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Chapter 163 Actually Did Many Things

Hearing Wang Manyin's analysis, Liu Xiangyang immediately said: "I remembered, some educated youth said in private that ammonia water is very dangerous. Last year, a commune member in Liujiawan failed to handle the ammonia water well, and finally vomited blood and died... There is another My eyes were blinded by smoke. This thing is too toxic, and most people don’t know how to operate it, so it’s easy to go wrong.”

"Well, I also inquired about one thing. Someone's finger was stung by a scorpion. Hearing that ammonia water can detoxify, he found an ink bottle and filled half of it, then put his finger in it to soak. After half a day, his finger turned black. , and finally sent to the hospital for an amputation." Wang Yanqiang said.

After hearing this, Wang Lianshun shook his head again and again: "It's so dangerous, let's forget it."

Of course, the reason why everyone rejected ammonia water so quickly was that they couldn't find a way to buy it.

After a pause, Wang Lianshun said again: "Liujiawan also has silt dams and terraced fields. To be honest, if we can really complete the 100-acre cliff ditch in Dongshanmao, I am confident that the second team will no longer receive rebates." Grain, the commune members can eat corn nests every once in a while."

Wang Lianshun didn't dare to think too much... In his opinion, being able to eat corn nests is already quite remarkable.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yanqiang retorted: "The key is to increase grain production, and we can only get 360 catties at most, so it's better to continue to get back the sold grain."

Wang Manyin also nodded, this is the problem.

In fact, the grain payment standards are not uniform in various places. Specifically, in Guanzi Village, not only public grain, but also surplus grain must be paid.In short, three hundred and sixty is the top.

However, in the southern high-yield grain areas, commune members can distribute up to 420 catties of grain each year.It can even reach a maximum of 450 jin... such a rare existence.

Another point is that it is not up to the production team to decide what crops to plant in the field.

Like Liujiawan, where peanuts and soybeans are planted on a large scale, and fruit trees are planted on hillsides, it is unlikely in Guanzi Village.They all knew that there was an incident in the nearby commune last year. A production team planted some cotton seedlings in private, but they were discovered and pulled out.

Now the Shige Festival not only regulates what crops to grow in the collective fields, but also begins to control the private plots.

At the beginning of the period, Zhao Jianhai had specifically emphasized during the village meeting that members of the commune were not allowed to make a variety of things that could be sold for money, as long as they could eat enough for themselves.

In particular, the four crops such as yellow smoke, pepper, green onion, and garlic are the focus of attention.Zhao Jianhai specially led people to measure and inspect the private plots of each family, and all those that did not meet the requirements were cut off.

The second team is very lucky to have more than ten acres of rice fields. On the one hand, it has something to do with the promotion of new bacterial fertilizers, and on the other hand, it is Tian Fujun's support.

This is also the reason why Wang Yanqiang and Wang Fugui were depressed, they didn't know how to use their strength.

"Man Yin, we have talked so much just now, what do you think? Tell everyone."

"Yes, we are all on our own, don't hide it."

The rest of the people urged.

When they mentioned ammonia water just now, Wang Manyin was able to tell what he knew immediately.In addition, he has been suggesting that several people go to Liujiawan to visit and study, which shows that they have thought about it before.

"Let me ask you, is sorghum noodles better, or white noodles and rice?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Didn't Wang Qingming say earlier that 'rice bran is hard to swallow even if it's made into an ingot. Even if the rice flour is made into a donkey's, it's still delicious'."

"That's right, the rice in our team has been harvested, can we let the commune members eat more rice? Do other people in the commune like to eat it too?"

Hearing what he said, everyone's eyes lit up immediately.Just think about the difficulties, but forget about it.Dongshanmao's more than ten acres of paddy fields are regarded as a model, and they can continue to pass through the check dam to expand the planting area.

Although the rice harvested will have to be paid to the public, but each family will definitely be able to share some.

Wang Manyin didn't finish his sentence, but they understood the meaning.

If the commune members are reluctant to eat the rice, they can quietly replace the fine grains with coarse grains.Wheat in the Loess Plateau is precious, and one catty can be exchanged for three or four catties of dried sweet potatoes or sorghum.

Rice is a new thing, and it should be about the same price.

Calculated based on ten catties of rice per person, it is equivalent to an extra thirty or forty catties of coarse grains.

This number is already very large... This spring, only one person in the second team will receive 28 and a half catties.

If we grow more rice, maybe the commune members can really fill their stomachs.

"Man Yin, it's better for you to have a good brain, so you can count the food clearly."

"That said, I feel much better. At least our two months of hard work were not in vain."

