Back to seven or seven kinds of fields to raise children

Chapter 42
With Zhao Dahai interceding, Xu Shiyan also felt that it is not appropriate to offend others at the moment.

The Xu family was able to gain a foothold in the big house, all relying on Zhao Dahai, so they had to give Zhao Dahai face.

"Chen Deyong, you heard clearly, today is for Uncle Zhao's face, I will forgive you this time, hurry up, don't be an eyesore here."

Hearing this, those young men hurriedly carried Chen Deyong into the car, and the Chen family also left in despair.

Chen Deyong was sent to the commune hospital, where he received injections for three consecutive days, the swelling subsided and the wound began to heal.

I don't know if there are any sequelae, but I dare to walk on the ground anyway.

The Chen family had two quarrels in a row, and they didn't make any money. Instead, they annoyed everyone, and they became more and more unpopular in the village.

The Chen family and the Xu family also became rivals because of these two incidents.

In the blink of an eye, it's the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and it's time for the crops in the field to be recycled.

The Dongjiangyan Brigade has a total of about [-] mu of land, and it is very easy to recycle. The whole village, young and old, worked together to collect all the food in a few days.

Taking advantage of the crisp autumn weather, the sun should be dried, and then the beans and corn should be dried. The whole village, young and old, went to battle together, and they were very busy.

Spring planting and autumn harvest are always the busiest seasons in the crop yard.

For those who participate in rural areas, there is another more important task in autumn, which is to start selling ginseng.

The growth of garden ginseng is regular. From the seed to the production of ginseng, it is divided into two stages, a total of six years.

In the autumn of the first year, sow the opened ginseng seeds in the ginseng field.

After three years of growth, it can basically grow into a cigarette to the thickness of a finger, which is called ginseng.

The ginseng seeds are raised from the soil in autumn, and the ones with good size, good body, and no water rust scars are selected, and they are replanted in good soil, and they will grow for another three years before they can be used as ginseng.

After six years of growth, a ginseng tree can weigh one tael or more, and the largest one can weigh three or four taels.

It is mainly related to the size of the plant, soil fertility, and later management.

The medicinal value of ginseng is very high, but the resources of wild ginseng are very few. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, garden ginseng had been planted.

The place names of many places in Fusong are related to ginseng, and most of them are large ginseng gardens in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Now the ginseng gardens are all owned by the public, and almost all communes and brigades have their own ginseng gardens.

The ginseng land of the Dongjiangyan brigade is not too much. Even the ginseng seeds are added together, and the ginseng and seeds are only more than 2000 feet in six years. Those who made goods back then were only [-] feet.

The so-called zhang is a special term for ginseng. It generally refers to the area of ​​one zhang long and five chi wide. After conversion, it is about five points a few square meters.

Don't underestimate the five square meters of ginseng land. If it is done well, it can produce [-] to [-] catties of water ginseng.

Steamed and dried to make red ginseng, about four catties, based on the current price, it can be sold for three to four hundred yuan.

Three or four hundred in this year, that's a big deal. Otherwise, why are all the communes trying their best to grow ginseng?So worth the money.

Of course, in later generations, with the use of various fertilizers, the output of garden ginseng can reach [-] to [-] catties per foot.

It's just that the price of ginseng is affected by international influences and fluctuates greatly. When the price is low, ginseng farmers will also lose a lot.

As forest resources become more and more scarce, the price of ginseng has been rising all the way.

"Starting tomorrow, I will go up the mountain to participate. I will take a roll call. Anyone whose name is called will gather at six o'clock tomorrow morning and go to Qianchuan to participate."

On the afternoon of September 20th, when everyone was busy harvesting soybeans and putting them in the warehouse, the team leader Yu Shanhai shouted loudly.

Ginseng also has solar terms. If it is too early, the pulp of ginseng will not be enough, so the product will not be weighed, and it will not work when it is too late.

