Chapter 18: Bump Lenses
With the help of Chen Yi and Zhao Wen, the process of building a vegetable greenhouse was very fast.
The three of them were noisy, and the shed was set up in two days.
After building the greenhouse, they turned the soil over and over again to make sure the soil was loose and breathable enough for potato tubers to grow.
Mu Qiao gave Chen Yi and Zhao Wen a knife and told them how to cut potatoes, ensuring that there were 2-3 bud points on each piece.
The three of them cut a large bag of potatoes and stirred the ash and potato tubers well.
Chen Yi and Zhao Wen were a little puzzled why Mu Qiao mixed these potato chunks with the ashes burned at the bottom of the stove.
"Mu Qiao, why do you want to get them together so that they can be grown?"
"Of course, I've tried many times."
Listening to Mu Qiao's words, Chen Yi and Zhao Wen nodded suspiciously.
Mu Qiao knew that they did not believe it, and told them about the benefits of grass and wood ash.
"Don't believe it, this grass ash has a big effect."
"First, it can kill bacteria and prevent disease and repel insects. We mix it with potatoes so we don't have to worry about the potato chunks being eaten by insects.
"Second, it can absorb moisture. If we water too much, the ash will suck up the excess water and prevent the potato cubes from rotting. If there is a place in the house that is too damp, you can also sprinkle some grass and wood ash to dehumidify.
"Third, it can be used as fertilizer." Our land here is too barren, sprinkle some grass ash into the ground to make the crops stronger, and when you two plant crops again, you can also sprinkle some grass ash into the ground.
"Fourth, sprinkling it on potato chunks can increase germination speed."
Chen Yi and Zhao Wen's eyes widened more and more, and they really couldn't believe that the ash left by the burning pot was still so useful.
"Mu Qiao, is this true, it really has so many benefits? My family piles ash on the bottom of the stove in the yard.
"Our family too!"
"Of course, the crops we grow are all potholes, all gnawed by insects. Sprinkle with grass and wood ash, and there will definitely be very few pests in the field in the future. With
Mu Qiao's words as a reassuring pill, Chen Yi and Zhao Wen stood up and walked around, their faces full of excitement, and even lifted Mu Qiao up and threw it into the air.
"Hahaha... Mu Qiao, you are too powerful! Every season, those bugs gnaw most of the crops, and now there is a way to cure them!
"You guys quickly put me down, I'm a little dizzy."
Chen Yi and Zhao Wen quickly put Mu Qiao down, Mu Qiao stood unsteadily and almost sat on the ground, stumbling a few steps to grab Zhao Wen before standing firmly.
The two of them were so scary, hissing, dizzy.
After mixing the potato cubes with grass and wood ash, Mu Qiao and the three of them went into the greenhouse with potato cubes in pots and planted them.
The soil is already so soft that they only need to plant two-thirds of the potato cubes into the soil with the bud points facing up.
A large bag of potato chunks didn't look like much, Mu Qiao planted potato tubers in the greenhouse, sprinkled with water, and looked back, but there were still a third of the potato chunks that had not been planted.
"What to do? This greenhouse is a bit small, and we still have several bags of potatoes that we haven't grown.
"Besides, it's a little dark in this greenhouse, can these potatoes grow without sunlight?"
Belch...... In this way, the three of them thought about this too simple before.
Mu Qiao looked at the remaining materials in the yard to build the greenhouse, and then looked at the greenhouse that immediately became dark without the solar lamp, and had an idea in his heart.
"It's okay, don't you still have materials. Chen Yi, you two make shelves out of leftover wood, and I'll make boards that can hold potatoes for soil and planting.
Mu Qiao finished talking to them about the use of the shelf and went out to the garbage dump.
Encountering others on the way, Mu Qiao nodded politely at them.
This is like a tribal society in a backward period, and if you don't have good relations, you have to get by with them on the surface.
Mu Qiao spent the afternoon at the dump, pulling a cart of iron plates and some glass.
Near dark, few people wandered on the street, Mu Qiao's house was also relatively remote, Mu Qiao pushed the car and only met a few people from afar.
When Mu Qiao pushed a cart of things into the house, Chen Yi and Zhao Wen were surprised.
Don't be surprised, they all thought that something happened to Mu Qiao, but Mu Qiao actually pushed a cart of things back now.
