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Chapter 264 Summer Harvest and Experiment

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, early in the morning, just before dawn, the villagers gathered at Laoganbang’s house. Wang Zhong, Niu Daudao, Ma Renli, San Houzi, and blind old Yin, who had a good relationship with Laoganbang, all rushed to the house. After coming over, Lao Ganbang rode a borrowed donkey, wore new clothes, and hung a piece of red silk. Wang Zhong found a suona out of nowhere, and Niu Daudao took a copper gong, beating all the way to Jixian. town gone.

Jixian Town used to be called Jixian Village. Last year, Jixian Town was established with Jixian Village as the center, and a market was set up next to it. The market opened every Monday and Friday, and the distance from Maixiang Village to Jixian Town was a total of [-] miles. It looks like it takes more than an hour to walk.

The county seat is a little farther away, starting from Maixiang Village, it takes more than two hours to get there just by walking.

The fourth family of Han is in the middle area of ​​Jixian Village. The Han family is the common surname in Jixian Village. Early in the morning, the fourth family of Han also gathered people all over the courtyard.

Wang Zhong also officially met Lao Ganbang's daughter-in-law, Han Chunmei. She looked exactly as the matchmaker said, not to mention pretty, but she was indeed Zhou Zheng. She was about the same height as Lao Ganbang. Braided hair, with broken bangs on the forehead, and wearing a thick cotton coat, which can't hide the bulge on the chest, it looks like a good-looking child.

Lao Ganbang can't afford a banquet, but it's okay to ask the people who help to pick up the bride together to have a bowl of wine for each person, and scrambled eggs for a few big white steamed buns.

After all, this is a happy day.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zhong had just baked a stack of scallion pancakes and put them in the grate, and the corn porridge in the pot was almost cooked.

"Wang Zhong! Wang Zhong!"

Just as Wang Zhong was about to start eating, Niu Youdao's voice came from outside. Wang Zhong opened the door and saw that Lao Ganbang and his new wife Han Chunmei were standing side by side in the yard.

"What are you doing with the pestle in the cold weather, get in the house quickly, get in the house!"

"You two came just in time. The scallion pancakes just out of the pot are hot! There is porridge in the pot! You two serve it yourself." While talking, Wang Zhong had already taken out two sets of bowls and chopsticks from the cupboard on the west wall, and placed them on the table. In front of the couple.

"No, no, no, we didn't come here until after breakfast!" Lao Ganbang repeatedly waved his hands and refused: "I came here with Chunmei, I want to thank you very much, we don't have any good things at home, Chunmei just wants to give You make a pair of shoes to show our gratitude to you."

"I really want to thank me, so hurry up and help me!" Wang Zhong smiled and gave each of them a scallion pancake: "During the slack season, let's build a few more windmills to earn more money. Some days it’s spring, but some are busy.”

Lao Ganbang said: "I came here to help you!"

"Then don't be polite to me, eat more! You must work hard!"

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The well-known old gang in the village actually married a wife, which made the rest of the old bachelors in the village envious.

Even Wang Zhong couldn't help but feel that his life is the most nourishing even in these ten miles and eight villages. This monk has been a monk for more than a year. It's time to find a woman to cook and wash for him. Make the bed and fold the quilt to warm the quilt.

The most important thing is that recently, the true qi in my body has become more pure and vigorous, and coupled with the energy beyond ordinary people, even if I meditate and breathe out and practice qi for two hours every day, so that I can be clear in my spirit platform and have no distracting thoughts, I can After a night's rest of vigorous energy, the body will always respond involuntarily.

Who are you looking for?There are only a few decent-looking girls in the village. Qiao Yue is definitely not good. This girl is too lazy. After reading her original novel and marrying Niu Daudao, she only knows how to draw eyebrows and sleep late all day long. How can she live a life.

