Chapter 153: Partridges are crying, doves are calling, and cicadas are chirping

After the Chinese New Year, when Deng Shirong's family and Deng Yunqiang's family brought back the Guiwei lychee saplings for planting, many villagers, led by team leader Deng Yunjun, also began to use the surplus labor in their families to open up orchards.

After two or three months of cultivation, the orchard was basically reclaimed.

Now that the orchard has been cleared, it is natural to plant the fruit seedlings as soon as possible. However, many members are still undecided about what kind of fruit trees to plant.

At the beginning, everyone wanted to grow Guiwei lychees with Deng Shirong, but the saplings of Guiwei lychees had to be reserved in advance in Lingshan County, and the price was indeed a bit "expensive", so each household had to invest at least several hundred yuan.

In the village, there are really not many families who can afford to spend several hundred yuan.

If you don't plant Guiwei lychees, but instead plant longan trees or other fruit trees, the investment will be much smaller.

Therefore, after the orchard was reclaimed, the undecided members gathered at the home of team leader Deng Yunjun to discuss what kind of fruit trees would be most suitable to plant.

"Captain, are you still planning to grow Guiwei lychees like Jiugong?"

"Captain, I have been thinking about this for a while now. I feel that the investment in growing Guiwei lychees is still too high. If a typhoon hits or the lychees get infected with insect diseases, it will be a huge loss!"

"Captain, my family can only afford 200 yuan. What kind of fruit tree do you think is better to plant?"

"team leader……"

When they arrived at the captain's house, each member couldn't wait to start talking.

After listening to them, Deng Yunjun had an idea in his mind and said, "I basically understand your thoughts, so let me tell you my opinion!"

Nearly twenty members were looking at the captain, including Deng Yunkun.

"Everyone has already cultivated an orchard, and they must want to plant fruit trees. I can't give you advice on the choice of fruit seedlings. I can only talk about my own choice."

Deng Yunjun looked at the members and continued, "I said before that I plan to grow Guiwei lychees like Uncle Jiu, and my thoughts have not changed. Anyone who wants to join me can stay and discuss going to Lingshan County to order fruit seedlings."

Hearing this, a member said helplessly: "Captain, I actually want to grow Guiwei lychees like you, but it will cost at least several hundred yuan, and I can't afford that much money!"

Deng Yunjun said: "As long as you want to grow it, there must be a way. If you don't have money, you can go to a credit union to get a loan!"

The member said with some hesitation: "Captain, isn't this too risky? If we take out a loan to grow lychees, and if something happens to the seedlings, we will have to tighten our belts and work for a few years to pay off the debt, right?"

Deng Yunjun said: "The accident you mentioned does exist, so I dare not guarantee it to you. It depends on your choice."

Another member asked, "Captain, what do you think if I plant longan? Can I make money?"

Deng Yunjun said, "Of course you can grow longan trees. Baiping Farm has planted more than 2,000 longan trees, and it generates a large income every year. If any of you want to grow longan trees, you can go directly to Baiping Farm to buy the seedlings. The price is definitely much cheaper than that of Guiwei lychees, so it is indeed a good choice."

Another member asked, "Captain, I want to grow oranges. Do you think it's okay?"

Deng Yunjun nodded and said, "Of course you can. As I said before, no matter what kind of fruit tree you plant, as long as you take good care of it and it bears fruit, it can be sold for money. No matter how much money you make, it is better than leaving the mountain to grow grass there. Don't you think this is the truth?"

Naturally, all the members agreed, as everyone understood this principle.

Next, all the members expressed their ideas one after another. On the one hand, they wanted to seek the captain's opinion, and on the other hand, they also wanted to find a few people with similar ideas to work together.

After some discussion, each member made a choice based on his or her own situation. Three members expressed their desire to grow Guiwei lychees with the team leader, eight members planned to grow Shixia longan, the most famous variety in Bobai County, and the remaining members chose to grow oranges.

Seeing that everyone had made their choice, Deng Yunjun said, "Since everyone has made their decision, those who have made the same choice should go to Baiping Farm together to reserve fruit seedlings! I hope that if you encounter any problems in the process of planting fruit trees, you can help each other and work together to make the orchard better."

All the members nodded in agreement, and then those who made the same choice left the captain's house together and found another place to discuss the reservation and planting of fruit seedlings.

Deng Yunkun and two other members stayed behind to discuss with the team leader about going to Lingshan County to order Guiwei lychee seedlings.

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As the fourth month of the lunar calendar begins, partridges are singing, doves are croaking, and cicadas are chirping.

At this time, the rural children’s favorite thing to do is to catch cicadas.

There are two ways to catch cicadas. One is to look for them under trees at night. As long as you find a few more trees, you can usually find cicada pupae. These cicada pupae will often climb to a height of one to two meters and then shed their shells there.

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The cicada shell can be used as medicine. Chinese medicine calls it "cicada skin" or "cicada molt". In this era, you can pick it up and sell it for money. Although it can't be sold for much money, for children without income, as long as they pick it up diligently, they can earn a lot of pocket money if they accumulate it over a summer.

Another activity is catching cicadas. Catching cicadas chirping in the trees is a very interesting thing for children.

Today is Sunday, and the two little guys, Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng, are wandering around with their cicada-catching tools, going wherever they hear cicadas chirping. Their cicada-catching tools are very simple, just a thin bamboo pole with a sticky rubber wrapped around the top.

When you see a cicada chirping on a tree, just carefully approach it with the rubber on the top. As long as the rubber touches the cicada's wings, it will stick to it firmly, and no matter how it struggles, it will not be able to escape.

In fact, cicadas are ugly and not very interesting. Even if you give them to others for free, no one would want them.

But rural children still enjoy catching fish. What they mainly enjoy is the catching process, just like fishermen may not necessarily like eating fish.

After catching for a long time, the two brothers were very satisfied and went home with their spoils.

However, before they reached home, the two men distributed the spoils to the younger children in the village.

I don’t like older ones, but I still like little kids who are only a few years old.

When Deng Yunhua got home, he smelled a strong fragrance before he put down the bamboo pole in his hand. He couldn't help but sniff and asked, "Dad, what delicious food are you making? Why does it smell so good?"

Deng Shirong, who was sitting at the door smoking, smiled and said, "I'm stewing dragon and phoenix soup."

(End of this chapter)