Chapter 114 High Rice Yield
Bamboo rats have strong reproductive capacity and grow fast. They can grow from young to adult bamboo rats weighing three or four pounds in three or four months. The bamboo rats in the planting area eat bamboo, corn and other things that Lin Qi breeds every day. They have no shortage of food and no natural enemies. In just half a year, the number of bamboo rats has increased from more than 20 to more than 100, and this number is still increasing.
Bamboo rats, which originally could grow to three or four kilograms, generally grew to five or six kilograms in Lin Qi's planting area, and some even grew to seven kilograms.
Lin Qi was thinking that if the market for bamboo rats was not good, she would keep them for herself to eat. Unexpectedly, before she took any action, Brother Tan came to her door.
"If only the leader likes it, the required quantity shouldn't be large. Catching five or six will be enough." Xu Hexiao said.
Brother Tan waved his hand and said, "Not only does the leader like it, everyone who has tasted bamboo rat likes it."
In this era, people are happy to have meat to eat, and no one has so many taboos. Not to mention that bamboo rat meat is delicate, delicious and tasty, better than meat like pork.
The last time Brother Tan sold bamboo rats, the price was not even as high as pork.
"What's the price this time?" Lin Qi asked.
"One yuan per pound." Brother Tan said. He specifically asked about the price. If the price did not satisfy him, he would not make this trip. "In addition to bamboo rats, we also want all kinds of vegetables and fruits."
"There are about 60 bamboo rats. Ten baskets of vegetables. There are a lot of ripe fruits now, including cantaloupes, bayberries, mulberries and cherries. Can the car fit so many? Or should we load more of one kind and less of another?" As the plantation area has expanded, the number of these fruit trees has also increased from one or two to five or six, or even more. Because wild boars like to eat cantaloupes, Lin Qi planted half an acre of land.
"Melons are not afraid of being squeezed, so give me four baskets; bayberries cannot be stored for a long time, so two baskets will be enough; two baskets of mulberries are also needed; as for cherries, we can also grow cherries here?" Brother Tan seldom eats cherries, as this delicate fruit is rarely seen on the market.
"Yes, the climate here is suitable for growing cherries." Lin Qi was telling the truth. Although the cherries in the planting area were grown by her, it was also true that the climate in Yao County was suitable for growing cherries.
"How many cherries are there?" Brother Tan rubbed his hands, looking a little excited. Lin Qi's fruit quality was the best in Yao County, and the cherries she grew would definitely not be bad. He had already thought about how to argue with those people and negotiate a high price.
"There should be about one thousand kilograms." There are eight cherry trees in the planting area, and each tree produces two to three hundred kilograms of fruit at a time. This number will continue to increase as the cherry trees continue to grow.
"Take four baskets tomorrow night, which is about 400 kilograms." Brother Tan said. When those people taste the quality of the cherries, they will definitely ask him to take the fruits. At that time, he will have the final say on the price.
Brother Tan felt so happy that he laughed out loud unconsciously.
Xu Hexiao: “….”
Lin Qi: “….”
Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi continued to eat, ignoring the silly and happy Brother Tan. When Brother Tan came to his senses, he went straight to get the bowl and chopsticks, "The food here is really good, with delicious fish and meat every day."
Lin Qi did not deny it. "Bring 20 kilograms of glutinous rice and a jar of strong liquor tomorrow. I plan to make mulberry wine and bayberry wine. By the way, the glutinous rice must be in the shell."
She plans to make wine with the glutinous rice she grows.
Brother Tan agreed again and again, "No problem. I'll bring you another twenty, no, forty wine jars. If you brew more, you won't have to worry about sales, and the price will be high."
The weather in May was not too hot, and the members of the Anliang Brigade were now tasked with weeding and fertilizing the crops every day. Before dawn that day, Lin Qi took Xu Hexiao to the planting area.
After entering the planting area, Lin Qi secretly tied up the male piglets and took them near the pond.
Xu Hexiao was holding two strange, shiny knives with a serious expression.
"You have already tested it on mice, rabbits and roosters. The survival rate of the animals you castrated has reached 90 percent. Don't be nervous. You will be fine." Lin Qi encouraged Xu Hexiao.
Xu Hexiao had a blank expression on his face. "Are you sure you want to watch from the sidelines?"
Can't I watch it?
Lin Qi was puzzled.
But Xu Hexiao asked this, which definitely meant that he didn't want her to see it. Fine, then don't look at it.
"Here are the ground thistle leaves. Remember to apply them to the piglet's wound later." Lin Qi reminded.
Xu Hexiao hummed, stared at Lin Qi, and drove her away silently.
Lin Qi curled her lips. What was being castrated were animals, not humans, so why couldn’t she watch it?
Xu Hexiao: It’s not okay if it’s a public one.
Unable to watch Xu Hexiao castrate the piglets, Lin Qi took a basket to collect vegetables and fruits.
The vegetables included various greens and melons, which Lin Qi packed into different categories. Then she packed cantaloupes, followed by cherries, and left bayberries for last.