Yang Deng'er is not bad, not only is she handsome, but she has a good personality, and the most important thing is to be diligent, so she can go back first, but this girl's heart is tied to Niu Bold.

When it comes to women, Wang Zhong will never give in casually, and would rather be single if he doesn't have one.

In his spare time, Wang Zhong went to the county to buy more than a dozen jars, cleaned the radishes harvested in the field, and made them into pickles.

Radishes are full of treasures, not only the fruits they bear can be used as kimchi, but also the stems and leaves, which have a special flavor.

Although Wang Zhong is not picky and can accept all tastes from all over the world, he was born in a place like Sichuan and Hunan that loves spicy food, so chili peppers are naturally indispensable in the kimchi.

Last year, Wang Zhong didn't grow many chili peppers, and he only had enough for himself. Fortunately, there are dried chili peppers sold in the county, and Wang Zhong bought them back. Pour the hot oil, and the aroma of the chili will be fully stimulated immediately.

Drinking a little wine, dipping slightly sour pickled radish, dipping in a little chili oil, the taste is absolutely amazing.

In the real world, this is what Wang Zhong's uncle loves the most.

Day by day, the weather is getting warmer and the wheat in the field is gradually turning green.

The manure had already been fertilized and watered in the spring, and the manure had already been retting. Under Wang Zhong's suggestion, several members of the mutual aid team had changed the hut at home last year. The straw and other things that have been prepared are retting together.

About seven or eight days after topdressing, spring irrigation began. This year's rain is plentiful. It has been light rain for seven or eight days just after the beginning of spring. Although the water level of Maixiang River has not risen much, the growth of wheat in the field is quite gratifying. .

Rainwater alone is definitely not enough. In the absence of fertilizers, spring irrigation is essential for wheat to grow well.

Before the spring irrigation, Wang Zhong had already led people to carefully inspect the waterwheel, the overturned vehicle, the weir pond and the irrigation canal several times from the beginning to the end. Some places need to be repaired, and the villagers worked together to dredge the irrigation canals in less than half a day.

Several weir ponds were also full of water early on. Seeing that the time was almost up, spring irrigation began.

Seeing the continuous flow of water in the irrigation canal flowing into the ground from top to bottom, the villagers also showed bright and simple smiles on their faces.

A few months later, during the summer harvest season, a scene completely different from other fields in the village appeared in the field of Wang Zhong, the leader of the second mutual aid group.

I saw a boxy wooden box half-covered with an oilcloth propped up by rattan. Behind the oilcloth was a device similar to a bicycle seat and pedals, driven by gears and chains. Ma Renli sat on the pedals with his hands Grasping the handrails and stepping on the pedals constantly, Mrs. Jin Hua and Han Chunmei took turns holding handfuls of cut wheat and putting them in the half-covered oilcloth cloak, and piled the threshed straw in a short while. step aside.

Wang Zhong, Lao Ganbang, and the three monkeys were cutting wheat in front of them. They had already opened a passage in the golden wheat field. After Ma Renli and the other three cut a row, they began to pull the threshing machine to start the threshing work. up.

"Sister-in-law Jinhua, this thresher is really easy to use!" Han Chunmei only married at the beginning of the year. She often heard her husband talk about the thresher, but this was the first time she used it.

Aunt Jinhua smiled and said, "It's really easy to use, it's much easier than using a flail."

"That's right! Don't even look at who designed this thing!" Ma Renli, who was stepping on the pedal, also said with a smile.

Compared with cutting wheat under the sun under the sun, the work of stepping on the threshing machine is much easier. Ma Renli only needs to step on the pedal at a constant speed, and when the nearby wheat has been threshed, he will help Mrs. Just push the thresher forward.

"Our captain Wang is really good!" Han Chunmei said with emotion.

"That's not it!" Aunt Jinhua smiled and said, "It's a windmill, a threshing machine, a waterwheel, and irrigation canals. I've never seen such a capable person like our team leader in my life!"

