Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Although Wang Mingjun said so, if you really count, apart from the land that they must use to grow grain, most of the rest is used to grow cash crops, including cotton, melons, etc.

After all, apart from the food you grow and the grain you pay as tax, the rest can't be sold for much money.

Although the Corps company is a collective system, everyone also wants to grow more crops that can be sold at a good price and get more money at the end of the year.

On this point, both the company’s cadres and employees share the same idea.

If you calculate it this way, planting cotton is similar to planting sunflowers. And the more troublesome thing about planting cotton is the seeds. The shell of cotton seeds is relatively thick, so sulfuric acid needs to be used to burn the shell. After the shell is burned thin, it can be sold to farmers.

Otherwise, if you directly remove the cotton seeds from the seed cotton and plant them in the ground the next year, they will not sprout.

The Corps' technology in this area is quite advanced. Each company has a number of large white plastic sulfuric acid barrels. After the sulfuric acid in them is used up, the barrels are generally not recycled. In the end, they are taken home by employees and used as water buckets - one bucket usually holds 50 kilograms of water, which is very practical.

"Do we need to use film when growing cotton now?" Li Long asked.

"Use film? What do you use film for?" Wang Mingjun was a little confused.

Li Long understood that what they were growing now was upland cotton.

Upland cotton was the first planted method, just like wheat and corn. It took a few more years before people started laying plastic film to plant cotton, and then it became popular and developed.

At first, the film was narrow, that is, two rows of cotton were grown on one film; the film could suppress the grass between the cotton stalks. But later it was found that when the cotton grew, although the film could suppress some grass, it was impossible to spread the film all over the ground, and the grass grew more in the area between the two rows without film.

Then we improved it and used a wide film, so that one film could grow four rows of cotton. However, it was more troublesome to sow seeds. Then we improved the seeder, from the original two-row machine to a four-row machine.

Planting technology is developing and agricultural machinery is also developing.

In general, the film can not only suppress weeds but also lock in moisture, which can increase cotton production. Although it also increases costs, this cost is nothing compared to the benefits.

So Li Long was thinking, should he set up a film processing factory?

In this way, when mulch film cotton becomes popular, our own factory can directly provide mulch film.

Just like twenty years ago, when drip irrigation was first introduced, people started a drip irrigation tape factory and made a lot of money.

Yes, it's possible, but it seems to go against my original intention. Didn't I originally want to wait until cotton was planted on a large scale, reclaim hundreds or thousands of acres of wasteland, and then contract it out to the local landlord to earn rent?
Why did you think of opening a factory?
Evil cultivator. Evil cultivator.

Although he felt that this was not something he should pursue, Li Long still ended the topic with a sense of unfulfilled desire after learning a lot about it.

"Xiaolong, I think you should grow cotton in your area in the future." He wanted to end it, but Wang Mingjun didn't. He continued, "What do you think cotton is used for?"

"What else can I do? Make a quilt!" Zheng Xiangyang said with a smile.

"That's not all." Wang Mingjun shook his head and said, "Do you know the Shicheng Cotton Textile Factory of our Eighth Division? They use cotton! What is cotton used for? Spinning yarn, then weaving cloth, and making clothes and quilt covers!

We were poor before and had few clothes. Now we have some money, who doesn't want to buy cloth to make clothes for their children? The rich just buy ready-made ones, so how can there be less cotton? "

"But what's fashionable now are tassels, dacron, gabardine and so on. Cotton cloth may not be popular among young people." Zheng Xiangyang also refuted.

Li Long knew that what Zheng Xiangyang said was right. Even though people would pursue pure cotton products thirty or forty years later, people still thought cotton cloth was too old-fashioned and not as fashionable as Dacron gabardine.

So chemical products are very popular now.

But he knew that the cotton planting area would inevitably increase year by year. This thing is a strategic resource. The country will inevitably reserve a large amount of it, and its application will become more and more extensive.

Therefore, when planning your own business in the future, you really have to consider this aspect.

The conversation did not continue, after all, the three of them were thinking in different directions. Wang Mingjun also promised Li Long that when the cotton was picked in the fall, he would come over to pick some cotton to make a new quilt.

