Chapter 115: Investigating the Reasons for the Increase in Rice Production
The leaders of the commune visited the Anliang Brigade for a few days, but they couldn't find out anything. The last stop was the educated youth site, which was also a place the leaders had high hopes for.
The Anliang Brigade is united, but we can't unite the educated youth in the educated youth site as well!
"You don't know what's going on, either." The leaders of the commune frowned. "You went to the countryside to build up the rural areas, but now the rice production has increased significantly, but you don't know why? What's the point of going to the countryside?"
The leaders' words were like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of the educated youth. They came to the countryside with great enthusiasm and the hope of building the countryside. However, after nearly a year, their enthusiasm was extinguished.
It’s nothing. When it comes to farming, they are not as good as the villagers.
"To all the leaders, we have been working on the farm every day and have not found anything unusual," Ming Kangjian said calmly. Perhaps it was because of Lin Qi that the rice production increased this year. But what did Lin Qi do?
None of them saw what Lin Qi did!
How do you say this?
"From the time the seedlings were raised to the time of harvesting now, there is nothing unusual?" The commune leaders did not give up.
"What is abnormal?" Jian Yitong asked.
The commune leaders remained silent and they couldn't say anything.
"You really didn't change the rice seeds?" The question once again returned to the seeds.
"The breeding is done by experienced team members, but we have not heard that the team is going to change the rice seeds." Ming Kangjian said.
Is there really no problem with the rice seeds?
The commune leaders glanced at these educated youth and saw that they all had clear eyes and did not feel guilty at all, and did not seem to be lying.
"What about you female educated youth? You were more careful, so you didn't notice anything unusual?" The commune leader looked at the female educated youth present with a majestic gaze.
"No, I didn't find anything." Zhu Qing replied, but she hesitated to speak.
There is a breakthrough!
The commune leader's eyes lit up immediately, and he said to Zhu Qing in a gentle voice, "Just tell me what you have to say. Don't be afraid. With us here, no one can do anything to you."
Zhu Qing seemed to have found a backer, and she relaxed a lot. "I just came to the countryside, and I don't know much about farming. However, when I was farming this year, I heard the team members mention several times that the seedlings grew particularly well. As for why the seedlings grew so well, I don't know."
After Zhu Qing finished speaking, the educated youth present had different expressions. Some were surprised, some were dissatisfied, some were worried, and some were indifferent.
"This female colleague heard the team members mention that this year's seedlings are growing particularly well. What about you? Didn't you all hear it?" There was anger in the commune leader's tone.
Jian Tongyi said calmly, "This year the weather is good, isn't it normal for the crops to grow well? Is there anything wrong with growing well?"
"She looks normal, but she's much better than the others around her, which is abnormal!" The commune leader said coldly. He pointed at Feng Qian and said, "What do you think is going on? What are you hiding from us?"
Feng Qian's face turned pale. "Leader, I don't know what's going on. But this year, in addition to the experienced veterans, there is also a female educated youth participating in the breeding."
When the commune leader mentioned Lin Qi's name, Luo Feng's heart sank, but he remained calm. "Yes, Lin Qi participated in the breeding. But she had no experience and was only responsible for one of the steps - sowing the seeds in the fields."
"We don't want to listen to you alone. Call all the people who were involved in breeding the seeds here." The commune leader's tone was extremely impolite.
They thought Luo Feng was deliberately hiding something from them, but they couldn't find any evidence.
"Don't let him go, ask someone else to go." another person reminded.
Luo Feng who was not trusted: "........"
He was not worried at all. He couldn't find out the reason, and he didn't believe these people could tell the answer.
When Lin Qi arrived at the office, others had already arrived.
Seeing this incredibly beautiful female educated youth, the expressions of several leaders of the commune were somewhat complicated, or to be more precise, disappointed.
This female educated youth not only has beautiful facial features, but also skin as white as snow, so delicate that not a single pore can be seen. It is obvious that such a person has lived a life of luxury.
Does she know how to farm?
The commune leaders even suspected that this female educated youth named Lin Qi was too beautiful, so she was treated differently by the people in Anliang Brigade.
But since they are here, they still have to ask the necessary questions.
“I heard that you were involved in rice breeding?”
"yes."
"Why did they choose you to participate in breeding? Breeding is such an important matter, why did they choose you who has no experience at all?"
“They say I’m good at growing vegetables.”
"The vegetables you grow are good? How do you say that?"
“When it snowed, my vegetables didn’t die.”
“.......”
The commune leaders looked at each other in confusion. What kind of reason was this?
"Is this really the case?" The commune leader turned to ask Luo Feng and others.
