There is less and less desertified land on the Daqing Mountain, and only an area the size of two football fields remains on the west slope.
Qin Feng decided to use the "nibbling" method to carry out comprehensive management of this desertified land.
The method of controlling the "stubborn elements" in the desertified land of Xiaoqingshan achieved very good results. This method was also used in Daqingshan at that time, but the effect was not as good as expected.
This year, Qin Feng and his family decided to plant more saxaul trees in the desertified land of Daqing Mountain. Under the trees, if the desertification is severe, they plant bitter beans, planting them closely together. If the desertification is less severe, they intercrop rapeseed. Last year, the rapeseed intercropped within the saxaul trees yielded a very good harvest. Every spring, the gray-green color of the saxaul trees and the golden color of the rapeseed flowers create a beautiful contrast.
Qin Feng led his family to plant saxaul trees in this desertified land as big as two football fields. Large saxaul trees were planted in the areas with the thickest sand. The pits for planting saxaul trees were dug deeper than the pits for other trees so that the trees could take root quickly. Relatively smaller saxaul trees were planted in areas with thinner sand. The spacing between the saxaul trees was reduced a lot, so that when these saxaul trees grow up, their branches can grow wildly.
After planting the saxaul trees, you can plant bitter beans in the saxaul forest. Ke'er also planted a batch of adenophora and licorice. In areas with thick sand, the bitter beans were planted one next to the other. Qin Feng often came to check on them. As long as he found that the bitter beans were "eaten" by the quicksand, he would immediately replant them.
This method has achieved quite good results. Although the area of ​​desertified land has shrunk very slowly, fortunately, the sand no longer moves everywhere. However, it is very harmful to the bitter beans. The planted bitter beans are "eaten" by the sand within a few days. If they are planted again, they are "eaten" again... This goes on repeatedly. Qin Feng has become obsessed with the desertified land here. He believes that he cannot control it well if he doesn't believe it.
On the Daqing Mountain, the saxaul trees planted in the first year began to bear saxaul fruits one after another in the second year. Every year in early May, the whole mountain is filled with the fragrance of saxaul flowers, and clusters of golden saxaul flowers bloom among the saxaul trees.
In autumn, the sand dates bear fruits. Some are big, some are small. There is a kind of small sand date with white skin and black flesh inside. The more ripe the fruit is, the darker the flesh becomes. Put one in your mouth and bite open the skin to find it sweet and sandy. Children put a handful of sand dates in their mouths, and their mouths are full of the sweetness.
Every year, Qin Feng cultivates six mu (approximately 1,000 hectares) of cotton on the eastern slope of Daqing Mountain, benefiting the villagers. Every autumn, when the cotton harvest arrives, the villagers come to Qin Feng in advance to ask how much cotton they need and what they want in exchange. Since Qin Feng's family started producing cotton, the villagers of Beishawozi Village have never lacked cotton for winter clothing.
After the cotton was harvested in the autumn of the first year, Li Shuwan gave cotton and quilts and mattresses processed in the processing plant to everyone in the cowshed. She also replaced Zhou Jinyan and Old Chen's quilts and mattresses with new cotton, but still with worn-out covers. Every year, she made new cotton-padded clothes, cotton pants, cotton shoes and gloves.
The best harvests every year on Daqing Mountain are jujubes and peanuts intercropped in the jujube fields.
The next year, the jujube trees began to bear fruit. The green dates were crisp and sweet, and the red dates were even sweeter. This year, the trees had a considerable number of fruits, which should be a bumper harvest. The peanuts interplanted in the jujube trees are now growing rapidly, and the peanuts are growing more and more every year.
Li Shuwan often uses peanuts to make snacks for the children, including five-spice peanuts, boiled peanuts, fish skin peanuts, and fried peanuts.
Qin Feng also likes these snacks to go with wine. Every time he eats peanuts, he always has to have some wine with them. He even says, "Peanuts and wine are a perfect match. How can you eat peanuts without wine?" Li Shuwan glared at him in anger, "If you want to drink, don't eat peanuts."
"Ke'er, look what I brought you today? You will definitely like it." Zhou Jinyan's cheerful voice was heard outside the yard.
Qin Muchun rolled his eyes and said, "Humph, even if I give you gifts every day, my sister is still my sister, dear."
His words caused everyone to burst into laughter. Zhou Jinyan ran into the yard and saw everyone laughing so hard that they fell backwards. He asked in confusion, "Uncle Qin, Aunt Shuwan, what are you laughing at? Tell me, I'll laugh too."
Everyone was looking at him and laughing without saying anything. Ke'er smiled and said to him, "Brother Jinyan, it's my little brother. He said that it's useless for you to give me gifts every day. I am his sister, dear sister, hehe." After saying that, she laughed again.
Zhou Jinyan touched the back of his head and laughed, then said to Qin Muchun who was staring at him, "Yes, Ke'er is your biological sister. What does this have to do with the gift I gave Ke'er?"
Then he turned to Ke'er and said, "Ke'er, look, open it quickly." Then he handed Ke'er an oil paper bag. Ke'er took it carefully layer by layer and said, "Wow, it smells so good."
"Hmph, it's just wild rose petals, nothing new at all." Qin Muchun muttered with a pout.
Suddenly, Ke'er threw a handful of flour into my mouth. I chewed it and it tasted like peanuts.
Ke'er said, "Thank you, Brother Jinyan. The peanuts smell so good. How did you think of cracking the peanuts into crumbs? They're delicious. Daddy, Mommy, and brother, come and try them." Ke'er gave everyone a handful.
Li Shuwan nodded and said, "Yeah, it smells good. Jinyan, did you crack the peanuts I asked Ke'er to bring over? You kid, you gave the ones you and your grandpa to eat to Ke'er."
Zhou Jinyan chuckled, and Ke'er threw a handful of crushed peanuts into his open mouth.
The next year, Qin Feng and his family planted three mu of grapes on the western slope of Daqing Mountain, following the terrain. Ke'er would walk around the grapes every day, looking at them and muttering, "When will such a small vine bear grapes?"
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