"We can go to the mountains and bring back those rotten leaves, and then bury them in the inferior fields. The inferior fields will become more and more fertile. The same goes for the medium and superior fields!"
With Lu Yuan's limited knowledge, this was the only thing he could think of.
It can be said that in their current team, except for Xiao Li and Shen Congzhou, and Bao Ge'er who is young and has never been to the fields, everyone else has more or less been to the fields to grow crops.
So after hearing his words, everyone fell into deep thought.
Xiao Shugen has been farming for the longest time. When he was in Yangliu Village, his family listened to him about how to plant crops and when to plant them every year.
He was most familiar with farmland matters, so he was the quickest to go over in his mind Lu Yuan's method of fertilizing the fields.
“It is possible, but some of the leaves on the mountain are difficult to rot, and there are not enough leaves for us to use continuously to fertilize the fields.
What we did was effective, and others would follow suit when they saw it. The trees on the mountain couldn't withstand such harsh conditions.
But besides rotten leaves, don’t we also have leaves when we grow vegetables? Vegetable leaves are more likely to rot, so we can save them and bury them in the fields when we turn the soil."
As Lu Yuan listened, she looked at Xiao Shugen with admiration, "Grandpa, you are so awesome!"
I have racked my brains to think of a way to fertilize the fields, but grandpa can come up with a better way just by thinking about it. Grandpa is really amazing!
Xiao Shugen had never been praised like this before, and he immediately smiled happily, "Brother Yuan is really amazing.
We used to use silt from rivers and ponds to fertilize the fields, and that silt contained some rotten leaves that people threw away when washing vegetables.
If Brother Yuan hadn't mentioned using rotten leaves to fertilize the fields, I wouldn't have thought of going here."
Farmland is the most important property of farmers. They have thought of other ways to fertilize the land before, but they did not dare to try it easily.
Not only did their family have to pay taxes, but they also had to feed and clothe the whole family, and they also had to support Li'er's education in a private school. If anything went wrong, they would probably not be able to make a living.
But it's different now. Their family is not short of money. They can buy a few acres of land in the future and slowly try out this method of fertilizing the land. If it really works, they will not starve to death even if they go to open up wasteland.
"Grandpa is awesome!" Lu Yuan is very self-aware.
He knew that he was a little clever, but still had many shortcomings compared to others.
Because we were talking about how to fertilize the fields, everyone started talking about their ideas during lunch.
Regardless of whether it is useful or not, the main point is participation, even Shen Congzhou mentioned it.
"I've heard gardeners say that burying some livestock offal in the mud will help the flowers grow better. I wonder if it would work in the fields to grow vegetables and crops."
"This..." Xiao Shugen frowned and said with a troubled look, "Even if it really works, there aren't enough livestock to go into the water to fertilize the fields.
And all that is meat! It costs money to buy it. If we use it to fertilize the fields, how much money will it cost? Maybe we can buy some good farmland."
He shook his head and said, "This method won't work. Planting flowers with just a little bit of soil is fine."
After being rejected, Shen Congzhou just nodded and said very straightforwardly: "Whether this method is useful or not, it is not suitable for ordinary people. Those wealthy families may give it a try."
"You're right. After all, it's all because of poverty!" Xiao Shugen sighed.
Shen Congzhou glanced at Xiao Li who was picking up some food for Lu Yuan, and thought to himself, you may not know that your eldest grandson is not poor at all. Even if he does nothing every day, the Nan'an Bookstore alone can provide the whole family with food and clothing.
This topic was brought up by Xiao Li, but throughout the whole process, he was the most like the outsider.
When they were almost done eating, Lu Yuan finally remembered to ask him, "Xiao Si, what about the method you came up with to fertilize the fields?"
Hearing this, everyone who was chatting animatedly suddenly fell silent and all looked at him. It was obvious that everyone was very interested in his answer.
Xiao Li did not argue with them and just said, "Compost."
Everyone:? ? ?
What is composting?
Their confusion was written all over their faces, and Lu Yuan asked what was on everyone's mind, "What is composting?"
"Compost is..." Xiao Li was about to say it, but suddenly remembered that everyone was still eating. He was silent for a while and changed his words: "Eat first, and then we'll talk after we're done."
Otherwise, he didn't know whether they would have an appetite later, and he probably had no appetite.
"Why do we have to finish eating first? Can't we talk now?" Although it was strange, Lu Yuan still held the bowl and quickened his eating speed.
Xiao Li said "hmm" helplessly.
There were other people who were in the same situation as Lu Yuan. Even Bao Ge'er was infected. He thought that if he didn't eat quickly, he would not be able to eat, and almost buried his face in the bowl.
Because the little guy always sits next to Xiao Li, so this time is the same.
Seeing this, Xiao Li was amused and helpless. He grabbed the back of his collar and lifted him up a little, "Bao'er, eat slowly. No one is competing with you for it."
"Ah?" The little guy had a few grains of rice on his face and looked at him blankly, as if asking: Why are you eating so fast?
Because there was ice to keep him cool along the way, and the food was good, the little guy's face was still round even after a month's journey.
Xiao Li really liked the feel of the fleshy thing, so he pinched it and said, "It's okay, eat slowly."
Before taking his hand back, he removed the rice grains from Baoger's face and put them on the table.
The others took a look and then continued eating.
At the beginning, when the Xiao family saw him like this, they would say that food was precious and should not be wasted.
Xiao Li told them that it would not be wasted and could be used to feed livestock and chickens.
Over time, they got used to Xiao Li's behavior. Even Baoger became very particular under his influence and would not eat dropped rice grains or vegetables.
After dinner, except for Baoger who was drowsy, everyone else was very energetic and waiting to listen to Xiao Li explain what composting was.
Then Xiao Li explained to them what composting is. In short, it is to mix human feces, urine, inedible rotten leaves, animal feces, weeds, straw, garbage and other organic waste together. After a period of fermentation, fertilizer can be obtained.
This method was developed by farmers in ancient China and has been used to this day.
However, with the development of science and technology, farmers no longer need to make compost themselves and can buy fertilizer directly.
Because he had never thought about farming, Xiao Li's space was full of all kinds of things, but there was no such thing as fertilizer.
After hearing what he said, everyone fell into silence and contemplation.
Lu Yuan was a little distracted, thinking that he had not lied to them, but what he had just said would really make people unable to eat.
Although he would not be unable to eat, he would definitely not be as happy while eating.
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