Huaizi smiled: "That's why the black skin often helps him take care of it." It's good, and I have to take care of the bonsai stall, so I'm naturally busy. I found a new shopkeeper and replaced Liu Xiaosi back, so I don't have to worry about the bonsai in the future, let Xiaosi take care of it. Study harder, and strive to take care of a few more fungus farms next year. I'm not running out of manpower! ”

Wang Zhong nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry." When Xiaosi comes back, I will definitely be able to spare some energy and take care of two more fields. Xiaosi can't let him be comfortable, the light tube bonsai is too easy, and the horizontal and vertical bonsai is taken care of, so he has to be in charge of the two fungus fields. ”

Huaizi nodded, told him a few more things, and then pulled the chrysanthemum to the next venue. The path in the forest turned around and looked at three or four fungus planting sites in a row, and the two of them turned back.

"Alas! We have to build a few more yards, and the oak that has been cut down has not been used up for miles, and it will be too crowded if we don't cut it. It's a pity that there are not enough people, and if you find someone casually and are afraid that it will not be used properly, it is easy to cause trouble. Huaizi sighed to the chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum bent down to pick a fleshy gray mushroom from the side of the road, and said with a smile: "Then don't be in a hurry, look for it slowly." I'd rather have less income than get that tricky thorn in the head. Anyway, this season's spring fungus is over, and if you look for someone, you will plant the autumn stubble. There are many things to do in our family, don't be greedy, you will be busy all year round, and it is easy to have accidents. ”

Huaizi nodded, and said with a smile: "You should bring something out to eat." After turning around for a long time, my stomach growled with hunger. ”

Chrysanthemum said: "I wanted to take a few zongzi, but I didn't take it after thinking about it." After a while, we have to go down the mountain to my mother's mile. I ate at my mother's place at noon, and came to our house to eat in the evening. ”

Huaizi said: "At this time, the fungus is about to be harvested, and the most important time is to be careful, I'm afraid that Aoki is very busy." ”

Chrysanthemum said: "No matter how busy you are, the Dragon Boat Festival always has to pass." He also has a few people who can help take care of it. ”

The two talked and laughed and went back to the house for breakfast together.

Here's what I want to explain. The Zhang family's biggest income now is the two local products of fungus and mushrooms, the chickens raised in the bamboo forest, the pigs fed with acorns, and even the fish and lotus roots in the fish pond, the bamboo shoots and other local products, but they are lagging behind, and the production and field rent in those fields are even smaller.

This is mainly due to the afforestation of nearly 5,000 acres of barren mountains, which has achieved results, and it is also the original idea of chrysanthemums, acacia and green trees.

One. It is to use oak to grow fungus in the woods; The second is to grow mushrooms in the woodland; Third, some chickens and rabbits are also raised in the forest, because the wild ones cannot be caught. I had to get some chickens and put them in and let them fend for themselves; Fourth, it is the income from bamboo shoots and mountain fish ponds. There is also a peach blossom valley, all planted with wild peach trees, let's talk about it later.

Let's start with the oak tree. By the third year, the oak trees in the Oak Garden had been planted for four years, and they had been planted in the nursery for one year, which was five years.

At the beginning, Huaizi deliberately let it be planted densely. When they grew to the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, they selectively cut down a batch and sawed all of them into half a zhang to grow fungus.

By the time last year, the oak trees on the barren mountains were ready to work. It is also when the bowl is thick, cut the first batch first - so that the trees are too crowded to grow, and the rest are cut down when they are older.

Thereupon. Aoki also began to grow fungus in the mountains.

There are more than 4,900 acres of barren mountains, 500 acres of which are enclosed into a forest garden, with a total of 10 gardens.

Four of the gardens, nearly 2,000 acres of woodland, are used to grow adult oak trees, to harvest acorn fruits, and to grow mushrooms in the woodlands; In the other six gardens, three each of the locust and the green tree, are used to grow fungus, and mushrooms are also grown in the woodland.

Only one garden was selected as a base for the cultivation of fungus. In order to facilitate centralized management. Twenty fungus planting farms were built in it, which were managed by the Wu Cheng brothers, just like the fields managed by Wang Zhong and Liu Heizi in the oak garden. The remaining two gardens are dedicated to oak logs, which are cut down in batches and planted as they are cut, rotating with each other.

Aoki does the same.

Let's talk about mushrooms. Ten tenant households will be allocated to each forest garden to move in. Afforestation, forest protection, and mushroom picking in spring and autumn. Whether it is a pine forest or an oak forest, there are no large areas of thorns growing in the woodland, mostly kudzu vines, bracken, grasses, and low green shrubs like gardenias, keeping the forest empty, and the soil moist and refreshing, which is conducive to the growth and picking of mushrooms. If the woodland is overgrown with trees and cannot be entered, it will not work.

Chickens and rabbits are second-hunked, mainly to maintain an ecological balance, but if there is more breeding, some will be caught and sold.

With such a plan, there are many things. The year before last, Huaizi was still able to operate. Since the planting of fungus in large quantities last year, the two families have been a little scrambling. The biggest problem is not that it is not well maintained, but that it is a problem of manpower.

Once this forest is formed, according to the climatic conditions of Xiaoqingshan, coupled with careful care, the forest is really suitable for planting fungus, almost as natural as the wild one, and the locust they just provide logs and sites; The same goes for mushrooms. The hard part is to clean up the woods on a daily basis, which is too tedious to die.

