Spring Thunder Chapter 0118: Busy Time
The pipe that brings in river water was modified and a vortex generator was installed to provide continuous power supply.
We should also consider installing two battery packs to provide backup power when the river water level drops and the generator can no longer generate electricity .
Nan Yi didn't dare to use the electricity at home.
At that time, there was no guarantee of electricity supply in rural areas. Not to mention power outages every day, there would be power outages every few days. This was all because of insufficient power generation, and priority was given to supplying electricity to industry and urban areas.
Even in the villages that have electricity, which household doesn't have a few candles?
Just as he was talking, while Nan Yi was still calculating the location to install the camera, the incandescent lights in the hall went out.
"Ruoyin, light the candlestick."
"Why."
Nan Ruoyin climbed onto the armchair, lit a match, first lit the red candle on one candlestick, then placed another one against the fire, and placed the candlestick next to Nan Yi.
"Dad, can we make torches?"
When Nan Ruoyin saw the candles, she thought of making torches to play with.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow night. We need to finish this calculation today. Come and help dad with the calculation."
Children are immature. During the day, Nan Ruoyin would help with the calculations with great interest, but at night, she lost interest.
"oh."
Nan Ruoyin took paper and pen, and also took a calculator and went to Nan Yi to help with the calculation.
The next day, early in the morning, Nan Yi carried a urine bucket and took Nan Ruoyin across the barbed wire to his vegetable garden to water the orange trees.
Although Nan Ruoyin did not have the "Certificate of Transit and Farming", she was just a child and was familiar with the people, so she did not care about it and did not need to take out any ID card.
"Dad, are the oranges ripe yet?"
"Some are ripe, you can pick them and eat them if you want."
Nan Yi originally bought half-mature seedlings, which had been cultivated for more than two years. He had planted them for more than a year, and this year they bore their first fruit.
Looking at the oranges densely packed on the orange tree, Nan Yi felt a little regretful.
I was not at home in the spring and did not prune off most of the flower buds. As a result, the tree produced so many fruits in the first year that the foundation of the tree was damaged.
"Oh, Daddy, there are so many caterpillars."
"Be careful, Dad has never used pesticides, be careful not to get stung."
"oh."
When Nan Ruoyin heard this, she carefully picked up three green and yellow oranges, peeled them and stuffed them into her mouth.
"Dad, it's still a little sour."
"It's all right. Take it home and bury it among the grain in the granary. It will become sweet by tomorrow night."
"Oh, why is that?"
"Why?"
Nan Yi was stunned. He only knew that doing this could ripen the fruits, but he really didn't know the principle behind it.
"Dad doesn't know either. I heard it from the old people. Go look up the answer yourself. When you find it, can you tell Dad?"
"good."
Nan Yi has always consciously conveyed to Nan Ruoyin the concept that "Dad is not omnipotent", and also conveyed the signal to her to learn more knowledge, surpass himself, and teach herself in return.
Nan Ruoyin did not disappoint Nan Yi. Her knowledge structure was already very large. Once she stuffed more knowledge into her brain, she would hopefully become an all-rounder in the future.
After watering the plants, Nan Yi hoed away the grass that extended beyond the orange tree plot towards the Shemie Clan.
Although weeds growing under fruit trees will take up some nutrients, there are benefits to not weeding them out. In the early morning, there will be dew on the grass leaves, which will reflect sunlight to the oranges, so that the lower part of the oranges can also receive sunlight, which will make the oranges grow more soundly and taste better.
Of course, this must first be the same as in Nanyi, the planting density of orange trees cannot be too high.
After weeding , Nan Yi covered his forehead with his hand and looked up at the sky. There was a dark cloud in the northwest direction, slowly moving towards Shajiaotou.
At this speed, it will take about three hours to reach Wenchangwei.
It just so happened that Nan Yi still lacked data collection on rainfall, and he also had to calculate the angle of rainfall so as to design a suitable camouflage angle to cover the position of the hidden camera.
"Dad, I have a gift for you." Nan Ruoyin hid her little hands behind her back and said mysteriously to Nan Yi.
"What gift?"
"Close your eyes."
