Chapter 192, Golden Flower Tea

"It's just an experiment, it's not sure yet!" Yang Mingdong said.

"We don't have to wait for the results to know that the experiment will be successful. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "How many of the other production teams are as united as our team? So they haven't made much progress over the years, and they have to drink batter for a period of time every year." Now that the land is in the hands of individuals, those who want to eat a full stomach will naturally not be lazy. Even if he wants to be lazy, there is no one to help him share it, and if he doesn't farm well, he will only go hungry. In this way, everyone's enthusiasm for work is increased, and everyone dedicates themselves to their own fields, and naturally they can get a good harvest. ”

"If it succeeds and proves that this method is feasible, it will naturally become a long-term policy. Now that the land use right is in everyone's hands, who is willing to give it up?" Li Yuanshan said, "What does it matter if you don't have enough land to plant? Who told your family to have so many children! If every family has many children, then how can this bit of land be enough!"

"Well, you are very good at Yuanshan! We must pay attention to this issue. Yang Guangli said, "Everyone knows that there is only so little land for our production team. Knowing this, we have to give birth to four or five children, and it is impossible for us to give up our land for him to plant! The three of us have been in an old relationship for decades, and we have been getting along very well for decades. ”

On the issue of birth control, the older generation made sense, and this was done. As for the young people, they have long embraced this idea. They know very well that without the distribution system of five labors and five labors for people in a big pot, the more children they have, the poorer their lives will be.

A few days after the land was divided, the commune and the commune officer Xu came over and sent the admission notice. Li Yuanshan did not expect it badly, and the four Yang Mingju, who studied for another year, were finally admitted to the city's teacher college.

"Hehe! Your hard work this year has not been in vain. Seeing the happy look of the four people looking at the notice in their hands, Li Yuanshan smiled.

Sometimes Li Yuanshan also thinks that if their elders also paid as much attention to reading as they used to in a few years ago and let them persist in studying, then more than eight of them would have been admitted, and they would not just be admitted to a local junior college like the Teachers College, but a real university.

A few years ago, he didn't pay attention to reading, except for herding sheep in primary and secondary schools, Li Yuanshan also heard about one thing. A few years ago, two people in Xinzhai next door were recommended to go to college, one of them was Fudan University, but neither of them went. The one who recommended going to school in Fudan was considered to join the army, because there is an allowance for joining the army. The other stayed at home and did farm work. This is a rare opportunity to go to college, so I just gave it up.

Half a month after Yang Mingxue and others, who are studying in college, left, it was time to harvest rice.

This year, rice is the same as tobacco, and each family cannot harvest it, because when planting rice, it is only divided into two slices, glutinous rice and japonica rice, and if the grain on each family's land belongs to each family, then some people's food will only be glutinous rice. Although purple glutinous rice is good, it is not used to eating it at once.

"It seems that this year's rice yield has increased again!" Song Shihua said happily, "In this way, the output will have to increase next year." "Looking at the large purple and red rice fields, everyone will be happy with the good harvest.

"The rice varieties we grow are very good, and as long as the fertilizer can keep up, the yield can naturally increase. Li Yuanshan said.

"Speaking of fertilizer, I think I need to buy some fertilizer in the next year. Song Shihua said, "I heard that only a small amount of this thing can be put in, and the crops are growing very well." "When the commune was promoting, it was also given to the production team with a small grain output, and there was no share here. The funny thing is that those production teams can't use chemical fertilizer when they get it, and they will kill the grain by topdressing it. Since there is only one small fertilizer factory in the county, the output of fertilizer is small, and it costs money to buy it, so the village has not used it for many years.

"Chemical fertilizer is also okay, it is easy to use, and the effect of increasing production is obvious. Li Yuanshan said, "However, there are also shortcomings, the taste of the grain and vegetables grown by chemical fertilizer is worse, and it is not as good as that grown with farm fertilizer." In addition, as the fertilizer grows for a long time, the soil will harden and the ground will become more and more iron (hard). If the soil is not permeable, food production will decrease. Then, in order to increase food production, the use of chemical fertilizers continues to increase, and the soil is more prone to compacting, and it becomes a vicious circle. ”

"If the consequences are so serious, why does the country want to promote the use of chemical fertilizers?"

"The lesser of two evils, we have such a population, and there is very little land without chemical fertilizers, so there is not enough food to eat. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "In this case, who cares whether the taste of grain and vegetables is good or not, whether the soil is compacted or not? Only by solving the problem of having enough to eat can we start to solve the problem of eating well and the problem of soil compaction. ”

"Then do we use it or not?" Yang Guangming asked.