"Let me tell you, this new cotton-filled net-covered quilt is absolutely comfortable to cover yourself with!" Wang Mingjun said with a smile, "You'll know when you try it!"

Li Long certainly knew that in his previous life, starting from the 1990s and for the next 20 to 30 years, the most common item sent back to his hometown by villagers was fishing nets.

The cotton from southern and northern Xinjiang will become more and more famous, and so will the nets. There are even people in Xinjiang who make eight-kilogram nets and ask for them to be sent back - how thick must they be!
Because they all knew each other well and had their own business, they had a good meal and drank a little wine, but not too much. After eating, Li Long rested in the company reception room for two or three hours. After he had recovered from the alcohol, he drove away.

Leaving here means that the work of making the big broom is completely completed, and Li Long is also planning the next step.

Let’s put the cotton planting aside for now, and the big tractor issue will have to be put on hold. Next, we have to focus on growing sunflowers and harvesting melons.

In September, sunflowers and rapeseed begin to mature and are ready for harvest.

In the past, the harvesting methods were relatively primitive, whether it was wheat or sunflowers, they were all harvested manually. Now that there are harvesters, wheat can be semi-mechanized, but there is no way to do this for sunflowers for the time being.

At that time, combine harvesters could only harvest wheat, but not corn, sunflower and other crops. If you wanted to harvest sunflower and flower sunflower, you had to harvest them one by one manually.

Driving the jeep back to the county town, Li Long did not go to the purchasing station but went straight back to the big yard.

The yard was filled with the aroma of stewed fish. Li Long stopped the jeep and picked up Mingming Haohao who was crawling in the yard while asking:
"Where did this fish come from?"

"Mingming's grandfather sent it here." Sister Yang said as she walked towards the kitchen. "It was already peeled and packed when it was sent here. Her aunt said you can make fish soup with it when you come back in the evening."

"Hey!" Li Long was happy. His wife knew that he liked to eat fish, so she didn't let him cook it at noon and told him to stew it in the evening.

After a while, Gu Xiaoxia came back and saw the car in the yard. Then she saw Li Long playing stone catching with Mingming Haohao. She supported the car and said with a smile:

"Is the matter done?"

"It's done. The company has told them that they will do the same thing next year. Of course, they will kill more yellow sheep this winter and get more skins. I will go over to collect them then."

As he was speaking, Gu Boyuan also walked into the yard with his hands behind his back, and Li Long said:
"I'll stew fish tonight. I'll bring a bowl to Xiao Sun later."

"No, no, don't go." Gu Boyuan shook his head, "Someone cares for me."

"Huh?" Li Long was stunned for a moment, "Someone is in pain? Who? Is there anyone from his family?"

Shouldn't it be? Didn't you hear what Sun Jiaqiang said?

"No, when I came over just now, someone had gone to bring him food." Gu Boyuan said with a smile, "You'll only affect their relationship if you go, so don't bother."

Li Long immediately became interested. At this time, Han Fang came out of the kitchen and asked everyone to eat, so Li Long took Mingming and Haohao by the hand and went to the dining table.

The two children can now eat by themselves, and they are OK with using a spoon, although they spill a little, but let's just take it as exercise. Sister Yang and Gu Xiaoxia took care of them one at a time, and Gu Boyuan said while eating:

"The girl who delivered the food was a Hui girl, about 20 years old, from the edge of our county. She often came here with her family to sell licorice and other things. After a few visits, she became familiar with Xiao Sun."

Huh? Li Long really didn't notice it.

Although there were few women selling things here, there were some. Li Long didn't pay much attention to it, mainly because after he handed over the purchasing station to Gu Boyuan, although he went there from time to time, most of the time he went there to discuss things in the reception room at the back, and occasionally helped out in the front, and only paid attention to a few familiar faces.

I didn’t expect that spring has arrived here at Sun Jiaqiang’s place so soon?
Good thing!
"That girl likes Xiao Sun very much. Occasionally, she would come over to give him some Jiangxi delicacies, such as oil-fried fragrant snacks. Xiao Sun would also buy some small things, such as mirrors, to give back to the girl."

