Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 207 Are workers going to be cut off?
The house repairs here are in full swing, and the work in Taoyuan over there has not been delayed.

After an in-depth communication with Wang Tianxiao last time, he finally agreed to come and help here, saying that he would help temporarily for a while before deciding.

Li Muyang didn't have any objections, just give it a try. If you really don't get used to it, then let's talk about it.

With the addition of Wang Tianxiao, the grafting speed has obviously become much faster.Wang Tianxiao is indeed a professional

He is much faster than Mi Dama, not to mention Li Muyang and Li Muyun.

Basically, Li Muyang can complete one, and Wang Tianxiao can graft at least three.

Li Muyang had to cut the same incision three or four times, but Wang Tianxiao just cut it with one cut. Moreover, his incision was neither too big nor too small, which was suitable for grafting and could seal the grafting opening at the minimum cost. What matters is that he is a skilled professional. .

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed, and the remaining 80 acres of land have been grafted.

Unlike the previous 30 acres where 15 acres were reserved for fruit bearing, the 80 acres added here have missed the flowering period and there is no point in reserving them, so they are all grafted and will wait until they grow well next year.

Surprisingly, the peaches from the originally reserved 15 acres of Taoyuan have basically grown, and if you don’t pay attention to the taste, they are barely edible.

This kind of peach is an early and old variety. Even if the peach is ripe, it will not become very soft and may rot directly. It is a hard peach.

The fruit-bearing rate of peaches is not particularly high, but it is not low either. It is at least 15 to 1%. It should be possible to harvest more than [-] kilograms from [-] acres of land.

Li Muyang was not going to sell these peaches to Wu Zhongshi.

They are making finished cans, and if they need peaches, they should generally be relatively regular and free of any insect damage or bad spots.

Relatively speaking, ordinary people do not have so many requirements for eating peaches, as long as they are sweet.

Li Muyang discussed with Wang Tianxiao and estimated that the peaches would be ready to bear fruit in about ten days. He planned to take some of them to the market and fruit spots in the town to try.

If someone is willing to wholesale, you can directly wholesale to them.

I don’t plan to make too much money, as long as I can maintain some costs.

“Mu Yang, I don’t think it’s an option to keep weeding the land between the peach orchards.

You have dozens of acres now, and you can barely keep busy. If, as you said, you plan to contract all 300 acres, the workload of weeding is too great, and you can't keep busy at all. You need to How many people can make grass?

However, if not treated, the nutrients of the grass will be sucked out, and the peach trees will definitely be affected, especially some skunk flowers, gray striped greens, and broom greens, which will grow very tall.

If left unchecked, they will grow almost like trees, and all nutrients and fertilizers will be sucked away. The worst thing is that they will also suck out a lot of water, causing our peach trees to have insufficient moisture. This is definitely not possible. "

On this day, Li Muyang and Wang Tianxiao walked around the fields, walking westward along Taoshan, and came to the junction of the Taoyuan in the middle and the Taoyuan in the west.

From the middle to the east, 80 acres are Li Muyang's peach orchard. The 220 acres to the west have not been contracted yet.

Along the way, both of them discovered that the wild grass in this peach orchard grew very quickly with the autumn wind and crisp autumn air. If they didn't pay attention in two or three days, many grasses would have grown to half a meter high.

Just like Wang Tianxiao said, some weeds are very tenacious and grow very well. If you leave them alone, they will grow very tall.

In the end, it looked like a small tree.

"Yes, I also discovered this problem, but what should I do?"

"Actually, it's not impossible. Nothing can grow between the peach trees. If you don't want them to grow grass, then find something else to replace it."

"Then what should I use to replace it? Brother Lao Wang, please tell me in detail. I really don't know much about this. You are an expert, so don't hide it."

Li Muyang humbly asked for advice, which was a blind spot in his knowledge and experience.

He had never handled such a large orchard before, so weeding was very simple and basically done easily.

Now it seems that once something is enlarged, its nature changes.

Weeding has also become a big problem.

"Well, it's not that it's hidden. It's like this. When we cultivated fruit trees before, we found that grass can grow inside them.

