Even though Lin Sanqi is a city kid, he still has basic common sense.
As for the land, the thicker and looser the soil, the better.
Like the black soil in the Northeast, it feels like oil can be produced by pinching it, so the yield of agricultural plants is high.
Looking at the land of Xiaogongmen, it doesn't matter that you can see stones in the fields. The key is that when a northwest wind blows, a miniature "sandstorm" will form on the loess. This is obviously soil erosion.
If the land is poor, food production will be low.
There are rocks in the fields, so mechanized farming is not possible and we have to rely entirely on manual labor.
Among the employees assigned to the farm, many were elderly, and it was difficult for them to walk. They were also required to work in the fields, which was probably tough. They wanted the old men to die.
For a moment, Lin Sanqi felt that this farm was not as simple as he thought.
"Chief Yang, why did our hospital choose such a piece of land? Was it deceived?"
Section Chief Yang gnawed on the chicken legs and pointed to several villages not far away and said:
"It's great that we can occupy such a piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing. Look, there is Taipingzhuang to the west, Wanlu Village to the south, and Huyu Village to the east. People have already occupied all the good land here. This piece of land was given to us as wasteland.
If you want good land, you have to go to the Northeast. It is said that there are large tracts of black land there that are empty and uncultivated. We can give you as many acres of land as you want, but are you willing to go to the Northeast? Once you go there, you really can never come back. ”
Lin Sanqi thought that there are still many smart people, and now they are not willing to go to the Northeast.
But a few years later, a group of passionate young people rushed to Beidahuang and turned Beidahuang into a rice warehouse.
Of course, no matter how beautiful they said, they voted with their feet in the end and ran away as soon as they had the chance to return to the city. This shows that Beidahuang is far from as beautiful as the propaganda said.
Lin Sanqi looked around again and asked a little worriedly:
"Hey, Chief Yang, where is the water source here? I don't see a well."
Yang Shaohua pointed to a ravine at the foot of the mountain and said:
"Nao, behind the dormitory building we are building is the Xingfu River, but there is no water now. The hospital has asked the construction team to dig wells by the river. In the future, we will use well water for domestic and production water."
Lin Sanqi had doubts: "Can you get water out of it?"
Yang Shaohua chuckled: "It will be miserable if we can't fetch water. See, we have to go to the Ming Tombs Reservoir eight miles away to fetch water. Then we won't have to do anything else, just fetch water every day."
Lin Sanqi thought to herself that she was not a Shaolin Temple monk, so she couldn't practice water-carrying. If she really got to the point of water-carrying, she couldn't expect anything to be harvested from this field.
With the cold wind blowing, Lin Sanqi was not afraid of the harsh conditions. No one could hurt him anyway. As long as there was a door, he would never die of hunger or thirst.
Lin Sanqi raised his eyes and looked into the distance, then pointed to an ancient building in the east and asked:
"Chief Yang, which royal relative's grave is that?"
"Well, that's Siling. It's the tomb of Emperor Chongzhen who was hanged at Meishan. It's the smallest among the Thirteen Tombs. It seems that it was originally a tomb for a concubine. After Chongzhen was hanged, Dorgon cleaned up and buried him inside. .”
Lin Sanqi picked up the camera, took a few photos of the distant view of the Ming Tombs, and then wrapped her military coat tightly
"Chief Yang, please accompany me for a walk around the surrounding villages."
Yang Shaohua wiped his hands, carefully wrapped the uneaten chicken and put it in his pocket, and then stood up with satisfaction:
"What are you doing in the village?"
"This is not a task given to me by the leadership of the hospital, asking me to purchase some agricultural products to provide New Year benefits to the employees. Pork, eggs, grains are all good, whatever you want."
Yang Shaohua scratched his head: "Is there still food in the countryside now? Let's go and have a look."
Lin Sanqi had already seen what the rural areas in the south were like before returning to his hometown in Huadu. This time he wanted to see how the rural areas in the north spent the winter.
As for whether you can buy a big fat pig in the village? Lin Sanqi had long known in her heart that it was impossible.
Yang Shaohua and Lin Sanqi both wore thick military coats and were wrapped tightly. They also wore glasses and looked gentle. At first glance, they looked like leading cadres.
So the two of them walked into Taipingzhuang in a big way, and no one came out to stop them, or asked fiercely, what do you do?
There are dirt roads in the village, and the houses are basically made of mud walls, and there are also many blue brick walls. Obviously, the living standards of farmers in the capital are much better than those in rural areas of Huadu.
Lin Sanqi still held the camera and took a few pictures from time to time. He was determined to open a photography exhibition.
"Chief Yang, why are there so few pedestrians in this village? Where have all the people gone?"
Yang Shaohua laughed as soon as he heard this: "Xiao Qi, you southerners don't understand. In the south, you always bask in the sun outdoors to keep warm in the winter. Because it's colder at home, people go outside in the winter and it's so busy. Noisy.
