My village can't be like this

Chapter 371 Preparing for Brewing
"Zhang An, do you still have gastrodia seeds here?"

Among these people, Yang Laosi was the first to speak. After Zhang An answered the few remaining questions in his mind, he immediately spoke to Zhang An.

Their family had already planned to grow gastrodia elata, and Zhang An's planting method made him think it was very interesting, so he immediately made up his mind to give it a try.

Of course, he would not give up his family's original hemp cultivation. After all, no matter how low the income from hemp cultivation was, there would still be some guarantee for next year.

There was no shortage of space at home anyway, so he planned to do both.

And Zhang An also said that although the cultivation cycle of gastrodia seeds is long, it is not troublesome in the middle.

Therefore, there is no mutual influence between the two-pronged approach. At most, it is a little harder in the first year, and the extra labor is nothing.

"Yes, Zhang An, do you have any extra gastrodia seeds here? If you have any, sell some to us so that we can plant them in time before it's too late in the next two days."

Yang Laowu was originally thinking about other issues, but as soon as he heard his brother Yang Laosi speak, he immediately followed him.

Although it is spring now, the wild Gastrodia elata on the mountain has not started bolting in the past two days.

But after autumn and winter, most of the gastrodia berries in the mountains have ended up in the stomachs of your birds.

Even if there are some left, it is estimated that the shells of Gastrodia elata have exploded, and the seeds inside have already been flying everywhere.

Now I'm trying hard to find them, but I guess I can only find some fruit shells hanging on the dry moss.

Although several others had already decided to plant, they didn’t plan to make a decision today.

I originally planned to wait for two days, but after hearing that the Yang brothers had already spoken, I didn't think too much and immediately followed the footsteps of the fourth brother Yang.

They were afraid that if it was too late, the gastrodia seeds in Zhang An's hand would not be distributed to them.

After all, the last time Kiwi suffered a loss, they were very impressed, as if it was just yesterday.

"I still have some here, but if you guys want it, I guess you won't be able to get too much, but it should be enough to plant a few points of land."

Although after the Gastrodia elata blooms in the space, pollination is much easier than in the outside world, Zhang An doesn't want to do too much.

Because of this, some people may think that Zhang An deliberately guided them to grow Gastrodia elata.

Zhang An didn’t want to take the blame. After all, he only wanted to grow it himself from the beginning. As for others, the county would take the lead in promoting it in the future.

It was only later that the old uncle spoke up, and Zhang An took over the problem.

"That's enough. We haven't planted it yet. Just plant it a little bit and try. If you plant too much, it will be counterproductive."

A few people are not greedy, and the land is neither too big nor too small, which is just right for them to try their hand at.

"That's it. When I finish planting this half of the land, you can just come to my house to pick it up in the afternoon."

The rest was in the space, and Zhang An couldn't take it out right now, so he told them to get it back home.

After all, the seeds planted in the ground now are all seeds mixed with bacteria in advance, so you can't see them at all.

"There's no rush, there's no rush. We just don't have much to do today, so we'll just go with your family and practice in advance."

After that, a few people started working with Zhang An's family. Some of them stacked firewood with Zhang Jianguo, and some spread bacteria and seeds with Wang Fang.

Others picked up hoes and dug holes with Zhang An, and then covered the holes with dead leaves and soil where the seeds had been sown.

"Zhang An, why don't you refuse this opportunity? We won't go to your house for dinner."

The few people's joking remarks made Zhang An dumbfounded, but he didn't say anything more.

Of course, Zhang An also knew that they came to help not just to get familiar with each other in advance.

It was more about the Gastrodia elata seeds in Zhang An's hands. After doing the work, he would not be owed a favor if he went to get the seeds.

Otherwise, just go and ask for the seeds. When the Gastrodia elata harvest is good in the future, you will have to remember Zhang An as a great favor.

Now that I can return the favor easily, how could they let it go? The people in the village are very smart.

"Zhang An, do I have to cover it with rotten leaves? Can I just cover it with soil?"

In their opinion, the rotten leaves are too fluffy, and covering them directly with soil would make them more rustic.

They have been planting the land for many years, and they only know that the seeds need to touch the soil and be soiled to survive more easily.

"The dead leaves mainly allow the bacteria to germinate faster, and the gastrodia elata can also be parasitized faster. Of course, you can also cover it with soil directly without covering the dead leaves, but this gastrodia elata will grow slower."

"It must be covered. Anyway, there are a lot of rotten leaves in our woods. If you just pick them up, you will find a pile."

