Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 46: Planting the Rice

The convoy that picked up Lao Yu drove directly into Yujia Village.

Yu Laoliu, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the AMG Benz. He asked his two sons to light firecrackers and rushed over with his wife in tears.

"My second brother, you are finally back."

"Yeah, I'm back."

For Old Yu and his mother, half a year has passed and Yujia Village has become extremely unfamiliar.

It's not just the things in front of you, but also the villagers who I had little contact with in the past but now greet you warmly.

If it weren't for the highway in the distance and that damn bridge tunnel, the couple would have thought they had come to the wrong place and recognized the wrong people.

"Woo-wah, blow it!" (Suona)

"Here are the people on stilts, hurry up!"

"Yangzi, fight!"

I don’t know if it’s because they are too poor or because the customs in different places are different.

Lion and dragon dances are not popular in Shiliying during major festivals, grand celebrations, weddings or funerals.

Instead, they play suona, walk on stilts, and harvest rice.

There is no need to say much about the first two.

Although the word "yang" is included in the dance, it is completely different from yangge.

The general idea is to gather the most sturdy and strong men in the village, wear golden clothes, put on golden headscarves, tighten their trouser legs and cuffs, each of them has two drumsticks in his hand, and add a gong and a drum on his waist.

Start with a horse stance, then step on the ground with your left and right feet in turn, and then you can do farm work, such as digging the ground, weeding, pulling up seedlings, holding the plow, shaking the hoe, driving the cart, stacking, tamping, putting down the edges, and lifting the top...

All the movements are rough and fierce, all kinds of steps are simple and steady, and people are shouting "Hey Ha Ho Yo" from the mouth. From a distance, it looks majestic, passionate and unrestrained, with a strong sense of rhythm.

The diligence and heroism of the people of western Shandong are demonstrated everywhere.

But it is like the water culture in the south, mixed with some of the style of mountain villages and the spirit of righteous bandits.

It is said that this folk dance originated from the shamans of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and is often used for praying for blessings, exorcising evil spirits, demonstrating, and celebrating a good harvest.

When he was a child, Yu Yang had seen scenes of thousands of people. The sound of their footsteps drowned out the noise of gongs and drums, and the ground could be felt shaking from a long distance away.

Later, the commune was disbanded, and people's hearts were no longer as united. In addition, every household had its own things to do, and fewer and fewer people were willing to cooperate with the training.

Probably since the temple fair on February 96, , Shiliying has never held the rice harvesting event again.

Now let their 156 strong men perform, with uniform movements and deep and powerful roars, the whole scene is far more shocking than ever before.

As a result, the ceremonial performances have become the focus of people's attention and appreciation.

There were also people watching on the highway.

“It’s really exciting to watch!”

"Are they practicing martial arts?"

"It's too early to film Water Margin."

Just as more and more people gathered on the highway.

The director of the investment promotion office rushed over pulling a raft cart, "Bean sprouts, fresh bean sprouts, a local specialty, you can't buy them if you miss them..."

"How do you sell it?"

"15 yuan a box."

"So expensive?!"

"Look at the brand, exported to Russia!"

The onlookers picked it up and took a look.

Name: Organic soybean sprouts.

Place of Origin: Shiliying.

Company name: Dongshan Province...

Type: Organic vegetables.

Shape: As shown in the picture.

Seeds: Native wild soybean.

Ingredients: Carbon, calcium, potassium, vitamin B, vitamin C, carotene, ascorbic acid...

Efficacy: diuretic, anti-edema, digestion aid, blood pressure regulation, bowel cleansing and laxative.

Suitable population: general population, hypertensive population, and constipation patients.

Contraindications: People who are allergic to bean sprouts should avoid eating it.

Not suitable to eat together: None.

Ways to eat: stir-fry, mix cold, pickle, and hot pot.

Production date:……

Expiration date for storage at room temperature:……

Refrigerated storage expiration date: ...

“Shouldn’t the export be in English?”

The director of the investment promotion office took out a Russian label on the spot and said, "I'll put it on you, but you won't understand it."

"It looks like it's real. Give me two boxes!" The village shill shouted as he opened the trunk of the Santana.

The investment promotion was a great success, and this 80% new car awarded by the county as a reward finally came in handy.

Immediately afterwards, three Santanas that had just returned from the county town also pulled over.

Immediately, a Mercedes-Benz with license plate number 66666 came to a sudden stop. The village chief rolled down the window of the cab and said, "Hey, old man, give me 10 boxes!"

Driven by so many hired help, people on the highway no longer thought the price was too high and quickly bought out all the raft carts.

far away.

The deputy township chief also pulled a raft cart and delivered the remaining dozens of boxes of hot pot vegetable packs to the highway.

"cucumber!"

"Chrysanthemum!"

“Hotpot gift packages are cheap!”

I have to say that car owners these days are really rich.

Whenever someone stops to ask the price, there is no one who refuses to buy.

……

...

Lao Yu’s welcoming banquet was held in the old plastic shed No. 2.

This 2.25-acre site has undergone another tremendous change after careful arrangement by my sister-in-law.

The ground is paved with flower brick paths and surrounded by bamboo fences.

In the distance, there are gourd vines, cucumber vines, and loofah vines hanging down, and nearby there are patches of eggplants, tomatoes, green and red peppers planted...

There are also donkey-drawn mills, hand-pushed mills, stone rollers, tofu workshops, bean curd drying areas, and dried noodle drying areas...

If the north side of Shiliying had not been prohibited from digging canals to prevent the Yellow River from bursting its banks, perhaps there would still be houses with small bridges and flowing water.

