I brought a Jurassic

Chapter 309: Teaching everyone to grow mushrooms and the forbidden area mentioned by the great grandfather

It doesn't matter if it can't be solved in a short time. What we have the most now is time. The entire Dragon Country is now a large construction base. Various important projects, such as large reservoirs, dams, etc. are under construction. The "infrastructure maniac" has just begun to make efforts.

However, the construction of these farms and other projects is a long-term plan. The people in the surrounding villages still need to eat. If all the workers are mobilized, how can they support their families? Therefore, the mushroom planting project was immediately launched. This is the simplest and fastest-acting project. The villagers must see the return on their money.

So while others were investigating, Wang Luo gathered folks from several surrounding villages and began to teach them how to grow mushrooms.

"Fellow villagers, go back and find some wheat stalks, rotten tree leaves, corn husks, etc., any of these will do, and get some quicklime, and find an empty space near your home, or a woodshed will do, and prepare everything. In the next few days, I will teach you how to grow mushrooms. This is something that is easy to learn and you will be able to do it in no time. Don't worry, I will stay here for some time, and ask if you have any questions."

After explaining the situation simply and clearly, everyone went home to prepare. Just like that, Wang Luo began his work. Professor Yang was also curious, so he brought a few students to assist.

He waited until the villagers had prepared all the materials according to Wang Luo's instructions before he started calling everyone.

"Everyone basically uses corn stalks, which is simple and convenient, and there is no need to cook anything. Come, I will teach you, everyone should learn carefully. Watch carefully, we will first chop the corn stalks with a guillotine, because the scale of our breeding is not small, so we try to chop them into smaller pieces, just the size of what we usually feed to cattle.

Come, after you chop the corn stalks, throw them into the big vat, then find some stones to press them down, and pour in quicklime and water. The ratio of quicklime to water should be about 100 to 1, which means you should pour one pound of quicklime for every pounds of water. Don't mess around."

As Wang Luo was talking, he directed the villagers to do it themselves. Teaching many times is not as good as practicing once, so Wang Luo did not do it himself, but just stood by and took charge of directing.

"Okay, have you learned it? Your task today is to chop all these corn stalks into pieces. Just repeat the steps I just told you. Everyone, give it a try. We'll wait a day and a night before starting the second step."

Wang Luo stood by and guided the villagers as they worked. He pointed out any mistakes, such as the ratio of water to lime water, and any other issues that were not done right on the spot, and taught in great detail.

"Why do you add lime to it?"

Some villagers were puzzled.

"It's sterilizing. We don't have any better disinfectants, so we can only rely on lime water. If you plant it again in the future, you must remember that this step is very important. Don't be lazy and skip it. Otherwise, don't blame me if mushrooms don't grow. By the way, after you finish this, let's go to the nearby mountains to dig some soil."

"It's all up to you."

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Twenty-four hours later, Wang Luo returned to the place where he was chopping corn stalks. He reached his hand into the jar, casually scooped out a handful and took a look.

"That's it. Not bad. The mix is ​​pretty good. Now you can take out the rocks and corn stalks."

"Why is there lime on the surface? Will it have any effect on planting?"

An aunt asked.

"It's okay. It won't affect the cultivation of mushrooms. It has a sterilizing effect. Lime water has already replaced it. This residue won't have any effect. Don't worry."

Wang Luo said to the aunt with a smile.

"Aunt, Wang Luo is from Beijing. He has seen a lot of the world. Haven't you seen those great professors? Do college students still follow him to learn? That's talent. It's right to listen to him. I didn't expect that this mushroom can be grown. I thought it grew in the wild."

A young man from a nearby village said.

"This is all because of the good policies of the country. If it were the landlords in the past, they wouldn't teach us and would just urge us to pay the exorbitant taxes all day long."

"Okay, stop talking, and hurry up and do what Wang Luo said. Learn the skills well. This is related to whether everyone can live a good life in the future."

Seeing that the villagers were talking nonsense, the older ones like the grandfather scolded them, otherwise they would have been talking nonsense.

