Chapter 82 Chapter 82 Spring Farming Plan

As soon as these words came out, they really attracted everyone's attention. Xu Fei asked: "What are you planting?"

"Fruit trees!" Ye Yu answered without hesitation, "There are many wild fruits on the mountain, which also shows that the natural environment of Wangjiagou should be suitable for growing fruits."

For example, wild fruits from the mountains are not recommended, mainly because although wild animals and plants appear to grow wild, they are actually more difficult to cultivate, and they taste too sour.

For example, this wild grape, when it bears fruit, is not completely purple and sour enough to make your teeth fall out, and even if it is completely purple, it is not necessarily sweet. It is fine to grow it and eat it, but it will definitely not be sold, and it is impossible to make wine from it because the acidity is too high.

With the exception of a very small number, most wild fruit trees are not as good as fruit trees that have been bred through natural selection, such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, etc. These are easier to grow and you can consult 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 here. As long as they can grow the crops, they don’t have to worry about the subsequent sales market.

You can go to Beijing and back in one day without worrying about the spoils. This market is only lacking in goods and can never be saturated.

And 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 breeding. Even if Ye Yu and the other three leave ten years later, this place will not return to its past poverty-stricken stage.

Of course, Ye Yu did not say the last sentence, but simply 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 sneak into the kitchen.

The fires in the two pots in the kitchen were still burning. When the lids were opened, one pot was full of staple foods, such as corn cakes, multi-grain pancakes, 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 shoots dishes, including braised bamboo shoots in oil, cold bamboo shoots, fried bamboo shoots with dried tofu, spring bamboo shoots roasted chicken, bamboo shoot tip stew, 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, so 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 didn't want to go, but it was difficult to go in such a job without clear division of labor. She was afraid that if she pulled the bamboo shoots twice, all of them would go into her stomach or storage space.

Even if the villagers believed her, Ye Yu had no confidence in her own self-control.

It is better to turn a blind eye to it.

Besides, the three of them, Han Jing, were enough. With more daily exercise, they were no longer the weaklings they once were. Their speed in digging bamboo shoots was no worse than that of others. Moreover, Ye Yu did not take the initiative to go. The educated youth, who always had good relationships with others, also received wholehearted technical guidance from the villagers.

Look, these are bamboo shoots.

Ye Yu picked up a piece of 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 went home during the Spring Festival, she specifically asked her family's chef how to remove the bitterness, and she 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 extremely delicious.

In fact, there are not only bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, but also bamboo green grass, bamboo rats, bamboo shoot worms, etc.

There is not much to say about the bamboo pit viper. It is a kind of poisonous snake. Even if this is meat, the villagers do not want to encounter it. If bitten by it, 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. For foodies, they are also a rare delicacy. Braised bamboo rats, stir-fried bamboo rats, and grilled bamboo rats are available.

But not everyone can accept bamboo rats, regardless of gender, whether they are locals or not, or regardless of age.

The main reason is that this little bamboo rat looks too much like a mouse. Not many people in Wangjiagou can get over it. Not all villagers accept it, including Hua Feifei and Xu Fei. It may be because the mice in their southern region are bigger, dirtier and more disgusting.

As for Ye Yu, she used to hate mice, insects and be afraid of snakes, but in the end times, people who can survive will basically eat anything when they are extremely hungry.

In her eyes, bamboo rats were also food, but if she really wanted to eat them, she could only catch them herself, or exchange them with the children in the village and roast them outside.

But rats, no matter what kind, like cockroaches, are best not allowed to enter their Youth League Home, otherwise Hua Feifei will get furious.

Although Ye Yu really likes to make Hua Feifei angry, she doesn't get angry like this.

Unlike bamboo rats, bamboo shoots are not only edible, but also quite fun to eat.

