The autumn of 1987 came in a busy way. Different from other places, Yangjiawan, which is far away in the mountains, is not "a leaf and knows autumn", and the pines and cypresses and sycamores all over the mountains are still green. Except for the stacks of grass, there is no difference between early autumn and midsummer.

Guoqiang's fish pond has begun to take shape, more than two acres of corn land has become a square pit, two electric pumping machines are erected next to the waterhole of the small river ditch, and the blue and quiet water in the deep pool is sent to the fish pond more than 100 meters high, gushing out of the water pipe, turning into a white water column.

Guoqiang's two faces also followed the flow of water. It won't be long before you can put fish fry in this fish pond, as long as you do it properly, you can go down in a net and get a lot of tickets! The equipment, feed and fish fry were all contacted by Ding Sheng, and the equipment and feed were bought in the county seat, and the fish fry Ding Sheng personally sent them to the Shiqiao Power Station. Not only that, Ding Sheng also found a fish farmer for Guoqiang, who came to his home to do technical guidance.

Despite this, Guoqiang did not dare to slack off to go to his father-in-law's house for the autumn harvest. Shufang is a particularly hard-working woman, and now the doll is following her grandmother, rolling up her trouser legs, raising her sleeves, and harvesting the rice in her mother's field in a few days.

It's a good autumn. After the rice was basically dried, Yang Zegui made a preliminary estimate with a basket that the yield of rice this year could reach 4,000 catties. This can be said to be a staggering figure, with a yield of nearly 500 kilograms per mu, which is double that compared to ten years ago. This is all thanks to the promotion of hybrid rice and the use of chemical fertilizers.

In Yangjiawan, such production belongs to the middle and upper level. Now, except for Yang Zefu's family, every household has gone out to the country to supply grain, and the goal of "filling their stomachs" has basically been achieved! Of course, Yang Zefu doesn't have to worry about "handing over grain", he is a "five-guarantee household" and is exempt from paying agricultural taxes!

This is quite remarkable for the people of Yangjiawan! It took many people a lifetime, even in the reform and opening up, and they took nearly ten years to achieve this goal. "Filling the stomach" is the biggest goal of these mud legs; Being able to eat white rice for three meals a day is already a high-end enjoyment; Not to mention how many dishes can be placed on the table, even five years ago, it would have been unimaginable!

Undoubtedly, after breaking the cauldron, abundant labor and industrious hands in the countryside became the decisive factor in achieving this goal (except for figures with "a certain amount of power" such as Yang Zehua).

These two factors are indispensable! For example, the "second generation of officials" Yang Zejian's family appeared in our first part, his father Yang Decai is still the leader of the fifth group of Yangjiawan Village, he and his brother are idle all day long, rushing to Shiqiao Field and then to the forest farm, going to Chahe Field and then to Liulong Field, my father and mother are so tired at home that they can't take care of the atmosphere, but the grain output in the field is not enough to Yang Shuzi's family. Another example is our stonemason family, Xie Jingfeng's family, although they are separated from their two sons, they have always worked together in farming. Look at Guoqiang, and now he is the first to build a fish pond in the whole stone bridge!

Shufen looked at the mountains of rice, and she couldn't have been happy. When I was a child, I couldn't see a few grains of rice when I cooked some porridge, and now I don't need to put too much red lotus on steaming dry rice. She rocked the handle of a spinning windmill (a farming tool that separates the shriveled grain from the plump grain) and sang a beautiful mountain song in her voice.

Yang Zegui is using a rake (a farming tool that can spread out rice and hook it into piles) to gather the grain, and Shufenniang uses a dustpan to send the unseparated grain to the "belly" of the windmill. Dust and deflated grains fly out of the "tail" of the windmill, and yellow grains protrude from the "mouth".

"Dad, you said that the harvest is so good now, every household uses a mill to grind the grain into rice, so tired!"

"No matter how tired you are, your heart is sweet, and eating is much better than being hungry!"

"I mean, if you do mechanized rice threshing, it's much more convenient than a stone mill!"

"Mechanization?"

"Well, look at my brother-in-law, it's so convenient to get two pumping machines back in the county seat! You haven't seen it, the water in the river, Hulala, was pumped into his pond, if people pick it, they can't pick so much in a month! ”

"Is there a rice machine?"

