After Qiao Xiaofeng was praised, he smiled embarrassedly, "Do you want to learn, I can teach you, it's not difficult." ”

Chen Mian hesitated for a while, shook his head and refused, "I still don't spoil the fabric." ”

"I mean the same thing as Mianmian. Qiao Jiayue knew her interests and goals, and she didn't want to spend her time on this.

Qiao Xiaofeng was a little disappointed, she looked at Qiao Xiaolong in the cradle on the side, and went into the house to take a small bag of cotton out.

"Xiaofeng, when did your family buy cotton?" Chen Mian asked curiously, their family of four had all the hukou in the city, and they had various coupons every month.

Just a few days ago, Bai Meilan went into the city to get it back, and the cloth tickets were really much less than in previous years, let alone getting cotton, it was useless to have tickets, and there was no goods at all.

"This is what my father sent back, and he will get the ticket from the mine, and he saved it for a long time to change it. Qiao Xiaofeng touched the soft cotton.

"Do you want to make cotton clothes?" Chen Mian reached out and touched a handful of cotton, it was so soft!

"Yes, make a thin cotton coat for Xiaolong, it's cold in winter, and he can't stand it. Qiao Xiaofeng looked at his younger brother dotingly.

Qiao Jiayue touched her arm, "Xiaofeng, you guys are too good to Xiaolong, it's easy to spoil." ”

"Won't spoil it, Xiaolong is very well-behaved. Qiao Xiaofeng shook his head and said, my younger brother is the baby that the whole family has been looking forward to for so long, how can he not be spoiled?

Qiao Jiayue was a little speechless, and no longer tried to persuade her, but fortunately, there was no sign that Wang Xiuhong was mistreating Qiao Xiaofeng, otherwise it would be too much.

Qiao Jiayue and Chen Mian sat for a while, then left Qiao Xiaofeng's house, on the way, Chen Mian asked: "My aunt originally planned to make me a winter coat in winter, but there is not enough cotton, why can't we grow cotton here?"

Qiao Jiayue thought for a while, "Maybe it's a relationship without seeds?"

"Hey, then I'll ask my Abba to ask, if there are cotton seeds, cotton will be planted in the brigade next year. "Chen Mian has been in the Gaoshan Brigade for a long time, and he also regards himself as a member of the brigade.

"Well, you ask your Abba to ask, and I will ask my Abba to ask, maybe you can find a lot of cotton seeds." ”

Qiao Jiayue calculated the time, and her aunt Bai Yushan's reply should be almost there, but I don't know if she sent cotton seeds.

Cotton is a cash crop, and members cannot plant it in private, so it is not easy to get cotton seeds and send them away.

Qiao Jiayue bought a kind of cotton called gray cotton from the mall, the cotton peach is small, the color is light gray, the yield is gratifying, and it is suitable for the southern environment.

The jute planted in the brigade is also made of coarse hemp, which is mostly made into sacks and twine, but to weave it into soft and delicate linen, it requires deeper skills, but no one in the Alpine Brigade has mastered it.

In recent years, there have been many newborns in the Alpine Brigade, and in the coming year, there will be a lot of children running around the ground with bare butts in the brigade.

The supply of cotton cloth in the brigade was already less than in the city, and now that it has been reduced, it is even more difficult to make new clothes.

Qiao Jiayue's clothes, some small old ones, Qiao's mother hasn't thought about who to give them to, as long as a little news is revealed, someone will come to the door to ask for it.

Although it comes with a patch, everyone is like this, and no one will laugh at anyone.

When the two were talking, they had already arrived at home, and Qiao Hongyuan was dealing with the birds, and happened to hear the two girls chattering about seeds, cotton, and other contents.

He was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Let Abba go to the commune or the supply and marketing cooperative." ”

"Ah, is this okay?" In Qiao Jiayue's view, the commune did not do much help at all except to urge production, but was very active in handing over public food and organizing certain activities.

"The decrease in the ration of cotton cloth in the summer notice to the population shows that the cotton production in our country cannot keep up with the volume demanded by the population. We applied for a trial planting of cotton seeds, but we didn't want cotton, so how could the commune not agree?"

If their alpine brigade grows cotton, it is estimated that the whole commune will be famous again.

And if there is more cotton, there will be textile mills, recruitment, fabrics, etc., and the local people will not benefit?

It is true that no one thought about planting cotton before, Qiao Hong said this, and now that he thinks about it deeply, the feasibility is still very high.

Chen Mian listened to Qiao Hongyuan's analysis and nodded, "I'll go tell my father." ”

"Sister Yue'er, you can go with me. She turned her head and invited Qiao Jiayue, which was a little more convincing.

Qiao Jiayue should go down, anyway, she has nothing to do for the time being.

Chen Dongfang listened to his daughter's slow and methodical talk about the idea of planting cotton, and couldn't help but ponder.

"Sounds pretty good, I'll stop by the commune another day. ”

If this cotton is planted well, it will also be a merit.

Seeing that Chen Dongfang agreed, Chen Mian smiled happily and blushed, hugging his arm and coquettishly.

Chen Dong thought about planting cotton next, and said it at a meeting at the brigade headquarters.

Because there is a leap year in the lunar calendar this year, the New Year will not be until the end of February of the 69th year of the new calendar, so this holiday seems to be very long.

However, the members of the club could not relax for a moment, the harvest was not good, the rations were small, and the wheat became the staple food again, and the fields that were closer were planted with the wheat again.

This has not been done in several years, but no one dares to guarantee that the coming year will be smooth, so let's prepare more food.

Because of the shortage of grain, Chen Dongfang mentioned the matter of planting cotton, and most people were against it, and they all believed that all the reclaimed land should be planted with drought-tolerant crops such as sweet potatoes and corn.

"Although food is important, cotton is the same, in winter, where can it be warmed by wrapping in straw?" Chen Dongfang still insisted on his opinion.

The other cadres expressed their opinions, and one of the main reasons for opposition was that the local area had never planted it.

Father Qiao didn't speak, and waited until everyone was almost arguing before he said, "How do you know if you can't do it if you don't try? Did we know that we could grow mushrooms and grass mushrooms? Isn't everything come out step by step?"

In the past few years, the side business of their Alpine Brigade has also been famous in the entire Taoxi Commune.

Other brigades are not envious, but they are afraid of this and sad for a while, and in the end, they just can't let go of their hands and feet to do it, and in the end, they naturally don't achieve anything.

Qiao's father looked back and thought about it, in fact, he dared to let go of his hands and feet, maybe he had his daughter's special ability to back him up.

The family has always supported each other, and there is no saying who is omnipotent and controls all life.

"With the newly opened land to grow cotton, our original arable land area remains the same. If it is not successful, then the sweet potato will be replanted in the later stage, if it is successful, will each family be able to have more cotton clothes?"

"And the captain said that he was looking for seeds from the Commune, so what's the use of us arguing here, it depends on what the Commune says?"

“……”

Everyone else in the office was speechless.

If the leaders of the Commune had decided that this was feasible and had used the Alpine Brigade as a testing ground, they would have received only a lot more benefits.

"Since you don't have any opinions, let's do it. The day after tomorrow, I went to the commune with the branch secretary to do some errands, and by the way, I probed the tone of the commune leaders. ”

Chen Dongfang made a decision to give this matter.

Qiao Yibing didn't speak, his family has many children and grandchildren, and clothes and quilts are never enough.

If cotton could be grown, he would not oppose it, but he also did not support it openly, so he remained silent.