1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 148 Damn it, not only the chickens live in the glass house, but the vegetables live there too

Pingcun Brigade.

At this time, the fields were already bustling with activity. Members of the cooperative, holding sickles, skillfully moved between the rows of corn. With the sound of "click, click", the corn stalks fell down one by one.

After the members who were cutting corn stalks in front had piled them up, the female members behind them immediately followed quickly, bent over and broke the corns off the pile of corn stalks on the ground one by one, and piled them neatly on the other side.

After the corn and straw were separated, the corn piled up like a small hill.

After the tractor drove over and the "thump! thump! thump!" sounds disappeared and the engine shut down, the members immediately rushed forward and started loading corn cobs into the truck bed.

The members on the other side also began to pack and bundle the separated corn stalks and load them onto the ox carts coming from behind.

This is the end.

Apart from the corn stubble still firmly rooted in the ground, there was no trace of corn on the ground.

After filling a whole cart with corn, the members of the moving team sat down on the ground to rest, panting heavily, and from time to time someone wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve.

"The team leader knew we should have bought a tractor earlier. With this thing, harvesting is so easy. One trip with this tractor is equivalent to ten trips by an oxcart. Now the oxcart can only pull light corn stalks."

Su's father, who was also sitting on the side to rest, gave him a displeased look.

"I would like to buy it, but I need money, and the farm machinery factory has to sell it to you!"

After hearing what Su's father said, someone immediately agreed.

"You don't know, ever since our brigade bought a tractor, everyone in the surrounding area wanted to buy one. Ten thousand yuan is a lot, but the government still gives money after paying the public grain tax in summer. If we work hard and tighten our belts, which brigade can't afford ten thousand yuan?"

"But have you seen anyone buy one? I heard that even the county's agricultural machinery stations only get a few machines a year. There are so many communes, and our commune is already considered a great success to be able to get one. Some communes don't even have one!"

"That's right. Besides, the tractor from the state-owned chicken farm has also come to help us transport corn. Now we have two tractors."

"I get angry when you mention this. Who in our brigade drew the lot at that time? We had such bad luck. There was a truck and a tractor, but we ended up drawing a tractor."

As soon as these words came out, the people who were still resting around immediately looked at Father Su.

When Mr. Su heard this, he looked at the other party unhappily.

"You know nothing. I'm just lucky. A tractor can drive into the field, but can a truck do that?"

"You can only park on the side of the road. You'll be exhausted to death by then."

After saying that, he saw another tractor driving towards him in the distance. He immediately stood up and brushed the dust off his butt.

"The truck is here, ready to load."

After hearing what Father Su said, the other party could only mutter in a low voice.

"But the one they pull can carry a lot more than a tractor."

at this time.

A young man from a state-owned chicken farm came over on a bicycle. When he got close to the edge of the field, he immediately asked the members who were loading straw into the ox carts.

"Where is your captain? Our director has something urgent to discuss with him."

Hearing this, the other party immediately shouted towards the pile of corn inside.

"Captain, the chicken farm said their director wants to see you urgently!"

When Mr. Su heard this, he was a little unresponsive for a moment.

The youngest? Didn’t he go to Shanghai?
Besides, it would take a day or two just to get there by car, right? How come you're back so soon?
Did something happen along the way?
Thinking of this, he immediately hurried to the end of the field.

The young man spoke immediately after seeing Su's father.

"Captain, our director called from Shanghai and said he has something urgent to discuss with you, so please call him back as soon as possible."

"When Deputy Director Han found out, he immediately asked me to ride his bicycle to pick you up."

"Let's go, the manager is waiting for your call!"

Although Father Su was a little puzzled, he didn't waste any time and sat in the back seat of the car and headed towards the state-owned chicken farm.

Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Go to the farm and enter the office.

Su Wenchen was sitting in the chair, almost falling asleep.

"Ring! Bell! Bell!"

The phone on the table finally rang.

Su Wenchen yawned.

"Hey, Dad, you're too slow. I've been waiting for you for nearly half an hour."

"Get out of my way. I'm harvesting in the fields right now. I don't have time to chat with you. What's the urgent matter?"

Hearing this, Su Wenchen no longer had the mood to joke and spoke seriously.

"Dad, notify the brigade chicken farm and ask Zhao Wuniu to bring someone to Shanghai, preferably the one who followed me at the beginning."

"Also, the team should find two experienced farmers, preferably those with quick minds."

After Su Wenchen finished speaking, Su's father was completely confused.

"What a mess you are making. I can understand sending people from the chicken farm, but why are you sending two farmers there? Learn how to farm from them!"

"Besides, people in the south all grow rice, but here we have mostly dry land, so rice can't grow there."

Su Wenchen naturally knew that the water resources here were not enough to grow rice, and he had never thought about changing the staple food structure.

Because the structure of staple food grown in a place must have been the result of exploration and experimentation from generation to generation.

Fine-tuning might be possible, but large-scale changes are definitely not worth the effort.

So he explained it directly to Su's father.

