Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 97 097 Magical Spring Water [two more]

"Master, the things you planted in your backyard have sprouted!"

"what!!!"

Mu Yu immediately put those teasing guesses behind her, and ran to the backyard.

While running, I was thinking, has the millet sprouted?No, it is supposed to take two or three days...

But as soon as she turned into the backyard, the lush greenery immediately came into view, telling her that everything was true, that the millet had really sprouted.

Of course, only a part of it germinates, that is, the part that has been watered by the spring.

The part where nothing has been watered and the part where the well has been watered once have not moved yet and may grow back in a few days or never.

Mu Yu squatted down, carefully looked at the vibrant seedlings, stroked them lightly, feeling the coolness between his fingers.

Obviously there was nothing when I saw it yesterday, but it only took a day, and it has grown to the height of a finger belly, and it looks full of vitality.

Sure enough, the spring water in Mustard Space has some special effects.

I just don't know the effect, if it is not poured directly, but used to soak the seeds before sowing, how much effect will it have.

According to the current efficiency of the villagers in digging the land, it would be too late to take another seven days for experimentation, but there is still time for two or three days.

Then wait another two or three days to see how the other two parts are doing. If the unwatered and well watered situation is not too bad, you can try it directly. If it is too bad, then no matter how troublesome it is, you have to water it spring.

She had a hunch that the outcome would not be too bad.

……

Mu Yu went to the backyard every day to see if the seeds in the other two parts had germinated.

Peach blossoms also come here from time to time, but what she looks at is the part that has already sprouted. She likes these fresh and tender seedlings very much, and even secretly watered them once with the water she got, which was discovered by Mu Yu.

These seedlings are growing gratifyingly. Although they are not as fast as those in the mustard seed space, they are definitely growing much faster than normal crops, especially in this relatively harsh environment.

Mu Yu has already obtained the desired results from these seedlings, and doesn't care about the future of these seedlings. Besides, the little well water that Peach Blossom pours won't have much impact.

However, Taohua thinks that the seedlings can grow so well and so fast that she has the effect of watering them secretly.

The two parts of the seeds that Mu Yu was staring at finally germinated two days later.

There is not much difference between no watering and well watering, the latter will germinate slightly earlier and more.

If you score [-] points for watering spring water, then [-] points for watering well water, and [-] points for not watering.

From this point of view, in fact, there is no need to pour well water, not to mention that the effect is not great, and it is a waste of extremely precious and scarce water at this time.

As for whether to water the spring water, according to the above logic, it is not good to water it, saving effort, not wasting and less flaws.

But there is one problem, the effect of pouring spring water is really good.

Not to mention two days of germination, the number of germinations is doubled, and the seedlings grow fast and well, which is amazing!
It would be nice if the soaked seeds had the effect of being watered by a spring when planted...

When she thought of this before, she soaked some seeds in spring water and planted them. It's only been two days now, and the effect has not yet been seen.

But no matter what, even if it didn't work, the fact that these seeds could germinate was actually enough to drive the villagers crazy.

They are all simple people.

Mu Yu sighed, stood up, and made an appointment with Ji Xiucai today to check on the situation of the villagers digging the land.

According to Ji Xiucai, someone has already applied for the fifth mu of land.

……

Mu Yu and Ji Xiucai walked to the field, and the field was full of busy figures.

Ji Xiucai said,
"Except for the elderly and children, almost everyone has more than three acres of land now, and some have five or six acres of land."

"Are you worried about not having enough land?"

As far as this sloping land is concerned, it has almost been divided.

But Mu Yu knew that the land in this mountain village was not limited to this slope. When Yang Erlang opened another entrance to Taoyuan Village, Yang Erlang pointed out to her that there were several other lands that could be cultivated. , There is no need to worry about the problem of insufficient land for planting.

Ji Xiucai shook his head,
"The land is enough, but Zhu Silang is very worried."

Zhu Silang was a servant brought back by Mu Yu. He was fourteen or fifteen years old. He was lame in one leg. He didn't talk much, but he was kind and willing to work hard. Mu Yu asked him to take care of the granary.

What Ji Xiucai meant was that Zhu Silang was very worried about the rapid consumption of food recently.

Of course, Zhu Silang didn't know whether Mu Yu was worried, but Ji Xiu was quite worried.

Mu Yu thought for a while, and was also a little worried.

When the village settled down, if the food was distributed strictly according to the minimum set at that time, and only to ensure that everyone would not starve to death, then the food at that time would be no problem for two months.

But it is actually impossible. In that case, it is impossible for the villagers to have the strength and energy to do things.

According to the current way of doing things to distribute food, the villagers are frantically plowing the land to get food consumption, and the current food is estimated to be consumed in less than a month.

Of course, this is talking about the food on the surface.

If the existing food in her mustard space is also counted, it will be no problem to last another month.

What's more, the grain in the mustard space matures every half a month, and it can harvest hundreds of catties at a time, which can completely keep up with consumption.

She has food, but she can't take it out openly, so she has to let the villagers cultivate it as soon as possible, so that after the harvest, there will be no problem with the source of food.

"These problems are not big. Yang Erlang and I have already prepared for it."

Mu Yu prevaricated.

Ji Xiucai didn't pursue the question any further, but just nodded and continued to the next topic.
"In the past two days, many people have come to ask me when I can distribute the seeds for them to plant, and some people have asked me if I can plant the grain distributed to them in the ground."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, sighed slightly, and then continued,
"I told them not to do this first, and wait, they reluctantly complied."

Mu Yu is also quite helpless, she already knew that this would happen, the land has been plowed so much, so what's the matter with not letting people sow seeds all the time?

"The seeds are already being treated with the ancient method, and a batch can be processed tomorrow, about two hundred catties, and can plant about forty acres of land.

Tomorrow's main task is to sow seeds. Each person will receive up to ten catties of seeds. The basic fields will be planted first, and the rest will be done after the seeds are processed. "

Ji Xiucai agreed, "Okay."

Mu Yu knew that Ji Xiucai was always reliable, so he wasn't worried about it.

Looking at the enthusiastic villagers, she couldn't help laughing as she imagined that in a few days the grass seedlings would grow on this slope and turn green.

The next day, the villagers were overjoyed when they learned that they could finally sow the seeds. They queued up at Ji Xiucai's place early in the morning, fearing that they would not get the seeds.

(End of this chapter)