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Chapter 111 Plant Ash

"Miaomiao, you are amazing."

Lu Yao saw that Miaomiao dug a hole about 50cm deep without a second.

If it was her, it would be possible to dig a hole, but it would definitely not be so clean and tidy.

One can tell at a glance that Miaomiao often does farm work.

"It's nothing." Miaomiao shook her head. She didn't even sweat when she dug a hole just now.

Lin Ye walked over with a pomegranate sapling, trimmed the roots, put it in the pit, and beckoned to Lu Yao to hold the sapling.

This should be the easiest job.

After Lu Yao helped the sapling, Lin Ye and Miaomiao took the shovel and filled the hole with the soil they just dug out, and then patted the soil firmly with the back of the shovel. The tree was considered complete.

next tree!
Soon, with the efforts of the three of Lin Ye, the stonemason brought back more than a dozen saplings, all of which were planted in the yard and around.

Among them, there are five in the yard and ten in the periphery.

"Is this all right? No need to fertilize and water?"

Lu Yao asked.

"Of course I want." Lin Ye returned home, took a bucket, fetched water from the well, and used a spoon to water the young saplings that had just been planted.

It is spring now, so there is no need to take care of it. After a rain, the sapling will naturally live.

As for fertilizing, Lin Ye took the dustpan and went to the kitchen to pick up ashes.

Earth stoves mostly burn firewood and hay, and the remaining ashes are called plant ash.

Plant ash also has a name, 'universal ash'.

This ash seems to be a useless thing, but in the eyes of rural people, it is a treasure.

In wet weather, if the ground is slippery, sprinkle a layer of plant ash to facilitate travel.

You can also sprinkle a layer of plant ash in the chicken pen and duck pen.

The plant ash in the chicken coop can also be used as fertilizer after being mixed with chicken manure.

Lu Yao saw Lin Ye shoveling out a lot of ashes from the earthen stove, and she didn't understand.

Lin Ye smiled at her: "From a chemical point of view, what firewood burns is its organic matter, while some inorganic matter remains, and these residues are natural fertilizers for plants."

Lu Yao
Long experience.

Damn, it turns out that it can still be used like this.

Miaomiao blinked her eyes flickeringly at the side. Although she didn't know what chemistry was, plant ash was used as fertilizer in the countryside, which was widely used and continued from ancient times to the present.

Lin Ye also got some pot ashes from the bottom of the pot and put them in a bowl.

Because of burning firewood, over the years, a layer of black lacquer ash will accumulate on the bottom of the pot. If it is too thick, it will affect the temperature of the fire, and the cooked dishes may be out of standard.

So it needs to be cleaned regularly.

When Lin Ye was cooking yesterday, he felt that the heat in the pot was not quite right, probably because the ashes on the bottom of the pot hadn't been cleaned up.

It is impossible to clean up when cooking, and it is easy to forget when not cooking, so now that Lin Ye thought of it, he cleaned up the ash at the bottom of the pot.

Lu Yao? ?
This thing is served in a bowl, could it be a treasure?

Miaomiao saw the confusion in Lu Yao's eyes, and explained to her that this thing is really a treasure.

It is also a traditional Chinese medicine material, and it has a nice name called "Baicao Cream".

As early as the Song Dynasty, there were records in medical books that the ash at the bottom of the pot was scraped off and crushed to make medicine.

Indications of traumatic bleeding, swelling and pain, etc., have very good results.

Even now, some old people in Taoyuan Village still collect some pot ashes for emergencies. There is no Yunnan Baiyao in the countryside.

If you are accidentally injured, the bleeding will not stop, and it will be troublesome to go to the hospital. Get some pot ash and apply it to the wound, and the bleeding will be stopped soon.

Lin Ye also tried it himself when he was a child, and the effect is really good.

After listening to Miaomiao's narration, Lu Yao
"This pot of ashes can also be used for cooking." Lin Ye added.

This is not recorded in medical books, but has been handed down from Taoyuan Village since ancient times.

Adding pot bottom ash when frying pork liver can make a dish called "stir-fried pork liver with pot ash".

Although this dish looks dark when cooked, like a dark dish, it tastes very delicious.

Moreover, eating this dish can improve eyesight.

But it is rare to see it now. The ash at the bottom of the pot is dirty and black to young people, and they really can't accept it.

With the popularity of gas stoves, earth stoves may become history in the future. Thinking of this, Lin Ye still feels a little sad.

After scraping the pot ash, Lin Ye took the plant ash to fertilize the young saplings.

Miaomiao picked up some unburned wooden sticks, which can be used as pens to smear and draw on the ground.

Children who grew up in rural areas should have had similar experiences.

After fertilizing, Lin Ye's hands turned black. Miaomiao fetched a basin of water, Lin Ye and the others washed their hands, and the water in the basin became as black as ink.

"It's so dark." Miaomiao stuck out her tongue and poured out the water in the basin.

"What do you want for lunch?" Lin Ye asked Miaomiao.

"Water celery, I know a place that has a lot of it." Miaomiao suggested.

Water celery, a kind of wild aquatic vegetable.

The tender stems and petioles can be fried and eaten, which is delicious.

In addition, the whole plant of cress can also be used for medicine. It is sweet and pungent in taste, cool in nature, enters the lung and stomach meridian, and has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening lung and dampness.

It can assist in the treatment of fever, cold, high blood pressure and other diseases, and is a very practical plant.

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