After the corn stalks were taken out, Wang Luo asked them to drain the water. Now the critical moment came.

"Auntie, how about we go to your house first and set an example for everyone."

"Yes, you are welcome. My house is ready. We have soil and straw mats."

The aunt's husband and son came back home carrying corn stalks on a cart. Wang Luo and the villagers also went over and entered their woodshed.

"Mushrooms like shaded areas. I want to make it easier, so I let you grow them at home. In fact, they can also be grown on the back of a mountain, under the shade of a tree. Let's grow these first as an experiment, and then expand the scale later. That's it. It's best not to let the mushrooms see the sun. Come on, spread a layer of the prepared soil. It doesn't have to be too thick, just a few centimeters."

Wang Luo explained the habits of mushrooms to everyone while directing the aunt and her family to work.

"Help me, anyone who has nothing to do can help break the bacteria I brought into small pieces, about the size of small stones. After spreading the soil, spread the sterilized corn stalks, with a thickness similar to the soil. Finally, put our bacteria on top, a layer of corn stalks, a layer of bacteria, and five to six layers will be enough. Finally, press a very thin layer of soil around it, compact it and fix it, and cover it with straw mats to keep it warm. It's better to use plastic film, but if you don't have any, straw mats will do."

After working with the villagers for a whole morning, I finally planted the mushrooms for the aunt's house.

"Is that all right?"

"Okay, now that the weather is warm, mushrooms will probably be grown by the time I leave. It takes about 50 days in summer and autumn, and about three months in winter and spring. Auntie, your family is quite big. This firewood room is about 200 or 2 square meters. The output is estimated to be about 40 kilograms. According to the current price of this kind of mushroom, it is about yuan per kilogram. It is not a problem to earn yuan from this firewood of mushrooms. If it comes to winter or if they are really exported abroad, the price will definitely be higher."

When Wang Luo announced the price, all the villagers were excited. Wow, they were going to make money. Now it was a collective ownership system. Everyone worked and harvested together, and shared food and supplies together during the New Year. The premise of all this was that it was calculated according to centimeters. They didn't know about other things, but Wang Luo's mother had told him that in the 70s, after working hard for a year, a person could get about 50 kilograms of wheat. Note that it was wheat, not wheat flour. This was still good. After all, Shandong Province was a major agricultural province.

For mountainous villages like Wangjia Village and Sunjia Village, not to mention 50 kilograms of wheat, if they don't starve, they will be at a disadvantage because they are close to the mountains and rely on the mountains for food. So Wang Luo can earn 8 yuan or even more in just a few months, which is incredible. Now a bag of 200 kilograms of flour is yuan, and these yuan can buy kilograms of white flour, which is much better than hunting and gathering in the mountains.

“Is there really that much income?”

someone asked doubtfully.

"It's more than enough. This is just one source of income. There are also incomes from various farms and fruit trees. Planting a few crops of mushrooms all year round, plus other income, will be enough to feed yourself. Of course, mushroom planting is still in the experimental stage. After a batch of mushrooms are grown normally, you can build adobe houses, heat kangs, and build a greenhouse. That way you can grow more. Fellow villagers, our good days are coming."

"Oh, that's great, we can eat white flour buns too."

"Thank you country, thank you Zulong, thank you Xiaoluo."

After hearing Wang Luo's words, everyone started dancing and celebrating.

The happiness of the people is actually very simple. They will feel happy if they have a house to live in, a decent job, food to eat, a wife and children, and a warm bed. This is their smallest wish.

Seeing the happy scenes of the folks now, and then thinking about the future, ah, it's all tears. No one can afford to buy a house, the price is too high, and it is out of reach. They can't afford to get married. The reality of the bride price has interrupted many young people's yearning for love. Having children is even more impossible. The education expenses for one child alone are not something that ordinary young people dare to afford.

Don’t blame young people for not having kids, not getting married, not buying houses, and choosing to just live a life of laziness, because their lives are already too difficult.

Wang Luo then went from one house to another to help the villagers of Lijia Village study how to grow mushrooms. He didn't stop until everyone had finished growing all the mushrooms.

