Chapter 450 You can start planting mulberry trees

Hearing that the fish pond was dug, Qiao Ran and her third uncle put all the fry on the cart and pushed them to the fish pond.

The men rested for a while, washed the dirt off their bodies in the ditch, and were about to pack up and go home for lunch. When they saw Qiao Ran pushing the fry over, they all gathered around to take a look.

"Hey, there are all kinds of fish fry in this bucket! Ran Yatou, why do you raise such miscellaneous fish this time?"

someone from the villagers asked curiously.

Before Qiao Ran answered, Qiao Sanhu answered for her: "What kind of fish is not to be raised? Blue water fish are precious, so they are raised separately. These fry are all fished out from the same fish pond, so naturally they can be raised in the same fish pond." In the fish pond, you can catch it and eat it after you raise it!"

Everyone thought about this and stopped asking any more questions.

The fry packed in two wooden barrels and a wooden basin were slowly poured into the pond. Everyone was surprised to find that each of these small fish and shrimps were very vigorous, even after being squeezed in the wooden barrels and wooden basins for so long. Not one of them turned their stomachs, and they swam around happily as soon as they entered the pond.

Crucian carp, carp, silver carp, herring, grass carp, yellow croaker, loach, shrimp...

There are all kinds of fry, the largest is less than two fingers wide, and the smallest is as small as a shrimp, but none of them are dead, and every one of them is very lively.

Some fish swim around on the surface, and some sink directly under the water.

No need for Qiao Ran to teach them this time, Qiao Erhe and Qiao Sanhu immediately took the specially brought sickles to cut the grass and fed all the fish in the two fish ponds.

The fish pond was dug and the fry were put down. Looking at the bare dam, Qiao Ran thought that it was time to start planting mulberry trees.

There is a mulberry tree in her space, and the branches can be cut directly.

It’s just that she has never raised silkworms, so there are no silkworm seeds in the space.

However, she remembered that on the way from Luoyang to the capital, she saw a large mulberry tree when passing through a village. She thought that someone planted it to raise silkworms.

After planting the rice seedlings, she went to the village to see if she could buy some silkworm cocoons or silkworm babies when she had time.

It's the end of March now, and silkworm babies usually come out in April, so after planting the rice seedlings, we have time to raise the silkworm babies.

During lunch, Qiao Ran asked: "Second uncle and third uncle, now that the fish pond has been completed, I wonder if you have anything to do in the past two days?"

Qiao Erhe replied: "There is nothing for the time being. We can plant the rice the day after tomorrow. Is there anything you need me and your third uncle to do? Just say it, didn't your third uncle and I tell you? I don't care about you. Whatever you want to do, as long as you need me and your third uncle, just ask and we will definitely help you. Our family now has oxen to plow the fields and there are not many paddy fields, so it doesn’t matter if we plant the rice a few days later."

Qiao Sanhu also said: "Yes, Ranran, if you have any other plans, just tell them."

Qiao Ran said: "Didn't we say we were going to build a mulberry fish pond? Now that the fish pond is ready, I'm thinking of planting the mulberry trees in the next two days. After planting the seedlings, I should buy some silkworm cocoons and prepare them. Hatched.”

"So fast?"

Qiao Erhe was surprised.

He didn't expect his eldest niece to be so fast. He thought he would at least wait until the rice seedlings were planted before he would be busy with other things!

Qiao Ran said: "Silkworm eggs usually hatch in April. If we want to raise silkworms, we have to hurry up and plant mulberry trees. Fortunately, I saw mulberry trees on the mountains of Devil Valley and I can get some branches. Cuttings. The young silkworms in the early stage do not need a large amount of mulberry leaves. They can be collected from the mountains first. Moreover, our first batch of silkworms is mainly for breeding, and the quantity is not large. But when the second batch of silkworms comes out in autumn, a lot of mulberry leaves will be needed. The leaves are gone, so we need to plant the mulberry trees quickly so that we can have enough mulberry leaves to feed the silkworms in the fall.”

After hearing her explanation, the two brothers understood.

"Okay, then we can plant mulberry trees in the afternoon."

Qiao Erhe said decisively.

Qiao Ran nodded: "Well, after dinner, I will go up the mountain to cut off the branches of the mulberry trees. I will plant them in the next two days and plant the seedlings in a few days."

The two brothers had no objection. They had already made up their minds to follow Ran Ran's arrangements.

But they all wanted to help cut the branches: "Ran Ran, where to cut the branches of the mulberry tree? Let's go together? It will be faster this way."

Qiao Ran shook his head: "Second uncle, third uncle, the mulberry forest is on the mountainside leading to Bishuitan. The mountain is steep and you can't go up. I can just go alone. It doesn't matter. It's easy to cut the branches. I Be back soon."

When the two heard what she said, they could only agree. After all, they did not have Ran Ran's skills and could not climb the steep mountainside.

"Then after we have eaten, we will go to the fish pond and wait for you."

"Okay, I'll be back soon."

On the side, Zheng Huiniang, Lin Guizhen, and Mrs. Qin listened to their conversation silently, and decided not to do anything else in the afternoon, but to help plant mulberry trees together.

So just after lunch, Qiao Ran entered Devil's Valley.

In fact, there are indeed a few clusters of mulberry trees on the mountain, but there are not many, and they are not on the steep mountainside.

But Qiao Ran just wanted to get out of the space and didn't want her second uncle and third uncle to follow.

She entered the valley, where there were some craftsmen, helpers, and people sent by the two governments. Some were eating and some were resting.

Qiao Ran avoided people and entered a forest. Then seeing no one around, she ducked into the space.

She first took a look at the house and found that all the animals were fine. She went in to feed them every two days and put spiritual spring water in the water tank, so the animals were growing well.

The rabbit gave birth to several more litters of baby rabbits. Two of the rabbits were almost grown up, and the rabbit cages could no longer fit in them.

Qiao Ran thought for a moment, then caught some of the larger rabbits inside and placed them outside in the Devil's Valley woods, allowing them to thrive outside so that the villagers could gain more when hunting.

The various vegetables in the vegetable garden are also growing very well, and the green color is very pleasing to the eye.

There is also the medicine garden, where all the medicinal materials planted are growing well, even better than in the woods outside.

Many of these medicinal materials were dug into the space and raised by Qiao Ran during her escape and before burning the wasteland in Devil's Valley, and there were many rare medicinal materials among them.

The spiritual spring water is very powerful, and rare medicinal materials that are very picky about the growth environment are thriving in her ordinary farmyard. It seems that it won't take long for her to have a large number of medicinal materials that even those with money outside may not be able to find. Got the rare medicinal materials.

Qiao Ran poured some spiritual spring water on them, hoping that these medicinal materials would continue to grow other small seedlings for her. In the future, wasteland will be opened up in Devil's Valley to grow medicinal materials. These are treasures that can be sold for a lot of money, and they are better than growing food. Money is much easier.

After finishing this, Qiao Ran went into the house to get a pair of gardening shears and a hoe, went out of the small courtyard to the pond in the space, cut a large number of mulberry branches, and dug a few mulberry trees with the hoe.

If the mulberry tree with roots is moved outside, with the help of the spiritual spring water, it should soon take root and grow as vigorously as before the transplant. Then there will be no need to find excuses to go into the mountains to collect mulberry leaves to feed the young silkworms.