My 1995 Small Farm.

The reason why Wu Lao and others reacted this way was mainly because He Jiawen's theory of the Five Elements was too deeply ingrained in people's minds.

After hearing this, they began to wonder if all sorts of things in the countryside contained some kind of wisdom they couldn't have imagined.

To put it bluntly, I don't understand anything I hear, but it sounds impressive.

As for He Jiawen, no one knows where he heard this from.

Now, not only he himself, but several other university teachers also firmly believe in it.

Wang Cunye listened to their methods for maintaining health, and most of them seemed to be fine.

It's just that what they said was too mystical, with a lot of superstitious and mystical elements.

Even what Wang Cunye said was analyzed by them.

For example, there's a very reasonable old saying in the countryside: "If you're not sick in the stomach, you won't die."

In the countryside, people speak simply, and "肚里" (duli) doesn't just refer to the abdomen.

It refers to the body itself.

It means that if there are no diseases in the internal organs, the person will not die from external ailments.

If it's an internal problem, then it's over, the person is nearing death.

Upon hearing this, they all felt that there was a lot of truth to it, and they began to discuss Yin and Yang and the Five Elements again.

Finally, Wang Cunye couldn't continue, so he said, "When you have time, let Lingzi explain it to you. He knows more than this old man."

Just then, he saw that the little boy had caught a mouse, so he thought he would take Er Tuzi over to eat meat and didn't want to talk to them about this anymore.

But these people were in high spirits, talking animatedly and listening intently. Even the people from Hong Kong Island were enjoying the conversation. How could they possibly let him go?

Wang Cunye had no choice but to briefly mention the notes his son-in-law had made from who-knows-where.

For example, a cerebral infarction occurs when phlegm gets into the brain and causes a blockage.

Moxibustion at the corresponding acupoints can have remarkable effects.

The reason is that the body's own internal fire is insufficient to resolve phlegm and dampness, so it needs to rely on external fire.

Moxibustion combined with ginger moxibustion naturally creates this powerful heat.

For example, when it comes to strengthening the kidneys, sometimes it is necessary to strengthen the spleen. The spleen belongs to earth, and the kidney belongs to water. Earth controls water, otherwise how can the spleen transform dampness?
When the spleen is strong, the earth element can lock in and control water, and symptoms such as nocturnal emission and urinary incontinence will disappear immediately.

Furthermore, a man's semen is equivalent to a woman's breast milk.

Both are derived from the blood in the body.

How do we convert it?
It is refined by the yang fire within the body.

Therefore, when a man has an evil thought, he feels hot and restless. This is because a heat is sinking down from his heart, and his blood and qi are also flowing downwards. This is the beginning of the yang fire refining his essence and blood.

It is producing sperm.

Why would heat rise from the heart?

The heart belongs to the fire element.

When the heart fire descends, the heart and kidneys interact. The kidneys belong to water, which is the process of refining elixir with water and fire. The essence of the elixir, the essence of the body, is contained within it.

These are also some theories.

But everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when they heard this; they were all dumbfounded and stunned.

He Jiawen was so excited that his lips trembled, and he stood up, gesturing wildly, saying that his "Five Elements Theory" was indeed correct.

Chen Ling's ideas coincide with his theory of the Five Elements.

When Wang Cunye saw this situation, he thought to himself, "This is bad. Are they still holding me back and not letting me leave?"

He quickly explained that he didn't understand the details, he only knew this much, and told them to ask Chen Ling during lunch.

It's not that he doesn't understand.

The old man has been collecting herbs for many years, but even if he doesn't understand medical principles and can't diagnose or prescribe medicine, he's still a jack-of-all-trades.

Even the notes Chen Ling sometimes wrote, and the rare and precious prescriptions he talked about, he could understand the gist of.

These people are just too superstitious.

It's like a normal person meeting a group of enthusiastic lunatics. Often, not only can you not keep up with the conversation, but if you don't click, you feel uncomfortable all over.

Wang Cunye quickly grabbed the eagle cage and ran away.

It rained yesterday, and the wheat fields are still very muddy today. To be honest, it's not a good time to dig mouse holes, as it would damage the wheat fields.

But since they started building greenhouses here, they were going to dig up soil anyway, so it's fine now.

The little kids ran around carrying tin buckets.

