This is his own home, unlike the big yard in the county, which was already an old house when he bought it, so Li Long didn't spend much energy decorating the big yard.
But this yard is different. From laying the foundation to building the back, Li Long participated in every step of the yard's construction. Seeing that what was originally a piece of flat land has now become his own yard, which is about to become his truly independent home since his rebirth, Li Long was excited and excited, so he invested a lot of effort and energy.
The exterior wall of the house is the same as other homes nowadays. It is plastered with mud and is very smooth. Li Long did not go out of his way to build the kind of building that would be built twenty or thirty years later, or simply build a two-story building. His funds basically allowed it, but it was not necessary.
Even thirty or forty years later, no two-story building was built in this village. When the richest family was not restricted from cultivating cotton, they once contracted tens of thousands of acres of land in nearby villages and group farms. Although my annual net income is tens of millions, I still live in a bungalow in the countryside and the car I drive is an ordinary pickup truck.
Then due to issues such as food policy and groundwater, half of the land was restricted from farming. All the people in the township restricted half of the land from farming, and finally rotated sowing.
The days of making a fortune in cotton were over.
Li Long naturally cannot resist those policies. After all, there is still a lot of land in this village. Even when farming is restricted, if you join a cooperative, you can still get 70,000 to 80,000 yuan in guaranteed dividends every year. When cotton prices rise, When it comes to price, getting one to tens of thousands is not a problem.
The contracting of the land has not yet begun, but preliminary work is already underway, and village representatives from each group are already measuring the land. According to Li Jianguo, the village currently has a total of 2,600 acres of land, and there are more than 280 villagers. The allocated grain fields are about 1,500 acres. Of the remaining 1,100 acres of land, 20 acres are considered as one contracted land, which is almost more than fifty shares. There are more than 50 households in the village (some were newly joined last year and some were separated). Basically, each family can contract a piece of land.
Of course, there are definitely those who do not want to contract, and there are definitely those who want to contract more land.
And according to the current news from Li Longde, the land contract is temporarily flexible, with a maximum of five years, but it can be one, two, three or even five years. The contract is too long. There will definitely be changes in the fee. No one can tell whether it will be more or less, so we simply don’t set a long limit.
As for the price, it is mainly based on bidding. At present, the village representatives in the village, under the organization of the village director, are numbering the land that needs to be contracted. After numbering, they will take the villagers to see the land one by one. After viewing, they will bid for the contract at the villagers meeting. All this work must be completed before planting in April.
There is still half a month left.
There are other land policies in the village or township. For example, if you want to reclaim wasteland, you will be exempted from agricultural taxes for the first three years, that is, you will be exempted from paying public grain. Then the wasteland you reclaimed can be contracted for a long time, that is, directly The maximum contract period is fifteen years. The price is also very low, almost a symbolic price. After all, reclamation is encouraged now.
Li Long vaguely remembered that before the price of cotton rose, there seemed to be only two or three families in the village who were really clear on opening up wasteland for farming. The others were just plowing some leftovers at the ends of their own fields, like Li Jianguo and his family. If the plot is on the edge of a large field, you can let the tractor expand when plowing, so that you can basically cover an extra acre or two of land.
Of course, this kind of behavior is also relatively low-key and should not make people jealous.
After confirming the contracted land, you need to pay a deposit. After the payment is completed, the contract fee does not have to be paid in full, but a part of it must be paid, so as to avoid the land being contracted and not being planted when the farming season comes, which will cause a delay of one year and cause losses to the team. The subsequent fees can be paid in the second year, or part of them can be paid every year, and they can be paid before the expiration of the land contract period. Li Long thought that since the settlement was due anyway, he should contract as much land as possible. Even if it was all planted with wheat, under the current situation, he could still maintain his capital. Of course, you can not contract so much land now, but try melon planting first. If the planting is good, you can expand production next year, and then you can contract more land next year.
The point is that in the late 1990s, when the time came for long-term land contracting, more contracts were needed.
When the village representatives measured the land this year, Xu Chengjun came over and asked Li Long if he could get a sheep in the next two days. Otherwise, he would just grab one of the sheep in the team and give it to the village representatives.
