The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 166
The old doctor dispensed the medicine very quickly. On the second day, he handed over the prepared medicinal materials to Su Yunduo and asked her to divide the two bundles of medicinal materials into five parts. The first part of the medicinal materials was brewed into two wooden barrels and sprinkled on the vegetables in the backyard. The doctor specifically stated that this prescription can repel or even kill the bugs on the vegetables, but it has almost no harm to the human body, so Su Yunduo can use it with confidence.

For five consecutive days, Su Yunduo used the medicinal materials provided by the old doctor to kill the insects in the vegetables in the backyard.

After asking the old doctor, Su Yunduo found out that this prescription can not only control insects on vegetables, but also can control insects on other crops or medicinal materials through increase or decrease. The prescription naturally comes from the Valley of Divine Medicine.

Although the medicinal materials used are not expensive, they are not affordable by ordinary farmers. The medicinal materials used by Su Yunduo for five days cost nearly one tael of silver, which is really a huge expense for the farmers.

In order to promote this prescription, Su Yunduo forced the old doctor to research a new prescription. The medicinal materials used in this prescription are more common, and some herbs are even found in the fields, such as wormwood.

Although the medicinal materials need to be boiled, which is time-consuming, they are very effective in controlling crop insects, and the cost is low, so they were quickly popularized in Geshan Village.

The days passed by in a busy way, and it was dog days in a blink of an eye, but there was still no rain.

Due to the drought this year's spring wheat production has decreased by at least [-]%, which is only achieved after using the pest control medicine provided by the old doctor and Su Yunduo. There are a few households in the village who are reluctant to use the medicine, and their harvest has decreased by [-]% to [-]%, and they are very upset.

After the harvest, the villagers looked at the cracked land, and they really wanted to cry without tears. If it didn't rain, nothing could be planted.

What made the folks in Geshan Village envious was that the medicinal materials planted in front of the Su Family Courtyard did not seem to be affected by the drought. Although the ground looked too dry, the medicinal materials in the ground were unexpectedly verdant.

Not only the field in front of the courtyard, but also the vegetable field in the Su family's backyard is full of vitality, even the terraced fields on the back hillside are no exception.

In the dry years before, the back hillside was no different from other hillsides, but it was completely different in the hands of the Su family. Could it be that the terraced fields could retain water?
Of course not, when the first sign of drought appeared, Su Yunduo and the old doctor brought down the hot spring water in the mountain depression, and irrigated the back hillside and the medicinal material field in front of the courtyard by time, thus barely preserving the back hillside and the front of the courtyard. Planted herbs.

As for the land in the backyard, it can only be said that the Su family was really lucky. When they were farming, they dug out a constant hot spring hole, which just ensured the irrigation of the backyard.

Su Yunduo naturally knew all kinds of discussions in the village through Wei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Not to mention that there were people in the village talking about it, even Su Chengzhi found it inconceivable.

Perhaps what happened to the old Su's family was too deterrent. Although there were such and such discussions in the village, it did not cause a big disturbance.

In the face of the drought, the Su family was not stingy.

The well water level in the village was too low to supply food and drink for the whole village, so the villagers were asked to carry water in their yards.

There was no water to irrigate in the field, and seeing that even the vegetables in the vegetable field were dying of drought, a canal was specially opened to draw the spring water from the backyard out of the yard for the villagers to water the vegetables.

Facing the drought, Su Yunduo could only do this, and more people could only do nothing.

Even if the two springs are open to the villagers, it will not be able to solve the irrigation of the entire Geshan Village.

Just when the folks thought there was no hope for the next season of crops, God finally gave the rain. A heavy rain fell for three days, and the long-dry land was drenched, which actually brought management benefits to Su Yunduo's medicinal materials. difficulty.

Fortunately, the old doctor has several good crop growers with him. Although he is not very proficient in planting medicinal materials, he is still quite experienced in the drainage of crop land.

Although a heavy rain caused many medicinal materials in the field to fall, it did not cause any loss because the drainage work was done in place.

"In another month, the medicine in this field can be collected." The old doctor wore the buckskin waterproof boots specially made for him by Su Yunduo, and with the support of Sun Hongfei and Zhang Chengzhong, he walked carefully into the field in front of the yard and walked around. , After coming out, he stroked his beard and said cheerfully.

The sunny half of the field in front of the yard is planted with honeysuckle, and this part has not been harvested this year.

The other half of the plots near the back mountain with relatively insufficient sunlight are planted with dry pinellia, which are usually sown in February to March and excavated in August to September. The whole growth period is six to seven months.

The dry pinellia and honeysuckle in this field are all seedlings transported from the miracle doctor valley. They can be harvested in August after planting in March. Now it is July, but there is no longer a month to harvest. up.

With the harvest in sight, Su Yunduo naturally heaved a long sigh of relief.

When he has enough money in hand, Su Yunduo plans to expand the yard further, knock down all the houses and rebuild them, and plan out the drying place for medicinal materials and the brewing workshop.

She wants to build a green brick and tile house, and bid farewell to the days of heavy rain outside and light rain inside.

A heavy rain took away a lot of summer heat. The village was full of busy Xia Zhong, and the village school was closed for agricultural holidays. Su Yunduo suggested that Su Chengzhi go out to meet guests, so as to broaden his horizons.

However, Su Chengzhi shook his head and expressed that he was unwilling to go out for a walk. Instead, he chatted happily with Sun Hongfei and Lu Jinkang who suddenly appeared in Geshan Village a few days ago after staying in Geshan Village for half a month and then disappeared for more than a month.

Su Yunduo shook his head helplessly and sighed, so he had to follow Su Chengzhi's will.

Su Yunduo's expectations for Su Chengzhi have dropped significantly since he began to deny Su Chengzhi's official position in his heart.

Now that he has less expectations for Su Chengzhi's entry into an official position, his mentality has naturally become more balanced. Perhaps such a leisurely life is more suitable for Su Chengzhi and Ning's, and thinking about it, the current life is actually not bad.

It's just that when I think of the things Ning Zhongping told her in private, I always feel that such days can't last long.

The Su family in the capital is actually related to Duke Zhen's mansion, and the aunt who even Su Chengzhi has never met is actually the sister of Duke Zhen's biological sister, that is, Lu Jinkang's great-aunt.

In this way, it might not be so easy for Lu Jinkang to visit Geshan Village again, although Lu Jinkang has not seen any action so far.

Su Yunduo narrowed her eyes and glanced at Lu Jinkang who was chatting with Sun Hongfei and Su Chengzhi sitting under the shade of a tree, but met his gaze, and couldn't help but suffocate slightly. Lu Jinkang's gaze suddenly made her feel a little inexplicable palpitation.

When Su Yunduo was about to avoid it, Lu Jinkang suddenly raised an eyebrow at her, and then a smile broke out on his face.

The smile on the handsome young man's face was like a poppy flower blooming in full bloom, making Su Yunduo's mind suddenly pop out the words "extraordinary grace and natural beauty". A faint imprint was left deep in my heart, which will not go away for a long time.

Su Yunduo felt her face was burning like a fire, she stood up and turned around stiffly and walked away to the vegetable field in the backyard under the summer sun, she had to go to the vegetable field to calm down.

(End of this chapter)