Chapter 371 Preparing to make wine
"Zhang An, do you still have gastrodia seeds here?"
Among these people, the first to speak was Yang Laosi, the only one left in his heart After the question was answered by Zhang An, he immediately spoke to Zhang An.
Their family originally had a plan to grow Gastrodia elata, and Zhang An’s planting method made him think it was very interesting, so he immediately made up his mind to give it a try.
Of course, he will not give up their original hemp cultivation. After all, no matter how low the income from hemp cultivation is, there is still some guarantee next year.
Anyway, there is no shortage of space at home, so he plans to do both.
And Zhang An also said that although the cultivation cycle of gastrodia seeds is long, it is not troublesome in the middle.
So there is no mutual influence between the two-pronged approach. At most, it is a little harder in the first year, and the extra labor is nothing.
"Yes, Zhang An, do you have any extra gastrodia seeds here? If you have any, sell some to us so that we can plant them in time before it's too late in the next two days."
< br>Yang Laowu was originally thinking about other issues, but as soon as he heard his brother Yang Laosi speak, he immediately followed him.
Although it is spring now, the wild Gastrodia elata on the mountain has not started bolting in the past two days.
But after autumn and winter, most of the gastrodia berries in the mountains have gone into the stomachs of your birds.
Even if there are some left, it is estimated that the shells of Gastrodia elata have exploded and the seeds inside have already been flying everywhere.
Now that I am trying hard to look for them, I can only find some fruit shells hanging on the dry moss.
Although several other people have decided to plant, they don’t want to decide today.
Originally, I planned to wait for two days, but after hearing that the Yang brothers had already spoken, I didn't think too much and immediately followed the footsteps of the fourth brother Yang.
I was afraid that it would be too late and the gastrodia seeds in Zhang An’s hand would not be distributed to them.
After all, the last time Kiwi lost money, they were very impressed, as if it was just yesterday.
"I still have some here, but if you want a few of them, I guess you won't be able to get too much, but it should be enough to plant a few points of land."
Although there are many in the space. After Gastrodia elata blooms, pollination is much easier than the outside world, but Zhang An doesn't want to do too much.
Because of this, some people may think that Zhang An deliberately guided them to grow Gastrodia elata.
Zhang An doesn’t want to take the blame. After all, he only wanted to grow it himself from the beginning. As for others, the county will take the lead in promoting it in the future.
It was only later that the old uncle spoke up, and Zhang An took over the problem.
"That's enough. We haven't planted it before. Just try to plant a certain amount of ground. If you plant too much, it will be counterproductive."
A few people are not greedy. The land is neither big nor small, just right for trying your hand.
"That's it, when I finish planting this half of the land, you can just come to my house to pick it up in the afternoon."
The rest is in the space, and Zhang An can't take it now. When you come out, tell them to get it when you go home.
After all, the seeds planted in the ground now are all seeds mixed with bacteria in advance, so you can't see them at all.
"No rush, no hurry, we just have nothing to do today, so we will just go with your family and practice in advance."
After that, the few of them followed Zhang An's family. The children worked, some followed Zhang Jianguo to pile firewood, and some worked with Wang Fang to sow bacteria and seeds.
Others picked up hoes and dug holes with Zhang An, and then covered the holes with dead leaves and soil where the seeds had been sown.
"Zhang An, why don't you just give me this opportunity? We won't go to your house for dinner."
A few people's joking remarks made Zhang An dumbfounded, but he didn't Say anything more.
Of course, Zhang An also knew that they came to help not just to get familiar with each other in advance.
It’s more about the gastrodia seeds in Zhang An’s hands. After doing the work, he doesn’t owe anyone a favor if he goes to get the seeds.
Otherwise, go and ask for the seeds directly. When the Gastrodia elata harvest is good in the future, you will have to remember Zhang An as a favor.
Now that the favor can be returned easily, how could they let it go? The people in the village are very smart.
"Zhang An, do we have to cover the rotten leaves? Can we just cover them with soil?"
In their opinion, the rotten leaves are too fluffy, and covering them directly with soil will make them more rustic.
They have been planting the land for many years. They only know that the seeds need to touch the soil and be soiled to survive more easily.
"The dead leaves mainly allow the bacteria to germinate faster, and Gastrodia elata can also be parasitized faster. Of course, you can also cover it with soil directly without covering the dead leaves, but this Gastrodia elata will grow slower."
"Then it must be covered. Anyway, there are a lot of rotten leaves in our woods. If you just pick them up, you will get a pile."