Han Chunmei also smiled and said, "I haven't seen it either!"

"We haven't seen it before!" Three Monkeys and Lao Ganbang, who were buried in harvesting wheat not far away, also stood up and said.

Han Chunmei has just been married to Lao Ganbang for only a few months, and she is not a person who likes to hang out. The people in the village haven't recognized it yet. Now she has a good relationship with Mrs. Jinhua and Xiaozhuan who often come to the door, and she has a little relationship with Yang Denger. A little worse, let alone the rest.

The main reason is that there are not many women of the same age in the village, and there are a lot of single men in the village like Three Monkeys and Can't Eat.

"Sister-in-law, our captain looks very kind, why does everyone call him a big bug?" Han Chunmei asked curiously.

"My sister didn't ask about the head of your family?" Aunt Jinhua said.

"I know about this!" Ma Renli replied impatiently.

"I also heard from my father. I just went to Peiping that year, and my family was plowing in autumn. For some reason, my old scalper suddenly went crazy and ran rampant in the field, injuring several people. No one dared to do it." Go up, at this time Wang Zhong stood up, and rushed towards the crazy old scalper by himself!"

"Ah?" Han Chunmei trembled in fright, a crazy old scalper could be killed.

"The old scalper also buried his head and ran into it. Who would have thought that Wang Zhong would not dodge or dodge, and directly bumped into it head-on, grabbing the horns with both hands, holding down the cow's head, and resisting the crazy old scalper, He was pushed four or five feet away, and when he stood still, he fell hard, and the old scalper who weighed eight or nine hundred catties was thrown to the ground by him."

Mrs. Jin Hua's eyes widened, shock written all over her face.

An adult scalper weighs only [-]-[-] catties, at most about [-] catties. It is rare, but not impossible, for people who can knock down a cow. I have never heard of it.

"This is too awesome!"

"Isn't it!" Aunt Jinhua said, "So after that, people in the village nicknamed him Big Chong." The so-called Big Chong is a tiger. In the eyes of these common people, the most powerful animal is The tiger is gone.

"Don't bother chatting! Check to see if the bucket is full of wheat. If it's full, fill it up first." Ma Renli said anxiously.

"How can you be so fast?" Aunt Jin Hua looked at Ma Renli and said with a smile, "You are too weak to move, right?"

"How is it possible!" Ma Renli immediately retorted, poking his neck. How can a man admit that he is weak, especially in front of a woman: "I am physically strong."

This very different picture is like a big extra ink dot on a piece of snow-white rice paper. The folks in the nearby fields couldn't help but look over here when they took a short break to catch their breath. .

In just over an hour, Wang Zhong and his three mowed more than an acre of wheat. Ma Renli and two women took turns to thresh the wheat. Ma Renli's body is indeed a bit weak.

After all, it is a threshing machine driven by manual pedaling. Naturally, the speed cannot be compared with the motor-driven ones of the later generations. After the three of them have finished harvesting the wheat, it will take a while for the few of them to thresh.

The three wheat harvesters wore straw hats and sat in the field to drink water and rest. After resting for about five or six minutes, they went to the nearest field with their sickles to continue harvesting.

The threshed wheat will be packed in sacks or rattan frames and placed on the ground first, and then carried back together when work is over at night. Now everyone's job is to take advantage of the good weather to take back all the wheat in the field.

At noon, when the sun was at its highest, the third piece of land of more than two mu was mowed. The six people stopped to eat and drink water, and then rested for half an hour.

The three plots harvested in the morning, one was more than one mu, and two were more than two mu, adding up to nearly six mu, which exhausted several people.

"Damn, I'm exhausted!" The three monkeys fanned their straw hats while panting heavily, their faces flushed from the sun.

"Who is not tired!" The old man next to him held his waist and rubbed it non-stop.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Youdao, you should take it easy these few days, don't patronize making out with your sister-in-law."

