Chapter 13: Whimsy

In that special period, in order to cover up the way to get rich, Zhang Guangming clearly said that he was beautifying the environment of the village, but in fact, he thought more about increasing the income of the villagers.

He led the masses to plant a lot of flowers and trees on the roadside and wasteland, especially all kinds of fruit-bearing fruit trees, so that after these fruit trees have a good harvest, they can give the extremely hungry villagers an extra economic income.

The women's director asked Zhang Zhishu suspiciously, if you plant fruit tree seedlings according to the method you said, can Zhang Zhishu guarantee that there are no dead seedlings?

She thought: every penny spent now seems like a treasure, what if ......

"I can't guarantee that there won't be a single dead seedling, but according to the planting method I learned, the survival rate of the seedlings will be high, so what if there are really a few dead seedlings? Let's make up for it. Zhang Guangming immediately replied.

Gui Xiaobao interjected, emphasizing that everyone should try to let the little saplings live at one time, treat the little saplings like our children, and take care of them with all our hearts, so that these seedlings can grow strongly.

"I still have a lot of seedlings and flower seedlings in the brigade experimental base, so if you want to plant them in your yard, you can plane them." Everyone was happy to hear what Zhang Zhishu said.

Everyone said, "If we also plant flowers and fruit trees in our homes, how beautiful our yards will be!" We can eat fruit too. ”

The villagers looked at the fruit tree saplings with longing eyes, eager to let the fruit trees blossom and bear fruit at once.

They all said:

"After a few years, the villagers of Muyehua Village will have fruits to eat!"

"Yes, yes, in the past, our villagers were poor and had no money to buy fruits to eat, but in the future, we can eat fruits without spending money!"

"The fruit trees in our village have been planted, so when will they bear fruit?" Wang Meihua asked.

"I'll tell everyone," Zhang Zhishu said with a smile, "There is an old saying that three peaches and four pears are five years, and jujube trees are round and sweet all year round." He said as he dug a pit, "In a few years, you will be able to see the fragrance of flowers and fruits!" ”

Wang Meihua held the sapling, Li Dongzhi planted, after planting, Wang Meihua found that the small sapling was crooked, so he said: "Winter solstice, you see that the planting is crooked." ”

Li Dongzhi immediately straightened it, and then surrounded the tree and asked, "Sister Meihua, don't you ask when the flowers will bloom first, just ask when they will bear fruit?" He turned to Zhang Guangming and asked, "When do they bloom and pick fruits?" ”

Zhang Guangming said: There is an old saying, "Peach blossoms bloom, apricot blossoms fail, pear blossoms come out to call grandma ......"

Zhang Zhishu straightened the crooked sapling, stepped on it with his foot, and continued, "May peach sweet silk, June apple noodles Dandaner, July Portuguese sweet and sour sweet, August pear sweet honey, September jujube honey, October walnut fragrant beibeier." ”

Sun Youfu praised enviously and said: "Look at our branch secretary, you know a lot!" ”

"Isn't there a saying that there is true knowledge everywhere in farm work!" Zhang Guangming said with a smile.

He squeezed one left eye on one side and used his right eye to see if the little sapling was planted straight.

Even if there was a sapling that was a little crooked, he immediately walked over and straightened it, no matter what Zhang Zhishu did, he was always meticulous.

He led the cadres and the masses to remove the weeds on the slope of the big pond, and then began to plant flowers and trees.

Zhang Guangming was digging a small dirt pit while making everyone laugh: "Guys, let me tell you, the skills of flowers are very big!" ”

Everyone focused their surprised eyes on Zhang Guangming's face full of wisdom.

Zhang Zhishu explained, "You see, people love to compare flowers to girls, and this girl is very powerful! "People are more confused." She can make a couple fall in love - before the flower and under the moon; She has achieved a good marriage - flowers and full moons; She can play a few martial arts - flower fists and embroidered legs; She can lead people astray - spend all day drinking ......"

Everyone was amused by his witty jokes.

Zhang Guangming didn't let everyone laugh and tears this time, and he would never give up. He continued, "The skill of grass is no less than that of flowers! ”

Everyone was interested and said, "Oh? You say come and hear it. ”

Zhang Zhishu continued: "People like to compare bamboo grass to gentlemen. He's a gentleman, but he's an impostor. ”

Everyone looked at Zhang Guangming with surprised eyes.

He went on to say, for example: grass can make people sloppy - act hastily; He can make people reckless - reckless heroes; He can make people see the scene of spring - the grass grows and the warbler flies; He can also make people sigh at the gloom of autumn and winter - scattered grass and trees. ”

When he said this, he stopped, and jokingly said, "Can he still vividly compare our village?" Everyone looked at each other curiously, and they looked anxious.

Zhang Guangming said solemnly, then I said that you can't blame me, everyone is looking forward to it.

Only then did he go on to say that he could let people see the beginning of our village's business - grass creation...... His words made everyone laugh, and everyone laughed so much that tears flowed out of their eyes.

Today, the cadres and masses of Muyehua Village are in full swing to first plant many varieties of saplings, then plant various varieties of flower seedlings, and finally plant various ornamental grasses that bloom under the trees.

Everyone worked until the evening, and finally completed the greening work.