The benches and square tables were set up on both sides of the three flower-brick paths. When all the villagers arrived, the second, third, fourth, and other sisters-in-law who came from the brick kiln to help opened their respective earthen stoves, put out plates of delicious food, and asked the young men in the village to bring them to the table.

Yu Quezi, who was in charge of counting the number of people, roughly counted the heads and picked up the trumpet, "Let's have dinner!"

156 strong men took the lead in holding up large bowls of wine, "Welcome the old village chief home!"

"Old creditor?"

Old Yu's face changed and he became extremely nervous.

He turned his head to look at his only child, "Why are there so many?"

“There will be more to come.”

"???"

Yu Yang just thought that Lao Yu was asking about the number of strong men, so he replied casually and continued to look through the gift list.

Township Secretary 200
Township head 100.

Deputy township head: 100.

Director of Investment Promotion Office: 100.

"Strange, how come the village suddenly has money?"

"You don't know?" Uncle Six came up to me. "The village has set up a township-run enterprise, which mainly serves high-quality customers on the highway. For example, the bean sprouts in the thermos box have a wholesale price of 2 yuan. Even if you take them to Beijing, you can only sell them for 5 yuan at most. But on the highway, the starting price is 15 yuan."

"Isn't this too dark?"

Uncle Six raised his eyebrows, "Have you never eaten a box lunch on a train?"

"..."

……

Eat and drink until nine o'clock in the evening.

The welcoming banquet finally ended.

Yu Yang brought Old Yu, Yu's mother, and home economics teacher Zhang to the east side of the parking lot.

The houses here are used to house strong men. They all have four bedrooms, two living rooms and a kitchen, with a small courtyard of 50 square meters and a dry toilet.

Although there are no sewage pipes and no collective heating yet, the conditions are definitely far better than in the previous houses.

Come to the living room.

Chairs, stools, beds and cabinets are all made of welded steel pipes and steel plates, and then covered with wooden boards or plywood.

"This is the company's collective supply. If you don't like it, just return it and buy something you like."

Yu Yang held a cigarette in his mouth, squinted his eyes, took out a specially prepared wallet, counted out a stack of specially prepared blue Great Man banknotes, and handed it to Lao Yu, "Second child, if it's not enough, call me later, we are not short of money now."

"???"

"Oh, you're speaking the truth after drinking."

"I've tolerated you for a day!"

……

Early the next morning.

The convoy heading to the northeast sent news that it had passed Shanhaiguan.

The journey was relatively safe, and we only encountered robbery twice.

Yu Yang hung up the phone, got up, washed, and walked to the window on the second floor of the small western-style building to take a look at the courtyard of Old Yu's family.

Mom is tidying the yard.

Old Yu has already signed in for work and is now sitting in the message room at the south gate of the parking lot, flipping through the newspapers that were distributed in the township compound today.

"now it's right."

"Men become bad when they have money. I don't want to have a few more half-brothers and half-sisters to compete with me for billions of assets."

After washing up, Yu Yang wrapped himself in a military cotton coat, put on a locomotive cap, and stepped on cashmere high rubber boots, and came to Yujia Village.

All the strong men in the brick kiln have been evacuated.

Together with the main force remaining in Yujia Village, the total number of people is 156.

Each person owns one mu of land, and each family also has a real plastic greenhouse for planting 15.6 acres.

According to the standards for building a kang at home, a plastic greenhouse covers an area of ​​2.25 acres.

15.6 divided by 2.25 is approximately 7 seats.

If you don't use flowing water planting.

A single plastic greenhouse produces 750 baskets of bean sprouts in the morning, 750 baskets in the afternoon, and 1500 baskets throughout the day.

1500x7 seats, total 10500 baskets.

If you use flowing water planting.

That is to say, the seven plastic greenhouses are divided into zones so that the number of farmers per unit area reaches saturation. The farmers plant and the women harvest, the women harvest and the men load the crops, then the laborers loosen the soil and the old men spread manure...

Yu Yang calculated it many times and was shocked to find that the yield of flow-through planting was not as high as that of conventional planting.

The single-seat output is 2500. In the morning, the east, middle and west areas of shed 1 are planted; at noon, the east, middle and west areas of shed 2 are planted; and at 3 pm, the east, middle and west areas of shed 3 are planted.

Then it was evening and it was no longer possible to plant in plastic greenhouses No. 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Final production was only 7500.

Yu Yang thought for a moment and understood.

There are not enough people and the assembly line cannot run smoothly.

He thought for a moment and immediately changed the planting method back to the original method.

A plastic greenhouse covers 2.25 acres, and one farmer is responsible for one acre of land, which is managed by 23 people.

7 plastic greenhouses require 161 people.

There are 156 farmers in the family, and 5 farm wives.

In this way, men and women work together and the work becomes less tiring.

A single seater can produce 1500 baskets per day, and with a total of seven seats, the daily output is 7 baskets.

The wholesale price of a single basket is 90 yuan, and the daily income is 94.5 yuan.

However, some of the bean sprouts are packaged in smaller boxes. Even after deducting the packaging fees, the profit is still much higher than that of bean sprouts packed in baskets.

In this way, you can earn at least one million a day.

"A Millionaire a Day..."

Yu Yang pondered and looked at the plastic greenhouse plan again.

In addition to 7 real plastic greenhouses, the family currently has 23 fake plastic greenhouses.

These things cost money to buy, so they can't just sit there idle.

Just plant some random seeds and you can stop the loss.

“Since our own bean sprouts taste better, why not take out a real plastic greenhouse, let the bean sprouts fully mature, then plant the seeds in the fake plastic greenhouse, wait until they mature again, and calculate the soybean yield per acre.”

"In this way, the 3 mu of factory area can be reasonably utilized, and at the same time, a new seed business will be added."

(End of this chapter)