Youxiang, a Hui food, is similar to the fried pancakes made by the Han people.

"This girl seems to have two brothers, because she came here to sell things a few times, and followed different ones. Her parents never showed up, and I don't know if they exist. I didn't ask Xiao Sun." Gu Boyuan continued while drinking fish soup, "Every time she came to sell things, she gave the money she got to her two brothers."

Well, bad habits.

This cannot be discussed here, and Li Long knows it.

There may be some trouble, but it’s actually nothing serious. It depends on the attitude of the girl’s family.

In fact, with Sun Jiaqiang's current wealth, he could barely be considered a low-end diamond bachelor. His salary, plus the resettlement allowance given by Li Long when he came out of the mountains, plus the bonuses during this period, was less than a thousand.

At this time, not many people can take out a thousand yuan in cash. As long as Sun Jiaqiang wants, he can buy a yard and settle down in the county.

Of course, for the time being, Sun Jiaqiang still wants to live in the purchasing station and has no plans to move.

At least he didn't mention it to Li Long.

Li Long thought that he was thinking about saving more money to buy a yard, furniture, and appliances, and get everything together at once. Of course, it is also possible that he didn't think so much at the moment. After all, these days, parents are not around, and young people can't think so much unless the matter is imminent.

In the movie "I miss you guys so much", the actor who plays the talkative Zhang Damin, his younger brother has a girlfriend and they get married when they want to. As for how and where to live, he doesn't think about it at all because he thinks someone else will consider it.

I won’t think too much about it.

Li Long suppressed the urge to go over and ask Sun Jiaqiang. After listening to what Gu Boyuan said, he felt that Sun Jiaqiang's matter might still be a bit troublesome.

Of course, if both parties are truly in love, then there will be no big problem.

At this time, some signs are not so strong.

So, there is something to talk about.

After dinner, Gu Boyuan played with his grandson for a while, then walked leisurely to his own yard with his hands behind his back. Li Long hurriedly took some things from the car and handed them to Gu Boyuan. After watching his father-in-law leave, he went into the yard, locked the door, and then moved things down from the jeep.

He brought some things over to Wang Mingjun and his men. Given the character and generosity of the Corps people, the return gift must be doubled.

Not to mention the wine I brewed myself, there were two sacks of watermelon as the base, then two boxes of apples, two barrels of honey, and a beer box of mare's milk grapes.

Although there is no frost yet, the grapes are already very sweet.

Li Long moved these things down, put the fruit watermelon in the storage room, and put the honey on the shelf.

He took a few bunches of grapes, washed them, and asked Han Fang to put them on a plate and bring them to their room to eat. He also took a plate to his bedroom.

It was still bright outside. Mingming Haohao couldn't sleep at the moment, so he was playing with thigh stones in the house. He didn't put them in his mouth much at this time, but the two children would fight over them.

Gu Xiaoxia sat on the side, giving comments from time to time.

Seeing Li Long bring the grapes over, the two children immediately became excited. Although they had just eaten, they still recognized the grapes in front of them. They were obviously better than the rice, so they all rushed to grab them.

While making sure the two children didn't choke while eating their grapes, Li Long chatted with Gu Xiaoxia about delivering brooms to the Education Bureau and the township school.

"Our Education Bureau is definitely willing to accept them." Gu Xiaoxia said while eating grapes, "The same goes for the schools in the village. But with 3,000 handfuls, we can't give them away, right?"

"Then deliver them to more schools." Li Long said, "Big brooms are consumables. If you can't finish delivering them, just keep them. Wait until winter, when there will definitely be a lot of units that need brooms."

Use a snow shovel for thick snow and a large broom for thin snow, both are useful.

After dinner the next day, Li Long waited for Sister Yang to take over Mingming and Haohao, and then rode their bicycles to the purchasing station.

There were already people queuing in the yard, but Li Long didn't see any girls there.

He was not in a hurry. He waited until he got off work at noon, had lunch, and went to the purchasing station with Gu Boyuan.

At this time, no one came over, so Li Long called Sun Jiaqiang, who had already eaten, aside and asked about this matter.

