Soon at the end of the month, the village party secretary of Shimen Village sent someone to send the fruit seedlings over as promised.

Shimen Village is a wealthy village, there is fertile land, there is a large reservoir, and there are mountains full of fruit trees, and many families in the village have contracted a piece of mountain to earn money by selling fruits.

Because of the wealth, a total of four delivery tractors came, and each vehicle was fully loaded.

After the convoy came, Gao Mingcheng went to hand over the goods, first counted the fruit seedlings, to see if the number was correct, and then to see if there were obvious flaws, if not, then classified and unloaded, first piled at the foot of the mountain.

Gao Yue came forward, and this batch of fruit seedlings was arranged with the help of the village party secretary of Shimen Village, and the quality of the fruit seedlings was basically no problem.

Maybe it's not specialized in seedling business, this batch of fruit seedlings looks like a lot, but in fact, the number is not very large, because most of the fruit seedlings are two or three years old, and they are already very close to the fruit.

In particular, there are two bayberry trees, which are two meters tall.

The delivery man pointed to the two bayberry trees and said, "This bayberry has already borne fruit several times, and the fruit is big, sweet and delicious, and the price must be more expensive." The bayberry in our village was transplanted from Zhejiang at the beginning, and it was much better than our local wild bayberry. These two trees, according to their current names, are called Dongkui bayberry! ”

Dongkui bayberry was not called this name at first, but was named Dongkui bayberry by Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University in 1979. Its fruit is as big as a table tennis ball, the fruit color is purple red, the flesh column is thicker, it is a large-fruited late-maturing variety, and it begins to ripen in early July.

Gao Mingcheng knew this, because when Dongkui bayberry became famous, people from Shimen Village once sold it in the market by pretending to be Dongkui bayberry from Xianju, and of course, after making a lot of money, it was reported.

Dongkui bayberry is the pillar industry of Xianju, the protection of its bayberry is very strong, and the price is also extremely expensive, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy it.

So it makes sense to buy fakes at a lower price.

Even so, this bayberry is definitely a very good variety in their local area, and Gao Mingcheng is in a good mood looking at these two bayberry trees that can already bear fruit.

You get what you pay for, and it's understandable that the price is more expensive.

After counting all the fruit seedlings, Gao Mingcheng paid for the goods happily.

The delivery man drove back empty.

"Uncles, it's time to work!" Gao Mingcheng shouted at the worker.

"I told you before what kind of fruit trees to plant where, just plant them according to what I said before." Gao Mingcheng commanded, and then walked towards the northern slope of Xiaofu Mountain with a large bayberry tree in one hand.

Bayberry likes shade and is humid tolerant, when the rain is abundant and the climate is humid, it has a long life and abundant yield, it can be said that after these two Dongkui bayberry survive, it can be abundant for decades!

At that time, Gao Mingcheng's children and grandchildren will be able to eat the bayberry on this tree.

Therefore, Gao Mingcheng was quite cautious and decided to find a place to plant by himself.

The root system of Dongkui bayberry is shallow, and the branches and leaves are lush, so it is afraid of wind, so the place where it is planted must be sheltered from the wind, and the bayberry has no strict requirements for light, which is also suitable in relatively hidden valleys.

Not long after, Gao Mingcheng came to the north slope of Xiaofu Mountain, and then stopped at a gentle slope, Dongkui bayberry can be planted in the valley, but can not be planted on the high slope, the sunshine on the high slope is too strong, the wind is too strong, and the soil moisture content is low, the fruit that grows in this place will be much smaller, and the taste is not so good.

Before planting bayberry, Gao Mingcheng picked up a hoe and dug up a few twist trees.

These twisted trees were deliberately left before, but now they have to be transplanted to other places to make room for bayberry, because wolf fern, rhododendron, myrtle, pine, fir and other places that grow well are the most suitable for cultivating bayberry.

The academic name of this twist is called myrtle.

In addition to these two large bayberry trees, there are also more than a dozen small bayberry trees, which are at most two years old, thin and small, with few branches and leaves, and they have to be planted for a few years before they can bear fruit.

Because bayberry has shallow roots and lush foliage, it is best to stay a little farther away from each other, otherwise they will be crowded together when they grow up.

He planted bayberry here, and invited the workers to plant the corresponding fruit seedlings in the planned position, the oranges were planted on the sunny slope, and the peach trees and pear trees were planted next to each other, and when the flowers bloomed, a piece of white, a piece of red, red and white reflected each other, it was also very lively, and there was a kind of peach and plum competing for spring.

All the fruit seedlings are basically planted at the foot of the mountain and on the slopes, as for the top of the mountain, under normal circumstances, it is necessary to plant ecological forests, because the top of the mountain is relatively dry and barren, if you plant fruit trees, the fruit growth is not good, so you can only plant soil and water conservation forests, or timber forests.

Gao Mingcheng plans to plant Camellia oleifera trees on the top of the mountain, which belong to the ecological forest, which is not so demanding on the soil, and can also pick Camellia oleifera seeds every autumn.

There is no need to buy camellia saplings, he can transplant some after a trip to the mountains.

What's more, this small mountain itself also has some camellia trees growing.

After several days of busy work, all the seedlings have finally been planted.

