Chapter 94 Harvest
Old man Chen has been growing crops all his life and has long recognized the importance of improved seeds.
Before the opening up, everyone used self-saved seeds. At that time, the yield of corn per mu was only more than 300 kilograms.
In recent years, with the advancement of commercialization of seeds, the yield of corn per mu has been increasing every year. It is not uncommon to harvest eight or nine hundred kilograms of corn from one mu of land.
The same is true for vegetables. Experienced farmers do not save money on seeds and seedlings.
Old man Chen has been buying vegetable seedlings for so many years. He has only heard of people selling fake seeds at low prices, but he has never seen anyone selling them at high prices.
Old man Chen’s house is not far away. After riding a tricycle for half an hour, he arrived at his own land.
The old woman has already prepared the soil in the field. The furrows are straight and the soil has been wetted. It looks quite pleasing to the eye.
Seeing old man Chen come back, the old woman came over to help unload the seedlings.
“This seedling looks good.”
"A plant costs 5 cents, and planting seedlings on an acre of land costs 1,890."
"So expensive?"
"It's expensive for a reason, so we will One or two acres of land, what are you afraid of? "
The two of them are an old couple. After growing vegetables for so many years, the old woman also knows that some foreign seeds are very expensive, so she no longer worries about it.
The two of them worked together to plant pepper seedlings.
According to the planting pattern instructed by Tianhe technicians, 4,000 Tianjiao No. 1 plants and 3,750 Chihong No. 1 plants need to be planted per acre.
After three consecutive days of planting, the two of them only finished planting two acres of land. The old woman looked at the land that was still a little empty and asked worriedly.
"Isn't it too thin?"
"Probably not."
Old man Chen wiped his sweat, packed the things with one hand, and added said.
"The seedlings are strong and the yield is high."
But in fact, he is also a little worried. The distance between the rows is indeed a bit wider.
On the way back, we passed by Zhao Mingzhi’s vegetable patch again.
Most of the more than 100 acres of land have been planted. Zhao Mingzhi, his wife and several laborers are busy in the field, some are planting seedlings, and some are watering.
Old man Chen wondered, "The two of us have grown cucumbers, cauliflowers and the like in the past few years. Why did they suddenly want to grow peppers this year?"
Old man Chen looked at Miao for a while. His eyes were not very good, and Jiao Miao looked at him from a distance.
I always feel like something is wrong.
"What the hell."
The two returned home.
Old man Chen poured two ounces of wine, grabbed some peanuts, and fainted alone, waiting for the old lady to prepare the meal.
at the same time.
In Zhao Mingzhi’s vegetable market, the workers have already finished get off work, but the couple are still busy watering the food.
By the time the work was almost done, it was already eight o'clock and it was getting dark.
Zhao Mingzhi frowned and squatted on the ground, looking at a pepper seedling.
Seeing him like this, his wife yelled angrily, "Why are you standing there, close the water pipe."
There was no movement for a while, and the fat woman spat.
"Zhao Mingzhi, it's getting dark soon, what are you talking about? I'm going to be screwed for eight lifetimes by following you!"
Zhao Mingzhi was also furious and roared: "What do you know? "There's something wrong with this pepper seedling. I really shouldn't have listened to you and bought cheap seeds."
"If you have the guts, yell at me again!"
Zhao Mingzhi turned around with a weak tone. He came down and just looked at the pepper seedlings without saying a word.
Seeing this, the fat woman calmed down a little.
“What could be wrong with the seedlings?”
“The first seedlings that were planted are three or four days old, and there are no signs of slowing down at all.”
“Just This is such a big fuss, I’ll find out if I go to the seed station tomorrow and ask.”
The next day.
After coming out of the seed station, Zhao Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
After analysis by the seed seller, the reason for the slow seedlings was found.
In May, the ground temperature is still not high, so it is not advisable to water after planting. After they are planted, watering heavily will cause the ground temperature to drop, which is not conducive to slowing down the seedlings.
The fat woman pursed her lips,
"I don't do my business, and I'm paranoid all day long. What's wrong with the seeds I bought at the seed station?"
