Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1208 Guiding the Masses

With the experience gained from building Wang Anjia's greenhouse, everyone built greenhouses at an incredibly fast pace, basically one every two days, and in the end, they even built three in five days.

Of course, the reason why the speed was so fast is partly due to everyone's experience in building greenhouses, and partly due to the fact that everyone had prepared all the materials.

In any case, it only took a little over 10 days to complete all 6 greenhouses.

Of course, the time has also come to the coldest part of the year, which is the Nine Cold Days!

After finishing the greenhouse, Wang An originally planned to rest at home for a day, mainly to spend some quality time with his two little ones. You see, he hadn't had much time to spend with his two little ones while he was busy building the greenhouse every day.

Unfortunately, after breakfast, these relatives, whether they had planned it beforehand or not, all came to Wang An's house at the same time.

Upon seeing this, Wang An smiled and said to everyone:
"You guys are always at home carrying manure into the greenhouse, so why do you have time to come to my house?"

Since the greenhouses were completed, everyone has been busy putting manure into them and doing other preparatory work such as turning the soil.

After all, whether it's farming or growing vegetables, it's all the same. To put it bluntly, it's all about "the success of crops, which depends entirely on manure."

If you don't have manure when planting crops or vegetables, you will absolutely not be able to grow good crops or vegetables.

After Wang An finished speaking, Grandpa Wang Dashu said with a wry smile:

"I'm having trouble deciding what to plant. I don't know what vegetables sell well. What if I grow vegetables but can't sell them? Then all this greenhouse work would be for nothing, hahaha."

Immediately afterwards, Second Uncle Wang Daliang also said:

"I was just wondering what to plant, so I came to ask you what vegetables sell well?"

After Wang Daliang finished speaking, Wang An looked at his elder brother Wang Yong and Mu Xueli and the others. From their eyes, Wang An could tell that the purpose of their visit to Wang An's house was simply to ask him what vegetables to plant.

Wang An rubbed his face with a helpless expression, then moved his lips up, down, left, and right before thinking for a moment before saying:

"Actually, it doesn't really matter what you plant, just don't plant potatoes, radishes, or cabbages, which are things that every household has in their cellar."

After Wang An finished speaking, his third brother, Wang Gan, said:
"Xiao An, do you think we can grow those things that everyone dries vegetables for? Like eggplants, celery, and green beans?"

Wang An glanced at Wang Gan, then at the bewildered crowd, and his sense of helplessness grew stronger.

Although Wang An felt helpless, he also understood how these people felt.

Wang An built the greenhouse so that his family could have convenient access to vegetables in winter, and also because his parents enjoyed growing vegetables.

As for the economic benefits of building greenhouses, Wang An never even considered it. The main reason was that although growing crops in greenhouses could make money, it was all hard-earned money, extremely hard work, even harder than farming.

But when a group of relatives built greenhouses, especially Wang Dashu's large family, it was different; they built those greenhouses entirely to make money.

Therefore, it's perfectly understandable that they would consider what vegetables to grow to make money.

Taking a deep breath, Wang An pondered for a moment longer before saying:

"If you ask me, if we want to get vegetables out of the market quickly, we should plant chives, spinach, rapeseed, and a little cilantro. These are fast-growing and relatively green vegetables. Just imagine, in this freezing cold, what a treat it would be to be able to eat chive dumplings!"

After Wang An finished speaking, seeing the bright eyes of the crowd, he continued:
"It's mainly about chives. Once you cut one crop, the next crop sprouts up very quickly. In less than half a month, you can harvest them again. How many crops of chives do you have to sell over the winter?"

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, everyone subconsciously nodded. Wang An then continued:

"Spinach and rapeseed are the same. From the time they are planted in the ground, they can grow in a little over a month. After the vegetables are harvested, the mats used to plant vegetables can be used to plant other vegetables immediately."

The "mat" mentioned here refers to a small area on the ground that is divided into sections for watering and distinguishing different types of vegetables when growing vegetables.

In the local area, a typical vegetable mat is about 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters long.

Of course, the size of the vegetable mat varies from person to person, and any size is normal.

After Wang An finished speaking, he paused for a moment. Seeing everyone listening attentively like elementary school students, Wang An felt a little like a teacher. Then, he took out a pack of cigarettes, offered one to each person, and continued:

"The main problem is that the greenhouse is only so big. It's only a little over two-tenths of an acre, less than three-tenths. We need to keep all these vegetables growing in succession so that the vegetable patch isn't empty."

Just as Wang An was giving everyone pointers, Liu Guilan suddenly said:
"If you ask me, we've already grown things in greenhouses once, so we should plant a few trellises of persimmons and cucumbers too. In the long winter, the kids can eat some warm food too."

Upon Liu Guilan's reminder, Wang An immediately echoed:

"Look, my mother is so thoughtful. In the dead of winter, eating a cucumber and a persimmon, oh my god, how enjoyable that would be! Don't worry, these things don't even need to be in the cafeteria. If you put them at the market, they'd be fighting over them."

After a pause, Wang An said with a grin:

"Take my mom's brain, for example. It's only because she married my dad that she's so smart. Otherwise, with her intelligence, she'd definitely be a high-ranking agricultural worker on Lingdao Island, you know? Hahahaha."

After Wang An finished speaking, everyone looked at Liu Guilan, and the young men all chimed in.

The eldest brother, Wang Yong, said:

"Believe it? Of course I have to believe it, hahaha!"

Third Brother Wang Gan chimed in:
"Yeah, my aunt is definitely a big shot. She's very useful in our Wang family."

Second brother Wang Shun also said:
"What do you mean it only works in our Wang family? It would work just as well in our Kaoshantun village, hahahaha!"

With his brothers all speaking, Wang Li, with his loose tongue, naturally couldn't hold back any longer and joined in with a grin:

"Absolutely! My aunt even said that no matter where I go, who would dare not look down on me?"

Immediately afterwards, everyone burst into laughter along with Wang An. Whether it was genuine or not, since Wang An was laughing, everyone had to laugh along, even if it was just to show their support!

Laughter filled the room instantly.

Having gained her son's approval and the praise of the younger generation, Liu Guilan was secretly delighted, but she pretended to be angry and smiled:

"You little brats, how dare you joke about your old aunt? I think you're getting too sensitive."

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