After the seedlings are planted, they have to be covered with soil, stepped on and watered, and when there is no pumping machine, they have to rely on manual water to carry water.

Fortunately, there was a pond at the foot of the mountain, and luckily, on the third day of planting, there was a spring rain in the middle of the night.

The spring rain is dripping, moistening all things.

It's the beginning of April, when everything is reviving and the vegetation is flourishing, and the weeds in the field have begun to grow wildly.

It's not just weeds that grow wildly, but also wild vegetables.

Gao Mingcheng noticed that there were more wild vegetables on the table of Grandma Xi's house, including purslane, dandelion, plantain, and gray gray cabbage, etc., as for the toon sprouts, they were still too small to be picked.

Toon sprouts are a very magical wild vegetable, some people think it is very fragrant, but some people will think it is very smelly, Gao Mingcheng's acceptance of it is OK, toon sprouts are not delicious to eat like this, but when they are fried with eggs, it is delicious.

Of course, Luo Xiaohua doesn't like it, and she is reluctant to scramble it with eggs, so she won't pick it every spring.

Every time Gao Mingcheng eats scrambled toon with eggs, he eats it at Grandma Xi's house.

Spring rain after spring rain, the rain rushed to moisten this dry land for most of the year, making the tenacious weeds change day by day.

The fruit trees in Xiaofushan have been planted, and next, the entire Gaojia Village is put into spring ploughing.

Ploughing, ploughing, and sowing seeds are their daily routines.

Gao Yuanjian has been very good to Gao Mingcheng's cattle since he bought them, because he has high hopes for the cow, and in the future, the family's fields will rely on it to plow the fields.

But Gao Yuanjian never expected that his cattle would not come in handy, and the family's fields would first use more advanced and efficient ploughing methods.

Gao Mingcheng bought the machinery to plow the field, so naturally he would not only plow the field for himself, but also his grandmother's house, his parents' house, and many beautiful second sisters' houses, which were all arranged.

They don't need to pay, but when they plough the fields, Gao Mingcheng eats at someone's house.

This requirement came out, even if it was a stingy lot of jade, it was nothing to say, and when it was her turn to farm, she also specially called Zhang Chengyuan to go to the market in Junling to buy three catties of pork belly and come back.

One meal is stewed pork belly with plum vegetables, and the other meal is braised pork, although the craftsmanship is average, but at least the meat is solid.

Luo Xiaohua also behaved very generously, her family had a lot of fields, Gao Mingcheng was busy for two days before he finished, and in the past two days, Luo Xiaohua also tried his best to cook a large table of good meals and dishes.

Gao Yuanjian's face also had a lot of smiles.

Every year in the spring ploughing, it is the busiest and most tiring, after plowing the eight acres of land, people are tired.

Now with a tractor ploughing the field, it can easily complete tasks for days.

Gao Mingcheng's actions attracted the attention of the village and even the brigade, so some people came to the door to ask Gao Mingcheng to plow the fields for their family, some people came with gifts, and some people said they were willing to give some money.

Gao Mingcheng confiscated the money, but he was unwilling to plow the fields for them, wasting his precious time on plowing the fields, he originally wanted to lend the tractor and let others buy diesel fuel and plough the fields by themselves.

But later, he was afraid that others would not cherish the tractor, so after thinking about it, he handed over the matter to Gao Zhuang.

When ploughing with a tractor, Gao Zhuang was also beside him, so he taught Gao Zhuang how to drive a tractor by the way.

Now is the right time to give Gao Zhuang a chance to make extra money.

So he told Gao Zhuang about this matter first, and asked his opinion, he could make money, Gao Zhuang naturally had no opinion, and proposed to share half of Gao Mingcheng, because the tractor was bought by Gao Mingcheng.

But Gao Mingcheng didn't ask for it, just let Gao Zhuang be responsible for paying for diesel fuel.

Gao Zhuang regarded this matter as a serious job, so he proposed how much money he would collect for plowing an acre of land, and he only accepted money, not gifts.

Why not receive a gift? Because some people do their duty, they give heavier gifts, but there are also people who steal and cheat, and take some worthless things to fool people.

For example, take some snacks that are of bad quality that have expired due to moisture, take wine mixed with water, take broken eggs, and so on.

It is not easy for people in the village to make money, so as soon as they say that they want money, many people retreat and decide that it is better to work harder on their own.

But there are also people with few laborers at home who are willing to pay for Gao Zhuang to plow the fields.

Last year, when the wild boar came down the mountain, the village organized people to hunt wild boars, and in the process of hunting wild boars, several people were injured.

The skin injuries are fine, those who hurt the bones are still unable to do heavy work, and they all say that the injured muscles and bones have been moving for 100 days, and it has only been two months.

While Gao Zhuang was busy plowing the fields for people to make money, Gao Mingcheng had already gone into the mountains to check on his beehives.

In the spring, the nectar sources in the mountains suddenly increased, and the bees began to become diligent, so Gao Mingcheng decided to move the beehive.

Before moving the beehive, you have to check the situation of the beehive, change the bee spleen, and arrange the increase and decrease.

In addition, wasp hunting is simply an activity that will never go out of style, these hateful wasps are specifically staring at the bees, and one can eat several bees if they are not careful.

Often near the beehives, there will be a lot of bee carcasses.

(End of chapter)