According to the agreement, Zhou Jianping knew that 96 percent of the peasant households in the village were willing to change the planting structure, and he agreed with the village committee that the agricultural technicians hired by the company would be stationed in Yuanba Village within two or three days.

Zhou Jianping informed Yu Xuecai to prepare with He Li, and asked them to arrange time and handle the relationship with the unit, because the first job after entering the village was to conduct technical training for the villagers, and he asked the two to prepare technical materials more broadly, because the cultural literacy of the villagers is generally not high.

Two days later, Zhou Jianping took Yu Xuecai and He Li to the village committee, and after consultation, it was agreed that in order to save time, the training class was placed in two places, and Yu Xuecai and He Li taught the basic knowledge of vegetable cultivation separately, and the villagers listened to the class nearby.

Zhou Jianping still has a lot of things to do, he can't accompany him in the village, after the arrangements are made, he has to go back to the unit with the driver, the car left the village committee, and was about to turn in the direction of the township government, he told the driver that he wanted to go home, because he came to the village two or three times to do things and went back to the city directly.

Master Sun parked the car in the shade on the side of the road, followed Zhou Jianping into the yard, and saw the child playing in the yard by himself, "Maomao, why are you at home by yourself, mother?" ”

"Mom is in the house." Maomao raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the house.

Zhou Jianping walked over and saw Chang Yuling cleaning up the house, "It's still early before the Spring Festival, why do you want to clean up the house?" Zhou Jianping wanted to say something funny.

"Clean up the house, I haven't done farm work for two or three years, and then find out the clothes that work in the field." Yuling was only busy with her work, and she didn't pay much attention to Zhou Jianping.

"What, are you going to work in the field?"

"The village is going to build a vegetable base, and it has long been publicized, don't you know?" I don't know if Chang Yuling deliberately said this, or if she thought Zhou Jianping really didn't know.

"The vegetable base was built by our company, don't you know?"

"You didn't tell me, where do I know?" I don't know if Chang Yuling pretended not to know, or really didn't know, anyway, they didn't communicate with each other, and Zhou Jianping never told her when he went home.

Zhou Jianping was speechless by these words, yes, maybe everyone in the village knew that the vegetable base was his Zhou Jianping's project, but he just didn't tell his wife Chang Yuling in person, and he didn't know if it was his negligence, or if he thought that Chang Yuling, a housewife, it didn't matter if he knew about this kind of thing.

"Hey, I've been busy every day, in fact, every time I come to the village committee, it's for this matter, you didn't ask me, and I didn't remember to tell you." Zhou Jianping felt a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter if you tell me about your business or not, the key is that your parents, especially your mother, have asked me several times, and she asked me if I know what you want to do in the village, where do I know! You'd better explain it to her in person when you have time, so that you don't have to ask me every time you meet me, as if I don't want to tell her. Chang Yuling said coldly.

"I didn't go to see them last time I went home, so it's okay, I went to their side for lunch at noon today, and you went and told them first."

Chang Yuling came out of the house, saw the driver, Master Sun, said hello and walked out of the yard and walked to her mother-in-law's house in the back.

"Yuling is here, I see a car parked in front of your house, is Jianping back?" Mother-in-law Chen Xiuhua said.

"Just arrived, he said he hadn't seen you for a long time, and he wanted to come here for dinner at noon."

"Except for a little greens at home, there is nothing else to eat, what are you eating?" Chen Xiuhua looked very embarrassed.

"I don't need to prepare many dishes, he and the driver will go back to the unit after eating, and I still have some fish and meat at home, I'll go and get it."

Zhou Jianping and his old father have never talked much, but it is awkward to stay together, he estimated that lunch was almost ready before he took the driver over. Sure enough, when they arrived at their parents' house, they saw their old father Zhou Xuecheng, and without saying a few words to him, Yuling served food on the table, "It's all on the table and ready to eat." ”

During lunch, Chen Xiuhua asked: "Jianping, is there going to be a vegetable base in the village?" ”

"yes, did you sign a planting agreement?"

"I signed it, I heard that growing vegetables makes more money than food crops, so let's sign it." Chen Xiuhua said.

"Not only is it more profitable than growing food, but it's not that tiring. Your age is getting older and older year by year, and your body bones are naturally not as good as a year, and growing vegetables is a job in your hands, and it doesn't take too much effort, I think it's just right for you to do. "In this matter, Zhou Jianping really didn't think about this aspect before, is this ignoring the small family for everyone?

"Okay, that's good, your dad and I are getting older, and our brains are not flexible, I'm afraid we won't be able to learn." Chen Xiuhua said worriedly.

Yuling took it, "Mom, it's not difficult to grow vegetables, see how people do it, and you will be able to do it yourself." I have vegetables growing at my mother's house, and I think many elderly people and women do it. ”

"Yuling is right, this is not a difficult thing, and people will also train the villagers, and there will be agricultural technicians to give technical guidance to the fields in person in the future." Zhou Jianping said.

"Jianping, I heard others say that you made the vegetable base behind the incident, is there such a thing?" Chen Xiuhua asked.

"Hey, just now at home, Yuling also asked this question, and they all complained to me, I didn't go home much during this time, and even if I stayed home, it was very short, so I didn't have time to tell you in detail. It's been almost half a year, and I've been running to the village a lot just to make this happen. ”

"Jianping, how do you think of letting the people in the village grow vegetables?"

