Chapter 181: A Bumper Harvest of Rice
Taking advantage of the noon work, Wang Manyin took the time to break the corn in his own land.
A lot of soil manure was used for this six-point self-reserved land, and when there was a drought, he also carried water with the flow and watered it once, so the harvest was not bad.
From head to tail, I made three snakeskin bags full of corn cobs.
It is said that it is a corn cob, but in fact, it is not comparable to later generations at all, but it is more than ten centimeters long. The corn kernels are round and only the size of a mung bean.
After all the three snakeskin bags are buckled, it is estimated that there will be 100 catties of corn kernels.
In this way, it is much better than in the collective field.
In this year's drought, the second team had a relatively good corn harvest except for a few watered fields near the river, and the production capacity per mu was more than 200. The other plots are not good, and one acre of land can have one hundred and forty catties in the sky.
That's how it is...... Water and fertilizer can keep up, and crops in self-cultivated fields are generally better than those in collective fields.
This is why Secretary Zhao held a special meeting to emphasize that it is a mistake to apply soil and manure in his own land. He even set up a manure pipe and a public toilet in the village.
In fact, these two are of little use, and the production of feces in the public toilets built in the village has never increased. Except for a few educated youths who are frequented by the village, almost all the other members of the village "produce and sell themselves" in their own toilets.
After all, everyone knows in their hearts that only the harvest in their own fields can be considered their own.
If the second team can divide enough 360 catties this year, and bring the harvest from their own land, Wang Manyin and Orchid will be able to have almost 4230 catties of rations.
But...... This is the ideal situation.
You must know that the jar village eats resold grain every year.
In fact, even if there are so many, the members will not have enough to eat. Now there is no oil and water in the meal, everyone is a pot-bellied man, and he can easily eat two catties of grain in one meal.
Wang Manyin read an article in later generations, which specifically mentioned how many meals adults eat a day to meet their daily needs.
It is said that according to the standard set by the Nutrition Society, workers engaged in agricultural production consume about 3,400 calories a day, and they need about 2.4 catties of rice to provide it.
If you simply eat rice, you need nearly 900 catties a year. Even the richest production team in the South is estimated to have not reached this number.
Therefore, there is not enough food, so it can only be replaced by melons and fruits.
In addition to grain, most of the members of the Jar Village also grow a lot of artichokes, pumpkins and radishes in their own fields. Because these vegetables are produced in large quantities.
Especially pumpkins, one can be more than ten catties, and it can be stored for several months. The temperature difference between day and night on the Loess Plateau is large, and the pumpkin tastes sweet and sweet, and the taste is very good. These days, Wang Manyin always has to steam two to eat every three or five days.
After harvesting corn and sorghum, more than a dozen acres of rice in Dongshan Pass were finally ripe.
It's a bit funny to say that these rice paddies were originally a by-product of fish ponds. As a result, the investment is getting bigger and bigger, and thousands of catties of new bacterial fertilizer are used in planting, and then a few acres of land are sprinkled with urea again.
Now standing on the edge of the field and looking at it, the yellow and heavy ears of rice are very gratifying.
Afraid of being pecked by birds and causing a reduction in production, Wang Lianshun sent people to guard every day these days. As soon as a bird approaches, it immediately begins to drive away.
At night, Liu Xiangyang and the two took turns to patrol, and they didn't dare to relax for a moment.
As early as more than ten days ago, watering in the rice fields had stopped.
The loess can't hold water, so although the soil in the field is a little damp now, it's completely fine to go into the ground with your shoes on.
Wang Lianshun originally wanted to take advantage of the good weather to receive the rice to the field earlier. As a result, before he could start using the sickle, he was stopped by Officer Zhao.
The other party said that the commune attaches great importance to the model field for the promotion of new bacterial fertilizer, and it is necessary to visit and guide the site during harvesting.
Helpless, Wang Lianshun had to stop for a day.
After receiving the official notice, Zhao Jianhai asked people to make a few slogan display boards overnight and stand on the edge of the rice field early in the morning.
Not to mention, this person is very good at writing slogans.
What is "opening mountains and splitting mountains to create fertile land, fighting heaven and earth to win high yields", "fighting heaven and earth, changing mountains and rivers, breaking new roads, and creating high yields", "hard work to learn from Dazhai, and build fertile fields on the banks of the Dongla River".
Very contemporary, and inspiring.
A circle of flags surrounded by a circle of flags suddenly made the atmosphere of the entire Dongshan Pass different.
More than ten acres of paddy fields, if the members of the second team harvest and thresh, it will take at least a few days to be busy. Naturally, the staff of the commune did not have so much time to wait.
In order to produce results as soon as possible, Zhao Jianhai specially called a team of laborers to come over to help.
Regarding this situation, Wang Lianshun of course raised his hands to welcome it.
