Chapter 82 Chapter 82 Spring Ploughing Plan
As soon as these words came out, they really attracted everyone's attention. Xu Fei asked: "What to plant?"
"Fruit trees!" Ye Yu answered without hesitation. "There are many wild fruits on the mountain. This also proves that the natural environment of Wangjiagou should be suitable for growing fruit."
For example, wild fruits from the mountains are not recommended. The main reason is that although wild plants and animals may appear to grow wild, they are actually more difficult to raise and have a very sour taste.
For example, this wild grape plant will not produce completely purple fruits that are so sour that they will make your teeth ache, and completely purple fruits are not necessarily sweet. It is okay to grow them and eat them, but it will definitely not be sold, and it is even more impossible to make wine from them because the acidity is too high.
Except for a very small number, most wild fruit trees are not as good as those that have been bred through natural selection, such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, etc. These are easier to grow and can also be consulted with people for experience.
Another important point is that Wangjiagou has an excellent geographical location. Although it belongs to Jibei City, it is actually closer to Yanjing. There are more wealthy people and wealthy companies. As long as they can grow the crops, they don’t have to worry about the subsequent sales market.
You don’t have to worry about the goods going bad if you go to Beijing and back in one day. This market is only in short supply and can never be saturated.
Moreover, it is not impossible to make canned fruits, which have a long shelf life and can be transported over longer distances.
If the Wangjiagou orchard project is truly successful, it can drive the development of other agricultural and sideline industries, such as reservoir or fish pond farming. Even if Ye Yu and the other four leave ten years later, this place will not return to its past stage of extreme poverty.
Of course, Ye Yu did not say the last sentence, but only briefly described the future.
Xu Fei, Han Jing and Hua Feifei's attention was completely diverted, and they started discussing one after another.
Ye Yu took the opportunity to slip into the kitchen.
The fires of the two pots in the kitchen were still burning. When the lids were opened, one pot was full of staple foods, including corn cakes, multi-grain cakes, multi-grain steamed buns, and a dozen pumpkin pancakes.
On the other side are the side dishes. In addition to the most common meat, new dishes are also served in spring.
The most attractive are the spring bamboo shoot dishes, including braised bamboo shoots in oil, cold bamboo shoots, stir-fried bamboo shoots with dried tofu, roast chicken with spring bamboo shoots, bamboo shoot soup, etc. It’s just short of a full bamboo shoot banquet.
There happens to be a bamboo forest in Dongshan where they live, and now is the season for harvesting spring bamboo shoots. Every household has this fresh vegetable. After work every day, Hua Feifei, Han Jing, and Xu Fei will go digging with the villagers.
It’s not that Ye Yu doesn’t want to go, but it’s not easy to go in such a place without clear division of labor. She is afraid that if she pulls the bamboo shoots twice, all of them will go into her stomach or storage space.
Even if the villagers believed her, Ye Yu had no confidence in her own self-control.
It’s better to turn a blind eye.
Besides, Han Jing and the other three are enough. With the increase in daily exercise, they are no longer the weak rookies they used to be. Their speed in digging bamboo shoots is no worse than others. Moreover, Ye Yu took the initiative to not go, and the educated youth who always have good interpersonal relationships also received wholehearted technical guidance from the villagers.
Look, these are bamboo shoots.
Ye Yu picked up a piece of dried bamboo shoots with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He chewed it twice and squinted his eyes happily.
The bitterness of spring bamboo shoots is not strong, but it is unavoidable. When Hua Feifei returned home for the Spring Festival, she specifically asked her family's chef how to remove the bitterness, and shared these secrets with the villagers of Wangjiagou without reservation.
Therefore, most of the dishes in front of you do not taste the slightest bit of bitterness. Even if there is any, it is to preserve the sweetness, crispness, tenderness and juiciness of the spring bamboo shoots, which are delicious.
In fact, there are not only dried bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, but also bamboo green snakes, bamboo rats, bamboo shoot worms, etc.
There is nothing much to say about the bamboo pit viper. It is a kind of poisonous snake. Even if it is meat, the villagers do not want to encounter it. If bitten, in the era without serum, disability or even death are possible. Fortunately, probably because the bamboo forest is in a human living environment, there are not many snakes, and those that exist are killed.
Bamboo rats are different from mice. Although they are both rodents, bamboo rats mainly feed on bamboo and do not carry a large number of bacteria. They are also a rare delicacy for foodies. They can be eaten in braised bamboo rats, stir-fried bamboo rats, and roasted bamboo rats.
But not everyone can accept bamboo rats, regardless of gender, local or not, or age.
The main reason is that this little thing called bamboo rat is still too much like a mouse. Not many people in Wangjiagou can get over that psychological barrier. Not all villagers accept it, including Hua Feifei and Xu Fei. It may be related to the fact that mice in their southern region are bigger, dirtier and more annoying.
As for Ye Yu, she used to hate mice, insects and snakes, but those who could survive in the apocalypse were basically so hungry that they would eat anything.
In her eyes, bamboo rats are also food, but if she really wants to eat them, she can only catch them herself, or exchange them with the children in the village and roast them outside.
But rats, no matter what kind, are best not allowed to enter their Youth League Home, just like cockroaches, otherwise Hua Feifei will be furious.
Although Ye Yu likes to make Hua Feifei angry, she doesn't want to be angry like this.
Unlike bamboo rats, bamboo shoot worms are not only edible but also quite fun to eat.
