The Global Reshuffle of Space

  Chapter 148 Artificial Pollination

  Xiao Xingzhou was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Alas, the population of Nanshan Village has already been overloaded, and our peaceful life will be completely broken."

  Xiao Xingzhou is glad that he bought the two useless mountains at the beginning, otherwise even the place where he lives would be taken away.

   "Hurry up and plant crops while there is still water. We plant sweet potatoes, potatoes and soybeans. Two acres are enough."

  Xiao Xingzhou doesn't care about the harvest anymore, all he wants is a source of food.

  Xiao Xingzhou got up to look at the vegetables in the yard. Without bees to collect honey, flowers can only be artificially pollinated. This is a very delicate job.

  Xiao Yueling, who was following closely behind, was puzzled when she saw her grandfather brushing here and there on the flowers with a fine brush.

   "Grandpa, what are you doing?"

   "Hand pollination!

  Otherwise, it will not bear fruit, just like bees collecting honey. "

   After saying this, Xiao Yueling understood, and asked again.

   "Does greenhouse planting also require artificial pollination, can you be busy?"

   "Hehe, the crops grown in greenhouses don't need to be so delicate, just flowering.

   This is a very old pollination method that is rarely used.

  If possible, mechanical bees can be used for pollination, but the cost is too high for most people to use.

  Dungeons are available! "

  Xiao Yueling's eyes moved slightly, the old man knows a lot!

  Hiding his secrets, I believe that one day his vest will be stripped.

  After knowing Grandpa's intentions, Xiao Yueling turned around to prepare the materials and mulch to be used at night, and Hei Yi in the space was also brought out by her.

  The prepared mulch was packed in bags and placed by the wall.

   "Grandpa, do we have to plant the remaining potatoes in our family?"

  "They are all planted, and the ones dug from the stream should be better. Although they are not big, their vitality should be more tenacious.

  Take them all out, and I'll cut them into pieces! "

  The potatoes at home can be planted together for half an acre, and the spacing must be larger, otherwise there will not be enough.

  Xiao Xingzhou grows crops with half a tank of water. It is absolutely impossible for him to ask professional guidance for rice.

  The Xiao family had conflicts with Jin Chengyun, and he was afraid that Jin Chengyun would cheat him when he produced the rice, so he decided to play his own way to be on the safe side.

   According to Zhao Jiawang, Jin Chengyun charges five catties of rice at a time, who can bear such a high price.

  The person who is willing to pay for him is a family who knows nothing about growing crops, so he is hired as a last resort.

  There are a lot of planting videos on the Internet. As long as you are not too stupid, you can learn 70% to 80% of them. There is no need to ask someone to guide you.

  Xiao Yueling took out all the potatoes in the house, big and small together, there were two big baskets.

  Many potatoes had already sprouted buds, so they escaped the fate of being eaten, and were collected by Xiao Yueling in the space cave.

  Xiao Xingzhou carefully cut the potatoes into pieces with a knife, making sure that there is a bud on each piece.

   "Our family doesn't have many potatoes. Under normal circumstances, there are two to three buds on one potato to ensure the survival rate..."

  Xiao Xingzhou told Xiao Yueling the planting method in detail, as if casually.

  Xiao Yueling glanced at the grandfather who bowed his head and cut into pieces, lowered his eyelids and carefully went through what he said in his mind.

   "Grandpa, let me cut, this is quite simple."

  After Xiao Xingzhou gave the knife to his granddaughter, seeing that she had cut it well, he stopped guarding it and went into the house.

   After a while, he brought out a light bag, and when Xiao Yueling finished cutting the last piece of potato, he poured the contents of the bag onto the potato pieces.

  Dust was everywhere, choking Xiao Yueling away quickly.

   "Grandpa, where did you find the plant ash?"

  Xiao Yueling didn't know when she had this thing in her house. She always used electricity for cooking at home.

  Who would be foolish enough to light a fire on such a hot day? People are going to die of heat. If you burn the fire again, just eat barbecue.

   "Haha, rare!

  After the kang was built at home, I tried the fireplace and the kang. It was so hot in the room!

  I didn’t dare to enter the cave for two days, and slept in the courtyard. "

  Xiao Xingzhou thought maliciously, what a choke on ash, but he was burned and painful for two days.

   "Grandpa, I won't obey anyone, but you old man!

  In this kind of weather, you can actually think of burning a fireplace and a kang, what a dare to think! "

   "Haha, I wanted to try the effect, and the result was surprisingly good."

  Xiao Yueling looked up and was speechless, could the effect be bad!

  The temperature in the room is 30 degrees, and with the fireplace and kang on, it almost catches up with the temperature of direct sunlight.

   "In this weather, open flames are prohibited in our house. I don't want to be roasted into jerky."

   "Don't worry, I don't want to either."

  Xiao Xingzhou agreed with all his mouth, he was not so confused that he wanted to cook the grandpa and grandson, isn't that just to test the effect!

  At dusk, the two had a quick dinner and headed to the valley with the packed rotten soil on their shoulders.

   Niu Yi was dispatched together, and it was the main labor force.

   Zhao Jiawang and his party, who were about to go to work in the field, greeted loudly when they saw the grandpa and grandson of the Xiao family going out carrying big sacks.

   "Old Xiao, what are you doing?"

  Xiao Yueling's footsteps paused. What is the name? She called Zhao Jiawang 'Uncle', but Zhao Jiawang called her grandfather 'Old Xiao'.

  What is this called? It's so messy!

   "Plant some sweet potatoes and potatoes. Yours have sprouted, but my family hasn't planted them yet."

   "We have a lot of people, so the work must be much faster. Do you want to help?"

   "No, you are busy with your work, my family doesn't grow much."

  Xiao Xingzhou flatly rejected Zhao Jiawang's kindness. When others said that helping was just polite words, he would be wrong to take it seriously.

  Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiawang, Lan Shayu, and Wang Ding walked towards them on their own initiative.

   "Old Xiao, then what to do politely, as a neighbor should help.

   It's all thanks to your family that we were able to plant crops smoothly. We are embarrassed to use so much water. "

   "There is still water for use now, maybe in the future, I also want to grow something while there is water.

  God doesn’t know when it will be the end. "

  The three took the initiative to take the big bag from the grandfather and grandson, but they didn't know it was not heavy at all.

   "Yue Ling, what's in your sack?

   I haven't seen you out for a long time, what are you up to? " Lan Shayu said curiously.

   "The bag is mulch, and I have been collecting it in the mountains during this time.

   I dare not go into the mountains at night, I only go in during the day, so of course you can’t see me. "

  Xiao Yueling blinked her big innocent eyes and looked at Lan Shayu, who would have any doubts.

   "Can you tell us about the uses of mulch?

   If it doesn’t work, forget it! "

  Zhao Jiawang grasped the key point at once, the Xiao family will not use rotten soil to grow crops!

  If that's the case, they can also learn from it.

   "What's wrong, rotten soil is very effective for growing vegetables, and you can try it too." Xiao Yueling clattered about the uses of rotten soil to a few people.

  (end of this chapter)