The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 164

After the beginning of spring, Su Yunduo specially asked Wei to cover a nest of chicks for the family. Although a nest of 23 eggs hatched [-] chickens, in the end only [-] chickens were raised, and five of them were roosters.

Now they are kept in the bamboo forest beside the courtyard, and they have started to lay eggs one after another.

Although the area of ​​the bamboo clump was small, the weeds and insects inside could feed a dozen chickens without any problem.

He didn't feed them on weekdays, but Su Zechen heard that chickens lay more eggs because they eat insects. Every day after school, he would dig some earthworms with a small hoe and throw them into the bamboo bushes.

Knowing that there were worms growing in the vegetable field, Su Zechen stopped digging for earthworms, but went directly to the vegetable field to catch worms and feed them to the chickens.

When living in the old Su's house, even though Su Zechen was still young, it was not uncommon for him to catch bugs in the vegetable field.

Seeing Su Zechen hurrying to feed the chickens with the bamboo pot in his arms, Su Yunduo stood up and shouted to his back: "Go slowly, don't fall."

"Understood." Su Zechen's answer was very crisp, it was obvious that he was in a good mood, and he even shook his head and recited the soup song of "Baidu San" as he walked: "Ginseng Baidu, Caolingxiong, Qiangdu Chaiqian Citrus and Tangerine ; Decoction of ginger and mint has a great effect of dispelling cold and dehumidification."

I don't know when Su Zechen became interested in medicinal materials and so on. He always pestered Sun Hongfei to ask this and that. Sun Hongfei simply taught him a few soup songs. Unexpectedly, he liked it very much. Orally, this is not singing again!

Su Yunduo's mood is not so happy, seeing more and more vegetables with worm eyes, I really want to cry!

Although she has tried her best to plow the soil deeply and intercropping mixed plants, pest damage is still unavoidable.

If we don't find a way to curb it as soon as possible, with the speed at which the vegetable worms are developing, we can't send a whole yard of vegetables to Zuixianlou.

No, I have to find a way to control the insects!
Raising ducks to control pests?The backyard is a vegetable field and not a rice field, this is definitely not acceptable.

Cure insects with insects?It's a bit disgusting to think about it, but forget it.

Raising frogs to control insects?The idea is good, the backyard is not without frogs, you can always hear the sound of frogs at night, but the number should not be many, but where can you find so many frogs, she can't go to the ground to catch frogs and raise them in the backyard, right? It's not very realistic either.

Plant ash to control pests?One is that there is not so much plant ash, and two, I just sprinkled it a few days ago, and the effect does not seem to be so good.

Hey, I really miss the pesticides from my previous life. Although it is not environmentally friendly, the effect is awesome!
When Su Yunduo walked to the small depression where coriander was planted, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind, yes, how could she forget that there is such a good thing as coriander!

Look at the vegetables around this depression. Compared with the vegetables in the field just now, the vegetables are much better, and there are almost no insect eyes.

only……

Su Yunduo glanced at the few coriander, and frowned again.

It is indeed a good way to use coriander to control insects, and it is environmentally friendly, but the cost seems too high!
How about some lime?It is also a way, but the amount of lime has to be tested slowly. If it is too small, it will not work. If it is too much, it will directly pickle the vegetables to death, or even destroy the land, and one accidentally got lime into the eye. That would be blinding.

After the old doctor finished talking with Lu Jinkang, he came to the backyard to look for Su Yunduo, and saw her staring at the vegetable field with deep frown, and then looked at the vegetables in the field, the careful old doctor soon noticed the strangeness of the vegetables, and guessed Su Yunduo What is it that is troubled.

"Girl, are you bothering this vegetable worm?" The old doctor knelt down and picked a vegetable leaf with caterpillars on it.

"Yeah, the eldest brother and the second younger brother come to catch bugs when they have time, but the speed of bug reproduction is too fast, and they can't be caught at all. The effect of using plant ash is not very good. If this continues, there will be no face to give to Zuixianlou. It's ready!" Su Yunduo turned around and said with a distressed smile.

"It's not difficult, it's just spraying the medicine!" The old doctor said lightly.

Sprinkle medicine?It needs to be sprinkled with medicine!

Hey, that's not right, this old man never shoots aimlessly, if there is no medicine to cure insects, he wouldn't say this sentence!

Su Yunduo's eyes lit up immediately, and he stared at the old doctor: "Master!"

"Leave this to me. I have something to talk to you about." The old doctor whispered something in Su Yunduo's ear, Su Yunduo's eyes widened, obviously startled by the old doctor's words up.

"Master, do you really want to accept the second disciple as an apprentice? But he is still so young!" Su Yunduo was a little confused.

She is the one who wants to apprentice, okay?

Why did the old doctor like Su Zechen? !

To be honest, in Su Yunduo's heart, what he hopes most is to slowly cultivate a few younger brothers so that they can get out of the farm and embark on official careers. Compared with the pedantic Su Chengzhi, Su Yunduo has higher expectations for his younger brothers.

Although she knew that Su Zechen was very interested in medicine and medicine, when the old doctor was teaching his apprentices, she could always see Su Zechen with his chin propped up and listened with gusto. Su Zechen could remember those medicinal materials only once the old doctor said them, and the soup song was also the same. Recite it with gusto.

These should be the reasons why the old doctor looked at Su Zechen differently.

The old doctor has indeed been observing Su Zechen for several months. Although this little guy is a little timid, his memory is very strong, almost to the point of photographic memory, and the most important thing is that he is very spiritual about medicine.

"Girl, in the journey of studying medicine, one is interest, and the other is spirituality. Brother Chen has both. Besides, he is not young. My two sons have been learning medicinal materials and reciting soup songs since they were three years old." The doctor looked at Su Yunduo's troubled face and spoke quite solemnly.

He naturally knew that Su Yunduo had always wanted to worship him as a teacher, but he couldn't accept female disciples for various reasons.

However, if Su Zechen could be accepted as an apprentice, Su Yunduo would have a valid reason to learn from him.

Thanks to Lu Jinkang's suggestion, the old doctor thought over and over again that this is indeed a feasible way.

Although Su Yunduo didn't know why the old doctor insisted on not accepting her as an apprentice, he still didn't want to give up on being a teacher: "Master, I am very interested in studying medicine. You have praised me for being spiritual before, and I don't like either of these two things." Why can’t I worship you as my teacher?!”

"Oh, this, what do you say about this?!" The old doctor glanced at Su Yunduo, hesitated for a moment, and finally told the whole story with a gritted teeth and stamped feet.

It turned out that ten years ago, a certain dignitary in the capital sent his concubine's granddaughter to him to teach the girl to study medicine, but after seeing the old doctor, he could tell that the girl was not interested in studying medicine and had no spirituality. The old doctor said that he was determined not to accept this girl as an apprentice, even if the eldest princess came forward, he couldn't make him accept this girl.

In order to save the face of the eldest princess, she announced to the outside world that she had made an oath in front of the late father-in-law before marrying his wife that she would not accept female disciples in this life.

This matter once caused a sensation in the capital. At that time, there were many people who said something, some praised the old doctor for keeping his oath, some envied Mrs. Kong's natal family's love for her daughter, and some accused Mrs. Kong of being jealous when she was old. Every now and then, even the children in the family would be pointed at when they went out, which brought troubles to the life of the family for a while.

(End of this chapter)