The villagers tie the feet of the bamboo shoot worm with a thin thread, and the bamboo shoot worm will flap its wings and take off. They can also use a bamboo stick to insert the shoulder or bamboo nest of the bamboo shoot worm. If a few are inserted, it is equivalent to a natural windmill. In summer, it is equivalent to a natural fan. It is very popular among children and is one of the rare toys for children in the mountains.
It is early spring now, and there are not many bamboo shoot worms. Children may have to fight to catch them and the prizes will be divided according to the winner. Some children squat in the bamboo forest all day long to catch worms. They used to be sold on the black market in town, a few for a cent.
Bamboo shoots are pests, so they are doing this to help the people get rid of them.
Bamboo shoot worms are also very delicious. Maybe because they are fried, many fried things are suitable as snacks. Hua Feifei stays away from mice, but is not afraid of insects such as bamboo shoot worms and cicadas.
In this respect, she is better than Xu Fei. He is afraid of both of them and cannot accept any insects, while Han Jing seems to be willing to try anything.
Unfortunately, there were no fried bamboo shoots or worms today. Ye Yu commented on the bamboo forest: "The ancestors of Wangjiagou were truly foresighted. They planted this bamboo forest, which can be eaten and used, benefiting generations of descendants."
I don’t know which part of Hua Feifei and the other two this sentence touched, but they became more enthusiastic in discussing the orchard.
"Those who plant trees will enjoy the shade", "One should remember the well digger when drinking water", their awareness is different. Ye Yu only wants to be a descendant or a passerby, but the three of them long to be the well digger.
Until Ye Yu finished cooking, washing the dishes (too bad no one helped today), and taking a shower, a few people were still chatting lively in the yard, although maybe a little off topic.
The next day, Ye Yu wanted to be lazy like yesterday, but Hua Feifei, Han Jing and Xu Fei dragged him to find the team leader to talk about the fruit tree plan again.
The captain respected their opinions very much and listened carefully. He felt that this was not an impossible thing, but they could not do it in one go as Hua Feifei and the others said last night and try to become a big fat man in one bite.
First of all, we must not plant less staple food.
Nowadays, not all villagers can eat enough. If the weather is a little bad or the harvest is a little poor, many families may only have two meals a day. It is impossible not to grow or grow less staple food, and the villagers do not agree with this.
Secondly, we should not over-open up wasteland.
The villagers may not understand the science of soil erosion, but after Ye Yu mentioned it a few words, they immediately understood that the trees on the mountain cannot be cut down indiscriminately.
On the premise of ensuring these two conditions, they need to plan the orchard.
The team leader suggested a local trial planting, which would not waste arable land and would involve less risk. After the results were achieved, the planting could be expanded to other sloping lands.
Once the plan is decided, the more important questions are what to plant, where the saplings come from, and how to plant them.
Did the Wangjiagou people not plant fruit trees for generations? Did they not want to? It was mainly due to a lack of technology. Planting fruit trees is not as simple as it sounds.
Fortunately, this is a new society. Even if they don’t understand, they can ask others for help.
The captain pondered for a moment and then said, "People in this town don't know much either."
The main reason is that the overall environment in the north is not very suitable for growing fruit trees, or in other words, planting requires careful cultivation. For example, there are pomegranates, grapes, and apricot trees in the four courtyards of Yanjing, but in the past, the people living in these courtyards were not ordinary people.
The educated youth's network of personal connections was fully demonstrated at this time.
Xu Fei and his friends have an orchard there, and so does Li Xiuxiu from the Red Flag Team, whose hometown has many mountains and rivers. Hua Feifei is not far from the Jiangnan water town. Han Jing himself doesn't understand, but he has two childhood friends in the south.
"Uh..." Ye Yu also thought of Ye Chunlan. Maybe the letter she sent had arrived.
The team leader thanked the four educated youth for their contributions to Wangjiagou. He would also report the matter to the commune and ask for help from the commune and the agricultural and sideline product station staff.
It is spring now, which is suitable for spring plowing. Let's see if we can find some tree species. If we miss the spring plowing, we can only wait until autumn to plant. And given the cold weather in the north, spring is obviously more suitable for planting, and there is no need to endure the cold winter.
Without further ado, the six of them set off that day.
Yes, six.
In addition to Ye Yu, Hua Feifei, Han Jing, and Xu Fei, there are also the team leader and Mrs. Bai Yun.
Ye Yu originally wanted to take a break like he did yesterday, but was dragged by several people to set off together.
At this time, Han Jingbuzang's private teaching of the village boys to drive tractors came into play. Even if he and Ye Yu were not there, the tractors could continue to plow the land.
The commune president and commune cadres are accustomed to petitions from Wangjiagou.
The deputy director of the commune and the team leader Wang Zhiming were originally comrades-in-arms, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to support Wang Zhiming as the team leader of Wangjiagou against all odds and provide him with many conveniences.
It’s easier to get things done if you have acquaintances.
While the commune president and cadres were still thinking about it, the vice president was the first to express his support.
But the problem is that even if we call the people from the agricultural and sideline products station, they can't produce any seedlings. What's surprising is that there is a technician named Chen from the south who can provide the technology, but growing seedlings by cuttings is too expensive for him.
Sure enough, the fruit tree seedlings still have to move south.
The only means of inter-provincial transportation in Pingquan Town is the post office, and it is obvious that the post office is not suitable.
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