The two men filled the baskets, carried them directly down the mountain, and poured the pine needle fertilizer into the open fields.
Bai Anyan watched blankly as his mother and daughter-in-law poured out the two baskets of dark stuff, then walked over curiously,
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Before Bai Yunxi could say anything, Li Shi spoke enthusiastically.
"My mother said this can be used as fertilizer to improve the soil quality here, so that we can sow seeds in the spring next year."
Bai Anyan looked at his wife's proud expression and turned to look at my mother,
"Is what Li said true?"
‘Aren’t these just rotten leaves? How can they be used as fertilizer? When the time comes, the crop seedlings will also be soaked to death. How can we clean them up?’
Listening to Bai Anyan's thoughts, Baiyunxi finally understood why people here didn't use rotten leaves as fertilizer. Come to think of it, it was Coke's fault.
Plant green manure is essentially humus and rotten leaves. After being mixed with soil, it will be decomposed quickly.
"Of course it's true. When did Mom lie to you? The book said that black soil is the most fertile. Mom just turned over the soil, and the soil under the rotten leaves is dark brown. Look at those pine trees, which grow like this all year round.
In the soil, there are many branches and lush leaves."
Baiyunxi pointed at the big tree in the sky not far away,
"Trees can grow, and so can crops. The wasteland we have created has poor soil, lacks water, and is dry. Mixing it with pine needle fertilizer will definitely improve the soil quality and allow for a bumper harvest."
Baiyunxi took the opportunity to popularize the benefits of pine needle fertilizer to a few people, so that they could have a psychological understanding of it.
The pine needles are mixed with soil, sprinkled with water and fermented. In about two months, the pine needles can be composted into fertilizer. It is also a pure natural organic fertilizer.
Pine needle fertilizer contains a lot of organic matter and minerals, which can not only improve the soil quality and keep the soil soft, but also prevent diseases and insect pests. This alone is precious enough.
Listening to his mother's narration, Bai Anyan's eyes sparkled.
"Mom, since pine needles are good fertilizer, my son will transport them all later and scatter them in the fields."
"Among other things, there are as many pine needles as there are in the mountains and forests. He is worried that now the fertilizer in the fields has fallen."
Baiyun Xi's mouth twitched, "The pine needles cannot be used immediately after being transported. They need to be mixed with soil and fertilized. After two or three months, they can become good fertilizer."
"It's okay for two and three months. Let's get it down and store it in the fields." It's only for two and three months. It won't delay the next spring's planting.
"As long as you know about leaf retting, if the village asks, you can just say that the fertilizer at home is not enough and you can only think of other ways. Don't talk about the benefits of pine needle fertilizer, so as not to get into trouble."
It's not that she is covering it up, although she is sure that the pine needle fertilizer is useful. If something goes wrong in their fields and they are blamed, they will not be able to explain it with ten mouths.
"Don't worry, Mom, we won't tell you."
After the fishing incident, they all became wary and stayed away from anything that could cause trouble for their family.
"After we try it, if anyone has any ideas, it won't be too late to tell them."
Bai Yunxi nodded and continued to transport fertilizer with Mrs. Li. After three trips, she was so tired that she kept breathing heavily.
"Mom, you drink water and rest for a while. We can do this rough work."
Bai Anyi handed over a bowl of water, picked up the basket next to her, turned around and walked towards the pine forest.
Bai Yunxi looked at Xiaosi's back and curled her mouth. After a few days of getting along, Xiaosi had actually changed.
Sure enough, the more simple-minded a person is, the easier it is to come back.