Once the ginseng is planted with a stick, someone must watch it.
"Xiao Xu, I want to discuss something with you."
Just two days after planting the ginseng and returning from the mountain, Yu Shouguang called Xu Shiyan.
"Look, over there at Xiaohei River, can you go up there and see some ginseng?
The main thing is, this year our team's camp will be divided into two. It will take two years before we can break camp on the No. 2 Bridge, and someone will have to take care of the other side of the Xiaohei River.
I'm thinking that you have experience in watching ginseng, how about you go up?"
Yu Shouguang came to Xu Shiyan not because he was useless.
Today's ginseng viewing is not the same as before, everyone is rushing to do it.
There are guns and cannons on the mountain, it’s not difficult to see ginseng, and you can earn high work points, who wouldn’t be happy?
But there's one thing that others can't do, they don't have dogs.
There are more than 8,000 feet left on the other side of Bridge No. 2. There are a total of five or six dogs on the mountain, and they cannot be separated at all.
The dogs in every household are of no use if they haven't been seen before. Besides, there are very few dogs nowadays, and a family can only keep one at most.
The dogs were unfamiliar with each other, so they stopped working when they went up the mountain and just bit each other, which was useless.
Xu Shiyan's family has four dogs, and everyone in the team knows that although they haven't grown up yet, they still work.
Yu Shouguang felt that Xu Shiyan had a stable and thoughtful personality and had experience in looking at ginseng. It would be no problem to take four dogs up the mountain, so he came to see him.
"Uncle, if you ask me to go up the mountain, are you just going to look after the frozen skin, or will you use me from now on?"
Xu Shiyan did not agree directly, he had to ask clearly first.
The winter of the year when Bangchui was first planted was called ginseng viewing, which lasted mainly for two months from the end of October to the end of December.
In fact, the frozen ones look best because the ginseng seeds are too small and it would be too troublesome to steal them in the fields.
After a whole night of digging, you may not be able to get out a single sack. What kind of thief is stupid? He spends all his time picking up some worthless ginseng seeds?
Watching frozen skin is just a formality, but you earn a lot of work points, which is really cost-effective.
But Xu Shiyan wanted to keep watching ginseng.
The distribution of farmland to each household and the household contract responsibility system were implemented in Donggang in the spring of 1983, and it will still be several years away.
You can't go it alone during this period, so why not just watch ginseng on the mountain and accumulate some knowledge.
After the land is allocated to each household, if he is willing, he can also contract the team's ginseng land to see the ginseng.
When the time comes, I will hire two blind people to work in the mountains and do something else myself, and I will earn a lot easily.
He has been dealing with ginseng his whole life, and he knows only this and nothing else.
Let him do business, and he can only do things related to ginseng.
But now the policy doesn't allow it, don't even think about it, so what is he doing?
Although I have some money now, it is not enough. Just treating Lao Liu’s illness requires a lot of money, so I still have to work hard to earn money.
So Xu Shiyan is willing to go and see the team, mainly to see the attitude of the team.
If it's like the one at the big house, it's just a stop-gap measure, and you can let him come down in two months and find someone else after the year, then he simply won't go, which saves the trouble.
If he was allowed to keep watching, he would have to be well prepared.
"Look at what you said. You have experience in ginseng. You are the one who mastered all the artillery and artillery. So I will definitely use you all the time."
Yu Shouguang laughed as soon as he heard this. How could Kanshen change people randomly?
Whichever one you use should be used all the time. If you change it randomly, something might happen.
"That's it this winter, just freeze the skin yourself.
Next year, we will continue to expand here, and it will still be 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Then I will find a helper for you.
In the year after tomorrow, the camp will be completely abandoned on the other side of Bridge No. 2, and anyone who comes on this side will be under your jurisdiction."
Ever since Xu Shiyan joined the second team, he has excelled in every aspect and brought a lot of glory to the second team.
So when something good happens, the first thing Yu Shouguang thinks of is Xu Shiyan.
"You take your dog up the mountain, and the team will take care of your food and drink. You will be credited with your work, and the team will equip you with a semi-automatic gun.
Look at Shen's house. I'll have people go up and help you build it in the next two days. It needs to be sorted out. What do you think? Is that okay?"
"Uncle, you said so, so it must be done. I have to thank uncle for being the first to think of me when good things happen."
Now that things have come to this point, if Xu Shiyan says no to Qiao again, it's simply because he doesn't want to stay in the second brigade.
"Uncle, I have one more thing to ask. I can hold the brigade's gun for hunting, is that okay?
If that doesn't work, I might as well buy a gun myself."
As a lesson learned from the past, you must be careful. It is best to ask first. At the worst, you can buy a gun yourself, so why let others tell you about it.
"You kid is really good at joking. Isn't the gun given to you just for you to use?
What if it's a wild boar and the black blind man comes into the ginseng field and causes harm? I won't let you fight it?
Just go ahead and do it boldly. The team will give you a certain amount of bullets every month. If you exceed it, you can find a way to buy it yourself, okay?"
Yu Shouguang couldn't stop laughing after hearing Xu Shiyan's words.
The second brigade family has a great career, but still has a son who can't play?
They have arranged for people to go up the mountain to see the ginseng, but they are not allowed to use guns. What are they doing? Are they going to be used as fire sticks?
"Come on, I feel relieved because you always say this. Then I will go home and tell my wife to pack it up while I go up the mountain to see the ginseng."
Xu Shiyan also laughed. Don't blame him for being too careful. Didn't he suffer from this before?
"Okay, then it's settled. I'll have people go up to the mountain to build a house for you tomorrow."
Yu Shouguang felt relieved now, smiled and waved his hand, asking Xu Shiyan to go home.
When Xu Shiyan got home, he told Su Anying about ginseng.
After Su Anying listened, she didn't say anything and just sighed.
"Okay, since you have already agreed with Uncle Yu, what else can I say? You are doing business and I can't stop you.
Don't worry at home, Lao Liu and I are here, everything will be fine.
You don’t need to worry about your child, he will definitely call you dad when you come back from the mountain."
The husband is here to earn money and work hard for the family. How can the wife hold him back? She must support him.
"That is to say, if the child is small, if the child is older, I would like to go up the mountain with you. For no other reason, there are many things in the mountain."
As she spoke, Su Anying laughed herself.
She actually missed the scene on the mountain last year. How nice it would be to pull various things back?
"Well, don't even think about it. I won't let you and your children suffer if you suffer on the mountain.
We are different now from before. Donggang is such a nice place, so we should stay at home."
Xu Shiyan reached out and rubbed his wife's face.
Not to mention, Su Anying's skin is better than before after taking care of herself at home this year.
Although I didn't get a tan before, my skin was still a little rough due to the wind and sun. Now my skin is thin and smooth, and it feels really comfortable to the touch.
"Okay, take this opportunity and hug your son more quickly, otherwise it will take a long time for you to come back."
Su Anying slapped Xu Shiyan's hand away, stuffed her son into her husband's arms, and turned around to pack Xu Shiyan's clothes and luggage.
Xu Shiyan held his son in his arms, first held the little guy against the door, and then picked up the little guy and threw him twice.
Xu Haiyuan was not afraid at all. He liked this kind of game very much. He giggled happily and mumbled in silence. He had to let Xu Shiyan continue.