From May 24th to June 2nd, 1978, there were continuous late frosts in many areas of Fusong.
As leaders at all levels actively led all members to fight against the frost, only a few thousand acres of land were ultimately affected.
Compared with what Xu Shiyan heard on the radio in his previous life, which affected more than 40,000 acres of land, this was already a blessing.
After the statistical results came out, the county leaders also breathed a sigh of relief.
Thanks to listening to the advice of Donggang Commune and continuously resisting frost, a large area of farmland was saved.
Otherwise, everyone may be hungry this fall.
The county leaders sent people to Donggang Commune to investigate and learned that it was Xu Shiyan, a member of the Second Brigade, who proposed the continuous anti-frost suggestion, and immediately rewarded and commended Xu Shiyan.
Xu Shiyan was selected as this year's model worker and advanced individual, and certain rewards were also given.
Not only the county, but also Donggang Commune and the Second Brigade also gave corresponding rewards.
Moreover, Yu Shouguang directly promoted Xu Shiyan to the position of technician, who will receive high work points and do technical work from now on.
In addition to the certificate of merit, a large teapot for serving the people, and towels, what is more surprising is that the county actually awarded me a bicycle ticket.
Xu Shiyan didn't care about anything else. He was extremely happy when he got the bicycle ticket.
Without saying anything else, I took it to Songjianghe Store and bought a Big Golden Deer bicycle.
Bicycles and sewing machines, two of the three major items have been purchased. Now, everyone is envious and praise Xu Shiyan for his ability.
This is the good thing about Donggang. It’s a big place, there are many capable people, and there are also wealthy families.
So everyone is envious, but no one is jealous.
Fighting the frost for nine consecutive days made everyone very tired, but no matter how tired they were, the work in the fields could not be delayed.
The fields should be shoveled all over, the ginseng fields should be pruned, and ginseng flowers should be pinched. Nothing can be delayed.
Xu Shiyan is already a technician of the second brigade, and he will definitely not be needed for shoveling the ground. He takes people to go to the ginseng field to pinch ginseng flowers.
Ginseng flower is the flower of ginseng, a raceme, a small green flower.
Ginseng does not bloom during the planting period, but it blooms every year from the time of new planting.
The flowering and fruiting of ginseng will definitely affect the yield. In order to balance the yield and save seeds, the seeds are usually kept during the freezing year and not for new planting and production.
Since no seeds are left, you must pinch off the ginseng flowers before they bloom to avoid wasting nutrients.
When pruning ginseng flowers, look for a day with sunny weather. This way, after pruning the ginseng flowers, the broken marks on the stems will dry out quickly and prevent infection.
Moreover, the pinched ginseng flowers have to be dried in the sun. If they are not dried on a cloudy day, they will easily become hairy and cannot be sold at a high price.
"Be careful, look under the leaves and don't drop any ginseng flowers.
This is a mallet for making goods. If the ginseng seeds are left in, the mallet will not weigh down and the goods will easily fall apart."
Xu Shiyan is now a technician and does not need to work as hard as before. Now he just watches others work.
So while walking around and shouting, I was afraid that someone would work hard and rebel. It looked like the work was fast, but in fact it was of no quality.
Those sticks that grew short after being unearthed late had forgotten to pinch the ginseng flowers.
This kind of thing is so common. When Xu Shiyan was watching the market in the mountains, whenever the ginseng seeds were ripe, he would go to the pond to catch the ginseng seeds.
The so-called blocking means picking up the leaks.
Stop the stick, that is, after someone else has dug up the ginseng, someone goes to the ground with a four-tooth pick, digs the ground again, and picks up the missing ginseng and ginseng roots from the ground.
Blocking seeds is also the same principle. As for blocking ginseng seeds, it means picking up ginseng seeds that have grown out of someone else's ginseng flowers.
There may only be three or five sticks per foot, which cannot support a lot of goods made in one place. It may be tens of thousands of feet. If you accumulate a little, you can pick up a lot.