Hearing that the rotten leaves have such a function, everyone has no doubts. Anyway, cover them more. A layer of rotten leaves won't take much time.
Originally, Zhang An’s family of three had to work until noon, but with the help of several villagers, the work was finished at ten o’clock.
After returning home, they sat for a while and then stood up to leave. They did not plan to eat at Zhang An's house.
After all, I only worked for less than two hours, so how could I be embarrassed to eat at someone else’s house?
They came here just to get Zhang An’s gastrodia seeds.
"That's it, sit down for a while and I'll go look for you."
Seeing that several people had decided to leave, Zhang An was not polite and returned to the utility room. I got a bag of Gastrodia elata fruit from the space.
These are all the things he accidentally got when he was pollinating the gastrodia seeds in space last time, so there are a lot of gastrodia seeds left.
This time it happens to be distributed directly to them, so there is no need to spend energy on reproducing.
“There is no need to dry these gastrodia berries. After you roast the bacteria, the gastrodia fruits need to be soaked in water, then crushed and mixed with the bacteria, and then sprinkled on the ground.”
Zhang An was worried that they would take it back and expose it again, so he warned them in advance.
They could easily find the strains on the mountain. They could use the rice bran baked at home, so they didn’t ask Zhang An for it.
"Zhang An, this is seed money. We don't know how much to give, so just take it as you like."
Originally they thought there were not many gastrodia seeds, but Zhang An didn't expect I brought out such a big bag for them.
If they go up the mountain to find these by themselves, even if they don’t pick, they will want everything they come across, and it will take them several days to pick them.
It was then that they realized that the two hours of helping others seemed not enough, so they thought of paying Zhang An.
“You can just use it if you don’t pay for it. I won’t use it anyway, so I’ll leave it alone. Besides, you’ve all planted gastrodia elata for me.”< br>
It’s not worth much money, so Zhang An naturally won’t accept it, so why don’t we give it a favor.
Several people got Gastrodia elata fruit and saw that Zhang An refused to accept the money, so they knew that the favor must be owed.
“By the way, Zhang An, how many gastrodia seeds should be put in a pit?”
Although they had sown bacteria and gastrodia seeds today, they also knew how many gastrodia seeds should be placed in a pit. How many strains to spread.
It’s just that Zhang An had mixed the seeds into the sown bacteria, so they didn’t know the proportion.
“For a pit as big as my house, five is usually enough. If the gastrodia berries are larger and plump, four will be fine.”
Although four or five gastrodia berries are enough. It sounds like a small amount, but there are countless gastrodia seeds hidden in one gastrodia fruit, which is impossible to count.
So four or five Gastrodia elata fruits contain not a lot of seeds at all, much more than other crops.
"Thank you for the gastrodia seeds today, Zhang An. Let's go back first and plant the strains." After dinner in the afternoon, Zhang An once again carried the ancestral sprayer on his back and sprayed it on the newly planted seeds. The medicinal materials are sprayed with space spring water.
When he came back, Su Ying was no longer at home and went to school for afternoon classes.
Zhang An took advantage of the opportunity to rest and returned to his room, entered the space and started preparing wine.
The first time he made wine, Zhang An was not sure, so he poured out more than a hundred kilograms of blood rice to test the water.
Wash the rice several times until the rice water is clear and translucent, then soak the rice in a large basin.
According to the time in the space, after Zhang An comes in again at night, the soaking should be completed.
"Xiao An, where are those pigeons from before? Where did you lock them up?"
After Zhang An went downstairs, Wang Fang asked him about the pigeons that Mr. Huang had brought back before. Those native pigeons.
A few days ago, she couldn't decide whether Su Ying could eat this pigeon, because it was rumored outside.
So yesterday when Zhang and his party went down the mountain to help grow medicinal materials, she specifically asked.
In the end, the answer he got from Zhang Yixin was similar to what Zhang An had said before, and Wang Fang felt relieved.
No, after returning from work in the fields today, Wang Fang thought of those pigeons as soon as she had some free time.
She planned to stew one pigeon tonight, and as for the remaining pigeons, it all depended on what Su Ying wanted to eat.
“In the chicken coop, we don’t have a pigeon coop at home, so I kept them in the small chicken coop that used to be there.”
Five pigeons, one male and one female Zhang An was put into the space, and Zhang An was locked in a chicken coop for the rest of the night.
Originally, he wanted to build a new pigeon cage to house a few pigeons, but he was too lazy to do it.
So I put into use the old chicken cage that had been idle for more than a year.
