Blessed small peasant girl

Chapter 44 Cotton
The Yanyang area is dry, and most of the land is sandy. Su Yuerou and others have been here for half a month. They chose Hegu Village in Yanyang County. The soil quality here is typical for the entire area, so everyone started here. The experiment was carried out, and the area here is wide, which is suitable for a large amount of cotton planting. With Yu Qingbao and the stones, corn, wheat, tomato, beet and other crops are directly in charge of them, and Su Yuerou's main energy is spent on cotton planting.

Su Yuerou was busy in the field at the moment, followed by two people, one was Wu Zifeng who helped Su Yuerou speak in the court, and the other was He Fan who was very similar to Wu Fan.

Su Yuerou said while digging ditches in the field, "The sowing ditch is 90 cm, two sowing furrows are plowed with a horse, and the ridge is 120 cm, and three sowing furrows are made, the row spacing is 28-30 cm, and the ditch depth is 3-4 inches. , record all of these, and plant like this after you succeed.”

The two people behind them immediately took notes on paper.

After Wu Zifeng wrote it down, he said, "Princess, let's help too." Although neither of them had done farm work, they were helping plant other things during this time, so they gradually got used to it.

"Okay, do it as I just said, and plant the seeds after it's done." Su Yuerou continued to work hard after finishing speaking.

The two immediately started to do it. At first, they were unskilled and slow, but gradually the two speeded up.

After a lot of busy work, the whole piece of land has been finished, and the land is only two acres. With the help of Luping and Hanlu behind, it didn't take much time for everyone to finish it.

"Next, water, pay attention to watering evenly." After Su Yuerou finished speaking, she began to sit and demonstrate.

After the rest of the people saw it clearly, they also started to pour water quickly.

Su Yuerou took out the cotton seeds and said, "Everyone knows how to deal with cotton seeds, right?"

Several people nodded, expressing their understanding. Everyone was present when Su Yuerou handled the cotton seeds a few days ago, including several adults who are now planting other crops, Yu Qingbao and others.

"Then let's see how I do it first," Su Yuerou said, and started sowing. "The spacing between plants is 3.5-4 inches. Generally, in cotton fields, it is about 5 inches. The width is 120 centimeters. Three rows must be planted to ensure the number of plants." Then planted again. After a few lines, let everyone join together.

The whole field is full of busy figures, stepping on the bottom grid, covering the soil, etc., a group of people are busy in full swing, and the sun is just right.

"Princess, what's the use of growing this cotton, and how can I eat it?" Wu Zifeng asked while standing next to Su Yuerou with a pen.

Su Yuerou looked at the planted land with satisfaction, um, the sandy loam soil is not bad, "This cotton is not edible, this is something I want to use to keep out the cold, this thing is very useful, if the border guards have it This will prevent you from being exposed to the cold, and the common people will also be able to keep warm in winter.”

Wu Zifeng's eyes widened, is this thing so magical? "Princess, this cotton is so powerful."

"Yes, princess, what you said is incredible." He Fan also replied.

Although Luping and Hanlu didn't say anything, their eyes were full of shock.

"Of course, this thing can be used to make cotton clothes and quilts. It's much warmer than what we have now, and you don't need to wear so many in winter. You can just have one of these." Su Yuerou smiled, she didn't like the things here the most. In winter, clothes are wrapped in three layers of inner and outer layers, and they cannot be moved at all. Fortunately, the kang built at the beginning is now used by more people, and it also allows many people to avoid freezing in winter.

"Then this is a good thing, so that so many people will not freeze to death in winter." Wu Zifeng said with a sigh.

"Okay, this is very expensive, and the management behind it must be very careful, let's go, go back and rest." Su Yuerou left first after speaking, and Luping and Hanlu immediately followed.

Wu Zifeng and He Fan watched for a while before leaving, with excitement in their hearts, wishing they could harvest something now.

At night, in the small courtyard of the farmhouse, everyone sat together and talked about the planting situation. This small courtyard is a small courtyard house, which is the home of the village chief. Farmhouse, this courtyard just happens to be where everyone lives.

"Princess, there is a lack of water here. Planting needs water. Should we look for water sources?" The one who spoke was Hao Mingdong, a Sinon who accompanied him.

