Chapter 11 Improvement
The mountain range around Chenwangzhuang is called Wuyun Mountain. It was covered with dark clouds for many years and thunderstorms were frequent. It did not slowly improve until after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The entire county is surrounded by Wuyun Mountain in the center. The former county seat was named after Wuyun.
Later, in the 1950s, Dark Clouds was changed to Lingyun.
Chen Ling came to the foot of the mountain and walked down the long slope, then to the old cemetery of Chen Wangzhuang. After the old cemetery, there were thirty acres of wasteland.
Here, the ruins of the lime factory can no longer be seen. After all, nearly ten years have passed.
But abandoned bricks, stones are still everywhere.
The villagers said that not a single blade of grass grows, which is naturally an exaggeration.
However, it is not optimistic.
The weeds here are sparse, leaving only last year's land withered and yellow. This year, spring has arrived, and there are not even some tender grass buds on the ground, and it is lifeless.
It can be seen that even weeds have a hard time growing here.
In addition, there are deep ditches on the ground.
It was washed out by the water in the mountains when there is sufficient rainfall in summer.
This means that even if vegetation can grow, the vegetation coverage rate is not high.
Chen Ling took out the hoe from the cave and dug twice casually.
I grabbed a handful of soil in my hand and saw that the surface soil was severely dispersed and there was no moisture in it.
But the further down you go, the harder the soil becomes. When you dig down with a hoe, it feels like hitting a rock.
After just a few strokes, Chen Ling's wrist was numb from the shock.
“Damn, this is too hard!”
Chen Ling was stunned for a while. He originally planned to find a rake and plow the land twice.
Now it seems that there is no need to think about it.
The plow cannot be moved at all.
The main reason is that there is a huge amount of lime buried underground. When the earthquake broke out that year, many places collapsed. Hundreds of lime ponds in the lime factory, including those that had been bagged, all collapsed into the ground.
Under the action of such a huge amount of lime, the water and nutrients in the soil cannot be retained at all.
After years of neglect and neglect in the past ten years, the surface layer of the soil has become loose and the lower layer has become severely solidified.
It's easy to build houses and factories.
If it were used for farming, it would be a veritable waste field.
“If there were no Sun and Moon Cave…”
“It would be good to set up a breeding farm in a place like this.”
Chen Ling looked around with a hoe. .
Then he walked around the field ridge, sorted out the discarded bricks and rocks inside, found a flat place, dug out small holes with a hoe, grabbed a handful of peanuts and scattered them one by one. Well buried.
I then fetched a bucket of stream water from the cave sky, scooped it up with a ladle, and splashed it twice.
Anyway, it won’t work after two bowls, so don’t worry about wasting it.
Soon we saw peanut seedlings sprouting from the ground.
In a few minutes, it has grown to maturity.
Chen Ling pulled one out, peeled it open and tasted the flavor.
Slightly more delicious than ordinary peanuts.
But if you compare this with the peanuts grown inside the cave, the difference is not even a tiny bit.
The reasons are very simple:
First, the water from Dongtian Creek is used less.
Second, the soil here is terrible.
“However, the hard work was not in vain.”
Chen Ling squatted down and grabbed the soil, showing a satisfied smile.
“It’s about what I expected. When crops are planted with streams, the roots of the crops will absorb the nutrients in the streams, intercept the water and store it in the soil, and the soil will also improve a lot.”
“My previous idea is still feasible.”
"Plant one today and another tomorrow. It will take a little time to plant all over the land and complete the initial improvement of the soil."
"And we can also harvest thirty acres of peanuts."
< br>"When the time comes, I'll find someone to sell it in the county..."
"It just so happens that greenhouse cultivation has been promoted in the past two years, so it's just fresh peanuts that have been dug up in the greenhouse. Well, I'll sell anything in the future. You can use this excuse.”
In fact, peanuts are basically not grown in greenhouses.
You can make money from out-of-season vegetables and out-of-season fruits, but there are very few people who grow food.
But who makes today’s people unfamiliar with greenhouses?
Thinking of this, Chen Ling immediately became motivated and stood up to continue digging holes to plant peanuts.
I have to say that if a person who doesn’t often do farm work suddenly goes to work in the fields, let alone being unfamiliar, the key is being tired.
To give a simple example, let’s take plowing the ground. Don’t look at people digging and turning over the soil with hoe after hoe in the field. It looks quite relaxed, interesting and fun. If it were me, I really wouldn't know if I didn't do it, and I'd be shocked if I did it.
In addition to being physically tired, I am also mentally tired.
I don’t often do farm work in the fields, and I don’t know how to do it skillfully. I often do the work in a mess, at a slow speed and with low efficiency.
The more I work, the more frustrated I become, let alone finish the work well.
Of course.
This is why Chen Ling is different now.
In another time and space, I also went to college, served in the military, raised pigs and grew vegetables in the army, so I have some experience.
Although he wasn’t very good at cropping, once he became familiar with it, it was pretty much the same.
The more you work, the easier it will be.
No one goes up the mountain during this season, and no one comes to this remote place.
He immersed himself in planting peanuts, digging holes, planting seeds, and watering, omitting the normal steps of plowing, plowing, covering, and furrowing.
