Chapter 369: Medicinal Planting
Time flies by in a hurry, and March arrives as promised in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, a slight rustling sound woke up Zhang An, who was still sleeping.
When I opened my eyes, I saw that Su Ying had woken up and was getting dressed and getting ready.
Two days ago at the end of February, students all went to school to register. Today is the official first day of school.
As a Chinese teacher, Su Ying has a class in the first period in the morning, so the days when she wanted to sleep in like during the holidays are gone forever.
The school started as normal, and Su Ying changed her usual sleepy appearance and looked energetic.
After all, there is a new semester and a new atmosphere. In the spring when everything is resurrected and full of vitality, how can she teach students sleepily?
Perhaps it was her inner self-cultivation and professional ethics that allowed her to overcome the unexplained lethargy during pregnancy.
Seeing that his wife was getting up, Zhang An didn't stay on the bed anymore, and quickly put on his clothes and got up.
After going downstairs, Zhang An felt a blast of cold air coming from him, and he, who was still yawning, was suddenly blown awake.
After walking to the door, I realized that although today is the first day of March, there is no shadow of the sun in the sky.
It was raining lightly outside, and even on the tiles in the utility room next to it, there was a thin line of standing water on one side.
"Daughter-in-law, it's raining outside today. Wear more clothes, otherwise it will be cold in school."
A spring rain and a cold. Seeing the rain, Zhang An finally knew why. Yesterday the temperature was relatively normal, but today it suddenly became a bit freezing.
Worried about Su Ying wearing thin clothes and getting cold, he also gave a special warning to Su Ying who was still combing her hair in the room.
Then he splashed his face with a basin of cold water, and the cold feeling made him energetic again.
Zhang An is not afraid of the cold. After all, Zhang An doesn’t even wear a jacket in winter, so the cold of spring is nothing compared to the coldest months of winter.
It was just that he had just gotten up from the bed, and was careless for a moment, and was shocked by the cold wind.
Although it was drizzling outside and the spring cold was lingering, the geese and teal ducks in their pen ran out the door one after another.
Don't think they are stupid, in fact they are smart. In this weather, it is much warmer on the river than in the pen.
Otherwise layman Dongpo would not have written the quatrains of the prophet of the spring river water warm duck.
"Xiaoying, the noodles are cooked. Come over and eat without delaying your work time."
Soon, Wang Fang's voice came from the kitchen. Early this morning, she Start getting busy.
Although she had spent a two-month long vacation, she still clearly remembered the days when her daughter-in-law went to work.
It was exactly the same as the previous semester. From the beginning to the holiday, every morning was better than before. Su Ying had to get up early and prepare breakfast in advance.
Although Su Ying always said that she would prepare breakfast by herself so that she could sleep a little longer, Wang Fang still happily got up and cooked breakfast every day and never missed a day.
Wang Fang’s breakfast today is still noodles, but instead of the spicy oil noodles that he has always made before, he has replaced them with fish soup noodles.
The steaming crucian carp soup is the reason why Wang Fang got up early in the morning. If it is made normally, a large pot can be cooked half an hour in advance at most.
The off-white crucian carp soup is like milk. It is poured on the slender noodles, and a strong aroma comes to your nose.
Even Zhang An, who usually doesn't like spicy food, doesn't think this fish soup noodle tastes too bland. It's good to change the taste occasionally.
After Su Ying went to school, Zhang An returned to the room and entered the space to concentrate on making his own wine.
When he came out again, he was holding several grapevines that had grown roots, which were cut from the mother tree in the space.
“Hey, where did you find the vine?”
It was raining today, so Zhang Jianguo rarely went out to herd sheep. He watched Zhang An grab a handful of vines and came over. look.
“This is the one owned by Li Hongbin’s family in the town. When I went to the town not long ago, I cut off a few sections and buried them for a few days before they took root. I happened to plant two of them in our backyard. "
The front yard has been dammed with concrete. Although there is no room for planting trees, Zhang An still wants to plant the grapes in the backyard.
After all, in rural areas, everything must be entered and exited through the gate. Set up a grape trellis at the gate to make it inconvenient if something happens.
"If you want it, I'll get a hoe."
Neither Zhang Jianguo nor Wang Fang had any objections to Zhang An's grape planting.
On the contrary, they were in high spirits, because grapes are an expensive thing these days.
And there is no place to sell it in town, so people who can afford it have to go to the city to buy it, but it is a fresh product.
