The whole family of Zhang An's family is dispatched, and the seven adults in front and behind are completely enough.
Moreover, Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing, two half-year-old children, can also come to help.
Poor children have long been in charge of the family. When Zhang An was in his teens, he was already working in the fields with the adults in his family, carrying a hoe.
"Anzi, how do you think this tree should be planted?"
The second aunt held a kiwi sapling and asked Zhang An.
Second Aunt and the others are no strangers to planting trees, especially when they helped Zhang An plant such a large orchard not long ago.
For other saplings, just dig a hole with a hoe and start planting. At most, you just need to pay attention to the depth of the hole. Nothing else matters.
But this was the first time I planted a kiwi tree, so I carefully asked Zhang An before starting work.
But Zhang An is also a dabbler and not a professional.
"Second Aunt, this is my first time planting. Just follow your past experience. Just dig a bigger hole and straighten the roots of the tree below when you plant it."
As Zhang An spoke, he used a hoe to demonstrate to everyone.
Anyway, the trees can be planted casually, and Zhang An will water them later.
This land is originally mostly humus soil, and the soil is inherently soft.
The second uncle and the others even came here to plow the land, and it was easy to dig holes in such land.
The difficulty of planting trees has been greatly reduced, but because the land is soft, the roots of the trees need to be firmly planted after planting.
Several adults in the family watched Zhang An plant two trees. It was indeed very simple.
They all started working with hoes. Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing were not very accurate, so they just dug holes.
"Second uncle, your whole family is busy here. What are you going to plant in this field?"
The mountain road next to it is the only way to enter the mountain. There are many villagers coming and going.
Seeing so many people in Zhang An's house, they all stopped to chat for a while.
Zhang Laosan looked at Zhang An and his family working in the fields and thought they were planting some crops.
"We are preparing to plant sheep and peaches. Where is the third child going to make a living?"
Even though he was talking to others, he was still busy with his work.
"I just came back from watching the crops in the field."
When Zhang Laosan heard that this was a sheep peach, he was not in a hurry to go home.
Although Zhang An talked about it at the village chief's house years ago, no one really wanted to try it.
Zhang Laosan was also like this. After Zhang An said it, he was also very moved.
But after returning home, my heart that had just warmed up became cold.
It is difficult for them to make up their mind before seeing the actual benefits.
But today I saw that the two brothers Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye had already started doing this thing.
And it seems that there is a lot to be planted, as there are a bunch of saplings placed on the ground.
So Zhang Laosan started to feel guilty at this moment, because before everyone thought that no matter what Zhang An said, no one believed that he would make money until he saw the money.
But now these two brothers have taken the first step before everyone else. While others are still considering it, these two have already planted it.
Zhang Laosan doesn't think that Zhang An would lie to his two uncles.
In the village, who doesn't know that Zhang Jianguo and his brothers are famous for their harmony and unity?
While watching, Zhang Laosan simply ran from the road to the field, wanting to take a closer look at how to grow the sheep peach.
I thought in my mind to learn some experience and plant some at home when I get back.
"What you are planting are peach seedlings. I thought they were peach trees dug directly from the mountains."
"There are indeed a lot of them in the mountains. Not to mention whether they are planted or not, but if you have to dig hundreds of sheep and peach trees, you will probably have to climb several mountains."
Uncle Zhang's first thought was to dig in the mountains. If Zhang An didn't know how to handle saplings, he would really dig in the mountains.
"And the sheep peaches dug up from the mountains have different tastes and sizes. Some are delicious and some are sour. It will be difficult to choose when the time comes."
"What my second uncle said makes sense, but it's not easy to get such a batch of saplings. Where did you buy these saplings?"
Since it wasn't dug in the mountains, it must have been cultivated by someone.
"These seedlings were all cultivated by our family Zhang An himself."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jianjun and others spoke directly and had no intention of hiding anything.
After hearing this, Zhang Laosan remembered that the loess slopes that Zhang An had rented out before were all saplings he made himself.
Not to mention these little sheep peach seedlings.
After learning what he wanted to know, Zhang Laosan didn't stay long and went down the mountain to go home.
Zhang Laosan left, and Wang Laosan and Li Laosan came to the field again.
Some people asked a few questions and then left, while others, like Zhang Laosan, stopped and watched for a long time.
The old village chief learned that the two brothers Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye were growing kiwi fruits.
I happened to have free time at this moment, so I ran into the ground to take a look.
"Anzi, tell me if there is anything special about this tree."
The old uncle came to the field and planted it himself.
