The next day, the sun rose as usual.

Chen Chu came to the field early in the morning and rolled the cut potato stems with bud tips in the plant ashes.

Before planting the cut crops, it is better to disinfect them with carbendazim or 0.5% potassium permanganate solution.

But Chen Chu definitely couldn't do it now, so he resorted to plant ash as the next best option.

Plant ash can sterilize and inhibit bacteria, has a certain disinfection effect, and is also a good potash fertilizer.

The wasteland in the mountains behind Tuohu Village is barren and requires a lot of fertilization.

This is also a headache for Chen Chu right now.

He does have a way to make fertilizer.

If phosphate fertilizer is needed, it can be made by mixing animal offal, dried shrimps, crab shells, egg shells, expired steamed buns, bone meal and other kitchen waste into EM bacteria for composting and fermentation.

But the question is, how could there be high-end products such as animal offal and shrimp skin and crab shells in the food waste in Tuohu Village?

Eggshell?

The whole village can't eat more than a few eggs in a month, so where are the shells?

Don’t even think about expired steamed buns...

In the same way, the fruit peels, sugarcane bagasse, tea residues, and medicinal residues required for retting nitrogen fertilizer cannot appear here.

As for human and animal manure, it is also not an option.

Let’s not talk about whether Chen Chu is willing to dig out the toilet despite the stench. Even if he is willing, there are only 40 people in the fleeing village, and there is not much food and water.

Even if everyone urinates desperately, how many kilograms of fertilizer can be saved?

Whether it is the traditional Chinese composting method or the imported Bokashi composting method, you must first have fertilizer before you can compost...

"It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice," Chen Chu said leisurely.

But I felt that this metaphor was inappropriate, so I took a sip.

In early March, Chen Chu planted potatoes and tomatoes in the field.

In the middle of that month, the sweet potato seedlings and purple eggplant seedlings that had completed their seedling cultivation were planted.

In the second half of the year, with the help of Yang Zhen and others, a new field was cultivated, and Chen Chu used it to grow watermelons.

In order to prevent small animals in the mountains from eating the seedlings, Chen Chu would get up every night to patrol.

When I have free time, I hide in that shack and copy books.

Although he was a little tired, his days were quite fulfilling. With the cat around, he didn't have to worry about trivial matters such as eating, drinking, and defecating.

Anyway, you will have hot meals to eat when you get home, and clean clothes to wear when you open your eyes.

In the next two months, watering, weeding, tending seedlings, and cutting branches will naturally be necessary...

Chen Chu's originally fair skin was tanned a lot, but he also became stronger.

When the weather gets hot, I work shirtless, and the muscle lines on my upper arms and lower abdomen are faintly visible.

When Aunt Yao and other women saw her, she would always tease the cat about finding a calf that was "too tired to die..."

After hearing this, the cat would temporarily put down the new clothes he was sewing, lower his head shyly, and then silently look at the busy figure in the field for a long time.

......

The season has come to mid-May.

The seedlings growing from the roots of the peach tree are already two feet high, and the young branches have also turned into wood. The branches are already covered with fresh peaches that will turn red.

On May 17th, Chen Chu led a group of young and old men from Tuohu Village to the peach grove.

I chose a leeward spot outside the peach grove and set up a clay pot.

"Two pounds of rosin, one pound of yellow wax, and half a pound of lard are boiled. Uncles, remember this ratio. Eldest son, keep stirring..."

Chen Chuzhi asked his eldest son to keep stirring the thick fluid in the pot, and continued: "Then remove the heat and wait until the temperature of the wax drops to a level that can be touched by hand, then it can be used."

At this time, the temperature during the day was already 30 degrees, and it was a bit smoky around the stove, but all the young and old men from Fugou Village gathered here.

Because Brother Chen wants to teach everyone the secret technique of catching evil.

"You see, the front end of the seedling is cut into a flat and thin shape, inserted into the cortex above the peach tree's wound, tied and fixed with cloth strips, and then sealed with wax liquid to prevent contamination by miscellaneous bacteria. This forms a bridge for transporting nutrients...

...."

Chen Chu gave a demonstration with his own hands, and then asked: "If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."

This method of taking over is not difficult, the core is the wax liquid ratio.

It's just that we can't see immediately whether the half-dead peach tree can be saved, so everyone is still a little unsure.

"Hey, even if these seriously ill peach trees can be saved, this year's harvest will be compromised." Yao Sanbian said regretfully.

At this time, productivity is low, and each harvest has already been planned for its use. Damage to the peach forest harvest will directly affect the living standards of the fleeing villages.

