Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 738 - Chapter 738 728. Ke Er Wu Ci Lang_1

Chapter 738: 728. Ke Er Wu Ci Lang_1 Chapter 738: 728. Ke Er Wu Ci Lang_1 As September arrived, the nighttime temperatures seemed to drop abruptly, with a larger temperature difference than during the previous End of Heat–though it meant that the temperatures had finally fallen below 28degC at night.

For farmers, the seasons never lie.

“The White Dew is coming soon, we should hurry to plant the vegetable seeds, shouldn’t we?”

Wu Lan asked Professor Song.

After all, when she had been ready to go out and buy seeds, it was Professor Song who said he had all the seeds… and indeed, there were seeds, a few days ago Brother Xiaozhang had brought over several courier boxes filled with packets of vegetable seeds.

Professor Song led his students early in the morning to pick a basket of young Ai Cao leaves–previously, when they made Ai Tiao, these plants had been cut and taken back, but since no one cared for them for a while, they quickly grew new tender leaves from their stems.

Seeing this, Seventh Uncle’s first thought was, “What’s up? Fancy eating Ai Cao dumplings today?”

Professor Song repeatedly waved his hands: “No, no, the autumn planting season is coming, and I want to prepare some fertilizer first. Ideally, the young Ai Cao leaves from April or May are the best, but we missed that time. I saw that our Ai Cao quality is good, so I picked some to try.”

Ai Cao as fertilizer?

Ay, Sancheng, who had been spreading manure in the fields since he was a child, had never heard of this. He came closer to have a look:

“This little bit, what’s it good for… do you need more? I can pick a few more baskets for you later.”

Professor Song: … He really just wanted to try out a small amount to see the effect.

But…

“Sure!” he nodded, “Aren’t we on the path to green and ecological? This kind of organic fertilizer is essential. Go ahead and pick, the more the better.”

“But it needs to be picked early in the morning, while it’s still young and hasn’t been in the sunlight. Once it’s been in the sun and photosynthesis has started, the effect won’t be the same.”

Sancheng was just about to agree when Song Tan stopped him: “Dad, please hire someone for this job. You should hurry to town for your driving practice.”

Waking up at five to pick until seven, two hours work for fifty yuan, the old men and women in the village loved this kind of job–oh, she forgot, all the village elders had been taken away by her grandfather.

In any case, there were always some aunts who were willing to do it.

There was no need for her dad to go after all. It had been a month since both of them practiced every day. As a result, her mom was about to take her level three driving test, yet her dad had failed level two twice…

About time to buckle down!

Sancheng: … So he didn’t pass level two, why announce it so loudly?! He was just unlucky and a bit nervous, not that he can’t drive!

Professor Song held back, but couldn’t help but laugh out loud. By the time Sancheng looked over, he had a serious face on: “Right, Tantan, Tian Ye has taken a lot of larch needles back during his holiday, but it still doesn’t seem to be enough. When you have time, get someone to collect more.”

Song Tan was surprised: “What do you need all those larch needles for?”

Professor Song started to smile: “For composting. Those large fermentation pits on the mountain are all built now, right? They will be ready to use after a few more days in the sun.”

“Later, get a large wood chipper, and we’ll shred all the twigs, leaves, and dry grass from the land clearing to use.”

Song Tan thought it over and understood: “Like what Uncle Zhang does, right? Using bacillus subtilis and Trichoderma harzianum to ferment?”

“Exactly.”

Professor Song nodded: “The fertilizer that Zhang Yanping prepared before was pretty good, but he was too frugal, skimping on some materials… in reality, we need to add what needs to be added.”

“With such a large mountain, the cost of fertilizer is actually negligible compared to the upkeep.”

Song Tan didn’t know much about scientific cultivation, but she had certain advantages–

“Right! In that case, Professor Song, give me a list of what we’re missing and I’ll haul it back directly.”

“No rush, no rush,” Professor Song had a plan:

“Those buckets and bottles we ordered last time just got delivered. Let’s organize them first.”

“You go find someone to tidy up the river beach a bit more. In a couple of days, the rhizomes of the Imperata cylindrica and the Pennisetum purpureum will be sent over, and we can plant them right away.”

“By the end of the month, I’ll take you to choose some cattle and sheep. It’s a pity there was a new ‘cattle king’ this year, worth 660,000, just auctioned off. We didn’t get to see it…”

“660,000?!” Song Tan was shocked!

Song Sancheng, who had just mounted the motorcycle, couldn’t hold back, “One cow for 660,000? How do you sell that without losing money?”

The meat must be made of gold!

Yan Ran laughed from the side: “It’s definitely not for buying and eating the meat. This breed of Huaxi cattle we are raising, the bulls grow quickly, have fine meat quality, and are particularly cold-resistant; their genetics are superior!”

“Selling for 660,000, the farm owner can keep selling its frozen semen, earning from 50 million doses in its lifetime… do you think 660,000 can be recouped?”

Song Tan: …I don’t understand scientific breeding, but I hadn’t thought of this way of making money.

However, thinking about the several little treasures at home, later on, Sun Shouping planned to let them mate, setting the price at 20,000 each…

Comparing like this, it’s not too hard to understand.

Zhang Yanping and Xin Jun looked at each other, feeling a bit weirdly awkward… how has society developed to the point where even cows have to make money this way?

However, for Professor Song and the others, this only meant–

“This year’s calves are definitely of a generally good quality. We can select more high-quality ones later–oh, Tantan, do you want any dairy cows?”

Song Tan thought for a moment: “Milking is much more troublesome than feeding cows, requiring a lot of additional labor and equipment. Less, and it’s not on scale… better not.”

Professor Song nodded, “Alright then, later you’ll need to get someone to turn over that patch of the river beach where the excavator can’t reach. Once the grass is sown, we will set off to look at the cattle.”

“It will probably take about two days. You arrange your time.”

“Okay,” Song Tan nodded, “What about the mountain? Should we start fine farming there too?”

Sun Ziqiang had already completed the reclamation project on the mountain last week. But because he had a good relationship with Old Xu and they were used to collaborating, he seamlessly joined Old Xu’s team.

Now, he’s working hard digging the foundations at the very spot Song Tan plans to build new dormitories!

Professor Song nodded, “We’ll rent a few agricultural machines and first turn in the base fertilizers that Xiaozhang prepared. They are all well-fermented and rotted, so they won’t burn the seedlings.”

Once the fertilizer is in, he’ll finalize the planting plan on his side, and then they can directly sow the seeds.

As he said this, he also sighed, “It’s also because the weather this year is so abnormal, too hot… Otherwise, in previous years, we could plant cabbage, garlic, and autumn potatoes in July and August…”

But there’s nothing that can be done about it.

After all, Mother Nature doesn’t take advice!

Professor Song took out his notebook: “Oh, in the next two days, go and order another 1,000 kilograms of two-thread silver-black plastic film.”

Song Tan kept nodding: “Okay, okay, okay! Buying, buying, buying!”

Professor Song paused for a moment, then continued, “We don’t need it for the fruit trees on the mountain, but it’s indispensable for the vegetables. We’ll start with a hundred or so acres.”

“Each acre will need about ten to twelve kilograms…”

He closed his notebook, downplaying it, “It’ll be about twenty or thirty thousand yuan. You just order it and have them deliver it directly.”

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