Chapter 381 Planting trees in early spring
Today, trees were planted in the village. Because Zhang Jianwen did not come to call Zhang An, he had no intention of following.
It's not because he doesn't want to contribute to the village, but because it's a collective matter and it can't be the same group of people every time. This is a bad phenomenon.
And there were many things in the village that needed help, and he was at the forefront.
Although it is idle to be idle, others must be allowed to show their performance.
Otherwise, if anything happens in the village in the future, we will always go to that group of people to figure it out.
Moreover, the old village chief Zhang Jianwen was very fair in his work. He called out one group this time and another group next time.
So Zhang An, who was not called out by Zhang Jianwen, can naturally do his own thing with peace of mind today.
However, none of the other people who were called over were unhappy. After all, the village chief himself was doing it every day, and no one had anything to say.
Furthermore, the people who were called out were basically people who had nothing to do at home. Everyone thought it was okay to come out and work for the village for a day.
Although everyone knows that there has always been no wages for working in the village, the money will be saved and distributed to everyone in the future.
After all, it is the time for the village to spend money. According to Zhang Jianwen's temperament, every penny he can save is worth every penny.
Everyone knows this truth, so no one will not understand it.
Looking at the old village chief Zhang Jianwen taking people to dig Davidia saplings in the nest, Zhang An put on a pair of bucket shoes and went out.
He plans to go to Qiaotou to see the kiwi saplings prepared for everyone this year.
Originally, Zhang An was thinking of picking up the saplings from the people who had ordered them in the next few days.
But when he saw Uncle Zhang Jianwen taking people out to plant trees, he thought he might as well call everyone over to plant seedlings today.
Anyway, it doesn’t make any difference whether it’s done sooner or later. It has to be done sooner or later.
And it just rained last night, so the ground is already moist, which is very suitable for planting trees.
Planting on rainy days has a higher survival rate than planting on sunny days. This is a truth that every farmer knows.
And now the sky is still covered with dark clouds, and the dark clouds that are crowded together have not dispersed for a long time.
In addition, the goshawks at home did not go out today, so it is conceivable that it will rain tonight or at night.
So today is undoubtedly a very suitable day for people to come over and transplant the seedlings.
The sun will not shine today or tomorrow, and the rain will moisten it. How can this tree not survive if it is planted?
When they arrived at Qiaotou, Zhang An found that his batch of kiwi fruit seedlings were more energetic than the previous few days.
He didn't realize it before when he poured water from the space spring every day. He never thought that this spring rain would have such an effect.
"Zhang An, I see your saplings are growing very well. When will we be able to move them?"
Zhang Jianwen attaches great importance to Zhang An's batch of kiwi fruit seedlings, because If all this is done, by next year, many families in the village will be able to live a comfortable life again.
"I was thinking about this. We can let them move back and plant them today. Uncle, if you have time right now, help me shout a few times with the trumpet and ask everyone to come and plant seedlings."
This kiwi fruit is very energetic, so today is the most suitable day for transplanting.
He just had to go door-to-door to inform him, which was a bit difficult for him.
It takes a long time to run them all down.
It just so happened that Zhang Jianwen came with someone pushing the saplings, so the matter was easily solved.
"What's wrong with this? It's just a matter of shouting a few words. Just wait for me for two minutes."
After talking to Zhang An, Zhang Jianwen returned to the village along the same route.
A few minutes later, the loudspeaker in the village began to sound.
After being notified three times, the loudspeaker that resounded throughout the village stopped.
"Okay Zhang An, I have already notified you. They will probably come to look for Qian Qiao seedlings later. I will go and plant trees with you first."
The old village chief had this temperament. Originally, he led everyone to plant trees, and he could be lazy, just like the so-called leaders of later generations.
But he just couldn't spare a quarter of an hour, and he couldn't do anything in the village.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the village obeys Zhang Jianwen's management regardless of whether he is a thorn or not.
"That's it, uncle, if you have planted the tree, come to my house in the evening and give you some things."
In fact, the Davidia tree is not difficult to plant, especially Seeds that have already germinated are easier to plant.
It’s just that this thing is quite picky about the soil at its roots. It generally only likes to grow in acidic soil.
Although the land on both sides of the road in the village is not alkaline soil, it is basically weakly acidic.
