My parents also came over, as well as my second uncle and my second aunt.
Two excavators worked from morning to night, clearing more than 100 acres of land a day.
It's just clearing the bushes and weeds, there is no need to level the land. The hired helpers mainly help clear the weeds and bushes removed by the excavator, and lay pipes with Ye Mo. They also plant coconut trees...
In mid-to-late May, the temperature is getting higher day by day.
There were two light rains in succession, which only served to moisten the land. The rain at night and the strong sun the next day caused the water to evaporate.
There is no water in the two reservoirs on the mountain.
When irrigating newly planted coconut seedlings, still use irrigation water.
At dawn.
Ye Ran went out to drive the excavator...
Ye Mo drove the micro excavation to dig the route for laying the pipeline.
"Ye Mo." Dad shouted.
"What are you doing?" Ye Mo heard the voice and turned his head.
"The water pipes used for irrigation are out of water." Dad Ye shouted.
"how come……"
"See for yourself."
Ye Mo stopped the machine and called Qian Peng, the captain of the production team: "Hello, Captain Qian."
"ah?"
"Do you still have water in your irrigation water pipes over there?"
"There is no water. The water level of Niujiangling Reservoir has dropped seriously, and the water supply was stopped yesterday." Qian Peng said: "But the weather forecast said there will be heavy rain tomorrow, and the water supply should be restored after tomorrow."
"Okay, sorry for the trouble."
"No trouble."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Mo spread his hands: "There is no water in the reservoir."
"What should we do?"
"The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain tomorrow."
"Can a rain solve the problem?" Dad Ye asked.
"Niujiao Ridge is a mountain reservoir. As long as it rains and a large area of water flows into the reservoir, the water in the reservoir will be full soon." Ye Mo said. That was all he could think.
It is possible for a heavy rainstorm to reach several hundred milliliters of rainfall.
The weather this year has been particularly dry. It was mid-May and it only received two fairly good rains in a row.
After the rain, the hot and dry river valleys are full of life. In just a few days, the world comes alive.
The family is calling for dinner.
When I got home, there was food on the table.
"Second uncle, how was your talk yesterday?" Ye Mo filled a bowl of tomato and egg soup, looked at his second uncle and asked.
After Chen Chen saw the Yumin Orchard and returned home, he told his uncle Chen Shan. Chen Shan then contacted some people who were interested in continuing to plant fruit trees and came here to see the orchard.
There are quite a few people who are willing to continue running orchards.
There were originally 287 households in Huangtupo Village. According to statistics, there were 131 households who were willing to run the orchard. This included Ye Mo's parents, his second uncle and his family, and Ye Zhi and his wife were also willing to continue running the orchard.
Chen Shan has already negotiated several times, and I heard that the price was discussed at 170 million.
"It's basically settled. The entire Yumin Orchard will be transferred for 168 million...the rest depends on the government," the second uncle said with a smile.
They jointly bought the orchard and relocated Huangtupo Village. Relocation of the village requires the consent of the local government. The most important one is to plan a homestead for them.
If you don’t have a homestead, should you buy an orchard separately and manage it as a company? There probably won’t be many people willing to do it.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. Chen Shan has approached the Huacheng government before, and the Huacheng government will send people here to negotiate." Dad Ye said.
More than 100 families have settled here. It feels like it is not an easy thing.
The current housing land quota is difficult to obtain, and as it is a demolition village, everyone already has a house in the city.
However, as a demolished village, the entire village has moved into the city, and everyone's future work and livelihood issues are also a problem. A certain number of families are willing to go to the countryside to continue engaging in agriculture, and the government should support it.
After all, most people in their village have no other skills except managing orchards.
"The coconut seedlings in the warehouse are only enough for planting today. When will the coconut seedlings from the back be delivered?" Ye Ran asked.
"We'll be there in the afternoon."
I previously bought 13,000 coconut seedlings online, and the merchant gave me more than 300 coconut seedlings as gifts.
Those coconut seedlings look good.
Ye Mo contacted the merchant again and asked him to help purchase another batch, this time 10,000. All of them were dwarf golden coconuts...
There are many coconuts planted in Leizhou and many coconut seedlings are cultivated.
Not all nurseries sell online. The coconut seedlings Ye Mo purchased this time were 2 cents more expensive than last time.
1,300 acres, if you plant 25 trees per acre, you will need more than 30,000 trees.
However, Ye Mo does not plan to plant coconuts in all flat areas.
Had a meal.
Liu Bin came to the mountain with a group of helpers, including many old people and some people who were not helpers.
"Mr. Ye." Liu Bin shouted.
Ye Mo responded.
"I asked everyone to pack up the shrubs on the mountain and go back to make firewood," Liu Bin said.
"Yeah." Ye Mo nodded: "Okay."
In Dashan Village, although transportation has become more convenient, many families still maintain the habit of burning firewood. Especially some elderly people...
Every time it’s time to cook, you can still see smoke from cooking cooking floating halfway up the mountain.
Smoke from cooking pots is already a sight that is hard to see.
The leaves of these shrubs on the mountain are not used, so they cannot be sold for money, and they have to be disposed of, which is troublesome. If someone wants firewood, it is just a good thing.
Started to work.
There are two orchard scarifiers, loosening the soil.
Just loosen the surface soil, crush and smooth the surface soil.
The scarifier was used in orchards and belonged to nearby villagers. Ye Mo originally offered to rent it, and the owner of the scarifier gave it to Ye Mo for free.
During this time, Ye Mo has become familiar with the villagers of Team 7 of Changzhu Village.
There are irrigation water pipes in Gaoshanping. When there is water, the pressure of the water is very high.
In this orchard, Ye Mo only plans to plant two kinds of fruits on a large area, coconuts and durians. If these are planted, he doesn't know how long it will take for them to bear fruit.
The existing mango orchards on the mountain had all their leaves cut down. Fruit trees transplanted from the high slopes were planted, including Garbo, mango, pomegranate, and coconut trees.
Ye Mo has already completed the later planning for Gaoshanping.
After this period of work is over, Ye Mo will level the road in the orchard. But he is not going to build a cement road...
The main reason is lack of money.
After the orchard is completed, we will see how much money is left on hand. If we have enough funds, we can build a few more mountaintop reservoirs.
There is Niubei Mountain in Gaoshanping. Niubei Mountain is the highest hillside in Gaoshanping. There is a height difference of fifty or sixty meters between the top of the mountain and the valley, and there is also a height difference of more than ten meters between the mountain top and the second highest hillside.
Build several reservoirs on Niubei Mountain and connect them to the irrigation system...
As long as the water condensing talisman is made, the problem of water shortage should be solved in the future.
Ye Mo's main focus now is to design the irrigation system of the entire orchard. In the early stage, Ye Mo is not prepared to hire workers. At most, when he needs to hire people, he will ask villagers to come forward to help. In this way, the irrigation system is particularly important...
To be honest, Ye Mo didn't want to make himself too tired.