"Just keep the soil moist. Now we just need time to test it. When the mushrooms come out, our good days will come."

Now all the processes have been completed, and all that is left is waiting for the mushrooms to come out. Wang Luo cannot help with other things, as there are professionals to do them. When he has nothing to do, Wang Luo becomes the king of children, taking the children in the village and the seven gourd brothers to play all over the mountains and fields, running to the distant river to catch fish, and going into the mountains to explore and look for prey when he has nothing to do. He is very happy and carefree.

Now, after staying here for a few days, the seven gourd brothers have long forgotten the bad scenes in the past. They have become friends with the children in the village and are much happier.

"Xiao Luo, you take these kids out to play. With your ability, no one is worried. But I have to warn you. See that mountain in the south? Don't go there! There's something strange. No one who goes in comes out. Be sure to pay attention!"

Seeing Wang Luo playing with the children all day long, the grandfather pointed to a steep mountain and said.

"What's going on?"

Wang Luo asked curiously.

"It is said that after the White Lotus Rebellion failed in the late Ming Dynasty, a huge amount of treasure was placed in a cave there, intending to use it when they made a comeback. The cave is so deep that you can't see the bottom. It's not clear whether it's true or not, but it's been passed down from generation to generation in several nearby villages.

After hearing this legend, many people bravely planned to look for this huge treasure, but unfortunately, no one came back after entering the mountain. Some people said that the White Lotus Sect cast a curse to prevent anyone from getting the treasure.

Anyone who enters is cursed, so once they enter, they cannot come out."

What my great grandfather said was very serious.

"There is such a thing!"

Wang Luo became curious after hearing this. He had traveled through time and space, and he also had a golden finger and could transform. Could there be a curse more unscientific than his? He didn't believe in curses at all and decided to take some time to go and take a look. In his previous life, he had seen many netizens in short videos who often took various equipment into the mountains to search for treasures. They were very impressive. He could just fly over there directly. It was too easy.

He also thought that the so-called curse might be that the treasure cave was lacking in oxygen, and people who went in to look for treasures suffocated to death. But it was different here, wasn't it just suffocation? It was no big deal, at worst there was no oxygen, so he could just go straight into Jurassic World.

He did what he said and handed all the children in the village to the care of the aunt from the orphanage who came to help look after the Seven Calabash Brothers and the elderly people in the village. Wang Luo found an excuse to go hunting in the mountains and set off.

After entering the mountain, Wang Luo directly turned into a thin crocodile dragon, and began to jump and hop through the forest. If he had to walk by himself, he would be exhausted to death, so it was easier to be a thin crocodile dragon.

It didn't take long to reach the foot of the mountain that the great-grandfather had mentioned. Looking up, we saw a steep mountain wall that rose up at a right angle. Various plants grew on the wall. In this warm spring, the plants looked so lush and green that they blocked the entire mountain wall and we could not see anything.

But this did not pose a problem for Wang Luo. He turned into a pterosaur and started looking for the so-called treasure cave like an eagle. In his understanding, there was no treasure cave here. If there was one, it could only be on this mountain wall, and it was blocked by plants and weeds. The mountain wall was so high that he could not see clearly from below.

He searched back and forth along the mountain wall from top to bottom. Whenever there were places with dense vegetation, he would curiously look over to see if there was a cave inside.

What's more, after his careful search, he really found a cave that was blocked by plants and only big enough for an adult to enter.

"Is this the so-called treasure cave?"

Wang Luo said secretly in his heart.

Well, I'll just fly over and take a look. When I'm near the cave entrance, I change back into my original form, flip over like a swallow, grab the vine beside the cave entrance, and jump to the edge of the cave like a nimble monkey.

He used his hands to push aside the obstructing plants, put on his clothes for Jurassic World, grabbed a flashlight from the notebook, and went straight in.

As soon as he entered the cave and shone the flashlight inside, he was greeted by a struggling skeleton lying not far from the entrance, as if trying to crawl out.

(End of this chapter)