【Chapter 116】 Get back on track
Although he was trapped in the mountains for a week, he couldn't eat or sleep well, but Liu Rui was still young and strong, and when he returned home to eat a full meal and sleep beautifully on his bed, his physical strength and spirit were all restored.
At four o'clock in the morning, Liu Rui woke up, got up from the bed, he walked out of the yard, stretched his waist, moved his muscles and bones, and felt great.
In the past few days, curled up in a small tent to sleep, it really made Liu Rui a little depressed.
On the nineteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon in the sky is like a half-eaten moon cake, which has a broken beauty. After several days of rainy weather, the sky finally cleared, and the night sky looked exceptionally pure in the moonlight.
Compared with the mysterious and eerie night in the depths of the mountains, the early morning in the small mountain village is more peaceful and peaceful, full of a warm atmosphere.
There are already one or two lights on in the village below the mountain, and Liu Rui knows that it is the villagers who are preparing to work who are getting up early to cook.
In autumn, many of the crops planted by families in the mountains are already harvested, and when the sky is clear, the villagers naturally need to hurry.
Chestnuts, tangerines, ginger, soybeans, mung beans, etc., these cash crops are planted by the villagers of Liangcun in the mountains, as long as the varieties are cultivated, many families rely on the sale of agricultural products to save the money for the next year's children's education and the money for the elderly in the family to see a doctor.
The sound of the rooster crowing one after another adds a bit of excitement to the quiet village.
After a while on the courtyard dam, Liu Rui returned to the winery and prepared to start brewing.
After the Liu family's rice wine began to be sold in the county's food stalls, it quickly won the popularity of diners and drove the business of the food stalls. Seeing this, the bosses of other food stalls also reacted quickly, and learned about the Liu family's phone number from Ma Changquan, who delivered the goods, and began to order with the Liu family.
In autumn, the villagers who start the autumn harvest will cook some good dishes every night and buy some rice wine to entertain relatives and friends who come to help, so every autumn is also the peak season for rice wine sales.
In addition, the quality of the rice wine produced by Liujia Distillery has improved, and under the word of mouth of the villagers, it has gradually gained greater popularity, so that the villagers around Qingyun have more recognition.
Under the combination of various factors, Liujia Distillery needs to produce four or five hundred catties of rice wine every day to meet the needs of the market.
I didn't do it for ten days, and the work in Liu Rui's hands didn't feel unfamiliar, it was still sharp, and soon, the boiler burned red, and the rice fragrance wafted out from the gap in the steamer. After a while, Liu Jiahong, who heard the sound, also got up, and saw that his son was busy, he didn't say anything, just joined silently.
With the father and son working together, the sake brewing, which had seemed a bit tedious and hard, became much easier, and the red fire reflected on their faces, full of longing for the future.
"Son, the mountain pond at home was washed away by a flash flood a few days ago, should we repair it?" I don't know when Liu Jiahong has regarded Liu Rui as an equal existence and is willing to discuss family affairs with him.
"Washed out?!" Liu Rui, who heard the news, was first surprised, and then rejoiced, and said: "Keep it first, and when it doesn't rain in winter, let's transform him again, otherwise it will be a big trouble to come like this every year!" ”
Because the mountain pond next to the compound is facing the mountain stream flowing out of the back mountain, it will always overflow or even burst when heavy rain and flash floods occur every year.
In Qingyun, because of the existence of Xiaojing Lake and Xiaotongjiang, wild aquatic products are more popular, and few people are willing to eat captive-bred fish. For a long time, Liu Jiahong was unwilling to spend his heart and money on the mountain pond, so he was left to fend for himself.
"What can I raise after the transformation? If it is a transformation, this project is not small! Liu Jiahong heard his son talk about the renovation plan of Shantang, but he always felt that this plan was a bit unreliable.
"Let's raise field chickens!" Liu Rui smiled slightly and began to tell his father about his plan.
According to Liu Rui's idea, after winter, let Wu Mingkai drive a bulldozer over, divert the mountain stream, expand the area of the mountain pond, and build a small pond next to it for breeding tabby frogs. With Shennong Space as a frog seedling cultivation base, coupled with the miraculous effect of space spring water, this tabby frog breeding can soon become an important source of income for the Liu family, which can transform the benefits of Shennong Space into tangible economic benefits.
"Field chicken? Could there be any problems? That's a second-class protected animal! Liu Jiahong was still a little hesitant, after all, during this time, the political axe was very good at publicizing the phenomenon of poaching.
"It's okay, let's go back to Huatai Er Ye to get an approval for special breeding, everything is within the scope of the law." Liu Rui knew what his father was worried about, and hurriedly gave him a reassuring pill.
"But is this field chicken breeding really good? Can this thing be fed? After the problem of the principle surname was solved, Liu Jiahong began to consider the issue of the technical surname again.
Having lived in the countryside for most of his life, Liu Jiahong naturally knows a lot about the life habits of the field chicken, and the more he understands, the more he feels that this field chicken is not easy to feed. The field pheasant is very well fed when it is in tadpole form, as long as there is water, there is enough plankton in the water. But when they grow up, they need a large number of insects as food every day, and it doesn't matter if they are in the wild, if they raise a large number of field chickens in captivity, just preparing feed is enough for Liu Rui to be busy.
