“Professor Wen, take care!”
“Come back again next time you have time!”
Su Ze stood at the courtyard gate with Su Xiaoqiang, waving goodbye to Wen Jichun.
After seeing Wen Jichun off.
Su Ze looked at Su Xiaoqiang and asked:
“Xiaoqiang.”
“How could you forget such an important thing as seedling cultivation?”
Su Xiaoqiang scratched his head: “Hehe, I was so busy plowing the fields these past few days, I completely forgot.”
Su Ze shook his head at the sight of him.
Half an hour ago.
Wen Jichun had already told Su Ze about the importance of seedling cultivation.
If they bought ready-made seedlings from the agricultural supplies station for the spring planting, it would cost around 3,000 to 4,000 yuan per mu of land.
And for 300 mu of land, it would be a few hundred thousand yuan.
If they bought seeds and planted them directly, although it was cheaper, the survival rate was less than one-fifth.
It was not worth it.
In this situation, early seedling cultivation was particularly important.
First, it was cheaper, and second, the survival rate was also high.
Su Ze thought for a moment and said to Su Xiaoqiang:
“Xiaoqiang, you plow the fields at home these next few days.”
“Tomorrow, I'll go buy seeds to cultivate seedlings.”
Su Ze calculated the time.
Tomorrow was the eighth day of the lunar month, and the village held a market day.
He could just go buy the seeds and take advantage of the time to cultivate the seedlings before the spring planting.
...
“Plums, fresh plums!”
“Fresh local plums, sweet and sour, selling at a low price…”
“Brother, try this Yellow Bubble Fruit, it’s delicious.”
“Picked fresh from the mountains, put them in the fridge, nice and cold.”
Today was a market day.
There were numerous stalls on both sides of the market, selling fruit, fried food, household goods, everything you could imagine.
Su Ze ignored all the vendors and went directly to the agricultural supplies station.
He wanted to buy all the seeds for this year at once, so he could start cultivating seedlings when he got back.
“Brother, I’ve put all the seeds in your truck!”
The young man in charge of selling at the agricultural supplies station was very enthusiastic.
He not only guided Su Ze on what to buy and how much, but also helped him load the truck.
“Thanks.”
“By the way, do you have fruit trees here?” Su Ze asked.
“We do!”
“But fruit trees need to be pre-ordered. Pay now, and we’ll deliver them in half a month.” The young man from the agricultural supplies station said.
Su Ze nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll order a batch.”
There was a plot of land at the edge of his large field, which was given to him for free.
Whether it was due to the soil quality or because it had been abandoned for too long, it was said that it was very difficult to grow crops there.
Su Ze planned to try saving it with his Spirit Water, then plant some fruit trees.
“Apples, plums, peaches, dates, grapes, right?”
The young man from the agricultural supplies station looked at the list Su Ze had handed him and said.
“If you’ve decided on the variety and quantity.”
“Just sign here.”
Su Ze nodded.
He signed his name, then paid the deposit.
The next thing was to wait.
According to the agricultural supplies station, the seedlings would be delivered in about half a month.
This was a good thing for Su Ze.
It wouldn't make everything happen at once.
......
He took the seeds home.
Su Ze replayed in his mind the seedling cultivation process that Wen Jichun had explained.
He began to prepare step by step.
Seedling trays, mulch film, water...
And so on.
Su Ze suddenly thought of something.
Water?
What if I replace the ordinary water with Spirit Water?
Will the cultivated seedlings be different?
With this idea, Su Ze directly began his seedling cultivation work using the Spirit Water.
Soaking the seeds, covering with soil, covering with film, making holes.
It took Su Ze about three days to finish all 300 mu of seeds.
The next thing was to wait.
Wait for the seeds to sprout, wait for the spring planting.
“OK, done!”
Su Ze stretched, then picked up the tiger cub that was playing around his legs.
Three days had passed.
The tiger cub had grown a lot.
Su Ze was a little tired holding both of them.
“Hmm, you’ve gotten fat!”
Su Ze rubbed Xiaobai’s face and then laughed: “Veterinarian Wang said you can eat meat tomorrow.”
“Let’s go, I’ll buy you meat bowls at the market.”
Su Ze carefully picked up Xiaobai, then lifted Xiaohuang with his other hand.
He was ready to go to the market.
“Brother, are you going out?”
Su Xiaoqiang entered the courtyard and saw Su Ze leaving, so he asked.
He had darkened at least a few shades over these past three days.
But he hadn’t worked for nothing.
He had plowed almost all of the 300 mu of land outside the courtyard.
With just half a day's work left, he would be able to finish it all.
Su Ze nodded and said: “Yes, I’m going out to buy something for Xiaohuang and Xiaobai.”
“You figure out lunch yourself.”
“I’ll make something delicious when I come back tonight.”
“Oh, there are instant noodles, bread, and things like that that I bought before in the warehouse.”
After saying his goodbyes, Su Ze took Xiaohuang and Xiaobai and headed out.
He didn’t need to let the pigs out today, so he had to take Xiaohuang and Xiaobai for a walk.
Otherwise, the two energetic little guys would make a racket all night.
......
“Haven’t eaten instant noodles in a few days, I’m kinda craving them.”
Su Xiaoqiang opened the warehouse door and started looking for something to eat.
He had been busy plowing the fields these past few days.
And his brother had been busy cultivating seedlings in the courtyard.
Look.
There were some bread wrappers on the table in the warehouse that hadn’t been cleaned up.
“Cultivating seedlings ah!”
“Just thinking about it makes my head hurt.”
Su Xiaoqiang lamented as he searched for instant noodles.
It was a good thing his brother hadn’t made him cultivate seedlings, or his head would have exploded.
“Huh?”
“How did these seedlings grow so big.”
Su Xiaoqiang didn’t find any instant noodles, but he did find the seedling trays his brother had left in the warehouse.
He took a look and was obviously stunned.
The seeds in the seedling trays, which should have only just sprouted, were now a vibrant green.
He clearly felt a difference in these seedlings.
Puzzled, Su Xiaoqiang took out his phone and flipped through his e-textbook.
After comparing it to the seedlings in the textbook, Su Xiaoqiang exclaimed:
“They really are different.”
“The leaves are bigger, and the stems are thicker.”
“Most importantly, my brother has only been cultivating them for less than three days?”
“Could this be some kind of mutated strain?!”