Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Chapter 108 Sick Eggplant

After three years of college, Chunni had become completely accustomed to the brightness brought by electric lights. Back in Lion Rock, everything was fine, except for the dim kerosene lamp, which made her feel uncomfortable.

Now, the village finally has electricity.

The electric poles have been erected, but not all families are willing to use electricity.

Ordinary people have been accustomed to using kerosene lamps for generations and are not willing to spend a lot of money to buy electricity.

"If it's not enough to eat or wear, what's the point of using it!" This is basically the idea.

There are about 100 households in Shizishan, and only a dozen or so relatively wealthy households are willing to use electricity. Chunni is one household, Yang Bangming's family is one household, and Yang Anzhang is also one household. Another household that surprised Chunni was Yang Ersao's family. Chunni was quite surprised that Yang Ersao, who was usually so stingy, was willing to use electricity.

How could Chunni, an unmarried girl, understand the thoughts of a woman with two unmarried older sons?

"I had to install this light. My house has electric wires and lights installed. The gossipy women will know that we are well-off and will be willing to introduce their daughters to Qianjin and Yuejin! Just wait, the threshold of our house will be trampled down by matchmakers."

Yang Ersao’s ideas are so simple and plain!

It was also because Yang Qianjin earned a good salary at Chunni Hotel, otherwise Yang Ersao would not have installed electric lights no matter how much she wanted her future daughter-in-law. After all, turning on and off the lights cost money!

When the old people in the village saw the electric wires being extended to their village, they all showed satisfied smiles on their faces.

"Upstairs and downstairs, there are lights and telephones. Good days are getting closer and closer to us!"

Upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephones, this was the most beautiful vision of future life in that generation’s hearts!

Chunni was also very happy. Her house had many rooms, but she was willing to install electric lights in all the rooms.

When Dong Lin came home from school, he was very happy to find that the house had electric lights installed. He went around every room, under the pretext of testing the quality of the lights.

"I can finally leave my homework for the evening. I can play as much as I want during the day!" As soon as Dong Lin said this proudly, he was greeted with two big slaps in the face!

The success of crops depends on fertilizer. This shows how important fertilizer plays in agricultural planting.

Chunni can still remember the jingle that her elders used to say in her previous life: "Nitrogen grows branches and leaves, and phosphorus grows roots. If you want to promote flowering, use phosphorus spray. Potassium resists lodging and phosphorus resists drought. Yellow and thin branches and leaves are caused by nitrogen deficiency. Nitrogen grows branches and leaves, and phosphorus grows fruit. With potassium fertilizer, the stems are strong. Without nitrogen, leaves will not grow. Without phosphorus, it is difficult to flower. Without potassium, there will be no coloring. Lack of iron and zinc will cause yellow leaves. Lack of magnesium will cause old leaves to die. Lack of calcium will cause many black spots. Lack of phosphorus and potassium will cause rapid maturity."

Fertilizer is so important, how could Chunni not pay attention to it! Before she started to plant rice, she planned to go to the agricultural supply company of the county supply and marketing cooperative to have a look. However, Tuo County is a small place, and the agricultural products sold are limited. Chunni gave up the county supply and marketing cooperative and chose to go to Rongcheng to have a look.

While Dong Lin was still immersed in the joy of pulling one level after another, Chun Ni and Yang Anzhang went to Rongcheng together.

Chunni mainly went to buy fertilizers, pesticides, and farm tools in preparation for the spring plowing that was about to begin.

As soon as Yang Anzhang heard about Chunni's plan, he decided to go with her. After all, Chunni had studied rice cultivation in college. But how could he know that there were countless majors in the agricultural university, and Chunni was not proficient in everything in agriculture.

Maybe this is just a beautiful misunderstanding!

Lion Mountain is located in a remote area, and the most common fertilizer used by farmers is farmyard manure, which is made from human and animal feces with an appropriate amount of water.

