Poor family mother and son

Chapter 453
The main crops in Bailiba Village are sorghum and corn, which are relatively drought-resistant, especially sorghum.

Chu Qing came all the way and was quite satisfied.

Under the premise of severe drought in the overall environment, it is really a good achievement that his own land can guarantee more than half of the harvest.

The food was transported back to Baoqingsheng's warehouse, and the boys in the family were all happy: "Boss, our family's food is with you all the way, why are you still young?"

That is!

There is quite a big difference between aged grain that is less than two years old and aged grain that is more than two years old.

Although Xinlun Prefecture is also arid, the area itself lacks water, and Xinlun Prefecture has always been dominated by crops such as sorghum and corn, so the disaster is not too serious.

It's older than their pasture, the pasture growth is not very good, and hay often needs to be moved out to make up for it.

However, Lao Yu found a good thing and excitedly introduced it to Chu Qing: "Come on, come on, do you know this?"

Old Yu was holding a handful of foxtail.

"It's foxtail!" Chu Qing said.

The ancestor of corn.

Dogtail grass is the ancestral plant of millet, an important crop in ancient China. The history of Chinese domestication of dogtail grass can be traced back nearly ten thousand years ago.

There is nothing good to say about it in the "Book of Songs": "There is no field but a field, and the weeds are arrogant."

Lao Yu said: "Don't underestimate him. Let me tell you, there are no weeds in the countryside, and they are treasures when used well. This stuff is not only loved by poultry and livestock, but also kills insects. Don't you think it's amazing?"

"Really? Doesn't it attract bugs?" Chu Qing was very surprised.

Chu Qing came back this time with "Little Gangan" with him. Xiaobao was afraid that there would be disaster victims on the road and it would be unsafe, so he asked "Little Gangan" to follow her and report the news at any time.

The two were chatting lively, no one paid any attention to Xiao Gangan, who was soaring in the sky at the moment, thinking about which horse was more delicious--let you ignore me!
Lao Yu: "Knead this grass, rub it wherever there is ringworm, it will be cured in three to five days, or boil water to drink, it can reduce swelling and dampness. We were in the military camp before, and the military doctors used it Cure!"

Chu Qing praised: "Then this is a good thing!"

Lao Yu: "What I want to tell you is not this, but this thing can kill vegetable insects! Take a handful of foxtail and throw it into a pot to boil, then pour the water on the vegetable seedlings after it cools down, and all aphids and cabbage caterpillars will be killed. killed!"

Long insight!

Isn't this a pure natural, pollution-free pesticide?
Since it is so easy to obtain, you should make good use of it to make a fortune!

Old Yu: "What are you thinking about?"

Chu Qing: "I want to make money with it!"

Old Yu: "How does this thing make money? It's worthless!"

Chu Qing: "Just wait!"

Three days later, Chu Qing gave Lao Yu a manual pesticide sprayer, and all of Chu Qing's fingers were wrapped in gauze.

The wooden pesticide box is easy to make, if not for the lack of materials and the absence of Master Lu, Chu Qing would have made a tin box.

Without a lathe, the thread needs to be engraved bit by bit. Fortunately, according to the method of the hand drill, the fixing frame was clearly made, and the thread was engraved one by one.

In making the nozzle part, Chu Qing paid the price of "self-injury".

Because he wanted to be durable, Chu Qing used a file to file the nozzle head and threads in one stroke. Almost every five times in the file, there was a stab in his hand.

The way Chu Qing thought of making money was this pesticide sprayer. Foxtails are easy to find, but the equipment for spraying pesticides is exclusive.

The way Chu Qing wants to make money is this kind of small "hardware" parts.

All agricultural tools will be popularized, and additional products will be gradually invented, clearly what needs to be done are accessories.

In the handicraft era, it is difficult not to be imitated, because there are too many masters, and everyone is almost on the same level.

Only innovative ideas, materials, and tools can lead other peers.

