Chapter 14 Autumn Planting
When the grandfather went to the district the next day, he informed the commissioner by the way. In the afternoon, the commissioner on a bicycle took his secretary to Yangjia Village. Yang Dongxu, who was playing with his sister on the threshing floor, was brought closer to the house.
"Teacher, this ......" When Yang Dongxu entered the room, Chen Weimin just put down the paper in his hand and looked at his teacher with a somewhat solemn face.
"What did he write, what do you ask him?" Zhou Yiren said, pointing to Yang Dongxu, who had just come in.
This made Chen Weimin, who had a somewhat solemn face, stunned, and turned his head to look at Yang Dongxu, a little kid.
"What some old farmers say is much more useful than the experience in some of your long books, and besides, the ambition is not old. Looking at the appearance of his student, Zhou Yiren knew what he was thinking in his heart, so he spoke.
"Teacher, he'...... This ......" Chen Weimin had a wry smile on his face, and he wanted to say something to find that his teacher's expression did not look like a joke, and the handwriting on the paper in his hand was not his teacher's, it did look a little immature to write to the child, he not only looked at Yang Dongxu seriously.
I also like my little brother Chen Weimin very much, not to mention being smart and clever, and he looks very sensible. But when it comes to Wuli Town, a township with a population of 50,000, he always feels a little unreliable.
"Can you briefly tell me about your article?" adjusted his mentality, Chen Weimin still chose to believe his teacher, and said to Yang Dongxu.
But obviously not choosing to believe it completely, this question is obviously also an exam question, if Yang Dongxu can't even say what is written on the paper, then there is no need to ask again.
Glancing at his teacher's appearance, Yang Dongxu knew that he couldn't hide today, so he sat down on his small stool.
"Material things are the basis of economic development, simply put, you have something in your hands, you have goods and then you can sell them, or exchange them with other people for what you want.
The material basis of the countryside is grain, and only by increasing the output of grain can we have enough to eat, and the surplus grain after eating can be fed to pigs, chickens, etc., so that when the pigs and chickens grow up, they can be sold as commodities for money and buy other things they need......"
In the article, Yang Dongxu said very generally, but it was very pertinent. He did not talk about how to open up the trading market and how to promote mutual trade with the peasants, but proposed how to enrich the basic materials of the peasants.
Grain is the most basic thing for farmers, only grain is enough, and the stomach is full. Only then will the peasants want to get more things to enrich their material life, and when the material life has improved to a certain level, they will begin to pursue a spiritual life.
Therefore, the first thing to do to promote economic development is to let the peasants have their stomachs full, and if you don't promote it when you are full, the peasants will spontaneously form a market. Yang Dongxu's entire article has a feeling of moist rain and silence.
And the proposed approach, and the things to be done, are not radical. This is because whether it is collective labor in the past few years or subcontracted to households now, increasing grain production has always been one of the policies.
Although the purpose of Yang Dongxu's entire article is to liberalize the economy and allow businessmen who are called the tail of capitalism to appear, the operational method has turned a corner, and people cannot find the slightest fault.
"Teacher, this ...... This is really ......" After listening to Yang Dongxu analyze and explain all the contents of the article one by one, Chen Weimin looked at Yang Dongxu as if he was looking at a monster.
If he didn't know what his teacher was, he would have thought that his teacher had asked Yang Dongxu to carry these things in advance. A child who is less than seven years old with such a mature mind and talent is really, really......
"If you find it useful, you can take some measures to implement it, and don't say anything else. Zhou Yiren waved his hand. Looking at Yang Dongxu's eyes with a smile, he was obviously very satisfied with his student's performance today.
"It's useful, it's so useful, not only in Wuli Town, but even if it's put in the whole area, it can be implemented in the whole area, and increasing grain production is a slogan that must be shouted every year, no, every day, and I can implement this slogan, not only will there be no problems, but the superiors will give me credit. Chen Weimin said with some excitement.
Chen Weimin hurriedly came to Yangjia Village, sat for less than two hours and left in a hurry.
The next day, the whole area was in motion and began to carry out a plan - to find fertilizer.
Chemical fertilizer is a scarce thing in this era, and it is also a weapon for growing crops, and with it, food can't be high-yielding. But how to get fertilizer is a problem.
It's obviously not good to just go out and buy, so Zhou Yiren gave a way to teach people to fish is not as good as teaching people to fish, fertilizer production is not complicated, and it doesn't require too high technology, so getting the machinery back to open a fertilizer factory is definitely a win-win situation, Chen Weimin also thinks so.
When the wheat began to be sown in the autumn, Yang Dongxu didn't know whether the fertilizer factory had been established, but Yang Dongxu knew that Wuli Township had brought back several large cars of fertilizer, because the people of Yangjia Village also went to receive the fertilizer.
That's right, it's not to buy, and farmers at this time are still a little bit less trusting of fertilizers, and it is estimated that no one will buy them if they ask for money. Even if it is brought back, it is mandatory, and the village chief must supervise the scattering into the ground.
