Chapter 155: Thinking comprehensively
The brothers couldn't sit still and had already started to build a pig shed in the woods outside the yard. They first built a fence with bamboo, then circled a place, tied the wooden boards to the trunks, and built a wooden shed similar to a firewood shed. , covered with plastic sheeting, and then covered with a thatched roof, so that when it rains, you will not get caught in the rain, and it is close to a small stream, so you can often drive the pigs there to take a bath and keep the pigs clean.
After the pig shed was set up, the bottoms of two rotten water tanks were cleaned up and taken out. One was used to hold pig food and the other was used to hold water for the pigs to drink.
In fact, it is better to use cement to make pig troughs, but if there is a rotten water tank at home, why not use it? What's more, they are not sure whether they will raise pigs every year. They have worked so hard to make a pig trough. What if others come to borrow or ask for it when they no longer raise pigs?
Like Xia Chan, they always like to think about things comprehensively, especially what this matter will bring to them in the future, whether good or bad, they will take it into consideration.
After the New Year, time flies by very quickly. After all, it is already February when the New Year is over, and it is almost March as soon as the Lantern Festival is over. However, it is relatively cold here after all, and the winter is not completely over in March.
Although winter is not over, school has already started. Xia Chan went to the town's high school to register before the elementary school started. If she persisted for another half a year, she would be able to get her high school diploma. She felt excited just thinking about it.
After school started, Xia Chan still had classes in the afternoon, because spring plowing was about to begin and she had to drive a tractor to work for the production team.
The reservoirs that were not dug last year have continued to operate.
Families who were separated all those years ago also built houses on the homesteads they selected. The production team did not have enough people, so they called in people from the production team next door to try to build the houses before spring plowing so as not to affect the upcoming work. The coming spring plowing.
Some of the small families that were separated may have had bad relations with each other in the old home, or they may have suffered a lot of grievances, so when choosing homesteads, they specifically chose places far away. Some even chose places near educated youth spots. Homestead.
Like Xia Chan's parents, those who want to stay away from their old home should have less contact with them in the future.
In fact, in March, spring is slowly entering. The trees on the mountains are sprouting, and the wild vegetables are sprouting green buds. Many people go up the mountains to dig wild vegetables to make plans for the new year. Summer cicadas also go up the mountains when they don’t need to drive tractors. .
Xia Chan first planted cassava, konjac and taro on the hills near her home, and then went to the production team's hill to plant cassava. She planted a little every day. She planted a lot. She would plant one wherever she could put her feet. But everyone She didn't plant the path out, so this path should be reserved for everyone to go up the mountain!
Xia Chan planted about 10,000 cassava trees on the hilltop of the production team's farm, together with the seedlings he cultivated and the ones he bought. In terms of acres, it would be at least nine acres. If the harvest is good this year and the cassava grows well, at least it will be It can collect 20,000 to 30,000 catties.
When she could dig in the fall, she deliberately dug in front of everyone, so that others would follow her example and come and dig on their own. She had worked so hard to plant the seeds, and there was no way she would work hard to dig for everyone again. They were not her. Man, why did she do this?
In addition, Xia Chan planted ten persimmon and jujube saplings that she cultivated on the hilltop of the production team. When they bear fruit, everyone's attention will naturally be on the mountain here, and they will not pay too much attention to Xia Chan. The hilltop over there from home.
Later, Xia Chan planted a lot of things on the hills near her home. Like last year, she planted cassava, konjac, taro, and also planted a lot of fruits and vegetables.
She enjoyed the fruits of last winter and summer vegetables, so this year she will continue to repeat the route. Last year, she also planted two grapes in the open space next to the cave. She found time to ride her bicycle over to see the grapes. New buds have already sprouted, and Xia Chan also built a trellis for the grapes, fearing that the grape vines would climb too high and affect the harvesting, and then let the grape vines grow along the trellis into the forest. People who don’t know there are grape vines here may not be able to spot the grapes immediately if they don’t look inside, so it’s fairly safe.
When planting these things this year, many of them are seeds saved last year, but I also bought some new seeds. After all, Xia Cicada is also afraid that the seeds she saved are of poor quality, so she also invested a lot of money this year, but only three of last year's seeds were planted. one part.
They have finished planting all the hills. It has entered May. The temperature has warmed up and the clothes have been changed into light clothes. This year, the Yongan production team has planted a lot of things, including rice, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. , Pumpkin...
The villagers' private plots are also planted with all kinds of food, including high-yielding coarse grains, fruits and vegetables. Everyone's face is filled with bright expectations for the future.
While spring plowing is taking place, the villagers take time to go to the mountains every day to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms to prepare for the upcoming lean season, because when the vegetables in the fields have not yet grown, they can only rely on the bacon and wild vegetables they made last winter. Live life.
Xia Chan also goes to the mountains of the production team from time to time to look for wild vegetables. When everyone sees her actions, they will naturally feel that their family's conditions are very poor, and they will also feel that there is nothing on the top of the mountain. Otherwise, why would Xia Chan run away instead of being close? Are you looking for it on the top of the mountain here?
In addition, Xia Chan's house is relatively far away, and now no one wants to try their luck on the hills near Xia Chan's house.
There were more than 700 rabbits in the hare breeding farm last year. Because the rabbits were kept for breeding, more than 200 rabbits were left unsold. When there were no more rabbits to provide to the supply and marketing cooperative, the business was temporarily discontinued.
We agreed to continue working together until the end of the year.
A pair of rabbits can breed two to three hundred rabbits a year, so these more than 100 pairs of rabbits are expected to breed two to three thousand rabbits this year. Starting from the resumption of cooperation at the end of this year, long-term cooperation will be possible in the future.
Over the course of a year, each household can receive dozens of dollars more.
Ever since Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen came to the village to exchange things, they had brought many acquaintances to exchange things. Because there was no money issue involved, it was useless even if others were jealous and reported them.
Therefore, the children who exchanged things with Xia Cicada did not exchange things with Xia Cicada this year. Instead, they kept their things and waited for city people to come to the countryside to exchange them. This caused Xia Cicada to go out to pick wild vegetables and pick mushrooms by herself. Mushroom.
Fortunately, the brothers knew what Xia Chan needed, so they finished their work in a hurry, and spent the rest of the time going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms, and would bring back firewood when they encountered it.
They won't feel that they are helping Xia Chan, because they are also part of the family, and these things are what they should do.