Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 425 A few things about returning to the village
Now that he has returned to the village, Gao Mingcheng naturally wants to take a tour of his own territory.

May is a time when flowers are blooming and flourishing, and Xiaofushan becomes particularly vibrant.

After a year of planting, the fruit trees are growing vigorously, with lush branches and leaves, which makes people happy to see.

Gao Mingcheng walked around Xiaofu Mountain and checked the conditions of various fruit trees.

There are many insect pests in spring, so he needs to check them out in time, and then judge whether top dressing is needed based on the growth of the leaves, flowers and fruits of the fruit trees.

At this moment, green fruits are already hanging on the loquat tree. When the fruits turn yellow, it is time to mature.

Those Dongkui bayberry trees that Gao Mingcheng has placed high hopes on also have small green fruits hidden among the lush leaves. Only when the bayberries turn red will they reveal their beauty and attract people's attention.

As for the most common orange tree, the flowers on the tree are about to wither and are in a ruined stage. Only the pomegranate flowers hang high on the treetops, showing their beauty to nature.

Gao Mingcheng's orchard lacked a scientific plan and was mainly chaotic. He planted some fruit trees suitable for local growth.

At the foot of a mountain, a small shelf was set up. Grapes were planted here. When they were planted last year, the grape vines were very small, but this year the vines are much stronger and have grown a lot of grape leaves. Under the broad leaves , hanging bunches of small green grapes.

When Gao Mingcheng was walking in the mountains, he met Chen Dasong and his son.

They also work in the mountains.

Gao Mingcheng asked Chen Duofu to manage the beehives, but the beehives did not need to be taken care of every day, so he often followed Chen Dasong to Xiaofushan to do work.

The three of them met in Xiaofu Mountain, and naturally they greeted each other, and then Chen Dasong talked about something about the orchard.

"Ming Cheng, there are scale insects on some grapefruit trees. We need to buy insecticides as soon as possible, otherwise the nearby fruit trees will be infested with scale insects."

"Also, we should topdress in June, and we need to buy some manure and urea."

"Of the more than 100 chickens, eight died in total, and a few others went to unknown places. They might have been picked up by some wild beast."

Chen Dasong reported conscientiously.

Gao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll get the pesticides and fertilizers back in the afternoon. You can use them then. As for the chickens, it's normal for a few chickens to die."

After Chen Dasong finished his report, Chen Duofu immediately said: "Mingcheng, there is already honey in the beehive. Can we shake the honey now?"

It was Chen Duofu's first time keeping bees, and he was still not completely sure about the situation of the honey. At this time, he looked at Gao Mingcheng with curious eyes.

Gao Mingcheng asked: "How is the situation of the beehives? Is the bee colony strong or weak?"

Chen Duofu thought for a while and then said: "It's okay, I don't see any big problem."

Gao Mingcheng decided to take him to see the condition of the beehives himself.

So Chen Duofu led the way, and Gao Mingcheng led the two dogs to follow.

When he returns to the village, Black Tiger and Elf will always run over and follow him, so intimate that they don't want to leave.

Not long after, the two came to a slightly flat hillside, where there were more than a dozen beehives.

Gao Mingcheng stepped forward to open the lid of the beehive and check the status of the bees inside.

"Hey, here are two injured bees! They seem to have been driven out by other bees and they are not allowed to return to the hive." Chen Duofu noticed that several bees were driving away the two injured bees, and he was a little surprised and confused for a moment. Puzzled.

Gao Mingcheng had told him about the importance of the strength of the bee colony, so he felt that it was a pity for the bees to be injured in a fight.

Gao Mingcheng looked where he pointed, couldn't help but smile, and said: "Didn't you see that the two driven bees were larger? Look carefully, there is something missing from them! These two are just The drones must have just mated with the queen bee, and their sex organs and organs remain in the queen bee's body. When the sex organs and organs break, their internal organs are also taken out, so they have not long left to live."

"Bees are intelligent. They will expel sick bees to keep the colony healthy." "But you also have to pay attention. If a lot of bees are fighting, then it may be a division. So when When the new queen bee grows up, it should be divided into boxes in time. By the way, I will find a carpenter to build a few more beehives for backup. You can watch them when the time comes."

Gao Mingcheng decided to buy more beehives.

I used to do everything myself, but I was too busy. Now I have hired Chen Duofu to manage the beehives, so I can raise more beehives.

Gaojia Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Behind the small hills near the village, there are even wider mountains. Therefore, if you keep more bees, you don’t have to worry about the source of honey.

Chen Duofu had no objection and listened carefully to the techniques taught by Gao Mingcheng.

After Gao Mingcheng checked the honey spleen, he found that the honey inside had indeed been brewed and the color was very good, so he nodded and said: "In this case, the honey can almost be shaken out. If you can't grasp it, then just wait until it's done." Shake the honey again after a few days, otherwise the new honey will be too watery and difficult to store."

Chen Duofu nodded repeatedly, indicating that he remembered it.

"Let's go back and get the honey shaker." Gao Mingcheng led Chen Duofu back to his house at the foot of Niuweiling Mountain.

He had a lot of farm tools here, so for the convenience of Chen Dasong and others, the keys to the courtyard gate and main room were given to them.

Only the bedroom where Gao Mingcheng and Duo Mei lived was locked with a new lock.

But there is nothing valuable in this home.

After taking the honey shaker, we returned to the mountains again.

Gao Mingcheng first taught Chen Duofu how to shake honey. When Chen Duofu said he had learned it, Gao Mingcheng asked Chen Duofu to do it.

He stood and stared for a while, and found that Chen Duofu had indeed learned it.

So he said: "When there is more honey in the honey shaker, you can take it home, pour the honey into the pottery basin to settle, and then continue to shake the honey in the mountain. Remember, be sure to cover the pottery with clean gauze. on the basin, otherwise insects will get in."

"When it has settled, pour the upper honey into the bottle through a funnel. The remaining honey should be filtered with clean gauze and collected."

"Hey. I remember it." Chen Duofu said.

After Gao Mingcheng finished explaining the matter, he left.

He drove his tractor to the cooperative in Junling.

Pesticides and urea are sold here.

In addition to buying these things, he also bought some snacks. Since he had returned to the village, he would stay one night before leaving.

Returning to Xiaofushan, Gao Mingcheng took out the agricultural tools for spraying pesticides, mixed the pesticides and water in a certain proportion, and then went to deal with the insect-infested fruit trees with Chen Dasong.

Scale insects are a very common pest that appear easily every spring when the temperature rises.

If a fruit tree is infested with scale insects and is not managed, the leaves will be densely covered with white insects, which will turn the leaves yellow and die, and cause the fruit to rot and spoil.

However, because they were discovered early, there are not many insect pests on these grapefruit trees. As long as they are sprayed in time, it should not affect the subsequent fruit bearing.

However, this year the grapefruit trees are still small and may not bear fruit.

When it comes to farm work, Chen Dasong is better than Gao Mingcheng, so Chen Dasong is responsible for spraying medicine.

Not only the infested trees were treated with pesticides, but also the nearby trees.Because after the scale insects turn into adults, they will fly to nearby trees to lay eggs. These eggs, which are difficult to see with the naked eye, must be killed.

The days when I returned to the village were so simple and unpretentious. In addition to working, I still worked, but there were many kinds of farm work, including turning the soil, weeding, fertilizing, and spraying pesticides.

(End of this chapter)