng and said that she could come to cut sweet potato vine cuttings.

Cuttings of sweet potato vines, it is best to cut back the sweet potato seedlings on a rainy day, to cut the length and leave the short, and then use a special knife to tie the sweet potato seedlings into a section, a section of 2-3 sections, at least 2 sections, and then according to the situation of the sweet potato seedlings to tie, the length of the node is generally 2 knots, the short knots are generally 3 knots, with one hand can grasp a handful, tied with straw.

After cutting the sweet potato seedlings, you can pick the sweet potato seedlings to the field for cuttings. When cutting, about 20 cm or so, not too dense.

The reason why I chose to cut on a rainy day is because it is easier to survive.

After cuttings, about a week, will grow buds, after survival, choose a sunny day, and then hoe loose, hoe the weeds to death, if there is grass ash at home, in the sweet potato root with a handful of grass ash sprinkled, so that the sweet potato grows particularly well, there is no need to put other fertilizer in the future.

Because sweet potatoes are easy to grow and have a high yield, every household in the village has to grow sweet potatoes.

Gao Mingcheng wore a hat and a simple rain poncho made for him by many beauties, and walked to the field where the grandmother was raising seedlings.

At this time, the sweet potato seedlings have grown well, in fact, they can be cut two days earlier, but the weather is sunny in those days, and it is useless to cut early, which is not conducive to survival.

Now that this rain has fallen, it is a good time to cut sweet potato seedlings and cuttings.

Gao Mingcheng walked in the field, looked around, and saw that many people were bending down to cut sweet potato seedlings, and it seemed that they were planning to plant sweet potatoes today.

Grandma Fine and Gao Zhuang are also cutting, and some of Gao Zhuang's feet are already piled up.

After Gao Mingcheng arrived, he didn't say a word, bent over to work, he worked very fast, and after a short time, he cut a bunch of sweet potato seedlings, and he was able to plant three or four points of land, so Gao Mingcheng planned to leave.

"Grandma Xi, I've cut it and brought it back to plant first." Gao Mingcheng greeted.

Grandma Xi looked up, and immediately frowned and shouted to him: "You cut so little, where is there enough to plant?" Cut a little more! I'm going to raise more seedlings this year! ”

Seeing that Grandma Xi insisted on this, Gao Mingcheng couldn't do it, so he had to cut some more, and if he had enough to plant half an acre of land, he refused to cut it again.

Grandma Xiao couldn't do anything about him, so she had to let him go.

After Gao Mingcheng left, Grandma Xi still said to Gao Zhuang: "Zhuangzhuang, we have a variety of points this year, and when the seedlings are planted, Xiuman will get married, and there will be one more person in the family at that time." ”

Speaking of He Xiuman, a smile appeared on the tall face.

But soon the smile collapsed, and he pouted and said, "Grandma, I don't like to eat sweet potatoes, and Xiuman definitely doesn't like it either!" ”

In those years, he ate sweet potatoes and vomited!

"You kid ......" Grandma smiled helplessly, and said, "If you plant more this year, I will make you sweet potato flour!" I don't like sweet potatoes, but I definitely like sweet potato flour! ”

As soon as Gao Zhuang heard the sweet potato flour, he immediately became motivated.

The process of making sweet potato flour is complicated, and his grandmother doesn't make it every year, and in his memory, his grandmother only makes it a few times.

But sweet potato flour is really delicious! It's slippery, quite chewy, and it's even better when cooked with meat.

"Xiuman must also like to eat sweet potato flour, grandma, let's grow a little more!" Gao Zhuang became energetic, and his movements were a little brisk.

Seeing this, Grandma Xiao smiled all over her face.

Over there, Gao Mingcheng had already returned to his cultivated field with sweet potato seedlings.

A lot of beauty was already waiting here, and she also brought a hat and a simple poncho, but fortunately it didn't rain too much, so she didn't get wet.

The ground has already been deeply cultivated, and the ridge has been raised in advance, the sweet potato must be ridged, the ridge thickens the soil layer, improves the aeration conditions, is conducive to ventilation and light transmission, is convenient for drainage, improves the ground temperature, increases the temperature difference between day and night, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing yield.

It is better to orient the ridge in a north-south direction in order to get enough sunlight. The east-west ridge receives less light in the north, which is not conducive to the growth of sweet potato. ridge on the hillside, and the ridge direction should be at right angles to the slope of the hillside, so as to facilitate water storage and prevent the soil from being washed by rainwater; The ridge orientation of intercropping sweet potatoes should preferably be consistent with the row direction of the intercropping. When making ridges, it is required to be dry rather than wet, and it is easy to produce slumps when the ridges are too wet, and they are easy to run through the wind.

You see, there are many ways to farm, if there are two identical lands, one land is planted by an experienced old farmer, and one land is planted by a stunned young man who doesn't know anything, and the last crops obtained, the old farmer must be much more than the stunned green!

Gao Mingcheng hadn't actually planted much land in his previous life, and after so many years, he forgot how to plant, but he had a good elder and a mind that was good at learning.

In the village, as long as you have the heart, you can learn the essence of it by observing others at work.

It's just that you don't know why you don't know it.

But as long as the result is good, then no one has to pursue that. For example, if you ask some experienced old farmer why he grows like this, he may not be able to say clearly, he will only say that the elders plant like this, or that the yield is higher in this way.

As for why the production is high? What's the science behind this?

The old farmer doesn't know, but it doesn't prevent the old farmer from growing good crops.

"Mingcheng, are the sweet potatoes of Grandma's family red or white?" Many beauties took a handful of sweet potato seedlings and bent over to cut them.

Gao Mingcheng said: "It's white-hearted! However, her family's potatoes are well planted, and the white-hearted ones are also delicious. ”

"Oh." Many Mei responded, but was a little disappointed, she felt that the red heart was more delicious.

After all these sweet potato seedlings were planted, Duomei did not go home, but went to her second sister's house.

Her second sister's sweet potatoes are red, and she wants to ask her second sister for sweet potato seedlings.

Gao Mingcheng looked at her back as she left, and smiled helplessly, what can her own woman do? Of course, it's a pet!

He waved his hoe and made another row beside him.

Many beautiful movements were very fast, and as soon as Gao Mingcheng got up the ridges, she came over with a small handful of sweet potato seedlings.

With a smile on her face, she proudly showed it to Gao Mingcheng, and when she saw the ridge that Gao Mingcheng specially gave her, her heart was even sweeter.

She stepped forward and hurriedly cut the sweet potato seedlings in her hand.

Freshly cut sweet potato seedlings are not conspicuous at all on the loess, and the vines will not grow until they are completely alive.

At that time, it is necessary to turn the seedlings of the sweet potatoes to remove the side roots, otherwise it will affect the yield of the sweet potatoes.

(End of chapter)