Actually, some families in the village have planted grapes in their yards, but most of them are wild grapes dug from the mountains.
The mountain grapes produced are small and taste very sour. Everyone feels fresh if you eat them occasionally, but if you eat them regularly, your teeth will not be able to bear them.
There are also people who spend money to find real grapes and plant them, but the varieties are not popular, so they are better than mountain grapes.
When the grapes were harvested last year, Li Hongbin sent a lot of them over.
Zhang An and his family all like their big and sweet grapes very much.
So when I heard that Zhang An wanted to plant grape vines, Zhang Jianguo immediately went to find a hoe to help.
And there is nothing in their backyard. It has always been empty. Zhang Jianguo has long wanted to get something to plant it.
Zhang An happened to find these grapes. Now he will plant them and then build a grape trellis here.
It won't take long for the vine to grow up, and when it has climbed all over the shelf, it will be a good place to enjoy the shade on hot days.
Think about July and August, which happens to be the hot summer, there is nothing busy in the fields, and the grapes are ripe at that time.
Move a deck chair and place it under the grape trellis. You can enjoy the coolness and eat delicious grapes at the same time. That day will be so comfortable and comfortable.
Zhang An's backyard is not small. He planted two plants next to the wall, and then planted two more plants on the edge of the vegetable garden.
When the time comes, we will build a square trellis. Once these four grape plants grow, they will be able to block half of the yard.
"Hey, Xiao An has found some flowers and plants again."
It rained today, and the village's yard project was stopped. Uncle Zhang An came to visit rarely.
When I saw Zhang An and his son digging holes in the backyard to plant things, they thought they were playing with flowers and plants.
Because Zhang An used to like doing these weird things when he was a child, they planted a lot of orchids in their yard.
But they only had one nephew, so every time the two brothers Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye went to the mountains and encountered any strange things, they would dig them up for Zhang An.
"Second brother, these are not wild flowers and weeds. This is the grapevine that Xiao An found. The grapes it produces are bigger than pigeon eggs."
Zhang Jianjun's interest changed when he heard it was a grapevine. , and immediately got together.
“Are there really such big grapes? Are there any left? I’ll get two to plant in my yard.”
Such a big grape is a rare thing. You can buy a piece of clothing for only seven or eight yuan a pound.
If Zhang An still had seedlings here, he would plant two of them in his yard. It would be easy anyway.
“Here, they are all there. I cut a lot of them and they all took root. Second uncle, you can take them back and plant them directly.” Zhang An’s house couldn’t plant many trees at all. The reason why so many trees were born, I just brought some to my two uncles and Li Hongbin's family.
Zhang Jianjun happened to be here at this moment, which saved Zhang An the trouble of sending it to his door.
At about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the spring rain finally stopped.
Zhang An put on a pair of black glue rain boots, took a hoe and went to the back mountain to take a look, and found that the land was soaked by the rain.
Although the rain is not heavy, it started falling last night, and it has been more than ten hours now.
Unknowingly, the land that had been dry for a winter was soaked. Maybe this is the silent moisturizing mentioned in the book.
Spring rain is as precious as oil. Since it has stopped today, it should not continue tomorrow.
Zhang An would not miss such a good opportunity, and immediately decided to start planting medicinal materials tomorrow.
In the evening, Zhang An asked Huatou to bring a letter to Zhang and his party in Sanqing Temple. He will still be indispensable for the planting of medicinal materials tomorrow.
After all, Zhang Yixing has been collecting medicines in the mountains all his life, so he knows more about growing medicinal materials than Zhang An.
The main medicinal materials grown this time are Polygonatum and Gastrodia elata, as well as some common condiments.
As for other main materials that are more dependent on age and potency, he has no plans to plant them in large quantities.
Because the main ingredients of monarch medicine are only used when there are symptoms, and generally they are not used in large amounts.
Planting in large quantities is a waste of land. It is better to move a few plants when you find them in the mountains and plant them.
On the contrary, some other adjuvants are needed in many prescriptions, so the demand is relatively large.
However, they all have one thing in common, that is, they do not require years and potency, and they are easier to plant.
So Zhang An plans to free up a large area to plant these adjuvants.
As for Polygonatum and Gastrodia elata, there are as many of them as there are in the space.
But Zhang An no longer wants to pretend to go to the mountains the next time he takes it out.