Waiting to dig out the rats so we can catch them and play with them on the edge of the field.

As soon as Wang Cunye carried the eagle cage over, they went wild, their enthusiasm for digging up rats reaching an all-time high.

The old man asked them curiously why they didn't go catch the geese to the west, but instead came here to dig for mice. They replied that they didn't dare go because they had no older children to look after them or any adults to help.

A goose bite can hurt a lot, and its wing flapping can also hurt.

Indeed, that's the truth. Last time Chen Ling led a group to catch geese, an old man in the village almost had his arm broken by the geese.

Some young people even got their noses bleed on the spot after being slapped in the face by a goose's wing.

My nose was almost shattered.

This is no joke.

So come and dig for rats, it's more fun with lots of people here.

At noon, I could go to Uncle Fugui's house for lunch with the adults; there was nothing better than that.

……

The earthen greenhouse was relatively easy to build, and many people came to help Chen Ling, so the construction speed was naturally very fast.

It took Wang Lixian three and a half days to build the greenhouse.

It was still a greenhouse.

Chen Ling finished setting up his two greenhouses, one large and one small, in just two and a half days.

Many hands make light work. Even if the earthen wall isn't completely dry, it doesn't matter. Just bring firewood and pile it up to bake it until the earthen wall is completely dry.

It's okay if it gets blackened.

If it gets blackened, scrape off another layer of yellow mud.

As long as the inside of the wall is completely dry, it doesn't matter if the thin layer of mud on the outside is a little damp.

A completely dry wall will not only absorb the yellow mud, but with the help of wind, it will dry even faster.

The two greenhouses, one large and one small, were built just like that.

The large greenhouse covers nearly two acres.

This is quite big.

The smaller one only occupies seven or eight-tenths of an acre.

The earthen greenhouse had a rather crude design, unlike the later mainstream semi-cylindrical plastic sheeting placed upside down on the ground.

Instead, there are three earthen walls on the left, right, and back, with the back wall being higher and the left and right walls being lower.

Moreover, the left and right sides slope down from the height of the earthen wall behind to the ground, forming a sloping surface like a winnowing basket. The sloping surface is covered with a plastic sheet, which is used to receive sunlight during the day.

After the sun is dried during the day, the plastic sheeting is covered with straw mats at night, which helps retain the heat inside the greenhouse for a longer period.

Chen Ling's two greenhouses, one large and one small, are now lined up side by side with Wang Lixian's two greenhouses.

The farmland on the east side of the village is long and narrow from west to east.

Their greenhouses also lined up to the east, and now, looking at them from a distance, they are quite spectacular, even though they are made of earth.

"Fugui, don't ignore us. You've finished the work in just two and a half days. When are you going to plant things in the greenhouse? Then we'll come and do the work for you again."

"Don't make a fuss, I'm still thinking about the fishpond."

Chen Ling frowned and patted Wang Lishan on the shoulder.

"Oh, the fishpond is fine. Just tell us how big you want to dig, and we'll dig it that big for you."

Wang Lishan felt that none of this was a big deal.

Chen Ling shook his head: "That won't work either. The fish are growing too fast and there are too many of them. The fishpond we dug can't hold them all."

The reason still lies in the koi fish.

Chen Ling hesitated because he was thinking of not putting those big fish in the greenhouse anymore.

The original idea remains the same: to set up a few water tanks or dig two small irrigation ditches to raise some fish fry.

The fish fry and vegetables coexist, and that's it.

Let's trick the geese into laying eggs again.

We'll sell the other big fish when we can, and many friends will come to the banquet for the children. Du Guanghe and his friends will also come. We'll just ask them about it then.

As for the rest, I'll just leave it to fate. If things don't work out, I'll just give them to a friend or release them.

There are so many fish in the cave, it's no worse than the small fishpond outside.

"So what are your thoughts?"

Yu Qi'an also asked, "Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to throw Er Tuzi in too, so it wouldn't freeze outside? And you'd have to herd the geese in too, so that you don't end up raising everything in there?"

"No, how much space does Er Tuzi take up?" Chen Ling said speechlessly.

"Actually, it's not that complicated... Damn it, why make it so complicated? I'm not going to build a fishpond at all. I'll just dig two small ditches, raise some edible fish, grow vegetables, and do a fish-vegetable symbiosis. I'll ignore the other fish." (End of Chapter)