The lady is busy farming

Chapter 142 Cuttings
"I said it according to what was discussed at the time, and the effect was good. I don't know why it suddenly changed today, and I directly pointed out your family." Old Li Granny quickly cleared the responsibility, it was nothing to do with her.

"Do you know who sent it?" Liu Hehua finally knew why Zheng Maokang was so annoyed now. She clenched her fists tightly and her face became a little dignified. Since you won't make me feel better, then everyone should not.

"What do you want to do next?"

Old Mrs. Li's eyes flickered, and she felt uncomfortable, even if she looked at Mrs. Zheng and Li not pleasing to the eye, they were all from the same village. To build a house is to buy an ox cart.

My son failed to meet several girls, so it's because he disliked them for being poor, and they didn't even have a spare house.Which one in the village is different?Not all of them have come yet.Now the happiest people jumping around in the village are Mr. Zheng, and it makes people itch to look at them.

Liu Hehua smiled darkly, "What should I do? Let's go and see." Then, without waiting for old lady Li to speak, she got up and left.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they met Li Da and his son who came back from the field. They looked at each other, but no one said a word, and walked past.

"Mother, are you fooling around with her again?" Li Da felt angry when he saw Liu Hehua, and his mother couldn't figure it out. Let's see who else in this village dares to deal with Zheng Laoer's family.

"No way, she just came to ask me to borrow a thread. This person is here, can I still go out?" Old Li Po laughed, and looked at the old man carefully, seeing that he was only frowning, she calmed down. heart.

"Okay, I just came back, take a shower and take a rest, I'm going to cook now."

Old Li headed towards Old Li's back and said lonelyly: "You just have to remember that our family name is Li, not Zheng. If something happens, it will only be us outsiders who will be unlucky."

Without the protection of the clansmen, it is the same wherever he goes, and he lives cautiously.

Old Mrs. Li paused. Although she was not angry, she also knew that what the old man said was right. Looking at the house that she had lived in for decades, although it was dilapidated, it could also provide shelter from the wind and rain. How can you be willing to let go of all this when you are over the top.

Old Mrs. Li fell silent, turned her head and went into the kitchen.

Old man Li lit his cigarette pipe and sighed, hoping that she would really listen and stop causing trouble.

Besides Qiangwei's side, now that the matter has been settled, they should still do whatever they want.I am busy going to the mountains to open up wasteland every day. With Wu Lin and Wu Song joining in, the progress is not a little bit faster, and more than ten fields have been opened, large and small.

During the period, Zheng Maokang came several times with fruits, and asked Zheng Maocheng and Li Shi to forgive him with a shameless face, and put the blame on Liu Hehua, looking extremely painful.Whether it's true or not, after all the matter is over, Zheng Maocheng and Li Shi's complexions are better.Just ask him to restrain his daughter-in-law more and stop gossiping.

Of course Zheng Maokang agreed again and again, as for how to do it, no one can control it.But Qiangwei thinks that dogs can't change eating shit, and so does Zheng Maokang.

The only good thing is that I haven't seen Liu Hehua come out for a walk in this period of time. Everyone guessed that she might have been beaten by Zheng's second son so shamelessly that she went out.

Afterwards, Zheng Kaiyun's house and land were also sold. I heard that Lizheng came up with a way to sell them in bundles. As long as you buy the homestead, you have to buy the two acres of land.

I heard that the butcher in the village bought it and sold it for 15 taels of silver in total.At first they were unwilling to spend extra money to buy the land, but after seeing that Li Zheng didn't let go at all, they agreed awkwardly.Now they have started to build a new house, because the butcher's son is in a hurry to marry a wife, making noise every day.

In a blink of an eye, the summer harvest time came, Qiangwei's family didn't have much land, and there were still a few strong laborers, and they weren't too busy. Compared to other families who were so busy, her family seemed to be in an orderly manner.

Qiangwei is young, so she can only take on the job of making tea and delivering water, and besides, her servants have bought it, so she doesn't need to do those manual jobs.

Having nothing to do, Qiangwei often goes to see the tea trees, and finds that in summer, the branches grow much faster, and there are many branches suitable for cutting. After the autumn crops are planted, she plans to find a field near the water source for experimentation. Let's see how the survival rate is?
Qiangwei made the preliminary preparations within her power, such as storing more plant ash and so on. After the awns were planted, she took her father and Wu Song to the mountain to prepare for the experimental field.

I chose a fertile field that was close to the water source. After sorting it out, I turned it into a ridge and a ridge above the ground level to facilitate watering and fertilization in the future.Then sprinkle a layer of plant ash, hoping to play a role in sterilization.

After they cut off the branches from the tree, they cut them into sections according to Rose's requirements, ensuring that each section has five to six buds to increase the survival rate of the branches.

After the preparations were completed, Qiangwei solemnly explained that it was also the first time for her to do this kind of work.