After a few days, the seedlings of the living flowers and trees, green and green, as if they knew that they carried the villagers' yearning for beauty, began to grow as hard as they could.

The masses all said, let's follow Zhang Zhishu for a few years to deduct the poor words?

Zhang Guangming couldn't answer this question, so he said, let's work hard, there will always be a day when we get rid of poverty.

The next morning, Zhang Guangming convened a meeting of village committee cadres.

Zhang Zhishu said at the meeting: "At the meeting this morning, I will talk about the farmland in our village, which must be planted according to local conditions!" ”

He looked at everyone looking at him with curious eyes, and pointed to a picture he had drawn and said, "You all look here, everyone come and express your opinions, and see if I am in this arrangement?" ”

The village cadres all gathered around and looked at the drawing drawn by Zhang Zhishu again.

"Most of the soil in the east is saline, so we have to improve the soil, and only after it is improved can the crops be harvested."

Everyone knew that what he was talking about was a very professional problem, and the important task of improving the soil could only be handed over to him, the new branch secretary who graduated from the Agricultural University.

Zhang Guangming understood what everyone meant, so he said: "This work of improving the soil will be handed over to me, and I will research the improver as soon as possible." ”

Everyone was relieved when they heard it.

"Our father and son are in the cave to the east, and we will teach you how to carve and weave. I'm going to pull all the raw materials from home and use them as learning materials for everyone first. After a while, everyone was able to master the carving and weaving techniques, and it happened that the trees had also grown. Gourd, bamboo, maple, ginkgo...... Those leaves can be used to carve paintings. ”

Everyone was very excited.

"Those wicker, wattle, and bamboo can also be used as raw materials for weaving processed products." Zhang Zhishu said confidently.

"What else? I was very bold to learn about people in Heze County, Shandong Province, and used an office and several experimental bases to let our agricultural technicians and technicians who graduated from Agricultural University work together to specialize in the research of new crop varieties. He said again.

Li Yongjin couldn't help but praise: They are so bold!

Zhang Zhishu continued: "So I led the group to finally research new varieties with high yield and high quality through several years of selection and cultivation. The Agricultural Technology Committee of Heze County started by researching new varieties of crops, and now the people of that county have food and clothing. How about we also learn from other people's ways to get rich? ”

The village cadres all agreed with Zhang Zhishu's good idea, but everyone looked at him with a little fear.

Zhang Zhishu said in a comforting language to everyone: Don't be afraid of anything, if there is a superior leader to hold him accountable? You just have to shirk the responsibility on me, and I will bear it alone.

Only then did everyone nod and say: All listen to you, do what you say!

Zhang Zhishu nodded happily, and said: "Then I propose to build three simple houses in the experimental base of our village, and also carry out research work on cultivating new varieties of crops. ”

And they all said, "Oh, I am looking forward to you saying this."

Zhang Guangming pointed to the picture again and said: "Everyone come to the west of our village, the soil here is slightly lower, and the wet is the most suitable for growing all kinds of grain crops." What else? There is a wide river here, and next to the river it is all sandy land, and I think this is the most suitable place to grow sweet potatoes, peanuts, potatoes, yams, and other plants that bear fruit underground. ”

Gui Xiaobao said: The old branch secretary suggested that we open up more wasteland and grow grain.

"The old branch secretary is right, we just have to continue to open up the wasteland to grow grain, and diversify planting methods to improve the poor life in our village.

Everyone said, "Medium! All right! ”

Zhang Zhishu pointed to the map and said, "I will be handed over to the fishery management technology here in the south."

Wang Meihua asked with a sad face: "But the current policy, what if we don't want to vigorously engage in the breeding industry?" ”

Zhang Guangming said happily: "Then let's put three ducks and four geese into the river every few hours." You can put it into the river in batches. ”

A few of them, you look at me, I look at you, and they all say that this method is good!

Zhang Zhishu pointed to both sides of the river bank and said: "Let's look again, next to the big pond, there are fertile fields, but it is a good place to grow cotton!" ”

Everyone agreed to plant cotton in the south.

Zhang Guangming continued seriously, "Let's take a look at the north of this map, the geographical location of this north is good!" Do you think how convenient it is to carry fruits and other grains on the side of the road...... Oh, I want to emphasize that every family has to plant those fruits and vegetables in front of and behind their houses, so that they can provide for themselves. ”

The smart Li Dongzhi said: Huh? Zhang Zhishu: You want to say that you can plant a variety of fruit trees, vegetables and fruits here, and you can sell them in our county, right?

Zhang Zhishu nodded.

Li Dongzhi said again: If you look at the method that our new branch secretary has come up with, won't it be able to increase the income of our village again? Tell me about it, huh? ”

And they all said, yes. Several of them also said that Zhang Zhishu deserved to be an expert in scientific farming.

Zhang Guangming saw that everyone agreed with the method he came up with, so he said happily, "Then we don't have to worry about food and clothing!" Everyone smiled excitedly and nodded.

They all said, that's great! Zhang Zhishu really deserves to be the king of ideas!

After listening to Zhang Zhishu's detailed explanation of the village's fields according to the direction and local conditions, everyone praised him for his very thoughtful and proper arrangement.

Once again, the room burst into prolonged applause.

Everyone's eyes looked at Zhang Zhishu's head full of think tanks.