The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

"Have you finished spraying the pesticides on this acre of land?" Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dahan.

Gu Dahan nodded and said, "These three acres have all been sprayed."

The Gu family owns three mu of land on the riverbank. Gu Dahan got up early in the morning to spray pesticides on the land. He worked very efficiently and sprayed all three mu of land in one morning.

Gu Dahan plans to spray pesticides on the dozens of acres of land at the foot of Xishan Mountain in the coming days.

As Tong Huaqiong said, even if the corn ears in some fields do not have mold spots or bollworms, they should still be sprayed with fungicides and insecticides in order to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

Tong Huaqiong pointed to Zhao Shi and Aunt Qin and said to Gu Dahan, "Dahan, take Aunt Zhao and Aunt Qin to see the effect of the corn after you sprayed the medicine, and then give them the remaining medicine from our family."

Gu Dahan smiled and said to Zhao and Aunt Qin, "The pesticide I sprayed on my acre of land at the foot of West Mountain has been effective in just three days. My mother was just saying yesterday that she was planning to share some of the pesticide with you. You two, why don't you come and take a look at my field first? This pesticide is really powerful. The bollworms fell off the ears and leaves as soon as I sprayed it."

After saying that, he pointed to a few corn stalks that had just been sprayed with pesticides and said, "Look, isn't that right?"

Zhao and Aunt Qin walked down the ridge together and came to the corn that Gu Dahan was pointing to. Sure enough, they saw a layer of black cotton aphids on the ground.

Cotton aphids are still falling off the ears of grain and leaves.

The corn ears and leaves that had fallen after being infested with cotton aphids and mold turned a vibrant green.

No matter how effective the disinfectants and insecticides are, Tong Huaqiong's flowery words are no substitute for seeing it for yourself.

Zhao said with a look of surprise, "You know what, this medicine really works. These cotton aphids are so hard to kill even if we pinch them with our hands or sweep them with a broom, they're all so neatly arranged."

Aunt Qin leaned closer, covered her nose, and nodded repeatedly. It was good that the cotton aphids were all dead. Her last bit of doubt about the fungicide and insecticide vanished completely.

"Well, we don't need to look at that plot of land in Xishan anymore. Aunt Dashu, I'll go to your house to get the medicine. I'll spray it after lunch," Aunt Qin said with a smile.

The Zhao family also shared this idea.

Tong Huaqiong said, "The medicine can be picked up at any time. But there is something I must tell you both. The autumn heat is still intense now, so don't spray the medicine when it's hot at noon. It's best to spray it in the morning or when the sun is setting. High temperatures can affect the efficacy of the medicine and can even cause poisoning."

This wasn't something Tong Huaqiong said offhand; it's based on evidence.

In her previous life, her second great-aunt in the countryside sprayed pesticides at noon one autumn, which caused her to be poisoned and faint in the field and be taken to the hospital.

Her father took her to the hospital to visit patients, and on the way back, he explained to her, who was full of questions, the dangers of spraying pesticides at noon.

Pesticide applicators working in high temperatures are prone to heatstroke, and the rapid evaporation of pesticides due to the high temperature, coupled with the fact that my second aunt was not wearing a professional gas mask, suffered a double blow of poisoning and heatstroke, causing her to faint in the field.

Fortunately, he was discovered and taken to the hospital, where he was rescued and is out of danger.

In this era of limited medical technology, even if the disease were discovered early, the person would likely still die.

Besides increasing the risk of poisoning and heatstroke for humans, spraying pesticides at midday can also harm crops. High temperatures cause pesticides to evaporate too quickly, reducing their effectiveness. Additionally, the stomata on crops open in high temperatures, allowing pesticides to be absorbed by these stomata and damage the crops.

Before the diseases and pests are even killed, the crops may be ruined first.

Aunt Qin said, "Great Heat Aunt, luckily you reminded me. Your old Gu almost got poisoned when he sprayed pesticide on the mung bean field in the middle of the day. He had to be given a lot of soapberry water before he came back."

Tong Dajiao: "."

She had absolutely no recollection of this incident.

Because she never paid attention to Old Man Gu's situation before his death, the fact that an old cucumber became his widow was already disgusting, and Tong Huaqiong didn't even want to mention this person.

Seeing Tong Huaqiong's displeased expression, Aunt Qin regretted mentioning Old Man Gu.

