Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1674: Big and Small Issues

"Do you know how to raise chickens?" Wu Renzhong looked at Zhou Zhi suspiciously: "Don't make a big fuss and end up with nothing..."

Zhou Zhi is very confident: "In fact, native chickens are quite easy to raise. They are old drivers who have survived thousands of years of fighting against diseases. You just need to pay attention to the density of free-range breeding and the nutritional value of the feed..."

"And be careful of eagles and other wild animals."

"Yes," Zhou Zhi nodded. "We also need to be careful of wild animals that eat chickens. In the future, we can raise them in the pomegranate orchard and use them as weeding chickens."

"Hehehe... let the grass grow first." Wu Renzhong did not think highly of Zhou Zhi's idea, but he did not stop him. It seemed that Zhou Zhi was not short of money. There were plenty of wastelands in the village anyway, so he could do whatever he wanted with Zhou Zhi.

After dinner, everyone started shopping. They needed to buy a new set of electrical equipment, various cables, lights, switches...

Zhouzhi also bought a multi-purpose crusher that can grind pulp, grind flour, and grind corn grits. Apart from limited power, it has no major defects and can meet the needs of the rural primary school.

What was left were some small farm tools. Because Li Yutang promised everyone to make a phone call to the village, the happiest person was Shama Ricong, who excitedly pulled Wu Renzhong to choose a phone with an extension, just thinking that it would be convenient for Wu Renzhong to make calls while walking around the grain station without having to worry about being eavesdropped.

Nets for the chicken farm also need to be purchased. Zhou Zhi was scared by what he said, so he bought a large roll of iron nets. This thing is very heavy, but fortunately it can be tied to the roof of the Defender and taken back, but it requires the help of professionals to tie it up for safety.

Zhou Zhi also bought some feed in advance, and finally bought a rice cooker antenna and a 21-inch color TV.

Fortunately, the Defender has a large space and extremely strong power, so it is no problem to climb the mountain with so many things.

"Your car is quite impressive." Wu Renzhong held Shama Ricong tightly in the back seat, using the excuse of bumpy ride, "Hey, Elbow, can you give it the entire tractor cargo box?"

"You mean a full trailer?" Zhou Zhi shook his head: "That's too dangerous. It can easily roll over."

"But the back of my car can be modified. I can keep only two rows of seats, and the back space can be converted into a two-story cargo compartment, which is actually quite capable of hauling."

"Can I borrow your car to drive to Xichang in the future?" Wu Renzhong patted his chest and promised, "I'll pay for the gas."

"It's not that I can't borrow a car in the state, it's mainly because my brother-in-law won't let me." Wu Renzhong explained, "But seeing that he has a good impression of you, he will definitely have no objection to me borrowing your car."

"It's not for free." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Your sister and brother-in-law are so influential in the state. It's not too much for us to ask them to contact other units and donate some things to us, right? Especially your sister and Shama, who are originally in the education system. They are guarding a golden nest and letting the children hand-copy textbooks. What do you think of you?"

"Ah? There is such a thing?" Shama Ricong knew that rural education in the autonomous prefecture was difficult, but he didn't expect it to be this difficult: "The textbooks are all hand-copied?"

"So Comrade Wu Renzhong's character is still very reliable. He doesn't wait, rely on, or ask for anything, and he also helps Uncle Tu take the education of the village seriously." Zhou Zhi teased, "Although he is a little stupid."

"You!" Shama Ricong poked Wu Renzhong's head with his finger: "Why didn't you tell me? I can mobilize the students to donate all the used textbooks when they graduate!" "Right!" Zhou Zhi advised: "The primary school in Lianhe Township is still self-run, and this kid is stupid and silent. If I tell you or Sister Liu, getting some textbooks and setting up a library reading room will be a matter of minutes, right?!"

“Hehehe…” Wu Renzhong couldn’t help but smirk: “I really didn’t expect this to come up. Mainly because I never learned how to ask for help from others since I was a child.”

"That's not right." Zhou Zhi expressed his thoughts: "Your brother-in-law said not to borrow cars or money from friends. Of course, asking for help is not good; but when it comes to work, you have to put yourself in the right position, and then try your best to get what you should get from the local area. If you can do everything you can to get some benefits for your fellow villagers, you should do everything you can to ask for them."

"As long as you are not doing it for your own selfish gain, your sister and brother-in-law will only praise you and cooperate with you. Wherever you go, you will be more confident than before, because you have people from the same village supporting you from behind."

"That's right, what Elbow said makes sense!" Shama Ricong said, "Renzhong, you have been in the village for such a long time, but you don't have as many thoughts as Elbow when you first arrived. You should think about it carefully."

"That's not a big deal." Zhou Zhi quickly tried to comfort Wu Renzhong: "It's mainly because I often went to the countryside when I was a child, so I'm more familiar with it. You are all city people, and you've rarely been to the countryside in your life. You definitely don't know as much as I do about how to develop the countryside."

"Take potatoes, the most important crop in Lianhe Township, for example. What is the biggest problem encountered in growing potatoes? Ah Zi, don't tell me. Let Renzhong talk first and see how much he can say."

"Ah? This..." Wu Renzhong thought for a moment: "The water source in Lianhe Township is a big problem. Most of the land is sloping, so we can only rely on the weather."

“Well, that’s a problem.”

"And then there's... fertilizer, right?" Wu Renzhong continued to rack his brains. "The villagers can't afford chemical fertilizers. Cow dung has to be saved for burning, and sheep dung doesn't seem to be fertilizer. Families don't have the habit of collecting human manure, so they can only burn wood ash as fertilizer every year. And they don't know how to flip the lid, so the fertilizer is lost too quickly. Well, the fertilizer problem is definitely a big problem."

"Okay, that counts as one."

"And then there's the planting technology." It seems that Wu Renzhong has been thinking about these issues recently: "I see that the land in the suburbs of the state is covered with plastic greenhouses. Shouldn't we have this here too? In short, it's new planting technology. To put it bluntly, our village is still almost slash-and-burn farming, and the land is raised by nature. The villagers have neither the ability nor the desire to manage, and they don't even have the concept of management. Naturally, if you want a high yield, it's best not to expect too much."

"The planting technology may have some of the reasons you mentioned." Zhou Zhi said, "But since the villagers have been planting like this for so many years, it means that they have at least basic experience. Maybe the actual situation is not as bad as you think. What else?"

"What else?" Wu Renzhong blinked and thought for a long time: "I can't think of anything."

"Azi, tell me."

"Brother Renzhong didn't mention the most important thing." Ah Zi couldn't bear to listen any longer and added, "Potatoes must be changed and rotated, otherwise they will be 'big in one year, small in two years, and as small as dates in three years'!"

"What's the reason?" Wu Renzhong was confused: "Rice is grown on the shore of Qionghai every year, but I've never heard of this problem?!"