Chapter 8 Sowing the Seed
Seeing Long Jianhua coming, several members who had already arrived at the warehouse floor in the team nodded to him with a smile.
Accountant Chen Lisheng is a thin man. He sucked two pipes, "Jianhua, if you can't work, then don't force it. If you don't pay attention to your youth, you are sick when you are old, especially if you are a child like you with a fine skin and tender flesh."
This sounded something wrong, but Long Jianhua knew that he had no other thoughts and smiled, "I'm young, just sleep for a few hours."
Chen Daniu then emphasized this issue, "How do you feel in Jianhua? If you can't stand it, then take a break and don't show off."
Wang Lanhua, the wife of worker Chen Liqiang, retorted loudly, "Jianhua, don't listen to them. Broken grass and laying haystacks is actually a very easy job, so what can't be done? Do it, there is a division of labor."
This is the only woman in the team who can get ten jobs like a strong male labor force. She has a straightforward personality and is quick to do things.
Long Jianhua gave her a grateful smile, "I tried it in the morning and recovered completely."
Their words were very warm and moved him...
At this time, Chen Daniu's eldest daughter Chen Dujuan quietly walked behind Long Jianhua and pulled his clothes, "Brother Jianhua, aren't you hungry yet?"
She thought the voice was very light, but in fact everyone heard it and they all laughed.
Suddenly, Long Jianhua felt that he should do something for Du Juan and for these people...
Before he could figure out how to answer her, her mother Zou Shuxian laughed and scolded, "He is asleep, how do you know he is hungry?"
Chen Dujuan argued with a blushing face, "But I often wake up from hunger in the middle of the night. Brother Jianhua is hungry for two years and will definitely feel hungry and stomachache."
Wang Yuhua laughed and said, "Dujuan, your brother Jianhua is fainted, you are asleep, it's different."
Chen Dujuan said "Oh", "I'd be dizzy if I go to bed at night."
Zou Shuxian slapped her on the back, "Damn girl, what? Do you think it's a good thing to be dizzy?"
The original atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and everyone was expressionless, smoking, looking at the toes.
Long Jianhua patted the back of her head, "The days ahead will be better..."
Chen Dujuan stared at him with her eyes and nodded. She didn't know how good she was, but she was willing to believe in the uncle who came from the city.
Chen Daniu coughed, "Since everyone is here, then start construction. Jianhua, if you don't bring a basket, then just code haystacks with us."
Every time weeds are pulled, female members are used to bringing baskets that can be used to hold pig grass. In fact, the pulled grass can be thrown into the fields to make fertilizer. Taking pig grass home is also a kind of benefit.
The members walked towards the terraced fields below, carrying bamboo tubes, and some men had a cigarette gun on their waists; the female members were carrying a bamboo basket with a bamboo tube inside.
Chen Daniu patted Long Jianhua on the shoulder, "Wait a minute." He turned around and walked into the house, quickly brought a bamboo tube and handed it to him, "You didn't bring water, I'll give it to you."
Long Jianhua took the bamboo tube and said, "Thank you!"
This bamboo tube is a simple rural water bottle, made of bamboo with bamboo joints at both ends. A hole is made in one of the bamboo joints, and a gripper is left at the end of the hole, and water enters and exits through the hole.
Chen Daniu sighed, "Jianhua, our team nine is poor. Three-point land, two-point land, five-point mountains, three-point rice, and seven-point grains. What do you think we should do to eat enough?"
Looking at the back of a member who was at least ten meters away from the two of them recently, Long Jianhua gently said, "Brother Big Niu, I caught ten eels and more than ten frogs last night, which can improve my life..."
"Those things are indeed a lot, but there is no oil. It's okay to eat one or two meals. If you have more, you will want to vomit."
This is indeed a big problem. The main contradiction now is that there is no oil and water, and you don’t know how to use seasonings. It’s okay to eat a meal or two of many things, but it will make you feel nauseous if you eat it again.
"The lack of oil is not the main thing, it is a matter of habit. There are a lot of pepper and perilla in the team that can suppress the fishy smell..."
"You can try this. However, if everyone catches frogs and eels, there are not many, and this is not a long-term solution. Jianhua, you may not know me. Although I have only read it and have not much education, I have also been out of the province. Since I became the captain, my grain output has increased by more than 10%, and the labor output has improved our lives, but it is far from enough."
