Chapter 121: Production increased by more than 100 kg

A group of people worked for three hours. After dark, two large iron pots of braised pork and roasted lamb were ready. The aroma was so fragrant that there was no need to notify the members of the Anliang Brigade. Everyone came to the door with their bowls. The educated youth who stayed at the educated youth point and did not go back for the New Year also came, including Jiang Wanwan.

It had been several months since the last suicide. I don't know if Jiang Wanwan's arrogance had been worn off or if she had deliberately restrained it. Now she looked much more approachable. She took the initiative to communicate with the team members, spoke softly, and was pretty, so she quickly blended into the crowd.

Lin Qi was in charge of dividing the meat. Her hands were steady and her eyes were like a ruler. The amount of each portion was almost the same. Everyone who received the meat would say a few words of blessing to Lin Qi. Lin Qi didn't know how to reply. Sometimes she didn't respond, and sometimes she would just say "hmm". No one cared about her attitude. She was always like this anyway.

Be a little cooler, this is the style of a master.

That night, almost all the members of the Anliang Brigade ate Lin Qi's braised pork and roasted whole lamb, as well as Lin Qi's sweet potato and pumpkin rice.

They ate while heading towards home.

“This braised pork is delicious.”

"How could it not be delicious? It has sugar, oil, and a lot of spices. It's stewed until it's soft and tender. Even an old man like me who has no teeth can eat it without any effort."

"Red-braised pork is delicious, and so is mutton. Mutton is very expensive now. The day before yesterday, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative and saw half a sheep had just arrived. It was 1.2 yuan per pound, and it was sold out in a short time. Many people wanted to buy it but couldn't."

"The rice is delicious too. I can eat four bowls of this sweet potato and pumpkin rice."

“.......”

The team members took the rice and meat and left. The two captains and Luo Cheng and others set up a table at Lin Qi's house. More than a dozen people squeezed into one dining table, and Xu Hexiao sat in front of Lin Qi.

Everyone was relaxed and chatting about everything.

Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi were both very quiet. Although Xu Hexiao was at the table, he was deliberately forgotten by everyone. Lin Qi was quiet to begin with, and only responded with a few words when others asked her questions.

Although they spoke little, their presence was very strong, for no other reason than that they were both so outstanding in appearance, especially under the dim light, as if covered with a layer of gauze, seemingly beautiful beyond belief.

And they also discovered one thing. During the whole process of eating, Lin Qi hardly had to pick up the food herself. With just a glance from her, Xu Hexiao knew what she wanted and immediately put the food into her bowl.

The close intimacy between the two excluded everyone present.

Everyone had complicated expressions and could only pretend not to see it.

After the Chinese New Year, it won’t be long before we start to get busy with spring farming.

This year, Lin Qi is still responsible for the seed sowing process in breeding.

The neighboring Shunliang Brigade somehow learned that Lin Qi was in charge of breeding for the Anliang Brigade, so their Captain Gao rushed over to borrow people.

Lin Qi didn't know how Luo Feng refused, so she didn't let Lao Gao run to her.

The captain was unwilling to lend people, but some team members didn't understand. They thought that asking Lin Qi to sow some seeds was not okay.

"This is the blessing of our team. If the blessing is borrowed out, it will become less and less. Of course, we cannot borrow it. If we borrow it out and the rice production decreases, who among you can be responsible?" The team leader said seriously.

After hearing this, the team members stopped talking immediately.

Although they have relatives in Shunliang Brigade, relatives are relatives, and they themselves are the most important.

Seeing that the team members had nothing to say, the captain said, "Shunliang Brigade has taken our rice as rice seeds, and the yield will definitely increase. You don't have to worry too much."

"That's true. With such good seeds, the rice grown from them will definitely be good."

Time soon came to late August and the rice ears turned yellow again.

"They are all the same seeds. Our two brigades are not far from each other. There is no difference in water quality, geology, light and rainfall. Why are the rice plants in your brigade taller and bigger than those in ours, with more and longer rice ears, and fuller rice grains?" Lao Gao couldn't understand it. They were obviously taking good care of the rice.

The captain looked calm and composed. "You want to run to our rice fields three times a day. Do you see why?"

"No." It was precisely because there was no answer that he was curious.

"Even experts and professors can't find the cause, how should I know!" The captain directly passed the buck.

Lao Gao curled his lips and said, "I don't believe you, old fox. Forget about the rest, but leave us some rice seeds for next year."

"I will talk to the commune about it, but I have no say on whether we can keep it or not." Luo Feng was also very depressed when talking about this. "We still don't know what the rice we grow tastes like. The commune announced a month ago that they have harvested all our rice this year. I guess other places are the same as your brigade. The production has increased, but the increase is not as great as ours."