"Mr. Zhou, are these pungent powders really useful?" asked the grandfather, who was squatting on the ground, a little worried.
Crops are the lifeblood of farmers, and sprinkling those pungent powders into the fields can increase the yield of wheat by hundreds of catties.
"Don't worry, this is a good thing like a secret recipe, although the yield is limited because of the small increase, but next year will definitely be more food than this year. Zhou Yiren smiled and comforted.
"Not too much, just a lot. The grandfather gritted his teeth and showed an ugly smile.
After the autumn harvest, Yangjia Village slowly stopped selling aquatic products in the district, the yellow eels and loaches have begun to cat's winter, and the fish in the river have decreased in number after a summer of fishing, and they need to recuperate. Fishing in the dry water is not an option for farmers who want to live a good life now, so all trading has begun to slowly stop.
However, it is already foreseeable that this year will have a fat year, and after the public grain is paid, there is a lot of grain left in the granary of each family. Although it is not possible to eat three meals a day, it is still possible to barely eat enough with some dried red taro and other grains, instead of only mixing half a bag like before.
It's just that the grandfather who saw the fertilizer sprinkled in the king's land was a little bad, and I don't know what will happen next year.
After the autumn planting, the people in the countryside were idle, and after a few days, they saw that the wheat seedlings were growing green, and the market was very good, and the peasants who were originally worried finally put their hearts into their stomachs, and then began to make adobe molds to build a side house, or a pigsty or something.
The production of adobe is very simple, mix some wheat bran or crushed wheat straw into the mud, fill it into a mold and smash it, then remove the mold and put the adobe about one foot wide and two feet long on the ground to dry, and finally use it as a brick to build a house.
Brick houses are still a luxury for today's peasants, and adobe houses are the main color of the countryside. Seeing the adobe, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but think of red bricks. At present, some families in the countryside pay attention to the use of ordinary green bricks, not most of them are still building houses in adobe, and red bricks are good things that only urban people can afford.
In fact, there is not much technical content in the firing of red bricks, as long as you get a brick kiln to control the high temperature. Thinking about the fact that his house leaked when it rained, and the adobe house would either crack in a few years, or the walls would start to crooked, Yang Dongxu felt that he should do something.
"Brother, my brother-in-law is here, and my father asked you to go to the back house. Not long after returning home from the field, Yang Dongxu's uncle shouted through the wall.
Yang Dongxu has no good impression of this uncle (father's younger brother) in two lives, and sums up that this uncle is good at what he eats, what he does and what he does, and he is a moth.
But the tradition of loving the old man is everywhere, although his youngest son is a little unmixed, and several family affairs mentioned in the past few years have not been withdrawn for a long time, and even in the past two years, no one has said anything about matchmaking, but Yang Dongxu's grandparents still hold him in the palm of their hands.
"I'll take a look. Dad Yang smiled awkwardly at his wife, turned around and walked out of the house.
"Hmph, don't you know who you are after a few comfortable days?" Mama Yang snorted coldly, as if she didn't see her brother-in-law.
In the summer, I went to the district several times to trade without accidents, so many of them were moved. After all, although Yang Dongxu's family understands the truth that wealth is not exposed, they can't bear the probing of the neighbors like spies.
So the news of Yang Dongxu's family and the village chief's family making a fortune spread far and wide, although no one dared to say anything about the majesty of the grandfather, but many of them also secretly went to the district several times, but unfortunately they couldn't find the way, so they began to come to the door to prepare for a partner.
Among them, there is naturally Yang Dongxu, an uncle, who was brought by his grandfather to talk in person. But the transaction of Dad Yang is just a delivery, most of the things are handled by Yang Dongxu's grandfather and grandfather, and the door of the supply and marketing cooperatives is not something that anyone can enter if they want to.
So Dad Yang couldn't make the decision, so he invited the eldest grandfather and Yang Dongxu's little grandfather to talk about it. The eldest grandfather didn't say anything, but Yang Dongxu's little grandfather turned his face at that time.
Pointing at Dad Yang's nose, he roared, saying that if he was willing to quit love, whoever would come in would come in. For this reason, Yang's father and Yang's mother also quarreled, and the relationship with Yang Dongxu's grandparents deteriorated even more. During the autumn harvest, Yang Dongxu's grandparents helped other irrelevant people harvest crops across the ditch, and they didn't come to help Yang Dongxu's family harvest it, so the two families didn't speak for more than a month.
In fact, Yang Dongxu's little grandfather didn't want to eat alone, but went to the district to trade, although there was no problem, but many people began to talk strangely. There were several times when I went to Director Li's house to deliver things, but they were almost returned.
At this time, I don't want to make a lot of money and pull people in, do you want to do it anymore? Okay, today you pulled your brother in and traded a little more, is the grandfather's family red-eyed and unbalanced, will you also pull someone in?
You pull a person, he pulls a person, not to mention that the autumn trading is almost stopped, even if such a large team is at the busiest time, Director Li dares to let you enter the door?