Compared to Zhoujia Village, the Yanjia Village and Caijia Village brigades are similar. Although Wangjia Village is thriving, peaches are generally considered useless and a dispensable snack. If a family has sufficient food, they might consider planting one or two trees to satisfy the children's cravings.
In Yanjia Village, the villagers had paid much attention to Old Lady Yan's giant pumpkin last time. Seeing that Old Lady Yan had quietly acquired over twenty fruit tree seedlings, they all rushed to her house to inquire about the situation.
"Ask me? Will you plant it if I say so?" Old Mrs. Yan asked with narrowed eyes.
"Please tell me!"
Old Lady Yan smiled and said, "Plant them. You won't lose anything if you plant them! Even if you don't plant many, at least plant three or four in front of or behind your house. Even if it's just a snack for the children, otherwise other families will have peaches to eat, and your children will have to watch helplessly."
"Yes, yes, yes! Why don't we plant two or three trees?" everyone discussed.
That was all Old Lady Yan had to say. She said no more and just looked at them with a smile.
In the end, the number reported by Yanjia Village was the highest among the villages. At that time, Yanjia Village did not realize that among the four surname villages, they would be the second brigade to achieve common prosperity, second only to Wangjia Village.
Another month passed, and the survey and investigation work on Daqing Mountain was nearing completion, and the expert teams left one after another.
Geologists have never been able to figure out why so many new varieties of plants can grow in this mountain, but surveys of the soil environment have revealed nothing unusual.
Similar soil conditions exist in northern China. The land is fertile and rich in minerals. However, the quality of the crops produced varies significantly.
Unlike geologists, agronomists were very happy. They didn't care why, as long as they could promote these high-quality plants, nothing else mattered to them!
Professor Lin excitedly said to the captain, "Captain, just wait! I'll give you a big surprise later!"
The captain laughed and said, "Okay, okay! We're all waiting!"
The saplings have been planted, and we are waiting for your good news!
As soon as Professor Lin submitted the materials, he received a reply and proceeded according to his plan.
Because Wangjia Village had previously been established as a model village by the leaders, all work related to Wangjia Village was handled with special care and at a very fast speed.
In the next five years, Xinjin County will begin to vigorously promote peach planting, with Wangjia Village as the core and spreading to several villages around Daqingshan.
The first wave of people who planted peach trees were secretly happy. Those who didn't plant any trees started asking if they could get more peach trees.
Jiaojiao refused all of them, explaining that they had run out of seeds for this year and would have to wait until next year. Everyone thought it was a shame, but they weren't too upset.
The autumn harvest arrived, and as expected, Wangjia Village had another bumper harvest of rice. Technician Li, now a village commissioner, spent almost all of his time there, busying around in the fields with his fellow villagers, like a true farmer.
The people of Wangjia Village were attracted by his honesty and ability. When they heard that he was still unmarried and had daughters, they couldn't help but have other ideas.
The captain's wife was asked by someone to talk to Technician Li about this, and Technician Li was so scared that he ran away when he saw her.
Out of fear of women, Technician Li kept as far away from them as possible. Traveling through the countryside, he often saw once-timid young women completely transformed after marriage, fighting, swearing, and throwing tantrums everywhere.
Women are really creatures that cannot be offended!
Technician Li thinks that the crops in the fields and the fruits on the trees are better.
Winter has arrived again, and the Lunar New Year is just around the corner. Technician Li has been so busy this year that he can only count the number of times he's been home on one hand.
After his break, Li Xiuyuan, a younger brother, walked from the Heyan Brigade to the county town dormitory, but found nothing. He then learned from Sister Cai that Technician Li had been in Wangjia Village. After a short rest, the young man started walking back to Wangjia Village.
It was a 40-li journey from the county seat to Wangjia Village, but fortunately, halfway there, he met Wang Laowu, a rickshaw driver returning to Wangjia Village. Wang Laowu, upon learning that he was Technician Li's younger brother, quickly let him on board and gave him a steamed bun made of three-grain flour to fill his stomach.
The young man ate the steamed bun, lay on the swaying ox cart, covered with a quilt, and fell into a drowsy sleep.
When I woke up, I had already arrived at Wangjia Village.
The driver stopped the ox cart in front of the canteen door and woke up the young man on the cart.
"Young man, wake up quickly. It's cold. Come inside and warm yourself by the fire."
Li Xiuyuan rubbed his eyes, got off the ox cart, and kept bowing to the old man: "Thank you, old man."
Wang Laowu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, when you grow up you will be just like your brother, and you will have a bright future!"
Li Xiuyuan nodded confusedly and was pulled into the cafeteria by Wang Laowu.
The canteen in Wangjia Village was very large, and the cooking pots were also very large. The fire in the stove was glowing red.
Li Xiuyuan was pushed to sit in front of the fire, and soon his frozen body warmed up.
"Come, finish your ginger tea!"
Wang Guifen served Li Xiuyuan a bowl of thick ginger soup.
Li Xiuyuan took a sip and it was spicy and sweet, and the heat rushed to his forehead.
Wang Guifen looked at Li Xiuyuan lovingly. Li Xiuyuan thought the people of Wangjia Village were truly kind, warm and friendly! They were exactly the kind of neighbors he dreamed of having.
"Li Xiuyuan, right? Is Technician Li really your brother? Is he married? How many brothers do you have? Do your family members get along well?"
Wang Guifen asked like pouring beans.
Li Xiuyuan answered honestly, "Technician Li is my fourth brother, a real one! There are five of us brothers and two sisters. My family is all fine, except for my eldest and second sisters-in-law."
"I heard your Heyan Brigade is very poor and nicknamed the Begging Village, right? How is your family doing?"
Li Xiuyuan was a little embarrassed and said hesitantly: "Our land is not good and is often flooded. Our house..."
Wang Guifen stared at Li Xiuyuan with eyes as big as copper bells.
Li Xiuyuan...why does he look a little strange?
"Your fourth brother is on the government payroll, and with five brothers in your family, that's a heavy burden. Will your family accept a son-in-law? Look at our Wangjia Village, it's so great! We have mountains and people! We even have plenty of food, filling up the warehouses."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Wang Guifen who was getting more and more excited as she spoke, his mind went blank. Where were the good neighbors they were supposed to be? Why were they plotting to get my fourth brother to marry into their family?
Even though he wasn't satisfied with his own brigade, it was still the place where he was born and raised. And this year, his fourth brother brought home a lot of sweet potato and peach seedlings. He said, as long as we grow these well, we'll have a good life in the future!
Although Heyan Brigade is not as good as Wangjia Village at the moment, but in time, our Heyan Brigade will definitely be able to eat and drink well! Then we will see who will let Fourth Brother marry into the family!
Li Xiuyuan thought angrily, but because he had drunk a bowl of brown sugar ginger tea, the young man's face turned red. In the end, he just said: "That depends on my fourth brother!"
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