Lady of the Lord From the East

Chapter 36

Wei Wei took the children outside to catch ladybugs for a long time, and the harvest was very rich.

By the way, she also dug up some dandelion cornflowers and yarrow back, ready to plant next to the cornfield and give these ladybugs a new home.

The ladybugs were kept in the jar for a long time, and they were a little out of spirit. Fortunately, most of them were still alive. Wei Wei asked the commander and children who had been dug up to put these ladybugs on the leaves with bugs.

The ladybug moved very slowly, and it didn't move for a long time when it was put on the leaves. After some time, it was probably determined that there was no danger, and then it crawled toward the still-alive aphids and began to eat.

Just start eating and you'll be fine.

After finishing this work, I brought some food for the children as usual, Wei Wei went back to the room to rest for a while, and it was almost time for dinner.

During dinner, Wei Wei told Felix about it by the way.

She was a little worried about whether the wheat cultivated by the serfs in the manor also suffered from insect pests. After all, compared with the wheat seeds used by other people, her wheat seeds were more resistant to insect pests, but they also had insects. Wei Wei did not know this alone. Is it just because of other plants in the garden, or is it the same with those cornfields outside?

All the land she grows in the garden adds up to less than an acre, and even some pests can be dealt with quickly, but outside is different.

"Garlic water can drive and kill some pests, but it is not omnipotent. It is best to prepare some insecticides."

Moreover, although garlic is not more expensive than other spices such as Chinese prickly ash and pepper, it is also a seasoning. It is prepared in large quantities into insecticidal water to repel insects, and it needs to be produced regularly, which is not something that ordinary serfs can afford.

Felix has learned a lot of management matters during this time, and he has a lot of knowledge about things in the fields. When Wei Wei talks about aphids, he naturally thinks of other common pests and diseases.

For today's farmers, when there are insects in the fields, they can only be grasped by hand. Often, before a piece of land has been caught, the adjacent land is also infected, which eventually leads to the reduction of field production or even no harvest. This can be said to be the most headache for farmers except for prolonged droughts and floods.

A lot of land is reduced due to insect pests every year. After all, it is an era that relies entirely on manpower and no pesticides. The serfs are struggling to deal with the damage.

So she mentioned that Felix also started to have a headache: "If it doesn't work, I'll let people buy more garlic back - are you sure this will kill the pests?"

"Certainly, at least it works well on little bugs like aphids, you can try it yourself."

Felix's mind was still spinning very fast. Under the premise of believing in Wei Wei, he thought of other possibilities: "So are there other alternatives? The more favorable kind."

If only garlic could be used, Felix would have to take care of his plot, and the other serfs would have to pay for it themselves, most of them might not be able to pay the money, and in the end, it was likely to increase labor Go back with some garlic on credit from him.

But Felix feels that he currently has nothing to do for them that needs to increase labor, and he is more concerned about the cost issue.

This is probably the sequelae of the recent over-seeing of accounts.