Chapter 144, Roasted Corn

After taking the thorny bud to the house, I dug a few pits and planted them, drenched them with some water, and it was over. After not sleeping all night, Li Ya also felt tired, washed and climbed into bed to sleep.

slept deeply, and when he got up, Li Ya looked at his watch, it was five o'clock and thirteen.

When I went to the third master's house, it was not yet the time to start the dojo, and there was not much to do, as soon as Li Ya came, he saw everyone sitting in a cigarette pipe and bragging.

"Nothing to do?" asked Li Ya.

"What can happen now?" said the eldest brother, "come on, blow the chimney." I don't think I've seen you eat a cigarette (smoke, that's what it says here. What about it. "How many people smoke in the countryside who are willing to buy cigarettes? That's money. I grow tobacco leaves at home, cut them into shreds, and smoke them with a cigarette tube.

Li Ya didn't smoke, but he rarely smoked, took the cigarette tube, pulled a small ball from the cigarette pouch, kneaded it round, put it on the cigarette holder, pressed it gently, put the incense on it, pulled out two sips, Li Ya said: "This cigarette tastes okay." ”

"Absolutely. The eldest brother said, "This is grown by my own family, and it is all made from leaves that Ye Zhangxiao can't sell at a price." ”

Li Ya took a few puffs, finished the cigarette in the cigarette holder, put it in another ball, looked at the tobacco in the cigarette pouch, and said, "Which scraped tobacco is this, it is a little thicker." ”

"It took me more than ten minutes to get this point, are you embarrassed to say cool things?" Li Yuanhe said.

"You have to study this hard. Li Ya said, "I have scraped the smoke with a chimney, and the sickle should be flattened, whether it can be scraped or not, the amplitude of the scythe rotation cannot be large, otherwise it will be so thick when it is scraped." "The older generation has experience, and the scraping out is like cutting it with a cigarette cutter. Inexperienced people scrape, look at the beginning did not scrape, the start of the hand, the knife edge is much lower, scraped out of the wide.

"How about the past two years of tobacco planting?" asked Li Ya. Although he gave the (provincial) idea back then, Li Ya has not paid attention to this aspect since then, and he doesn't know what the specific situation is.

"It's fine. The eldest brother said, "In the past few years, there has been a film, and it grows fast, but it has to be drenched with a few waters." "Film is a great tool for growing tobacco, firstly, it can block weeds and muddy water, and secondly, it can increase the soil temperature and accelerate the growth of tobacco. In recent years, tobacco has fertilizer and film, and it has grown much better than in previous years. However, there are also disadvantages, cover the film, the rainwater will not enter, so at the beginning you have to drench water, otherwise the tobacco seedlings are easy to dry up.

"When planting, pour some water first and then punch holes, so that the mud is compact and not easy to lose water, and you can pour one or two dishes. "Other Li Ya don't understand, but two generations of rural people, Li Ya personally participated in tobacco planting in the previous life, and he is very experienced. In his memory, planting tobacco is to pour water, then punch holes, and then transplant, and the tobacco seedlings are not easy to dry up.

"Can it be like this?" the eldest brother thought about it and said, "It also makes sense, last year, your uncle planted a cigarette in Bee Rock, and dozens of cigarettes were trampled by cattle on the side, and if there is no tobacco to make up for it, it will be gone, who knows that there are still six or seven in the back that are not dead, and they are growing well." ”

Growing tobacco is the biggest income of farmers here, growing grain every year, grain prices are controlled, and they can't make a lot of money. In this regard, smokers also contribute greatly to rural development.

"Which one is the fire? I haven't eaten roasted bread grain for a long time, so burn bread grain on the hour to eat. Li Ya asked. Flue-cured tobacco to a professional oven, generally tobacco leaves to go through two to three days of small fire, the temperature slowly rises from room temperature to 334 degrees, and then a day of fire, the temperature rises to more than 40 degrees, and then to the fire drying, generally two days of fire can dry the tobacco leaves. When there is a big fire, the roasted bread grain is the best, and the roasted one is yellow, and it is really fragrant! Since I went out, I haven't eaten the roasted bread grain for several years.

"In the morning, I saw that the land of your old house was full of glutinous grain, you go and skim more, the fourth grandfather's house is a fire. Li Yuanfang said. To eat can be wrapped in grain, it must be glutinous bread grain, which tastes glutinous and chewy, and sticky bread grain is not very good, and it is a grade worse.

Li Ya went back and memorized it, skimmed half of it, and shouted: "Bao Gu is here, if you want to eat, you will burn it yourself." ”

One of the drawbacks of the roasting room is that it can only be burned two or three at a time. When there are few people, it's okay, but when there are many people, those who wait are anxious and can only watch others eat. But the fragrance of the bun is seductive, causing people to swallow their saliva. Li Ya burned two, got out of the way, and wrapped the chaff and sat on the stone on the side of the road. At this time, the eldest brother came over, and Li Ya gave him half of the bread of grain, and he smiled: "Your skills are good, you haven't baked paste yet." ”

"I've been guarding it. Li Ya said, "The fire is too big, and the heat is dead." ”

A few people are divided, and Li Ya only has half of it in his hands. A dozen or so people sat in a row on the stones on the side of the road and moved their mouths.

