Chapter 454: Land Reclamation

Zhou Weiguo and Wu Dagang have already agreed that each of these educated youth can have three acres of land.

His three acres of land, plus those of his two sisters, is almost one acre.

Although he needed to cultivate these lands himself, it was okay. He had never thought of asking the production team to give him the cultivated land anyway.

This news has not spread yet, but I believe the educated youth will be very happy after it is announced tomorrow.

Of course, providing benefits to the educated youth was just a side effect; the real purpose was for oneself.

With this acre of land, he can grow ginseng. Once the ginseng is grown, he will have the start-up capital.

At that time, even if he couldn't sell it in the production team, he could take it back to the city and find a place to sell it himself.

According to preliminary estimates, an acre of ginseng can be sold for at least tens of thousands of yuan.

In this era, being a millionaire is a big deal.

With money, when he returns to the city, he can start a career or just become a free man.

Anyway, it is impossible for me to work. I will never work in this life.

After walking around the yellow earth, Zhou Ziwen turned around and went home.

After arriving home, he carried the farm tools on his shoulders, returned to the loess land, and began to cultivate the land.

This wasteland has never been used to grow anything, so it will take a lot of effort to cultivate it.

The weeds and tree roots are tangled, and the grass roots in the soil are like a web, making it very difficult to cultivate the land.

It was precisely because the environment of the wasteland was relatively poor, it was far away from the village, and the location was relatively remote that it was not reclaimed by the production team.

Of course, this also includes Zhou Ziwen's understanding of planting.

Although his planting skills were not yet at the entry level, he was very close, and it would only take two or three days at most.

With his planting skills, he also has some understanding of the soil.

Although he is not very proficient, at least in Dabazi Village, no one can compare to him.

In the following time, Zhou Ziwen began to weed in the loess soil.

Spring is here, and the weeds in the fields are starting to appear, as are the dead grass from last year, all of which require effort to clean up.

Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen was strong and quick, and he finished taking care of two or three acres of land in just one morning.

Of course, his care was just a preliminary clearing of the weeds on the ground. If he wanted to make it suitable for planting, he would need to continue deep plowing.

It was almost noon when Zhou Ziwen returned home. At this time, the two sisters also got home from work.

"Brother Ziwen, where have you been? Why are you still carrying a hoe?"

Chen Qiaoyi asked curiously.

"I went to cultivate the land on that hillside over there."

Seeing his wife coming back, Zhou Ziwen smiled.

"Cultivate the land?"

"Brother Zhou, why are you reclaiming the land?"

Hearing this, the Chen sisters were stunned, and Zhou Chaoyang and Shen Zhaodi beside them were also a little puzzled.

It’s not that they are not smart, but they really can’t imagine why Zhou Ziwen suddenly went to reclaim the land.

After all, he is the leader of the mushroom team. He only needs to manage the mushroom house well. It is never his turn to cultivate the land.

"Today I went to discuss it with Uncle Wu and the team leader. He promised us that we can cultivate the land ourselves and use it as private plots, but each person can only cultivate a maximum of three mu of land, no more."

Zhou Ziwen began to explain.

"Can we have our own private plots now?" When these words came out, the Chen sisters and Zhou Chaoyang opened their eyes wide.

"Yes, this news has not been announced yet. The captain and others will announce it when they gather tomorrow morning." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

Letting the educated youth cultivate their own private plots is not a big deal; just make an announcement about it.

After all, in Dabazi Village, they were only a minority of educated youth, only about thirty people in total, which was only a drop in the bucket for the Dabazi production team with more than a thousand people.

"That's great. We can have our own private plot in the future." Shen Zhaodi said happily.

"Yes, there is a private plot of land, but you have to cultivate it yourself." Although Zhou Chaoyang was very happy about the news, when he realized it, he was not so happy anymore.

You know, he and Shen Zhaodi ate together, and used the same food and money. Although they contributed their own money, they could barely be considered a family.

They each had their own division of labor. Reclaiming the land was definitely a man's job, and he couldn't let a woman do the hard labor.

But with his small arms and legs, even though he has been exercising in the countryside for so long, his physical fitness has improved a level compared to before he went to the countryside.

But that's reclaiming wasteland. How can such work not be tiring?

Thinking of the coming pain, Zhou Chaoyang's face turned bitter.

"Ziwen, does this private plot you mentioned belong to everyone?" Chen Shiying came back to her senses and asked.

"Well, yes."

Zhou Ziwen nodded, then explained, "Let's not talk about the villagers. They already have their own private plots. This news is mainly aimed at us educated youth. After all, we are also members of the production team. The villagers have their own private plots, so we should have some too."

"That's great, Brother Zhou. It's all thanks to you. If it were someone else, the production team would not agree to us." Zhou Chaoyang said.

He understood this clearly, that is, Zhou Ziwen was the leader of the mushroom group and had a certain status in the production team.

Because of this, the production team was willing to let them own their own land.

Although this land needs to be cultivated by yourself.

But without the production team's consent, they had no choice.

Just like the educated youth before them, they could only grow vegetables in their own yards. Because they couldn't grow them well, sometimes they could only eat pickles with their meals. Those days were much harder than before they went to the countryside.

"Now, the Youth League Institute is going to be bustling with activity." Chen Shiying said.

"Haha, it's always very lively over there!" Chen Qiaoyi replied with a smile.

In fact, the Youth League Home has become lively since Zhang Wenli and Zhou Qiang started raising piglets.

Because they had not made any preparations beforehand, the two piglets they brought back could only be raised in the dormitory.

But the dormitory doesn’t belong to them alone, and the presence of the piglets has caused great inconvenience to others.

In the past few days, people in the Youth League Home have had many complaints.

Although Zhang Wenli and Zhou Qiang are the female and male educated youth team leaders of the Youth League Institute respectively.

But their team leader was just a leader selected by the production team for the convenience of management.

When everyone wants to, call them captains, but if not, that’s bullshit.

When it comes to your own interests, who cares who you are?

As he was speaking, Zhou Ziwen returned home and put down his hoe first.

Behind him, the Chen sisters and Zhou Chaoyang also followed in.

The sudden news about the private plots made them excited, and they couldn't calm down for a while.

(End of this chapter)