Luo Feng and the others nodded. Luo Feng said helplessly, "That's true. It snowed this winter, and many of the team members' vegetables died, but Lin Qi's vegetables remained green. I went to her house several times to ask why, but I couldn't get any information. Lin Qi herself didn't know the reason. Leaders, you may still remember that Lin Qi came here in July last year. She was mentally retarded at the time, and we didn't want to accept her, so I went to the commune specifically for this. But you said that since she's here, we can't send her back. We can only take her back to the team."
At this time, a leader seemed to remember something, "Ah, this matter, I remember, I was the one who said she couldn't be sent back. That's the policy, she can't be sent back. But now I see she doesn't look stupid."
"He used to be stupid, skinny and small, looking like he would fall down if the wind blew. Now he's grown taller and fatter, and he doesn't look so stupid anymore," said Luo Feng.
"So, she went to the right place, the countryside," the leader sighed.
Everyone present was looking at Lin Qi, but she seemed to know nothing about it. She was like an outsider, with empty eyes and a numb expression.
"You look pretty stupid now," said the leader.
So there is no solution to increasing rice production?
"We also want to understand the reasons for the increase in rice production." Luo Feng said sincerely, "Once we know the reasons, we will know how to maintain such a high yield, which is good for our entire Anliang Brigade."
"Since we can't find the answer, let's ask the experts and professors in the province to come and conduct an on-site investigation." A leader said.
"It seems that this is the only way to do it now." Others agreed.
In any case, the fact of increased production is before their eyes, and they will definitely report it.
This is a matter of food, and it’s a big deal.
Lin Qi was called away, and Xu Hexiao was apprehensive, pacing back and forth at home. When Lin Qi came back, he immediately went to greet her, "How is it?"
"That's it. They are going to invite experts and professors from the province to come for an on-site inspection." Lin Qi was very calm. "Anyway, it's something invisible. No one can see anything if they come."
Xu Hexiao put his heart back into his stomach, "Then let them investigate. Whatever they ask, just say you don't know."
"Yeah." Lin Qi nodded repeatedly, "I know how to deal with it."
Two days later, experts from the city came first, and a day later, experts from the province and professors from the Agricultural University also came. When these people saw the golden rice fields, they were all stunned.
Even their carefully cared-for experimental fields did not produce such high yields.
Before they started investigating the reason for the high yield, they had already ordered a batch of rice from the team leader Luo Feng.
It would be a waste not to keep such good rice as seeds!
Experts and professors observed and took samples in the rice fields, studying the soil and water quality. They also asked the team members about the growth of the rice at various stages from seedling cultivation to the present.
At the same time, the autumn harvest began. The team leader began to organize the team members to harvest the crops. The first crop to be harvested was corn, followed by soybeans, and then peanuts. The yields of these crops were no different from previous years, and the commune leaders and experts and professors were not interested in these crops.
After the crops of the past few years are harvested, the rice harvest will begin.
Experts and professors worked hard for more than half a month, and found that both the soil and water quality of Anliang Brigade were mediocre and had no ability to increase rice production.
Unable to find the cause, they were not in a hurry to leave. They waited until half of the rice in Anliang Brigade was harvested. When they found out that the yield of rice per mu had reached 841 kilograms, everyone was shocked.
Seeing the rice growing well is one thing, but the shock they received from the specific numbers was more real and profound.
After calming down, the experts and professors each left Anliang Brigade with dozens of kilograms of rice.
Before leaving, they instructed the people of Anliang Brigade to dry the rice properly. All the rice produced by the entire Anliang Brigade this year will be used as rice seeds for next year.
"Then what do we eat? How do we pay the tax?" the team members were puzzled.
"The commune will directly transfer the money to you, so you don't have to pay the public grain. Apart from the public grain you should pay, we will return you the same amount of rice we took from you."
"But our rice has full grains—"
"Ahem!" The captain interrupted the team member, "We also need to save some seeds for our team."
"Okay, you keep the rice seeds you need, and we'll take the rest."
Although the team members felt a little disappointed that they could not eat the rice they grew, the rice yield this year was twice that of last year, which meant that they could get nearly twice as much millet, and the team members' mood improved again.
The rice production in the brigade increased, and the rice in Lin Qi's planting area was harvested round after round. Before the rice in Anliang Brigade was harvested, Lin Qi had already asked Brother Tan to transport four trucks of rice, earning nearly 6,000 yuan.
As for Xu Hexiao, he hadn't been to the county town for a while because he was too tired from the autumn harvest. When he brought a sack of rice to Boss Mo, Boss Mo directly placed an order for 1,000 kilograms of rice.
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