Chapter 8: Getting Rich? Flue-cured tobacco and oil dishes
April 6, 1987, the first day after the Qingming Festival. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After Li Chen finished his daily morning class, Yunhe took Li Chen to the ancestral hall of the village.
Before he entered the courtyard, he heard an unfamiliar voice in the ancestral hall talking loudly.
"Folks, the road in the mountains has been opened, and the government has specially sent a working group to help everyone solve the development problem. It is a good policy to benefit the country and the people, because in the past, the mountain roads were not passable, and the area around Lijia Village was the poorest in the entire Qiannan Prefecture, and the government had no way to help everyone get rid of poverty. But now all the obstacles are gone, so our working group is responsible for explaining the national policy to everyone. In addition, the state plans to encourage the establishment of rural cooperatives in Lijia Village, encourage the cultivation of tobacco in the mountainous areas of our area, and the state guarantees unified purchase and sales ......"
After listening to it for a while, after the cadres finished talking about the policy, Li Chen stabbed Yunhe with his hand. Then standing on tiptoe, Yun He turned to the side when he saw this, and Li Chen just pumped his mouth to Yun He's ear. Li Chen said ten words softly, "If you want to get rich quickly, flue-cured tobacco and gas, and vegetables", then ignored the cloud crane that heard these words like an electric shock, turned around and ran towards the village.
When Li Chen ran home, Li Wuhu was squinting at home and tasting wine. The herbal wine brewed by the Li family has the effect of anti-inflammatory, invigorating blood and clearing the meridians, just to deal with the most common diseases of mountain people, such as rheumatism and shin pain, Li Wuhu brews a batch of wine for the village every year.
Seeing Li Chenfeng rushing in, the wrinkles on the old man's smiling face were all squeezed together, "Chen Wazi, why did you go down the mountain today, come and taste this batch of medicinal wine, grandpa will test your mastery of medicinal wine and heat......
Li Chen casually picked up the wine glass on the table, put it under his nose and smelled it, and then dipped the wine with the tip of his tongue. Smash it, smash it, smash it.
"After another half a month, you can get out of the cellar, and now the aftertaste is still a little astringent."
"Morning baby, you can leave the school." Li Wuhu happily cocked his thumb.
"Grandpa, do we have any tobacco fields at home?" Li Chen pretended to ask casually.
"Yes, our family and your Yunhe grandfather have a total of more than 50 acres of self-reserved land, oh, the big mountain opposite, the entire mountain is our family's self-reserved mountain" What are you asking for?
"Wow, grandpa, our family is a landlord."
"Smack!" Li Wuhu stretched out his hand and slapped Li Chen on the head, "Don't talk nonsense, what kind of landlord is not a landlord?" In the early years, when we were just liberated, the national land reform working group came to demarcate the land boundary, and the mountains within a radius of dozens of miles were assigned to our village. There are more than 100 households, what are we afraid of if we draw some land nearby? ”
"Take me to see our tobacco field, I have something to study." Li Chen took Li Wuhu's hand and walked out regardless of it.
For such a long time, Li Wuhu has become accustomed to the strange thoughts or strange words that come up from time to time from this godgrandson. But his elder brother Yunhe Dao Chang said that this child was born into the world and a person of great blessing, so let Li Wuhu not restrain Li Chen, so as not to lose Li Chen's aura.
The Li family's tobacco field is on the south-facing slope of the valley between the two mountains, and it is the land that Li Wuhu has cultivated by himself in his spare time, and it is about 20 acres. Li Wuhu took Li Chen and walked slowly over there, muttering as he walked: It's not grandpa bragging, there is no more suitable for tobacco than grandpa's land nearby. Whether it is sunlight, sand, water, or fertilizer, the most suitable place is the most fragrant tobacco in the neighborhood every year. ”
The grandfather and grandson walked slowly down the mountain, and it took about half an hour before they finally came to the smoke field that Li Wuhu said. It was on the sandy soil on the southern slope, it was close to noon at this time, and the warm sun shone on the entire hillside, Li Chen quietly pinched the tip of a young leaf bud with his hand and clasped it in his palm. Then he used his mental power to make a coordinate, and informed Arno to send a detection robot to come over at night to carefully analyze the soil, ecology, and genes of tobacco leaves.
Li Chen took advantage of Li Wuhu's interest and asked in detail about the process of tobacco planting. While Arnold must have collected tobacco cultivation techniques in all regions of the planet, it is still up to local conditions. Based on Li Wuhu's plan, he plans to make some improvements to tobacco cultivation in Lijia Village.
