Chapter Eighty-Eight: No Cultivated Land and Vegetable Fields

Seeing that the villagers who were busy in the fields before the Lantern Festival had passed, Xu Zhengdao also knew that after the fields were divided into households, everyone wanted to take care of their own farmland. When the harvest is time, you will be able to harvest more grain from the field.

But for Xu Zhengdao, after thinking about it a few years ago, he still planned to rent out the land and hand it over to the Zhong family, who had a large family. The Zhong family, who rented his land, in addition to helping him pay public grain, also had to supplement him with some extra food.

The surplus of grain is the proceeds of the lease. Hearing the news, Sun Dazhuang, as the village party secretary, was speechless and said: "You kid doesn't farm, so why do you have to divide the land?" It is vain that the land is given to you. ”

"Uncle Sun, you can't say that. I rented the land to Uncle Zhong, I didn't have to pay public grain, not to mention, and I picked up hundreds of catties of wheat for nothing a year. How can this good thing be blind in vain? If you really give me seeds, then it is really possible to be blind! ”

Compared with a few acres of cultivated land, the wasteland and self-reserved land allocated to Xu Zhengdao in the village were all exchanged for land near the small courtyard after some exchange. With the same as a few acres of self-reserved land, he decided to plan it well this year.

Feeling that the soil fertility of these fields next to the small courtyard is not as good as that of cultivated land, Xu Zhengdao, who returned to the village, directly asked someone to borrow a board car. From the opposite mountain, the humus was pulled for several days and piled up in the dug cellar to make manure.

After allowing it to ferment and disinfect, the humus pulled back can also increase the soil fertility of the vegetable patch next to the small yard. Whether you grow vegetables or other crops, I believe that the harvest will be much better than before.

Taking care of the farmland, he really has no interest. Taking care of the vegetable patch next to the yard, he is still interested. Because after the vegetables are planted, there is not much time to take care of. If you grow beans, corn, or sweet potatoes, it will be easier to take care of.

But in Sun Dazhuang's opinion, he still thinks that Xu Zhengdao is lazy. Fortunately, Sun Dazhuang also knows that Xu Zhengdao, who feeds the whole family without hunger, is probably much richer than other wealthy families in the village.

If you don't have bad money, why not be lazy?

Even he vaguely felt that Xu Zhengdao, who had been assigned to the ground, was afraid that he would leave in a short time. At that time, if the household registration is not moved, the village will not be able to recover it. But in fact, even if the hukou was moved, Sun Dazhuang did not intend to take away the land allocated to him.

Through the division of fields to households and the subsidy of the Zhong family to raise pigs, Sun Dazhuang felt more and more that it must be a good thing to have such a young man in the village who does not know the depths of his roots. For the sake of the people in the same village, there is always something to be gained.

Seeing that Xu Zhengdao came back after the New Year, he began to take care of the vegetable patch next to the yard, and Sun Dazhuang didn't say anything more. What really puzzled him was that not long after Xu Zhengdao, he actually asked someone to build a shed in the vegetable field.

Hearing this, Sun Dazhuang was very curious: "Ah Zheng, what are you going to do here?" ”

"Grow vegetables!"

"Growing vegetables, this weather? What are you doing with this shed? ”

"Uncle Sun, I have some ideas, I plan to try them first. Whether it can be done or not, I don't know yet. If it can be done, I am afraid that the income of my few acres of vegetable land in the future will be much higher than that of your farming. Wait until I figure it out, and then say, will it be done? ”

"Done! Anyway, the wasted money is not mine. ”

Seeing that Xu Zhengdao refused to reveal the true intention of building a shed, he didn't say anything more. Not long after, the invited workers quickly set up four greenhouses in the vegetable field. Seeing these greenhouses, the villagers were also extremely puzzled.

It's just that after the shed is built, Xu Zhengdao evenly spreads and stirs the soaked and disinfected humus in the sorted out greenhouse. Then I bought a lot of vegetable seeds and began to raise seedlings in the greenhouse.

Hearing the news, many villagers were surprised: "This snow has not melted much, just plant cucumbers and tomatoes, can it be done?" ”

"Who knows! If it can really be done, it can really make money if it is not done. ”

It is true that it is not the season suitable for growing vegetables at the moment, but these villagers have no idea what is an out-of-season vegetable and what a greenhouse is. As far as Xu Zhengdao is concerned, he thinks this thing can be tried.

