1980: I have a spiritual spring

Chapter 17 His second son actually has such abilities?

Monday, April 9th.

Qiao Erhe and his elder brother carried two full loads of fish to the commune to sell. The 33 large fish sold for a total of 99 yuan.

Such a high income made Qiao Dajiang's heart burn with excitement. He said with a look of longing, "Second brother, if we could have such a high income every day, wouldn't we be able to earn close to three thousand yuan a month? That's much better than raising 1000 laying hens."

Qiao Erhe laughed and said, "Brother, catching and selling fish is not a long-term solution. The fish in this river are not endless. There will be a day when they are all caught. I plan to sell for a few more days and then stop when I have saved enough money to buy feed. Otherwise, we will make too much noise and cause trouble for us."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Dajiang immediately abandoned his greed and nodded, saying, "You're right. We should know when to stop, lest others get jealous and cause trouble."

Qiao Erhe said, "If we dig for another day, the moat at home will be finished. When it rains, we'll bring in water and fill it up. Then we can raise fish in the moat. Once the fish grow up, we can sell them however we want without worrying about anyone getting jealous and causing trouble."

Qiao Dajiang was clearly spurred on by the income from selling fish. He rubbed his hands together and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry home and dig a trench."

"What's the rush? Even if we finish digging, we still need to wait for the rain!"

At this point, Qiao Erhe, carrying an empty basket, laughed and said, "Let's go have some morning drinks. After we finish our morning drinks, it'll be time to go to the seed station to buy wheat seeds."

Qiao Dajiang nodded and said, "It's already mid-September, and it's the right time to sow wheat. Let's finish our morning drinks and go buy wheat seeds."

So the two brothers carried their empty baskets back to the hot and sour noodle shop on the east bank of the river and enjoyed a delicious morning drink.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the two brothers went to the seed station.

This seed station was established on May 1st of this year, and its main task is to provide high-quality seeds for the vast number of farmers in the entire commune.

Ten minutes later, the Qiao brothers walked out of the seed station carrying two loads of wheat seeds called Jingmai B128.

This Jingmai B128 is the latest improved wheat seed from the agricultural technology extension station. It is said that the yield per mu can reach 400 to 500 jin, making it a very high-quality wheat seed at present.

After the two brothers carried the wheat seeds home, Qiao Dajiang enthusiastically took a shovel and went to dig a trench, while Qiao Erhe began to process the wheat seeds.

Before sowing, wheat seeds undergo various treatments. For example, seed dressing with pesticides is a common seed treatment method used in later generations. The purpose of seed dressing agents is to kill underground pests, aphids, fungi, and so on.

Of course, seed dressing agents were not used in my country at that time, but foreign countries had already developed them. However, the original seed dressing agents were not actually used for insecticidal and fungicidal purposes. They were simply used to coat the seeds with a layer of adhering material (soil, flour, etc.) to help with even sowing.

In those days, my country did not have seed dressing agents. Instead, seeds were soaked in lime water for 2-3 days. In addition to promoting seed germination, this method could kill some insect eggs and viruses, effectively reducing the occurrence of seedling diseases. It could even promote soil microbial activity and enhance soil fertility, laying the foundation for a bumper crop harvest.

However, with the spiritual spring water at his disposal, Qiao Erhe naturally didn't need lime. He directly used the spiritual spring water to soak the wheat seeds, believing that the wheat seeds would undergo tremendous changes after absorbing the essence of the spiritual spring water.

Putting everything else aside, with the amazing power of the spiritual spring water, pests and the like should be eradicated, and increasing the yield from four or five hundred catties per mu to over a thousand catties per mu is definitely not a problem.

In addition, the taste and nutritional value of wheat will likely be greatly improved.

In short, wheat seeds that have absorbed the essence of the spiritual spring water are no longer ordinary seeds.

If Qiao Erhe continues to irrigate the wheat with spiritual spring water after sowing and during its growth period, then this ordinary wheat may even have the opportunity to transform into a spiritual seed, at which point the wheat will no longer be an ordinary thing.

However, these are just Qiao Erhe's guesses. Whether they are true or not has not yet been verified. He will not do such an experiment for the time being. He will try it when he has the opportunity in the future.

While Qiao Erhe was busy soaking wheat seeds, other villagers also went to the seed station to buy wheat seeds. After processing the seeds for a few days, they were ready to be sown. Cenhe Commune is located in the southern region, so the wheat grown there is mainly winter wheat; only in the cold north is spring wheat grown.

The sowing time for winter wheat is generally from mid-September to early October.

Now that the land in Qiaojiawan has been distributed to individual households, everyone is eager to get to work. With the winter wheat planting season approaching, the villagers are naturally busy and not idle at all.

While the villagers were busy processing wheat seeds, the Qiao siblings had also finished digging a trench that was more than a meter deep and wide.

When digging the trench, the Qiao siblings piled the excavated soil around the perimeter, thus building a more than one-meter-high and wide earthen wall outside the trench, enclosing the Qiao family's homestead. Although it was not as good as a wooden fence or bamboo fence, it would do for a while.

The next day, Qiao Dajiang asked a friend to buy two local dogs. These two dogs were not newborn puppies, but local dogs that had been raised for four or five months. He estimated that they would be adults in another month or two, and they would come in handy for guarding the house.

After seeing his friend off, Qiao Dajiang said to Qiao Erhe, who was playing with the dogs, "Second brother, I've bought you these mongrel dogs, but you have to tie them up properly. If you let them go, they'll definitely run back to their old owners."

Qiao Erhe laughed and said, "Brother, these two dogs are very obedient. They've stuck with me now, and I can't get rid of them, let alone send them back to their old master."

Qiao Dajiang scoffed, "Second brother, what nonsense are you spouting?"

Qiao Erhe reached out and patted the two dog heads in front of him, asking, "Big brother, you don't believe me?"

Qiao Dajiang said, "Of course I don't believe it. A dog this big has already recognized its master. It's not so easy to tame."

"If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you."

At this point, Qiao Erhe immediately demonstrated his dog-training skills to his older brother, shouting, "Sit down, everyone!"

Upon hearing this, the two stray dogs standing in front of him wagged their tails incessantly and then obediently sat down.

"stand up."

"Spinning around."

“Go and bring that tile back to me.”

"Stand up and walk on your back two legs."

"..."

As Qiao Erhe issued his commands, the two mongrel dogs obeyed them perfectly, leaving Qiao Dajiang dumbfounded.

His second son actually has such abilities?

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