Generally speaking, it is the few days before the autumnal equinox, and the ginseng starts on the mountain.

"Xu Shiyan, Xu Shixiang, Yang Chunming, Zhao Jianguo, Zhao Jianshe..." the captain read out a long list.

To get ginseng is to dig out ginseng from the ground. This job requires not only strength but also patience.

Hands should be steady, frizzy work can easily scratch the ginseng rhizome underneath, destroying its value.

Xu Shiyan is famous for his carefulness and stability. He is the first one to be named in the work of planting and planting ginseng every year.

At six o'clock in the morning on September 21st, the forty young men who had been named gathered in front of the team department, took all kinds of starting tools and sacks, drove the carriage, and went straight to Qianchuan Shendi.

Qianchuan Shendi is about ten miles away from the village, and it is near the place where Xu Shiyan led people to release the mountain.

The mountain path was bumpy and the carriage was not moving fast. After half an hour, we finally arrived at Qianchuan Shendi.

Nowadays, there is no special plastic sheet for ginseng. Most of them are made of broken wood into boards to make ginseng sheds, and then covered with hay or felt paper for waterproofing.

So looking from a distance, you can see long black and gray dragons spreading along the mountain.

As soon as everyone arrived outside the garden, they heard the dogs inside barking repeatedly.

Old Li Tou, who was guarding the garden, came out of the house in the garden with a gun on his shoulder.

Seeing that it was a member of the team, he stepped forward and opened the door made of branches to let everyone in.

"Uncle Li, this is what my aunt asked me to bring for you. Cotton clothes and trousers, a change of clothes, as well as pancakes, sauce, pickles, and small fried fish."

When Xu Shiyan saw Old Li's head, he quickly handed over the rucksack on his back, which was the things that Mrs. Li specially packed last night.

"Yo, it's so heavy, my old lady, I don't know how much food she packed for me.

Xiao Xu, thank you, you see that I am on the mountain, and I don’t care about my home, you are the one who takes care of me. "

Old Li took the rucksack and said very politely.

Ginseng people go down the mountain all the year round, only when the ground is completely frozen in the twelfth lunar month.

After the Chinese New Year, before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is out, I have to go up the mountain again, and I am away from home all year round.

Looking at ginseng on this mountain is not an easy job. If you want to prevent people from stealing it, you must also prevent wild animals from harming it.

When Li Tou was young, he was a well-known gunner. He lived by pointing at hunting and had excellent marksmanship.

Later, when I got older, my physical strength became weak, so I couldn't go hunting in the mountains.

It happened that the team got ginseng land, so he was sent to see ginseng. He earned a lot of work points, but he couldn't go home and couldn't take care of his family.

Old Mr. Li knew that Xu Shiyan had a good heart and took care of Mrs. Li, so he was very polite when he met Xu Shiyan.

"Look at what the uncle said, I'm living in your house now.

My aunt doesn't want my rent, and I can eat whatever I want from the vegetable garden. It should be me thanking my aunt and aunt. "Xu Shiyan smiled when he heard this.

"That's right, then we don't need to be polite to anyone."

Old Li was a very hearty person, and immediately patted Xu Shiyan on the shoulder and laughed.

"Would you like to go inside and drink some water? I just boiled a pot of water, and I happen to have some baomazi picked in spring, so I'll make a pot for you."

The Baomazi mentioned by Old Li should have a scientific name called Baodingxiang, which is a kind of plant in the mountains.

There are no tea trees in the Northeast, and the poor can't afford tea, so in spring, they pick up some leaves and flowers of the fragrant martinacea, and dry them for tea.

This thing nourishes the stomach, and the flowers of Baodingxiang are very fragrant, and it is very delicious to make tea.

"No, no, I'm going to start ginseng today. There's a lot of work in the field. Let's get busy first."

Xu Shiyan waved his hand, followed the crowd, and walked towards the ginseng field where the goods were shipped this year.

(End of this chapter)