The winter temperature in our north is minus ten to twenty degrees Celsius. You see, today is minus 11 degrees Celsius. If you let the villagers bask in the sun outside, they will probably freeze into old popsicles, hahaha. ”
Lin Sanqi also laughed. This is the difference between the north and the south, which often leads to jokes.
The two of them walked around slowly, Lin Sanqi's eyes kept turning around. There were no dogs in the village because they didn't hear any dogs barking. There are no chickens in the village, and the farmers’ yards are clean.
Not to mention raising pigs.
When Yang Shaohua saw Lin Sanqi looking around like a Japanese invader entering the village, he joked:
"Xiao Qi, what are you looking for? Hey, I remember you're not married, right? But with your status, you can't find a rural girl. No matter how enlightened your parents are, they won't agree."
Lin Sanqi was looking for a big white pig, not a big girl, but she probably understood what Yang Shaohua meant when she heard what she said.
Yang Shaohua was giving him a vaccination in a half-truthful manner.
Young unmarried men in the city are often "love brains". When they first arrive in a new place, they are often easily tempted by a pretty girl in the countryside, and then they take action and end up pregnant.
Isn't there a song about it: There is a girl named Xiaofang in the village. She is good-looking and kind, with a pair of beautiful big eyes and thick and long braids~~~
Rural girls are just reincarnated poorly and are restricted by their status, but their beauty cannot be restricted, and urban girls are not necessarily prettier than rural girls.
But the biggest disadvantage for rural girls is that they do not have an "urban household registration". Not having an urban household registration means that there is no food quota, which is fatal.
In 1959, food was rationed for the urban population. How many kilograms of food were given to you every month could generally only guarantee one person's survival.
If a young man from the city marries a girl from the countryside, there are no legal restrictions. However, the girl from the countryside will have no food supply after moving to the city. She cannot feed her family solely on the husband's food rations.
Moreover, the country has regulations that children must have a rural household registration with their mother, which means that no matter how many children are born, the next generation will have a rural household registration and there will be no food ration.
Therefore, from a practical point of view, no city man will marry a rural girl. Even if a young man falls in love, his family will fiercely oppose it.
However, this is not absolute, for example, a second-rate man in the city who dares not marry because of his bad reputation; or a disabled person with dementia; or someone with a bad background and made major mistakes before liberation.
Even these crooks from the city go to the countryside to pick girls, and they can still pick the most beautiful and juicy girl as their daughter-in-law, which is very annoying.
At that time, rural girls did not consider whether the man was a human or a ghost in order to marry in the city.
Just like in the TV series "Love in the Courtyard", the white lotus Qin Huairu is beautiful, otherwise she would not have attracted so many men in the courtyard to cause so much trouble for her.
Her sister Qin Jingru is equally good-looking, but the men these sisters marry are the most rubbish in the courtyard. Just like this, when they return to the village, they are still envied.
Lin Sanqi will come to work on the farm next year. In addition to the employees of the hospital, the people she interacts with the most are people from the surrounding villages.
If one day Lin Sanqi is fascinated by a beautiful little girl or daughter-in-law passing by, falls in love at first sight, and marries her, then the Lin family will cause chaos in the hospital.
So Yang Shaohua kindly reminded me in advance and got a vaccination.
Lin Sanqi chuckled: "Don't worry, Section Chief Yang, I have no plans to get married yet, so I won't mess around."
Yang Shaohua nodded, looked around and whispered:
"If you really can't bear it, just find a beautiful young widow from the countryside. Just give her some food. You can do whatever you want. They won't pester you, and it won't affect your ability to marry a wife in the future. Do you understand? ?”
Lin Sanqi coughed slightly: "Chief Yang, I am a serious doctor..."
Yang Shaohua chuckled: "Young people don't know how good women are, and mistake young girls for treasures. What do you young people know? Oh, the village chief of Taipingzhuang, Li Sanzhu, is here."
Lin Sanqi saw a middle-aged man running over, smiling while running, looking very flattering and humble.
"Chief Yang, haha, what brought you here? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
Yang Shaohua put his hands in his sleeves without taking them out to shake hands, and made a gesture with his mouth:
"Village Chief Li, let me introduce to you. This is Comrade Lin Sanqi, the director of the Procurement Department of our Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. This time I came to your village to take a walk and get to know the neighbors."
When Village Chief Li heard this, the smile on his face turned into a bitter smile:
"Hi, Chief Yang, I thought you came to our village to recruit workers."
"I've already recruited 20 people from Taipingzhuang, but it's not enough."
"It's not enough. It's not enough. Working on the construction site of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital can help me earn some food and clothing. If I don't work, I'll be hungry at home all day. I wish Section Chief Yang would recruit workers from our entire village."
To build houses and dormitories on the farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, a lot of construction workers are needed, and they are basically all workers recruited from nearby villages. They are cheap and easy to use, and they are all working hard to work for several workers a day. (End of chapter)