Unexpectedly, this plan encountered strong opposition from the old village chief and the team leader.
The old village chief was sitting leisurely on the kang, slowly taking a puff of his old pipe, exhaling a cloud of smoke, and shaking his head, saying, "I have been farming for decades!
I have experienced so many ups and downs in my life, but I have never heard of anyone being able to grow grains and vegetables in the cold and snowy winter!
You young people really don't know your place, just letting your imagination run wild and talking nonsense!"
After saying that, he took another deep puff of cigarette, his eyes revealing a hint of helplessness.
Not only that, the old village chief continued to advise earnestly: "Boss Gu, if your family is short of food or has no vegetables to eat, just report the situation to the village.
Although our village is not wealthy, we will never watch any of our villagers starve to death!"
The captain's attitude was equally firm.
He frowned and said with a worried look on his face, "Your starting point is certainly good, and your desire to try new methods to solve problems is commendable.
But the problem is that it is too difficult to implement in practice.
Look at the heavy snow outside. The snow is more than three feet thick. People can freeze to death if they don’t wear enough.
And the land was frozen solid, so hard I couldn't dig it up with a hoe, let alone grow vegetables!"
Faced with the doubts and opposition from the two elders, Wu Mengyue did not give up easily.
She explained to them with difficulty: “We can first find a suitable piece of land, and then build a frame with strong wood to enclose it.
Then, cover it with a thick layer of plastic sheeting and some unused corn stalks to provide some insulation.
As for the frozen ground, you can melt it by just lighting a few more fires inside.
Then, after a few days, we can start farming.”
Gu Si Leng quickly echoed, "That's right, Village Chief, Team Leader, this method really works!"
However, no matter how hard Gu Sireng and Wu Mengyue tried to persuade and explain, the two showed no signs of giving in.
Seeing this, Gu Si Leng had no choice but to speak again and suggested: "How about this, Captain, Village Chief, since you have some concerns, why don't you let our family try this method first.
We will chop the required wood ourselves, and buy the plastic sheeting with our own money.
But you have to give us a note to prove that everything we do is legal and in compliance with regulations.
That way, if anything goes wrong in the future, there will be an explanation, right?"
After all, at this time, if you were accused of undermining socialism, you would be criticized and sent to the farm.
The team leader and the old village chief finally couldn't stand it anymore and nodded in agreement reluctantly.
After getting permission, Gu Sireng suddenly became full of energy as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
He first took the note and ran excitedly to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy enough plastic sheeting.
Then he went to the fields, carried bundles of heavy corn stalks one after another, and stacked them neatly in his yard for future use.
Afterwards, Gu Si Leng pulled Wu Gu Si Han to the nearby hillside, specifically looking for trees of uniform thickness and size, and chopped them down one by one with an axe.
After several days of busy work, when all the preliminary work was almost ready, the four people began to build a greenhouse in their own yard in full swing.
Such a big commotion also attracted the attention of many villagers.
"Hey, what on earth are they up to?
"There's constant clanging and banging all day long." A villager asked those around him with a puzzled look on his face.
"I heard they were planning to build a greenhouse and grow vegetables in it.
Look at the snow in that yard, isn't it all cleared away?" another villager explained, pointing to the family's yard.
"Growing vegetables? Humph! It's so cold, even if you clear the snow thoroughly, the ground will still be frozen solid.
Besides, even if the seeds are buried, can they really break through the soil?
It's just a fool's dream!" Someone shook his head and said with disdain.
"That's right! I really don't know what they are thinking.
I heard they even went to the village head to get permission for this, bought a large roll of plastic sheeting, and even went to the back of the mountain to cut down a bunch of trees.”
Another person came over and added.
"Oh, this is really crazy!
Want to grow vegetables in winter?
Isn’t this as impossible as snow in the dog days of summer?
In my opinion, they must have been hanging out with that Gu Lao Er all day, and as a result, their brains have become stupid." A burst of laughter came from the crowd.
"Shh! Keep your voices down, everyone.
If someone accidentally hears us gossiping, we might get beaten up.
"Gu Daqiang had both his legs broken by Boss Gu, and he was in so much pain, didn't you see it?"
“I see, but wasn’t Gu Daqiang’s leg reattached by Old Xu?
Lao Xu said that after 100 days, there would be no problem walking at all.
Boss Gu didn't dare to kill him."
"Yes, I can catch it, but it's also true that my legs will be broken. Do you want to try it?"
"Am I crazy to try this?"
Perhaps thinking of Gu Daqiang's miserable plight, everyone gradually quieted down, but still had expressions of ridicule or suspicion on their faces as they watched from afar the busy Gu family.
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