"The harvest is small, but the peaches we sell this year are expensive." Chen Chu said with a smile.

"It's not that expensive. The price of fruit every year is only about one or two cents," said Peng Er, standing in the crowd.

Chen Chu said, "Brother Peng, didn't I tell everyone the day I went up the mountain that there is a way to turn fresh peaches into fairy peaches with the word "Xian" on them?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked suspicious.

At first, everyone thought he was just saying it casually and didn't quite believe that such a magical skill existed in the world.

Even if there is, Brother Chu is willing to teach everyone what he has to offer?

"Madam, give me the small letters I asked you to cut these days." Chen Chu turned around and said.

Mao'er, who had been following Chen Chu, seemed to be well prepared. Hearing this, he took out a thick stack of words cut from dark cloth and handed it over.

There are only four types of words: fortune, wealth, longevity, and happiness.

The cat traced the words and cut them out after several nights.

Earlier, Chen Chu thought that the word "Shou" in the current font must be written as "Shou". Later, after reading "Guangyun", he found out that the abbreviation of "Shou" had been circulated as early as the Han Dynasty.

Yang Zhen looked at it for a while, took a few words from Chen Chu's hand, imitated the latter, and at the same time leaned closer and whispered: "Brother Chu, will this method work? Don't embarrass yourself in front of your uncle.

”

"Da Lang, I heard that you are going to the city tomorrow?" Chen Chu answered the question incorrectly.

"Well, let's go buy some salt sauce."

"You come to my house tonight."

"Okay."

......

In the evening, Yang Zhen came to Chen's house as scheduled.

Chen Chu's family had just finished dinner. Seeing that the two of them were having a long conversation, Mao'er hurriedly cleared away the dishes and went to the stove to boil a pot of water.

After the hot water was boiled, Mao'er made a bowl of dandelion tea for each of them, washed a handful of paper mulberry just picked from the mountains today, soaked it in a lantern, and brought it to them on a wooden tray...

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Use dandelions as tea and wild fruits as snacks.

Although it's a bit shabby, Mao'er's hospitality is impeccable.

After finishing these tasks, Mao'er went to get another short brown one and handed it to Chen Chu.

"I'm not cold." Chen Chu, wearing only a rug, refused.

The t-shirt is similar to the men's vest of later generations, only covering the chest and back.

Mao'er frowned slightly when he heard this, and put it on for Chen Chu regardless of whether he wanted it or not, and complained softly: "Officers... officials should not show off their youth.

It’s a cold night in the mountains, so if you get sick from the cold wind, it’s not your fault.”

Although she is young, she is as verbose as Chen Chu’s mother.

Chen Chu smiled helplessly and said: "I understand, my lady."

The cat then pursed his lips with satisfaction and turned back to the house.

Yang Zhen looked at the nimble hostess of the Chen family, and couldn't help but feel envious, and said with a smile: "Brother Chu, ask my younger siblings if there are any unmarried sisters among them?"

"What's wrong? Da Lang wants to marry a wife?" Chen Chu said with a smile.

"Nonsense, wild cats are known to be coquettish at night. I'm eighteen now, how could I not want to marry a woman who knows both cold and heat?"

"Then let Aunt Yang tell you about your marriage?" Chen Chu said matter-of-factly.

"Hey~"

But Yang Zhen sighed and curled his lips and said: "There are only a few families in the mountain, and there are no girls of similar age. Who among the people at the foot of the mountain is willing to marry their daughter into the mountains? Not to mention me, the eldest son is one year older than me, so

I didn’t say anything about my wife. You are a full man but you don’t know a hungry man is hungry..."

‘Actually...I am also a hungry man.’ Chen Chu couldn’t help but sigh too.

"Stop talking about this, why did you call me over?" Yang Zhen picked up a paper mulberry and threw it into his mouth.

Speaking of business, Chen Chu quickly took out two pieces of paper filled with small words from his clothes, unfolded them, and said proudly: "Look at this."

Copying books is not an easy task either, because you have to compare it with "Guangyun" and change from simplified to traditional, which is time-consuming and laborious.

But Yang Zhen said slightly annoyed: "You guys, don't you know I can't read?"

"Uh..." Chen Chu, who cast a flirtatious look at the blind man, could only fold the paper again and stuff it into Yang Zhen, saying: "Dalang, you go to the city tomorrow and put these two pieces of paper together." The paper was posted on the Niuma Market notice board."

"Ah? What's the purpose of sticking it?" Yang Zhen asked curiously.
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