There is free labor, not in vain.
After breakfast, everyone stood at the head of the village and waited.
Soon, several bicycles were coming from the direction of the commune of Shibijie. Since the supply and marketing cooperatives began to sell bicycles, the number of cyclists on the road has gradually increased.
Even the educated youths in the village pooled their money to buy one, but it was not a new car, but assembled by themselves with accessories.
Now you need a ticket to buy a complete bike, but you don't need to assemble it with parts. Therefore, some smart people in the Shibi Festival have begun to buy parts from the supply and marketing cooperatives.
What's even more amazing is that after assembling the bike, you can also get a license plate according to the invoice for the purchase of the bicycle rack.
Wang Manyin has decided that when there are more bicycles in the village, he can assemble one himself.
In addition to the people in the commune, Director Guo and Shao'an also followed. This is the right thing to do, after all, the promotion of new bacterial fertilizers is mainly operated by supply and marketing cooperatives, and they naturally want to know the final result.
In the end, he was followed by a photographer, who was said to have been specially invited from the commune next door.
What Wang Manyin didn't expect was that these staff members had sickles tied to the back seats of their cars, as if they were ready to go to the field to cut rice later.
Before going to the ground, Guo Chaowang specially explained to everyone that each mu of rice should be stacked separately after cutting, so that the specific mu yield of each piece of land could be accurately weighed later, and the effect of the new bacterial fertilizer was evaluated.
Wang Manyin originally thought that a few staff members were just putting on a show, and he never thought that people would cut rice, and they were no worse than the laborers in the village.
Look at the proficiency of the movements, you can see that it is a veteran style.
People who have never done farm work have no idea how dangerous it is to bend down and cut crops with a sickle.
If you don't move in a rusty way, you can cut your fingers or your calves if you're not careful.
This alone is worthy of Wang Manyin's admiration.
As he blended into the world, his mind was changing.
There are advantages and disadvantages in any era. It may not be perfect, but there are always people who stick to it for the sake of ideals.
However, Officer Zhao was very embarrassed to stand on the ridge. Immediately, he asked the member next to him for a sickle, and hurriedly joined in. After Zhao Jianhai came to Jarzi Village, he usually worked in the brigade headquarters, and even if he went to the fields, he only patrolled with his hands behind his back, so he was not good at working in the fields.
Less than two minutes after the cut, he let out a scream and then covered his bloody fingers.
However, this man was quite able to bear the pain, so he casually found a piece of cloth to wrap around his fingers, and continued to gather in front of a few people to grab the rice.
Wang Lianshun was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but pull Wang Manyin, lowered his voice and asked, "Manyin, is this person Secretary Zhao?" I'm not dazzled. ”
"What do you say," Wang Manyin was in a good mood, and was suddenly destroyed.
More than 100 laborers were dispatched in unison, and in just an hour, more than a dozen acres of land were harvested.
Originally, the rice was supposed to be dried and harvested in the stall, but there was not such a big place in the jar village. If you fight one game at a time, it's too slow.
A few staff members were waiting to know the results of the yield per acre. After a brief discussion, everyone decided to beat the rice ears on the spot.
The rice has been dried for more than ten days, and it has already bitten and dried out.
In order to prevent the rice from scattering and splashing, Wang Lianshun specially asked people to bring twenty or thirty sorghum books from the village to stand up to cover them, and spread a reed mat on the ground.
Then, Labor 100 was busy again.
There was a sound of beating at the scene, coupled with the large gray rice trees, and the entire Dongshan Pass suddenly rolled up with smoke and dust......
"No. 1 field 516 pounds!"
"No. 2 Tian 478 pounds!"
"No. 3 Field ......"
Hearing the report, many people were excited on their faces.
That's a pretty good number!
Rice and white flour are good grains, and they are fragrant to eat when made into donkey blankets.
Wang Manyin is no exception...... Although he knew early on that this year's harvest should be good. However, the highest yield per mu is still a bit shocking.
In this era, hybrid rice has not yet appeared, and even in the fields in the south, the yield per mu is only about 500 catties per season, and the northern plains are even lower.
Previously, they learned that after Liujiawan used ammonia, the average yield per mu could reach 400 catties.
Therefore, the output of 516 catties is definitely a satellite in the Shibi Festival Commune. Of course, if the rice is thoroughly dried, it will definitely lose a lot of catties.
Even so, it made everyone present cheer.
The contrast effect is very obvious, those who have not used urea and new bacterial fertilizer, the yield is about 300 catties.
However, about urea, Wang Lianshun and others naturally did not mention it.
To what hill to sing what song.
They know very well in their hearts that people are here to see the promotion of fungus fertilizer. If the credit is attributed to chemical fertilizer, the dozen acres of rice fields in Jarzi Village are not so eye-catching.
