Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 368 Jiuqu

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan took the sickle and the two of them began to cut the water spinach.

There are quite a lot of Polygonum hydropiper in this patch, and Xu Han plans to cut them all at once, so that she can make more koji at one time. Moreover, more and more koji will be needed later, so she can make more this time and save it next time.

The prepared koji can be stored directly in the space, or in a cool and dry place. Under normal circumstances, it can be stored for a long time.

Besides, Xu Han has a space, so at worst she can just put it in there.

Therefore, Xu Han was not afraid of making too much and letting it go bad.

It took the two of them about five or six minutes to finally finish cutting all the Polygonum multiflorum.

Lu Chuan carried the backpack and said, "This patch of Polygonum aviculare looks quite abundant, but there isn't much to harvest."

Xu Han straightened up and looked around. "I wonder if there are any more in other places. There are so many of them. I'm afraid there will be even less after I pick all the flowers and crush them.

We can’t make much koji out of these. We’ll need more koji to make sweet potato wine later, so I’m afraid it won’t be enough.”

Lu Chuan pointed in a direction and said, "There are other places around here, but not so many. Let's go there and take a look."

Hearing this, Xu Han followed Lu Chuan and walked forward. They collected some more things one after another. All the things added together should be enough for a while.

Xu Han shouted to Lu Chuan who was cutting Polygonum aviculare not far away, "Lu Chuan, let's go home. The sun is about to set. If we don't go back soon, it will be dark soon."

"Okay, I'll go over after I finish cutting this side."

Hearing this, Xu Han found a place to sit. Lu Chuan was about to finish mowing the grass, so she didn't go over.

Maybe Lu Chuan has finished cutting all the grass before I get there. In that case, wouldn’t it be a wasted trip?

After Lu Chuan finished cutting, he walked towards Xu Han. Seeing this, Xu Han took the backpack from Lu Chuan and put it into the space.

As Xu Han walked, she said, "This hot pepper grass is really spicy. My hands are burning after cutting it for an entire afternoon."

"Don't rub your eyes, or they will sting."

Xu Han muttered to herself, "Why didn't I think of wearing gloves at the beginning? I remembered it when I was halfway through cutting, but it was too late. My hands were already starting to feel sore. And it was inconvenient to work with gloves on, so I didn't wear them."

Lu Chuan looked at Xu Han who was talking to herself with a doting look on his face. "Just wash it a few more times with soap when you get home. Don't forget to wear gloves when you handle these Polygonum aviculare."

"I know, I know. Let's go now."

On the way back, the two of them went to the composting area to take a look. They were about to start planting winter wheat, and a lot of manure had been piled up during this period.

As long as there is enough manure accumulated at home for one composting, Lu Chuan will make it all into compost.

All the piled manure are piled together. After this period of accumulation, there is now a lot of manure in the manure pile.

Lu Chuan looked at the huge pile of manure in front of him and smiled with his teeth showing. "With these manure fertilizers, the harvest will be very good next year when we harvest wheat."

"Of course. This year's soybean and corn yields are better than in previous years. When we plow the soil next time, we'll add more base fertilizer, and the winter wheat will surely grow better by then."

"Let's go home first. Tomorrow, the Taoist priest and I will carry all the manure to the field and spread it out to dry."

"Yeah, while we're not busy these few days, spread the manure on the land. Spread the manure in the next two days, and start harvesting the peanuts in two days. If we have time, we can also turn the land."

"Okay, the crops were harvested early this year, so there's still plenty of time, enough to grow wheat."

As they were talking, they walked into the courtyard. Mu'er saw Xu Han coming back and hurried over.

Seeing this, Ze'er also climbed over from the mat next to him. Seeing that Ze'er was about to climb out of the mat, Lu Chuan quickly picked up Ze'er.

Ze'er, who was held by Lu Chuan, was chattering and dancing with his hands and feet, drooling as he spoke.

Mu'er was held in Xu Han's arms. She looked at her father and brother with a smile and said, "Hahaha, mother, look at my brother. His saliva is so long. It's so dirty."

Xu Han smiled and explained, "Your brother is growing teeth now. You were the same as your brother when you were young. It will be fine when you grow up."

Mu'er looked incredulous when she heard this, and then disgusted. Her facial expressions changed back and forth, as if she really couldn't accept that she used to be like this.

Several people looked at Mu'er's constantly changing expressions and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The Taoist priest smiled and said, "Mu'er has grown up and knows how to save face."

Grandpa Zhao took Mu'er from Xu Han and said lovingly, "Our Mu'er was not as naughty as Ze'er when she was little. Mu'er was very clean when she was little. She was pure and white, not dirty at all."

The Taoist priest laughed and scolded upon hearing this, "Come on, I finally understand. You old man are partial to Mu'er."

Grandpa Zhao was not annoyed, and replied indifferently, "Aren't you partial to Ze'er too? You see Ze'er's muscles and bones are suitable for martial arts training, so you hold him every day. You are cold to our Mu'er, aren't you, Mu'er?"

Grandpa Zhao retorted to the Taoist priest while teasing Mu'er.

Seeing this, Xu Han and Lu Chuan just smiled and said nothing. Every child has his or her own merits, and Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest are biased on purpose.

But Xu Han and Lu Chuan are different. As parents, they cannot say that they treat their two children completely fairly, but they must always be careful not to be overly partial. They strive to be fair in everything and love their two children equally.

Doing this will also prevent the two brothers from having conflicts in the future. Only when the parents can balance the issues one night can the children be friendly and live in peace with each other.

Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest stopped dwelling on this topic and changed the subject, "Where did you go today? Why did you take so long?"

Lu Chuan replied, "Xiao Han and I went to the mountains to cut Polygonum multiflorum today."

The Taoist priest looked disgusted when he heard Lu Chuan say that. "Polygonum odoratum? Why cut it? It's very spicy and useless."

Xu Han said with a smile, "Don't we have to drink sweet potato wine when making wine yeast? How can we do it without wine yeast?"

The Taoist priest looked incredulous and asked, "Can this be used to make wine yeast?"

"Without this, I really can't make wine yeast."

Grandpa Zhao thought, "I think I've seen it in a book over there. This Polygonum hydropiper can indeed be used to make wine yeast, but few people know about it."

Hearing this, Xu Han was surprised, "Then what kind of yeast do they use to make wine, and how do they brew the wine?"

"I really don't know. It is said that there are many ways to make wine, but the yeast they use is not like this. I am not sure how to make wine, and I have never seen it."