"You also heard about my Dujuan girl. There is nothing I can do. It's a pity. But piglets are so expensive now, there is not enough food, and there are only three chickens. How can I make the members eat enough? As long as you have a way, I will dare to do it."
There is not enough rice in the team, so I can only use dried sweet potato rice and sweet potato tops, but there is no oil and water or protein, which greatly increases everyone's appetite. Even if most families are careful in their budgets, they will cause famine at this time.
Chen Daniu is indeed a good captain and a person who dares to practice, but the situation is better than that of others. It will be the end of the seven or eight years for Gangcun to conduct a large contract contract.
"Brother Big Niu, actually Team Ninth still has some things to exchange for money. There are so many mountains, there should be a lot of Chinese herbal medicines in it, and that's all money... It looks like it's fragmented, and it's more concentrated together."
Chen Daniu turned around and looked at Long Jianhua in a steady state. After a while, "Okay. The supply and marketing cooperative will collect Chinese herbal medicines. We will find some money to sell, and we can buy piglets by selling them. The problem of oil and meat will be solved." He took a step forward and patted Long Jianhua on the shoulder and staggered, "Don't do this with others first, wait until I discuss it with several team cadres."
They knew that herbs could be sold for money, but because they were too dispersed, they felt that they were not worth it; and because their main task was to produce grain, they could not pick sesame seeds or lose watermelons.
Long Jianhua tried hard to fix his body and said with a wry smile, "Brother Big Niu, I just recovered, don't pat me again..."
Chen Daniu laughed loudly, "If you dizzy again, I will help you calculate the work points! Isn't it just a six-division of labor? What a big deal!"
When you walk to the edge of the field, the leaves of late rice seedlings are already normal, and the root system has adapted to the new place. According to dialect, it is "turning to the sun". As long as there is no long-term lack of water, there will be no problem in survival.
Follow Chen Daniu to a ridge of the field, grabbed the straw and walked forward. Long Jianhua grabbed two bundles with one hand, but Chen Daniu grabbed three bundles. He went to the roadside to find a relatively flat place, put the straw in a round shape, with the ends of the spikes leaning together, and the roots facing outward.
Back on the ridge of the field again, Long Jianhua pointed to a grass and asked, "Brother Daniu, is this Houttuynia cordata?"
Chen Daniu looked back and said, "Yes. This grass pig doesn't eat it. It grows fast. It needs to be pulled frequently, and the dry rate is very good."
Long Jianhua thought, even if it was better, it would be money. He pretended to pull out one and smelled it under his nose, "Or what if you send someone to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask, how much does it cost per pound?"
At this time, the supply and marketing cooperative was the "living piggy bank" for the people. It not only collected rice, eggs and other agricultural and sideline products, but also Chinese medicinal materials. The people trusted it very much.
Chen Daniu looked at Long Jianhua for a while, bent down and pulled out a piece of Houttuynia cordata, raised it above his head and yelled, "Don't throw away Houttuynia cordata, hold it all together. Brother Liqiang, you take everyone and continue, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative!"
After shouting, he ran down quickly and disappeared from the ridge.
Long Jianhua didn't expect him to be so anxious and shook his head to continue working.
Long Jianhua had just moved the straw from four ridges, and Chen Liqiang called everyone to rest for a while. From the time he started working, he had not had a single drop of sweat yet.
This is what it is now. It is not urgent, but it is not too fast. Every eight times he deals with, Long Jianhua is the one who works the most. He finished the straw from the four hills and built two haystacks nearly one meter acres; but there were a few strong laborers who had not finished the three hills and the two haystacks he built were not higher than Long Jianhua's.
When we heard the rest, we all came together laughing and laughing.
Some men took out a cigarette pipe and a gun made of bamboo, pinched out some tobacco from the pipe with three fingers, kneaded it into a ball and stuffed it into a pipe, and then lit it with a match; some took out a cloth bag, took out a square piece of paper from it, then grabbed some tobacco and spread it on the piece of paper, rolled it into a trumpet shape, and then lit it with a match.
The women were not so leisurely. Some of them continued to pull weeds on the ridges of the fields, some went to the side of the road to pull weeds, and some even went down the slope. These grasses were taken back to feed pigs.
After smoking a bag of cigarettes and drinking a few sips of water, Chen Liqiang called on everyone to start work.
Chapter completed!