"This tree is about saying more without saying too much, and saying little without saying little."
Zhang An then calmed down and told his uncle what he knew.
Finally, the old uncle nodded with satisfaction. He was going to the town for a meeting tomorrow and could talk about this matter.
But before speaking, you should have some understanding yourself, so that you can speak in front of others.
For such land, Zhang arranged for 130 to 150 seedlings per acre.
So in these four acres of land, there are a total of more than 600 saplings.
With so many people in the family, it is quite fast to plant so many hundreds of trees.
By five or six o'clock in the afternoon, when it was getting dark, more than three acres of land had been planted.
There were more than a hundred saplings left to be planted, and the second uncle and the third uncle wanted to make up for it themselves tomorrow morning.
But Zhang An thought, this is not a job for outsiders, they are all a family, and they do their own work, so it doesn't matter if it is delayed.
So I asked the third aunt to take Yanzi home in advance to cook, and the rest of the family planted the remaining less than an acre of land while it was still dark.
This will save you having to drag it out the next day, and even though the sapling will not do anything until tomorrow.
But planting it as early as possible is better for the growth of the saplings.
In the evening, Zhang An's family returned home from Yanzi's house after dinner.
After a while, Zhang Laosan came to the door.
"Anzi, I went back and discussed it with your sister-in-law. I also want to buy a few acres of sheep peaches. See if you can give some advice to your third brother."
Zhang Laosan came over, sat down for a while, and then got straight to the point and got down to business.
"There's nothing to say about this."
Zhang An smiled, and then repeated what he said to his uncle during the day to Zhang Laosan.
When Zhang Laosan heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy that he came over and asked.
If you just look at it a few times during the day and blindly follow it when you get back, it will definitely not work.
"Anzi, I plan to purchase two or three acres of land. Can you see if I can get the seedlings from you? How many seedlings are needed?"
Zhang Laosan thought about it for a while and still wanted to buy seedlings from Zhang An.
Moreover, Uncle Zhang An also told him some shortcomings of wild plants during the day, and he still believed it.
"Why doesn't Third Brother want to go to the mountain and dig directly?"
Zhang An was a little surprised to hear that Zhang Laosan wanted to buy seedlings for himself.
"Although you can dig in the mountains, as my second uncle said, it's not easy to survive, and it's not easy to dig so much back."
Zhang Laosan is not a fool. If the trees dug from the mountains are good, the two uncles of Zhang An's family will not catch the saplings and plant them.
I thought to myself, since I don’t know how to do it, I should follow those who do.
If you can't write your homework, why don't you copy it?
So Zhang Laosan went back and thought about it, and after making up his mind, he decided to do the same thing as the two brothers Zhang Jianjun.
They just do whatever they want. The worst thing they can do is buy more things when they come to ask.
"The place my second uncle and his friends chose is better. I arranged for them 130 to 150 seedlings."
"It depends on whether the land is fat or thin. If the land is good, then it will be about 150. If the land is thin, it will be less depending on the situation. 130 or even 120 will be enough."
Asked where Zhang Laosan planned to plant, Zhang Laosan said he also wanted to plant at the feet of Qing.
Zhang An also nodded because he had good vision. That circle was indeed good, and the vegetables grown there were larger than those in other places.
Finally, Zhang An gave him a number of three hundred and fifty-six as a reference.
He readily accepted it, and readily asked Zhang An the price, and offered to pay him on the spot.
Zhang An's seedlings were not originally intended to be sold, but were intended to be supplied to his two uncles' families and to grow some at home.
But Zhang Laosan spoke, and Zhang An did not refuse.
Zhang Anpei Miao actually does not require much effort, but it is impossible without charging money.
The people in the village are not Zhang An's two uncles. Zhang An's family is always busy with everything.
Zhang An also knows the principle that a small kindness can nourish a noble person, but a big kindness can nourish an enemy.
In the end, Zhang An just sold the fruit saplings at some normal local prices.
Originally, Zhang An could sell them more expensively, and the ones produced in space must be much better than those artificially cultivated by later generations.
Moreover, no one has started to do it yet, so Zhang An can definitely find a rare commodity.
But it has just started to be promoted. If it is too expensive, others are not willing to spend that much money. The main reason is that everyone does not have much money in their pockets.
Before Zhang Laosan left, he wanted Zhang An to go to the fields for guidance.
But Zhang An didn't have anything to guide him, just let him follow what his second uncle's family did.
Zhang An looked at what his second uncle did and found it to be very up to standard.