So if the involucrata tree is planted here, although it will not die immediately, it is not easy to grow alive.
So Zhang An planned to open a small stove for them and use space spring water to mix some ingredients to give them extra food.
“I got it, I’ll come find you later in the evening.”
Zhang Jianwen heard what Zhang An said was true, so he didn’t refuse and agreed without even looking back. Walk towards the stone pass.
Zhang An thought that there would be many people coming to dig seedlings later, so he went home and brought the account book.
They also brought Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang, who were going to herd sheep, to help.
Not long after, people started to come from the village.
Some people were pushing chicken carts, and some were carrying baskets. They were all raising seedlings and transplanting them.
"Zhang An, I heard the loudspeaker shouting, come and dig seedlings."
As soon as several old uncles from the village came over, they threw the chicken cart and the basket aside and carried them Come over with a hoe.
When they pass by here these days, they will stop and look at it for a long time.
Looking at the kiwi saplings getting taller day by day, they all thought about when Zhang An would let them come and dig them.
After all, they paid for the saplings. If they don’t get the saplings in one day, they will feel uneasy.
So today I heard the loudspeaker in the village calling them to come and dig up the saplings. Everyone put their work aside and came over to dig up the saplings.
In fact, people who come early have another idea, that is, if they come early, they can pick better saplings.
But they all thought too much. These seedlings had all been watered by space spring water by Zhang An. In fact, they all looked similar, so there was no need to pick them.
"Okay, Uncle Wang. From here on, dig this half ditch all the way to the end, and it will be your family's seedlings."
The account books record how many seedlings each family has, Zhang An After taking one look, he started dividing the furrows for them.
When Zhang An came to plant the seedlings, he had them planted neatly so that they could be clearly seen when counting the seedlings now.
After dividing the seedlings among them all, Zhang An asked each of them to dig out their own seedlings.
Otherwise, if so many families asked Zhang An to dig them out, it would be a trivial matter to tire them out. The key point is that even if they dug them out as a family, they would not be able to supply so many people.
Everyone who started digging the seedlings had no objections. It was a small matter to waste some effort, as long as it did not delay the planting time.
And there is also the advantage of dividing it up for them to dig by themselves. They will each keep an eye on the place they have drawn.
After all, they are all their own seedlings, and they will not let others dig up one more.
If Zhang An were to dig it out himself, he would have to count the quantity when it was time to distribute it to them. At noon, Zhang An did not go back to eat, but waited for Wang Fang to finish eating and sent him a lunch box.
Because he has to guard here to prevent trouble.
After all, there are so many people in the village. It is impossible for everyone to be a villager with good character. There will still be some who are greedy for petty gains.
For example, when digging saplings in the morning, Zhang An discovered a few people who wanted to secretly dig saplings from other people's homes.
But before he even moved the hoe, he was discovered by Zhang An.
It’s just that Zhang An didn’t expose it on the spot, he just coughed loudly to remind them.
“Everyone must plant the saplings dug today while they are still there. Don’t delay for too long, otherwise I won’t refund your money if they are dry and unable to survive.”
I originally shouted today They came to dig seedlings because the rain made the land moist and they were easy to plant.
But if they dig back and delay it for two or three days, it is better not to dig at all.
“Don’t worry, Zhang An, we are more anxious than you. If we don’t plant it again, the fertilizer in the ground will be ineffective.”
If these saplings were given for free and cost nothing, they might not care too much.
But they spent a lot of money on these seedlings, and Zhang An didn’t need to remind them, they were all very precious.
In their opinion, it is okay not to eat, but the matter of planting seedlings cannot be delayed.
After all, if one plant dies, it costs five yuan to cut a pound of flesh.
But on the other hand, if the planting works and bears fruit in the future, then the tree will cost more than five yuan, so they are very active.
"Zhang An, you asked me to come here to get something. What do you want to get?"
In the evening, Zhang An's family had finished eating, and Zhang Jianwen came to find Zhang An.
“I’m afraid that the trees we planted today won’t survive easily, so I soaked them in some nutrient solution. I can ask a few people to water them tomorrow, so they won’t die easily.”
Zhang An brought Zhang Jianwen to the yard. Two large tanks were filled with space spring water.
In order to save Zhang Jianwen from asking questions, Zhang An added some color to it, making it look a little yellowish.