It doesn't cost much to build a few greenhouses. The important thing is that if these greenhouses can successfully grow out-of-season vegetables, then he must be able to make a small profit by planting out-of-season vegetables.

But the real intention of doing so is to find a way for the whole village to get rich. As Zhong Jianguo asked before, can you make money by farming? The answer he gave was no, but it depended on what was planted in the ground.

Remembering that every winter, many families in the north can only cellar easy-to-store vegetables such as cabbage and radishes, and Xu Zhengdao, who has storage space, naturally does not have to work so hard. But he thinks that greenhouses may be able to be promoted.

Although he had never planted much in his previous life, he had learned from others to grow out-of-season vegetables for a while. Even though he doesn't know much technology, he is still confident that he can grow vegetables that are marketed earlier than others.

Listing in advance means that the price can be sold more expensive. In the greenhouses he built, he planted several kinds of vegetables. Similar to the short growth cycle of small cabbage, lettuce, water spinach, leeks, etc., naturally there are also a lot of grown.

In addition, he even set aside a greenhouse to grow watermelons that seemed impossible to many villagers. But the villagers didn't know that Xu Zhengdao actually wanted to plant strawberries, but he couldn't find the seeds.

The thermometer that was specially purchased, as well as a book specially used to record the temperature difference in the shed, were also hung directly in the greenhouse by Xu Zhengdao. With these four greenhouses, he spent a lot more time in the village than before.

Seeing that the sown vegetable seeds sprouted one after another, and the small cabbage with a short growth cycle grew branches and leaves in a few days, Xu Zhengdao was also very satisfied: "At this time, I can eat a plate of fried cabbage, I'm afraid it's rarer than meat!" ”

Although there are not many varieties and quantities of vegetables planted in the four greenhouses, Xu Zhengdao thought about it and deliberately brought Liu Daneng over. It just so happens that he has regular customers who are not bad for money, and the vegetables produced in the greenhouse can also be sold by him.

When Liu Daneng came to Kangmin Village, he followed Xu Zhengdao into the greenhouse, looked at the ridges of green cabbage, and said with a light in his eyes: "Brother, did you grow this?" Oh my God! Do you still have the ability to do this? ”

"You know, I'm an idler, and I like to mess around when I'm fine. What do you think? This dish is sent to the pigeon market, it should not be sold, right? ”

"What do you mean by not worrying about selling, if you show up in the pigeon market, you will be robbed like crazy if you believe it or not."

"Don't worry, I don't plan to put these dishes on the pigeon market, I plan to let you contact old customers and ask them if they want them. Because there are not many vegetables, they can't be supplied to too many people. It's safer to sell it privately. ”

"Well, that makes sense! Not to mention anything else, as far as my daughter-in-law is concerned, she is tired of eating meat and eggs now, so she wants to eat green vegetables. When you can eat this little cabbage, you must leave some for me, and use this to cook some noodles or something, she must love to eat it. ”

"With me, are you still so polite? How much bok choy is used to cook noodles? Although this little cabbage is tender, it can also be eaten. Wait a minute, you're picking two big picks yourself, and we're not bad at that, right? ”

"W-wouldn't that be too wasteful?"

"Waste of fart! The first time I planted, the vegetable seeds were sprinkled a little densely, and the big ones were removed, and the remaining ones grew faster. ”

Under Xu Zhengdao's urging, the two big men also began to bend over, picking those big roots from the dense cabbage seedlings. It didn't take long for the two of them to dial a small half basket, and Liu Daneng immediately asked Xu Zhengdao to stop.

Said directly: "Brother, that's enough." Not to mention boiling noodles, stir-frying two plates is enough. ”

"Done! Wait and take these home, and ask the regular customers to see what they can offer. Wait a little more, and then contact a few big restaurants, it is estimated that they will also buy at a high price. ”

Even in Kyoto, you can eat fresh vegetables at high-end restaurants. But everyone knows that the vegetables sold in the restaurant are all flown in from the south. There are not many of them, and ordinary people may not be able to buy them if they have money.

As for wanting to buy fresh vegetables in the vegetable market, it is somewhat unrealistic at this time!