The gardeners used homemade wooden pallets to pick up the flower seedlings on the kang one by one, and then transplanted them one by one into the flower beds that had been deeply cultivated and sprinkled with base fertilizer. There are also some of last year's flowering plants that have already shown signs of flowering, and they are still in the house for the time being, so as not to be disturbed by the cold snap and delay the flowering period.

After the transplanting work is completed, it is necessary to use bamboo to drive piles around the flower bed, and weave a net with fine bamboo strips from the ground to the sky, so as to prevent small animals and birds. Anyway, Hong Tao has thought of all the ways he can think of, and the purpose is to ensure that the survival rate of these acres of rice sac flowers is as high as possible.

After the flowers in the house bear fruit, the seeds can be provided to selected flower farmers in the Huainan area to plant. It shouldn't be too late, sowing seeds can be sown by the end of March at the latest, and the buds can be cut around August to harvest the first flower paste.

The seedlings in Qionglin Yuan will mature in June, and the harvested seeds will continue to be dispersed, and the seedlings can be raised in the winter using the fire kang in the farmers' homes, which can also advance the harvest date by at least two months.

"Oh, my mother, it's really tiring to face the loess with your back to the sky...... Rest lady, you are all so capable, don't you make my husband and me embarrassed! ”

Hong Tao didn't dare to let any family interfere in the matter of flower seedlings, but when it came to planting ash trees, he didn't have to keep it secret, so he simply called all the family members, whether he was willing to plant the land with a hoe or not.

But the result made Hong Tao very helpless, even if he was thick-skinned enough, he had to admit that the ancients generally had a much higher tolerance for labor.

Although the princess is weak and works slowly, her tolerance is higher than herself, and she has not been seen complaining of backache and leg pain for a long time. Lian'er, Green Lotus, and Ziju are also not so squeamish, and they can talk and laugh while working.

The children are even more powerful, this bit of suffering is really not a problem in their eyes, they can't pick up the hoe to help the adults carry the cuttings of the branches, and the smaller ones simply use their hands to dig the pit, and play in it while doing it.

The most powerful is Mama Wang, this old lady picks the hoe up and down, without raising her head, there are dozens of small pits in one breath, straightens her waist to catch her breath, and picks up the hoe again. At first, Hong Tao could still keep up with her, but soon he began to fall behind, and he was already trapped in less than an hour.

Seeing that he couldn't show his face on this project, Hong Tao began to play tricks again, pulling the princess and a few little maids to rest together. It's a little better looking, but it can't be said that a group of big girls, little daughters-in-law, old ladies and children are all working, but the only big man is tired first.

In fact, Hong Tao was already very lazy, he assigned himself to the women and children's group, and he didn't dare to play with Xu Donglai, Zhu Bajin, Wasp, and grooms.

That's what people call work, Fu Ji and Gao Cuifeng didn't participate in taking care of the business, and it is estimated that they will not be weak when they come, and they are also the masters who slap their faces.

Chen Niang was the youngest, Hong Tao simply didn't let her do manual work, but she couldn't say that, but asked her to take a small notebook and a brush to count the branches, remember clearly It doesn't matter if you can't remember it clearly, it's just a rhetoric. The little girl has a strong self-esteem, and she is not happy to take care of her.

"Official, Qin Hu has something important to tell you in the room over there." As soon as her ass sat on the ground, the little girl ran over to report her work.

"Hey, don't call Qin Hu, call Grandpa Qin, children must be polite." Hong Tao really didn't want to stand up, his waist and legs were the same as if they weren't his own, if it wasn't for everyone watching, he would have been lying on the ground. What's dirty or not, let's talk about it first.

"Official, Grandpa Qin has something important to tell you...... "Chen Niang is extremely obedient, never asks why, and does whatever she wants. Of course, this is just for Hong Tao, she doesn't squeak when others say anything, and she can't see her attitude.

"The slave family went to ask, how could the big officials be called when he said it, there are no rules!" Green Lotus is a very discerning girl, very good at looking at the master's face, as soon as she sees the master's embarrassed virtue, she knows what to do.

“…… Grandpa Qin said it, it's an important matter! Chen Niang was not used to anyone except Hong Tao, her little belly was straight, and she directly blocked it in front of Green Lotus, and repeated it in an accentuated tone.

"Okay, good, it's important, it's important, it's fatal!" Seeing that the personal maid was about to fight with Chen Niang, Hong Tao hurriedly got up to play a round. It's best for the family not to make any conflicts, it's uncomfortable to intrigue all day long.

"Qin Laohu, if you can't tell me about the big thing that the sky is falling today, I will fine you with a day's wages!"

It wasn't far to walk to the hut where Qin Hu was, but Hong Tao's legs and stomach were about to turn tendons, and the soles of his feet hurt. But this sin is found by oneself, and you can't blame others, then you can only be angry, and whoever catches up will be unlucky!

"The villain does have something important to report, please see ...... official"

Qin Hu must have 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart at this moment, you said that you are a waste and stay honestly at home, crying and shouting that you have to come to experience farming, but not only will you be tired like your grandson, but you will also have to cause trouble to others after leaving. Half of the branches would not survive if they were planted like this, the pit was not deep enough, and the soil was not solid.

"Dead branches can also be cut?" What Qin Hu brought over was a bamboo basket, which was full of branches.

“…… Official, please look under the branches...... Qin Hu's face turned green, and he resisted the urge to kick this waste out, and raised the basket forward, letting the sunlight outside the door shine directly on it.

“…… Hiss...... Are these white wax worms? This time, Hong Tao saw clearly, there were many small white spots lying on the leaves under the dead branches, still alive, and they were slowly crawling.

"The villain's Hun family is a person from Jiangnan East Road, who is good at raising sericulture. A few days ago, when I came to deliver food to the villain, I picked a few tender leaves, saying that this insect may be compared with silkworms. The villain checked it every day, and he didn't think they really came out, but the other cocoons didn't move......"

Qin Hu used his pickaxe-like fingers to pinch a branch from the basket next to him with a very light movement, almost missing Hongtao's eyes, for fear that the tiny insect cocoons on the branches would be ignored by the colt again.

"Your Hun family is a genius, I will give you half a day off, hurry home and ask her if she is willing to come here to help the officials raise insects. Don't worry about anything else, as long as you serve these little insects well, let them spit wax as soon as possible, and get a master's salary! ”

The insect cocoons on the branches of the tree Hongtao can be seen clearly, intact, and they are all unhatched. This shows that Qin Hu's wife's experiment was successful, and the young leaves of the ash tree that have just sprouted can indeed allow the white wax insects to hatch in advance, and they are sucking the sap on them.

If this is the case, it may be possible to breed white wax worms by using the method of silkworm raising. In this way, stocking will become breeding, and labor costs and harvesting costs will be reduced a lot.

The most important thing is that these raised white wax insects can avoid natural enemies and natural attacks, and the survival rate must be at least doubled! The increase in survival rate alone is worth the wages of dozens of masters, which is really not a loss!

"Come and come...... Can the officials give her a little less salary? ”

It was a good thing to celebrate, the couple worked in the same place, and they both received high salaries, and the family's living standard could immediately be raised to a higher level. But Qin Hu's expression didn't have much joy, but more sorrow.