Therefore, finding enough suitable people has become the biggest headache for Aoki and Huaizi. In the second half of last year, the two searched all the things that could be used in ten miles and eight towns, and bought a few rooms of slaves, and Chrysanthemum also specially helped them establish a personnel file, listing the family background information of all employees one by one for them to manage and screen.

Handful. Changed to.

was so tired that he finally put this stall up. And last year's fungus income, tens of thousands of silver, let people put aside all the fatigue and troubles, since the end of last year, they have been in full swing to prepare for this year's affairs.

Because the oak garden is the place where the Zhang family lives, under the nose, even if the locust is not at home, Zhang Dazhuan and chrysanthemum can also take ideas, moreover, now the trees in the garden have become a trend, there are two hundred acres of bamboo above the mountainside, and there are four hundred acres of oak trees on the top of the mountain, this place is more suitable for planting fungus and mushrooms than the barren mountain.

Therefore, although the oak garden is only 50 acres, Huaizi has built eight fungus planting farms in the forest, which are scattered around the Zhang family's house. Among them, Wang Zhong was in charge of three, and Liu Heizi was in charge of five.

According to the barren mountains and forests, the various incomes generated are distributed in this way: except for the fungus, everything else is considered chrysanthemums, including those oak trees, green trees and locust trees; The woodland was used for free. The condition is that the people they hire will help the chrysanthemums pick mushrooms.

Huaizi and Chrysanthemum rushed home, and after breakfast and cleaned up, the family prepared to go down the mountain to Zheng's house.

"Black skin, don't go with the grapes, take care of it at home, and accompany Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu and Grandma for the holiday. I'll give you another thing: today is the Dragon Boat Festival, each hired worker will be rewarded with 100 Wen, and the field manager will be rewarded with 1 tael of silver. Father, Wang Zhong and Wu Cheng were rewarded with ten taels of silver. He found the grapes and paid the money, and called the chief steward to come and collect them, and distribute them to the people below. ”

Blackskin agreed with a smile.

Chrysanthemum said: "Let's find an account room, it's not a long-term solution to be like this." Although Heipi and Liu Xiaosi can also keep accounts. But it's a pity that they are so young and only a bookkeeper. ”

Now she is in charge of the family's finances, and the grapes are acting as the bookkeeper, which of course can't be.

Huaizi nodded and said, "I told Laixi, and he said to help us keep an eye on it." Have you given out the bounty over there? He was referring to those who raised chickens, fed pigs, and farmed the land, and those who cultivated paddy fields did not, but only collected rent.

Chrysanthemum smiled: "I sent it yesterday, and even these people in the family have appreciated it." ”

Huaizi asked, "Then why don't you help me do this by the way?" ”

Chrysanthemum said: "Don't I dare to make up my mind for you privately." I don't know how much money is appropriate to reward them. ”

Huaizi glanced at her with a smile, his eyes were meaningful, and he didn't blame her, and said, "Just go?" Are the girls dressed up? ”

Chrysanthemum chuckled and asked the grapes next to her.

Before the grapes could speak, they saw Red Pepper jumping out of the inner room, holding Chrysanthemum's hand. Let her look at herself: "Mother, look at Aunt Xiaoxi helped me comb my hair and change my clothes." ”

Chrysanthemum looked at her, dressed in a begonia red floral dress and pants, black cloth shoes embroidered with flowers and plants, two roses with dew on the hairpin, the whole person was bright like a cherry, and nodded and said yes. This little girl is suitable for wearing red. It's shallots, and those green and light blue are more suitable for her.

Zhang Dazhuan and He also changed into bright clothes and came out.

Zhang Dazhuan smiled at Red Pepper and said: "Red Pepper, hurry up and go with Grandpa first, if it's too late, the soybean kid will definitely eat all the delicious food." ”

Red Pepper nodded hurriedly and said that Cousin Soybean was the worst.

He gave him a blank look. said: "She originally liked to quarrel with soybeans, and she taught her like this." ”

The chestnut shallots also brought the yams. Huaizi picked up her youngest son and asked Chrysanthemum seriously: "Do you want to go in and change your clothes?" ”

"Hahaha......" Chestnut immediately laughed, and Shallot grabbed Chrysanthemum's arm and lowered her head and laughed.

Chrysanthemum took the placket of the lotus-colored blouse on her body, and asked seriously, "The young master doesn't like this dress?" ”

Huaizi shook his head and smiled: "Definitely! I tried on so many dresses last night, and I thought I was going to wear a skirt when I went out today! ”

Chrysanthemum punched him lightly, too lazy to play tricks with him again, and chuckled, "Let's go." It's not like you said, are you going to visit Mrs. He, I don't wear a skirt, so I'll pick out and prepare first. ”

Huaizi smiled at her as she walked, "If you don't like to wear skirts, then it doesn't matter if you wear them like this, I think it's no worse than wearing skirts." It's the best looking, just like ...... Just like the flowers on our mountain, they have aura. The flowers that are kept in the house are beautifully pruned, but they are devoid of spirituality. ”

Chrysanthemum didn't expect him to come up with a philosophy, and said with a smile: "It's hard to say." If you blow it yourself, people will only say that we have no rules and cultivation. 'Quality is better than literature, and literature is better than quality', whether it is etiquette and clothing, moderation is good. ”

didn't catch the car, the family talked and laughed, and walked to Zheng's house. Halfway through, Aoki and Hulu came to meet them, and it turned out that they had come to pick them up.

Huaizi asked in surprise, "Are you actually at home?" I thought you were still busy in the mountains. What does the fungus look like? ”

Aoki picked up the red pepper and said with a smile, "I went around in the morning, and then I came back." The fungus grows well, and the earliest batch can be collected in two days. ”