"There must be, you haven't read the newspaper, people cut grain, we are too backward!"

"But it's not cost-effective for us to eat that little bit of rice a month, so it's not cost-effective to buy a machine!"

"If our family eats 100 catties of millet a month, and more than 50 families in our team will eat 5,000 or 6,000 catties of millet, and we will definitely make money by buying a rice threshing machine!"

"Shufen, do you want to buy a rice beater?"

"Not only the rice beater, I also want to buy a noodle grinder and a noodle machine, our wheat production is not low now, and the pigs eat and food, which is more convenient than your mill and grinder, if people get us here to process, we charge processing fees, I estimate that I can also make a lot of money!"

"You doll, you have such a big heart! The point is, is that thing easy to operate?! ”

"The electrical stuff is pretty much the same, just like the electric fan, when the plug is plugged in, and when the button is twisted, it whirring. And it also has a manual, Dad, you can operate it! If you think about it, grinding a hundred catties of millet at home, and pulling up the cow will take a whole day, so it is better to carry it to our house, it will be processed in a few minutes, and it will be cleaner than the mill! ”

"Her father, don't think about it there, I think Shufen is reliable about this, you can do it!" Shufenniang easily understood the child's idea, because the mill and miller in the family dealt with her the most, and if she really had a few minutes to make ready-made things, even if it was a few miles away, then she would be willing!

Shufen's idea quickly gained support from the whole family. A few days later, Guoqiang went to the county seat to buy equipment and feed, and Shufen plucked up the courage and followed her brother-in-law to the county seat.

Guoqiang is familiar with the road and soon arrived at the county agricultural machinery station. In the store on the first floor, there are all kinds of equipment, electric, diesel and even hydro, tractors, harvesters, threshing machines, rice beaters, flour grinders...... The whole nine yards. This is really a kingdom of machinery, from which the "industrial products" that promote the modernization of agriculture are in line with agriculture, and those rumbling machine sounds are transmitted to the countryside from here, and the same exciting roar is emitted in the fields!

Shufen stood next to a large "Nanyue brand" rice mill, gently stroking the cold machine, as if the black belt had been connected to the motor and was spinning rapidly......

"Eldest sister, may I ask how much money is attached to the motor for this machine?" An eldest sister in Shufen's container.

"One thousand two!" The eldest sister, who was blowing the fan and knocking melon seeds, didn't look at it, and replied coldly.

"What about this? Can I share the same motor with the rice mill? Shufen pointed to a flour grinder.

"Six hundred!"

"Package delivery?" Shufen nodded and asked, thinking about the money in her pocket, plus the income of the silkworm cocoon this year, she can basically afford it within two thousand yuan.

The eldest sister immediately put down the melon seeds and came out of the delivery cabinet with a pu fan - it seems that this lame girl really wants to buy a machine. "Send! This is a state-subsidized machine, and the delivery and installation will guide you how to use it, the girl ......" The eldest sister glanced at Shufen's left hand, "This machine is very easy to use, we workers will install the gate knife for you, you just pour something into it, and the rice and noodles will come out of this hole!" ”

"How much money does it cost to buy together? Send it for installation! ”

"Where is your home?"

"Stone Bridge!"

"One thousand seven! This is the real price of the state, we are all state-run, you can rest assured of the quality......"

"A thousand...... Five! "It was the first time for Shufen to bargain on such a large price, and she didn't have any bottom in her heart.

"Let's go shopping first...... Guoqiang pulled Shufen up and left, "There are still a few private agricultural machinery stores over there, take a look at it, now there are installation package guidance everywhere!" ”

After a morning, Shufen finally found a motor, a rice mill and a flour grinder. However, what made her a little worried was that because the power of large and medium-sized motors was too large, she was still uncertain whether the voltage supplied by the Shiqiao Hydropower Station could be driven. At the same time, people who buy machinery also say that there must be a smooth and dry workshop.

The second question is that the brother-in-law quickly made a package ticket, and when he went back, he asked his eldest brother to come to Yangjiawan to repair the factory, and he could repair the house with whatever standard the rice beater needed. As for the first question, Guoqiang said: "Whatever, it's not that there is no electricity!" Buy it back and connect the wire, and the motor will definitely turn! ”

Shufen really believed her brother-in-law's words this time, paid the deposit, and went home to build a factory with excitement......