Their brigade's yield increased by nearly one-fold, and those brigades that used their rice as seeds also saw an increase in rice production this year, but it was only from more than 400 kilograms to more than 500 kilograms, an increase of more than 100 kilograms per mu.

Don't underestimate these 100 pounds. That is something they cannot do no matter how hard they try.

At the end of August, experts and professors came again, and this time there were more people, even including several teams from the capital.

"Don't show up recently. Hide in the mountains if you have nothing to do." The captain came to Lin Qi's house overnight.

Lin Qi looked confused, "Why?"

"I'm worried that they will take you away and use you to grow rice for them," said the captain.

Lin Qi: “…” Is this making a mountain out of a molehill?

"Don't disbelieve me." The captain said seriously, "There are hundreds of people here this time, which shows how much the higher-ups care about this matter."

Lin Qi nodded, "Okay, I understand. How long will I stay in the mountains?"

"Stay for fifteen days. When you come out, the rice will be harvested and those people will leave."

In this way, Lin Qi settled down in the mountains.

At first, the team members did not notice Lin Qi's disappearance. After three or four days, someone noticed something was wrong. However, no one discussed it openly, but only asked about it secretly.

Naturally, nothing was found out. I only heard that the captain had handed something over to Lin Qi.

Soon, the busy autumn harvest began and no one had time to care where Lin Qi had gone.

This year's rice output is similar to last year, at around 900 kilograms per mu.

"Nine hundred kilograms is the highest per-acre rice yield in the country so far, right?"

"If we don't count the false reports, it is indeed the highest."

"It's a pity that the yield of seeds will decrease after they leave here, and the yield will be lower from generation to generation. Before we find out the reason for the increase in yield, all the rice in Anliang Brigade can only be used as food seeds. Last year we pounded a few bowls of rice and cooked a pot of cooked rice. I still can't forget the taste. It is definitely the most delicious rice in the world."

"Hearing what you said, we want to try it even more."

"Not to mention how delicious the rice is, I used last year's seeds and successfully cultivated a new variety this year. I believe that through continuous improvement, it will not be a problem to research and develop high-yield rice seeds."

“I also think these rice plants have endless possibilities.”

"Before we can develop higher-yield seeds from these rice plants, I think it is necessary for Anliang Brigade to expand the rice planting area."

“.......”

In the planting area, Lin Qi was picking duck eggs. Xu Hexiao said he wanted to try making salted duck eggs, so she saved some more duck eggs for him as a backup.

Now the number of ducks has exceeded 400. When 400 ducks quack together, the nearby mountains can be filled with their echoes.

After discussion, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao decided to sell them before the autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, everyone will go into the mountains, and the ducks will still be in the planting area, which will greatly increase the risk of exposure.

Lin Qi planned to sell all 400 of them and only keep a dozen or so left.

In addition to the large increase in the number of ducks, the number of goats has also increased to more than 200, and a batch of them will also be sold. The current tentative number is 100. Goats are large in size, and 100 of them may have to be transported in several batches.

Because wild boars are often sold, the number is not large, controlled at around 50 or 60, and most of them are piglets. When the end of the year comes, Lin Qi plans to sell 20 of them.

There are the largest number of chickens and rabbits, with about five or six hundred of each kind. Lin Qi plans to sell some of them starting tomorrow. If they continue to reproduce, she is afraid that they will become a disaster.

There are about two hundred bamboo rats. They live underground and are quiet. Lin Qi is not in a hurry to sell them and decides to keep them until the Chinese New Year.

Xu Hexiao was going to participate in the autumn harvest, so Lin Qi contacted Brother Tan and made the deal with him herself.

"I thought it was food tonight, but it turned out to be four hundred ducks." Brother Tan said in surprise.

Lin Qi made cages for the ducks, one cage held eight ducks, so there were fifty cages for four hundred ducks. Her ducks were big, so the cages were also big, and the fifty cages filled the entire truck bed.

"These ducks are very quiet. They won't die on the way, will they?" A living duck and a dead duck have different prices.

"No. They are very energetic. You'll know that when we're halfway there." She used her special powers to calm the ducks, but there was a time limit for calming them. Two or three hours was the limit.

Brother Tan didn’t know why Lin Qi was so sure, but he knew that Lin Qi was a mysterious person, so he chose to believe her.

"The day after tomorrow there will be pheasants and rabbits, two hundred of each," said Lin Qi.

Brother Tan smiled and said, "Not bad. This year, the number of crops and animals far exceeds that of last year."

Lin Qi did not comment.