Farmyard manure contains a variety of trace elements and organic matter; it is environmentally friendly and does not contain chemical ingredients; most importantly, it has low production costs. However, it is not without disadvantages. There are limited livestock raised in rural areas, so where can we get so much manure? Therefore, adding effective chemical fertilizers to agricultural planting can effectively make up for the lack of farmyard manure.

There are a few fertilizer stores in Chengdu, not only the supply and marketing cooperatives and agricultural materials companies, but also fertilizer factory stores. Chunni asked He Yanqing about it and went to Shengda Fertilizer Store, the largest and most comprehensive fertilizer store in the city.

The exclusive store, which is backed by Shengda Fertilizer Plant, occupies four large doorways near the People's Shopping Mall.

Chunni and Yang Anzhang got off the train, ate a bowl of noodles, and hurried to Shengda. They thought it was noon and there should be fewer people. Unexpectedly, on the contrary, there were two long queues of people buying fertilizers.

Yang Anzhang, who considered himself knowledgeable, couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed.

"Why are there so many people?"

Chunni was also shocked, but she reacted quickly, "Uncle, please find a queue first, I'll go inside to see what's going on."

"Okay." Yang Anzhang agreed immediately. This time when he went out, he was determined to follow orders in all his actions.

Chunni slowly walked into the crowded crowd and headed towards the counter under people's puzzled gazes.

"Comrade, hello, Xingxing..." Chunni was about to recite the quotations from the emperor subconsciously, but when she saw a big sweaty head popping out from the other side of the counter, she realized that this was no longer the era when one had to recite quotations from the emperor when buying things.

"Hello, comrade, I want to ask about fertilizer..."

"What's the use of fertilizer? The little girl is so young and she's cutting in line. Everyone else is queuing up voluntarily, but she's the only one who wants to be treated specially." A woman nearby said in a sarcastic tone.

Chunni... took a deep breath. It was not good to act wildly in other people's territory. She endured it for a while, and then wanted to make another effort, but her attention was attracted by the question from the next room.

"Comrade, I don't know what happened this year, but the eggplants on my acre didn't bloom well. What kind of fertilizer should I buy?"

"What about that acre of eggplant? How can we be so poor that we can eat eggplant all we want? You are just bragging without thinking." The woman curled her lips and muttered to herself. The muttering was quite loud, and everyone around could hear it clearly.

The people around him looked at him strangely.

Who would plant an acre of eggplant at a time? Can they eat it all?

This guy is not bragging. The middle-aged man who heard the news lives in the suburbs. His family has two acres of land to grow vegetables, one acre of eggplant and one acre of pepper. This man obviously has some business sense. He wants to pick these eggplants and peppers to sell in the city.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man glared at the woman fiercely, then turned around and looked at the salesperson with a smile.

"Sorry, we only sell fertilizers." The implication is that he doesn't know what fertilizer to use if the flowers don't bloom.

The middle-aged man's eyes darkened. He had finally persuaded his family to plant two acres of vegetable fields. If there was no harvest, he would have a hard time this year.

“Use phosphate fertilizer.”

"What!?" Several voices sounded at the same time.

Chunni had no choice but to say again: "Use phosphate fertilizer."

"The little girl knows nothing and yet she comes here to show off." The woman spoke again.

"Comrade, tell me what happened exactly." The man grabbed Chunni's clothes anxiously.

Chunni couldn't help but take two steps back.

The man withdrew his hand in dismay. He was too concerned. The young man in front of him was only in his twenties, how could he know how to apply fertilizer!

The salesperson also looked at Chunni suspiciously and said, "If you really want to know, wait for our store manager to come back and ask him. He is a professional."

"When will he come back?" the middle-aged man asked with a comfortable smile.

"A week, maybe two weeks? I don't know. He's on a business trip!"

The man's smile fell, his hope was dashed. He could wait, but his eggplant couldn't!