Even if you want to fertilize, you have to choose a method that you can do it. In "The Development of Farmyard Manure from Ancient Times to the Present", Manbao selected a total of three methods that they can do.

The three examples cited by the author all developed in succession. Manbao feels that one of them is the same as the current method of retting at home, and that one is also possible, but it is very slow and requires longer retting time.

The one they are using now is much faster because it uses heat preservation measures and performs secondary processing on the discarded materials.

Because the weather has been getting warmer recently, Manbao and the others have decided to plant the ginger pieces in a while. They will need a lot of farm fertilizer by then, so she chose this method.

Seeing that her father really didn't mean to blame her, Man Bao became bolder again and proudly said to him: "Dad, I don't know if this method will work or not, so I asked my fourth brother to try it first and wait until it succeeds."

I’ll tell you again.”

As expected, Lao Zhoutou was happy, and he touched the little girl's head happily and said: "Manbao is thinking carefully. Your elder brother and I just looked at it and found that this method is indeed good. You have only dug this hole for seven or eight days, and now it's unexpectedly

It’s fermented, and maybe it will rot out in a few days.”

Manbao perked up and immediately said: "The book says that the temperature must be controlled and not be too hot, otherwise the fertility will be burned off, so when the temperature is too high, it must be dug to dissipate heat, or exposed to the sun, etc.

When the temperature drops, pile them together, and then pour some manure water for secondary fermentation. Dad, do you think our temperature is high enough?"

How could Old Zhou know? He had never used this method before. This was the first time he heard that the temperature of the compost pile should not be too high.

But after all, he is a person who has been farming all his life. Even if he doesn't understand, he can still figure it out. Unlike Zhou Lang, he just does what Man Bao says.

So after thinking about it for a while, he asked Dalang to open the grass cover again and then go to fertilize.

All the sons were left behind by Lao Zhoutou. Of course, Man Bao, the only one who was literate and the one who taught the book, also stayed behind. The others and their children went back first.

Zhou Xi glanced at the child standing among a group of adults, then helped her mother go back.

Obviously, the trouble caused by this fat man was not small, and the whole family was involved. When Zhou Xi knew that Zhou Lang was using her as a cover to steal fat, he was so angry that his chest hurt, and he almost couldn't help but beat him on the spot. After Man Bao appeared,

My mood was ups and downs, but now I felt peaceful.

The Zhou family members who walked back were very quiet. Qian asked Datou and the others to run home first, while he held Zhou Xi's hand and walked slowly, saying to her as he walked, "You have such a temper, you are still too impatient.

Something will go wrong if you are in a hurry, so be more calm in the future."

Mr. Qian was happy when he said this, "You have to learn this from your sister. Look how cowardly she was just now, and she still knew how to look at your father's face first."

Zhou Xi couldn't help but said: "That kid is so clever and clever."

Zhou Xi supported her mother and couldn't hold it back for a moment, she said what was in her heart, "Mom, if I don't get married in the future, can you raise Yaomei for me?"

Qian was startled, frowned and asked, "Why do you think so? Man Bao is already six years old, and she is still..."

Qian didn't finish his words, but his meaning was obvious.

Zhou Xi said: "I didn't ask her to call me mother. I just thought that in the future, I would be closer to my child. When I am old and about to die, someone would take a look at me and know whether I am dead or alive.

Mom, I really don’t want to get married.”

Qian's face was tense and she didn't speak. Zhou Xi looked at her face and didn't dare to say anything more, but her feelings showed clearly.

Man Bao knew nothing about this. She was currently squatting from a distance, watching her brothers being ordered by her father to dig out the fat from the pit and spread it out to dry.

Sure enough, the temperature in the middle of the manure pile was very high. Although Lao Zhoutou had never encountered such a situation, but based on what his little girl said that the fertilizer would burn if the temperature was too high, he knew that it was burning.

So he asked people to push the fertilizer away to dry. In this way, everyone saw that the rotten leaves in the basket they dumped first had turned black, and just touched them with a hoe, and they broke into pieces.

This is much faster than them stacking straw.

You know, now they usually compost for a year.

From late summer when fertilizer is no longer used until early spring, the straw may take more than half a year to rot. This is because the village used a new method learned from outside. In the past, straw did not rot.

Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang couldn't help but look at each other. They both felt that their daughter really looked like her father, and Man Bao was so much like her father. The composting method improved in the village back then was bought by her father in exchange for two steamed buns.

Lao Zhoutou rubbed the fertilizer with his hands and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, let it dry overnight and pile it back tomorrow."

He added: "If this method works, we can also dig a pit for composting at home. It will be faster and there will be more fertilizer."

This is because Manbao’s new method will use livestock manure, but in a smaller proportion than they use now, which increases the demand for dead leaves and other soil. This means that with the same amount of livestock manure, they can accumulate more

Too much fat.

For country people, the most difficult part of farmyard manure is livestock manure, because not everyone raises so many livestock.

The reason why their family has it is because they have a large population and raise a lot of chickens.

Lao Zhoutou planned to dig two big pits next to the compost pile at home and make compost together, so he could do it quickly before the rice seeds were planted.

As for the fertilizer needed for rice seeds, well, let’s borrow the fertilizer pile from the fourth child first. Didn’t this guy steal the fertilizer from home?

Let him use this to compensate.

When Zhou Lang heard that he didn't need to be beaten or scolded, he only had to pay for the fat, so he immediately agreed, completely ignoring the other master's wishes.

Man Bao was worried about his ginger, and hurriedly said to Lao Zhoutou: "Dad, I will pay you for the fat in this trap first. Later, when I grow ginger, it will be fat, and you have to pay me back."

"You said you were compensated, why do you still have to pay it back?"

"I don't care, I have to pay it back, otherwise my ginger won't grow well."

Lao Zhoutou felt that his daughter's posture was very much like that of a farmer, and he laughed happily. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pay you."

All he needs to do is dig another fertilizer hole. Anyway, he doesn't have many other things, but he has many sons. They all rush to the mountains to dig mud and sweep away the rotten leaves, and they can use as much fertilizer as they want.

Sons:......

Man Bao knew nothing about it, so she happily held Lao Zhoutou's hand and went home after receiving Lao Zhoutou's approval. When Saturday Lang wanted to carry her bookcase, Lao Zhoutou refused.

Lao Zhoutou personally held the bookcase for her, held her little hand and warned her earnestly, "Manbao, you must study seriously in school and listen to Mr. Zhuang, you know?"

Manbao nodded.

He added: "Read more books, especially books about fertilizing and farming. If there are any good things in the books, you must tell dad. When the family makes money, dad will buy you meat."

"Dad, you said the same thing last time. You said you would buy meat for me when your family earned money, but you didn't buy it. In the end, I bought it."
Chapter completed!