Chapter 83: Coming Home for the Weekend (2)
The rest of the reclaimed land is ready to be planted with winter wheat, and this year it is ready to plant thousands of acres of wheat. Thinking of wheat, Li Zhao also had an idea at this time, and when the time came, he could ask Division Commander Zhang for help and see if he could borrow a tractor from the military reclamation farm and come over to help sow and harvest.
I gave so many ideas, I can't refuse this request I made, I think it's quite reliable, so I told my father what I thought, and Li Zhao's father also felt that it was feasible. Then, the two of them burst into laughter, like foxes stealing chickens.
It seems that if you have time, you have to go to the military reclamation farm to see, after all, many of their projects are their own ideas, and it is not good to go and see them yourself, go for a walk, try to help solve the problem, and always be embarrassed to refuse yourself when the time comes, right? It's a good investment.
Indeed, Lijia Village has a maximum of 1,000 acres of land, if you can let Master Zhang and them get a tractor to help cultivate, plus the village's cattle and manpower, then this year, don't look at plowing hundreds of acres of land, it will be easier than in previous years, it is estimated that the land can be planted in five or six days.
After all, there are more livestock in the village than in previous years, and there are also new types of manpower seeders for sowing. In the past, due to the lack of cattle, in order to plough the land, there were some people who had to pull the plow, but this year the livestock are sufficient, and there is a tractor to help, the speed is definitely faster than in previous years, and people will not be as tired as in previous years.
Looking at the situation of land reclamation, Li Zhao also felt helpless, it was still very troublesome to open up the wasteland. It is mainly necessary to clean up tree roots, stones, etc., especially large tree roots, one needs several people to dig for a long time, at this time, there is no excavator, all rely on manpower, each tree root has to dig out a few square meters of soil, do not dig out the roots, it will affect the cultivated field.
After digging, it is necessary to fill in, and then the whole field must be leveled, and it is also troublesome to level, and it is necessary to transport the soil from the higher places to the low-lying places by wheelbarrow. After leveling, plough again, rake the soil to crush and rake it flat, and then it can be sown, which is very time-consuming. However, looking at this speed, 100 acres may be reclaimed this year.
After reading this, Li Zhao also asked about his brother's situation, only to know that this year's logging task has been completed, and the trees have been piled up and dried in the shade, so he is waiting for the town to arrange a unified time to pull it away.
The laborers in the village were divided into two teams after the morning exercise, one team digging ditches and the other team clearing wasteland, and the two sides took turns. Today it is Li Yu who leads people to dig ditches, their team is clearing wasteland, and the young people are mainly studying, they are not yet proficient in plowing, and now they are just taking the wasteland to practice.
After reading this, Li Zhao went to Li Yu's side, they had already dug out a few miles away, and they needed to walk a short distance along the ditch, but fortunately, the edges of the ditch were cleaned up, and they were built with stones, and the road was easier to walk. Sure enough, it took four or five miles to get to the place where they were digging a ditch now, to be honest, the village really supported Li Zhao too much.
Think about it, the village can dig the ditch a few miles to the south because of Li Zhao's idea, just because Li Zhao said that in the future, all the wasteland here can be reclaimed, and the water from the ditch can be used for irrigation. You must know that at this time, it can only be passed by a vote of the members, and Li Zhao just told them what he thinks, maybe many of them don't understand what Li Zhao meant, how can Li Zhao not be moved?
This is your home base, and it is very important for you to run this place well, and your undefeated golden body will also be achieved here. As long as ecological agriculture really takes root here, then as long as you don't commit problems of principle, then no one will attack you, and everyone will want to have a good relationship with you.
When I arrived at the place, I greeted everyone, and their tools were very simple, just shovels, flat poles, baskets woven with rattan, and some warm water bottled spring water, and a few bowls. They were all shirtless, with a towel around their necks, and everyone was working hard except for one man with a gun.
It is necessary to work here on guard, don't look at the crowd, you may encounter problems if you don't pay attention, especially wild boars, as long as you provoke them, they will charge directly regardless of it, and the vigilance can give people enough time to buy, here are with a dozen guns.