The three monkeys also smiled when they heard the words: "That's it!"

"Go, go, go!" It's a pity that Lao Ganbang's face was already flushed with sweat, and there was no visible change.

"Brother! Your physique is too good!" The three monkeys looked at Wang Zhong and said enviously.

Wang Zhongdao: "It doesn't mean that I am born to eat this bowl of rice."

"As far as our area of ​​Maixiangling is concerned, I, Three Monkeys, will give in to you alone." Three Monkeys gave a thumbs up: "It's no wonder that a shrewd man like Ma Datou was willing to let you hire you as a long-term worker, and he still cares about you." Eat your fill."

The old man said: "Eat a lot and do a lot! Ma Datou is so shrewd, how could he be at a disadvantage? Together, we can earn as much as the captain."

"The wheat in our field grows better every year!" Looking at the golden ocean all over the mountains and plains, the faces of the three monkeys were filled with happy smiles, tired and happy.

"I see that our group is the one that grows the best wheat this year." The old man came with a smile on his face.

"Brother, you said that Ma Datou is such a shrewd person, why didn't he think of digging a canal to divert water?" Three Monkeys asked curiously.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "If the canals are dug to divert water, the wheat production in everyone's fields will increase, where will he annex the land!"

Wang Zhong's words stunned San Houzi and Lao Ganbang.

The three monkeys threw the straw in their hands on the ground vigorously, and said angrily, "Hmph! I said it!"

"At the beginning, Ma Datou's family had more and more land, but our land became less and less."

"Okay, okay, this happened many years ago, isn't it all ours now!"

"That's true!" The three monkeys smiled again.

Ma Renli, who was pedaling the wheel on the ground, stuck out his tongue and panted heavily, his speed became slower and slower, and finally stopped directly, out of breath: "I can't do it! I really don't have the strength Already!"

"I said Ma Renli, this is the last thing left, you work harder." Mrs. Jinhua stood in front of the threshing machine with a bundle of wheat still in her hand.

"I can't do it! I can't do it!" Ma Renli waved his hands again and again, gasping for breath and swallowing, "I really can't step on it anymore, I don't have any strength at all!"

Seeing this situation, Wang Zhong from the field over there shook his head and walked over, "Okay, you go and rest, I'll come!"

Ma Renli turned over and got out of the car, staggered to the side, sat down on the ground without taking a few steps, put his hands on the ground, and panted heavily with exhaustion.

Wang Zhong's movements were much faster than Ma Renli's, and he pedaled very fast. If he was not afraid that the machine would not be able to bear it, he could go even faster.

Han Chunmei and Mrs. Jinhua gave Ma Renli a disdainful look, and said, "It's really useless!"

In only about 10 minutes of effort, under the condition of Wang Zhong's quick kicking of the pedals, the rest of the harvested wheat were successfully threshed.

The three monkeys and Lao Ganbang, who were almost rested, also came to help put the wheat in the bucket into the sack.

Everyone washed their hands and wiped their faces before they started eating lunch.

While eating, Mrs. Jin Hua suddenly suggested: "Captain, why don't we change in the afternoon and let the three of us put aside the wheat for a while, and you also have a rest first."

"That's a good idea!" Han Chunmei nodded repeatedly.

Wang Zhong didn't act authoritarian, but looked at Lao Ganbang and Three Monkeys, "What do you two think?"

"Captain, it's good to take it easy, it's not that I don't have strength, it's that my waist can't take it!" Three Monkeys said.

The old Ganbang said: "Why don't we let Mrs. Jinhua and my wife cut a piece of land, just take a little longer, and the rest of us can continue?"

"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's do it."

Ma Renli: "..."

In the evening, seeing that the sun was about to set and the field was almost busy, several people covered the threshing machine with oilcloth, and carried the wheat that had been tied up in sacks from their fields to the home.