Just like clear nail clippers, other craftsmen can understand the principle, but they are huge when they are made, and they are rich enough to cut toenails; while hand drills, they can understand, but their craftsmanship cannot keep up with the gears and threads , not easy to imitate.

Doing accessories business is a good business that can handle almost every industry.

Chu Qingjiao Lao Yu: "I'll teach you how to use it: Tighten your abdomen, tighten your stomach; lift your hips, block the medicine box; eyes, to see the crops clearly; pressurize this side, and spray this side;

Its beat is like this: 呵~~~~~ 呵呵, [-] 呵呵, [-] 呵呵..."

Old Yu: "Stop! Why do I sound a bit awkward!"

Chu Qing: "See, laborers are the most beautiful people!"

When Lao Yu was carrying a pesticide sprayer on his back in the pasture, he found that this thing was really fun.

And Chu Qing carefully observed the aphids in the grass. Sure enough, their vigor decreased after bathing in the foxtail water, and their movements were extremely slow when they wanted to escape those "poisonous" water droplets.

"It's easy to use!" Lao Yu and Chu Qing said at the same time.

When Chu Qing, Lao Yu, and Lao Zhao were in the fields of hope, they saw the smoke from the kitchens floating on the newly-built houses, the small rivers flowing beside the beautiful villages, the grain seedlings earing in the sweat of the farmers, and the cattle and sheep singing on the shepherd's flute. When the voice grew up, locust plagues swept through Youzhou Prefecture, Shanhui Prefecture, Jishun Prefecture and other places.

Because Shanhui Prefecture and Youzhou Prefecture are located in the north, the locusts have not yet matured and are in the stage of locust gnats, climbing on the one-hand-high grain seedlings and eating them wantonly. This year's harvest is hopeless.

In Jishun Prefecture in the south, the first batch of adult locusts have already covered the crops.

The heads of the leaves and ears of the crop seedlings are covered with dense locusts, like a hanging firecracker hanging on the upright straw, pressing the corn, winter wheat, and rice so that they sway from side to side and bend over.

The locusts pecked at the truncated heads and tails, and kicked their hind legs and gnawed on the seedlings.

The winter wheat that was about to be harvested was all gone.

After gnawing on this piece of land, they swarmed up and flew into the air, with a rapid momentum; the locust gnats followed, crawling and jumping on the ground, and the speed was not slow.

Seeing this, people felt like a raging fire was burning their hearts, and they didn't know what to do.

An old man piled earth on the spot as a furnace, knelt down and burned incense and made a pious wish, chanting incessantly:

"God Locust, open your eyes

See how difficult it is for the poor people?
I beg you to show your spirit and stay in Zhuangmiao

The promised pigs and sheep must be returned. "

And the small and medium-sized landlords placed the altar in the main courtyard, lit incense and burned paper money, and shouted in their mouths:
"God Locust, hurry up,

Leave me a mouthful of food,
Save my life for yours. "

Anxiously chanting, worshiping, and frowning, two or three days passed, and the seedlings in the field had already been gnawed by locusts, so they threw away their illusions to hunt and kill locusts.

"God Locust is going to kill our peasants!" Someone shouted with grief and indignation.

As long as one person shouts, the whole village will sympathize: "Yes! Since God Locust is a disaster for us, sooner or later he will starve to death, why not fight him!"

"Let's blast him away!"

"Yes! If you can't go away, you will be killed!"

As a result, one household, two households, from small to large, spontaneously formed a situation where men, women and children all went out to fight against the locusts.

There are two methods of confrontation: one is to drive away, and the other is to capture.

Coaxing means standing on both sides of the field, holding the linen sheet horizontally, walking back and forth along the furrows of the field, and holding a stick in the crop field to keep beating and shaking the crops to scare the locusts away.

The locusts are constantly vacating, and the locust gnats are constantly falling to the ground, in order to reduce and delay the speed at which the locusts devour the seedlings.

Catch means that people use willow sticks to make big and small buckets or dustpans to hold grain, and they go back and forth in the millet field to catch them, and pour them into sacks when they don't move.

(End of this chapter)