Li Long thought that he was still busy here and it would not be worthwhile to go to the mountains for a sheep, so he asked Xu Chengjun to catch the sheep directly from the team, while he was still tossing around in his yard.
Now in the yard, the doors and windows have been installed, and the garbage inside has been cleaned up. The weather is not very hot yet, and it is a bit cold to stay inside. Li Long simply built a few stoves and passed them to the chimney where the fire was burning. Drying the house also raises the temperature.
He, Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang, and Li Junshan were wearing boat-shaped hats folded from newspapers. They were cleaning the mud on the wall. When building the wall, the mud was thrown everywhere. The ground had been cleaned and paved. After cleaning up the bricks and some on the wall, they then used newspapers to paste the ceiling. This was considered a semi-skilled job. Li Junshan was not very good at it, but Tao Daqiang, Li Long and Yang Yongqiang were.
After they cleaned up the mud, Tao Daqiang took out the broken soil and dumped it in the yard, and a few people began to build the frame of the ceiling.
Standing in the house at this time, I looked up and saw the reed handles and wood. Although they were new, they were still uncomfortable to look at. So usually, wooden strips and reed poles are used to make skeleton squares and nailed to the roof half a meter away from the wood, and then newspaper is used to paste these squares to form a ceiling.
At least it looks more comfortable this way.
It would be a few years before Li Long bought a TV in his previous life. He spent an unknown amount of time lying in bed, and from time to time he would see headlines in newspapers. These headlines were all about current affairs, politics, major news, etc. There are various things such as personnel appointments and removals, policy promotion and interpretation, etc. Although they are all expired, you may still be interested in reading them when you are lying on the bed without using your mobile phone. Sometimes you will find it interesting to read the headlines, and you may still find them interesting. Stand up and look up to see the details.
The paste needed to be used to paste the ceiling. Liang Yuemei had cooked it a long time ago and asked Li Juan to bring the basin over and then divide it into small basins. The paste is not afraid of coldness. Li Long and others will be very tired if they stick their heads up and stab the skeleton, so they will take a rest in half an hour.
"Brother Long, can I drive the tractor?" During the break, Li Long was drinking water. Yang Yongqiang, with itchy hands, came over and asked Li Long with a smile.
In the past few days of work, Li Anguo, Chen Xingbang, Li Junshan, Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang, including Li Jianguo all drove tractors on the open ground outside. In the beginning, Li Long would sit on the side and give guidance. . Of course, before driving, Li Long had already explained all the operating procedures when turning off the engine. They all listened and tried to practice it several times with the engine turned off. Therefore, although they were a little unfamiliar when driving, they were generally familiar with it. There is no problem with the direction.
It’s understandable that Yang Yongqiang’s hands are itchy. Tao Daqiang doesn't have many ideas in this regard. He is the kind of person who is relatively content with the status quo, or is a little rich. The current conditions at home are considered to be at the forefront of the team. Before the end of last year, Li Long made some money with the villagers. His family had a lot of hundreds of dollars, so he added a few more bicycles to the team. But for someone like Tao Daqiang, who has been following Li Long from last year to this year and has been making money even in winter, the total value of his family's assets has already exceeded one thousand yuan, and he is at least among the top five in the team.
So he doesn't care whether there is a tractor or a color TV. He can eat meat from time to time, has money in his pocket, and can ensure that his child who is about to be born eats fine food every day and will not be wronged. That's enough.
Yang Yongqiang is different. Although he has not bought a bicycle yet, he feels that he must live a better life in the future. A tractor is a must and he must follow Li Long's footsteps.
So I wanted to practice when I had time - naturally it was not in vain. He was not the kind of person who had no boundaries, so he was rushing to work in Li Long's yard every day. For a period of time, I felt that I had "accumulated enough contributions", and then I approached Li Long about driving a tractor.
"Go ahead and open it." Li Long said, "Try it in a big place outside. The yard is still a bit small and you can't open it."
Although these people can basically operate it. , but the one who drove the most steadily was his eldest brother Li Jianguo, and then his brother-in-law Chen Xingbang. Yang Yongqiang is a bit reckless, Li Junshan is a bit nervous, and Li Anguo and Tao Daqiang are quite good, with slow movements and slow reactions, but not too nervous and can drive.
