The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 163 Insect Pests
Su Yunduo didn't even know that her family was connected with Lu Jinkang's great-aunt, and naturally she didn't know Lu Jinkang's distress. At the moment, she was taking her two younger brothers to catch insects in the vegetable field in the backyard, and she was worried!
Since the beginning of spring this year, there have been a few rains before Qingming, and there has been no rain since Qingming. It has been two full months without rain, and the water level of the two wells in Geshan Village is gradually declining.

If the drought continues, it will not only affect the growth of crops in the field, but also may cause problems in drinking water in the village.

The originally vibrant and green medicinal herbs in the front of Su's courtyard seemed to be starting to fade away, which made Su Yunduo very worried.

The hot springs in the mountain depression do not seem to be affected by the dry weather, and the water output is always constant. In order to make full use of the hot springs, some ditches were specially dug to introduce the cooled hot spring water into the back hillside for terrace irrigation.

Although the amount of hot spring water is not enough to irrigate the entire back hillside, the drought on the back hillside is not as severe as other fields in Geshan Village because of the blessing of hot spring water.

The well in the Su family courtyard was beyond Su Yunduo's expectation. The water level did not drop with the two wells in the village. It seemed that it was not affected by the drought at all. What surprised Su Yunduo was the vegetable field in the backyard, and the soil was still moist. , Vegetables are still juicy and green.

The things that bothered Su Yunduo were, firstly, the irrigation problem of the medicinal field in front of the yard, and secondly, the pest damage of the vegetables in the backyard.

Originally, Su Yunduo intended to grow some vegetables and some melons and fruits in the backyard, but in the end it all became a vegetable field, and most of the vegetables grown were still dedicated to Zuixianlou.

Maybe the vegetables Su Yunduo grows are more tender and juicy than other people’s vegetables. In short, after Su Yunduo no longer supplies vegetables to Zuixianlou, diners who are used to Su’s vegetables will feel paralyzed when they eat vegetables from other people’s homes. umami.

Qian Bingtai heard so many complaints from diners in those days. Some diners even suspected that Zuixianlou had either changed chefs or cut corners.

As a last resort, Qian Bingtai made another special trip to Su's house. When he saw the vegetables in the backyard of Su's house, he couldn't move his eyes away.

The tender green and juicy vegetables seemed to have turned into silver and danced in front of his eyes. Without a word, he dragged Su Yunduo to insist on rounding up the vegetables in the backyard of the Su family. Finally, he signed a long-term vegetable supply contract with Su Yunduo, and the price was even higher than that of Su Yunduo. The retail price of the vegetable market.

So in the backyard where only a small half of the vegetables were originally planted, all kinds of vegetables were planted. Among these vegetables, apart from popular vegetables, some of them were vegetables with various medical values ​​collected by the old doctor Su Yunduo from the Godly Doctor Valley. For example, okra that helps digestion, protects the stomach, lowers blood fat, chrysanthemum brain that clears heat and detoxifies, etc., and asparagus that Su Yunduo found from the valley in the back mountain with low calories, high nutrition, anti-cancer, anti-aging and liver protection.

Speaking of asparagus, that was a real bonus.

People here don't seem to know about asparagus. If Su Yunduo hadn't discovered it and stopped it in time, that piece of asparagus would have been destroyed.

The day Qian Bingtai came to Su's house happened to be the day when Su Yunduo discovered asparagus. After tasting it, he forced Su Yunduo to buy all the asparagus at a high price.

It was also the first time for the old doctor to eat such delicious vegetables, so he was naturally reluctant to sell them all to Qian Bingtai. Although that piece of asparagus grew extremely well, if it was supplied to Zuixianlou, it might be gone in a few days. .

Su Yunduo understands the reason why exotic goods are available, and also knows the value of asparagus. Naturally, it is impossible to leak all the information to Qian Bingtai. He only said that the output of asparagus is very small. catty.

Although Qian Bingtai was a little disappointed, even if he only had four or five catties a day, it was better than nothing.

Although Su Yunduo has repeatedly stated that the production of asparagus is small and can only be supplied in spring and autumn, each season can only be supplied for two months, and the price is nearly twice as high as that of ordinary vegetables, but Qian Bingtai, who has tasted delicious asparagus, still insists To sign a contract with Su Yunduo to supply no less than five catties of asparagus per day for two months each in spring and autumn.

At that time, the old doctor was very angry. If this happened, the asparagus in the valley would not be enough to supply Zuixianlou, and it would be useless to satisfy his appetite.

But Su Yunduo dared to sign such a contract with Qian Bingtai against the old doctor's glaring eyes, naturally he had confidence in his heart.

Next, Su Yunduo really convinced the old doctor. In the past two months, Su Yunduo insisted on revitalizing that piece of asparagus land. Not only did they oversupply the Zuixianlou, but they could also do it from time to time. Have a delicious meal.

Su Yunduo was able to do this, all thanks to her memories and experiences in her previous life.

In Yunduo's previous life, her uncle's family got rich by growing asparagus.

Every time Su Yunduo went to his uncle's house to play during the holidays, he would go to the fields with him. Although he was very proficient in growing asparagus, he could tell a thing or two.

She knows that asparagus can be harvested in the second year after planting, and harvested twice a year, the first time is in March-May of the lunar calendar, and the second time is in August-October of the lunar calendar.Due to the hot weather in summer, the quality of asparagus is low and the yield is low, so it is not suitable for harvesting.

She also knows how to propagate asparagus by division and seed.

She doesn't have the seeds now, but the branch propagation can start immediately.

Speaking of which, the land is not too small. Although it is less than one mu, it is seven or eighth.

Giving Zuixianlou five catties a day is nothing but a trivial matter.

Su Yunduo's branch propagation went very smoothly, and now almost one-third of the vegetable field in the backyard is planted with asparagus from the valley. To Su Yunduo's surprise, the survival rate of the branch is quite high. This is a A place very different from her memory.

When she saw that the survival rate of the asparagus planted by her divisions was almost 100%, she couldn't help but lamented God's love for her. This was probably another golden finger bestowed on her by God. Got a good crop of everything, and the taste seems to be fine.

Although the asparagus in the valley has been divided, the growth is more gratifying. It is reasonable to say that it is now the last season of asparagus harvesting, but the asparagus in the valley is still young.

Maybe it's another valley's greenhouse effect. Su Yunduo doesn't know how long the asparagus in the valley can be harvested, but Qian Bingtai almost likes it every day when he sees the fresh and tender asparagus that exceeds five catties and is about to rise to ten catties every day. If you can't see your eyes, but don't see your teeth, it's all money!
"Sister, sister, look, I caught another can of worms." Su Zechen's excited voice woke up Su Yunduo who was squatting in the vegetable field and his thoughts were flying to nowhere.

A jar made of bamboo was presented to Su Yunduo, and it was indeed full of caterpillars.

Before he came up with a good way to control the insects, Su Yunduo could only take his younger brothers to use the most primitive method to control the insects.

"That's right, the second brother really appreciates it!" Su Yunduo stretched out a fairly clean hand and lightly touched Su Zechen's head and praised.

With Su Yunduo's praise, Su Zechen immediately smiled, his eyes shining like stars: "I'll feed it to the chickens, they will fill me up, and I will lay many eggs for my parents and younger brother to eat."

(End of this chapter)