At the end of the day, a few people harvested a total of six plots of land, four of which were more than one mu, and two of which were more than two mu. Together, they harvested a total of almost ten mu of land. In the afternoon, they only harvested about four mu. The sun was too high, and we had been busy all morning. Everyone was exhausted, and the efficiency was naturally not as good as in the morning. On the other hand, because Aunt Jinhua and Han Chunmei had also gone back to cook, there were two less quick workers. Some stretched.

But in general, the speed is not too slow.

The wheat yield at this meeting is not high, not to mention the real world, even in the copy of "Mountain and Sea Love", the average yield per mu is about 150 to 1000 catties, the land is more fertile, and the water and fertilizer are sufficient Yes, it may exceed two hundred catties, but it will never reach three hundred catties. Whether it is the density of the plants or the yield, it is naturally incomparable with the later generations when the yield per mu is more than [-] catties, and the speed of harvesting wheat is naturally not comparable.

Although the planting density of Wang Zhong and others in the fall of last year has been much denser than in previous years, the method of fertilization has also changed, from the original large-scale fertilization to concentrated fertilization, and there has never been a shortage of winter irrigation and spring irrigation. Water, Wang Zhong also used herbal medicines to make insecticides, and weeds and insects were never stopped.

However, limited by the quality of fertilizers and seeds, although the harvested wheat in each field is much more than that of last year, it is not much more. For the ones that are more than one mu, the harvested wheat is dried in the sun. In the future, on average, each field can produce about [-] to [-] catties more, and the one with more than two mu can produce an extra [-] to [-] catties. Calculated, the yield per mu has already exceeded [-] catties, but the distance is three A hundred catties is still some way off.

The speed of the people was obviously much slower on the second day, not because they didn't want to do it, but because they were too tired from working hard on the first day, but they still finished harvesting the remaining wheat fields.

The second mutual aid group also became the entire Maixiang Village, the mutual aid group that harvested the wheat in the field the fastest.

Seeing Wang Zhong and the others threshing the wheat so easily, the villagers were immediately moved.

On the third day, someone came to ask Wang Zhong to borrow a thresher, and the person who came was none other than Niu Bold, with a bottle of Baigan in his hand, so naturally Wang Zhong would not refuse.

While the villagers were busy threshing the wheat, the members of the second mutual aid group had already started drying the wheat.

The family's wheat is only a few hundred catties, so it's not troublesome to dry it.

On the evening of the fourth day, everyone gathered at Wang Zhong's house for a meeting.

On the Kang in the main room, Wang Zhong sat inside, San Houzi and Lao Ganbang sat on the left and right of Wang Zhong, beside them were Mrs. Jin Hua and Han Chunmei, and Ma Renli sat on a round stool.

Wang Zhong said: "How is everyone's wheat drying?"

The three monkeys said: "My house is almost finished, and it will be put away after another day in the sun tomorrow."

Mrs. Jinhua said, "I'm about the same as the three monkeys!"

The progress of Lao Ganbang and Han Chunmei was the same.

"I may have two more days." Ma Renli made the slowest progress.

"The weather is good during this time, everyone hurry up, the folks are also waiting to dry the wheat, if we finish drying early, they can finish drying early."

"Let's discuss and discuss the next summer planting issue today."

"Brother Big Chong, what's the point of discussing this, we can just do what we did last year." Three Monkeys said.

"Captain, do you have any ideas?" Lao Ganbang looked at Wang Zhong and asked.

Wang Zhong asked: "In the past, what did the big guys grow in summer?"

"Basically it's corn and soybeans!" Aunt Jinhua said, "There are also peanuts, but there are fewer."

"How about the output?" Wang Zhong asked again.

"The output is not high." Lao Ganbang said.

"Since the yield of summer planting in previous years was not high, why don't we try new methods and do experiments through comparison to see which one can increase the yield. What do you think?"

"This method is good, but we don't know any new methods!" said the three monkeys.

