Zhou Qingshan himself could not decide whether Chen Suwen could graft the improved apple trees of the brigade; the entire brigade's cadres had to hold a meeting to discuss it.
“This won’t do. Chen Suwen is a rural woman who has never been to school. What does she know about grafting techniques?”
"What if we accidentally kill all the apple trees in our brigade? Who will take responsibility?"
There were people who liked the Zhou family, and of course, there were also brigade cadres who had absolutely no liking for the Zhou Qingshan and Zhou Qingyun brothers.
The cadres of the entire Guangming Brigade were not united as one.
Everyone in the brigade was related by marriage or other connections; some had good relationships, while others didn't.
"I think we can let Comrade Chen Suwen give it a try. It's just two or three acres of apple trees, isn't it?"
“Our brigade’s apple trees only produce so little each year. Why don’t we select the few acres with the lowest annual yield and let Comrade Chen Suwen give it a try?”
"Comrade Zhou Qingyun was able to make a tiller, so I believe his wife isn't completely clueless either," suggested a brigade cadre who had confidence in Zhou Qingyun and his wife.
Since Zhou Qingshan brought up the topic of having his younger brother and sister-in-law graft fruit trees, he hasn't offered any further opinions. After all, she's his sister-in-law, and anything he says will be seen as favoritism towards his own family.
Zhou Qingshan had nothing to say; he was indeed a biased person.
The main reason is that his fourth brother and sister-in-law have always been very reliable people. Even though Chen Suwen has a reputation for being shrewish, she has never done anything unreliable.
Now that she has seen with her own eyes how well the apple trees Chen Suwen "grafted" are growing, she naturally has great confidence in her skills.
"Captain, what do you think?"
The brigade cadres argued for a long time but still couldn't reach a conclusion, so they had no choice but to ask the brigade leader.
Gao Feng, of course, had no objections.
"Just like Qingsong said, let's pick out the few acres of land with the lowest yield and the worst fruit trees, and let Qingyun's wife try it out."
After thinking it over, the others agreed with Gao Feng's words and carefully selected a few acres of land for Chen Suwen to try.
Chen Suwen had no objections.
The few acres of land that the brigade selected were not all at once, but scattered across various hilltops within the brigade.
Some of these apple trees were planted on purpose, while others grew naturally. Later, the villagers decided to take care of them since they had fruit to eat.
Over the years, these fruit trees have grown quite well.
There is a total of about one acre of land. The fruit trees there are decades old and the fruit yield is not good. Everyone is reluctant to cut them down, but the fruit production is low, which is a source of distress for everyone.
Now let Chen Suwen try her luck and see if she can give these decades-old apple trees a new lease on life.
Chen Suwen didn't do the grafting alone; she brought several young people who were interested in the technique with her.
Of course, her sisters-in-law also came. Although Huang Erniu didn't like Chen Suwen very much, they always resolved their internal conflicts internally and then united against external forces.
Second sister-in-law Wu Xiaofang shared the same thought.
The squabbles among the sisters-in-law are their own business, but when facing outsiders, they remain very united.
“Sister-in-law, you don’t need to worry about anything else. We absolutely believe in you,” Wu Xiaofang said firmly to Chen Suwen.
"We really need your help."
After Chen Suwen led her people to the "orchard", she found that the orchard had indeed planted some things wherever there was space, but she thought it would be better to plant soybeans.
Intercropping soybeans can benefit the soil and other crops, and soybeans can be used for almost anything.
Soybeans are a treasure trove of resources, from grinding soybeans to pressing oil, making soy sauce, and so on. Growing soybeans is a great idea.
However, soybean yields were not very high in those days; a yield of 100 jin per mu was considered good. Later, improved soybean yields of 300 to 400 jin per mu were also considered good.
It seems that the highest yield is only a little over 600 jin per mu, less than 1,000 jin.
I heard that a brilliant professor once studied soybeans and made a major breakthrough, but due to an accident, his research on soybeans was interrupted.
As a result, China's soybean industry suffered a major blow and had to import huge quantities of soybeans from Western countries.
Chen Suwen didn't pay much attention to these things at first, but she learned about them later by reading novels and watching videos.
After the apocalypse, soybeans also evolved, not only becoming larger but also increasing in yield.
After the apocalypse, the soybeans that evolved were studied by a group of agricultural tycoons and wood-type ability users, who managed to increase their yield to more than 1,000 to 2,000 catties per mu.
These are soybeans.
The yield of legumes such as soybeans and mung beans is usually less than a thousand catties per mu, but the big shots after the apocalypse managed to improve it to a yield of nearly two thousand catties per mu.
This time, Chen Suwen didn't bring out the soybean variety that yielded 2,000 jin per mu. The yield suddenly skyrocketing from 100-200 jin per mu to 2,000 jin per mu is truly astonishing.
Huh?
What's so scary about it?
In her past life, she used to bring out high-yield crops like big pumpkins, big sweet potatoes, big winter melons, and big corn. Why is she so timid in this life?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Suwen took out soybeans that yielded about 1,000 jin per mu and planted them under the apple trees she was responsible for grafting.
In any case, fruit trees don't take up all the land; crops like soybeans, mung beans, corn, and sweet potatoes can be intercropped under the trees.
"For grafting large branches, saw off the branches and cut them at an angle so that the top is slightly longer and the bottom is shorter."
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