Hearing that the rotten leaves had this effect, no one had any doubts. It wouldn't take much time to cover them with an extra layer of rotten leaves anyway.

Originally, Zhang An's family of three had to work until noon, but with the help of several villagers, the work was finished at ten o'clock.

After returning home, they sat for a while and then stood up to leave. They did not plan to eat at Zhang An's house.

After all, I only worked for less than two hours, so how could I be embarrassed to eat at someone else's house?

They came here just to get Zhang An's gastrodia seeds.

"Well, sit down for a while and I'll go look for you."

Seeing that several people had decided to leave, Zhang An was not polite, returned to the utility room, and got a bag of Gastrodia elata from the space.

These were all caused by accident when he was pollinating the gastrodia seeds in space last time, so there were a lot of gastrodia seeds left.

This time it happens to be distributed directly to them, so there is no need to spend energy on reproducing.

"There is no need to dry these Gastrodia berries. After you roast the bacteria, you need to soak the Gastrodia fruits in water, then crush them and mix them with the bacteria, then scatter them on the ground."

Zhang An was worried that they would take it back and expose it again, so he warned them in advance.

They could easily find it on the strain mountain, and they could use it if they baked it with rice bran at home, so they didn't ask Zhang An for it.

"Zhang An, this is seed money. We don't know how much to give, so you can just take it as you like."

Initially, they thought there weren't many gastrodia seeds, but they didn't expect Zhang An to bring out such a big bag for them.

If they went up the mountain to look for these by themselves, even if they didn't pick anything, they would still need to pick everything they came across for several days.

Only then did they realize that the two hours of helping others seemed not enough, so they thought of paying Zhang An.

"It's not money, you just take it and use it. I won't use it anyway, so I'll leave it alone. Besides, you've all helped me plant Gastrodia elata."

It's not worth much money, so Zhang An naturally won't accept it, so why don't we give it a favor?

Several people got Gastrodia elata fruit and saw that Zhang An refused to accept the money, so they knew that the favor must be owed.

"By the way, Zhang An, how many gastrodia seeds should be placed in a pit?"

Although they have sown bacteria and gastrodia seeds today, they also know how much bacteria should be spread in a pit.

It's just that Zhang An had mixed the seeds into the sown bacteria, so they didn't know the proportion.

"For a pit as big as my house, five is usually enough. If the Gastrodia elata fruits are larger and plump, four will be fine."

Although four or five gastrodia berries may sound like a small amount, there are countless gastrodia seeds hidden in one gastrodia fruit, which is simply uncountable.

Therefore, four or five Gastrodia elata fruits contain not a lot of seeds at all, much more than other crops.

"Thank you for the gastrodia seeds today, Zhang An. Let's go back and plant the strains." After dinner in the afternoon, Zhang An once again carried the ancestral sprayer and sprayed the newly planted herbs with space spring water.

When he came back, Su Ying was no longer at home and went to school for afternoon classes.

Zhang An took advantage of the opportunity to rest and returned to his room, entered the space and started preparing wine.

The first time he made wine, Zhang An was not sure, so he poured out more than a hundred kilograms of blood rice to test the water.

After washing the rice several times until the rice water was clear and translucent, the rice was soaked in a large basin.

According to the time in the space, the soaking should be completed after Zhang An comes in again at night.

"Xiao An, where are those pigeons from before? Where did you lock them up?"

After Zhang An went downstairs, Wang Fang asked him about the native pigeons that Mr. Huang had brought back before.

A few days ago, she couldn't decide whether Su Ying could eat this pigeon, because it was rumored outside.

So yesterday when Zhang and his party went down the mountain to help grow medicinal materials, she specifically asked.

Finally, the answer he got from Zhang Yixin was similar to what Zhang An had said before, and Wang Fang felt relieved.

No, after returning from work in the fields today, Wang Fang thought of those pigeons as soon as she had some free time.

She planned to stew one pigeon tonight, and as for the remaining pigeons, it all depended on what Su Ying wanted to eat.

"In the chicken coop, we don't have a pigeon coop at home, so I kept them in the small chicken coop that used to be there."

Five pigeons, one male and one female, were put into the space by Zhang An, and the rest were locked in the chicken coop by Zhang An that night.

Originally, he wanted to build a new pigeon cage to house a few pigeons, but he was too lazy to do it.

So I put into use the old chicken coop that had been idle for more than a year.