"That's it, I'll find a few people to do this tomorrow."
Zhang Jianwen didn't doubt that he was there. After all, everyone in the village knew about Zhang An using nutrient solution for the saplings.
They don't care at all how the nutrient solution is prepared, they only care about whether it is useful and whether it costs money.
What's more, the kiwi saplings at the entrance of the village keep growing every day. They all see it, so how can they doubt the effectiveness of this thing.
"By the way, will your family still raise pigs this year? I have a relative who has about a dozen mountain pig seedlings. I plan to ask him to bring two of them to me to feed and kill them for meat during the New Year. ”
Every year after the New Year and the beginning of spring, it is the time for everyone to buy piglets and feed them.
Because no feed is fed now, domestic pigs grow slower.
I buy it and raise it at the beginning of the year, and it will grow up by the end of the year. It is suitable for selling for money or killing New Year pigs for meat.
If you buy it and feed it in the middle of the year, normally speaking, it may not be big enough until the Chinese New Year.
Seeing that Zhang An’s family hadn’t bought piglets yet, Zhang Jianwen mentioned it casually.
"Oh? Uncle, how many do you want? I want the rest."
Gunshan pig is an old local breed of native pig. It also has black skin and black pig hair.
Whether this thing is a piglet or when it grows up, it will be round and round, like a cylinder.
But its limbs are shorter than those of ordinary pigs. When walking, you can hardly see its legs, only its hooves.
So the way it walks is like rolling, so it is called rolling mountain pig.
Although this kind of pig can also grow meat, it cannot be kept in captivity for a long time. It must be let out to grow meat.
If you want to raise them, you have to let them out or keep them in a relatively spacious place.
So most people don’t like to raise them because there is not such a wide place for them to run.
But if there are disadvantages, there must be advantages. Its advantage is that the meat is delicious.
There are also its short legs. Although they are very short, they are very delicious when made into ham.
Moreover, after a very fat rolling mountain pig is killed, it is basically pork belly and lean meat.
Even though it looks very fat, it actually doesn’t have much fat. This is because it likes to run, so all the fat has turned into lean meat.
Many people are unwilling to raise them, and half of the reason is the lack of fat meat and fat.
After all, people nowadays like to cut fat meat, which will have more oil and water than lean meat.
But these are not problems for Zhang An. His house is spacious and he doesn’t care about fat.
On the contrary, he and Su Ying like pork belly more, so this pig and Zhang An are very close to each other.
Zhang An decided on the remaining Gunshan piglets without saying a word.
“I knew you would like it. They have ten piglets, so I’ll take two and give you the rest.”
In the past two years, Zhang An has been In the village, everyone in the village knew that he was particularly concerned about food.
Other people may not like this rolling mountain pig, but Zhang Jianwen feels that Zhang An definitely wants to raise it.
In this way, Zhang An also bought piglets, and his relatives were able to sell out the piglets, getting the best of both worlds.
"Your family will be at home these two days. I will ask him to deliver it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"There is nothing special. Someone in our family will be at home. I can deliver it anytime." Okay.”
Now Wang Fang has to guard the fish pond at home to collect fishing fees, so if it’s not a special event, Wang Fang will rarely go out.
Zhang An’s guess was right. During the night, it began to rain lightly again, and it didn’t stop until dawn.
The people who planted the saplings yesterday were very happy because the newly planted saplings were more stable.
The next morning, Zhang An got up early and went to the field to distribute saplings to everyone.
Although we dug all day yesterday, only half of the kiwi fruit seedlings were dug out.
Some people didn’t come to dig yesterday because they didn’t have time. Others wanted more seedlings, so they didn’t finish digging yesterday, and there were still some left in the ground.
I guess if I dig for another day today, I can get this matter sorted out, otherwise Zhang An will always be thinking about the unfinished business.
At noon, a small Jiefang truck came to the village, pulling some furniture on it.
You don’t need to ask Zhang An to know that this is probably the first tenant in the village to move here.
After all, several of the courtyards have been built, and the old village chief has been busy with these things recently.
Not long after Little Liberation passed, I heard a burst of crackling firecrackers coming from Shanyazi.
Proving that Zhang An was right, setting off firecrackers is a ritual for moving.
(End of this chapter)