Song Tan's Notes

Chapter 1226. Tea Seedlings Delivered

This year, the whole Yunqiao Village started with a busy start.

But no one in the village was unhappy.

After all, at this time of year in previous years, they would at most tidy up their own vegetable gardens and prepare some vegetable seeds, seedlings and the like. It could be said that this was their most leisurely time of the day.

But for farmers, idleness means no money.

Nowadays, even rice has to be bought with money. If they continue to be idle like this for a long time, they will feel anxious. This is why they have frequently gone out to work in recent years.

But this year is different.

Since the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the Song family has been busy.

  When the weather is freezing cold, people on the mountain start digging the ground, raking the soil and spreading base fertilizer. On the riverside pasture, the manure from cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks is fermented extremely thoroughly, just waiting to be put to use!

As the days grew warmer, they finished cultivating the thousands of acres of land and began to plant fruit trees again.

Truckloads of fruit trees were shipped in from all over the country, and Professor Song's connections played a huge role at this moment.

Song Tan doesn't have to worry about what variety to choose, whether it's early-maturing or late-maturing, or what to plant where, or how to use the land below...

Yanran and the other two had already made plans for everything last year.

Two more on-site adjustments were made at the beginning of this spring. Song Tan only needed to confirm it and then arrange people to plant it.

Even the planting was supervised by the three of them.

  To be honest, Song Tan feels that the salary is really worth it!

Compared with this, the strawberry garden they cultivated behind the dormitory was nothing.

Of course, Song Tan also knew how Yanran and the other three begged Chen Yuan to help keep an eye on this matter.

But it is difficult for agricultural students to graduate, and the strawberries, at least, are better than ordinary ones. By then, no matter who steals them or what, the three of them will cry in the field.

Chen Yuan asked someone to help keep an eye on it, which made people feel more at ease.

Song Tan wanted them to stay at home for a long time, but he never thought of preventing them from graduating.

However, although the land has become much larger, their family is even more relaxed in this busy early spring than last year when they only had a few acres of land.

  Even Ulan began to murmur:

"It's convenient to hire someone. Last year, your father and I were ordered around by you..."

Song Tan didn't want to either.

"But at that time, we had no money and the food was not good, so I wanted to seize the opportunity in the spring..."

Fortunately, they were busy for a while, but the subsequent income also laid a foundation and gave their family more funds to expand their territory.

"That's true." Wu Lan also nodded: "It's just that I'm too busy. Every night when I close my eyes, I have to think about what I'm going to do tomorrow, and the next day I have to work non-stop... It's too stressful."

Qiao Qiao leaned over and said, "I'm not panicking. I've even learned how to grow astragalus."

He was a little unhappy: "Sister, Mom didn't teach me well before. She said that you can plant everything else in the same way you plant corn, but the Chinese milk vetch I planted in that way didn't grow as lush as the one your sister just scattered randomly."

Of course not, just scatter a handful and you will see how dense the seeds are!

As for Qiao Qiao, it's just like planting corn, putting three or two seeds in one hole and leaving some space in between...wouldn't the seeds that grow be sparse?

"It's okay," Song Tan comforted him, "The astragalus seeds you sowed in the winter are very good. Look now, are they all green and velvety? You can pick them and sell them soon."

Now that it has just warmed up, the astragalus has already sprouted green leaves. From a distance, it looks like it is covered with a layer of gauze, which is particularly moving.

Not only the rice fields, but also the riverbanks were covered with them. Combined with other fresh grasses, the cattle and sheep that had been cooped up for the whole winter were eating happily every day. The old yellow cattle were mixed in with the cattle and did not feel lonely at all.

Of course, Song Tan also knew that Old Man Li actually went to see it often.

But facing this old man, the Song family didn't want to say much. Anyway, he was now looking at the tea mountain that once belonged to him, and he was diligent and hardworking...

so be it.

……

Since the spring planting season began, trucks have been delivering seedlings every day. It's also thanks to the road that was repaired last year, otherwise just delivering the seeds would be a hassle.

Three truckloads of seedlings arrived this morning.

Secretary Xiao Zhu saw it from a distance and came over leisurely.

After having breakfast, he asked, "I just saw you guys lead that car to the mountain over there where Old Man Li is. What is that?"

"Tea seedlings." Song Tan replied, "There were only a dozen acres of old tea trees on the mountain, and they were all pruned in the winter - they grew too tall, only one or two meters high, and it was impossible to pick them."

"The remaining wasteland should be reclaimed and planted with tea. Otherwise, Mr. Chang would really cry to death if the annual output is so low."

Tea seedlings can be harvested in two to three years after planting. Although the yield is slightly low at the beginning, they grow very fast. In comparison, they do not require much care and have now become the main source of profit for the Song family.

Therefore, even though his family could not drink that much, Song Tan still arranged more than 100 acres of land for them, which was a considerable sacrifice.

Otherwise, you can plant peanuts, corn...what else can't you plant on this land?

  Secretary Xiao Zhu didn't know how difficult it was to grow tea. He just had a good impression of Boss Chang, so he nodded:

"Okay, there's more tea leaves, I'll buy more when the time comes - picking tea will also require more people, right? There will be work for the village then."

When she said this, she remembered: "Oh, right, the electricity reform is about to start! This summer, you don't have to worry about not being able to use the air conditioner at home in the mountains or down the mountain."

  This is really good news!

Song Tan sighed, and looked at Secretary Xiao Zhu meaningfully: "Our city leaders are really resolute and decisive!"

  Secretary Xiao Zhu smiled silently, and at this moment he only asked another question out of curiosity:

"I saw you planted a lot of persimmon trees over at Stone Slope. Are they the crisp persimmons or the fire crystal persimmons?"

"All."

"The original persimmon trees in that area were also regrafted. After all, they were all big trees and it would be a pity to destroy them."

That piece of wasteland was really too big. It took Brother Sun almost a month just to clean up the land. Now the wild chrysanthemum seeds have been sown.

But the sunflowers will bloom a little later because they may be frozen if another cold front comes.

Secretary Xiao Zhu recalled that since the beginning of the spring, everyone had been working for the Song family and had been busy every day. He smiled from ear to ear:

"That's great! There's work to do in the village, and if everyone stays there, the village will develop better. Otherwise, if it all depends on your family, you won't be able to lead the way no matter how much strength you have."

Song Tan was also happy: "Yes, if everyone stays in the village, we can do such drastic things. Otherwise, we can't find workers and we can't farm."

Yesterday's emo vibe has not yet worn off... I lay down all day! ε=(ο｀*))) Oh.

Good morning.

  That's all for today. Cheer up tomorrow!

Acceleration in spring, since many plantings have been written at the beginning, I will not repeat them!