"The first step to making money starts with tobacco!"
Just when the grandfather and grandson looked happily at the tobacco field, as if they saw a lot of money flying in the field in the future. A little boy with a tiger's head ran over panting, and when he saw Li Chen find him, he screamed happily. didn't slow down, and there were still 2 steps away from Li Chen, suddenly his hands were open and he jumped up, Li Chen also opened his hands, bent his legs slightly, caught the little boy, and then lifted the little boy high by inertia. Obviously, the two have practiced many times, and they cooperate very tacitly.
This is Li Quanshan's son, Li Dalong, who is 5 years old this year.
The little guy is very smart, and after seeing Li Chen for the first time, he completely became Li Chen's follower. And Li Chen is also willing to get some adapted interstellar fairy tales to tell Li Dalong from time to time, anyway, this kind of story in his mind is enough for him to tell for a lifetime. In this way, under Li Dalong's propaganda (actually showing off), those young children in the village have completely become Li Chen's loyal fans.
After making trouble for a while, Li Dalong remembered, and hurriedly struggled to slide down in Li Chen's arms. The little hand held the corner of Li Chen's clothes and said, "Uncle, my grandfather said to let you go home, he has something to do with you." ”
"Let's go, let's go home with Xiaolong", after speaking, Li Chen smiled at Li Wuhu and signaled, and once again lifted Li Changlong and put it on his shoulder, and Li Changlong also habitually hugged Li Chen's head with his hand, and shouted excitedly, "Drive ......"
Perhaps, Li Chen said to Yunhe, "If you want to get rich quickly, flue-cured tobacco and gas, vegetables" broke the confusion of the old people in Lijia Village, when Li Wuhu and Li Chen returned to their homes, Yunhe and the old people were already sitting in Li's house and talking. Seeing Li Chen come in, Yunhe Daoist smiled unscrupulously at Li Chen, stood up, and clapped his hands.
"The Lord is back, ask Brother Chen if you have any questions. Don't look at him small, he has a lot of knowledge. ”
When Li Chen saw this battle, he was surrounded by these old people and asked back and forth, so he turned his head and wanted to slip away. He was blocked by an old man with a beard, and a lean but powerful hand grabbed him by the neck. When I looked up, it was the old man who was called an old bandit by my grandfather on the first day, that is, Li Quanshan's grandfather, Li Wubao. Li Wubao grinned and pushed Li Chen back. smiled and scolded: "Boy, no wonder they say that you are a ghost and a ghost every day, and they have long prevented you from slipping." Today's words don't make it clear, don't think about leaving, the old and young masters of Lijia Village are waiting for someone to show you the way to live a good life, you can't bear to ......"
At this time, Li Wenfeng also lifted the crutch that he usually kept in his hand, pointed at Li Chen, and then knocked on an empty stool next to him, and said, "Chen Wazi, sit here, the bandits let go, Chen Wazi will not say those ten words to Yunhe if he hides it." ”
Seeing this, Li Chen simply walked over, sat on the stool, and muttered: "For the sake of disrespect for the elderly, a group of old people bullied me an 11-year-old child." ”
"Chen Wazi, if you have an idea, you can say it, and I promise not to look down on you because you are young. Anyway, even Yunhe said that you are a demon, let me see how demonic you are today. Li Wenfeng unceremoniously unveiled the bottom of Yunhe.
Li Chen rolled his eyes at Yunhe, stood up, and made a circle from the periphery. said generously: "Since the elders want the boy to say, then I will say it." ”
"Say, everyone is listening" is Li Wenfeng
"Don't talk nonsense......", it must have been said by the old bandits.
"Then I'll say it, now that the road is open, the biggest problem that has trapped the old Li family for hundreds of years has been solved. But it's only the first step, I guess you haven't thought about how to make this money? Li Chen said this, looked around, and the old people nodded thoughtfully, very satisfied with the old people's reactions. Suddenly, I felt like I was back in the Rice Empire to give a speech to Congress, but unfortunately it was inconvenient to move the holographic projection out.