Bayberries attract insects, and the bayberries grown by Lin Qi are no exception. However, the bayberries in the planting area only have a few days from flowering to fruiting. Compared with other naturally grown bayberries, there are very few insects on the bayberries in the planting area. Lin Qi ate more than 20 bayberries before she found a small insect.
By the time Lin Qi had packed the fruits and vegetables, Xu Hexiao's castration was also completed.
The eight little boars were now huddled under a large rock.
"Is it going well?" Lin Qi looked at Xiaozhu, then at Xu Hexiao.
Xu Hexiao had a complicated expression, "It should be considered smooth sailing."
Lin Qi injected supernatural powers into the eight piglets and comforted them, "There is no problem with their vital signs. They should be able to survive."
At the fork in the road, Brother Tan transported the goods away, leaving behind forty jars, twenty kilograms of glutinous rice, and a jar of forty kilograms of high-proof liquor.
"I'll send these things back to the cave, you go home first." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao knew her ability and didn't ask to move together. "Then I'll go back and boil some hot water and wait for you."
Lin Qi agreed, and the next second, she used plants to wrap up the jars, glutinous rice and wine, and controlled the plants to move towards the planting area.
Xu Hexiao looked at this scene with a deep look in his eyes.
May passed and hot June came. The members of Anliang Brigade only needed to go to work in the morning and evening every day, and they could move freely at other times.
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao are busy in the planting area during the day, picking fruits, drying fruits, making wine, and harvesting crops.
This time, in addition to rice, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao also collected a lot of peanuts, corn and soybeans. Brother Tan also collected these things, but the amount needed was not much.
The twenty kilograms of glutinous rice that Lin Qi got from Brother Tan has now grown to more than two thousand kilograms after being planted by Lin Qi.
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao definitely couldn't finish eating more than 2,000 kilograms of glutinous rice. It had only been a month since they asked Brother Tan for the glutinous rice, so they couldn't give it to Brother Tan to sell. Xu Hexiao would tie two bags to his bicycle every night, and then tie two chickens or two rabbits, and head to the county when it got dark.
Xu Hexiao often went to the county, and Lin Qi didn't know how many things he had exchanged, or where he hid them. She could only guess from the expression on Xu Hexiao's face that the things he exchanged for were not bad, at least they were things that would satisfy Xu Hexiao himself.
By the end of July, Lin Qi's savings had increased from 5,000 to 10,000.
At that time, there were still more than a hundred jars of wine in her cave that had not been sold.
In August, Anliang Brigade suddenly became lively, with people coming to visit from time to time. At first, the visitors were people from nearby brigades, and later, leaders of the commune also came.
"This is the first time I've seen rice ears like this. Each one is so long and the grains are full. I can't say I can get a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu, but I'm sure I can get 700 to 800 kilograms per mu."
"Hiss, 700 to 800 kilograms. Currently, the average yield of rice per mu in Yao County is only 500 kilograms. Even if it is 700 kilograms, it is almost half more. This is not a small amount. It can feed half of the people in Yao County."
Several leaders looked at each other and saw the passion in each other's eyes.
This is a great political achievement!
Maybe it can be reported in the newspaper and become famous throughout the country!
After all, they have real production, not just empty talk.
"The plants of this rice are sturdier and taller than ordinary rice, and they produce more rice ears. Did your team change the rice seeds this year?" Apart from changing the seeds, they can't think of any other reason at the moment.
"We didn't change it." Team leader Luo Feng shook his head, "We used the seeds we saved ourselves."
"Really?" The commune leader didn't believe it.
"Really? I guarantee it on the reputation of our Anliang Brigade." Luo Feng said very seriously.
"What kind of fertilizer did you introduce?" the commune leader asked again.
"No." Luo Feng still denied, "Our fertilizers are all from the commune."
The commune leader ran out of patience. "Then tell me, what's going on with the rice in your commune?"
Luo Feng looked helpless, "We can't explain it clearly."
Who would have known that just by asking Lin Qi to breed some seeds, the yield would nearly double.
Those leaders don’t understand farming, but they are different from those who have been farming for decades. It is now late August and the harvest can be harvested in September. Now they can roughly judge the grain yield.
Not 700 kilograms, but 800 kilograms, or even 900 kilograms.
The commune leaders held a meeting in Anliang Brigade, and all team members had to attend.
Lin Qi stood at the end of the team, bored, with her eyes half closed and yawning from time to time. She had gone to the mountains early this morning and was a little sleepy now.
"Is the rice yield difficult for you?" Xu Hexiao's heart was sour and soft. She shouldn't have to do all this, it was all because of him!
Because of him, she wanted to expand her influence in the Anliang Brigade!
"Not tired." Lin Qi said without any reluctance.
The people in the Anliang Brigade were in tacit agreement and no one mentioned Lin Qi.
The commune leaders asked around but couldn't get any answers.
Several leaders' faces fell on the spot. "You mean you don't know the reason, such a high yield, is it because they grow on their own?"
Luo Feng and others looked innocent. What could they say? They just didn't know.
But no one believes it!
The commune leaders did not give up. When they could not find the reason after holding a public meeting, they went to visit every household to ask.
They just don’t believe it and ask it out!
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