Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Chapter 27
After two months of busy work after spring, Li Yan planted 260 pepper saplings in a total of about [-] acres near the end of the village, and finally more than [-] saplings survived.

What we have to do now is to wait for it to grow up slowly, and finally sell for money in the third year.

Next, Li Yan began to study the breed of chickens to be raised.

Ordinary native chickens are relatively easy to raise. Buy more than a dozen hens to lay eggs, and it won’t take long for the chicks to hatch, and they can be sold for about half a year. Selling in the county town, throwing it away to buy, raising, and transporting cost calculates the income of each chicken is about 20 yuan.

It only takes 4000 yuan to raise two hundred, and it takes half a year. The economic efficiency is too low.

The breed of broiler chickens that Zou Chengmin bought from Lanzhou has a short breeding cycle, and the benefits can be seen in two months. Each chicken can earn about 20 yuan, but this chicken needs a lot of throwing feed, and the upfront cost requires a lot of money.

The poverty alleviation fund has long been used up, Li Yan is very clear about the family's financial situation, and his father should still have some, but it is impossible for him to take the money out.

"Dad, I decided to go out to work to earn money, and the pepper saplings will be taken care of by you." Li Yan made up her mind and chatted with her father.

Li Xiangming waved his hand, "There is still work in the field, and the pigs at home prepare wild vegetables every day, so I don't have time to look after them for you."

"The distance between the pepper trees is three meters. I have scattered rapeseed everywhere in the open space of three acres of land, and they are already a foot high. You can cut them and feed them." Li Yan had a plan long ago.

Seeing that his daughter had made up his mind, Li Xiangming frowned and refused directly, "I won't help you see, the pepper tree is planted with poverty alleviation funds, if something goes wrong, what should I do?"

"Oh, Dad thinks too much, how could he rely on you." Li Yan poured him a cup of tea with a smile.

The eldest daughter is cold-tempered and doesn't talk much at ordinary times. Li Xiangming seldom saw her smiling at him, so he told the truth, "It's nothing to help you take care of me. It's just that the poverty alleviation cadres don't have a good impression of me. If he is old When you come to the field, you don’t see what you see when you look up, it’s really embarrassing.”

It turned out that it was because of this, Li Yan smiled and persuaded, "They are all educated and cultured people, so you can feel relieved. Who is as small-bellied as you? Last year, Granny Lu just said a few words casually. Seeing that you made him mad gone."

When his daughter mentioned this matter, Li Xiangming couldn't hold back, and said bitterly, "Perhaps she laughed at me for raising a daughter, so why don't I tell the truth?"

It's true, but it hurts my heart, Li Yan sighed, "Grandma Lu lives alone in Pingya Village, and my son only visits her once in two to three months, or even longer. If you were her, would you feel uncomfortable? "

Li Xiangming sighed, "Her sons all look like human beings, and their conscience has been eaten by dogs. She can say whatever she wants in the future, and I will just keep silent."

Li Yan had an idea and decided to use this time to persuade him, "Dad, I remember that in our village, no one could grow better crops than you in the fields. After Li Ling was born, you complained every day that your mother gave birth to two girls. , No one will take care of you until the end of your life, and you don’t care about the land, you look at Granny Lu’s house, after giving birth to a son, disobedience is not equal to zero.”

Li Xiangming felt melancholy when his daughter talked about the central matter. If the family had money, they could still recruit a son-in-law, but with a family like this, he didn't even think about it.

"Dad, look, although I am a daughter, I can't do without what other sons can give you." Li Yan said to her father seriously.

Li Xiangming didn't believe it, "You are always going to marry."

"There are also men who are enlightened, and both parents raise them together." Li Yan thought of Zou Chengmin, will he be his other half in the future?

Li Xiangming looked at his daughter and finally agreed, "Okay, I'll take care of it for you."

"Great. When I arrive in the county tomorrow, I will go to the Poverty Alleviation Office and talk to Uncle Liu. Don't worry, he will definitely not make things difficult for you." Li Yan still has some plans to make up with Uncle Liu.

Li Xiangming nodded, "Be careful on the road, where are you going to work?"

"Lanzhou." Li Yan didn't plan to run far, and if there was something wrong with the pepper tree, he could come back in time.

(End of this chapter)