At first, we pulled and weeded on time every day, but as time went by, everyone felt that we were too busy, so we thought about seeing if there was any medicine that could kill the weeds.

But this is a fruit tree after all. If sprayed with pesticides, pesticide residues may be left behind, which may not be suitable for large-scale promotion. Moreover, spraying pesticides will also affect the development of the tree.

Is there nothing we can do?

Everyone was depressed, and suddenly I discovered a problem. As you know, one side of our nursery is filled with fruit trees and the other side is filled with herbs. It happened that the seeds of some herbs were blown into our fruit trees by the wind, causing some white artemisia to grow on the ground in the orchard.

Then I suddenly had an idea, since Artemisia annua can grow here, then.If white mugwort is specially introduced, wouldn’t the grass be gone?
The characteristic of white mugwort is that it does not spread its branches, but only grows on the ground. There are very few places where it can affect peach trees.

Besides, peach trees are originally an economic fruit tree. If they can be planted with Artemisia annua in the middle, it will also be a new supporting planting model.

After two or three years of observation, I found that it was completely feasible. Although Artemisia annua did not grow well due to the influence of peach trees, our original intention was not to make Artemisia annua grow well, but to let other grasses grow well. Without it, this effect can basically be achieved. "

"Oh, so there is such a way," Li Muyang nodded. He knew about white wormwood. It was everywhere in the fields. Some people also shoveled some pocket money from selling it in spring and summer. He didn't expect it to have such an effect.

"Okay, if that's possible, we'll do it too."

"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll think of other ways. After all, there are some differences between the mountains and the nursery. We all allocate the land nutrients in the nursery according to a certain proportion. The mountains are relatively barren. We can only know the specific situation after trying it. .”

"Okay, then I will implement this matter."

To make Artemisia annua, you need the seeds of Artemisia annua.

Under the guidance of Wang Tianxiao, Li Muyang bought some seeds from the medicinal materials supply and marketing cooperative and spread them. Because he did not consider the actual growth effect of Artemisia annua, he spread them more densely to ensure that all the weeds were squeezed out.

Artemisia is a kind of weed that can survive in this kind of environment. Its vitality is far more tenacious than other weeds. Even if there are individual species that are easier to survive than Artemisia, so if they remain, it will be very simple to get rid of them.

White wormwood was scattered into the ground, the sky was more beautiful, and it happened to rain lightly.Li Muyang, Wang Tianxiao and others prepared to hoe the entire ground gently.

This will allow the seeds of Artemisia annua to fall into the ground as quickly as possible and take advantage of the moisture to germinate and grow.

During the process, he found that if this kind of work was done manually, although the labor intensity was not high, the labor efficiency was very low.

A few people can't hoe much in a day.

If it develops at this rate, I don’t know how many people will be needed to cover the more than 200 acres.

It seems that he must buy new labor tools.

It is impossible to get a tractor up in the mountains, so you can only find cows or donkeys.

After this period of busy work is over, it is necessary to go to the livestock market.
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The peach garden on the mountain is progressing smoothly, but there is a problem with the construction of the house here.

In the evening, Li Muyang was having dinner with everyone when he saw several people from the village coming to their house in groups.

"Qiming, didn't you go back to rest? Why did you come back again?"

Li Mudi stayed at Li Muyang's house for dinner today. When he saw the visitor, he asked unexpectedly.

There were six people in total.

The leader's name is Li Qiming. Although his surname is Li, he is closer to Li Jianshe.

On weekdays, I mainly look for odd jobs nearby.

The few people behind him are all his brothers.Like him, he has been working at Li Muyang's house in recent days.

"Muyang, Brother Mudi, we are here today to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter? Didn't I give you the first phase of your money?"

Li Mudi asked.

"It's not about money, it's not about salary, um..."

Li Qiming was a little hesitant and seemed very inconsistent.

"Qiming, if you have anything to say, just say it. You're not an outsider, so what can't you say?"

"Oh, that's it. You also know that we must be working outside just for money, right?"

"Yes, that's right. As I said just now, my second brother said that your wages were paid to you on time, but the amount was wrong. What's going on?"

"Oh, that's not the case, but it's just a little bit missing."

"Less?" Li Muyang glanced at Li Mudi.