"To make money, we have to think about several issues. The first is the policy, and now the state has promoted the contract responsibility system for joint production, which has released our enthusiasm for farming. But there is a premise here, the land where the grain is grown cannot be moved, and because the road is open, we must also pay the grain tax. Although the state has reduced our village a lot, it is basically a symbolic part. But you still have to pay, this is the latest extra cost. And the rural economic cooperatives are a good thing, because the government provides us with a legal opportunity to do business. In particular, the state wants us to use the wasteland to grow tobacco, and the state promises to buy it all, that is, we must first open up the wasteland, and then the country will grow as much as the country, but then again, tobacco is also graded. If the land is not well served, the tobacco grade is not enough, we can't make much money, and the same is true for rape. ”
Li Chen said so much in one breath, his mouth was a little dry, so he stopped and picked up a glass of water on the table, no matter who it was, he drank it when he picked it up. After drinking, he wiped his mouth, handed the cup to Yunhe, and motioned for him to pour water. Yunhe just wanted to object, but was glared at fiercely by Li Wenfeng, and obediently went outside to boil water.
"As for me, there are a few ways."
Li Chen held up a finger, "I read a lot of books from Grandpa Yunhe and learned something from books. I can make a fertilizer that can help us increase our grain yield, improve the quality of our tobacco leaves, and improve the oil yield of our rape. But I need someone from the village to help me get it, and I can't get that much on my own. "When I heard that there was this fertilizer, the old man began to stir. Li Wenfeng paused dissatisfied, watched the people quiet down again, looked at Li Chen and said.
"Chen Wazi, grandpa agreed to this fertilizer. You take the recipe yourself, and let the people in the village come and report it tomorrow and listen to your command. ”
Li Chen's second finger also cocked. "Second, I listened to what the village cadres said, and there are two kinds of unified purchasing. A kind of unified purchase of raw materials, that is, we collect tobacco leaves and rape from the geography and sell them directly to the supply and marketing cooperatives, which is the most trouble-free, of course, I think the money is also the least. The other is to purchase processed materials, that is, we roast tobacco leaves by ourselves, process rape oil by ourselves, and then sell them to supply and marketing cooperatives in the name of cooperatives, which will be more troublesome, but the most money. Whether it's baking or better oil extraction, I will. It's easy to learn. It is also possible to bake tobacco at an older age, but there is no electricity in the oil extraction village, because it requires strength, and it must be a male laborer. The old men all looked at Li Chen's raised fingers quietly and did not speak.
Li Chen raised his third finger. "Third, the national policy is not very clear now, so we need to do this in the name of the village collective, and it is easy for individuals to be judged as speculative when they do this business, so the cooperative's business must be done quickly. But how to distribute the money earned, the clan elders need to give a charter, otherwise it will ruin the atmosphere of the clan, and it is better to continue to live a poor life. And whether it's fertilizer, baking, or oil extraction, I only provide technology and am in charge of the church. This leader is still personally elected by the clan elders, and the old and young masters in the village have always treated me Li Chen as their own child, and I, the junior, can't climb to the head of the older generation because of this. ”
After Li Chen finished speaking, he looked at the old people who had been stunned by him, and sat back on the bench.
At this time, Yunhe came over and said viciously: "Stinky boy, take me to the top of the tank again, which book in the Taoist temple is taught to plant." ”
Li Chen glanced at Yunhe: "All things and the five elements are mutually reinforcing, and there are so many recipes for improving the strength of the medicine field with fertilizer in the Taoist medicine book." You don't know how to use it, you know that you read dead books, dead books, no wonder your cultivation has stopped for more than ten years and has not grown. ”
Hearing Li Chen say this, Yun He directly blushed, "Stinky boy, you wait." Don't think about the three treasures. ”
"Master Feng, Grandpa Yunhe wants to threaten me not to read the book because I told the secret of the Taoist family." Li Chen sued Li Wenfeng. Li Wenfeng didn't say a word, picked up the crutch and hit Yunhe, poor Yunhe was falsely accused by Li Chen, but he didn't dare to hide, and he was beaten with a stick. Then he hurriedly explained, "Uncle, I'm joking with that stinky boy, where does my place have any secrets for him, now that he is the master, I am the one who serves him!" You have wronged me......"
Li Wenfeng didn't pay attention to Yunhe, but ordered the old people around him.
"Let's get here first, bandit, after dinner, you go to ring the bell, and in the afternoon the heads of each family will meet in the ancestral hall." Then he turned his head to Li Chen and said, "Baby Chen, don't worry, the whole village of Lijia Village can't lose you." ”
Just after noon, the village bell rang leisurely, "Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......" three times in a row made the chickens and dogs jump in the village all of a sudden. Because according to the rules handed down from the ancestors, the village bell rings three times, which means that there is a major event in the village, and each family must return to their homes, and the head of each household and the eldest son must immediately rush to the village ancestral hall. All of a sudden, the voices of the village calling for their fathers and sons came one after another, and in the chaos, people came to the ancestral hall.
