Chapter 57: Growing Ginseng
It's time to plant ginseng~
At the beginning of March, Li Nianmian began to be busy.
Ginseng likes to grow in loose and well-drained soil rich in organic matter, so after Li Nianmian turned over the land, he asked someone to get back a lot of forest humus, manure, garden soil and pond mud, and then mixed it according to the ratio of 3:1:1:1 under the advice of professionals.
After getting it done, Li Nianmian began to deal with the problem of ginseng seeds.
In order for ginseng cultivation to flourish, the seedlings of ginseng seeds must be well raised. Sister Yu Jing told her that the seeds should first be soaked in clean water for 48 hours, and then put twice as much wet sand into the pot.
Finally, the first step is to mix the seeds and soil evenly in an environment of about 18 degrees, and keep the soil moist frequently, and it will germinate in about 2~3 months.
Now Li Nianmian's family is pouring an appropriate amount of organic fertilizer as a base before planting.
In fact, at the beginning, Li Nianmian wanted to ask people from the village to work, but was rejected by Tang Laosan's family.
After Tang Yanqing heard that ginseng could be grown, she said that their whole family could be busy, after all, in the past year, the mood of her mother and brother has become more and more stable, and the situation has improved a lot compared to before, which is considered normal labor.
Well, if you follow the degree of hardship and hard work, it can even be compared to the labor of two or three ordinary people.
And the preliminary preparations have been done, and now they are only planting ginseng, and this is less than ten acres of land, and their family of four can complete it in less than five days.
But in the end, Li Nianmian's family also participated in the planting, according to Li Qin and Zhou Menglan, "labor is good for physical and mental health".
It is too difficult for the east to rise gradually, and it does not reach the top of the head, but the heat of the air is gradually rising, especially the smell of this farmhouse fertilizer, which really makes people a little sick to their stomachs.
"It's starting to get hot, let's take a break, have lunch, and come back at three o'clock in the afternoon." Zhou Menglan looked at the soft and moist soil and nodded contentedly.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to the Tang family who were still working, "Don't cook, let's go to Pinjia's small restaurant to eat." ”
The Tang family of four stopped their movements when they heard this, Tang Yanqing glanced at her father, knowing that her parents still wanted to continue working, so she said, "Aunt Zhou, it's actually not very hot now, why don't you go to dinner first, let's just continue." When the meeting is over, we will go home and eat by ourselves. ”
"What are you doing, hurry up and eat, the work is not finished, the meal must be eaten on time, especially if your brother is still growing up." Zhou Menglan can't refuse.
"The smell of the body also affects the appetite, come back and take a shower first, and we will gather at the bottom of the mountain in twenty minutes, so it's decided!"
This family is honest people, and they usually work very hard, if she doesn't bring them back, it is estimated that this family can continue to work in the sun at noon until evening.
What era is it now, they don't bully honest people like this, and besides, they are not black-hearted capitalists.
Li Qin also went over and pulled Tang Laosan, "Brother, let's go, we will book in the restaurant in the morning, the dishes are ready, don't eat and waste!" ”
Tang Laosan said a little restrainedly, "Okay, let's go back and take a shower." ”
After a morning of work, it is inevitable that the body will be dirty, and it will be good to wash the dirt or something, mainly because of sweating, and the smell of manure on the body.
Li Qin waved his big hand, "Let's go!"
Tang Laosan scratched his head, and saw that his wife was pulled away by the boss's wife, and his daughter and son were also pulled by the little boss, so he followed Li Qin with kindness.
To be honest, Tang Laosan is becoming more and more grateful to the boss's family. Not only because they give their family a job opportunity, but also because they help their family in all aspects.
Like the illness of his wife and eldest son, Li Qin also matched him and contacted an expert and professor in Shenzhen, and after this period of treatment, the situation of the two of them has improved a lot.
Da En Dade is really beyond retribution, all he and his family can do is to do their best to do the boss's things well.
The courtyard in Taoyuan is usually lived by Tang Laosan's family, but there are also two houses that are spare rooms for Li Nianmian's family.
After a few of them took a battle bath, they walked to the "Jiajia Native Restaurant" at the head of the village.
The owner of "Jiajia Native Restaurant" is called Tang Pinjia, who is only a young man, but he already has a six-year-old daughter.
He decided to go out to work before he was admitted to high school and followed his uncle to learn to cook outside, and his job was relatively stable.
After the introduction of his aunt, he married a girl in the next county, and after the two got married, they had a child, and after the child was weaned, he took his wife to work outside, and the child has been growing up with his grandparents.
Tang Pinjia and his wife don't love their children, how can their cubs not love it, when they just left their children at home, how many times did they wake up from the night, and the couple hugged their heads and cried when they thought about their children.
But what can be done, if you take the children with you, your wife will not be able to work, and Tang Pinjia alone will not be able to save enough money for her parents' pension and her children's education.
This is the sorrow of the vast majority of rural people.
Besides, even if the children follow them now, what to do when they are going to kindergarten later, ordinary working-class people have no housing for them, and they can't go to public kindergartens, and private kindergartens are more than 3,000 yuan a month, where do they pay for it
There is also a school choice fee for elementary and junior high schools in the back. The child buys a house later. Elderly care for the elderly at home.
Tang Pinjia couldn't even think of these high costs.
He had always been anxious about this, feeling that life was really soaked in Coptis chinensis, and he had never liked to read, and he even began to think about the philosophical question: why am I alive.
Sometimes he feels that there is no end to the suffering, and life is boring, but thinking of the aging parents, wife and children around him, Tang Pinjia gritted his teeth and persevered.
Although the work of the back kitchen is hard, the income is not bad, and the husband and wife work hard for a few years, and the parents on both sides can stretch out their hands, and they can buy a house in the county.
This was his previous plan.
But when he came back from the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Tang Pinjia's mind changed, he keenly discovered the business opportunities in the village, and immediately resigned and went home, and with the help of relatives and friends, he transformed his home into a small restaurant.
Taking advantage of the Tiger King's east wind, business quickly picked up, and in less than four months, the store even began to make a profit.
Although the income is not as high as that of a part-time job, the whole family can be reunited, on the one hand, they can take care of their aging parents, and on the other hand, they can also grow up their children.
People have to learn to make trade-offs.
(End of chapter)