It just so happens that that thing was bought to house chickens before, but now it is very safe for pigeons.

"Then you go pick the fattest one and bring it over. I'll prepare something and stew one for Xiaoying at night."

Wang Fang gave the order and went back to the kitchen to look for the ingredients for stewed pigeon soup.

Zhang An naturally followed his mother's instructions and ran to the chicken coop to catch pigeons.

But the pigeon taken out of the chicken coop was so light that one could clearly feel the pigeon's skeleton and there was not much meat on it.

At this time, Zhang An thought of the two pigeons he put in the space. They had been put in the space for so many days, and they should have grown fatter than these few pigeons.

Zhang An immersed his mind into the space and soon found the figures of two pigeons.

Sure enough, after a few days outside and several months passed in the space, the two pigeons had grown a lot, and they looked larger than the three outside.

Moreover, the two pigeons hooked up and hatched several little pigeons that are now following behind them.

Zhang An decisively grabbed the male pigeon from the space and let the female pigeon experience the feeling of being a widow.

But he wasn't that bad. He immediately put in another male pigeon. In just a moment, this female pigeon changed from a widow pigeon to a second-marriage pigeon.

Not to mention, the male pigeon in Zhang An's hands has not been in vain for a long time.

Not only is it bigger than other pigeons outside, it feels soft when you pick it up, and you can tell it has meat at a glance.

"Did you catch the pigeon? Then give it to me. Go get a yam and bring it back."

Seeing that Zhang An had caught the pigeon, Wang Fang took it over and gave it a new task.

No matter what kind of yam is stewed, it is a versatile combination and is delicious in any stew.

In fact, there is Gastrodia elata at home, which can also be stewed. Gastrodia elata is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and has warm medicinal properties. It can dispel rheumatism, relieve pain, promote qi and activate blood circulation.

It is really suitable for stewing meat and soup.

However, this thing can easily cause fetal movement in pregnant women, which is not conducive to miscarriage. In severe cases, it may cause miscarriage.

Although he doesn't eat a lot, it's just that the soup is not prone to problems. With Wang Fang's temperament, he won't touch it if he can.

Anyway, there were other things at home, so Zhang An was asked to look for yams in the cellar.

When Zhang An came back with two yams, Wang Fang was handling the pigeons, using the flooding method.

This method is often used by most people because the scene is not bloody and the blood in the pigeons can be preserved.

After all, in everyone's eyes, pigeon blood is a good thing.

Of course, another reason is that pigeons are very spiritual. As long as you see someone slaughtering a pigeon or seeing blood bleeding, you will be shocked.

They will be scared away and will never fly back again, so people who raise pigeons usually drown them before killing them.

Over time, most people have become accustomed to using this method.

"Xiaoying, this is the pigeon stewed by mom for you. You can try it to see if it tastes like it."

When eating in the evening, a steaming pot of casserole was placed in front of Su Ying.

"It's so delicious. The meat was removed in no time. Thank you, Mom."

What Su Ying hates the most on weekdays is picking off the meat when eating ribs. If you can't remove it cleanly, your teeth will be stuffed.

But today’s pigeon soup is different from the usual pork ribs.

Wang Fang started stewing this pigeon in the afternoon, simmering it slowly over low heat for two and a half hours.

Not only are the nutrients in the pigeon bones and blood stewed into the soup, but the pigeon meat also tastes very soft and glutinous.

"Just do it if you like it. Mom will make it for you more often in the future. Anyway, we still have a few at home."

Wang Fang was very happy. She learned the art of steaming, stewing, and frying just for her current use.

In the evening, Zhang An originally planned to go to the space and start steaming rice after Su Ying fell asleep in the dead of night.

But tonight Su Ying didn't fall asleep as early as usual. She was still very energetic late at night.

Finally, Zhang An urged her to go to bed, and she put down the lesson preparation book in her hand.

But Su Ying, who was lying on the bed, did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, she took Zhang An and chatted until late at night.

In the end, Zhang An himself didn’t even know when he fell asleep.

When he woke up, he found that it was already dawn, and last night's brewing plan had quietly come to nothing.

Seeing Su Ying sleeping soundly beside him, Zhang An originally wanted to wake her up.

But when she thought about how she didn't fall asleep until midnight last night, the thought made her continue to sleep.

I looked at Su Ying's class schedule and found that the first class in the morning for Grade [-] was Su Ying's Chinese class.

Looking at Su Ying who was pouting, Zhang An had a bold idea in his mind.

(End of this chapter)