When Mu Qiao left, he was obviously empty-handed?!
"Mu Qiao, you, you are also too powerful, make a car in the afternoon."
"It's not that powerful, and I made a car when I couldn't move things back."
Mu Qiao carefully took off the glass on the car, and as soon as he looked up, he saw the wooden frame in the yard and touched it, it was very strong.
"You guys are also very good, the wooden frame is so strong."
Mu Qiao also praised the two of them without hesitation, Chen Yi and Zhao Wen were very happy, but their mouths were very modest.
"Where there is, where there is, hehe."
Occasionally touting each other, happy with each other and bringing the relationship closer, why not.
"You guys stay and eat today, it's dark, and you can leave after eating."
"Okay! The two of us want to eat your cooking, too. While it's not completely dark yet, let's do it a little longer.
Chen Yi and the three of them moved the four wooden frames they made into the greenhouse, filled the iron plates made by Mu Qiao with soil, planted potatoes, sprinkled water, and then placed them on the wooden frames.
A wooden shelf had eight layers, and they planted the remaining potato chunks before filling two layers.
After getting potatoes Mu Qiao to cook, he wanted Chen Yi and the two of them to sit on the side and rest, but the two of them were enthusiastic, and they had to continue cutting potatoes.
By the time Mu Qiao finished cooking, they had already cut two bags of potatoes and another bag, and Mu Qiao hurriedly stopped them.
"Eat, hurry up and eat. The work is endless, and tomorrow we will continue to do it.
While
eating, Chen Yi looked around strangely and did not see Bai Danzi.
"Hey, why didn't you see Baidanzi? Mu Qiao, your family's white danzi won't come back yet, do you want to look for it?
"No, it'll be back in a moment, let's eat first."
Chen saw that Mu Qiao was not in a hurry, so he didn't say anything more about looking for Bai Danzi.
Mu Qiao was also a little anxious in his heart, but Chen Yi and the two of them were here, and it was not good for him to go to Bai Tuanzi.
Mu Qiao saw off Chen Yi and Zhao Wen, turned around and took the lamp and hurried out.
Baidanzi, this guy, don't be eaten by the beasts in the forest?!
Mu Qiao looked all the wayWhen I went to the forest, I didn't find Bai Tuanzi, so I came back and searched carefully, shouting and looking back and forth four times as I walked.
Finally, Mu Qiao found Baidanzi near the door, and he was pushing a large ball towards his home, with a small basket hanging from the back of his head.
When Mu Qiao saw it, he instantly became angry, and stepped forward and grabbed Bai Danzi and held it in front of him.
After working so hard to find it for so long, this guy didn't know how to reply when he heard the voice.
"Bai Danzi, didn't you hear me call you? Yes? I went back and forth to you a few times on this road, and you didn't know to give a 'uh-huh' sound!
"Ahhhh
Mu Qiao was very upset, the person who raised it was in a hurry to come out to find it, this guy didn't know to go home after dark, and he was still in the mood to roll a broken ball?!
Lan Ze Ruoxi said that he was very innocent, and when he heard Mu Qiao shouting about himself, he quickly replied.
Who knew that Mu Qiao's ears were not good, and his voice was hoarse and his voice was hoarse, and Mu Qiao didn't hear it.
He went to chase Mu Qiao, who knew that Mu Qiao ran faster and faster, and he didn't catch up when he ran out of breath.
After looking back and forth at Mu Qiao four times, Mu Qiao finally found himself on the fifth trip.
Mu Qiao lost his temper and felt much more comfortable.
Crouched down to pick up the ball, but did not move, and finally Mu Qiao pushed the ball with his foot and walked home.
Lan Zeruoxi was exhausted when he pushed this ball out of the forest, jumped on Mu Qiao and lay on Mu Qiao's shoulder, and Ren Muqiao couldn't get it down.
Back home, Mu Qiao checked the big ball and found that it turned out to be a coconut.
Coconut?!
Don't coconuts grow by the sea? How did it appear here?
Mu Qiao was puzzled, and finally attributed this strange thing to the peculiarity of the forest, one of the magical mysteries of nature.
Mu Qiao hugged the coconut, it was very heavy, fifty or sixty pounds heavy.