Su Yuerou nodded. She has also observed these few days. In fact, there are water sources here, and the people here don't know how to dig wells because of the remoteness. In fact, drilling wells here is enough water source, "Master Fei, you have experience in finding water sources. It seems that the deep underground water can be used here. You can see where the water source is sufficient. We can drill wells, and we can drill a few more wells. When the time comes, let the village chief work together to help the village dig some water to solve the problem of drinking water.”

The young man sitting next to Hao Mingdong was the Master Fei Fei Guoen that Su Yuerou said, and he replied, "Okay, I will go to investigate tomorrow."

"Qingbao, how is the planting of corn?" Su Yuerou asked Yu Qingbao beside him.

"Miss, it's okay so far. I don't know how the transplanting will be in the later stage, but after looking at the land, I guess it should be deeper than the hole we planted before." Yu Qingbao said.

Su Yuerou nodded, it seems that he still knows how to observe, instead of copying previous experience, "Yes, let's do it, now that the cotton has been planted, I will focus on it later, other treasures and stones It must be done well, and the adults must make good records during the learning process. After all, the soil quality here is different from the previous one, and the planting method must have changed slightly, so the planting here will be taught according to our planting in the future. Everyone Understand."

"We understand." Everyone replied together.

"Ziyan and Zixi must pay attention to the big guys' food, and cook more honeysuckle. The weather is hot now, so you have to do a good job." The two of them have no idea about planting, and they need people to cook, so they can only Let them do it.

The two nodded cautiously.

"Let's rest early, everyone. We have to get up early tomorrow. The body is the foundation, so everyone should pay attention." Su Yuerou left first after speaking, and the rest of the people also dispersed.

Back in the room, Su Yuerou asked Xiaobai to come out of the space and lean on Xiaobai. Now Xiaobai's body is huge and can be used as a bed. Su Yuerou leaned on it and said to herself, "Xiaobai, Do you think Mu Jing is very sad, Brother Ye, you should be sad too, hey, Xiaobai, tell me what should I do, Wu Fan’s scars on my heart are still there, we are in free love, and this has too much There are so many restrictions, there are too many things that I can't accept, falling in love and getting married seems very far away. I looked at He Fan's face, although I know they are two people, but I always think of them together, do I still love Look at Wu Fan, Xiaobai, am I too messy?"

Xiaobai closed his eyes, it was spiritual, but unable to speak, it listened quietly.

In the green field, Su Yuerou is pinching the cotton carefully. After three months of careful care, the tip of a cotton plant must be pinched when there are 6-8 fruit branches. To wait for the branch", Su Yuerou pinched it very carefully, while explaining to others, and taught everyone carefully before daring to let them do it. It happened that Yu Qingbao and Shitou came to learn when they were not busy.

After teaching them, Su Yuerou went out of the cotton field, sat under the shade of a tree, and Ziyan brought tea.

"Zi Yan, how long have you been with Mu Jing?" Su Yuerou asked while drinking water.

"I have been with the prince since I was a child, and the four of us were rescued by Prince Hao." Ziyan replied, in fact, she could see the prince's heart for the princess, and she didn't know what happened that day. No, but she didn't dare to ask.

Su Yuerou looked into the distance. It has been almost four months since she came here, and it has been almost half a year since she left Kyoto. In two months, the cotton can be harvested. She will stay here for a year tomorrow. I'm very busy. I should try to grow cantaloupe and grapes. The grapes that should be produced here will be better than those over there, so that people here can exchange these for money. If they have money, they can have everything.

The planting time of cotton is relatively long. There are no modern medicines here, so we can only try to prepare them by ourselves.

With the passage of time, it is finally the harvest season. When harvesting, we must pay attention to: "Four points, three searches, and four absences". "Four points" means collecting, drying, storing, and selling; With grass seeds, without boll shells, without cotton leaves.It is better not to harvest before the rain than after the rain, and not to harvest when there is dew in the morning; to pick with cloth bags, Su Yuerou led the crowd into the picking season, the first batch of cotton in ancient times was planted, which meant that cotton clothes and quilts were about to be born.

(End of this chapter)