Because it is true that we can still dig it now, what will happen if we can’t dig it in the future, so Zhang An plans to plant it himself.
Before going to bed, Zhang An took out the Polygonatum seeds and Gastrodia elata seeds and soaked them in space spring water overnight, which can promote germination and soaking.
However, I did not put the medicinal seeds into the space because time flows too fast. By the time Zhang An woke up, they would have sprouted and grown very tall.
Of course, the best time to plant Gastrodia elata is at the end of the year, and it can also be planted in February and March.
However, at the end of last year, Zhang An’s medicinal garden project had not yet been put on the agenda.
And not only do we need to grow gastrodia elata, we also need to grow other medicinal materials, so we just get together to save trouble.
As expected, it didn’t rain the next day. When I got up early in the morning, I could see the fiery red sunshine, which felt like spring in March.
Early in the morning, Zhang and his party came over from the mountain, carrying baskets of medicinal materials on their backs.
Zhang An was a little curious about what Zhang and his party brought, so he went over and took a look. He knew most of the medicinal materials.
But the most common ones are Aconitum, and there is also an herb that he is not familiar with.
“Hey, what is this? Why does it look like a corn seedling?”
“This is a curculigo seedling. I dug some before and cultivated a lot of seedlings. This time it’s just right. Transplanted here.”
Zhang and his party live alone in Sanqing Temple and have a lot of free time every day. As before, they often carry medicine baskets to the mountains to collect herbs.
“It looks pretty good, it seems. The soil quality on the mountain is better than before.”
The land behind Sanqing Temple is not fertile because the soil is shallow.
In the past, when Zhang Yixing planted them on the mountain, many medicinal materials did not grow well.
Unexpectedly, after so many years of drought, the soil quality has improved somewhat, and the curculigo seedlings have grown tender and tender.
“But do we really need to plant so many aconite plants?”
Everything else doesn’t matter, but this aconite plant makes An Xin panic. This is half a basket full.
If they are all planted, and he is allowed to water some space spring water, he doesn’t know how much he can dig in the future.
Aconite is aconite, which has the effects of restoring yang and relieving adverse events, replenishing fire and yang, dispersing cold and relieving pain, but its toxicity is very obvious.
Although there is an old saying that medicine is divided into three parts poison, the poison of aconite is much stronger than other medicines.
Used well, it is a life-saving medicine, but if used improperly, it will bring death to the king of hell, which is generally a great test for the doctor who prescribes it.
Zhang An is not sure how Zhang Yixing used it, because it is rare to see him using Aconite Weijun's prescription.
But at Zhang An's current level, this thing is too deep and he is sure to subsidize it. He will definitely not touch it if he can.
After all, ginseng has no fault in killing people, and aconite has no fault in saving people. Not everyone is Mr. Li Ke.
"It's better to be prepared for any trouble. You may not need it if you plant it. It's just that it seems hard to find in the mountains, so I decided to plant some."
Zhang Yixing didn't have any ideas, but Zhang An's heart felt uncertain.
He has been wondering if the aconite would become more toxic as it grows up if he pours it with spring water.
If the toxicity becomes more severe, it will become poison instead of medicine. If the adjuvant medicine cannot neutralize the toxicity, it will cause a big problem.
So Zhang An secretly decided to plant this aconite in a corner alone, separated from other medicinal materials.
In the future, even if you are watering space spring water, you must avoid this thing.
Everything is ready, and the whole family is dispatched, because Zhang An did not invite anyone from the village today.
After all, the land is only two acres in size. If you spend money to hire someone, you will be bitten by the old mother for a whole day.
When they arrived at the medicine garden, Zhang An and Zhang first planted some living medicinal materials or seedlings.
This kind of medicinal material is the most convenient to grow because they have complete root systems. As long as the base fertilizer is buried well, they can quickly turn green and grow.
The next step is Polygonatum. After digging the furrow, plant it according to the normal sowing method.
Zhang An did not prepare many Polygonatum seeds, because they are all carefully selected, and the survival rate is definitely not low.
There will definitely be a lot of them growing in the future, and they will have to be transplanted at that time.
The last one is Gastrodia elata. Speaking of Gastrodia elata seeds, they are the most troublesome among these medicinal materials.
Not only do they have to choose the growing environment, they also need to dig holes, then bury fungus wood and bacterial strains, and finally scatter Gastrodia elata seeds.
So today, most of the time will be spent on this.
(End of this chapter)