"Xiaohe, bake one for me. ”

"Bake me one too, roast yellow dots. ”

"I also bake one, I don't need to bake it, as long as it is cooked. ”

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"Roast yourselves. Li Yuanhe turned around and said, "It's very hot, and it's almost the same in other places." As he spoke, he pointed to his face, which was covered in sweat.

"Look at the buns, it's going to be paste. Li Ya shouted, Li Yuanhe hurriedly turned around and took out the bag for inspection.

A group of young people here are laughing with Bao Gu, attracting a few older ones. A few uncles came over, and Uncle Mingzhong said, "I heard your voice from afar, did you eat the steamed buns?"

"Gotta eat half of it. The eldest brother laughed.

"Xiaowen, is it burned?" the uncle saw that Li Yuanwen was burning, and said, "Let's burn a few first." ”

"Uncle, why don't you burn it yourself, I'll burn it half-baked. Li Yuanwen said. In fact, they are all afraid of heat.

"Half-baked, don't be afraid, I'll command you, it will definitely be yellow and scorched when it is burned, and it will be very comfortable. Uncle said. Uh, people can't burn it well? People are afraid of the heat! Li Yuanwen smiled bitterly and could only continue to burn.

Uncle Mingcheng saw that a group of young people were there, and it happened that the pharmaceutical company couldn't make up his mind about something, so he spoke up and let everyone come up with ideas. So he said, "You young people are all here, and now there is something that is not easy to do, and you give you an idea." ”

Seeing everyone looking at him, he continued: "The pharmaceutical factory of our production team, after the last expansion, basically meets the drug needs of the group, what should we do after that?"

"Produce other kinds of medicine. Li Yuanfang said.

"Even if you produce other kinds of medicines, you can't produce much, and it's hard to sell too much. Uncle Mingcheng said, "You can't produce every kind of product, right? And there are many types, and it is troublesome to manage." ”

"Also, the transportation here is inconvenient, the population is small, the economy is backward, and we can't afford to raise a large factory. Li Yuanjing said.

"Then go outside to build a factory!" the second brother said, "Let's go to Shanghai, we are familiar with each other over there, and we have a care." And the transportation over there is convenient, the population is large, and the economy is good. ”

"I thought about it for a few days and decided that I should go outside and build a factory. The economy outside is good, the market is big, and it is better than nesting in the county. However, I haven't been outside yet, so I don't know what it's like outside. Uncle Mingcheng said.

"In a few days, when things are over, you can go over and have a look, and you will know if it will work. Li Ya said, "It's easy to build a factory, that is, to produce drugs that can be sold." "Pharmaceutical sales, Li Ya and they can't help much, their business has nothing to do with medicines.

"We have also accumulated some over the years, and there are two drugs that have very good efficacy and should be well promoted. As long as these two drugs are promoted and made famous, it will be easier later. Uncle Mingcheng said.

"Anyway, now that the pharmaceutical factory is already on such a large scale, it is not good to stay here all the time, since there are two good medicines in hand, let's go and try it." Even if it fails, it's a big deal to shrink back, lose some money, and transfer the factory out. Li Ya said, "If you don't go out, you can only go on like this, and no matter how much you develop, you can't develop anywhere, and you may have great development when you go out." ”

"Since you support it, then the pharmaceutical factory will go out and break in, and it's a big deal to come back and continue. Uncle Mingcheng said.

"You give ideas to the drug factory, or you also give ideas to the village. Uncle Mingzhong said, "I deserve to be the village party secretary, and I don't have Mingcheng, the group leader, An Yi." ”

"Village?"

"Village ......"

"There's nothing we can do in the village. Li Yuanfang said, "Our village is like this, everyone knows that there is no mine and no geographical advantage, what can be done?"

"yes. What to develop? Feed pigs and cattle, plant flue-cured tobacco, go out to work? Now that you have all these things, what else can you do?" Li Yuanhe also said.

"That's it here, there's no big development. To say, in addition to these, you can grow medicinal herbs, don't we have a pharmaceutical factory? There is also tea, you can also grow tea, as long as the scale is large, sell it yourself or ask someone to collect it. Li Ya said, "But we can't make much money, who told us that this is a remote area in the southwest." ”

"There's no way on our side. If you want to change, if you want to live a good life, you can only go out. The second brother said, "Do a good job and become a rich man." Even if it is poor, it is much better to work as a coolie than to farm at home. "Going outside, too, is dangerous. There are many people in the city, and there are many people who are idle and out of the way, not as good as in the village. Maybe I don't know when I encountered a dangerous element and lost my life, although this kind of thing has been severely (cracked) a lot less, but there are still some such things. Every year, a number of people go missing, especially young women. In addition, when you go out, you may follow others and learn badly, and embark on the road of breaking the law and committing crimes. Anyway, for the people here, if they want to live a better life, they can only go outside.

"It seems that there is no way. Uncle Mingzhong sighed. He has been in the village all these years, and he also wants to do something for the village, but he has nowhere to start. He often envies those villages (cadres) in the east, where they have a geographical advantage, and even if a pig sits in that position, they can develop the village.