Chapter 38 Spring Ploughing and Spring Planting
After discussing in the conference room, the cadres of the brigade unanimously decided: divide the money earned from these village side jobs into several parts to use.
One copy is now used as a reward for model workers.
There are two more parts planned for next spring.
In a short time, the cold wind has passed, the ice and snow have begun to melt, and the days of spring and Jingming have arrived.
The village cadres took out a share of the money they earned last year and used it to dig two wells, which made all the people of Muyehua Village excited for many days.
So what about a piece of money?
After the village cadres discussed, they used it to repair the houses of the poorest households as soon as spring began.
Muyehua Village also ushered in a thriving spring, and Zhang Zhishu, who loves poetry and literature, saw the revival of all things, and the birds and insects crawled...... I can't help but compose a poem:
"Feeling of Early Spring"
Yesterday, the cold hit people into the bones, and now the willows are sprouting.
The warbler and the magpie cry to call the grass green, and the ducks and geese swim happily and frighten the fish and shrimp.
He was amazed and admired that the spring girl seemed to come to the people of Makino Flower Village with a warm wind, giving everyone warmth.
He couldn't help but write a poem to express his love for spring.
After some time, the spring breeze rippled, and the sun shone on Zhang Zhishu's body even warmer.
In the spring of this year, he changed his strategy and planted Chinese herbal medicine seedlings on both sides of the main roads in the village, which can be used as medicine and flower.
The spring flowers at the head of the village stretch and bloom with golden yellow flowers.
The leaders of the commune sent Li Jianjian to ask: "Who told you to make your own decisions and plant so many flowers?" ”
Zhang Zhishu has a reason this time.
He said: "My village planted not only flowers this spring, but also Chinese herbal medicines for the provincial hospital!
Li Jianjian blinked his eyes, thought for a long time, and didn't find any reason to stop it.
He said in his heart: Not to mention, Zhang Zhishu led the masses to plant these flowers that can be used for medicine on both sides of the roads in Muyehua Village, which really adds value to this village.
But he couldn't say that.
Zhang Guangming saw Li Jianshe looking at these peonies and peonies...... But it's full of rarity.
He was relieved, bared his white teeth, and smiled triumphantly.
Li Jianshe waved goodbye to him.
He couldn't help but whistle as he watched him go away.
When he came to the outside of the village, he saw that the wheat seedlings were already green, and he said happily in his heart: Finally, it is time to plant spring cotton in the south of the village!
Zhang Zhishu hurriedly took a big stride, turned around and walked towards the conference room of the brigade.
When he arrived at the office, he gave a notice: Hey, the cadres of all teams and squads will come to the team for a meeting immediately......
Due to the strict discipline of Zhang Guangming, the head of the village, as soon as the squad leaders heard the announcement on the loudspeaker to come to the meeting, they would immediately stand on tiptoe and march to the brigade to report for duty.
So it didn't take long for the cadres of the brigade and the captains of each squad to arrive.
Zhang Guangming happily said loudly: "Comrades, this spring has arrived, 'the plan of the year lies in spring', and the time has come to plant spring cotton.
I will teach you the techniques of spring cotton seed germination.
Soak the seeds in lukewarm water that is not hot, and turn them frequently so that they are evenly heated, and you must keep them warm.
After three to five days of germination, you can plant it.
What about planting?
You have to tell the members that if the moisture is good, dig a pit, put three sprouting and full seeds in the small pit, and cover it with melted soil.
Zhang Zhishu was afraid that there would be any problems, so he said: "What if the moisture is not good? First of all, you should dig a pit in the ground with a hoe, pour a bowl of water, wait for the water to seep down, and then put three large and full germinated seeds, and finally bury them in the molten soil.
You must remember that the soil can not have bricks and rubble, and the soil cannot be covered too thick, but it cannot be covered too thinly, and the two flat fingers are thick...... After another three to five days, tender shoots emerge from the soil.
For those that do not sprout, we must check what the situation is in time, and deal with it in time! ”
Everyone learned the technique of growing cotton, and they led their members to work.
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After Zhang Guangming went to enjoy the beautiful scenery of spring and flowers, he couldn't help but sigh: "Wow! What a beautiful field! ”
When he saw the grass growing warbler flying, the earthworms swimming, the river singing, the shrimp swimming and the fish jumping, the ducks and geese lazily basking on the sand on the river slope, and the white clouds floating in the blue sky.
Zhang Guangming saw a group of children with smiling faces on their backs, looking at the butterflies, dragonflies, bees, etc., flying with beautiful wings in the blue sky and white clouds, all kinds of kites, in the place where the spring flowers are in full bloom.
He suddenly remembered a poem by Gao Ding in the Qing Dynasty: "Children return early from school, and they are busy taking advantage of the east wind to release paper kites." ”
He looked up into the field of crops, where the villagers were energetically counting cotton in the fields.
He looked at what a picture of a farmer's farming spring in front of him!
He couldn't help but recite a poem......
"Spring Fun in the Countryside"
The spring flowers are pretty, and the crops are covered with green carpets.
Only the birds are singing, and the insects are playing in the mud.
The fish and shrimp in the blue water are happy, and the ducks and geese sleep on the sand.
Gently floating clouds in the sky, children chasing kites.
Everyone grows cotton to the fullest, and competes for the sky.
Zhang Guangming is working every day, whether it is a fishery, a crop field, a carving factory, or a weaving factory, leaving his busy figure everywhere.