So it’s definitely not possible to go on the road, just practice in the open space.
Yang Yongqiang saw that Li Long agreed so simply, he jumped up and ran out with a smile, saying as he ran:
"Brother Long, don't worry, I will not delay the construction of the roof rack!"
Li Long smiled, Yang Yongqiang had no spare time from work these days, so he only had one meal here at noon, and insisted on going back to eat in the evening, which was very sense of proportion.
"I'll go out and take a look." Tao Daqiang stood up, "Yongqiang is still a little reckless."
The weather gradually warmed up, and Yang Yongqiang could start the engine alone at noon. Yes, it's just a bit reluctant, sometimes it takes two or three times to activate.
Sure enough, Li Long heard the sound of the first failed launch - like an old cow panting and swallowing the breath midway.
"Daqiang, help." Yang Yongqiang was not polite to Tao Daqiang at all.
With Tao Daqiang joining in, the two of them easily started the tractor. Yang Yongqiang got on the tractor and turned the accelerator on the steering wheel a little smaller. Skilled drivers usually start the tractor directly at this time. Put your hand on the accelerator to the stalled state and control the accelerator entirely with your feet.
Yang Yongqiang doesn’t have this ability yet.
"Da Qiang and Yong Qiang are really good." Li Junshan and Li Long were sitting side by side. He said with a smile, "Uncle Xiao Long, they really help you with your work." "That's right, I am sincere in helping them make money." Li Long smiled, "Well, what do you think next?"
"I was thinking that if I could work in the mine, I would also like to try it." Li Junshan's words surprised Li Long.
"It's dangerous there." Li Long advised, "I'll find someone when I arrive, and the arrangements should be able to arrange it in, but like my second brother, I'll spend more money to arrange for someone to go outside. It is possible to enter the mine, but not too many. If you want to enter, there is a high probability that you will have to enter the mine. Then if..."
He didn't know what to say, Northern Territory Evil, Everyone believes that a word is a prophecy, and good things don’t work but bad things work.
"Hey, there are a lot of people in the mine, so it can't be just me. But if you can enter the mine, you are a worker." Li Junshan looked thoughtful, "I have thought about it, and I can be a worker. , then it’s just eating commercial food. There is definitely a risk, but that’s what it should be. If it wasn’t dangerous, then everyone could do it, so why would we be allowed to do it?”
Li Long didn't expect Li Junshan to think so. However, he still didn't dare to nod forcefully. After all, this matter of life and death needs to be considered carefully. He also thought about asking more about it then. To be honest, although it had been opened for several years, it was just the beginning in northern Xinjiang. There were now many opportunities and it was not necessary to go to that dangerous mine.
"The Ordinary World" hasn't come out yet, but Li Long had seen it in his previous life, and he learned about the dangers of coal mines from it. So when Li Xiangqian told him about the coal mine, he thought that if he could get his second brother some outside work, he could go there.
Something really happened, and he couldn't afford it.
The tractor made a churning sound. Li Long knew that it was Yang Yongqiang driving out of the yard. Hearing the sound, it was not very fast. He should have been driving out slowly in first gear.
Okay, quite cautious.
Tao Daqiang didn't come back, and Li Long guessed that he was looking at Yang Yongqiang, worried that he might do something wrong.
Now Tao Daqiang has been trained. Li Long was thinking about what kind of work he would start doing to make money this spring. Crops like melons are harvested in the autumn. In addition to normal work in spring and summer, you still need to find some money-making work.
Weaving is just one job, and you can also harvest caladiums. Harvesting caladiums is also a big job. If it doesn’t work, just find a ditch and let Tao Daqiang and the others dig the caladiums, while you bring them yourself. Go hunting there with a gun. With their own status as forest rangers, it should be no problem for Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang to dig fritillaries.
If Li Junshan and the others don’t have a clue about their work by then, let them dig along.
Li Long feels that this matter can only be like this. After all, the current network expansion has only reached this point, and it is really not easy to do more work to make money. Northern Xinjiang is very large, but Li Long's current scope of involvement is so large. He wants to find more ways to make money, not only to find ways to connect with people, but also to use his brain on the way.
