Chapter 55: Transplanting rice in paddy fields, a pile of novel seeds
Zuo Qingsong also looked at the two little guys with helpless look on his face.
After the children ran away, Zuo Qingsong said: "Yunmei and her two children were well taken care of by their younger siblings."
Zuo Qingsong's tone was affirmative. Ask yourself, if he was asked to take care of their mother-in-law, he would definitely not be as good as Gu Shuixiu.
I remember that Dong Yunmei and her two children were just rescued from the Wu family and were still skinny, with dry and yellow hair and gray complexion. Now the two children have flesh on their faces, their skin has gradually become white and tender, their hair has become shiny, and their eyes are bright. Looking at the children now, I can't imagine how pitiful they were before.
Especially Dong Yunmei, her changes are the biggest. Dong Yunmei was tortured by the Wu family like an old woman in her forties or fifties. Now, Dong Yunmei's face is not very good with the help of Gu Shuixiu, but she is much better than Yi Qian. She has some flesh on her body and looks less scary than before.
When Gu Shuixiu's farm gets up, I believe this mother can eat meat every day and she will definitely be healthy and fat for a year.
Yes, not only Zuo Qingsong thinks so, but everyone thinks that one of the reasons why Gu Shuixiu set up this farm is to take care of Dong Yunmei and a few children. I remember when they heard the doctor say that Dong Yunmei should take good care of her body and take supplements frequently, they knew how scary the expenses here were.
Gu Shuixiu's doing this will not only reduce the expenses of her family, but also create a profitable life, so that the Dong family will not become financially struggling because of raising Dong Yunmei and her daughter.
Gu Shuixiu knew that everyone thought so, she just smiled. This was a beautiful misunderstanding, right? Her original intention of running this farm was to make money, but everyone insisted on thinking of her as such a Virgin, so she had to accept it with shamelessness.
For ten days, Gu Shuixiu locked himself in two rooms in the backyard to raise seedlings every day, except for eating and sleeping. Dong Chenghu didn't understand these things. He didn't know anything except hunting, so he simply threw them all to Gu Shuixiu for treatment. As long as Gu Shuixiu had instructions, he would help.
Although the Qin family and Zuo Qingsong and others were curious about the so-called seedling cultivation, Gu Shuixiu did not ask for their help, and they were embarrassed to get up.
Until mid-February, the ice and snow in the mountains had completely melted. Although it was still very cold, the land had completely thawed.
Because Dong Yunmei could not do physical work, Gu Shuixiu asked her to prepare meals for all the people who were ploughing in the spring. The rest, including Hao, followed her to the fields.
The first step to go to the field is to fill the cultivated and fattened fields with water and turn them into paddy fields.
The Qin family and Zuo Qingsong and Dong Chenghu were both blind and blind. When they heard Gu Shuixiu was about to pour water on the fields, they were so scared that they panicked and went up to persuade her.
"Shuixiu, although Uncle has never planted the fields, he has never eaten pork and has always seen pigs running. This is not how farming is grown. What are you going to plant?"
Uncle Qin was the first to jump out, and he couldn't watch Gu Shuixiu destroy the good fields.
But Gu Shuixiu looked calm and smiled and said, "I want to grow rice, it's rice."
"I have planted some people in my family. Growing rice means planting seeds into the soil. If you flood the field, the seeds will definitely rot if they go down. Nothing can grow. You can't flood the field!" Hao advised.
Gu Shuixiu sincerely thanks them, but she knew how to grow rice scientifically. No matter what everyone said, she insisted. In the end, everyone had no choice but to listen to Gu Shuixiu.
After all, this field belongs to the Dong family, and Dong Chenghu has no objection. Do they have any objection to have a bird?
With a suspicious attitude, Uncle Qin watched Gu Shuixiu sprinkle the soil with ash, and asked the leader to help Gu Shuixiu fill all the fields with water. Gu Shuixiu was finally satisfied, but Uncle Qin and others felt so distressed.
This is a fertile land! It was ruined by this spoiled couple!
Uncle Qin looked heartbroken and almost knelt in the field and cried bitterly.
After two or three days, until the paddy fields stopped absorbing water, Gu Shuixiu finally showed the seedlings he had cultivated to everyone.
Everyone looked at the baskets of things like weeds in front of them and looked at Gu Shuixiu in confusion.
"These are seedlings, that is, rice seedlings in the cultivation field. What you need to do later is to plant the seedlings and plant these seedlings into the paddy fields. I will demonstrate to you later."
Everyone felt novel and followed Gu Shuixiu with a curious look on her face. They helped her carry a large basket of seedlings. Dong Yunmei was also very curious and didn't even cook food. She followed them to the paddy field.
"If you want to go down the field to plant rice, you have to lift your trouser legs. This will make it easier to walk in the paddy fields. I will go down directly. You can take a look at it."
Gu Shuixiu took a basket of seedlings and went into the paddy field. She quickly planted the seedlings into the water. What's strange is that all the seedlings stood up and did not fall down. Gu Shuixiu was extremely fast and she planted two rows in a short while.
"Okay, just plant rice seedlings as I just planted, just control the distance, just like my field."
When Uncle Qin saw the seedlings standing in the water, he suddenly felt that this method could really grow rice. He stopped hesitating and immediately went to the field to start. It was easy to see, but it was not easy to do. A few novices struggled for most of the day before they could barely get started.
The speed on the first day was very slow, but the second day was much faster. By the third day, the speed of these people was almost keeping up with Gu Shuixiu.
Uncle Qin saw that the seedlings in the middle and lower areas were growing very well three days ago, and he felt more confident and became more and more vigorous as he planted them.
On the fourth day, Gu Shuixiu went to the beach alone. Since she had to burn bricks next time, the seaweed in her home must not be enough. Taking advantage of the time, she picked the seaweed and dried it first, which would be more convenient to use later.
Dong Chenghu and others were planting rice seedlings so hard that they would not ask Gu Shuixiu where he went.
After five days, several people finally planted all the paddy fields. Next was the fertile fields in another valley. Because Gu Shuixiu wanted to use rice as the main food, the main grain was to grow rice. A farm was built on the slopes of this valley. One-third of the fields were used to grow wheat. Half of the remaining fields were used to grow corn, and the rest were used to grow some fruits and vegetables.
Yes, what Gu Shuixiu wanted to plant was corn. This corn was one of the strange seeds given by the boss when he bought grain seeds in Linhai County. Those were exchanged by the boss from the merchants going to Haitian. After the change, he never found someone to know the goods. The boss himself did not farm, so he later took advantage of Gu Shuixiu.
These seeds include not only corn, but also tomatoes, peppers, peppers, peppers, carrots, celery, etc. Some are fruit seeds. Gu Shuixiu recognized a cherry and watermelon, and the rest were not sure.
Chapter completed!