"I'm too worried. I don't think the seeds we bought didn't have an inspection certificate. Plus, Old Chen’s seedlings are doing well, so hurry up.”
“Humph, the seed station is more reliable than the certificate. I think Old Man Chen will suffer a big loss this time. The eunuch seedlings will not bear fruit. Some of them cried."
Zhao Mingzhi nodded repeatedly.
Tianhe seedling breeding base.
Duan Haitao accompanied Guo Yang on patrol in the base. In the empty greenhouse, workers were busy cleaning up waste and disinfecting.
“Boss, a total of 118 million seedlings were cultivated this season, and only 1.5 million were sold externally. The rest were supplied to the demonstration base and Minqin’s greenhouse.”
Guo Yang was quite surprised. , "Were those 1.5 million plants bought by retail investors?"
"No, a professional vegetable planting cooperative bought more than 200 acres of red No. 1 sweet pepper seedlings."
< br>"Oh? Aren't there many people saying that ours is the 'eunuch seedling'?"
"That was spread by seed companies and other nursery bases. Seeing our aggressive approach, they were worried that the seedlings would not be sold, so they secretly spread the rumors."
Guo Yang smiled nonchalantly. The spicy bell peppers bred this season Miao, Tianhe and Shahai can basically be consumed, and there is no hope of export.
And many large professional growers and cooperatives are cautious because of their large area. Even if they know that it may be a rumor, they will choose to wait and see first. Therefore, the large growers still use the previous varieties, or choose more expensive foreign seeds. .
As for whether Tianhe’s seedlings are ‘eunuch seedlings’ that don’t bear fruit, won’t we know in two months?
But by then, trying to buy Tianjiao No. 1 and Chihong No. 1 for 5 cents a plant is nothing more than a dream.
……
The following time.
Zhao Mingzhi’s family gets up early and works hard every day.
On the other hand, Old Man Chen got up early in the morning to work in the fields, and then slipped away to play cards in the afternoon.
At first, Zhao Mingzhi would go to Old Chen’s field from time to time to compare.
Old Chen's peppers are growing well, but the peppers in his own field are also growing well, and it looks like a bumper harvest is sure to come.
Zhao Mingzhi and his family were very happy and relieved.
After some time,
One day, Zhao Mingzhi suddenly discovered that small white flowers were blooming among the stems and leaves of the pepper seedlings in Chen Laohan's field.
However, the flowers of my own pepper seedlings have not yet appeared, and even a few leaves on the lower side have begun to wither and turn yellow.
Zhao Mingzhi asked around.
When he learned that the peppers grown by surrounding farmers were blooming, he became a little anxious.
Started to argue with my wife.
There is a small quarrel every day, and a big quarrel every three days, which even affects the seed station.
The time has entered July.
Guo Yang, who has returned to Jiuquan, has received good news from various places.
Three spicy and sweet pepper demonstration bases, Minqin Solar Greenhouse, as well as cooperatives and retail investors who purchased Tianhe seedlings. The pepper plants are tall and strong, the fruits are full and full of vitality, and the harvest scene is like a picture Bright picture.
By this time, the big growers who were waiting and watching were completely dumbfounded and regretted believing the rumors.
In Old Man Chen’s field, it’s time to harvest the first batch of fruits.
Blue-green screw peppers hang down from the branches. The fruits are bright and delicate, and the air seems to be filled with an alluring aroma.
The same situation occurred in the sweet pepper field. The bell peppers were very large but had not started to change color.
At night, taking advantage of the moonlight, the old couple picked two baskets of screw peppers and sweet peppers, preparing to sell them at the market the next day.
Old man Chen felt that the process of selling peppers in the morning was ordinary, not as thrilling as the afternoon playing cards.
While Old Man Chen was playing cards, his old woman returned to the village with the money from selling peppers, smiling at everyone she met.
When passing by Zhao Mingzhi’s house, he even boasted to passers-by in an exaggerated manner.
"A vegetable pepper weighs one pound."
Unlike Chen Laohan's family, Tianhe's spicy and sweet pepper demonstration base has already gathered businessmen and elites at this time.
(End of this chapter)