"That's right, there's also our fish pond, which can be divided into two for each family in winter."

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For a moment, Wang Lianshun and the others relaxed a lot.

Previously, they only considered the total amount of grain, but forgot to replace the coarse grain with the fine grain... The main second team got too little wheat, and they had to keep it for entertaining guests.

Liu Xiangyang also admired him a little. This is the Big Brother Wang he knew.A lot of things that seem normal, change the way of thinking and change immediately.

Wang Manyin felt a little helpless, he could only think about this for the time being when making a fuss about food, and he couldn't play more tricks.

Unless the property is concealed and divided privately, but this is a mistake.

After everyone calmed down, he continued to speak: "Actually, in addition to planting rice in the warping dam, we can also use the entire Dongshan Mao. Counting the ditches and Mao Mao there, it belongs to the land of our second team. Three or four hundred acres, right?"

"Almost, there is this amount." Wang Fugui is the accountant, so of course he is very clear about the team's accounts.

According to the results of Guanzi Village when it was divided into teams, the entire Dongshanmao was owned by the second team.It's just that here is dominated by mountains, ridges and cliffs, and the terrain is so steep that it is impossible to repair terraced fields, let alone grow crops.

Of course, now everyone has a new choice, which is to block the Yagou check dam.

At this time, Wang Lianshun took over the conversation and said: "Manyin, of course we know that the silt dam is good, but the key is too laborious. The terrain at the exit of Dongshanmao is slightly better, and we have already finished repairing it. Other places have steep cliffs and ditches. The flood is urgent, and it will take a lot of effort to build a check dam."

"Uncle Lian Shun, don't worry. We can take our time on the silt dam, but we can plant other things in the cliff ditch now." Wang Manyin said with a smile.

"You mean planting caragana and fruit trees?" Wang Fugui immediately remembered the situation on Liujiawan Mountain, and then shook his head, "It's okay to plant caragana, but I'm afraid fruit trees are not allowed. The key caragana seeds are only a few cents a catty , and the branches have thorns, and it is hard work to squeeze the caramel shells. When you come back, you have to beat them to get the seeds out, and then dry them... With this kind of work, it is better than our silt dam."

"That's right, Liujiawan can grow so many caragana seeds. There are mainly rewards. A catty of caragana seeds will be rewarded with a catty of corn. I specifically asked about it. Other villages don't have this condition for selling caragana seeds."

Two consecutive conversations were interrupted, and Wang Manyin said speechlessly: "Listen to me, okay? Planting caragana is not only for collecting seeds and selling money, the key is to maintain water and soil. If you really plant one or two hundred acres of caragana, The families of the second team shouldn’t be short of firewood, right?”

"It's the truth, there is room for the sheep in the team." Wang Yanqiang nodded.

"Besides, caragana is planted by the cliff, and alfalfa can be planted in the ditch... With dozens of acres of this thing planted, our second team can collectively raise more sheep. Before, we used free-range grass, and the grass in the ditch was gnawed clean as soon as it came out. We With the alfalfa field, it should be no problem to raise [-] to [-] more pigs. In this way, a few pigs can be killed during the New Year, so that everyone can eat a few catties of mutton. In addition, each family also has a place where pigweed is harvested, and they will definitely actively raise pigs."

That's right, farming.

This is the only feasible method at this stage that Wang Manyin thinks for a long time.As for letting the members of the second team go out to do side jobs or something, it depends on the specific wind direction and situation.

It is amazing to say that now there are difficulties in individual breeding, but collective breeding in the village is strongly advocated.For example, raising pigs, the slogan of the commune is "one pig per person, one pig per mu of land".

If it can be done, it will be of great benefit to farmers.The most obvious is that there is no shortage of soil dung in the fields, and crop yields can also be increased.

But again, there are some practical situations that need to be considered.

It's not that ordinary people don't know that it is good to raise pigs. The key is what do pigs eat?This thing belongs to the stomach full of feces. It just eats grass and doesn't get fat. No matter how it is raised, it is mostly a shelf.

Every family expects to get more rations with only their own little plot of land.If it is all used to feed pigs, what will people eat?

Alfalfa is called "the king of forage" by many people in later generations. It is very nutritious and is liked by all kinds of livestock.If it is used to feed pigs, at least part of the feed can be replaced.

This kind of plant grows rapidly, and it will continue to germinate after one crop is cut. It can cut three or four crops a year, and it can be harvested for several years in a row.

As for feeding sheep, there is no need to feed other feeds.

Of course, you can’t feed all the alfalfa, and some hay needs to be mixed with it, otherwise the belly of the sheep will easily swell.

