The place where the corn was grown was steaming with steam, so Chang Xing's movement was so small that they thought it was just a burst of hot steam coming out of the pot below.
"Can you still survive?" Zhang Fangqing asked.
"It's still alive, but it will be weaker. It shouldn't have much impact on the output," Chang Xing said.
"That's good." Zhou Maolin finally breathed a sigh of relief. It's not easy for these educated young people. It would be pitiful if their work was in vain.
"Is this grain really better than our brigade's?" Zhang Fangqing asked.
"It seems that the particles are larger. I don't know how the yield is." Zhou Maolin grabbed a handful of grain seeds and looked at them.
"Well, it's a little bigger. But larger particles don't necessarily mean higher yields. Do you think this is true?" Zhang Fangqing said.
"That's true, but if the number of seeds is the same, the yield will definitely be higher. Maybe scientists have come up with good seeds. Take our Dashui Commune as an example, the seed yields of each brigade are not the same. We
In previous years, the seeds of our team were higher than those of other teams, so people from other teams came to our team to change their seeds," Zhou Maolin said.
"Whether the yield is high or not will be known after the millet is harvested. If the yield is high, we will exchange seeds with them then," Zhang Fangqing said.
"Well, that's all we can do." Zhou Maolin nodded.
While Zhou Maolin was talking to Zhang Fangqing, Chang Xing had already tampered with all the rice seeds in the youth farm.
Zhao Jianguo had just gone to ask someone to get some food for Zhou Maolin and his party, make a cup of tea or something. When he came back, he saw Zhou Maolin and others walking out of the breeding area, and quickly asked: "Secretary Zhou, please come and help us.
Is there anything wrong with the rice seeds? Can they still be used?"
"It's not a big problem. There will definitely be an impact. The growth of the seedlings may be a little slower, but it won't have much impact on the yield. Don't worry about this," Zhou Maolin said.
"That's good. That's good. Secretary Zhou, go over and have a cup of tea. I brought the tea from the city." Zhao Jianguo said.
"Xiao Zhao, what kind of rice seed do you have? Did the seed station tell you?" Zhou Maolin asked.
"I heard that it was obtained from other places and the yield is good. We will plant it this year. If the yield is good, you can come to us to get the seeds." Zhao Jianguo said cheerfully.
"Well, it's settled. If this kind of seed is not as good as our Xianji Bridge's seeds, you can plant our Xianji Bridge's seeds in the future. Otherwise, if there is any problem with the seeds, it will cause trouble." Zhou Maolin said.
"Okay, okay." Zhao Jianguo smiled.
People here in Xianjiqiao usually drink tea, but they don’t pay much attention to it. They just pick the tea leaves from the trees and dry them in the sun without any treatment. They boil a large pot of water every day, put the tea leaves in and boil it. After the tea is cooled, drink it.
Two days. The most important thing is to quench your thirst and cover up the muddy smell in the well water. The tea is slightly sweet and quenches your thirst. As for whether it is fragrant or not, it is not something that Xianjiqiao people need to pay attention to.
But people in the city are very particular about drinking tea. The tea leaves are processed very carefully, the packaging is also very elegant, and making tea is also relatively complicated.
Of course, there is no condition at Youth Farm to make tea drinking too complicated. Zhao Jianguo gave everyone a white porcelain cup as white as jade, put some tea leaves in it, and then poured boiling water over it. The tea leaves slowly absorbed water and bloomed in the boiling water.
, turned into the original shape of a green tea leaf. The clear water slowly turned green, looking like a flawless jade. The tea leaves seemed to be resurrected in the boiling water.
"This is the Maojian I brought from the city. It uses tea leaves and is fried by the old masters in the factory. The quality is very good. Try it and see how the tea tastes." Zhao Jianguo said.
Chang Xing brought a cup of tea and smelled it. It was indeed very fragrant. He sipped a little and found that the taste was not bad, but it was not as smooth as Xianjiqiao's tea.
Zhou Maolin and Zhang Fangqing were holding teacups carefully. They were not curious about the tea, but were afraid of damaging such a beautiful cup. No one in Xianjiqiao Brigade had such a white porcelain cup. It was definitely not cheap. As for the contents inside
Zhou Maolin frowned after drinking a little tea. It was too hot. If he was thirsty, he would be really anxious. People in the countryside only pay attention to affordability, and they drink tea in big gulps. Where can you sip it slowly like in the city?
"Secretary Zhou, how does it taste?" Zhao Jianguo asked.
"Too hot." Zhou Maolin answered the question inappropriately.
Zhao Jianguo smiled slightly: "This tea requires boiling water. Secretary Zhou will sit down and have something to eat first."
Zhou Maolin nodded, and then asked curiously: "Do you people in the city like to drink this kind of tea?"
Zhao Jianguo nodded: "Some good tea leaves are not cheap. Just like this kind of tea, a can costs a few dollars in the store."
"So expensive?" Zhou Maolin's eyes widened. The jar wasn't that big, and he didn't know if it could hold a couple of tea leaves in it.
"This is not the most expensive one. Of course, some loose teas are also very cheap," Zhao Jianguo said.