"Haha, you think I'm a fool. Show me what kind of bugs you caught."
“Hehehe.”
Nan Ruoyin took her little hand out from behind her back, holding a stink bug, also known as the brown-winged stink bug in her hand.
"You damn girl, it stinks, throw it away now."
There is a smell on the body of stink bugs. It can’t be said to be stinky, but it is very unpleasant and a bit intoxicating.
Nan Ruoyin threw the stink bug away, smelled her own hands, and felt disgusted.
"It stinks, it really stinks, I'm going to step on you ... to death."
The little girl stepped hard, one step at a time, and finally pushed the stink bug into the mud.
Nan Yi shook his head and searched the orange tree for a while. He soon found a longhorn beetle. Its whole body was black with white spots on its back and two long tentacles that were black and white.
"Here, this is fun."
"Dad, is this a longhorn beetle?"
"Well, longhorn beetles, they don't stink and they're fun to play with."
"Oh, will it bite?"
"Yes, but the bite force is not very strong. Just don't let it bite the soft flesh."
Nan Yi handed the longhorn beetle to Nan Ruoyin and let her play with it by herself. He took a canning jar and a pair of tweezers and picked up the caterpillars on the orange tree leaves one by one and put them into the canning jar.
The orange trees are quite lively, with not only caterpillars, but also longhorn beetles, psyllids, rust ticks, stink bugs, snails, stag beetles, rhinoceros beetles, and red spiders.
Nan Yi couldn't deal with the small ones, but he still had to deal with the big longhorn beetles, snails, stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles.
In particular, the giant stag beetle and rhinoceros beetle can dig holes in the trees and are experts at digging holes.
Take out another empty can and put the longhorn beetle, giant stag beetle and rhinoceros beetle in it. These three things are very resilient and can be taken back for Nan Ruoyin to play with.
After catching all the big bugs, Nan Yi took down the bottle of DDT hanging on the urine bucket, blocked the mouth of the bottle with cotton, tilted the bottle, dipped the cotton in a little DDT, and used the cotton to block the hole in the orange tree.
After finishing his own work, Nan Yi went to take a look at the paddy fields. Since no pesticides were used, there were many insects in the rice fields. When people walked over, swarms of moths fluttered around.
Nan Yi reached over the rice ears and his hands became sticky with silk threads.
He clapped his hands to shake off the silk threads, bent down and picked up a handful of rice ears from the rice field, twisted them with his hands, and found that the rice ears were not full. It seemed that the yield this year was uncertain.
Pick a few grains of rice, put them in your mouth, chew them, and savor them carefully.
It’s a bit sticky and a little sweet, and tastes better than those grown with pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and should be more nutritious as well.
However, the villages here are all using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and the insects are all heading towards Wenchangwei. The pest infestation is too serious, and the grain production cannot be guaranteed.
"Nan Yi."
"Aunt."
"As you can see, the yield of the second crop of rice this year will be lower than last year, at least 30% lower."
"It's okay. I made the plan. Since the production is reduced this year, I will bear the responsibility. Aunt, before the rice is harvested, go to the nearby village and make a reservation for some millet.
If the quantity is not enough, then pay more money and less millet.
I will pay for the purchase of the grain and the payment myself. When the time comes, you can make a list for Weimin and ask him to pay for it first. I will settle the bill with him."
"The agricultural tax and levy are not a big deal. The mushrooms are selling well this year, and the reclamation company has a lot of money in its account."
"Well, Auntie, green agriculture must be maintained. If anyone complains that the income is not enough, let him come to me and I will give him extra money. If there are many people who object, then I will contract the reclamation company and give everyone money every year. Everyone just needs to sit back and wait for their share of the money."
"Nan Yi, you are being polite. It's hard for others to say, but no one in the reclamation company has any complaints. Although the profit this year is just average, everyone sees hope. Our bean sprouts and mushrooms are not difficult to sell. The vegetable vendors nearby will come to our door to buy them."
"Is the price okay?"
"Not bad, the price is not low."
"Take your time, go to the agricultural technology station more often, and listen to the opinions of agricultural technicians. During the Chinese New Year, I will discuss with Auntie what to do next year."
"good."