As a mother, although she knows that it is useless to this heart, perhaps out of curiosity, Chen Xiuhua still wants to know more inside information. After eating, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and sat on the side of the old father Zhou Xuecheng, he admired the tossing energy of his eldest son Zhou Jianping in his heart, but he was old-fashioned, and in order to let Zhou Jianping work in peace, the father and son had a conflict that almost broke up, he never let go of his dignity as a father, and did not say a word, on the surface he ignored any achievements made by Zhou Jianping over the years.

The driver, Master Sun, ate faster, divided by two by three, and when the others were less than half, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and went to the car to rest.

Zhou Jianping also pushed the dishes and chopsticks aside, "Mom, you have to ask me why I thought of letting the villagers plant vegetables, this is a dream of mine many years ago, when I just got along with Chang Yuling, when she first came to our house, I went to the river with her to play, walking on the road, I clearly heard several people talking and laughing behind my back, and I told Yuling at that time, one day I want these people to change their opinion of me." ”

"Do you still take what the people in the village say seriously? I've heard everything, and you should forget about it all these years. Chen Xiuhua said.

"Actually, I didn't take those words seriously. Our village, remote and backward, people's ideology is more outdated, and there is less land, if you want to get rich by growing grain, it is impossible at all, there is another reason, with the main labor force in the village going out to work in recent years, the vast majority of families are lacking labor, it just so happens that our company's new project is to use vegetables as raw materials, and we need to establish a stable supply of vegetable production base, of course, I can choose the vegetable base to be built in a place with better conditions, but I want to establish a vegetable base, to improve the economic situation of the villagers and change their stereotypes. Growing vegetables is not the same as food crops, as long as you are healthy, you can do this work for both men and women, young and old. ”

"This idea is really good, let's just say that if you and I continue to grow food, we really can't do it anymore, but we have to slowly do some fine work in the field, if we don't have any physical pain, we will have no problem working for another ten or twenty years."

"Let's calculate the economic account, you and my father grow food on these lands, how much money do you earn a year, and you can grow vegetables in the future, and then you can see how much money you can earn."

"There are thousands of households in Yuanba Village, how much money do you have to pay for seeds and fertilizers?" Chen Xiuhua asked.

"The villagers can't come up with the money, so we can only pay in advance with our company, note that this is an advance payment, and we will deduct it after the sale of vegetables produced in the future. In addition to the advance payment of seed and fertilizer funds, all the expenses of agronomists hired from the Agricultural Science Institute are borne by our company. Zhou Jianping said.

"Speaking of training and lectures, your father and I are both at this age, what else can we understand? I can only let your eldest sister Jianxiu go. ”

"By the way, speaking of Jianxiu, I don't know who the second brother Jianliang recommended to be an agricultural technician in our natural village?" Zhou Jianping seemed to be talking to himself.

Chang Yuling said: "I heard others say that I need a preliminary level of Chinese, and I think Jianxiu and I meet the conditions. ”

"You? Want to work as an agricultural technician? Zhou Jianping looked at Chang Yuling with strange eyes.

"You don't know me, do you? Why are you looking at me like that? Chang Yuling glanced at her.

"I mean, you want to be an agricultural technician too?"

"What? I can't? I am also a graduate of Tangtang Xishan Junior High School, where am I missing? I also told you that I have grown vegetables in my mother's house, and at least I have more perceptual knowledge than people in Yuanba Village. Zhou Jianping, I dare to bet with you, our family's more than two acres of land, the vegetables I grow are guaranteed to be better than ordinary people, do you believe it or not? Yuling sat up straight, puffed up her chest, raised her neck, and had a demonstrative expression.

"If you are willing to do it, just plant more than two acres of land at home, as for agricultural technicians, I think it's better to forget it, you take a child, it's better to let other people who don't have family burdens do it."

"This kid really can't get out of my body, I agree with this reason, if you want to say something else, I'm not convinced. It's not something I want to do, I signed the agreement on vegetable planting, and it was the first batch to sign, didn't you see? Not only do I have to plant the land at home, but I also want to plant it better than the average person. In fact, Chang Yuling is a very strong rural woman.

"Jianping, after talking for a long time, I don't know who Jianliang recommended in our village? Isn't it? Chen Xiuhua said.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Jianliang won't recommend our family Jianxiu." Without anyone paying attention, Zhou Xuecheng, who sat on the side and didn't say a word for a long time, came to say this.

Zhou Xuecheng's opinion of his nephew Zhou Jianliang has always been bad, he has long been unaccustomed to Zhou Jianliang's style, in his eyes, Zhou Jianliang has never been a good person, since he was a child, he has never done a good job, he has never seen him do farm work, grew up, and after starting a family, he became the village director with his mouth.

To be honest, Zhou Jianliang doesn't have a good impression of this second uncle, except for having a good time with his uncle and brother Zhou Jianping since he was a child, even if he becomes the village director, he never thinks of Zhou Xuecheng's family if there is anything good.

Hearing this, everyone present closed their mouths, and after a while, Chen Xiuhua broke the silence, "Jianping, why don't you ask Jianliang?" ”

"Hey, it's such a trivial matter, you don't need to worry about it."