It actually only took about three hours to plant an acre of peanuts.
If someone else were to grow peanuts, one acre of land would have to be busy for at least one day.
……
Under the cool mountain breeze in early spring, the lush green peanuts sway in the wind, which makes people feel happy.
Let Chen Ling's heart be filled with hope.
"I seem to have made a mistake in my estimate. It doesn't take long to plant an acre of land, and I'm not too tired."
"Could it be that the Dongtian Stream has improved my physical condition?"
Chen Ling clenched his fists and felt as if he had endless strength. Although I was sweating, my whole body was warm and full of energy.
It’s like a machine that has just been boiled and is about to start working.
"This guy, after putting on a plow, he can be used as an ox."
Chen Ling shook his fist and joked to himself.
Then he danced the hoe and dug down the mature peanuts.
Growing peanuts is easy, but harvesting them is a bit more difficult.
At noon, the peanuts from this acre of land were collected into the cave.
"Ah, this kind of life is better, simple, fulfilling and happy."
Chen Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead, stretched and smiled.
In the past, he might have thought that rural life was boring and boring. It would be better to lie at home or find a way to make money quickly and enjoy it every day. That would be nourishing.
Now in another time and space, after decades of baptism of life.
I know how precious this kind of life is.
At that time, he also thought about returning to his hometown to farm and raise birds, but unfortunately, the pastoral life at that time had already changed.
When he goes back, he will be criticized privately by the villagers, as if he feels that he can no longer survive outside and has come back to escape.
It’s really boring.
And now, he is very lucky to have a magical cave.
Don’t worry about food and drink.
There is no need to run for a living.
Without any worries, he can live the life he wants with peace of mind.
How nice.
For a man who has experienced a fast-paced society and is breathless under increasing pressure.
This kind of life now is the best, comfortable and comfortable, no matter how much money you give, I won’t change it.
"The yield of my peanuts per acre is about 600 kilograms. If I plant an acre of peanuts when I have time in the afternoon, I will go to the county town to sell them tomorrow."
Chen Ling added up happily.
I have not done farm work for many years, but now I have experienced it in the fields. I am extremely satisfied and feel very satisfied.
Especially the magic of the cave sky, allowing him to quickly taste the joy of harvest.
You can also actually bring it to the city to sell it yourself.
Cash out manually.
It feels more addictive than playing farming games in later generations.
Chen Ling was in a good mood and hummed a little tune randomly on the way home.
"Peanuts are good, peanuts are wonderful, and peanuts make a squeaky sound when pressed for oil."
I have to say that peanuts are indeed a good thing.
It improves the soil itself.
Although it is inconspicuous, it is necessary for extracting oil.
In this era of food crops, the prices are on the high side.
It is not obvious that they have many mountains and few farmlands.
There are many places outside, especially in plain areas. In this era, peanuts and soybeans are the bulk of the family's income in many rural areas.
...
It was already past one in the afternoon when Chen Ling got home.
Two puppies, one black and one yellow, were held in his arms, looking around with their dark eyes open.
The two little guys were quite comfortable in the cave. They slept in the hut for most of the day, and Chen Ling tossed peanuts without even waking them up.
I am very energetic now, and it is not honest to be held in Chen Ling's arms.
He kept twisting his body, trying to climb onto Chen Ling's shoulders.
"Is the meal ready, Susu?"
Chen Ling shouted and walked into the courtyard gate.
"Okay, the pot hasn't been served yet, I'm waiting for you to come back."
At this time, Wang Susu was sitting in the yard collecting shoe soles.
Spring is coming soon, and the cotton shoes are too thick to wear. I have to make new shoes.
Hearing Chen Ling's voice, I looked up and saw him walking in with two puppies in his arms.
“Ah, puppy?”
Wang Susu, who was originally disturbed by the plowing, suddenly got up and trotted over.
“Aling, don’t you like dogs? Why did you suddenly bring back two puppies?”
Gently touching the two little guys in Chen Ling's arms, Wang Susu was a little curious.
“I picked them up from the Tutu Temple. These two puppies haven’t been weaned yet, and the bitch has died.”
“If you leave them outside and don’t care about them, they will starve to death sooner or later. I think I thought it was pitiful, so I took it back."
"If you don't like it, we can give it away after you grow up."
Chen Ling smiled and said.
"No, don't give it away."
"I like it very much..."
Wang Susu became nervous when she heard that she was raising and giving it away, and hurriedly took the two puppies to herself In her arms, she caressed her gently.
She likes dogs very much, but it’s a pity that Chen Ling didn’t let them keep them before because she thought it was too dirty to urinate everywhere, and it was also easy for lice and fleas to breed.
Now that Chen Ling finally took the initiative to bring back two of them, she was too happy to give them away.
"By the way, the exchange of farmland has been done. After it was done, I went to the wasteland to have a look. The situation was not as bad as I thought."
Chen Ling took the initiative to inform Wang Susu of the situation in the morning, so as not to worry, I didn’t dare to ask.
If you keep this matter in your heart, it will be bad if problems arise.
"I dug some soil and you will know after you take a look..."
(End of this chapter)