Chapter 453: Site Selection
The educated youth who went to the countryside had a hard life, partly because they had no land.
Just like in the Youth League Home, they grow vegetables in a house that is about to collapse. If they don’t use them sparingly, there won’t be enough to eat.
Moreover, it was originally a place to build a house, and the soil inside was not very suitable for growing vegetables.
Not to mention them, even the soil in Zhou Ziwen's vegetable garden is not very good.
However, when he mixed the mushroom growing medium into the soil, he did change some of the soil texture.
Later, fertilizer was made using traditional methods, which further improved the soil quality in the vegetable field.
After doing so much work, my family has enough vegetables to eat.
Zhou Weiguo and Wu Dagang felt a little ashamed when they heard Zhou Ziwen's somewhat impolite words.
In fact, this is also a problem left over from the past.
When the educated youth went to the countryside, the general mentality was that they were coming to steal food from them.
After all, it is now a production team system, which, to put it bluntly, means eating from the same pot.
Everyone works together and shares the food.
But the production team's annual harvest was so little, and if it was distributed to the educated youth, they would get less.
When it comes to personal interests, even the most amiable person will have some thoughts in his mind.
What's more, the villagers in the countryside are simple in character, but also tough.
Of course, to be honest, the educated youth in the Youth House actually have some problems themselves.
In terms of physical strength, they cannot compare with these villagers who have been working for a long time.
Moreover, because they have not done much work, and most city people have never grown crops, they are naturally not very good at working.
In particular, some educated youth did not go to the countryside voluntarily. They had had enough of the hard life in the countryside and some of them had already died.
If I hadn't been looking forward to returning to the city one day, I would have found a family and completely integrated into the countryside.
"Xiao Zhou, just tell me what you think. You know, due to some historical reasons, you educated youth have never had your own land, but there is no way around it. If you want to solve it, it will probably be a bit troublesome." The team leader said.
"What's so troublesome? The production team can't arrange for us to do it, so we can just open up the land on our own. If you want to do it yourself, go ahead and do it. If you don't want to, we won't force you."
"This way, we won't be occupying the village's land. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Zhou Ziwen raised his eyebrows and spoke.
The main reason why he was so enthusiastic was that he wanted to have a piece of land of his own.
As he himself said, this land is used to grow ginseng.
To prepare for a rainy day, although it would take a few years for the educated youth to return to the city, he also wanted to earn some income for himself before that.
Although he is not interested in money, he is not an immortal who is detached from the world.
If you want to live a good life, you can't do without money.
Money is a good thing no matter what world you are in.
With this thing, most of the troubles in the world can be solved.
If it can't be solved, it's just because there is not enough money.
According to his idea, he would ask the production team for a piece of land and then create some private plots for himself.
They also planted ginseng in their own private plots, and after three to five years, they sold the ginseng through the production team's channels.
After selling it, he will have the start-up capital.
When I return to the city, I will have the money to do anything.
"Reclam it yourself?"
Zhou Weiguo and Wu Dagang looked at each other and made a decision in their hearts.
"Xiao Zhou, your idea is good, but even if you cultivate the land yourself, you can't cultivate too much. Each person can cultivate a maximum of three mu of land. And after you leave, our production team will take back this land."
Zhou Weiguo pondered for a moment, then spoke.
"It's what I should do." Zhou Ziwen nodded happily.
His requirements were not high, just a piece of land to grow ginseng.
If you calculate it, each person has three acres of land, which is already a lot.
He and the two Chen sisters own nearly one acre of land in total.
If you plant all the land with ginseng, you can easily sell it for tens of thousands of dollars when you harvest it.
Of course, if he wants to take all this money, it depends on his ability.
But these are things for the future. He hasn't even started planting ginseng yet, so why should he care about those things?
"Xiao Zhou, I can leave this ginseng matter to you. Is there anything you need?" Zhou Weiguo asked.
"Nothing much." Zhou Ziwen shook his head. "As long as the village lets me plant some, that's all. I'll take care of the land for a few days, and then go to the mountains to find some ginseng seedlings. After that, you just wait and make money by selling the ginseng."
"Haha, kid, then just go ahead and do it. If you need anything, tell us immediately and we'll find a solution."
Zhou Weiguo and Wu Dagang both support Zhou Ziwen's desire to grow ginseng.
But they don't care too much about it, after all, the growth cycle of ginseng is too long.
Even if we want to make money, it will be a few years later.
Now, they are only interested in growing mushrooms.
And now it is the spring plowing season, so they are very busy.
"I will tell everyone about the private plots at the meeting tomorrow. I believe you educated youth will be very happy." Wu Dagang said from the side.
"Of course, thank you Uncle Zhou and Uncle Wu for your support." Zhou Ziwen expressed his gratitude.
I'm afraid that at this time, Zhou Weiguo and Wu Dagang still don't know how profitable growing ginseng is.
I believe they will be very enthusiastic when he grows ginseng in the future.
"Stop talking nonsense and go about your business!" Wu Dagang waved his hand unhappily.
"Then I'll be leaving first."
Zhou Ziwen stood up with a smile and turned to leave.
His purpose of coming to see Wu Dagang and Zhou Weiguo has been achieved. He has a lot of things to do next, and he certainly doesn't want to delay here any longer.
It's not like he's idle and chatting with two old guys here.
It was still very early when he came out of the production team.
After thinking for a while, he decided to go and take a look around the village.
Ginseng seedlings can be harvested later, so find the land to plant ginseng first.
Ginseng has special requirements for soil quality. If the soil is unqualified, ginseng will not survive.
However, this kind of land is still easy to find here, the only difference is the amount.
Before thinking of growing ginseng, he took a quick look and already had several targets in mind.
One of the places was not far from his home, just a few minutes away.
However, he had only taken a rough look before and didn't know the exact size of the land.
There are two other places that are also suitable for growing ginseng, but those two places are a bit far from the village, so even if they are needed, it will be a matter for the future.
After leaving the production team, Zhou Ziwen did not stop and soon arrived at his preferred destination.
This land is authentic loess soil with good drainage, strong water holding capacity and good air permeability, making it very suitable for growing ginseng.
Zhou Ziwen carefully surveyed the land and made a preliminary estimate that it was about two to three acres.
The area is not very large, but not small either.
However, this piece of land has not been cultivated. If you want to use it, you need to cultivate it again.
(End of this chapter)
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