Chapter 68 Valuable Knowledge
As soon as the sky was getting light, Deng Yunkun and his two sons got up.
After eating the white porridge that had been cooked the night before, the father and his two sons each carried their tools and headed towards the mountain where Uncle Jiu (Jiu Gong) lived.
This is already their eighth day of working. Every day they do not need any supervision and rush to the mountain to work early. Except for the time when they go home to eat, they work all the time and do not finish until dark.
Not only did the three of them do this, Deng Changping and Deng Sihua did the same.
The five of them were all people of good character. When they were doing collective work before, they did not slack off like other villagers, but worked hard. Although this approach seemed to be a disadvantage, it won the trust of the whole village. This was also the main reason why Deng Shirong gave the work to the five of them.
Originally, the five of them were the kind of people who were willing to work hard and down-to-earth. Now that Deng Shirong was paying them such a high salary, which was an income they had never dared to dream of before, of course they had to work hard.
On the way, Deng Changdong asked, "Dad, do you think Jiugong can make money by investing so much money in this orchard?"
Deng Yunkun said: "Other people in the village have asked Jiugong. According to Jiugong, it is definitely possible to make money, but how much is not yet known."
Deng Changliang continued, "Dad, why don't we turn our mountain into an orchard after Jiugong's orchard is done? Jiugong dares to invest so much money, we just need to work harder, and at most we can just pay for the fruit seedlings. I think we can really do it."
Deng Yunkun nodded and said, "I have thought about this question, and it is indeed worth a try. Anyway, after we transform Jiugong's orchard, the three of us father and son can get a large sum of money, and then we can add some money to it and build the orchard."
Deng Changdong said: "I heard from my wife last night that many people in the village have asked Jiugong about this orchard, but apart from Uncle Yunqiang's family, no one else dares to follow suit. They all choose to wait and see whether Jiugong's orchard can be successful.
If our family chooses to follow suit, we will be the third family in the village to have an orchard."
Deng Changliang said: "The sooner you start, the sooner you can make money. Anyway, if you follow Jiugong, you will definitely not go wrong."
Deng Yunkun said: "It's too early to talk about this now. Let's finish the work that Jiugong has assigned to us first!"
The father and his two sons chatted along the way. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Deng Changping and Deng Sihua also arrived at the same time.
The five people smiled at each other when they met, greeted each other, and then went up the mountain to work together.
After a week of hard work, they have cleared half of the trees and weeds on the mountain. If they work for another week, they will probably be able to clear all of them, and then the orchard can be officially opened for reclamation and transformation.
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Deng Changfu and his wife knew how profitable it was to grow Guiwei lychees because they had heard Jiugong do the math, so they easily convinced their parents.
So, the two families, led by Jiu Gong, went to the credit union to apply for a loan, and Deng Changfu and his wife also came.
Bu Wanhui, the director of the credit union, saw Deng Shirong, who successfully brought him two clients within a few days. His enthusiastic attitude touched the in-laws Deng Yunqiang and Guan Dewei. They felt that Uncle Jiu was worthy of being a celebrity in the Bangjie Brigade, and even the director of the credit union gave him such face.
There is no need to say much about filling out the loan information. Under Deng Shirong's suggestion, the loan amount for both families was 2,000 yuan.
Ten minutes later, Deng Shirong and his group left the credit union.
"Now that we have no problem with funding, you can handle the renovation of the orchard on your own. The only thing left to deal with is the fruit seedlings!"
Thinking of the inconveniences of the trip to Lingshan County, Deng Shirong didn't want to accompany them, so he said: "Next, I will give you the detailed address of Xinguang Farm. I have already told you the price of the fruit seedlings. You can talk to the farm leader first. If the price you negotiate is lower than mine, that's even better. If it's higher than mine, then you can mention my name and say that I introduced you, and there should be no problem!"
The two in-laws nodded repeatedly after listening to what they heard. Uncle Jiu had explained it in such detail, it would be useless if they still couldn't figure it out.
"Also, the world outside is a bit chaotic right now. You must pay attention to your own safety on the way to Lingshan. You must have self-defense weapons. Also, if you encounter robbers, your personal safety is the most important. You can earn money again if you lose it. Don't take risks." Deng Shirong couldn't help but remind him again.
Guan Yongying was surprised when he heard this: "Jiu Gong, are there still robbers outside?"
Deng Shirong nodded and said, "I also heard from people who often drive cars outside that it has only been two years since the reform and opening up. Many of the educated youth who returned to the city before can't find a job. With so many idle people, society will naturally become turbulent.
Although the possibility of encountering robbers is small, as the saying goes, it is better to be cautious when going out. "
"Uncle Jiu, what you said makes sense. We should be careful when we go out."
Deng Yunqiang echoed, then looked at his in-laws and said, "In-laws, you don't have to go to Lingshan. We can just go there alone."
Guan Dewei knew that his in-laws didn't want him to suffer. He felt that his daughter had married the right man. Not only was his son-in-law good, but his in-laws were also good. He didn't act pretentiously and nodded and said, "Okay, thank you and your son for your hard work."
Deng Changfu smiled innocently and said, "It's not hard!"
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Time goes by day after day.
A week later, Deng Shirong stood on the bare mountain near his home, feeling somewhat emotional.
In the past, the entire Bangjie Brigade only started to grow litchi in orchards in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At that time, there were already bulldozers in the countryside, so when everyone was transforming the orchards, they only needed to cut down the big trees, and the rest could be left to the bulldozers.
Often, an orchard can be transformed in just a few days, which is extremely fast.
However, it was only 1980, and rural people probably hadn’t even heard of the name of a bulldozer, let alone seen one.
Therefore, the renovation of his orchard took Deng Yunkun and his five companions a full half month just to cut down trees and clear weeds. This was based on the premise that the five of them got up early and worked hard in the dark, otherwise it would have taken even longer.
After expressing his feelings, Deng Shirong told Deng Yunkun and the other four about his plan for the orchard: "You need to level the top of the mountain. You can dig the concave area over there to make it bigger and deeper, and make a reservoir that can be used to water the litchi trees during droughts.
The entire mountain is dug down layer by layer in the form of terraces. Each layer is about 1.5 meters wide. The width is flexible and can be wider or narrower, but the row spacing must be between 3.5 meters and 4 meters.
Then dig a tree pit about 1 meter square and 80 centimeters deep at intervals of about 3.5 meters..."
Deng Yunkun and the other three listened and took notes carefully. In that era, there were no lychee orchards in the entire Shuangwang area. They had no idea about the spacing between lychee planting rows and the distance between them, or how big and deep the tree pits should be.
What Deng Shirong said was invaluable knowledge to them.
(End of this chapter)