Chapter 1952 Preparing for the New Year
Tu Liangzhi was beaten up by the villagers, and he said impatiently that the Academy of Agricultural Sciences was cultivating it, so don’t rush it, but there are only a few old trees, seedlings After that, 60% of the base will be left behind, and the rest will be given to the countryside.
Anyone who wants to get saplings as early as possible should sign up to learn agricultural skills by yourself. You can only distribute them after you have learned them, so that you don’t have to worry about everyone taking them home for you. It’s a trivial matter that you can’t keep any money for yourself. It would be a big deal if the country's plan to promote improved seeds is ruined!
When I got home, I couldn’t stop thinking about promoting improved seeds. When it didn’t work, it was very difficult to promote it in any township. Why did everyone rush to get it when they arrived in Lianhe Township? ?
Then Zhou Zhi gave another idea. If the mood of the villagers cannot be suppressed, there is a repair plan.
"What's the plan?" Tu Liangzhi asked.
"They are all fruit trees anyway. Don't we have another base in our village?"
"Ah, yes!" Tu Liangzhi slapped his thigh: "And there are those big cherries, Ah no, Cheerilee Base!”
“But we have the same problem over there, that is, the problem of insufficient fruit seedlings.” Wu Renzhong is now a talent in charge of affairs in the village. He has to participate in every detail, so he is even more aware of the situation at the base there than Zhou Zhi and Tu Liangzhi. All be clear.
"Then we can still ask for foreign aid!" Zhou Zhi said: "Cherries are different from Moroccan pomegranates. They are already planted on a considerable scale in Yantai. We can also get seedlings from other places!"
"Ah, this..." Tu Liangzhi was a little uneasy: "We haven't done this before."
"This is a simple matter," Zhou Zhi said, "If it were someone else who did it, it would be easy for someone else to do it. The black-hearted seedling business is a trap, but it’s different for you as Uncle Tu.”
“Why am I different?”
“You are a laborer. Model, people's representative!" Zhou Zhi said: "You can use this status to contact the local government and ask them to contact you for good seedlings as a measure to support the development of the poor areas in the west!"
"Uncle Tu! Believe me, as long as you can confirm that you are not a liar, the other party will definitely be willing to cooperate.”
Mutual assistance between different regions, especially the developed regions in the east, the underdeveloped regions in the west, and ethnic minority regions, has been included in the annual work report as an important achievement of the unit for a long time.
What’s more, they haven’t said that they won’t give you money. This means you have both face and dignity, and you can also help local seedling companies. Why not?
A thoughtful and even optimistic estimate is that as long as Tu Liangzhi comes forward to contact the other side, it is possible to buy one and get one free. After all, Yantai not only cultivates big cherries, but is also the first to introduce traditional high-quality apple varieties. one of the regions.
What a coincidence, Liangshan Prefecture is also a good place to promote apple cultivation, right next to Yanyuan County.
"What Elbow said makes sense." Wu Renzhong nodded: "Uncle Tu, don't worry, we will all support you, no matter what, I will go to Shandong with you!"
Zhou Zhi added: "In fact, we will also engage in seedling sales in the future. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can also establish friendship with other companies and learn from them. Lay a solid foundation for the future."
"This is indeed appropriate." Tu Liangzhi suddenly realized that Zhou Zhi was thinking about the transplantation of seedlings from the rural collective orchard two years later, and nodded: "You have to learn it early!"
After saying that, he took out a thick list from his chest pocket: "But before that, let's spend this New Year well!"
The Year of the Yi people, called "Ku Shi" in Yi language, is usually held on Horse Day or Monkey Day in mid-November each year. Traditionally, it usually lasts for seven days, but now the national law stipulates three days. This year it happens to be a weekend, so there are five days in a row, which is more lively than in previous years.
In Lianhe Township, it will certainly be more lively this year because every household has a lot more income. Anyway, as far as Zhou Zhi knew, the sheep sales in Tuziri were going crazy these days. After all the black goats he could sell were sold out, he dragged Wu Renzhong to Jiukou Township and Meigu City twice. Basically meeting the needs of every household in the township to kill sheep this year.
The grain station does not need to kill sheep. Gillette Abi kills pigs directly. Before, he killed a big fat pig weighing about 200 kilograms. Now he has raised it for more than one month according to Zhou Zhi’s request. Big fat pigs It has already exceeded 250 pounds, and Zabuza is really going to hit 300 pounds.
Gilead Abi is going to take this good opportunity to get rid of all the fat pigs and make room to raise piglets.
There is also a legend about the origin of the Yi Year: it is said that a long time ago, there was a Yi young man named Obukesan who respected and honored his mother, but his mother, for some unknown reason, remained depressed and depressed all year round.
In order to make his mother happy, Obukosan racked his brains and tried his best, but to no avail.
After the autumn harvest one year, Obuko slaughtered chickens and sheep to worship the ancestors, and invited neighbors, relatives and friends to come and have a party. Everyone talked and laughed beside the pot house, which finally made his depressed mother smile. Bukosan's long-cherished wish finally came true.
To commemorate this unforgettable day, he will hold the same event after the autumn harvest every year. As a result, this important traditional festival was formed for the Yi people to remember their ancestors and remember their ancestors.
This story is very recognizable here in Zhou Zhi. Isn’t it a replica of the Han family’s allusion of “Banned Clothes Entertaining a Marriage”?
Banyi Yuqin said that Lao Laizi, a hermit from the Chu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, was seventy years old when his parents were still alive. He was depressed when he saw white hair on his head, so Lao Laizi wore a baby's clothes. A story about wearing colorful clothes and teasing with a baby bird like a child, making parents laugh happily.
This story has a great influence on later generations. This theme can be found everywhere in poetry, opera, and portraits. Many emperors even ordered themselves to be painted like Lao Laizi, to honor themselves in the paintings. His mother, it can be regarded as an early alternative COSPLAY.
One of the biggest rituals of the Yi people's New Year is to worship their ancestors and invite their ancestors to go home for the New Year.
This ceremony is called "Jue Longji". Translators of the previous generation translated it as "New Year Festival" or "Welcome to the Ancestors", but it is almost as honest and elegant.
The ceremony is usually hosted by a male head of family or a highly respected person, and is attended by all members of the family. Its core content is to welcome ancestors to reunite with their children and grandchildren, express their filial piety, and pray for blessings from their ancestors to celebrate a happy and peaceful Yi New Year Festival together.
Lianhe Township has been poor for too long. The ancestors in many families passed away early. Now the children and grandchildren do not know how to conduct ceremonies. In many families, even the spiritual tablets "Madu" used to worship their ancestors have been damaged.
The days are different this year. Everyone dusted off the dirt, put on new clothes, and made the hall look brand new. Then they all came to ask Old Bimo to repaint "Madu" for them.
So Lao Chiri was very busy during these hours and had to go out early every morning.
The content of the sacrifices varies from place to place and from house to house. In addition to most sheep, there are also pigs, chickens, tofu, jar meat, etc. Therefore, what Lao Chiri brought back was different every night. Heilong and Heilong beside him all had round stomachs. As soon as they got home, they would lie down in front of the threshold without bringing anything for dinner.
Zhou Zhi would sometimes go there and record Lao Chiri leading his family by the fire pit, holding chicken, pork, wine and other sacrifices, reciting sacrificial words facing "Madu", and then placing the sacrifices. The process of offering sacrifices to ancestors.