Chapter 72 Asking for Cow Dung
When she went home at night, Chen Qiaoyi described to Chen Shiying vividly what Zhou Ziwen said to her.
“Have you really learned how to grow mushrooms?”
Chen Shiying couldn’t believe this.
After all, this is really unbelievable. If you can learn the above technology just by reading a book, I am afraid not many people will believe it.
Although I don’t know the doorway inside, I can imagine that mushrooms are not so easy to grow.
"It should be almost done. I'm going to try it in two days. If it doesn't come out, forget it. If it does, that's a good thing."
Zhou Ziwen said modestly, but But I am very confident in my heart.
You may not be 100% sure about your mushroom cultivation skills at level one, but at level two, you will be absolutely sure.
And as time goes by, his skill level will become higher and higher. By the time he cultivates the first batch of mushrooms, his skills will have been upgraded by several levels.
Speaking of which, the cultivation period of mushrooms is not short. Common ones on the market take at least about a month.
"You can give it a try. If it works, it would be amazing." Chen Shiying thought about it and felt that this method was good.
Anyway, try it and see if there is much loss. If it succeeds, it will be great.
When the time comes, the big guys in the village will have to be polite to him.
"Well, I will start preparing tomorrow." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
Although the skills have not been upgraded yet, materials can be prepared first, such as straw, sawdust, cow dung, etc. for making culture media.
Although these things are easy to find, they also take time to prepare.
When he is almost ready and his skills have probably been upgraded, he will be able to connect seamlessly and start training directly.
After eating, seeing that it was still early, Zhou Ziwen took a walk outside for a while. By the way, today's food was really good.
I had egg pancakes in the morning, a feast of fish and meat at Zhou Chaoyang’s house at noon, and another roast pork with carrots in the evening. The taste was so delicious!
After being in the countryside for so long, Zhou Ziwen has never felt as good as he did today.
I have to say that this guy Zhou Chaoyang is really generous. He buys more than ten kilograms of meat whenever he wants.
For thirty or so people, one meal was prepared, and everyone was full.
The guys from the Educated Youth Institute got a big deal this time.
But Zhou Chaoyang is not at a loss, no matter what the character of these eaters are, they will take advantage of others' shortcomings and be soft-spoken.
Zhou Chaoyang earned a lot of face with today's meal. Although he was a bit suspected of being taken advantage of, he had to admit it.
In this day and age, treating someone to a meal of meat can be said to be a great kindness.
After wandering outside for a while, he felt that it was not interesting, so Zhou Ziwen returned home and continued to learn to grow mushrooms.
With the idle panel, Zhou Ziwen felt that his learning progress was astonishing, as if he had an epiphany. He basically only needed to read the knowledge in the book once to remember it.
As his proficiency improves, the knowledge points in the book are also digested and understood by him and become his own.
Moreover, you can learn something new by reviewing the past. When you read it a second time, you will have a new understanding.
There was nothing to say all night. When Zhou Ziwen got up the next day, he boxed, watered, ate, and went to work as before.
After work ended in the morning, he used his rest time to build himself a slate.
Over the past few days, as his proficiency improved, he was able to make two stone slabs in one noon.
When he finished work every day, he would carry it home. When there were enough stone slabs, he would spread them in the yard, so that even if it rained in the future, there would be no mud on his feet.
"Uncle Wu, how do you deal with the cow dung in the production team? I want to make a poop."
After work, Zhou Ziwen found Wu Dagang and said a little embarrassedly. "What do you want cow dung for? It's a good thing, and someone specially collects it." Wu Dagang looked at Zhou Ziwen strangely, not understanding what he wanted cow dung for.
But cow dung is a good thing in this era, and the production team has dedicated people responsible for collecting it.
"I'll use it." Zhou Ziwen didn't explain that he was going to use it as a mushroom culture medium.
After all, it hasn’t been completed yet, and it would be troublesome to explain, and people may not believe it yet.
"I really don't understand you young people, but it's easy to get a lump. I'll take you to Lao Yang." Wu Dagang shook his head, but didn't ask carefully.
In his mind, educated youths always have their own ideas, and they probably want to do some new tricks.
Lao Yang is responsible for herding cattle for the production team, and he is also responsible for collecting the cow dung pulled by the cattle.
As Wu Dagang, it was no problem to ask for a piece of cow dung. Originally, Zhou Ziwen wanted to give him some money to buy it to prevent others from gossiping, but Wu Dagang waved his hand and said it was not necessary.
Although it is useful for the production team to collect this stuff, it is not bad at all.
Fortunately, what he wanted was dried cow dung. If he wanted fresh cow dung, it would be really hard to get it.
Without bothering the two masters, Zhou Ziwen simply asked Wu Dagang if there was any straw at home.
Every household basically has this stuff, and Wu Dagang is no exception.
This time, he didn't even bother to ask. He took him directly to his home and gave him a lot.
"Are these enough to get more?" Seeing that Zhou Ziwen only took a little, Wu Dagang asked.
"Enough, enough, I'll just use a little." Zhou Ziwen said hurriedly.
"Okay, if it's not enough, you can come and get it." Wu Dagang nodded.
After collecting cow dung and straw, Zhou Ziwen was going to ask Uncle Liang Wu to get some sawdust.
The culture medium is a mixture of multiple materials. If the culture medium is not good, mushrooms will not grow.
Zhou Ziwen planned to collect more information to avoid failure.
Uncle Liang was a carpenter and had a lot of sawdust at home. As soon as Zhou Ziwen told him what had happened, Uncle Liang enthusiastically filled a big bag for him and asked him if it was enough.
It can be seen from this that the folks are still very enthusiastic.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Zhou Ziwen is popular.
Although he had just arrived in Dabazi Village not long ago, he knew most of the people in the village. Even if he couldn't name them, he knew which family they belonged to.
Back home, Zhou Ziwen started to get busy.
He needs to mix the found materials in a certain proportion. These three items alone are not enough, he also needs to continue to collect other things.
Especially quicklime, which is something most people can't get. Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen doesn't want much, just a little bit, not even a gram.
Zhou Ziwen also knows where to find it, but there is not enough time today, so he can only wait until tomorrow.
“Brother Zhou, I heard that you caught a rabbit yesterday. Is it true?”
While Zhou Ziwen was busy, Zhou Chaoyang came over to visit.
This kid was so drunk yesterday that he didn't wake up at night and slept until this morning.
"Well, I was lucky, it hit my hand." Zhou Ziwen answered modestly.
In fact, he also felt that it was indeed luck. If Chen Shiying hadn't spotted the hare with his sharp eyes, or if he hadn't been quick with his eyes and quick hands and swung the ax in time, he might not have been able to hit the hare.
(End of this chapter)