Chapter 170 There is strength in numbers
“I also have a foot-wiper. If you are asked to wipe it, wipe it! If you don’t wipe it, don’t touch me at night with your hands that are pulling slates and stones.”
It was so scary.
Seeing her stamping her feet and getting angry, Fu Jingyou laughed and took her into his arms and coaxed her for a while.
“Wipe it, can’t I wipe it off?”
"Oh, you're so dirty!"
Lu Miao groaned and twisted.
"It's all ashes! Don't hug me!"
"Okay, okay, after we finish eating and taking a shower, can I wipe it together again?"
Fu Jing You was also afraid of getting her dirty, so he let go and took the clam oil from her hand, teasing and coaxing:
"When the time comes when my hands are no longer stinging and my body is no longer dirty or smelly, can I hug you again?"
"..."
The look in Lu Miao's eyes when she looked at him was like Knowing what he was thinking, his cheeks suddenly felt hot.
"Don't come here! It's none of your business whether you want to wipe it off or not!"
Lu Miao pushed him away and secretly cursed "shameless" in her heart.
After flirting and teasing, Fu Jingyou returned to the room after taking a shower.
Lu Miao placed the kerosene lamp beside the bed, held the newspaper in his arms, and asked him to read it together.
“Although they are old newspapers from before, don’t think they are useless.”
Lu Miao pointed to the red Chronicle section of the newspaper and said:
“You Look at some of the words and sentences above. If the college entrance examination is really restarted in the future, these words and sentences can be used with a little modification. ”
"So read more and memorize more. There are also quotes and poems by great people. I remember there seems to be a book called "The Little Red Book"? See if you can get a copy. You can read it whenever you have time."< br>
“Okay.”
Fu Jingyou nodded, his deep peach blossom eyes slightly narrowed to read the contents of the newspaper.
I always felt that newspapers were not suitable for them to read.
Now that he was paying attention, Fu Jingyou realized how extensive the content was.
From the official affairs of the country to the dynamics of each province, etc.
When I first read the newspaper, Fu Jingyou had to be urged by Lu Miao to remember to read it.
After reading it twice, he was gradually attracted by the content. Every time he came back from work, he would look through the pile of old newspapers and read it himself.
Sometimes when it got dark and there was no kerosene lamp to light, he would help Lu Miao light the fire and sit at the door of the stove to watch by the light of the fire.
Lu Miao scolded him, saying that he was going to have bad eyesight, but he just rubbed his head and chuckled, holding the newspaper in his hand; he didn't even put down the book a few times.
Lu Miao couldn't help him, so she could only let him go, but she always lit the kerosene lamp and put it close to his hand.
Of course, these are all things for later.
The road construction project in the commune has been going on. In the production team, Lu Miao, Gu Ying and others were also busy working non-stop.
There is strength in numbers, and Gu Ying and others are all quick at work.
In addition, Ma Tianzao is a local member. She knows very well what can and cannot be moved around the production team, and she has invisibly avoided many "pits" with a few people.
But this time, the compost made by five people was more than six or seven times larger than before.
Previously, the compost was piled in two large haystacks at the door of Fu’s house. This time it was different. First, the location was moved from the door of Fu’s house to the threshing floor on one side.
The compost body has also changed from a conical shape to a large compost body that is as high as the chest and abdomen, four meters long and two meters wide.
There are dead branches and leaves, fresh leaves, everything. Among them, reed leaves have the most nitrogen. It’s easy to find brown carbon materials in autumn. Green nitrogen materials are only leaves, except for vegetable leaves and the like.
The leaves that can be picked from low places are limited, and the reeds by the lake that have not completely withered have become the main material of nitrogen.
Of course, in addition to carbon and nitrogen materials this time, Lu Miao also collected all the plant ash from the ash pit under the stove at home and added it together.
Plant ash contains very high potassium and can be used as potash fertilizer in daily farming and vegetable planting.
Add the compost together. After fermentation, it is equivalent to adding an element needed by agricultural plants.
For this composting, except for the collection of materials a few days ago, it took a little effort.
A pile of manure was piled up in the back and turned over every few days. The five of us chatted and worked on it, but it didn't seem like too much trouble.
Even after turning over the pile each time, Geng Xiaoyun and the others could continue to go back to the west threshing floor to rub the straw rope.
There will be no delay in work on both sides.
However, maybe this time the nitrogen material is mainly from reeds, and the moisture and nitrogen content are different from the previous leaves.
The ratio of carbon to nitrogen is wrong. This time the compost body heats up as usual and the fermentation speed is faster than before, but it produces a strong smell.
The smell is not only pungent, but also a bit spicy for the eyes.
During this period, several girls were very busy. Aunts and sisters-in-law in the team who were not involved were curious and some came over to watch.
When Lu Miao previously called on people to compost, he briefly explained the principles of composting and clearly stated that fertilizer would be produced within ten to twenty days and would not have any smell.
The aunts and sisters-in-law in the team came over to take a look. Just when the smell of the compost pile was overwhelming and harsh, a group of people watched Lu Miao and the others busy for a long time, and then they all shook their heads and left.
Everyone didn’t say anything openly, but they started talking secretly. Lu Miao’s words were inconsistent, so this matter would definitely not work out.
"What's wrong with this? It wasn't like this last time!"
"It's just that the proportion is wrong, the nitrogen content is too high, there's still hope!"
Geng Xiaoyun and Ren Bingxin thought they were going to After failing, Lu Miao asked them to work together to remedy the situation in time.
I filled it with a lot of carbon material and turned over the dead leaves to neutralize it. I came back two days later to see that the situation was much better.
The weather is getting colder, but it still cannot stop the compost from fermenting.
As time goes by, the volume of the compost body continues to shrink, and it once again takes on the previous state of becoming mature and turning into slag and soil.
Geng Xiaoyun was happy, "It's going to happen! Lu Xiaomao, what happened with the smell last time?"
Others also gathered around, all positive Listen.
Lu Miao looked at them and said with a smile:
"There are only three things that need to be paid attention to in this compost. If there is no problem with the temperature and moisture content, then there is something wrong with the proportion."< br>
Lu Miao came into the room and took out the notes he had written on the letter paper before and showed them to them:
"The ratio of carbon to nitrogen is either less carbon or less nitrogen. It is easy to distinguish between the two situations."< br>
Gu Ying took the lead, holding the letters and reading them carefully.
Only Ma Tianzao is still standing next to Lu Miao:
“How to tell the difference?”
Ma Tianzao could recognize the words, but only a few.
She glanced at the letter paper, but she didn't recognize most of it.
Especially because there are many chemical formulas on it. In her eyes, the numbers are not like numbers and symbols, and she can’t understand them even more.
Lu Miao smiled and said: "If the humidity and temperature are suitable and the fermentation speed of the compost is slow, it means that the nitrogen content is low. At this time, it is necessary to increase the nitrogen content."
< br>“In other words, if the compost ferments rapidly and is accompanied by odor, which is what we encountered this time, it means that the nitrogen content is too high, and carbon materials need to be added at this time.”
(End of this chapter)