"Second brother, do you know what's going on?"
"I don't know, didn't I just finish sacrificing my ancestors yesterday, and I went to the ancestral hall today, and it is estimated that a few ancestors are clear, and I didn't see that everyone was confused." Before the meeting began, the people below began to talk about it, and suddenly the people in the ancestral hall were chaotic.
Li Wenfeng sat on the right side of the chair in the middle of the ancestral hall, and the left side was empty, which was reserved for the ancestors according to the rules, which meant that the ancestors would listen to anything in the ancestral hall.
Seeing that the people were almost coming, Li Wenfeng paused for crutches, and the heads of households below quickly quieted down.
Li Wenfeng saw that the people were quiet, coughed lightly twice, and cleared his throat. Then he said loudly: "I have called everyone here today because I have a few things to talk about that concern every family. ”
"The first one, after the mountain road is opened, the state sent people to come over to engage in household production contracting, which has been discussed by several of our old people, and every household has to sign it, which is a good thing."
"Second, Chen Wazi has a craft in his hand, which can prepare a kind of fertilizer, increase the yield of grain per mu, improve the grade of tobacco leaves, and increase the oil yield of rape. In order to improve the income of the village, Chen Wazi did not hide her personal interests and took it out, just so that our village can live a good life as soon as possible. Tomorrow, each family will send a young man to listen to Chenwazi's arrangement to make this fertilizer, and the village will distribute it according to the number of fields in each family. ”
"In addition to the grain that has increased production, the village will not raise it, and the income will go to each family. But the ugly words ahead, the matter of increasing the yield of this fertilizer and the matter of the formula are buried in my stomach, if I know who has a loose mouth, through the out, whether it brings trouble to the village or not, the whole family tree is removed, driven out of Lijia Village, this matter, by Wu Bao general. ”
Hearing this, Li Wubao stood in the open space in the middle of the ancestral hall with a black face, hugged his fists and made a statue, and then sat back without saying a word. Li Chen couldn't help muttering in his heart, no wonder the nickname is a bandit, this frame is really murderous, seeing Li Wubao's bright image, Li Wenfeng continued.
"Third, Chen Wazi will also bake tobacco leaves and improve the oil extraction technology, this has also contributed, we asked the official sent down at noon, after the processed tobacco leaves and rapeseed oil, the price of unified sales to the supply and marketing cooperatives is at least nearly 2 times higher than the price of selling tobacco and rapeseed alone. Because the things involved are too big, this thing cannot be sold to the state in the name of a private person, so this craft is not taught to every household. The clan took out the innermost courtyard of the village and changed it into a tobacco bakery and oil mill owned by the village collective, because of the need for male labor, the youth commando road was also repaired, and it could not be disbanded, and all the team members went to work in the baking room and oil mill, striving to lead the village to get rich as soon as possible, and every household to live a good life, after all, the village will rely on young people in the future. ”
"Of course, the young people can't be allowed to work in vain, the clan elders have discussed, and the tobacco and rapeseed collected by each family will be recorded according to the price standard of the state's unified purchase of raw materials, and this money will be processed and sold to the state in the village, and the money received will be settled out of each family's share of the money first. The extra income will be taken out of 2 percent, and 1 percent will be given to the Tiger family to compensate Chen Wazi for contributing his skills. The other 1 percent is given to the commandos, and it is used as their salary. The village draws one percent, half of it is used as a backup for the widowed and lonely elderly and children, and the other half is used as an education fund. In the end, the remaining 7 percent will be divided proportionally according to the grade and amount of tobacco and rape seeds handed over by each family. This matter is mainly handled by the youth commando, and it will be handed over to the general manager of the whole mountain. ”
When Li Wenfeng said this, he stood up with his crutches, lifted his breath, and suddenly raised his voice.
"With Chen Wazi's technology, our Lijia Village will soon have a good life. But this morning, Chen Wazi specifically mentioned that she was worried that after earning money, someone would make the clan uneasy because of the amount of money, so it was better to continue to live a poor life. So today, I deliberately called the ancestors of each family in front of the ancestors, and told the big guy about the regulations discussed by a few of our old guys. ”
"Is this method good, do you have any opinions? If you have something to say ahead, don't say it today, chew your tongue in the future, hurt the heart of the morning baby, and break the unity of the clan, don't blame my old man for asking the ancestors to do you with the rules! ”