"How cheap are they in bulk?" Zhou Maolin asked.
"The cheapest price is a pound or a few cents," Zhao Jianguo said.
"A few cents is not cheap. We have a lot of barren hills here. If we plant tea trees, wouldn't we be able to make a lot of money?" Zhou Maolin now remembered what Zhao Jianguo said before about the brigade engaging in collective undertakings.
"Yes! Secretary Zhou really has a vision. I have read reports in newspapers before. It is indeed a good way for some rural areas to set up gardening farms to grow tea. The brigade cannot just farm, but also has to do a good job in the side business, so that life will get better day by day.
Maybe Xianji Bridge can also be mechanized in the future," Zhao Jianguo said.
"You city people read more and have better vision than us in the countryside." Zhou Maolin was a little moved. If the brigade develops gardening and side businesses and becomes rich, every household will receive more dividends at the end of the year. Naturally, life will not be as tight as it is now.
Yes.
When Zhou Maolin thought about this, his mind came alive.
Zhao Jianguo saw Zhou Maolin silent and did not disturb him.
"Comrade Chang Xing, you have helped our youth farm several times, but I have never thanked you properly. In the future, you will come to our farm more often. We are all young people and can be friends. That night, I saw that you were very skilled.
You can even deal with a black bear. I sincerely admire you." Zhao Jianguo always thought that Chang Xing used kung fu to deal with the black bear.
Chang Xing smiled: "They are all country tricks."
"It's not easy to do tricks here in your hometown. Just like Wu Song in the novel, he can go up the mountain and kill tigers." Wu Wanyi came over.
"Yes. If someone hadn't come to the rescue that day, we would have been in danger." Chen Wanhong still feels a little scared when she thinks of what happened that night.
"You are also very powerful. You have all become our female teachers at Xianji Bridge." Chang Xing said.
"Chang Xing, now Xianjiqiao is holding literacy classes and advanced classes every day, why don't you come? Although you have attended junior high school, you can still learn the content of high school. What we teach is more interesting than what is taught in school.
.At least I won’t let you go to labor every day.” Chen Wanhong said.
Chen Wanhong's words were somewhat inappropriate at this time. If someone with an intention heard them, they might cause trouble.
"We here at Xianjiqiao don't have so many things to pay attention to. It's okay. You are the female gentlemen of our Xianjiqiao. Who dares to touch you?" Zhang Fangqing spoke with great force.
"But you can only say this at Xianji Bridge. Don't say it nonsense anywhere else." Zhao Jianguo said quickly.
Chen Wanhong stuck out her tongue and ran away.
The weather was very cold, and the tea cooled quickly. Zhou Maolin also came to his senses, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, with a piece of tea leaf in the corner of his mouth. After drinking, he sighed: "This is how to drink tea."
!It tastes pretty good.”
Can you tell whether the tea is good or bad by drinking tea like this? Zhao Jianguo expressed doubts.
Wu Wanyi covered her mouth and smiled.
Chang Xing thought it was very ordinary, and the taste of the tea seemed to be ordinary.
After drinking tea, Zhao Jianguo enthusiastically stayed with Chang Xing and others for dinner. He didn't know where they got the meat. After asking, he found out that someone had brought meat tickets from the city and weighed how many kilograms of meat they had at the market.
When I come back, the plan is to entertain the folks from Xianjiqiao who come to help with breeding.
Since what happened a year ago, the attitude of the educated young people in the Youth Farm towards the farmers of the Xianjiqiao Brigade has completely changed, and they have gradually treated the people of Xianjiqiao as family members. I really want to miss the folks of the Xianjiqiao Brigade.
We invited them to come to the Youth Farm for a meal, but the current conditions of the Youth Farm do not allow it. But if the breeders call the Xianjiqiao Brigade to help, they have to treat them well.
The wine is bottled wine brought from the city. One look at the packaging shows that it is much more upscale than the Bamboo Leaf Green that people in Xianjiqiao have drunk. The glass bottle is much prettier than the Bamboo Leaf Green and white vinegar bottles. Take the bottle
Stand up and face the sun, the wine bottle can reflect a very wonderful light.
I originally thought that Chang Xing and others would be very rare after drinking such good wine. But I didn't expect that after Chang Xing and the others drank, they didn't show any excitement at all. It was as if they had taken a sip of boiled water.
"Secretary Zhou, how do you like this wine?" Zhao Jianguo asked.
"It's okay." Zhou Maolin felt that the person had good intentions and could not dislike his bar. At least it was better than the Bamboo Leaf Green that costs a few cents a bottle.
"It's okay?" Zhao Jianguo doubted his ears. This is a very good wine. I couldn't bear to drink it myself, so I gave it to you to drink. It turned out to be just okay.
"I'm telling you, this wine has a nice-looking bottle. It's not as good as Changxing's wine. You guys have never tasted it." Zhang Fangqing continued to talk, but Zhou Maolin kicked him under the table. What are you telling the truth about?
Zhou Maolin laughed and said: "We in the countryside are ignorant and can't tell the good from the good. This wine shouldn't be cheap, right?"
"It's okay." Zhao Jianguo smiled awkwardly, I'm not blind, and you can't act either!