Tong Huaqiong changed the subject, saying, "Come with me to my house to get your medicine."

Aunt Qin breathed a sigh of relief and, together with Zhao, followed Tong Huaqiong to get the disinfectant and insecticide. Upon arriving home, Tong Huaqiong handed them the prepared sprayer and explained how to apply it.

Tong Huaqiong said, "I'll give each of you two mu of land first. I'll prepare the rest of the medicine and have Dahan deliver it to you."

She wanted to give it all at once, but she couldn't take that much out of her storage space.

This space is also very strange; there's no discernible pattern to how much stuff one can take.

Take grain for example. At most, she can take enough for the whole Gu family for one day. As for cream, Man'er always takes just enough for the peach blossom dessert baking. At first, she could take enough disinfectant and insecticide for five acres, but these past two days she has been able to take enough for ten acres.

Who knows how much can be withdrawn in a few days?
She plans to distribute the supplies to the entire village once she finishes disinfecting and pest-controlling her own cornfield.

After Zhao and Aunt Qin took the medicine back, Zhao caught a chicken as a return gift, while Aunt Qin gave Tong Huaqiong a basket of eggs.

After lunch, Tong Huaqiong decided to go find the village chief, Liu Tielian.

On the one hand, they are promoting pesticides and fungicides, and on the other hand, they want to ask the village chief to help them hire a few people in the village to spray pesticides on the cornfields at the foot of Xishan Mountain.

Originally, this kind of thing should have been handled by Gu Dahan, but Gu Dahan hadn't changed his small-farmer mentality. He always felt that it was normal for people living in the same village to help each other, and that it was too formal to pay someone to do it.

Tong Huaqiong, however, thought differently. "Who doesn't love money? Why use money to hire someone to do work when you can do it yourself?"

If she could, Tong Huaqiong would love to develop a "village-run factory" like her father did in her previous life, so that everyone in the village could work in the factory.

It has both boosted the economy and created jobs.

Gu Dahan now manages both the pig farm and the fields, which is quite a demanding job, but he enjoys it.

Tong Huaqiong believes that no matter how much you like something, a person's energy is limited.

These past two days, Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dahan to hire people to spray pesticides, as he couldn't possibly manage dozens of acres of land on his own.

Gu Dahan was somewhat reluctant.

He was never comfortable entrusting his own land to outsiders.

Tong Huaqiong felt that her stepson was too dependent on the land, to the point that he would only treat the land with care if he trusted himself.

According to Tong Huaqiong's idea, after her family's land was reduced to 100 mu, she would rent out her land and, according to regulations, make the tenants pay whatever amount of grain they were entitled to, and the rest would be theirs.

By doing this, we are not afraid that they will not cherish the land.

Tenant farmers also need to eat. All the grain they have belongs to them, and no one would waste the land unless they are foolish.

Gu Dashu's worries were unnecessary.

Thinking of this, Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Dahan again, "You can't finish working on those fifty acres of land at the foot of Xishan Mountain by yourself. You have to hire people."

Gu Dahan chuckled憨厚ly, "Why hire anyone? I can just work a few more days."

Tong Huaqiong was immediately alarmed upon hearing this.

She said to her stepson firmly and seriously, "Dahan, your energy is limited. Even if you can finish those fifty acres, how long will it take you? What if the weather is bad and delays the work? Wouldn't it all be wasted? Even if you can finish it this year by yourself, what will happen next year when we buy more land? Are you going to do it all by yourself again? You need to change your mindset. You can't do everything yourself. You need to learn to outsource the work. Now that our family has land and money, we also need to think about how to help other people in the village earn money."

“Think about it, most people in our village toil in the fields for a living and have no other opportunities to make money. Wouldn’t it be great if our land could provide everyone with a chance to earn money? Forget about your idea of ​​helping each other out in the village. It would have been fine if we had less land, but now that we have more, people automatically treat you like a landlord. If you’re a landlord and you’re so stingy, how can you expect to have good relationships with people in the village? If your relationships sour, what if someone tries to sabotage you? Will we still be able to live in Qinghewan?”

Gu Dahan had never considered the possibility of making money for the villagers, much less that his family was already landlords with dozens of acres of fertile land.

Tong Huaqiong's words were like a stick, instantly enlightening him. (End of Chapter)