In fact, developing small agricultural machinery is a good way, but Li Long knows that this requires professional talents. Judging from the people he knows so far, there are basically none. The master who repairs rural agricultural machinery obviously doesn't want to do it, and he's not familiar with it, so there's no way he can become a partner.
We must continue to look for opportunities. In fact, if we can build the harvester that comes with the tractor this year, we will make money very quickly, because last year the land was guaranteed to each household, and all the farmers in the county had grain fields. Each person had five acres of grain fields, and most of them were in Wheat was planted before winter came.
Who doesn’t want to eat whole grains? After the wheat planting area expands, harvesting becomes a big problem. Last year, not only did farmers grow a lot of corn in their grain fields, but they also planted a lot of winter wheat on uncontracted land in rural areas. So the wheat harvest in July this year was particularly busy.
So if there is a tractor that can harvest wheat quickly, it will definitely be very popular.
Even if it only costs one yuan to harvest an acre of land, no, six or seven cents, you can still earn dozens of yuan in one day. After all, it only requires a small four-wheel tractor to walk through the fields and consume some diesel fuel.
Li Long remembered that in his previous life, the highest land value in the village reached six to seven thousand acres. At that time, the team had three large tractors - wheeled tractors, the ones with more than 28 horsepower, and the 1504, which sold for more than 300,000 yuan. Tractors were given a 30% agricultural subsidy by the state. There were young men in the village rushing to plow the land after autumn - after all, plowing an acre of land meant earning an acre of land. At that time, I hardly slept, and plowed day and night, day after day. Four hundred acres can be plowed.
Of course, those days were very tiring. After all, even if the tractor had air conditioning and comfortable seats, it couldn’t stand to keep moving, and the vibrations could make people tired.
Of course today’s tractors can’t endure that much, but mowing a hundred acres a day shouldn’t be a problem.
The crux of the problem now is that this kind of harvester has not yet come out. If you want to make it, you have to do your own research, which requires professional people to do it.
The people at Shicheng Tractor Factory look down on me, what should I do? It's a pity that there is no customization service now.
Li Long was running around with thoughts in his mind, and there was a sudden sound on the other side. It was Yang Yongqiang who drove the tractor back.
Having almost rested, Li Long stood up, prepared to move around, and then continued to tie up the ceiling.
He heard Tao Daqiang say in the yard:
"Okay, put on the brakes and turn off the engine. If you drive too much, it will waste gas."
Well, Tao Daqiang is still a capable person A good man living a good life.
"Okay." Yang Yongqiang's voice rang together with the sound of the tractor's engine, and then suddenly he heard a sudden roar, and then he felt the wall vibrate, and the sound of the engine suddenly increased to the maximum. , and then——suffocated to death.
Li Long rushed out immediately. When he came out, he was looking at Tao Daqiang looking at the tractor. At this time, the small four-wheel tractor was hitting the wall next to the window of his east room.
The front of the small four-wheel tractor is designed with a guide rail for adding things. The guide rail is made of steel plate. At this time, the forward steel guide rail is pressing against the wall, and a hole as big as a bowl is pushed out.
Yang Yongqiang was sitting on the tractor, his face turned pale with fright, and he was so stunned that he didn’t know what to do.
Tao Daqiang reacted and turned to look at Li Long, waiting for him to speak.
Yang Yongqiang also turned his head, his face full of guilt. He knew he had gotten into trouble. This was a new house!
Li Junshan also ran out of the house. Looking at the situation, a trace of anger flashed on his face, but he did not speak.
Li Long has to say this.
“Fortunately, this wall is made of two pieces of adobe,” Li Long was not angry. “It is also built solidly. If it were a thin wall made of a single brick, it might collapse... Yongqiang. "It's up to you to make up for this. Did you use the accelerator as the brake?"
Li Long was not angry, and everyone else present was relieved.
Yang Yongqiang lowered his head and said in shame:
"It should be..." His mind was blank at the time, and he had no idea what he had done.
Not everyone can drive this tractor.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone! (End of this chapter)