Chapter 92： calculate

The two pondered silently for a while, and Pei Xiu remembered that it was inconvenient for her to take him to see her. Her father-in-law and Zhou eldest brother could bring them, and her father-in-law was an old farmer who had dealt with the land all his life, so he was better than her and Zhou Cheng. It just so happened that she had never seen them planted, so you can go and see it together.

Pei Xiu talked to Qiu Baize for a while, and he also thought it was good, more convenient and appropriate.

The two went to the old house together, and let them follow someone behind them. Anyway, they had a clear conscience. It is not convenient for her to entertain male guests, so she took it to the old house to be entertained by her in-laws, which was reasonable and reasonable.

By the way, she introduced the situation of this village to Qiu Baize, as well as some nearby villages, and gave a brief introduction.

When I arrived at the old house, I met Mrs. Zhou who had just returned from selling dried bamboo shoots. Mrs. Zhou smiled and greeted Pei Xiu and Qiu Baize warmly. Without Pei Xiu, she couldn't make this money, and their family dug a lot, and his sister-in-law also made a lot of money.

When old man Zhou saw a guest coming, he quickly got up to say hello. Pei Xiu introduced them. By the way, he said that Zhou Cheng was not at home, so it was inconvenient for her to say hello, so she brought it over. Old Man Zhou and Mrs. Zhou were very satisfied after hearing it. The third daughter-in-law still knows how to behave and does not accept foreign men.

Old Man Zhou and the others are not convenient to plant the seeds in the fields, and there is no place to hide, so they simply plant them in the backyard. Anyway, the backyard is wide enough, and no one has a vegetable garden in the backyard. This year, they simply planted all the vegetables in the ground. Someone asked From the beginning, I said that I want to have a variety of points, so I can choose to sell in the city.

And there are not many seeds, and there are enough seeds in the backyard, so I took Qiu Baize to the backyard directly, and told him about the growth of the two kinds of seeds in detail. He also said that he deduced that the potatoes should be harvested soon, but he could not guarantee that he had given enough fertilizer, for fear of delaying its growth.

The purpose of Qiu Baize's trip was actually corn. The high yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes has been prepared in mind, but if you can see it with your own eyes, it must be different. If you can see it with your own eyes, it will definitely be a great achievement to report back.

He thought about it for a while, and said to the old man Zhou: "Can the old man open up a tree to see how long it has been planted so far?"

The old man Zhou squatted down and touched the potato vine, which was cut off by him. He was a little reluctant to cut it open now, thinking that if it grows longer, it might grow bigger. It’s only been about three months, and I don’t know how many pimples have grown on the bottom, old man, I just guessed that I should be able to harvest it soon based on the condition of the vines during the last harvest.”

"Don't worry, old man. Let's dig one first and see. If you don't dig one, you won't have the confidence to judge, and you won't be able to lose a single one. If it has matured, we are not delaying the harvest. "

The old lady Zhou listened to him on the side, so she had to be reasonable, and said to the old man Zhou: "Old man, dig a tree and have a look. .

Old man Zhou was persuaded by a few people. He was reluctant to take a hoe, so he just scratched it with his hands. Before he scratched a few times, he felt a potato lump. Everyone was so happy and excited that they all squatted down and watched Old Man Zhou plan and wait. He dug half of the soil out, and saw yellow pimples hanging from the roots, and he was very happy.

Qiu Baize also started to plan with excitement, picked up the biggest one, and asked old man Zhou, "Master, when you received the goods before, did you all have such big ones?"

"No, no, the third daughter-in-law has never applied fertilizer before, and she grows it in the house, with insufficient light, and the growth is only the size of an egg. Compared with this time, the newly planed one is obviously bigger than before." The old man Zhou was also very excited. It had only been planted for more than three months, but it was actually so big inside. Plant this year. , how much do you have to charge?

Old man Zhou ordered Brother Zhou to get the basket, and he and Qiu Baize happily picked up all the potatoes. He decided to shave all the potatoes, most of them were bigger than eggs, and a few were a little smaller, but it wouldn't dampen their enthusiasm.

The two were desperately digging the soil. Originally, there were not many seeds, but they were all plowed out in a quarter of an hour. Seeing the small round yellow bumps in the soil, Qiu Baize was so excited that he could explain to the prince when he went back. There are only so many vines, but there are so many vines underneath.

Everyone picked the potatoes into the box together, and then weighed them. Ten catties of potatoes were planted in twenty-five square meters, and they actually received more than eighty catties. Old Man Zhou and the others don't know how to count, they only know that in three months, little by little, a big basket of seeds has been collected.

The yield per mu was estimated by Qiu Baize. After passing the scale, he calculated its yield in his heart. He was also surprised. The first time he heard about it, he was skeptical. Because he believed in Zhou Cheng, he did not doubt it. With the facts in front of him, he dared to really believe that there are really seeds that can produce more than 1,000 kilograms per mu~ This is really incredible.

Pei Xiu also calculated it in her heart. This yield is still low in modern times. Now the yield of potatoes can be four or five thousand catties per mu. In ancient times, the amount of fertilization could only be more than two thousand catties, which has shrunk by half. It may be from seeds. The reason may also be the reason of the land.

Qiu Baize was excited, and proposed to shave off what Pei Xiu's family planted, and then calculate the output. After a few more calculations, he could determine whether the stable output is really so much, so he could answer.

A group of people rushed to Pei Xiu's house with the scales. When people asked on the way, they only said that there were guests. The third daughter-in-law was not easy to entertain at home alone.

Everyone was immersed in the joy of selling dried bamboo shoots, and they didn't pay special attention to them. They moved to the back hillside before everyone noticed.

When he reached the back hillside and saw the corn, Qiu Baize was not in a hurry to collect the potatoes. He circled around the corn and asked Pei Xiu, "Is this the corn written in Zhou Cheng's letter? High yield? Why does it look different from those two?"

"We don't know either. Last year we didn't have a place to plant it and we didn't arrange it. We just planted it in the beginning of spring. We didn't expect it to grow out and it would be such a tall pole. There are bulges on it. The whiskers have turned black, so it should be mature, we are not sure, but we can be sure that it is absolutely unfamiliar at the moment." Pei Xiu said half-truth, half-truth.

The old man Zhou also looked around the corn, pinched the corn bud from time to time, and said, "This one should not be ripe yet, the color of each whisker is different, some are dark, some are light, it should be cooked when it turns black. , and watch it more recently."

Qiu Baize nodded as well, remembering what they said in his heart, so he could report in detail when he went back.