In the end, the average yield of more than 10 acres of rice was close to 400 catties.
After being busy, Wang Manchu invited everyone in the commune to rest in the village, and tasted the new rice in the village at noon.
When he got the news in the morning, he had already asked the village to kill a sheep, and it was estimated that it was almost stewed by this time. Eating stewed mutton and rice at noon is absolutely beautiful.
Wang Lianshun got the order and immediately began to arrange for people to cook rice.
For the first time this year, the village planted rice, and there were no professional rice tools at all.
But this is not difficult for them, there are stone mortars in the village. The so-called stone mortar is a bowl-shaped groove made of stone, which is divided into two types according to size.
The small stone mortar is usually used to pound garlic juice, which can almost be said to be a must-have for every family. There are also some large stone mortars that are mainly used to pound chili noodles, and now they are used to make rice.
Of course, these have little to do with Wang Manyin.
Wang Lianshun originally wanted him to go to the brigade headquarters to show his face, but Wang Manyin refused. Anyway, I'm not ready to make progress, so why bother with this fun.
And he was a little uncomfortable eating and drinking with a large group of people.
However, Liu Xiangyang, as the administrator of the rice field, was also invited to be a guest.
It should be said that the second team has a bumper harvest of rice this time, and the biggest beneficiary is Liu Xiangyang. His name has been thoroughly remembered by several people in the commune.
But this opportunity is also earned by others.
When he was working, a cadre also deliberately patted Liu Xiangyang's shoulder to express encouragement. Well, I was also photographed by the other party last time.
When other educated youths saw this, they were very envious.
Of course, the new fertilizer test was successful, and Shao'an also benefited.
If you want to say that the most depressed person today, it should be a captain Wang Manjun. He likes to be in the limelight very much, and now looking at Wang Lian's scenery, his mood is exactly the same as that of several educated youths.
What's more, for the sake of the scenery of the second team, their first team also contributed dozens of laborers.
For the children in the village, harvesting the paddy is also an exciting event, which means they can go down to the fields to dig for loaches.
Before, they were afraid of destroying the crops, so these guys only dared to guard the ridges and catch them.
In the first year of rice cultivation in Jarzi Village, the silt in the field was only four thick, and the bottom was a hard layer of raw loess. Loaches mostly stay in the silt layer and are easy to dig as long as they see a burrow.
In half a day, more than a dozen broken babies dug more than two catties each. When they took it back to the village, it immediately caused quite a stir.
The next day, the children of the whole village were dispatched.
In just one day, more than 10 acres of paddy fields have been turned over.
Now that the rice has been harvested, as long as these children do not destroy the ridges, Wang Lian will let them toss by the way.
It is said that from spring to now, the children in the village have never cut off their meat, and they can always eat some fish every once in a while. It's a pitiful number, but it's much better than before.
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In the anticipation of the members, the second team finally began to divide the rice.
Originally, according to the regulations, the production team could not privately distribute the grain before the autumn grain was paid.
However, at the dinner table a few days ago, Wang Lianshun had deliberately asked for the consent of the commune staff. Each person will be divided into 10 catties of rice first, and the rest will be kept for public grain.
After all, no matter what, the members of the second team have been busy for more than half a year, and they always have to eat a few meals of rice.
Wang Manyin's family of two can divide twenty catties.
If you make rice, you can eat it in half a month at most.
But for him, it doesn't matter.
There are now two or three hundred catties of rice piled up in the space, and Wang Manyin has been worried.
After dividing the rice, the family can eat the rice openly. So when the rice was brought home, he took the time to finish it all, and turned his head to send a few catties to his father-in-law's family.
However, some families with many children can divide more than 100 catties of rice. If it is converted into dried sweet potatoes, one pound for four pounds is equivalent to one more person's rations.
After harvesting the rice, the next step is to plant wheat and shave potatoes and sweet potatoes......
However, at this time, the autumn delivery of public grain also began.
The summer grain on the Loess Plateau is small, and it is generally completed in a few days. Autumn grain is the big one, and the payment is more mixed, millet, corn, sorghum, millet and peanuts and so on. When the sweet potatoes are harvested in a few days, the dried sweet potatoes will be handed in.
Intermittently, the public food time can last for more than a month.
In the past, it was a special situation to divide rice in the jar village, but now other grains cannot be divided, unless the public grain task is halfway completed.
The public grain was paid early and it was stable, so Wang Lianshun did not plan to delay. While arranging for people to continue to be busy with the autumn harvest, he began to send people to pay the public grain.
After experiencing the experience of handing over summer grain, this time he still sent the educated youths to come forward and directly asked Liu Xiangyang to pull the tractor corn.
As a result, the grain inspection was naturally smooth and smooth.
The next day, the grain delivery team changed, and the production teams were all educated youths.
For a while, the entire grain station compound was noisy......