This work is actually very slow, a day can advance a dozen or twenty meters are good, a year to remove the rain and snow weather, basically as soon as there is time to excavate, digging a few years, only to dig these miles long. However, the effect is good, after the field is reclaimed, when there is a drought, there is no problem with watering, and it can also prevent wild animals, and this project has been more than half completed.
Seeing that the time was more than eleven o'clock, Li Zhao discussed with his brother that he would go back from work, and it would take about 20 minutes to walk these miles. It is also good to dig this ditch, no, when they heard that they were off work, these people walked forward, and when they reached a place where the water was relatively clear, they all jumped down and washed it.
This is also the characteristics of the countryside, people can't stand the heat, then go directly to the pond to wash, often some popular places, are the whole village people are in, and there is a tacit understanding, some places will also leave a place for women, men generally do not go.
After washing, these people all went to the cafeteria, first watermelon quenched their thirst, Li Zhao also mixed a few pieces, looking at the sincere smiling faces of these people, Li Zhao felt that these ideas he came up with were worth it. According to this year's situation, you can let the village buy a tractor next year at the latest, this thing is a large piece at this time, with a complete agricultural machinery to thousands of yuan, although the walk-behind tractor is cheaper, but the ability of the walk-behind tractor is still much worse than the four-wheel tractor, it is best to buy a four-wheel tractor directly.
Li Zhao's father arranged things, and went home with Li Zhao's brothers, and Li Zhao's sister-in-law also came back when she got home.
Today's meal can be said to be extremely rich in this era, there are fish and meat, and the pound of meat brought by Li Zhao is all done, plus the fish of the two brothers-in-law, it is a proper meal. A group of children are also greedy, they are all around the table, think about the situation of picky eaters in the future, and then look at the present, there is still a long way to go.
After eating at noon, Li Zhao took Su Ya to find the eldest brother Li Yu to borrow a gun, and after a while, Li Zhao was going to take Su Ya to climb down the mountain, now that the weather is relatively hot, you can just take Su Ya along the stream, it won't be hot.
As for why he brought a gun, the main reason is that the ecological environment in this era is relatively primitive, and there are few places that have been destroyed, and there are really large animals on the mountain, and Li Zhao does not dare to enter without a gun. You must know that in the past, wild boars often came down the mountain along the stream to plague the crops, but since the ditch was dug in the past two years, there has been no more disaster to the crops, and a few wild boars or other animals can be caught in the ditch every year.
The two of them set off with a rifle each, and Su Ya grew up in the military region, and judging by her posture with a gun, she may be better than her own marksmanship. The gun Li Zhao took two of the best ones in the village, that is, the Type 56, also for safety, this gun is also powerful, and the other guns are relatively poor, all of them have been retired from the army, and there are even a few Type 38 rifles.
Li Zhao took Su Ya across the bridge, both of them wore straw hats, and walked up the stream, but not on the shore, but took off their shoes and walked directly in the stream, the stream was relatively cool, but in this hot early autumn season, it was really a pleasure.
Walking Su Ya also picked up stones from the creek from time to time, Li Zhao also thought at this time that he had not checked the stones here, and now he could just see if there was any jade or other things. Li Zhao also picked up a piece from time to time, and then looked at the sun to see if there was any translucent situation.
The very simple detection method is to use one hand to make a cylinder, and then stick it to the stone to form a relatively dark environment, which is opaque to see through the light, and the color of the inside of the stone. The two of them checked while walking, picked up and lost, and had a lot of fun, Su Ya mainly looked at the shape and pattern, she had seen other people's text stones, she was very interested, and she happened to be walking in the creek today, so let's see if there is any luck.
Li Zhao mainly looks at the smooth surface, to see if there is a feeling of jade, if there is, look through the sun, not to mention, walked dozens of meters away, Li Zhao really found a good piece, after the light is green, it should be a piece of Xiuyu, but it is not worth much, if the color is good, it is also a good gadget. After reading it, Li Zhao handed the stone to Su Ya and asked her to look at it too.