"All the incisions of the cut branches should be wiped with plant ash, and then planted on the field ridge, loaded to the end of a row, and then watered all at once."

From theoretical knowledge to actual operation, there are risks in themselves, as long as the risks are minimized as much as possible.You need to make sufficient preparations in the early stage. To put it bluntly, Qiangwei has no idea, so she can only try first.

"Okay, girl, we'll take care of it." Wu Song was amazed by her girl's novel idea. This kind of cut branches can germinate when inserted into the soil?Never heard of it before.If it is really successful, it is really a merit!

It was only today that he discovered that tea trees can still reproduce in this way. Wu Song wanted to see the future scene, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he worked more carefully, for fear that something might go wrong with that step and be affected.

Zheng Maocheng was busy with his hands. Although he didn't understand it very well, he trusted Qiangwei's words with all his heart, and he casually said what he didn't understand in his heart: "Weier, just buried in the soil like this, can it really sprout?"

"Hehe, I don't know yet. I also read it in a book. Let's try it first. If you live, you will get results in three years." waste.

Zheng Maocheng nodded in relief, he didn't think there was anything wrong with what Qiangwei said, and besides, he had never seen Qiangwei do this before, so he just tried it, if it was a big deal, he would come again, anyway, he didn't waste any money.

Only Wu Song twitched the corners of his mouth almost invisibly, her girl was too naughty, she knew it clearly.

In two days, a field was fully planted, watered and covered with dry sorghum stalks, which not only kept moisture but also protected from the sun.

Qiangwei took a visual inspection and found that more than 1000 cuttings have been planted in this field, and the next step is to see how many can survive.

"Okay, you're done, just wait for it to take root and sprout." Qiangwei was very satisfied looking at their results these days. If they succeeded, it wouldn't take long for their tea garden to expand.

For this cutting, Qiangwei cut all the tea trees on the top of the mountain, and now there is not even a single branch left, only the white tea tree is kept, just in case.

Zheng Maocheng knew that tea trees that had been pruned could no longer pick tea leaves, but the white tea tree had not been pruned. Although it has turned into green buds, it should be good tea, right?

"Wei'er, there are a lot of buds coming out of that Fengyu tea plant, shall we still pick them?"

Qiangwei nodded, "I haven't picked it all summer, now it's the beginning of autumn, and picking it again is autumn tea, and it tastes good."

Qiangwei also knew that there was not much tea left in her house. Although the money in her hand was enough, who would think it was too much?
Besides, she suddenly had an idea in her mind. Anyway, these buds and leaves have turned green, and they are no different from ordinary green tea. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it would be good to come up with a new variety.

Yes, she is going to try making black tea.

Black tea needs to be fermented, that is, fermented after the raw tea process, so that the internal substances will change during the fermentation process and generate new nutrients. It not only nourishes the stomach, but also is more suitable for women to drink. It should be able to sell for a good price, right?
Thinking of this, Qiangwei's eyes brightened, "Daddy will bring Wu Song to pick vegetables tomorrow, let's make a new taste this time."

"New taste? Aren't all tea leaves like this, can they be made into sweet, salty, sour like the ones used in cooking?" Zheng Maocheng looked dazed and cute, watching Qiangwei giggling with joy.

"Heck... I'm talking about researching a new variety, let Dad taste it when the time comes, it's sure to be delicious." Qiangwei didn't hold back any more, and directly explained the confusion.

　 Right now, the quantity of tea leaves is small, and only a bamboo basket is needed for fermentation.When there are more tea leaves in the future, more space will definitely be needed. During this period, she needs to build another house for tea fermentation alone, preferably made of bamboo.

　 And no other sundries can be piled inside. Tea is the easiest to absorb peculiar smells. If you can absorb some bamboo fragrance, other smells will only reduce the quality of tea.

　 "Okay, let's do it tomorrow night. As soon as you said it, I couldn't wait." Zheng Maocheng rubbed his hands. He trusted Qiangwei very much.

　 Wu Song watched the girl talking and laughing with the master, and felt inexplicably relaxed. How long has he been so relaxed?Even he himself can't remember clearly.I just remember that when the master sent him at the beginning, he was somewhat repelled in his heart.

　 But during the period of getting along, he saw the intelligence and wisdom of the girl, which made him suddenly feel that maybe such a life is not bad.

　 Qiangwei doesn't know Wu Song's thoughts, she is now planning with all her heart what kind of house to build and where is the most suitable place to build it?
　 Back home, Qiangwei plunged into her room, took out a charcoal pencil and began to write and draw on the rice paper, seeing Li Shi was confused, finally shook her head, and let her go.

　 "This girl, she's been mysterious all day long. I don't know what she's up to?" Mrs. Li muttered, and went to the kitchen to cook.

(End of this chapter)