Chapter 67 The whole county of Bobai is a treasure land, suitable for growing all kinds of fruits

Deng Yunqiang asked in shock: "Are the seedlings of Guiwei lychees really that good? They can bear fruit in the second year of planting?"

At present, in Shuangwang area, the few lychees planted are directly planted with leftover lychee seeds. Farmers have never seen circle-branch planting and grafting planting, so when they heard that Guiwei lychees can bear fruit in the second year of planting, they felt unbelievable.

Deng Changfu nodded and said, "That's what Jiugong said. This Guiwei fruit seedling is not planted with lychee seeds like the lychee trees we grow here. Instead, we directly select a good branch from the lychee tree, peel a circle of skin, wrap it with mud, and then wrap it with straw or something. After the roots of the lychee are cultivated, they can be cut off and used as fruit seedlings. Only fruit seedlings cultivated in this way can bear fruit in the second year of planting."

Although Deng Yunqiang had never heard of growing litchi in this way, since these words were said by Uncle Jiu, a powerful man in the village, and Uncle Jiu took the lead in taking action, then these fruit seedlings were most likely real.

As long as the fruit seedlings are fine, there is no need to worry about whether the land here can be used for growing crops.

After all, Bobai County is recognized as the most suitable place for growing fruits, which can be seen from a ballad circulating in the county that sings about the fruit production in the four seasons of the lunar calendar.

The ballad goes like this: "The whole county of Bobai is a treasure land, suitable for growing all kinds of fruits. Bayberries in March, plums in April, peaches and lychees in May, pineapples with yellow skin in June, longans and sand pears in July, bananas in August, oranges and persimmons in September, grapefruits in October, and carambolas are always popular."

In addition to the fruits mentioned in the ballad, there are also sugarcane, loquat, mango, papaya, tomato, myrtle, black olive, yellow olive, chestnut, millet, oil apple, date, lemon, orange, pineapple, grape, monk fruit and many other fruits.

Among these many varieties of fruits, lychee and longan are the most famous.

Therefore, Bobai County is very suitable for growing litchi.

Deng Yunqiang was more and more excited about the prospect of growing Guiwei lychees. However, after the excitement, he was struck by the reality. He lamented, "What a pity! My family can't afford to spend so much money to grow this orchard."

Changfu's mother was both excited and heartbroken. She was excited because she knew of such an opportunity to make a lot of money, but she was heartbroken because her family did not have the ability to seize this opportunity and could only watch it slip away.

At this time, Guan Yongying winked at Deng Changfu.

Deng Changfu hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, Mom, it would be a pity if we missed this opportunity. We can earn at least more than a thousand yuan a year, and we will earn more and more in the future. If our family can really develop this orchard, it will probably take a few years for us to become a millionaire."

So, I think why don't we learn from Jiu Gong and go to a credit union to get a loan? Anyway, there's no interest, and we can just pay it back when we make money."

Deng Yunqiang was moved when he heard this. If someone had mentioned to him about going to the bank for a loan in the past, he would have definitely shaken his head and refused the first time. He would rather skip a meal every day than do such a "shameful" thing.

But things are different now. Even Jiugong, a powerful man in the village, has gone to the credit union to apply for a loan, so it seems that it is no big deal for them to apply for a loan. Jigong is not afraid of losing face, so what should they be afraid of?

Therefore, after hearing his eldest son's suggestion, Deng Yunqiang thought about it for a while, then nodded and said, "Then go for the loan. Jiugong is really good to you. He even told you all about this opportunity to make a lot of money. If our family can't seize this opportunity, we will fail Jiugong's kindness."

Seeing that his father-in-law, the head of the family, agreed, Guan Yongying was very happy. If the orchard was really developed, the day when their family would become a millionaire would be just around the corner.

While her husband was discussing with his parents-in-law about going to the credit union for a loan, Guan Yongying was thinking about taking some time out the next day to go back to her parents' home. She wanted to tell her parents this great news and ask them to join her in planting lychee trees in the orchard.

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As Deng Yunkun and five others worked hard to reclaim wasteland on the mountain where Deng Shirong lived, the news that Deng Shirong was planning to transform the mountain into an orchard and plant litchi trees spread throughout the village in a short period of time.

Now every household in the village has been allocated a lot of mountains. When the villagers saw Deng Shirong doing this, they came over one by one to inquire about the situation.

When faced with inquiries from other villagers, Deng Shirong did not speak without reservation like he did to Deng Changfu and his wife. He simply explained the cost of growing litchi, and said that it would definitely make money from this litchi orchard, but he was not sure how much he would make. He would have to wait until the litchi trees started to bear fruit and be sold for money.

It wasn't that Deng Shirong was stingy and didn't want to tell the villagers the truth. He was afraid of accidents. If he led the whole village to plant lychee trees, if someone's fruit tree failed to survive, who would be responsible for the loss? Even if everyone's fruit trees survived, when the lychees bore fruit, if they couldn't be sold, who would be responsible for the loss?

Of course, the probability of lychees not being sold is relatively low, because it is 1980 and the country still implements a planned economic system, so there are strict regulations and plans for the purchase and sale of agricultural products.

In addition, now is the early stage of reform and opening up, and the country has introduced many policies to support farmers in developing the economy, such as interest-free loans from banks. Some local governments even provide fruit farmers with some subsidies or incentive policies to encourage them to grow fruit.

This is also the main reason why Deng Shirong dared to set the purchase price of Guiwei lychees at 40 cents per pound.

From Deng Shirong's perspective, he was just helping the villagers with good intentions, giving them a chance to get rich. He certainly couldn't be blamed for the accident. He didn't benefit from doing this, so how could he possibly compensate the villagers for their losses?

But human nature is very complicated. If the villagers who suffered heavy losses blamed everything on Deng Shirong, that would be a typical thankless task.

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Instead of doing this, it would be better for him to be conservative and wait until he can really make money from the lychee trees he grows before calling on everyone to plant them together.

That way, even if something unexpected happens, no one can blame him.

Since Deng Shirong did not explain the prospects of litchi planting clearly to other villagers, when other villagers heard that the cost of litchi planting was so high, they could not help but shake their heads secretly, and no one dared to follow Deng Shirong.

After all, that requires an investment of several hundred or even thousands of dollars. Without knowing whether it can make money, few people in the village would have the courage to do it.

They all planned to observe for a few years to see whether Deng Shirong’s lychee orchard could make money.

(End of this chapter)