The Pretty Military Wife

For Min Honglian, the only things about greenhouse construction were what Liang Xinyue had told her and that they had a special greenhouse in their experimental field in the provincial capital.

In principle, they may be similar, but they are only used to grow rare things, not ordinary vegetables.

Moreover, no one can predict the results of building a greenhouse under the conditions here.

Because there were no manufacturers specializing in the production of steel frames for greenhouses at that time, they could only use local materials.

The next day, Liang Xinyue, Xiao Shun and Min Honglian went into the valley again. In addition to taking good care of the children, Sister Yang and the others' task was to pick the soybeans at home.

So, early in the morning, every family's yard was used to dry the beans.

Liang Xinyue, Xiao Shun and Min Honglian entered the woods. They needed to cut some tree branches, and they had to calculate their length, thickness and thickness.

Fortunately, in the valley on the other side that they had not yet developed, there were many shrubs that were growing well and were now being put to use.

Xiao Shun was responsible for chopping, and Min Honglian helped to drag out the ones he had chopped down.

After Liang Xinyue helped to cut some, she began to clear some branches and leaves and measure their lengths.

According to the required length, classify the cut tree branches according to the length you calculated.

Then I calculated the amount needed for one shed and bundled it into small bundles. This made it easier to operate, as each small bundle contained the materials needed for one shed.

Liang Xinyue had calculated everything in her notebook. She worked until midnight last night, calculating how many branches and how much film would be needed for each piece of land.

She also marked the small bundles so that people knew which piece would be used where.

It took two full days to prepare most of the branches. Sister Yang and the others at home also picked all the beans. They dried them in the morning and beat the dried bean pods with a specially made board in the afternoon.

The dried bean pods will break open when tapped, and the soybeans will fall out. The bean stalks will be cleaned manually after tapping.

After the children fell asleep, Aunt Li came to help them clean up the bean stalks that had been beaten.

Liang Xinyue said that the bean stalks this time could not be used as firewood. After finishing these tasks, when everyone has nothing to do at night, they will use a scythe to chop all the bean stalks into pieces and then scatter them on the ground.

It is said that bean stalks are the best fertilizer for the soil.

Sister Yang said:

"I have heard from the older generation that planting soybeans can make the land fertile. Even if it is not very good land, if you plant more beans for a few years, the land will become more and more fertile. But I have never heard that bean stalks can also make the land fertile."

"That's why we can't waste it. The land below the valley is not needed, but the land above is still sandy and needs some fertilizer. Then we will plant green beans in the greenhouse and soybeans."

Liang Xinyue is planning to plant soybeans in this field in the next few years and is determined to fertilize the land.

But Sister Yang and the others were still a little worried. Although they had seen some vegetables grow in Liang Xinyue's small shed last year, they grew well even in the heavy snow.

But green beans are really a summer product. Can they really be grown in this winter when the valley is covered with heavy snow?

They had their concerns, but they also knew that Liang Xinyue had decided to grow vegetables, not only to ensure food for the troops, but also to sell them for money.

Liang Xinyue has a serious job. She, Min Honglian and Xiao Shun are going to write down their experience in greenhouse cultivation. If they succeed in the future, they can let everyone grow crops in this way.

Sister Yang and the others were worried, but they also knew that they had to listen to Liang Xinyue on how to plant the crops.

After Liang Xinyue and her colleagues prepared the materials for the greenhouse, they readjusted the ridges according to the designed width of the greenhouse.

The three of them first tried to build a shed. However, because the branches could not support higher, the shed was a bit low. To work inside, they had to bend down slightly.

Liang Xinyue tried it and said:

"This greenhouse is an experiment we made. Remember, we should plant the crops first and then put up the greenhouse frame and cover it with film, so that it will be easier to operate inside."

But there is no irrigation equipment now, and everything has to be done manually. Therefore, Liang Xinyue has to pay attention to how to carry water in for irrigation. After much thought, she can only carry water in with a bucket.

Because these sheds are used to grow green beans and cowpeas, we have to build racks for them.

There is a shelf inside, and it is not very high, so it is impossible to carry water in.

Liang Xinyue wrote down this shortcoming:

"It would be great if we could use a water pipe to irrigate the ground. But this is not flat ground, so it's difficult to build an underground water pipe."

However, this was the first time we built a greenhouse this year, and it took us nearly twenty days to complete it, and the crops planted inside also sprouted.

The green beans in the greenhouse they built on the first day had grown two leaves by the last day of their work.

Min Honglian also found a thermometer and hung it in the first shed they built, checking it two or three times a day.

When I finally started to feel the cold outside, I started to feel the temperature inside was becoming more constant.

This shows that their greenhouse was successfully built.

In the future, in addition to supplying vegetables to the city every other day, they will plant other vacant land. They also need to pay attention to the situation in the shed. In the afternoon, they will use some ropes to tie up the remaining long grass into a grass mat.

When they were working, they were digging the ground, and when they were resting, they were making straw mats.

Finally, I had finished tying up all the long weeds that I had left behind. The weather was really starting to get colder.

Except for the land used as greenhouses, wheat was planted on all the land. It was just that it was a little later than usual, but Liang Xinyue still covered the plants row by row with film.

Looking at the valley from afar, it is all white lines, and it looks very neat.

Director Ye and his team finally came to the valley again in winter.

This time I came to see the simple greenhouse they made.

A few old men followed and saw with their own eyes that while he was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, the green beans in their shed were actually growing vines again.

Although it hasn't bloomed yet, it looks like it's growing very well.

A few old men went to see the wheat growing under the cover again. They wondered if their previous direction was wrong.

If it is possible to grow them like this, then there is no need to worry about the seasonality of these vegetables. As long as the right temperature and humidity are provided and the fertilizer is in place, then out-of-season vegetables can be grown.

In this way, people's food baskets will be enriched in the future.