"Growing alfalfa to raise sheep, you can try it. Let's not move the original arable land, but plant alfalfa in the cliff ditches of Dongshanmao. Even if there is no harvest, it's just a little labor." After Wang Lianshun nodded, he turned his head and said, "Fugui , this is considered wasteland, how much can the second team plant?"

The Shigejie Commune has regulations that each production team’s private land, fodder land, and wasteland cannot exceed 15% of the cultivated land area.

"It's okay, this ditch is twisted and twisted, even if the gods come, they can't calculate the exact area." Wang Fugui said.

Seeing everyone's discussion, Liu Xiangyang asked suspiciously: "Since we can collectively raise sheep, why can't we collectively set up a pig farm?"

"A few years ago, the Shige Festival asked a group to raise pigs, but it failed in the end. One reason was the lack of feed, and the other was that it was easy to get sick when they gathered together. There was no other way, so they were raised by individuals."

For this matter, Wang Manyin naturally has a memory, so he answered the question aloud.

Epidemic prevention in pig raising has always been a big problem in this era. Once swine fever occurs, a large number of pigs may die in just a few days.On the contrary, each family raises them separately, and the probability of problems is relatively small.

Of course, Wang Manyin was still obsessed with raising pigs with earthworms, and wanted to see the effect of other people's feeding.If the effect is good, it is estimated that the second team will not worry about the pig mission in the future.

Several people sat on the kang until after eleven o'clock in the evening before deciding what to do for the second team.

On the way home, Wang Manyin stepped on the moonlight, feeling a little turbulent in his heart.No matter what, I can count as doing what I can.

All in all, the life of the second team is getting better little by little.

At this moment, the people in the village had already gone to sleep, and there was silence all around.

As Wang Manyin walked along, apart from the occasional barking of dogs, there were also summer insects chirping around him.

"Cuckoo meow..."

When approaching the head of the village, a hurried voice suddenly sounded above his head.

He raised his head hastily, and saw a black shadow flash across the night sky, and disappeared into the cliff ditch on the opposite bank in an instant.

Nima, it turned out to be an owl.

Wang Manyin was not really afraid of this thing, the key point was that his voice just now was too sudden, and the voice was very sharp, a bit like a person laughing, and it sounded very penetrating.

But seeing the owl, he remembered that there was a wounded peregrine falcon in the space.I was busy catching scorpions during the day, and completely forgot about this thing.

Thinking of this, Wang Manyin stepped down the dirt road, looked around into the night, and stepped into it.

In the space, it is still a gray color.

Like the outside world, it was also silent, only the sound of frogs croaking from the reeds.

He didn't have time to pay attention to these noisy guys, he hurried to the stone table and pulled out the scythe.In just two or three minutes, a few bundles of grass were cut, and they were thrown into several pits to feed the hares, pheasants and native chickens.

Then, he walked towards the wicker cage.

It seemed to hear footsteps, and there was a fluttering sound inside.

This surprised him a little more, the peregrine falcon actually came back to life.

Leaning in front of the cage to look, it really is.

However, this guy still looked very weak. When he saw the humans approaching, he immediately dodged towards the corner with difficulty.The whole process looked weak, without the slightest aura of overlord in the air.

The dozen or so grasshoppers that were originally placed in the cage disappeared, and a lot of the water in the jar was also drunk.

If you know how to eat, you should be able to live.

Wang Manyin was just about to catch some more grasshoppers and throw them in, when he suddenly recalled the video he had seen on the Internet. This kind of guy can not only catch prey on land, but also seems to eat fish.

After thinking about it, he simply caught a few loaches from the nearby pond and put them into the cage.

After staring at it for a while, seeing that this guy showed no signs of eating, Wang Manyin simply stopped paying attention and stepped out of the space.

Tens of meters away from the door of the house, I heard the sound of rhubarb barking.

Immediately, a black figure ran up to him quickly, wagging his tail.

Immediately afterwards, two cats also came up to meet them.

Several guys are very familiar with the smell of the master.

Seeing that the lights were still on in his cave, Wang Manyin went to the door and yelled softly.

After shouting twice, Lanhua opened the door.

"You haven't slept yet?"

Entering the cave, Wang Manyin found a homework book on the kang, which should be the mother-in-law who was studying just now.

"Well, I can't sleep, I'm waiting for you,"

Lan Hua responded aloud, tidying up the kang neatly.

When the man was lying on the kang, she leaned her head towards him.There was an indescribable sense of security just lying on her arm, and Lan Hua soon began to breathe softly.

(End of this chapter)