"I read from the book that it is now possible to use insect traps to attract insects and increase feed for field chickens." Liu Rui knew that his father believed in the knowledge in the book very much, and said: "Didn't we spread the stall very big all at once, step by step." ”
"Anyway, you can arrange it, and Dad will back you up!" Liu Jiahong saw that his son seemed to be very thoughtful, so he did not object again.
Since it has been decided to let Liu Rui start a business at home this year, Liu Jiahong naturally wants to fully support him, at most to give him a wake-up call on the side, so as not to let his mind overheat.
Liu Rui knows that everything has a beginning, as long as it starts, this chicken breeding project will allow Liu Jiahong to see greater development prospects, and he will be more supportive at that time.
The father and son were making wine and chatting about future plans, and the time passed quite quickly, and the sky outside brightened up in a blink of an eye.
Liu Rui's experience of entering the mountain during this time, Liu Jiahong was not very interested and did not ask. For Liu Jiahong, as long as his son comes home safely, he is very happy, but in fact, he does not want Liu Rui to run into the dangerous mountains.
Seeing that the rough and heavy work of the winery had been almost done, Liu Rui asked his father to stay inside to watch the fire and observe the distillation of the liquor, while he came to the vegetable garden and began to collect the vegetables.
During this period of time, the weather has become cooler, and the hot pot business of 'South Beauty' has gradually prospered, and even the demand for lettuce has also risen. Correspondingly, Liu Rui had already adjusted the planting plan of the vegetable garden three weeks ago, eliminating some vegetables with low yield and low dosage, and planting lettuce on a large scale.
Harvesting lettuce is much easier than other vegetables, just pull the lettuce out of the soft soil and cut off the roots with a sickle. Because of the space spring water, most of the lettuce of the Liu family can have ** tael, or even more than a catty, which looks huge. In less than an hour, Liu Rui had already packed up the two hundred lettuces and placed them neatly in the yard.
On the other side, Zhang Guizhi has already packed up a lot of varieties such as tomatoes, kale, cabbage, etc., which is only enough to meet today's order.
After moving his arm that was a little sour, Liu Rui thought in his heart that in the future, he would still have a variety of vegetables such as lettuce and Chinese cabbage that were convenient and had high yields. In this way, you can not only improve work efficiency, but also increase revenue.
As for the special needs of the 'South Beauty' restaurant, other vegetable varieties that need can be purchased from other vegetable farmers. Liu Rui feels that even if it is a vegetable garden, it still needs to develop in the direction of specialization and specialization, and it is large and complete and does not meet the actual production requirements.
At eight o'clock in the morning, amid the chirping of magpies, Ma Changquan's small truck arrived at the Liu family's compound on time.
"Hey, Rui, you're back?!" At first glance, seeing Liu Rui standing in the courtyard, Ma Changquan was really happy.
Liu Rui was not at home during this time, and every time he came to collect vegetables, Ma Changquan always felt that something was missing, just a habit.
"Hehe, I came back yesterday afternoon!" Liu Rui nodded, reached out and took off the plastic bucket containing wine from the back compartment of the truck, and said, "Thank you Uncle Ma for taking care of you during this time!" ”
During this period of time, the reason why Liujia Distillery has been able to gain a firm foothold in the county is that Ma Changquan's full cooperation and help is a key factor. If it weren't for Ma Changquan, who sent the Liu family's rice wine to the food stalls in the county every day, and never ran out of stock, no matter how good the Liu family's wine was, there would be no way to stabilize the customers.
Fortunately, the cooperation between 'South Beauty' and the Liu family was very pleasant, so he acquiesced to Ma Changquan's help in transporting the goods, and did not ask the Liu family for freight.
This is often the case when doing business, and a stable supply is often more important than the quality of the goods.
"Anyway, it's a drop-by, it's not hard!" Ma Changquan took the red plum cigarette handed by Liu Jiahong, and the two of them began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog.
'South Beauty' didn't ask the Liu family for freight, but the Liu family was still very good at being a person, and gave Ma Changquan more than ten catties of rice wine every now and then, and asked him to take it back to honor his father-in-law. After three or five times, Ma Changquan has already called Liu Jiahong a brother and brother, and the relationship has become warm.
Soon, the vegetables harvested today were weighed and loaded into the back compartment of the pick-up truck, and several barrels of rice wine were neatly placed on it. Ma Changquan didn't care about chatting with Liu Jiahong anymore, and hurriedly drove back in the car, after all, it was work time.
Sending Ma Changquan away, Liu Rui looked at the sky, the sun had risen high, and the golden sunlight made people a little dizzy.
After coming back last night, Liu Rui didn't have time to look at the situation in the tomato field, and he didn't know what those tomatoes had grown into now? Thinking of this, Liu Rui walked in the direction of the tomato field, to inspect his territory, and see the small tomato seedlings that were giving birth to hope.
Seeing that Liu Rui was about to leave the compound, Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua hurriedly followed behind, and from time to time you scratch me, I will push you, the scene is very lively. The yellow-throated marten also wanted to follow, but when it looked at the bright sunshine, it still barked, and then slipped into the hall and found a shady place to cat.
(To be continued)