It just so happens that that thing was bought to lock up chickens before, but now it is very safe to use to lock up pigeons.
"Then you go pick out the fattest one, and I'll prepare something and stew one for Xiaoying in the evening."
Wang Fang gave the order and returned to the kitchen. Look for the ingredients for stewed pigeon soup.
Zhang An naturally followed his old mother's instructions and ran to the chicken coop to catch pigeons.
But the pigeon taken out of the chicken coop was so light that one could clearly feel the pigeon's skeleton, and there was not much meat on it.
At this time, Zhang An thought of the two pigeons he put in the space. They had been put in the space for so many days, and they should have grown fatter than these few pigeons.
Zhang An immersed his mind into the space and soon found the two pigeons.
Sure enough, a few days outside and several months have passed in the space, and the two pigeons have grown a lot, and they look a lot bigger than the three outside.
And the two pigeons hooked up and hatched several little pigeons that are now following behind them.
Zhang An decisively grabbed the male pigeon from the space and let the female pigeon experience the feeling of being a widow.
But he was not that bad. He immediately changed another male pigeon to go in. In just a moment, this female pigeon changed from a widow pigeon to a second-marriage pigeon.
Not to mention, the male pigeon in Zhang An’s hand has not been in vain for a long time.
Not only is it bigger than other pigeons outside, it feels soft when you pick it up, and you can tell it has meat at a glance.
"Caught the pigeon back? Then give it to me. Go get a yam and bring it back."
Seeing that Zhang An had caught the pigeon, Wang Fang took it over and gave it to him again. new tasks.
No matter what kind of yam is stewed, it is a versatile combination and is delicious in any stew.
There is actually Gastrodia elata at home that can also be stewed. Gastrodia elata is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and its medicinal properties are slightly warm. It can dispel rheumatism, relieve pain, promote qi and activate blood circulation.
It is perfect for stewing meat and soup.
However, this thing can easily cause fetal movement in pregnant women, which is not conducive to miscarriage. In severe cases, it may cause miscarriage.
Although it is not a large amount of food, it is not easy to cause problems when stewing soup. With Wang Fang's temperament, he will not touch it if he can.
Anyway, there were other things at home, so Zhang An was asked to look for yams in the cellar.
When Zhang An came back with two yams, Wang Fang was handling the pigeons, using the flooding method.
This method is often used by most people because the scene is not bloody and the blood in the pigeons can be preserved.
After all, in everyone’s eyes, pigeon blood is a good thing.
Of course, another reason is because pigeons are very spiritual. As long as you see someone killing a pigeon, or seeing blood bleeding.
They will be scared away and will never fly back again, so people who raise pigeons usually drown them before killing them.
Over time, most people have become accustomed to using this method.
"Xiao Ying, this is the pigeon stewed by mom for you. Try it to see if it tastes like it."
During dinner in the evening, Su Ying placed a steaming pot of casserole on it. before.
"It's so delicious. The meat came off right away. Thank you, Mom."
What Su Ying hates the most is picking the meat when eating ribs. If you can't remove it cleanly, forget it. , and stuffed teeth.
But today’s pigeon soup is different from the usual pork ribs.
Wang Fang started stewing this pigeon in the afternoon, simmering it over low heat for a full two and a half hours.
Not only are the nutrients in the pigeon bones and blood stewed into the soup, but the pigeon meat also tastes very soft and glutinous.
"Just do it if you like it. Mom will make it for you more often in the future. Anyway, there are still a few at home."
Wang Fang was very happy. She learned the art of steaming, stewing, and frying just for her current use.
In the evening, Zhang An originally planned to go to the space and start steaming rice after Su Ying fell asleep in the dead of night.
But tonight Su Ying did not fall asleep as early as usual. She was still very energetic late at night.
In the end, Zhang An urged her to sleep, and she put down the lesson preparation book in her hand.
But Su Ying, who was lying on the bed, did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, she took Zhang An and chatted until late at night.
In the end, even Zhang An himself didn’t know when he fell asleep.
When he woke up, he found that it was already dawn, and last night's brewing plan had quietly come to nothing.
Seeing Su Ying sleeping soundly next to her, Zhang An originally wanted to wake her up.
But when I thought about how she didn't fall asleep until midnight last night, I let her continue to sleep.
Looking at Su Ying's class schedule, the first class in the morning for Grade 1 is Su Ying's Chinese class.
Looking at Su Ying who was pouting, Zhang An had a bold idea in his mind.
(End of this chapter)