Moreover, the seeds left on the sticks used to make the goods are large in size and of good quality. Wash them and dry them. When the time comes, they will be spread out and spread into the ground, and good ginseng seeds will grow.
Otherwise, it depends on how many people know how to read ginseng. Those who know how to read ginseng can make a lot of money in three years, but those who don’t know how to read ginseng will really have nothing left to eat and drink.
As for talking about making goods, that is a term used in the labor industry.
That is, the ginseng pulp has insufficient air and is hollow inside. After steaming and drying, it is not round but shriveled. This is called ginseng.
If the goods that have been dug out of the ditch cannot be rated or weighed, they will naturally not be sold at a high price.
Xu Shiyan is the type who works carefully. With him watching, these people really have no chance to fool them. They all rummage under the leaves carefully, trying not to miss a single one.
Although it may seem that pinching ginseng flowers is easy, it is actually quite troublesome.
The pool is about five feet wide, with a shed on top. Two people must face each other, kneel on the pool, reach out to pinch ginseng flowers, and it is really tiring to kneel down all day.
It should be said that many tasks in the ginseng field have to be done on your knees, such as pinching ginseng flowers, pulling grass, loosening soil, and pinching ginseng seeds. You can't do it without kneeling.
If you don't say that this ginseng is valuable, you have to kowtow and kneel for three years. No matter how cheap you sell it, you won't be able to live up to the time spent.
It's not fast to pick ginseng flowers, and the two of them can only make thirty or forty feet in one day.
The Second Brigade spent 3,000 kilograms making goods this year, plus the newly planted ones. It took almost three days to finish all the ginseng flowers.
The cut ginseng flowers were spread out on a ragged mat in the open space behind the team headquarters to dry.
A woman can do this job, as long as it doesn't rain, turn it over appropriately and don't let the sun shine too much.
After pruning the ginseng flowers in the ginseng field and plowing all the grass in the field, there is no important work in the field at this time. During the hoeing period, the members will go to the mountains to do side jobs.
"Daughter-in-law, they came to me and said they were going to the mountain to harvest cattle tomorrow.
Are there any pancakes at home? You can help me fold more pancakes tomorrow morning." On the afternoon of the 6th, Xu Shiyan said to Su Anying as soon as he walked in.
Su Anying was cooking. When she heard Xu Shiyan's words, she asked curiously, "What is Niu Maoguang?"
I had never heard of this thing before in Daying.
"Well, it's something like bracken. It's covered in fine hairs, almost like cow hair, so it's called Niu Maoguang.
You will know when I come back and take a look. There are some in the ditches and ponds in the woods behind us, but they are only in small quantities."
Xu Shiyan scratched his head, not knowing how to describe it to his wife.
Niu Maoguang, also called Weiwei, whose scientific name is Cinnamomum cinnamon, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Vitaceae.
Niu Maoguang's dried products are very popular in countries where children live well, and are known as mountain delicacies.
Since 1972, domestic exports have been between 200 and 3 million tons per year.
It can be exported to earn foreign exchange, so many buying stations accept it. At this season every year, everyone will go into the mountains together to collect cattle and hair.
Niu Maoguang usually grows in ditches, ponds or waterlogged fields. There are not many near Donggang Commune, and there are very few in the woods behind.
So most of them go to places like Eight Kilometers, Baihuiyao, and Baixi Dadianzi, which are all quite far away.
Now I ride a bicycle, and when there are motorcycles I will ride a motorcycle, or else I will ride on someone else's agricultural three-wheeler and pay the fare.
There are those who are so powerful that they drive people in semi-trucks or large cars and go into the protected area to collect cattle and hair.
There are few people in the reserve. The cattle hair is widely distributed and thick, and most of them produce vegetables. The quality is good and the price is high.
Of course, don't even think about it these days. It's more than a hundred kilometers away from the protected area and ordinary people can't go there. It's okay for those in the forestry farms in Maekawa and Shengli.