When he got up the next morning, Zhang An filtered out the watermelon seeds and strawberry seeds that had been soaked in a basin for a day yesterday.
While eating, Zhang An put them in the space to dry.
You can’t soak this thing for too long, but you can’t soak it for too short either.
And you can’t plant it immediately after soaking, nor can you delay it for a long time.
Zhang An just happened to eat a big bowl of noodles, and the seeds placed in the space have now dried.
Anyway, there was still a lot of land left in the backyard. After Zhang An plowed the land, he started to make furrows.
After Wang Fang saw it, he asked Zhang An what he wanted to do.
Knowing that Zhang An was going to start raising watermelon and strawberry seedlings, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo also took tools and worked together.
Zhang An is definitely not as familiar with this kind of work as his parents when it comes to raising seedlings.
Although they have never raised watermelon seedlings or strawberry seedlings, Wang Fang has more than 20 years of experience in raising rice seedlings.
In her opinion, the cultivation of these seeds should be no different from the cultivation of rice seedlings.
As soon as the furrows were built, Zhang An was ready to sow the seeds.
"Hey, what are you kiddo doing? You can't just sow seeds."
After Wang Fang stopped Zhang An, he took out a large sieve from the side room.
Then Zhang Jianguo and I started digging and sifting the soil.
Sprinkle a layer of fine soil sifted through a sieve on top of these furrows.
"You know, this kind of seeds should be sown on fine soil, so that they can germinate more easily."
Wang Fang explained it to her son while sifting the soil.
After Zhang An opened it for a while, he took the sieve from Wang Fang's hand.
He is stronger, so he sifts the soil much faster.
When the furrows were covered with fine soil, Wang Fang began to sow seeds.
She was so skilled at this kind of work that the seeds sown were evenly distributed in the furrows.
Wait until the seeds are evenly spread and cover with a layer of fine soil again.
Finally, Zhang An carried a watering can and sprinkled a stream of spatial spring water on these soil-covered ridges.
After these processes are completed, these ridges will be covered with film.
In this era, it is very convenient to cover with plastic wrap. Every household has to raise rice seedlings, so every household has a lot of plastic paper.
Zhang An and the others do not just cover the plastic paper directly with the film here.
Instead, a small greenhouse structure needs to be built with bamboo pieces on the ridges and then covered with plastic paper.
This is conducive to heat preservation. The weather in early spring changes greatly, especially when the temperature is very low at night, which is not conducive to seed germination.
But if the sun comes out during the day, you need to open both ends of this "greenhouse".
At noon when the sun is very strong, the plastic paper has to be peeled off.
If it is not uncovered, it will cause the seedlings to burn.
Raising seedlings is a delicate job, completely different from planting trees.
Planting trees requires strength and speed, and they will be planted quickly.
And the way to survive in raising seedlings is not something that can be speeded up with just one effort.
So after Zhang An's family scattered the seeds and covered them with film, they were gone for most of the day.
Ding Yi called me in the evening.
"Zhang An, will you be at home tomorrow?"
"Here, what's wrong?"
Zhang An was curious as to why this man was asking about him. Old Ding was a very busy man, especially after the supermarket opened.
"It's okay if you're here. I'll come over tomorrow to have a meal and discuss some things with you."
"Okay, come on. I'll be at home these days. If you come and find that we are not here, then ask Uncle Li next to you. We may be working in the den."
"Okay, remember to tell auntie for me that I haven't eaten her spicy chicken for a long time and I miss it very much."
After Ding got Zhang An's reply, he started chatting with Zhang An.
Every time this person calls, he always talks about the business first, and then starts chatting after the business is done.
"Don't worry, come to our house, you can still be hungry."
Zhang An has long been very familiar with Ding Yi, who has the attribute of Lao Tie.
But such people are also interesting. After only a few decades of life, they must eat well and drink well to be worthy of themselves.
"By the way, how is your supermarket doing now?"
Ding Yi, this is the first large-scale comprehensive supermarket in the county and even the province, although Zhang An only mentioned it that time.
But Ding Yi was thinking about it later and had done enough homework.
Now that I have the support from my family, I have opened the supermarket.
"Business is very good. I visited it for several days and there was a lot of traffic."
Speaking of this, Ding Yi was very happy.
"And now many people in the county like to go shopping after get off work."
"That's fine if the business is good. Your investment is not small. I don't want to lose money just like this."
"Don't worry, judging from the situation in the past two months, you will definitely not lose money."
Now Dingyi's supermarket can be said to be a landmark building in the county.
Many people go to the supermarket when they have nothing to do, even if they don’t buy anything.