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Volume 1: Settling Down the Tang Dynasty Chapter 162: Pulling the Seedlings

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    For many people, transplanting rice is something they have never experienced before. Not to mention people from the north, even here in the south, many places are either mechanized or just use rice transplanting.  The oldest kind of rice transplanting has become increasingly rare.  People all want to be comfortable, just to grow a little food.

    In the Tang Dynasty, rice was a new thing in the north, so transplanting rice became even more interesting.

    Today is the day to transplant rice seedlings. After breakfast early in the morning, the whole family started to go out.  Since all the preliminary work has been done, the first step in transplanting the rice seedlings today is to pull the seedlings.

    Originally, pulling rice seedlings was basically a job done by women in the countryside where Li Feng lived before.  However, Li Feng's family is not so particular now. Each person has a rice seedling stool, sits in the rice seedling field, and starts to take action.

    "Xiaohu, Yaya, when you pull, you should try your best to grasp the roots of the seedlings with your hands, and then apply force evenly with both hands. Don't pull too fast, so as not to break the seedlings directly. Also, there is a lot of soil at the roots of the seedlings.  , when you pull it up, you have to wash off the excess soil, otherwise it will be difficult to transplant the seedlings later"

    It was their first time doing this work. Xiaohu and Yaya were very curious and excited. However, since it was their first time doing this work, they didn¡¯t know how to do it at all. They often tore the seedlings into two pieces. Li Feng could only teach his experience.  .  Only Rou Niang can do it smoothly without Li Feng reminding her.

    "Brother, why don't you keep the mud on it? When you planted a tree last time, didn't you say that if you leave more mud at the roots, the tree will survive more easily. If these seedlings are washed clean, won't they be difficult to plant?"

    When Yaya heard this, she immediately picked up a seedling with a big lump of mud in her little hands and asked Li Feng.  Because she clearly remembered the last time she planted trees.

    "Yaya, this seedling is different. First of all, this rice seedling is different from a tree. These seedlings are easy to survive. Therefore, if the roots are damaged, the impact will not be big at all. Also, the soil in the field is all  They are loose. Even if we pull them up and clean them, the fundamental damage to them will be very small, so just wash them carefully and it will be fine."

    Looking at Yaya¡¯s worried look, Li Feng wanted to laugh.  I thought, can this rice seedling be the same as this big tree?  If it were replaced by sweet potato vines, it would be easier to survive.  As long as the ground is not too dry, you can just pull out a sweet potato vine and stick it there, and people will survive.

    "Well, I don't know what happened to those sweet potatoes and corn I got last time. I have to find time to go into the valley to get some out someday. Otherwise, if I want to eat a sweet potato, I have to dig it in the valley. Besides,  , these sweet potato leaves are also quite good for cooking.¡±

    Suddenly, Li Feng thought of the sweet potatoes and corn in the valley again.  This thing is quite good if you try it occasionally.

    "Brother, after we plant the seedlings in the fields, when will we be able to harvest them? It will be time to harvest the wheat in a while. We are only planting rice now. We won't be able to harvest it until the Chinese New Year, right?  "

    "Yes, brother-in-law, wheat is planted in the autumn and harvested in the summer. Rice will also take that long. I don't know when it will be."

    First, Xiao Yaya asked very curiously, and then Xiaohu also asked worriedly.

    "Haha, don't worry, it won't take as long as you think. This rice grows much faster than wheat. Let me tell you, after planting, it only takes two months to harvest.  . Also, wheat doesn¡¯t have to be planted in autumn and harvested in summer. In some places, it is planted in spring and harvested in autumn.¡±

    The normal growth cycle of rice is about twenty days earlier than that of wheat.  And if it comes to early rice or winter wheat, the time is very different.  No wonder Yaya and Xiaohu were worried.

    "Brother Li, you can't. How can this wheat be planted in spring? Why haven't I heard of it? Aren't they all planted in autumn and harvested in early summer?"

    When Rou Niang heard that Li Feng actually said that there are people who grow wheat in spring, she immediately became curious.  Planting wheat in spring is so fresh.

    "Of course, as long as you go further north, they plant wheat in the spring. If you plant it in the spring, you can harvest it in the autumn. It takes a lot less time than if you plant it in the fall and harvest it in the summer."

    People in ancient times had very underdeveloped information due to inconvenient transportation.  Therefore, except for some things happening around him, he really knows nothing about the outside world.  It's understandable that Rou Niang doesn't know about spring wheat. It's completely normal.

    "Plant in spring, Harvesting in autumn, doesn¡¯t it take a long time to shorten the harvest? Can the wheat be ripe?  If that's the case, wouldn't it be nice to plant the seeds in spring instead?  The time saved can be used to do other things, how nice it is.  I don¡¯t know if we can grow it like that here.  "

    Rou Niang had no doubts about Li Feng¡¯s words, but she immediately thought that this spring wheat saves time, which is a great thing.

    "Haha, you, don't just think about working more all day long. In life, you should enjoy what you should enjoy. There is nothing that others can do about planting spring wheat. It's too cold over there and the wheat can't survive the winter, so they can only  It¡¯s time to plant spring wheat. In fact, winter wheat has many more benefits than spring wheat.¡±

    "First of all, the winter wheat harvest is much better than the spring wheat harvest, at least two levels better."

    Seeing that Rou Niang would always think directly about working and running the house no matter what she asked for, Li Feng felt a little helpless, but more than anything he was happy. It would be a bad thing if he married a lazy woman who only knew how to enjoy himself.  So, I explained to her the benefits of winter wheat.

    "Ahthe harvest is so small, forget it, it's better to plant winter wheat."

    When Rou Niang heard that the harvest was actually two levels short, she immediately started shaking her head.

    "That's not all. Think about it, if you plant spring wheat and suddenly encounter abnormal weather such as late spring cold, the crops will suffer. Moreover, due to the high temperature and heavy rain this summer, various pests are also very active.  , the pests are quite serious. In addition, winter wheat can grow more plants by tillering, which can save a lot of seeds"

    Li Feng didn't need to think about it, he knew that Rou Niang would shake her head when she heard about this yield gap.  And the advantages of winter wheat over spring wheat are not just that, there are many more benefits.

    "No wonder no one here has ever planted spring wheat. Only fools would do that. Well, by the way, Brother Li, just now you said that after planting the rice seedlings, it will be harvested in two months. I did the calculation carefully.  It seems that it only takes about three months to grow rice from seedlings to harvesting. In this case, it takes two years to grow two crops in one year.  The harvest?¡±

    Suddenly, the soft lady immediately thought of another question, and then looked at Li Feng expectantly and asked.  Li Feng was really speechless, thinking to himself, his wife is really not that smart.  It's just that she's not interested in many things.

    ¡°Some places can grow it for two seasons, and there are even places where it can be grown for three seasons. However, we can only grow it for one season here. This rice is not cold-tolerant, and it will not survive when the weather is cold.¡±

    Regardless of whether it can be grown for two seasons, Li Feng won¡¯t do it.  If you look like that, you will have to work in the fields all year round.  It¡¯s enough for one season anyway, so why bother.
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