CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 117: THE FIRST BATCH OF EXPERIMENTAL CABBAGE SUCCEEDS

The prisoners’ eyes lit up when they saw the cabbage pancakes.

When Pei Shu’er told everyone not to be polite, they immediately started devouring the cabbage pancakes without hesitation.

The taste of the cabbage pancakes was excellent, the cabbage was very sweet, and with a good choice of filling, everyone soon finished one.

And then picked up the next one to eat.

After everyone had eaten half full, Pei Shu’er finally revealed the purpose of their visit.

"Everyone should know that the reason our cabbages are growing so well is actually because of my special planting method."

"Now, I intend to teach my planting methods to everyone to increase your cabbage yield per mu."

Upon hearing this, those who were eating the pancakes choked.

Wait, were they so hungry that they started hallucinating?

This... could there really be such good fortune falling from the sky!

This is a secret to growing cabbages, if they mastered it, they too could live a better life.

Now everyone couldn’t care less about eating pancakes and urgently asked Pei Shu’er.

"Miss Pei, is what you said true?"

"What is your secret for growing cabbages? Quickly tell us, I’m ready to remember it."

Pei Shu’er laughed, "It’s too late now, if I tell you now, you wouldn’t be able to practice it. Tomorrow, I will take everyone and do it together."

With Pei Shu’er’s words, everyone was finally able to relax, and now eating the cabbage pancakes, they found them even sweeter.

Early the next morning, everyone was already waiting at the door of the stone house.

In fact, everyone could not sleep all night, afraid that after a night Pei Shu’er would regret and not teach them.

It’s not that they didn’t trust Pei Shu’er’s character, but because the cabbage growing technique was very important.

If Pei Shu’er taught them, her status might not be as stable as it is now.

If it were an ordinary person, they certainly would not teach it.

Pei Shu’er took everyone to the cabbage field and told everyone the timing for fertilizing and watering.

"Actually, fertilizing can be summarized into four points: 1. Skillfully apply seedling fertilizer: During the cabbage seedling stage, fertilizer needs to be applied, especially for soil like the Deserted Mountain, where an application of nitrogen fertilizer is needed."

Someone immediately asked, "What is nitrogen fertilizer?"

Pei Shu’er didn’t intend to hide it, the fertilizer in her space was perfect for the Deserted Mountain’s soil.

"This is a kind of fertilizer I made some time ago, the effect is quite good. I’ve collected those fertilizers now. If you plan to sow seeds next time, you can come to me."

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up immediately.

There is ready-made fertilizer available.

Pei Shu’er continued, "2. Apply hefty rosette fertilizer: Apply 600-800 kilograms of farmyard manure per mu. 3. Apply heavy wrapping fertilizer: Before heading, combine watering with heavy fertilizer application once. 4. Apply supplemental heart-wrap fertilizer: To ensure cabbages wrap tightly, apply supplemental heart-wrap fertilizer mid-heading."

Upon hearing this, everyone realized that planting cabbages required so much fertilizer, and that the timing of fertilization was so particular.

No wonder the Third House’s cabbage was planted so well, turns out it’s because they were diligent and smart.

Like them, they only applied fertilizer at the very beginning and then just watered after that.

The problem is, now everyone doesn’t have that much farmyard manure.

They don’t even have any toilets, almost everyone just poops in the wild.

Now that they actually need farmyard manure, they realize how much has been wasted, how much good farmyard manure they’ve lost.

Pei Shu’er cheerfully advised, "So everyone can start digging dung pits. If there’s a need for cement, you can come to us to trade with labor points or other things."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s eyes shone brightly, yes, once they dig dung pits, it won’t be long before they can accumulate manure.

Pei Shu’er also said, "If everyone feels it’s still not enough, you can actually carry a basket when you go up the mountain and collect some wild animal droppings on the way, then bring it back to the dung pit to compost. It won’t be long before it can be used."

If everyone dug dung pits and understood the importance of farmyard manure, then the hygiene conditions in Deserted Mountain would not be so poor anymore.

And they wouldn’t have to worry about poop everywhere.

Now everyone has developed a good habit of collecting manure, not letting manure water flow into outsiders’ fields.

Even if they wanted to poop, they would hold it in and go back to their own toilet to do it.

In no time, the air in Deserted Mountain was refreshing, and the environment improved greatly.

Some who had high requirements for toilets didn’t just want to build soil ones.

They went to the Third House for some cement, since cement toilets can prevent farmyard manure from leaking.

People worked in the fields during the day and built toilets at night, drying them for two or three days, and the toilets could be used.

Since everyone’s cabbages weren’t at the fertilizing stage yet, what Pei Shu’er needed to do was to water everyone’s cabbages with diluted Spiritual Spring Water.

But watering was a huge task.

And the river was a full kilometer away from everyone.

So Pei Shu’er led everyone to dig a nearby channel and a pond to channel water into the pond.

Meanwhile, when people were not paying attention, she secretly poured a kilogram of Spiritual Spring Water into the 10 cubic meter pond.

Then everyone began to carry water to irrigate the cabbages one bucket at a time.

With the short distance, everyone’s watering efficiency improved.

The Third House also needed to plant the next round of cabbages.

After sowing the cabbage seeds, she also showed everyone what nitrogen fertilizer was.

It was a type of white granules, when sniffed up close, had a pungent smell.

Pei Shu’er sprinkled those granules into the vegetable pits, then added some water, along with a little farmyard manure.

She didn’t use much nitrogen fertilizer, just mainly as a demonstration for everyone.

Otherwise, how could she explain her cabbages grew so well?

It couldn’t be because of the Spiritual Spring Water, could it?

Of course, nitrogen fertilizer’s effect is still excellent, it’s just that the Spiritual Spring Water is incredibly powerful.

At this moment, Pei Shu’er thought that she still needed to have another laboratory built.

This way, whenever she took something out, she could say it was from her research.

When the time comes to lock herself up in the lab fiddling with things, no one would know what she’s up to.

Although planting cabbages now is not the right season, there is no alternative, we can’t let the land stay idle.

Moreover, she has the Spiritual Spring Water, which can largely counter the issue of cabbages not being planted in season.

After the Third House finished planting their cabbages, some families’ cabbages reached the fertilization stage.

Pei Shu’er taught everyone how to fertilize, and also emphasized some important points, appearing very professional, although the farmers already knew these.

The most important is still watering with Spiritual Spring Water.

Otherwise, this soil is completely hopeless.

Half a month later, the first batch of cabbages had matured. Looking at these greatly improved cabbages, everyone’s eyes were filled with smiles.

These cabbages turned from originally weighing less than a few taels, to now the largest weighing two kilograms, and even the smallest weighing eight taels, looking quite large.

Although the operational time was too short, if those still growing in the fields now had more time, they would look far better than these cabbages.

But this family was very happy, and so were the government officers, they had vegetables to eat again.

This family planted two mu of large cabbages, now totaling 8000 kilograms, with a yield of 4000 kilograms per mu, something they never dared dream of before.

The government officers happily hauled 4000 kilograms of cabbages back.

For the remaining 4000 kilograms, they had to see if Zhang Feng and the procurement officers wanted to purchase, and under what conditions they would do so.