No, Zhang Zhishu picked up the loudspeaker again and shouted: Hey, hello folks! At this time, I remembered a poem by Li Shen in the Tang Dynasty: "Plant a grain of millet in spring, and harvest 10,000 seeds in autumn." "Spring is a good season for planting melons and beans, potatoes and rice, so what is the specific time?
There is also a proverb that says: Qingming has arrived, plant potatoes and beans, plant melons and vegetables; The sky is clear, and the valley is in the middle; The early rice should be warm, and the late rice should be cool.
Therefore, for crops, fruits and vegetables, timely cultivation is very important and must not be hesitated!
As a result, the villagers began to work in the production team every day under the leadership of each team leader.
With shovels in hand and a chisel, everyone turned the fermented dung underneath and turned up the brown-headed and white-bodied tiger hidden under the earth.
People will never show mercy to "pop", just shoot it to see the "Hades".
What about fermented manure?
Zhang Zhishu asked everyone to cover it tightly, otherwise the smelly feces will choke people.
What if there is a lump of lumps?
Zhang Zhishu asked the villagers to use shovels to shoot the broken pieces, and also use small hoes to hoe the turned plots again, so that the hidden slabs inside would be hoeed.
He also told everyone: Then use an iron rake to make a row, or a ridge to rake. After forming a furrow or ridge, it is necessary to use an iron rake to go again.
In this way, the big slabs will be crushed one by one, and the soil will become loose and soft.
Everyone can sprinkle rapeseed and plant vegetable seedlings.
Then, Zhang Guangming, like all the members, began to grow vegetables in their own yards.
He also told everyone on the loudspeaker: I have a lot of vegetable seedlings at home, who doesn't have their own seedlings? Just go to my house and plant seedlings! ”
Everyone knows that he loves to help others.
Zhang Guangming also called on everyone on the loudspeaker to plant melons, fruits and vegetables in the courtyard and in the vacant places outside the wall.
He is personally involved in many things in agricultural production and always guides.
Zhang Guangming was afraid that the masses would slack off, so he emphasized again on the loudspeaker: "We don't dare to delay the great time for spring planting!" Isn't there a saying about crops: "If you mistake me for a spring, I'll starve you for half a year......
The teams obeyed the command of the branch secretary and planted a lot of vegetables and fruits in front of and behind their houses.
On the fourth day of planting spring cotton seeds, Zhang Zhishu began to inspect one by one.
He saw that the cracks in the ground where the cotton seeds were buried began to loosen, and on the fifth day, the sprouts of the cotton began to sprout out with sharp shoots, and after a few days, they became two small round and green leaves.
After a few days of hard work, it turned into a turquoise cotton seedling, shaking its "little head" in the warm spring breeze, and the green cotton seedlings, like his little daughter, were tender, well-behaved, chubby and cute.
The seedlings of sesame seeds and sorghum are also out of the same teeth.
What about vegetable seedlings? In order to prevent the ground tigers, which are obsessed with biting the roots, from attacking the crops, people will use a small iron claw to hug the land, and destroy one by one.
Because it is an invisible killer hidden underground.
It is a deadly, devastating attack on crops and vegetables.
When the villagers planted other crop seedlings, they first used small hoes to form narrow ditches, then watered a little, and when the water seeped down, they sowed the seeds, and finally grabbed a handful of soft soil and covered it.
The seeds sown together are not unearthed together.
For example: cucumbers, long beans, green beans, etc., it takes five or six days to germinate; Pumpkin, gourd, lentils, spinach sprout, it takes ten days; The sprouts of winter melon, loofah, and coriander will take more than ten days to break through the soil.
When they are verdant, they need to be protected from pests and diseases.
Such as: aphids, red spiders, praying mantis and other pests.
This year I used the method of breeding seven-star ladybugs to prevent aphids.
Zhang Guangming also encouraged everyone to catch the eggs of locusts, moths, praying mantis and other pests.
The eggs of aphids and red spider mests should be gently crushed to death by hand to prevent them from happening.
"If you want to eat harmless vegetables, you have to work a lot!" Zhang Guangming said to the members on the loudspeaker.
Under the care of the hard-working villagers, the green seedlings are thriving at a height every day.
It's a spring morning, and the warm sun is shining on the land, turning the cotton fields of Makino Flower Village into green and bright.
Zhang Guangming looked around, and the green cotton field was blooming with flowers of several colors.
He couldn't help but open his big mouth and take a deep breath of fresh air, ah, how comfortable!
He broke open the cotton tree and looked at it, and found that the cotton had grown branches.
He began to hold the cotton tree with his left hand, and with his right hand he broke off the excess leaves and branches that grew out of the leaf nests.
As the saying goes, "There is something to give!" ”
Last year, the villagers had already learned cotton management techniques from Zhang Zhishu.
So this year, he asked various production teams to have a cotton branch breaking competition.
Behold, the members of the club broke faster than one another, and they sweated profusely, and no one cared about wiping their sweat.
Zhang Zhishu asked Li Yongjin, the accountant of the brigade, to take out the money earned by the brigade from the sideline business and reward it to the advanced model workers.
It is precisely because our Zhang branch secretary said that the award will be awarded and cashed out immediately, which is his consistent behavior of making a promise.
That's why the people of Muyehua Village will work more and more energetically!
Look at that, this spring in Muyehua Village, whether it is crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers and trees, they all present a vibrant scene.
Zhang Guangming thought: If I direct everyone to do it like this, will this year's crops, fruits, and vegetables achieve a bumper harvest?