Chapter 136 Mushroom Seeds When the old branch secretary heard that Zhou Yimin was going to celebrate his grandmother's 60th birthday and saw that he seemed determined to make great arrangements for it, he would be lying if he said he wasn't envious. Compared to his own grandson, he is just a puddle of mud! He didn’t even remember his birthday, and he still expected them to help him organize it? Go to bed early tonight! Maybe you can dream about it. "Well! How do we celebrate?" asked the old branch secretary. Since Yimin told him about this, it means he contributed a lot. "Actually, we just want to invite respected people in the village and the elderly over 60 to come and have a meal. At that time, we may need to find some help," said Zhou Yimin. Isn’t that a trivial matter to the old branch secretary? "Okay, I'll help you finalize the list and then notify them when the time comes. By the way, Zhicheng's father-in-law and mother-in-law should also be of the required age. Should we invite them?" asked the old branch secretary.

That's a special case. Strictly speaking, they are not considered as people of Zhoujiazhuang, but they did settle down in Zhoujiazhuang and live out their retirement years. "Call them! We can make a difference with two more people." "Okay, just shout whoever you need help with." No one should refuse. Then, everyone carried the eggs to the hatchery. Under everyone's curious and suspicious gaze, Zhou Yimin placed the eggs one by one on the shelves in the incubator, all arranged straight and straight, like they were standing at attention. "Is that all right?" Zhou Yimin shook his head: "Of course not. The stove outside can be used for burning. It doesn't need to be too big during the day. The temperature is low at night, so it needs to be a little stronger." He asked someone to light a fire, then he took out a thermometer and placed it in the incubator. Let me tell you, the temperature should be maintained at a certain degree. If it is lower than that, you need to turn up the fire. "understand?" Everyone has seen a thermometer. Doctors have one. "Yes! Uncle Sixteen, we understand." I don’t understand the specific principle, but the operation is very simple and not difficult. Hatching chicks in this way is nothing more than wasting some firewood. Someone is assigned to keep an eye on the temperature at all times, and if the temperature is not high enough, add more fire. The old branch secretary assigned three people to take turns to guard. Raising chickens is an important part of their village's prosperity, and it cannot be missed or taken lightly. Afterwards, Zhou Yimin and Zhou Zhihong went to the mountain to check the progress of the mountain enclosure and shed construction. Unfortunately, plastic film is not easy to get now, otherwise it would be much more convenient. It’s not that there isn’t any. Even the greenhouse cultivation that many time travelers are proud of was started by the country a few years ago.

Four years ago, in 1956, the Ministry of Agriculture set up a research group to investigate, study and summarize the structural performance and vegetable cultivation techniques of my country's traditional solar beds and improved greenhouses, and promoted solar beds, greenhouse facilities and cultivation techniques in large and medium-sized cities in the north, which improved the supply of vegetables in winter and spring to a certain extent. You may not have heard of "Yangqi". To put it simply, it is a hole pit, which is developed from the wind barrier bed. It uses the sun's light energy to maintain the temperature in the bed. There is no artificial heating facility, so it is also called a cold bed. There are two types: the sun-catching bed and the trough sun-catching bed. Because the solar bed is easy to build, low in cost, and the technology is easy to master, it is still one of the commonly used methods for growing melon vegetable seedlings in early spring, even in later generations, especially in areas where vegetable protection facilities are not very developed. Two years ago, in 1958, my country's self-produced agricultural polyethylene film began to be used for covering small sheds and was applied to a certain extent. Zhou Yimin thought that if he had the chance, he would have to get back a batch of agricultural polyethylene film. "Yimin, how do you grow mushrooms?" Zhou Zhihong finally couldn't help but ask the question in his mind. In everyone's mind, mushrooms are something that grows naturally and you can just pick them in the wild if you want to eat them. No one has ever thought that mushrooms can actually be grown. The problem is, mushrooms don't seem to have seeds! "The first step is to prepare the mushroom house, which is what you are doing now. Be careful not to leak air, and it is best to keep the temperature and moisture. Secondly, nutrient stacking, in layman's terms, is fertilization. The main components of nutrients are livestock manure, wheat straw, bran, rice straw, corn stalks, etc. Therefore, raising chickens is a very important part as they can provide manure in the future. Then came the vaccination." Zhou Yimin said. As for shiitake mushrooms, it’s a little different. Before planting, you need to prepare mushroom bags. Mushroom bags are not difficult to make. Choose oily wood, such as pine, cypress, etc., crush them with a sawdust machine, add water, gypsum, bran, etc., mix well, and pack them in bags. Then inoculate the mushroom bags and control the temperature and humidity. At the same time, spray water every day and maintain good ventilation, and the mushrooms will grow naturally. Zhou Zhihong: "How do you inoculate mushrooms? I don't even see their seeds!" "Mushrooms do not have seeds. They reproduce through spores. Spores are something on the surface of mushrooms that is usually hard to see with the naked eye." The spores are under the wrinkles of mature mushrooms. Place the mushroom on a piece of white paper and tap it gently a few times to see the brown spores fall on the paper. Seeing that Zhou Yimin's explanation was very logical, Zhou Zhihong no longer had any doubts or worries. He was afraid that Zhou Yimin would do it in a big way and then fail to grow mushrooms, which would make people laugh at him. After observing for a while, Zhou Yimin made a few more requests and then went home. In Xinghua Village, after lunch, Zhou Xuqiang and his wife planned to return to the village and did not plan to stay overnight. "Don't you want to stay one night?" Huang Lan's mother was a little reluctant to let her daughter go. "Mom! I have a lot of things to do at home. Let's come next time!" Mainly because she has to go back to take care of the children, she can't be away for too long. She is already satisfied with returning to her parents' home today. "Okay, then come over next time when you are free." After saying that, she stuffed some money into her daughter's hand. Although the corn, canned food and cured duck were all sent by the son-in-law's nephew and he didn't ask for money, they still gave some in return as a courtesy so as not to make things difficult for the son-in-law and daughter. What if they asked their son-in-law to bring them here to save face? If they accepted all of them, it would be hard to explain when they return.

"Mom, what are you doing? Take it back." "Take it! It's rare to be able to spend money to buy food." This is true. There is a shortage of supplies now, especially food. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. Not to mention the rural people, I heard that the rations of urban residents have been reduced again and again. "Okay, go back early! We won't keep you two here." Zhou Xuqiang's father-in-law also spoke. Seeing their brother-in-law riding a bicycle, Zhou Xuqiang's two brothers-in-law were filled with envy. "My little sister and her family won't have to worry anymore." I have such a powerful nephew. "Mom, in a few years when Weibing grows up, can you ask my little sister to talk to her nephew and let Weibing..." Before his daughter-in-law could finish her words, the head of the family, Old Huang, rolled his eyes and said, "What are you thinking? Is it so easy to get a job? They were given to Lai Fu and Lai Cai because they are his younger brothers." Although it's not a close one, it doesn't affect it. And what does their family have to do with each other? There is a layer between them. Thanks to book friend 190331123718038 for the 500 reward and brother Wanshiruyi1 for the 100 reward!   (End of this chapter)