"It's not even a start yet." Sun Jiaqiang said with a red face, "She... Xiaotie just thinks I'm quite honest. She picked up the licorice and cleaned it up quite neatly, so I suggested to Uncle Gu to give me a fair price."

Xiaotie?

Li Long immediately thought of a big movie starring Bald Qiang.

Come to think of it, there are people in the Hui nationality with the surname Tie.

"What's your name?"

"Iron Orchid." Sun Jiaqiang smiled. "I'm 19 years old. I graduated from elementary school but didn't go to junior high school. I have two older brothers and one younger brother. Both my parents are here. We live next to the experimental station in the east. My family doesn't have much land, so I came out to do some side jobs."

The situation is quite clear.

"So what's your impression of her?"

Being able to deliver food to Sun Jiaqiang means that he has a good impression of Sun Jiaqiang and is attracted to him. Now it all depends on Sun Jiaqiang's opinion.

"Very good." Sun Jiaqiang blushed and lowered his head. Although Li Long was younger than him, he was his boss and it was Li Long who took care of his settlement and work. Li Long's question was like a parent questioning about finding a partner.

"Well, let's develop the relationship first. When choosing a partner, you should not only consider the partner's situation, but also her family situation and the attitude of her parents and family members. Unless you plan to break off the relationship in the future, you must pay attention to this point."

Sun Jiaqiang nodded, but from his expression, Li Long knew that he didn't listen.

Young people at this time were similar to those 20 years ago in later generations. They believed that they could overcome all difficulties in love.

When we really started talking about marriage, we realized that there were so many insurmountable mountains.

Li Long saw the iron orchid in the afternoon.

A girl dressed too simply, with a pretty face, a little thin, and patches on her clothes and shoes. Li Long took a look and shook his head slightly, looking a little complicated.

Because the person who came with her was probably her brother, and his clothes were obviously much neater. Not only were there no patches on them, but they looked quite new. He was not wearing handmade cloth shoes on his feet, but a pair of sneakers.

Tielanhua's brother was obviously familiar with the middlemen here. After entering the yard, he started chatting with those people while Tielanhua carried the basket and waited in line.

This time what they were selling was not licorice, but half a basket of copper coins, which was not light.

Tielanhua would move forward with her basket as she got closer to the person in front of her in each row. Her brother had no intention of helping and just chatted with her.

You're not here to sell things, you're here to supervise your sister's work, right?

Li Long felt that it was a bit too much.

But he didn't go over to help. In this kind of situation, outsiders can't help unless you have the consciousness to resist.

If you are the boss, don't blame others for trying to control you.

This is getting off topic. The main thing is to have the awareness of resistance. Otherwise, others will be unable to help you.

Of course, this also depends on how Sun Jiaqiang handles it.

Li Long remembered that in his previous life he often heard people say that one should not interfere with other people's cause and effect easily, otherwise one would easily be bitten back.

Naturally, he wouldn't say anything easily.

When the girl reached the door, Sun Jiaqiang came out to help carry the basket inside. As he carried it inside, he shouted to the girl's brother outside:
"Iron Soldier, why don't you carry such a heavy thing? Why do you always let your sister carry it?"

The Iron-Gold Soldier didn't dare to offend Sun Jiaqiang, so he smiled and said:
"Hehe, actually I carried it all the way to the yard, and I thought it was only a few steps away..."

It is a good thing and responsible of Sun Jiaqiang to stand up for Tielanhua.

However, it was simple now. When he really wanted to marry Tielanhua, there would be many difficulties.

But it depends on future developments. If Sun Jiaqiang is determined and has this idea, Li Long will definitely help.

It's a little troublesome, but who can blame Sun Jiaqiang for being so capable?

For Li Long, this was just an episode and he had many other things to do.

For Sun Jiaqiang, the existence of Iron Orchid is a touch of brightness in his boring life. He feels that seeing her from time to time and receiving some things from her makes his life wonderful, fulfilling and happy.

Although it is autumn, the seasons of human life are not as persistent as those of the wild animals on the African savannah, which must wait until spring. Autumn or winter are also fine.

Of course, Li Long didn't care about that because he had more important things to do.

Bai Xiuming called. (End of this chapter)