Da Si Nong: I really don’t want to farm

Chapter 4 It’s not nice to hear this, but I’ll say it here first

The peach forest on the back mountain was planted during the village collective period.

This is also the origin of Taoyuan Village.

But the peach forest had no one to take care of it and had long been abandoned.

Even if the peach trees produced peaches, they were sour and astringent, and the peaches were very small.

No one in the village eats it!

Peach trees are in their juvenile stage 1-3 years after planting, with vigorous growth but a low fruit setting rate.

The peak fruit-bearing period is 4-15 years, and generally it enters the peak fruit-bearing period 5-7 years after planting.

The length of time the peak fruit-bearing period lasts varies greatly depending on the variety, management level, planting density, tree shape and other conditions, and can generally last up to about 15 years.

Those peach trees on the back hill are more than 30 years old.

This is also the reason why the peach forest on the back mountain is abandoned.

"If you want to plant peach trees or other fruit trees, you can contract other mountain land." Xu Chengyang said, "There are many hills in the village. The peach forest in the back mountain..."

That old peach tree doesn't even bloom well, how do you expect it to bear fruit?
Clearing and replanting is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly, so it would be better to contract other hills.

"I dare to undertake it, so I'm sure of it." Xu Yue said, "When I have something ready, why should I wait and see? I don't know how long it will take for the new trees to bloom and bear fruit."

“But those old peach trees.”

Xu Jiangming said with some concern.

The peach blossoms are blooming this year.

There is a large peach forest on the back mountain, but the peach blossoms are sparse.

And many peach trees are infested with insects.

"Don't worry!" Xu Yue said, "I have a friend who is an expert in this field. I consulted him, and those old peach trees can be cultivated."

Friends are naturally an excuse.

The reason why Xu Yue had this idea was that he practiced the magic of rain in the back mountain last night. Today, he went to see that the dozen or so peach trees that were rained on were not only in full bloom, but also full of vitality.

Well, that’s not the point!

Xu Yue's current spiritual rain technique can only cover a dozen peach trees.

Moreover, the Hunyuan Qi in Dantian was completely consumed after just a few moves.

He is not worried about this consumption.

Because he discovered that in addition to plowing the land, other farm work such as weeding, watering, sowing seeds, etc., can make the "Yandi Hunyuan Fundamental Sutra" work and condense the Hunyuan Qi.

What's more, he can not only use the spiritual rain technique to water the peach trees, but also gradually draw the energy of the earth veins and turn the land of the peach forest into spiritual soil.

You can even cultivate those peach trees into spiritual plants.

Of course, he is still a weakling now, and this is a long process.

But it's a good start.

Apart from anything else, he can use the spiritual rain technique to give new life to those old peach trees, so that they will naturally bloom and bear fruit.

There may even be a harvest this year!
Contracting the peach orchard on the back mountain is naturally more cost-effective than contracting a new hill to plant fruit trees.

The effect will naturally be quick.

As for vegetables
Xu Yue thought that the vegetables watered with spiritual rain would not be bad!

"I'll go ask Uncle Chengmin later." Xu Jiangming sighed and said.

Xu Chengmin is the village chief of Taoyuan Village and is of the same generation as Xu Yue’s grandfather.

However, he is much younger than Xu Yue’s grandfather Xu Chengyang.

Now in his early sixties.

"Contract the back mountain? The mountain behind the peach orchard?" Xu Chengmin said in surprise, "That peach orchard is ruined! Why are you suddenly thinking of contracting the back mountain?"

"It's not me, it's my kid." Xu Jiangming shook his head and said.

"Xiao Yue?" Xu Chengmin said, "He wants to take over the rear mountain. He won't be returning to Yanjing?"

"He's not going back for now. He said he wants to see if he can bring some changes to this mountain village." Xu Jiangming said, "I can't persuade him!"

"Really?"

Xu Chengmin was filled with surprise when he heard this.

Xu Yue is not the only college student who came out of the village.

But whether it was the university he attended or his achievements after graduation, Xu Yue was undoubtedly the most dazzling. He actually returned to the village to develop?
Isn’t he doing very well in Yanjing?
"Oh!"

Xu Jiangming was speechless.

Our whole family is in trouble, and you are happy here. Uncle Chengmin, is it really okay for you to be like this?

"Uncle Chengmin, let's talk about contracting the back mountain." Xu Jiangming said.

"No problem!" Xu Chengmin said, "I'll get the best price for Xiaoyue. But the peach trees are old and rotten! They don't bear many peaches anymore, and the ones that do are sour and astringent, inedible! There are still many hills in the village. Would you consider it?"

He contracted the back mountain probably for the peach orchard.

"No need!" Xu Jiangming said, "He said those old peach trees can be replanted."

"Recultivate? Really? That's good!" Xu Chengmin nodded and said, "How long will you be contracting for?"

The contract was awarded quickly.

The contract was given to Xu Yue personally by the old village chief.

The contract period is fifty years, and the cost is fifteen thousand per year.

This works out to more than ten yuan per mu.

There are only a few dozen acres of peach trees in the back mountain, but there are even more wastelands.

Xu Yue contracted it together.

We’ll make plans for those wastelands later.

"You won't have to pay for it, will you?" Xu Chengmin said, "If it were just a barren mountain, it wouldn't cost that much. The main thing is the peach forest, even if it's useless."

Even if the peach forest is abandoned, it is still a peach forest!
"I shouldn't have to pay for it." Xu Yue said, "I'm still very willing to accept this price. As long as I don't wait until I sell the peaches and make money and then something unexpected happens."

The peach orchard belongs to the village collective. If the peaches make a lot of money, the old village chief may not do anything, but what about the other villagers?
Who can guarantee it?

"Let's see who dares!" said the old village chief. "You can make money, that's your ability!"

Xu Yue smiled. It might not be nice to hear what he said, but he said it first.

The peach trees in that orchard were not planted densely, with only about fifty peaches per acre.

Dozens of acres, that means at least thousands of peach trees!
Even if a peach tree produces 200 kilograms of peaches, it can still be sold for a few hundred dollars, right?
That’s tens of thousands of dollars!
In fact, there is definitely more than that.

Not to mention the peach production, even the price of peaches is definitely higher than that of ordinary peaches.

Watered by the spiritual rain, the taste must be good and the price will rise accordingly.

He contracted the property for fifty years and spent only seventy-five thousand dollars in total.

Maybe it will pay off in a year.

It's not surprising that some people are jealous.

After getting the contract, Xu Yue began to move forward.

The peach forest needs to be weeded and watered
For this purpose, Xu Yue went down to the city several times and bought back a lot of seeds and seedlings.

As for Lingyu, she basically does it secretly at night.

"What are you doing?"

Li Xiurong watched as Xu Yue got a foam box from somewhere and then carried the soil into the house.

"I bought some ginseng seeds to see if I can plant them!" Xu Yue smiled.

Can it?

He thinks he can.

The box of soil was his masterpiece of the past few days.

It contains spiritual power, so it is not inappropriate to call it spiritual soil. When watered with spiritual rain, it is inevitable that ginseng will be grown.

The only problem is that the quality of the crops grown is uncertain.

"Ginseng?"

Li Xiurong exclaimed in surprise, but said nothing.

Their village was backward, but not isolated from the outside world. Naturally, they had heard that ginseng could be grown, but its value was far less than that of wild ginseng.

What's more, a big reason why she was able to marry Xu Yue's father was that Xu Yue's grandfather sold a wild ginseng, gave enough betrothal gifts, and built a big house.

She was naturally impressed by the ginseng.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for ginseng, it would be a problem whether Xu Yue was there or not.

(End of this chapter)