This year, the whole Yunqiao Village started with a busy start.
However, no one in the village was unhappy.
After all, at this time in previous years, they would mostly be tidying up their own vegetable gardens and preparing some rapeseeds, seedlings, etc. It could be said to be the most leisurely time in their daily life.
But for farmers, idleness means no money.
Nowadays, they have to spend money to buy even rice. If they stay idle for a long time, they will feel anxious. This is why they have frequently gone to work outside in recent years.
But this year is different.
Since the age of fifteen, the old Song family has been busy.
When the weather is freezing, people start digging and raking the soil and spreading base fertilizer on the mountains. On the riverbank pasture, the manure from cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks is fermented extremely thoroughly, just waiting to be put to use!
When the days got warmer day by day, the land, which totaled thousands of acres, was cleared, and their family began to plant fruit trees again.
Carloads of fruit trees were transported from all over the country, and Professor Song's connections played a great role at this moment.
Song Tan doesn't have to worry about which varieties to choose, early or late maturity, or where to plant what, and how to use the land underneath...
Yan Ran and the three of them had already made plans for everything last year.
In the spring of this year, there were two more on-site adjustments. Song Tan only needed to confirm and then arrange for people to plant.
Even the planting was watched over by the three of them.
To be honest, Song Tan thinks the salary is really worth it!
Compared to this, the strawberry patch they cultivated alone behind the dormitory was nothing.
Of course, Song Tan also knew why Yan Ran and the three of them asked Chen Yuan to help them keep an eye on this matter.
But it is difficult for agricultural students to graduate, so the strawberries are still more delicious than ordinary ones, no matter how bad they are. When the time comes, no matter who takes advantage of them or whatever, the three of them will cry in the field.
Chen Yuan asked people to help keep an eye on it, which also made people feel more at ease.
Song Tan wanted them to stay at home for a long time, but he never thought that they would not be able to graduate.
However, although the land has become much larger, their family is even more relaxed in this busy early spring than last year when they only had a few acres of land.
Even Ulan murmured:
"It's convenient to hire someone. Last year, your dad and I were being bossed around..."
Song Tan didn't want to either.
"But there was no money at that time, and the food was not good, so I just wanted to seize the opportunity in the spring..."
Fortunately, they have been busy for a while, but the subsequent income has also laid a foundation, and it has also given their family more funds to expand their territory.
"That's true." Ulan also nodded: "It's just that I'm really too busy. Every night when I close my eyes, I think about what I'm going to do tomorrow, and I have to work non-stop the next day... I'm so panicked."
Qiao Qiao looked over and said, "I'm not panicking. I've even learned how to grow milkvetch."
He was a little unhappy: "Sister, my mother didn't teach me well before. She said that the way you plant corn can be used to plant everything else, but when I plant milkvetch like that, the ones that grow are not as lush as the way my sister scatters them casually.
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No, just scatter a handful and the seeds will be so dense!
And Qiao Qiao's place is just like planting corn. Three or two seeds are placed in a hole, and there is a space in between...then what grows is sparse, isn't it?
"It's okay," Song Tan comforted him: "The milkvetch seeds you sowed in winter are very good. Now look at them and see if they are all green. They can be picked and sold soon."
Now that it has just warmed up, the milkvetch has already sprouted green buds and leaves. From a distance, it looks like it is covered with a layer of gauze, which is particularly moving.
Not only the rice fields, but also the riverbanks are also sprinkled with large tracts. When combined with other fresh and tender pastures, the cattle and sheep that have been waiting for the whole winter can eat it happily every day.
The old big oxen were mixed among these cattle, and they didn't feel lonely at all at this moment.
Of course, Song Tan also knew that Old Man Li actually visited it often.
But facing this old man, none of the Lao Song family wanted to say anything. Anyway, now that he is looking at the tea mountain that once belonged to him, he is working hard and diligently...
so be it.
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Since the start of spring planting, trucks have been delivering seedlings every day. Fortunately, the road was built last year, otherwise just delivering seedlings would be a hassle.
Three more trucks of seedlings arrived this morning.
Xiaozhu, the party secretary, saw it from afar and strolled over.
After having breakfast first, he asked: "I just saw that you led the car to the mountain over Old Man Li. What was it?"
"Tea seedlings." Song Tan replied: "There were only a dozen acres of old tea trees on the mountain, but they were all pruned in winter - they grew too tall, one or two meters high, and they couldn't be picked."
"The remaining wasteland will be reclaimed and planted with tea. Otherwise, if the annual output is so low, Boss Chang will really cry to death."
Tea seedlings can be picked in two to three years after they are planted. Although the yield is slightly low at the beginning, they grow very rapidly. In comparison, they do not require too much care and attention, and now they have become the main profit source of the Old Song family.
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Therefore, even though his family could not drink that much, Song Tan still arranged for more than 100 acres of land, which can be said to be a lot of sacrifice.
Otherwise, this land can be used to grow peanuts, corn...what else can't be grown?
Party Secretary Xiao Zhu didn’t know the difficulty of growing tea. At this moment, he only had a good impression of Boss Chang, so he nodded:
"Okay, there are more tea leaves. I will buy more when the time comes - picking will also require more people, right? Then there will be work in the village again."
When she said this, she remembered: "By the way, the electrical reform is about to begin! This summer, you can turn on the air conditioner at home up and down the mountain without worrying about being unable to carry it."
This is really good news!
Song Tan sighed, and then looked at Party Secretary Xiao Zhu pointedly: "Our city's leaders are really resolute and resolute!"
Xiao Zhu, the branch secretary, smiled silently and asked another question out of curiosity:
"I see you have planted a lot of persimmon trees on the stone slope. Are they crisp persimmons or fire crystal persimmons?"
"Both."
"The original persimmon trees in that area have also been re-grafted. After all, they are big trees. It would be a pity to destroy them."
That piece of wasteland was so big that it took Brother Sun a month to clean up the land. Now the wild chrysanthemum seeds have been sown on it.
It's just that the sunflowers have to be planted a little later, for fear of being frozen by the cold air again.
Party Secretary Xiao Zhu remembered that everyone had been working for the old Song family since the Spring Festival, and they had never been idle day by day. At this moment, he was smiling from ear to ear:
"It's good, it's good! There is work to do in the village. Only if everyone stays down can the development be better. Otherwise, it all depends on your family, and no matter how hard you try, it won't be able to help."
Song Tan was also happy: "Yes, why don't we do such drastic work if everyone stays in the village? Otherwise, we won't be able to find workers, and we won't be able to farm the land."