The villagers tie the feet of bamboo shoots with thin wires, and the bamboo shoots will flap their wings and fly. They can also use bamboo sticks and insert them into the shoulders or bamboo nests of bamboo shoots. If they insert a few more, 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 shoots. Children may have to fight to catch them and the spoils are divided according to the winners. Some children squat in the bamboo forest all day long to catch insects. In the past, they were sold on the black market in the town for a few cents.

Bamboo shoots are pests, so they are doing this to get rid of them for the people.

Bamboo shoots are also very delicious. Maybe because they are fried, many fried things are suitable as snacks. Hua Feifei stays away from mice, but she is not afraid of insects such as bamboo shoots and cicadas.

In this regard, she is better than Xu Fei. He is afraid of both and cannot accept any bugs, while Han Jing is the type who seems to be willing to try anything.

Unfortunately, we didn’t fry bamboo shoots today. Ye Yu commented on the bamboo forest: “The ancestors of Wangjiagou were really foresighted. They planted this bamboo forest, which can be eaten and used, and has benefited generations of descendants.”

I don’t know which one of Hua Feifei and the other two touched upon by these words, but they became more enthusiastic in discussing the orchard.

“Those who plant trees will enjoy the shade” and “When you drink water, remember the well digger”, with different perceptions, Ye Yu only wants to be a descendant or a passerby, but the three of them long to be the well digger.

Even after Ye Yu finished cooking, washing the dishes (no one helped with compensation today), and taking a shower, the few of them were still chatting animatedly in the yard, although there might have been some crooked ideas.

The next day, Ye Yu wanted to hide away like he did yesterday, but Hua Feifei, Han Jing and Xu Fei dragged him to find the captain and told him about the fruit tree plan again.

The captain respected their opinions very much and listened to them carefully. He felt that it was not impossible to do so, but we could not do it in one go as Hua Feifei and the others said last night and try to achieve everything at once.

First of all, we must plant enough staple food.

Nowadays, not all villagers can eat enough. If the weather is a little bad and the harvest is poor, many families may only have two meals a day. It is impossible not to 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 briefly, they immediately understood that the trees on the mountain cannot be cut down indiscriminately.

Under the premise of ensuring these two conditions, they need to plan the orchard.

The team leader suggested conducting a local trial planting, which would not waste arable land and would reduce the risk. After the results were achieved, the trial planting could be expanded to other sloping lands.

Once the plan is decided, the more important questions are what to plant, where the seedlings come from, and how to plant them.

Wangjiagou's ancestors didn't plant fruit trees. Did they not want to? The main reason was that they lacked the skills. 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 paused for a moment and said, "People in the 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, these courtyards were inhabited by extraordinary families.

The educated youth's network of contacts was fully demonstrated at this time.

Xu Fei and his friends have an orchard, 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 doesn't he have two childhood friends in the south?

"Uh..." Ye Yu also thought of Ye Chunlan. Maybe the letter she sent had arrived as well.

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 sub-station staff.

Now is spring, which is suitable for spring ploughing. Let's see if we can find some tree seeds. If we miss the spring ploughing, we can only wait until autumn to plant. And with the cold weather in the north, it is obviously more suitable for planting in spring, and there is no need to endure the cold winter.

There was no time to lose, and the six of them set out that day.

Yes, six.

In addition to Ye Yu, Hua Feifei, Han Jing, and Xu Fei, there are also the captain and Mrs. Bai Yun.

Ye Yu wanted to take a break like he did yesterday, but was dragged by several people to go out together.

At this time, Han Jing Bu Zang privately taught the village boys the benefits of driving tractors. Even if he and Ye Yu were not there, the tractors could continue to plow the land.

The commune president and commune cadres were accustomed to Wangjiagou's visits.

The deputy director of the commune and the team leader Wang Zhiming were originally comrades-in-arms, otherwise it would have been impossible for them to support Wang Zhiming as the team leader of Wangjiagou against public opinion 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 was that even if we called the people from the Agricultural and Subsidiary Products Station, they couldn't produce any seedlings. Surprisingly, there was a technician named Chen from the south who could provide the technology, but the cost of raising seedlings by transplanting was too high 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.