Chapter 334 Potato Rhyme
I don’t know why, but the two villages were digging potatoes and humming songs they learned somewhere.
"Where do you dig potatoes? Dig potatoes in the fields. Dig potatoes in the mountains. Dig a basket and dig a sack."
"Where do you dig potatoes? Dig potatoes in the field. Dig potatoes on the slope. Once you dig a cage, you dig a truck."
This rhyme came from Taohua Village, but it was not Baitao who said it, but Big Man.
When he was picking potatoes with the villagers, he suddenly started shouting. Because his voice was smooth and his tone was high and low, the villagers learned it after hearing it two or three times.
Taohua Village has been fresh for a few days. When we dug potatoes in Shangcun and Xiacun, this rhyme was spread among the children in the school.
By the time Baitao found out, the rhyme had already spread throughout Junji Town along with Tudou.
Whether it's a potato vendor or a person eating potato chips in the town, when they hear others singing this jingle, they can't help but pick up the tune.
In less than a month, potatoes had spread throughout Dongzhou, not to mention border countries and forces such as Liang and Qi that were close to Junji Town.
However, this is all a matter later.
At this time, it was late June.
After digging potatoes for three or four days, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming couldn't help but ask Bai Dazhi for advice. To be precise, they came to inquire on behalf of the villagers.
"Master Bai, since the little boss said that crops should be planted twice a year, the big guys naturally don't dare to delay. They just don't know how much the grain seeds are selling for."
They have not forgotten that Taohua Village provides this high-yielding grain for free.
Although they were busy plowing the ground and digging potatoes these days, they did not forget this crop.
Even if the yield per mu is 600 kilograms, if they give Taohua Village 30%, they can keep the family full for a year, let alone if the yield per mu is less than 1,000 kilograms.
Now the people in the upper and lower villages are not afraid that Taohua Village will not collect money, but they are afraid that there will be no high-yielding grain seeds.
Because the geographical location of Junji Mountain results in a special climate, late rice seedlings will be planted in the next few days, so Bai Dazhi was not surprised at all by the two people's inquiries.
"The type of rice we are growing now is seedling raising rice. Three to four kilograms of general grain seeds per acre is enough."
Bai Dazhi: "A pound of rice seed costs 500 Wen. You can buy as many acres as you want to plant. You can calculate and report the amount yourself."
Is five hundred cents a pound of grain expensive? Of course it is.
In the past, those kinds of grain only cost one hundred pennies, but they could produce thousands of kilograms per acre, so they were not expensive at all.
After growing high-yielding crops, they really don't want to go back to growing ordinary low-yielding grain crops.
Let alone five hundred cents per catty, even if it costs eight or nine hundred cents per catty, big guys are still willing to pay.
"Our aunt said that if we plant two crops of rice this year, we will plant wheat next year."
"Or you can change the late rice to winter wheat, but it's still more than a month before wheat planting, so it's a pity that the fields are so barren."
When Zhou Yang heard this, he immediately said: "Let's plant rice first this year. We have just harvested one season, and everyone has just started to feel it. If you plant more rice every season, you can gain more experience."
Since Xiaodong Bai did not directly order wheat to be grown, it is up to everyone to choose. Naturally, the high-yielding rice is more popular at the moment.
Bai Dazhi nodded: "That's okay."
"This wheat, our aunt chose a new high-yielding variety. Even in sandy conditions, it can produce one thousand jin per mu."
One thousand catties per mu?
Still sandy. Although there was an example of valuable rice in the past, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming couldn't help but be shocked when they heard that wheat could also produce a thousand pounds per mu.
Bai Dazhi didn't seem to notice the consternation of the two people, and continued: "You are sure, just report it."
When Kong Daming heard this, he immediately said: "Let's plant another crop of rice, and wait for the wheat next year."
Zhou Yang also nodded in agreement.
Although wheat can also yield thousands of pounds per acre, as long as one year's rice is planted, everyone will have food in their hands. If something happens next year, everyone will not go hungry.
Although the possibility of this eventuality is not high, who makes this big guy get excited about rice.
Bai Dazhi: "Okay. Then you should register in the next two days, prepare the money, and then just pick up the grain according to the list."
"Thank you, then I'll trouble you, Master Bai."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Master Bai."
The matter of preparing money is actually just a matter of notification.
Every household in the upper and lower villages uses the bank card of Baijiabao Caravan, and everyone is now accustomed to using bank cards for transactions.
Bai Dazhi continued to look through the book and said: "After the potatoes are harvested, it's time to work on raising seedlings. Then it's time to harvest the sweet potatoes. After digging the sweet potatoes, it's time to transplant the rice seedlings."
"This period of time is really busy with farming. You two should pay more attention to the people in the village and prevent everyone from getting exhausted."
Zhou Yang and Kong Daming thanked each other continuously: "Thank you, Master Bai, for caring."
Bai Dazhi: "You're welcome." He said to himself, you can't be exhausted, otherwise, who will cultivate the fields?
Kong Daming thought about it and said hurriedly: "By the way, Master Bai, we also hire a cultivator."
"Yes, yes, we have to hire this one." Zhou Yang also hurriedly spoke.
Using a cultivator saves so much time and effort. Otherwise, how can you bear the workload without your feet touching the ground during this period?
Bai Dazhi: "Okay, I will register."
"Speaking of which, how are the pigs in your two villages doing?"
Zhou Yang smiled: "It's pretty good."
Kong Daming: "Master Bai, haven't you planted a lot of sweet potatoes? In addition to cutting pig grass, from time to time you also cut some sweet potato vines and chop them to feed the pigs. The pigs are well raised."
"Yes." Zhou Yang: "If I didn't mention this, I almost forgot. My wife said that we are almost out of pig feed, so I have to buy two bags back."
Zhou Yang's family suddenly raised six pigs, so they naturally needed some pig concentrate feed.
Precisely because they are fed with concentrated feed and pig grass, the pigs have gained weight and are now over a hundred pounds.
In the past, it might have taken at least more than a year to raise a pig before it could be slaughtered. But according to the current situation, it is estimated that it will be ready for slaughter in about four months, and it will weigh at least 200 kilograms by then.
After hearing this, Bai Dazhi smiled and said: "Two hundred pounds is nothing. Our aunt said that with a good mix of coarse and fine feed, it is not difficult to feed two hundred, thirty or forty pounds a head."
In fact, it goes without saying that these pig breeds are improved by the mall's breeding of white jade pigs from the cultivation world in accordance with Baitao's requirements. Not only will the meat quality be better, but they can also grow to 280 to 300 kilograms.
Kong Daming's family has a large population, and his younger brother used to be a pig butcher, so the family initially raised six pigs, and two months later five more pigs were added, and now there are eleven pigs in total.
Zhou Yang and Kong Daming were very happy when they heard what Bai Dazhi said.
Such a big pig, if killed during the Chinese New Year, there would be a lot of meat to eat.