Chapter 240 Better than Li Jixian, but harder than Li Jixian
In Su Bai's opinion, as a plant, a little watery sweet potato seedling should not hinder its growth.
Zhao Xinqing shook her head flatly:
"No, it must be cleaned up so that when the sun rises, the upper soil can be slightly dry and remain transparent."
"If not, the sweet potatoes would rot in the ground."
Su Bai shrugged helplessly and had to do something with Zhao Xinqing. He used a small bamboo tube for an hour and a half before returning the situation in the sweet potato field to normal.
The sweet potato seedlings still seem dull. Even with the protection of alfalfa, they were still hit by a considerable impact under the destruction of cold rain overnight.
Fortunately, these sweet potatoes carefully selected and bred by human agricultural science have strong vitality and can still stand it.
Barrage:
[These sweet potatoes... are much more tenacious than the ones I grew in my hometown.]
[Yes, sweet potatoes are most afraid of cold. Without the protection of greenhouses, such seedlings can easily be completely wiped out under such a cold wave.]
[It is probably because the varieties are different. Dr. Zhao said before that although this sweet potato cannot be compared with hybrid rice, it is also a very powerful variety.]
[Awesome! The initial equipment selection of Dr. Zhao is getting more and more explosive!]
Zhao Xinqing was not as optimistic as the barrage, but instead looked worried and whispered:
“I’ve studied this sweet potato.”
"At present, once the cold wave exceeds five days, these seedlings will have a loss rate of more than 60%.
"If it exceeds ten days, it may reach 80%.
"It may last for more than fifteen days, and the entire army may be wiped out."
"I've made a mistake... I'd have known it would have waited until summer to grow sweet potatoes!"
Su Bai smiled and shook his head:
"No need, late spring cold is not a necessary weather, and you cannot give up on your food because of choking."
"How can late spring cold last for more than fifteen days?"
"Even if there is a little loss, the sweet potatoes that are ripe are enough for us to eat."
Hearing Su Bai's words, Zhao Xinqing's expression relaxed and nodded:
"Yes, this is survival, not a topic, there is no need to keep it perfect."
"We can't finish these sweet potatoes. Even if we lose 80% or the remaining 20% is enough..."
It is much easier to adjust the water level in the paddy fields. Use the west flood discharge outlet that Zhao Xinqing had designed before to release the excess water in the paddy fields.
It took only ten minutes before the water level in the paddy fields returned to normal.
After dealing with the problem of water accumulation in the field, Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing went to check the earth kiln again.
The earth kiln was covered with a layer of green hills of tree bark yesterday, but there was still some water inside, and the entire earth kiln looked slightly moist.
Su Bai touched it with his hands, hugged a bunch of green hill branches, stuffed it into an earthen kiln, and lit it with campfire.
Seeing the fire ignited in the earthen kiln, Su Bai nodded with satisfaction:
"When we come back from the mountain, the earth kiln should be done."
Barrage:
【Back from the mountain???】
[You still have to go up the mountain today?]
Su Bai nodded and said calmly:
"I want to go up and continue to pick up limestone."
“We don’t have time to waste.”
"As long as the rain stops and there is a chance to go up the mountain, we must speed up the construction of the stone house."
Zhao Xinqing frowned and whispered:
"After it rains, the mountain roads are slippery and difficult to walk..."
“Is there any danger?”
Su Bai had a plan, and was confident and said:
"Let the foodie eat alfalfa at the foot of the mountain and don't take her up."
"We don't need to climb too high. The mountain is full of limestone. You just need to pick it up in a relatively gentle area and get enough for a kiln of cement."
"Although it's still a bit rainy today, it looks like it's going to be late."
"As long as we are fast and with two points of luck, we should be able to burn another kiln of cement out when it rains."
Barrage:
【Too hard work…】
[In order to send Li Jixian and Song Mingyue home, Su Bai really made a sacrifice this time!]
[Seeing Su Bai like this, I couldn't help but think of a sentence: People who are better than you and harder than you are, are so terrifying.]
[The sentence upstairs is so true... I just went to Li Jixian's live broadcast room to take a look. This kid is still sleeping in a cave. It seems that he is planning to take advantage of this cold wave to have a good rest and recover his energy.]
[Li Jixian and Song Mingyue are not short of food now, and the cave is very safe.]
[If nothing unexpected happens, they should die in peace immediately.]
[It seems that... the famous saying "Born in distress, die in happiness" is so great that people have not learned it...]
Seeing that Su Bai had a very mature plan, Zhao Xinqing stopped talking, packed up the basket, shoulder pole, fish skin bag, and took the foodie up the mountain.
The foodie was placed in the alfalfa bush by the two, and while eating grass, they waited for the two to come down from the mountain.
After such a night of rain, the mountain was indeed very slippery and difficult to walk.
Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing did not mean to climb up the mountain, but instead went around the relatively gentle area of the foothills to explore areas that they had never set foot before.
Facts have proved that limestone is indeed a stone that can be seen everywhere without any precious attributes.
The two walked less than a kilometer along the foothills and found the limestone piled up along the way, which was already very impressive.
They did not directly collect all the limestone along the way in the shoulder pole.
Instead, just like the last time limestone was collected, all the limestones in a area were piled up and loaded on the way back.
In this way, you don’t have to carry the heavier shoulder pole and walk too many detours, which is the most labor-saving way.
Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing quickly formed a silent tacit understanding between marching and exploring at the foot of the mountain.
Su Bai's eyes kept wandering on the ground, looking for the limestone they needed, and quickly piled them together.
Zhao Xinqing's eyes kept observing the surrounding plants and trees, looking for plant resources that were useful to the two of them.
Compared to Su Bai's actions of picking up stones, Zhao Xinqing's harvest when exploring the foothills is strange.
"This is a Sophora ginseng, which is slightly toxic and can be used as medicine. If taken internally, it requires professional traditional Chinese medicine to eat it. We can use it to dry it for later use, treat wounds, and use it to prevent inflammation and sterilize it very well."
"This should be a snake bed, which is also toxic. After the traditional Chinese medicine combination, it can also be used as medicine to strengthen yang and dry dampness. If used externally, it can kill insects and sterilize it, and it is also a very valuable resource in the wilderness..."
Barrage:
【Wait for a moment, snake bed, aphrodisiac???】
[Show down the whole piece immediately!]
[Let Su Bai grow the third (mosaic) egg! It should be able to quickly advance the process of the "Four Generations in the Family" plan!]
Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing were both choked by the barrage, and then turned their eyes away from each other, pretending not to see these audiences making noises.
Suddenly, Zhao Xinqing pointed to a small shrub more than one meter tall not far away and said in surprise: