Captain Gu Jianguo has always been paying attention to Gu Mingzhu's two greenhouses.
If he wasn't afraid that Gu Mingzhu would dislike it, he would have wanted to watch it twenty times a day!
Just as Gu Mingzhu came back from the city, he came here right after.
He said excitedly, "Mingzhu, we heard that the vegetables in your greenhouse are growing fast and well, and we all want to take a look. When you go to the field later, can I take everyone in for a tour?"
Gu Mingzhu knew that the captain had been wanting to bring this up for a long time.
Hearing him say this, she nodded without hesitation, "Of course! If anyone in the village also wants to build a greenhouse, I can give him Uncle Wang's contact information!"
As soon as she agreed, Gu Jianguo took the captains of several other teams to the greenhouse in the afternoon.
When they arrived, Gu Mingzhu and Wang Xiu Lian were both there.
Several team leaders had heard Gu Jianguo talk about how good Gu Mingzhu's greenhouse was, but they had never seen it in person.
Now as they enter the greenhouse, they feel that the temperature inside is much higher than outside!
The temperature outside, even in summer, is only 2 or 3 degrees above zero at most.
But it's very warm in this greenhouse, probably around 10 degrees!
Mo Shaoqi, the captain of the third team, asked Gu Mingzhu with a curious look on his face, "I have also visited the greenhouse in Jiangwan Village. The temperature in their greenhouse is also higher than outside, but it is not as high as 10 degrees!"
"Why is the temperature in your house so high?"
Seeing that several team leaders were very curious, Gu Mingzhu pointed to the fire barrels in the distance and said, "I added fire barrels in the greenhouse and put coal in them. There is a fire barrel every six meters, so of course the temperature is high."
When Mo Shaoqi heard this, his eyes widened. "It must be expensive to make so many fire barrels, right?"
Wang Xiulian nodded, "Not low, but it works well this way. Look, these vegetables have only been planted for more than half a month, and they have already grown so big..."
Everyone looked in the direction of Wang Xiulian's hand, and what they saw was a large field of lettuce and romaine lettuce.
Each plant is particularly sturdy, with lush green leaves that look very fresh and lush!
Wang Xiulian continued, "At first I thought it would take at least one and a half months from planting to harvesting these vegetables. But now it seems that they can be sold in four or five days!"
In other words, it takes no more than one month from transplanting to selling!
Although the captains present were cadres, they were all born and raised in the village and had farmed before!
Not to mention the cold apocalypse now, even before the apocalypse, they might not be sure to grow a batch of lettuce within a month!
For something of Gu Mingzhu's quality, I'm even less sure!
To be honest, not only the captains were shocked, even Gu Mingzhu himself was a little surprised.
Although the system had long said that her wood spiritual root attribute had awakened, whatever she planted would come to life.
But the conditions are limited!
For the past half month, she has been sowing and transplanting seeds as soon as she opens her eyes. She has no time to water the plants every day, let alone fertilize them.
She originally thought that if half of the transplanted vegetables survived, it would be a blessing from God!
But to her surprise, none of the vegetables she transplanted died!
The transplanted ones grow thick and big!
It is no exaggeration to say that for any family with a small population, one vegetable is enough for a meal!
After sowing, the seeds will start to sprout in four or five days.
After sprouting, the growth changes every day. Even if you force the growth, it won't be so fast.
Look, it has only been 12 or 13 days since the sprouts appeared, and the cabbage hearts are already 8 or 9 centimeters tall!
In Aunt Wang's words, in less than 10 days, these cabbage hearts can be sold!
The celery, lettuce, romaine lettuce and mustard seedlings she specially grew can be transplanted in three to five days.
Gu Jianguo's eyes lit up when he saw how well she was growing crops. "Mingzhu, when you first said you wanted to build a greenhouse, I was worried that you wouldn't know how to grow crops!"
"I didn't expect that those who have received education are different. They can grow crops better than us!"
Wang Xiulian nodded hurriedly upon hearing this, "That's right! The seeds are all the same, the seedlings are the same, but the ones grown by Mingzhu are better than mine!"
As she spoke, she pointed to her own lands.
Although the seeds germinated, the germination rate was obviously lower than that of Gu Mingzhu.
The young seedlings are not growing well, they are very small and thin.
Not to mention the transplanted vegetables, the better ones could barely catch up to half the size of Gu Mingzhu.
The worse ones are the ones that are still the same as when they were planted!
Seeing the big difference between the two families' vegetables, Mo Shaoqi became even more curious.
He asked Gu Mingzhu: "How do you manage it? Why do your vegetables grow so well?"
manage?
Gu Mingzhu blinked innocently and said, "I didn't take care of it. I just watered it when I first planted it, but I didn't take care of it afterwards."
The captains didn't believe it.
Especially the captain of Team 7, Tan Jinhui.
He is the oldest among the eight captains. When he was young, he raised silkworms and planted bananas.
Needless to say, he started working in the fields with his family when he was five or six years old.
His experience told him that if he wanted a good harvest from the land, he had to work hard!
As the saying goes, hard work makes the land more productive!
Now when he heard Gu Mingzhu say that there was no management, he said directly: "Mingzhu, you can fool them, but you can't fool me! I have been farming for most of my life and I am experienced. If there is no management, the vegetables will not grow so well..."
As soon as he said this, the other captains nodded.
Even Gu Jianguo felt so.
Only Wang Xiulian laughed when she heard what Tan Jinhui said, "Captain Tan, to be honest, if I wasn't with Mingzhu every day, I would also think that she was hiding something."
"But in fact, Mingzhu really didn't take care of these vegetables. At most, she watered them after planting them, and added coal to the fire bucket every day to ensure the temperature in the greenhouse."
Wang Xiulian also said, "Not only do the vegetables in the greenhouse grow well, but the vegetables in her small vegetable garden also grow better than others."
The white radishes, garlic and Chinese cabbages in Mingzhu's vegetable garden are also growing very well!
Every time she passes by her family's thriving vegetable garden, Wang Xiu Lian feels like she's back three years ago!
At that time, it was easy to grow any vegetables.
Every household's vegetable garden is green all year round, and there is never a shortage of vegetables to eat.
Thinking of this, she concluded: "In my opinion, Mingzhu is born to be a farmer!"
At first, she also thought that Mingzhu had secretly applied fertilizer to the vegetable garden.
But later she discovered that the fertilizers given by the captain were still piled in the corner, not a single bag was missing!
After Wang Xiulian said this, several captains were even more dumbfounded.
They have lived for most of their lives, but this is the first time they have met such a talent!