Li Mu raised his eyebrows, "What are you talking about? I'm giving you less. You work outside for a day, and I'll give you whatever others give you.

Do others only give you more than one yuan and less than two yuan? Now I give you two and a half yuan a day and you still say it is less.A person must be conscientious.Li Qiming, please tell me carefully, what do you mean by coming here today? "

When Li Muyang heard that it was two and a half yuan, he felt that his second brother was right.

This is what the current market price for petty workers is like.

Generally, they can't get two yuan for working outside. Considering that it's all about the countryside, Li Muyang asked Li Mudi not to pay everyone too low when they start working. Well, just let everyone do the work beautifully.

Anyway, it's only a few tens of dollars or a hundred dollars, which is totally within reach.

If the work is not done well, then the problem will be troublesome.

It seemed that Li Muchi had not deducted their wages, but looking at the expressions of Li Mingqi and the people behind him, they seemed to have nothing to gain from coming today, and they looked confident.

"Brother Mu Di, what you gave us is indeed okay, but compared to what others give, it is still less.

As I said just now, our requirements are very simple.

We just put in some effort and get some money, and we will follow whoever gives us more money. Is there anything wrong with that? "

"There's nothing wrong with it. But I think you guys are a bit greedy. Two and a half yuan is still too low. I just want to see who can give you a higher price."

"You don't have to worry about this, as long as others can give it to you. Now I want to ask you if you want to mention the price."

"If you raise the price, can you tell me how much others will give you?"

"Three dollars a day."

"How is it possible? Who is being taken advantage of? I can give you three yuan. My price of two and a half yuan is definitely the highest price if you ask around.

Don't lie here just for a little money. We are all fellow villagers, so that would be boring, right? "

Li Mudi frowned deeply.

Li Muyang gave him the job, which was a great reassurance for him.

He has been doing quite well recently. Now that the foundation has been dug, the bricks will be laid soon. He did not expect that such a thing would happen to him. It happened that he did not go back for dinner today, so he had dinner at Muyang’s house. The whole family at Muyang’s house Even my mother is still here, which is so embarrassing.

When he worked outside before, he usually led two or three people to build a small subdivision. This was the first time he led many people to build an entire village.

So he attached great importance to it, not only because the yard was built for Li Muyang, but more importantly, it was also a brand new attempt for him.If he can build this yard and the house inside, he can use it as experience to do more work in the future.

"I'm not trying to trick you. What I said is true. Someone just gave us three yuan. If you don't believe it, just ask them."

Li Qiming looked at the other five people behind him.

They all nodded, looking very sure.

Li Muyang saw that his second brother was a little angry and patted his arm.

"Brother, you eat first, and I'll talk to Qiming."

Li Mudi snorted coldly and stopped talking.

He looked down on people like Li Qiming a little.

Li Mudi is a big worker, and he can usually bring some small workers with him when he works outside.

Often people who make a living are willing to give him this face.

These days, it’s not easy to find an opportunity to work on a construction site.

Often they want to endure hardship but have no place to eat.

Leading people to work is a kindness to them, which should be kept in mind.

Li Mudi tried his best to bring the people in the village with him, which was equivalent to giving everyone a way to make a living.

But he never expected that his good intentions would be let down like this.

This time, I am working for my brother. No matter what I do, I can’t let things slip in the middle.

He was very depressed and too lazy to pay attention to Li Qiming.

"Brother Qiming, my second brother also said just now that two and a half dollars is indeed a fair price. If you want to raise the wage, you must at least tell us where you got the three dollars.

If someone is really willing to open it, then let's consider it, but it doesn't mean it's impossible. "

"It's the people in the back."

"Behind?"

Li Muyang was a little confused after hearing this, not knowing what he meant.But when he saw Li Qiming looking towards the southwest corner, he suddenly realized something.

It turned out to be the installer of the power distribution station.

Suddenly he felt a little unhappy.

Why are the people at these power distribution stations so unqualified?

The last time I gave them a side, I had done my best to show my kindness, and yet I even came here to poach people.

Just dig as you say, don't dig in the middle of building your own house?

It's as if I have a lot of trouble with them. I really can't bear it.

(End of this chapter)