"I do know a few methods. When I was a child, I saw the elders in my family planting in this way. The yield is indeed higher than ours last year. Of course, there are many factors that affect the yield. Not all of them are planting methods, but also fertilization. Watering, climate, and region are related, but I think we have land and people now, so we might as well try it out, and if we really find out a way to increase production, it will be beneficial to everyone.”

"I agree!" The three monkeys immediately expressed their opinion: "I believe in Brother Big Chong."

"I agree!"

"I have no opinion!"

Everyone expressed their opinions.

"Brother Big Chong, what's the good idea?" Three Monkeys couldn't wait to ask, and everyone also looked at Wang Zhong, their eyes full of expectation.

"One is crop rotation and the other is intercropping."

"Crop rotation?" Ma Renli said, "You mean we switch crops of corn and soybeans?"

"Yes!" Wang Zhong said: "Actually, we are planting winter wheat, summer corn, and summer soybeans in rotation, but it is still too simple. Now there are five families in our group, with a combined land area of ​​more than 24 mu."

"We still have to plant winter wheat every year, but in summer, we can plant peanuts, corn, and soybeans in rotation. Just plant soybeans, and Ma Renli and I will plant corn in the field. Next year, we will change the crop, Sanhou and Jinhuasao will plant soybeans, Lao Ganbang will plant corn, and Ma Renli and I will plant peanuts."

"That's a good idea!" Lao Ganbang nodded.

"Brother Big Chong, what's the matter with that interlude?" The three monkeys asked hastily again.

Wang Zhong explained: "As the name suggests, intercropping means planting several crops at intervals. For example, we divide a field into several ridges, one ridge of corn, one ridge of soybeans, another ridge of corn, and one ridge of soybeans. So spaced apart."

"What's the use of this?" Three monkeys asked suspiciously.

Ma Renli's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea! The tall corn plants can protect the soybean plants from the wind and prevent the soybean plants from being blown down by the wind. The short soybean plants can promote the air circulation between the corn plants and allow more sunlight , maybe it can really increase production.”

The three monkeys and the others all looked at Ma Renli, and when they heard the word "increase production", their eyes lit up.

"Brother Big Chong, is what Ma Renli said true or false?"

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Whether it's true or not is not true, but we can try it out with one or two plots of land, and compare it with the one that only grows one type of land, and see the yield on both sides!"

"I agree!" This time Ma Renli was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

"I agree!"

Several people expressed their opinions one after another.

"The corn and soybean seedlings in our field are almost grown now. After the wheat is dried and put into storage, we will speed up. Lao Ganbang, Three Monkeys and I will be responsible for the plowing. Mrs. Jinhua, Ma Renli, and Han Chunmei Responsible for topdressing, dividing ridges and transplanting, and after the three of us have plowed the land, we will come back to help everyone, do you have any opinions on this arrangement?"

"No comment!"

"Big Brother, we all listen to you!"

People will naturally have no opinion.

"Then let's discuss which plots should be planted."

"Brother Big Chong, what else is there to discuss, you just make a decision, we all listen to you!"

"Three Monkeys are right, captain, we all listen to you!"

"That's fine!" Wang Zhong said with a smile: "If that's the case, then I'll share a point!"

Since everyone is willing to listen to Wang Zhong, Wang Zhong is also happy to save trouble and assign directly.

"However, let's make one thing clear first. Whoever produces the land will belong to him. We will exchange with each other when the time comes. What do you think?"

"Definitely no problem."

Everyone expressed their opinions.

Wang Zhong is not surprised that several people are convinced of him. After all, Wang Zhong's prestige in Maixiang Village is so high that no one can match it except Zhou Yihu. It's not as good as Wang Zhong's admiration from the villagers.

Especially this year, the wheat harvest in the fields of the Second Mutual Aid Group has just been bumper. According to Wang Zhong and Ma Renli's method, the yield can be much higher than last year.

(End of this chapter)