After working so hard for half a year, we are now back to where we were before liberation.
Cao Xiu comforted her daughter: "It's okay, we can earn points again if we lose them. Once these saplings are planted, the points will be doubled back."
That’s true, and besides, they don’t rely on these points to make a living.
The mother and daughter finally breathed a sigh of relief after they had arranged all the three hundred or so saplings.
Some production teams now have orchards, but they do not have such good fruit seedlings.
They agreed to tell others that they bought the new variety of fruit seedlings from the experimental base privately and transported them there secretly, and they lost contact with them afterwards.
What else can others do?
"Youyou, go call the villagers to move it."
Guo Min quickly counted a hundred strong laborers and followed Wang Huai and Guo Rongrong up the mountain to scout the area.
They have to find a suitable location, clear away the overgrown trees and weed roots, and then dig the hole.
The rest of the people followed Ding Pengfei to move the saplings to the foot of the mountain and wait for use.
These saplings still have soil at their roots, so they can be kept for a few days.
March is not only suitable for planting trees, but also the time to plow the soil.
The first production team was extremely busy.
The collective fields, terraced fields, and hillsides were filled with sweaty people working, and the clattering of machines could be heard everywhere.
Yu Weimin was trading seeds at home.
Last year, he used his family's private plot to grow corn, wheat, soybean and cotton seeds.
If we simply calculate that 15 kilograms of seeds are needed per mu of land, then 400 mu of terraced fields will require 6,000 kilograms of seeds.
I only cultivated 500 kilograms, which is naturally far from enough.
Yu Weimin planned to mix these seeds in when the production team bought seeds.
When the harvest comes, pick out some of the full seeds and keep them for later use.
After all, the seeds he cultivated are a hundred times stronger than those cultivated by the current Agricultural Machinery Bureau.
When their village's per-acre yield increases next year, the people at the Agricultural Machinery Bureau will probably be restless. By then, large-scale cultivation will begin, and gradually, the whole country will be able to use good seeds.
Cao Xiu suggested, "Now that cotton is no longer in short supply, why not plant it on the collective land this year? And plant some soybeans on the terraced fields."
Both soybean oil and rapeseed oil can be purchased with coupons.
They were fine, as they had been eating meat oil since they arrived. But ordinary farmers had no oil to eat all year round.
Whether the food tastes good or not is another matter, the main problem is that people are generally malnourished nowadays.
If you can eat soybean oil, your health will be much better.
Most importantly, she missed vegetable oil very much.
Yu You said: "Do we need to get an oil press?"
Yu Weimin: "By this time, there should be oil presses in the oil mill, but there are so many people in the village, so it would be nice for us to buy one ourselves."
Their village was truly poor. Last year, the village's surplus grain was used to feed the relocated households.
Apart from the money used to buy means of production, the village only has about a hundred or eighty yuan left to use.
However, this year, after planting high-yield seeds, the surplus has increased significantly, and I can sell them to buy machines.
It’s so frustrating to have no money in the account!
On the hillside.
Wang Huai observed the soil carefully. They had not experienced drought in recent years, so the soil moisture content was quite good.
Every time he chose a place, he would leave two strong laborers to dig the hole neatly.
Guo Rongrong teaches everyone how to plant trees.
"Just dig a hole and put the tree in. Even if the tree survives, it won't grow well in the future."
"If you want them to grow well, you have to dig deep holes. For saplings like the ones we have, you have to dig about half a meter deep."
"The next step is to fill the soil. Let's first fill some of the surface soil back up, and then fill some of the soil underneath."
"The pit has become shallower now, so we can put in the saplings. We'd rather have the roots exposed than let them get too stuffy."
The people around were stunned. Is it so particular to plant a tree?
After the fruit seedlings were planted, Ding Pengfei cut off most of the fruit with a pair of scissors.
The people around exclaimed in surprise, as if it was not the saplings that were pruned, but their hearts.
Someone asked, "Why did you cut such a good sapling so short?"
Ding Pengfei explained: "This is called fixed trunk, which can control the branches, so that the branches that grow will have low crowns, which can increase the yield a lot."
Strong laborers...
Well, sometimes they feel that they really knew too little in the previous years!
A tree is considered planted only after the saplings are thoroughly watered.
After all, the mountains are different from the plains. After a week of hard work, these 300 or so saplings finally settled down on the hillside.
The mountain looks bald again, but it carries new hope.
In the front yard of the Yu family, Feng Xudong came again...
The two families have been engaged since the beginning of the year.
This guy rides his bike here every day after get off work at noon, eats, and then goes back to work.
He doesn't mind being tired and is very friendly.
Of course, I also carried a lot of things.
Yu Rouhe and Yueyue Jiantian were so happy that they smiled happily.
Feng Xudong parked his bicycle and took down something hanging from the handlebars: "Auntie, I got two pig's feet today. Let's stew them for everyone."
Cao Xiu didn't hesitate and took it. She didn't have any pig feet in her space yet.
"This is good, tasty and not greasy. I'll add some soybeans and stew it for everyone tomorrow."
Feng Xudong praised: "Auntie cooks everything delicious."
Cao Xiu laughed inwardly.
The drunkard's real intention is not to drink, is he eating seriously?
If Yu Rou hadn't picked up a piece of pickled vegetable for him with chopsticks and he hadn't said it was sweet, she would have believed it.
Feng Xudong was definitely born in the wrong era. Isn't it said that people of this generation are reserved?
Why is this kid like a peacock with its tail spread out, as if he’s afraid that people won’t know!
Yu You said, "Mom, I think you can bring up my sister's marriage."
Besides Feng Xudong's frequent running, there's also Yueyue. Things are different now.
The girl who never spoke before is long gone. Now this one is like a lark.
He called out "Dad" and "Mom" happily.
But those two people agreed more happily.
If you don’t know, you might think they are an old couple who have been parents for many years.
Is it necessary to delay this marriage?
Cao Xiu said, "I was thinking of saving more dowry for your sister."
She didn't make it to Yu You's wedding, so she can't be careless about Yu Rou's wedding this time.
Yu You asked, "Mom, what else do you need? You know Zhiheng is dealing with a lot of supplies right now. I'll ask him to get some."
Cao Xiu: "I heard from your sister that the Feng family will have three major items. A radio, a sewing machine, and a bicycle."
"Then we'll prepare furniture and some odds and ends."
"I'm thinking of making a box bed, a large wardrobe, and a set of study tables and chairs for your sister."
"Also, make two four-pound quilts, two mattresses, and two sets of sheets and quilt covers."
"The rest are small things like towels, blankets, mosquito nets, washbasins, and thermoses."
Yu You...
Her mother was really meticulous, and suddenly felt a little sour.
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