"We have chicken farms and pig farms, and the farmers have a lot of fertilizer, which should be enough to grow food. Li Yuanshan said, "As for growing tobacco, farmhouse fertilizer is indeed not as effective as chemical fertilizer, and it can be used." However, it should also be noted that less nitrogen fertilizer is used to grow tobacco, that is, urea, carbonate (ammonium bicarbonate), and if you put more nitrogen fertilizer, the tobacco looks good, and the tree (the height of the smoke) is tall and the leaves are long, but the tobacco leaves are not easy to turn yellow, and it is easy to get sick, and it is not good to roast out. "Actually, it's better not to use it, but Li Yuanshan also knows that it should be combined with reality. It is a chemical pesticide, although this thing works very well, but it is not easy to degrade, and the pollution is more serious, so it is best not to use it at all in the village.

More people are better for farming, and fewer people are better for the New Year. The production team even came to help with the children who came back from school, and the harvest and threshing were finished in two days, and they were spread out in the threshing floor to dry.

After the rice is harvested, the next step is to store water for the field, which is to ensure the fertility of the paddy soil in the paddy field.

In November, the farming was over, and at this time, the golden flower tea bloomed, and Li Yuanshan and the two went up the mountain to pick flowers.

The children were grazing cattle and horses on the mountain, and when they saw Li Yuanshan and the two of them coming up, they knew that the two of them were picking golden camellia flowers, so they started to help.

"Brother Yuanshan, what are you pulling camellia flowers to fix (for)?" asked Yang Mingjin as he moved his hands. The people in the village see that the Jinhua tea is very similar to the tea leaves, so they call it camellia.

"This is golden flower tea, and this flower can be soaked in water and drunk like tea leaves. Li Yuanshan explained.

"Flowers can also make tea?" the children were intrigued, they had never heard of it before.

"Absolutely. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "Making tea with flowers, called flower tea, has existed in ancient times, such as chrysanthemums, jasmine, honeysuckle, etc., which can be used to make tea." Not only is it delicious, but it also looks good. Think about it, if there are a few flowers in the cup, the feeling of drinking water is different!"

Back at home, the two came to the water's edge with a wooden basin and barrel. Yang Mingying saw the two of them holding a wooden basin and said, "Mingyue, you are also here to wash your clothes?"

"It's not. Let's wash the camellias. Jiang Mingyue said with a smile.

"Camellias, do tea leaves bloom?" asked Yang Mingxue's daughter-in-law.

"It's the kind of camellia that blooms on the mountain now. Jiang Mingyue put down her back and showed them it, and explained, "This kind of thing is golden flower tea, and the flowers can be made into flower tea to make water and drink." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be this camellia!" Yang Mingxue's daughter-in-law suddenly realized when she saw it, and said. She thought it was the kind of camellia on the tea tree.

"Mingyue, are you saying that this flower can be used to make tea?" asked Yang Mingying.

Jiang Mingyue confirmed: "Yes, otherwise what are we going to do when we pick it back?"

There are a lot of Jinhua tea mountains, its flowers are very beautiful, so dig it back and plant it on the side of the open dam, so many years I don't know that its flowers can be made into tea.

"Then I'll pick some clothes after washing, and you can teach me how to do it. Yang Mingying said. She was very interested in making tea from this flower. Not only her, but other girls were also interested.

"It's so simple. Li Yuanshan put down the wooden basin and barrel, and then put down the back basket, and while drawing water into the wooden basin, he said, "Pick the freshly bloomed flowers and wash them, then drain the water, put them in the retort and steam them for a few minutes, and then take them out and spread them out to dry." ”

After noon, Yang Mingying and the others came back from picking Jinhua tea and learned how to make it with Jiang Mingyue. The process is really simple, just look at it once.

The next afternoon, the flower tea was dried, and after Li Yuanshan put it away, he took two teacups, put two dried flowers in each cup, poured boiling water, and a fragrance of nothingness spread. The shriveled flowers absorb the water, plump up little by little, and soon become as if they have just been plucked from the branches.

Naturally, the girls liked such beautiful things. And the taste of flower tea is also okay, although the tea leaves in the village are also very good, but the tea leaves are a bit bitter and astringent, compared to them, they prefer this kind of flower tea without bitterness. Because I like it, taking advantage of the sunny weather these days, it is a good time to dry Jinhua tea, and I am very happy to do it one by one, and I have to go up the mountain to pick it once a day, and then come back to make it. After more than half a month, each family has saved several catties.

They made a lot of things, so they thought about trying them at the acquisition station.

However, although Jinhua Tea is good, the people at the acquisition station have never seen it after all, and without this acquisition task, you can blow it all over the place, even if it is an elixir, if you don't accept it, you won't accept it!

The purchase station did not accept it, and they were not disappointed, so they took it back and kept it for their own use.

When Li Yuanshan and Yang Guangming went into the city to send things to Yang Mingxue, Yang Mingying and the others asked them to bring some to Yang Guangli.

There is a lot of flower tea, Yang Guangli gave some to a few friends to taste, and as soon as a few people drank it, they liked it. It didn't take long for Yang Guangli to ask people to come back with a message and ask her to bring some more. A little bitter tea, lesbians, Zhi people don't like it very much, this flower tea is just right.