Mu Qiao knocked on the coconut shell, the sound was very crisp, but it was difficult to break the shell with a knife, much harder than the coconut shell of the last days.
Lan Zeruoxi looked at Mu Qiao touching and knocking on the big ball, looking like he couldn't put it down, and his heart was speechless.
When he saw good things, he kindly and painstakingly brought Mu Qiao back, why did Mu Qiao have to quarrel with himself every time?
Last time the banana, this time the coconut, it's all like this.
Lan Zeruoxi had never seen a coconut, and when he saw this big ball in the forest, he found that there was water in it, thinking that he should be able to drink it, so he pushed it all the way back.
But the big ball is too heavy, and the size is twice as big, and it took a lot of effort to push it.
Mu Qiao never found that Bai Danzi was in a bad mood, until he opened the door of the nest before going to bed, Bai Danzi was facing his body and immediately turned around, Mu Qiao did not realize it.
"Bai Danzi, don't be angry, I shouldn't yell at you today."
"But you don't have to bring things back all day, and when I have time, I will make you toys to play with and make you something delicious."
How could Mu Qiao know that Lan Ze Ruoxi had specially brought it back to him, that coconut, Lan Ze Ruoxi could break it with a light stroke with his nail.
If Lan Ze Ruoxi wants to eat, he can eat it directly in the forest, and he still needs to bring it back.
As for toys, Lan Ze Ruoxi has passed the age line of 16 adults in the empire, how could he want toys.
The next day, Lan Zeruoxi did not go out, lying on the chair to watch Mu Qiao and the three of them work.
That greenhouse, Lan Zeruoxi went in and took a look, it was built well, but the temperature was not as high as expected, and there was no sunlight.
The shelf is very high, and the surface temperature can make the potatoes in the field grow, but what if the potatoes on the shelf do not have the right growth temperature?
Lan Zeruo was curious about how Mu Qiao would solve these problems.
When Chen Yi and them came in the morning, Mu Qiao assigned them tasks.
Chen Yi and Zhao Wen continued to grow potatoes, and Mu Qiao wanted to use glass as a concave-convex mirror.
Convex lenses have a convergence effect on light, and concave lenses have a divergent effect on light.
Mu Qiao should use a concave-convex mirror to introduce light into the greenhouse to provide conditions for potato growth.
When Lan Zeruoxi saw Mu Qiao take out the glass, he thought about what Mu Qiao was going to do, but he was very curious about how Mu Qiao was going to make it.
Mu Qiao was making a concave lens, ignoring Bai Danzi's behavior of jumping on his shoulder, and continued to polish the glass in his hand.
Mu Qiao made a lot of concave lenses and convex lenses, saying that he would rely on them to bring sunlight into the greenhouse, and Chen Yi and Zhao Wen did not believe it at all.
The truth was very shocking, the sunlight shone through those small holes that were chiseled, and the originally dark greenhouse instantly became bright.
Chen Yi and Zhao Wen were stunned, everything was like a dream.
"Mu... Mu Qiao, you, how did you do this? Although
there is sunlight outside, how did the sunlight run through small holes into the shed?
Those holes are not big, the size of two fingers.
What surprised people was not only this, Zhao Wen put his hand under the fine light, and after a while, he felt the palm of his hand heated.
"Mu Qiao, you are really powerful!"
"Mu Qiao, I really admire you! How the hell is your brain?!
"That's awesome!"
"..."
These praises, Zhao Wen has said more than once these days, and it is estimated that Mu Qiao is also tired of hearing them.
But...... It seems that in addition to praising and desperately praise, Zhao Wen doesn't know what to say.
Mu Qiao staggered the concave lens and the convex lens to ensure that the light of the concave lens is cast on the wall and the light of the convex lens is scattered everywhere.
Mu Qiao was a little uncomfortable by Zhao Wen and Chen Yi's praise, and waved his hand to make them stop.
"You guys are also exaggerating, I can't stand it."
"Mu Qiao, you are so powerful! If you use your time, help me install it in my room, right? My house had no windows, and it was cold all day. "
According to how much Zhao Wen and his father did not like Zhao Wen, Mu Qiao was not surprised that the room where Zhao Wen lived was like this.
"Okay, I'll go to your house tomorrow to help you with peace."
"That's great!"