"Dad, I'm not here to learn how to grow rice. I'm here to learn how to grow vegetables, the kind that can be grown in greenhouses out of season."

"We grow vegetables such as spinach, celery, tomatoes and cucumbers in greenhouses in winter, which are available in summer and autumn. This way, we can eat fresh vegetables even in the cold winter."

When Mr. Su heard this, he felt it was even more unreliable.

"You must have been deceived!"

"Your father has been farming for nearly half of his life, but I've never heard of growing fresh vegetables in winter."

"Only during the war in the past, I heard that the old emperor once grew fresh vegetables next to the hot springs in winter." "We don't have any hot springs here for you to grow!"

Hearing this, Su Wenchen felt a little annoyed. How could he convince such an elder with such limited knowledge?

Su Wenchen thought about it and felt that it was too much trouble, so he didn't want to waste his time trying to persuade her.

"Okay, Dad, I won't say any more to you. Just send the people over here. Remember, those who come here to learn greenhouse farming must be smart, literate, and able to farm."

"I've asked Lao Miao to book tickets for you. Just ask them to come with Lao Miao."

"Whenever you're fine, hang up! If you have an emergency, you can call this number."

After saying that, Su Wenchen hung up the phone.

In the chicken farm office, Father Su heard the dead tone on the other end of the line and put down the phone.

He kept muttering to himself.

"You little bastard, you've really grown up. Now you're notifying me directly?"

"But are big cities so advanced now? Can they grow vegetables in greenhouses in winter?"

"Greenhouse? Is it just a shed to keep the vegetables warm? But if they can't see the light, won't they be suffocated to death?"

"Or should we install glass windows as well?"

Father Su felt that it was really possible, but when he thought about it, he took a deep breath.

"hiss--!"

"Damn it, not only did the chickens move into the glass house first, but now the vegetables have moved in too."

"The next step is to build a greenhouse for the pigs, right? They have to live there until the very end, right?"

that's it.

After Su's father returned, he was absent-minded until the evening.

It lasted until the end of the work day in the evening, when everyone was gathered at the brigade headquarters.

"Lao Su, I've noticed that you've been distracted the whole afternoon, and now you're calling everyone together again. What the hell are you trying to do?"

Father Su looked up at Li Guodong who spoke, and then spoke to the people around him.

“Do you think it’s really possible to grow fresh vegetables in winter?”

After hearing what Father Su said, everyone else looked at him as if he were a fool.

"Lao Su, are you hysterical? Why are you growing vegetables in the middle of winter?"

"Yeah, let alone fresh vegetables, even cabbages have to be harvested when the weather gets really cold!"

"I thought it was something else. Old Su, you are so unreliable today. Don't call everyone together just for this unreliable thing."

"If that's the case, Lao Su, we'll go back!"

Father Su saw someone about to stand up and immediately pressed his hand.

"Sun Datou, why are you so anxious? I haven't told you anything yet."

As soon as Mr. Su finished speaking, someone joked.

"What else can I do? I'll just go back and give birth to my sixth child!"

As soon as these words came out, several people around laughed.

"Haha, isn't that right? Old Sun has five golden flowers at home, so isn't he in a hurry to go back and get six?"

"Then I think it's a bit risky. If I could have a son, I would have done it a long time ago. Why wait until now?"

When Sun Datou heard this, he sat down immediately when he was about to stand up and leave, and retorted directly.

"Get out of the way. I will definitely give birth to a son next."

"Hehe, you guys are laughing happily now, but in a dozen years, if you want to come to my house to propose marriage, you will see how I embarrass you."

As soon as these words came out.

The people around were stunned at first, and some people suddenly felt that there seemed to be some truth in it.

Especially those families with several sons of the same age.

Although it may not be possible to get married at that time, but what if it happens? Wouldn't this be strengthening myself?

Father Su also stopped him at the right time.

"Don't bother interrupting me, I want to get down to business."

Then he looked at Jiang Li who was sitting next to him.

"Secretary, you are also from a big city. You said that the youngest brother wants us to send people to Shanghai to learn greenhouse cultivation. Is that reliable?"

"They say they can grow off-season vegetables, which means growing green leaves, cucumbers, tomatoes and the like in the middle of winter."

When Father Su said this, Jiang Li was still in deep thought.

The team members below couldn't help it.

"How is it possible for green vegetable leaves to grow in the ground in winter? Wouldn't they freeze to death before they grow up?"

"Didn't you say it was a greenhouse plantation? There must be a greenhouse to keep it warm!"

"Will a shed be useful?"

"It's definitely more than that. Maybe it's like a chicken coop, with glass installed so that the vegetable garden can live inside the house."

"Ah! Can we live in a glass house in the vegetable garden? Then can we live in it too!"

"Of course I can. Anyway, the vegetable garden doesn't smell as bad as the chicken coop, and setting up a bed here will be different from home!"

"But you can only grow a few vegetables in the space of a house! It's different from chickens. Chickens can be kept in cages, but vegetables can't."

"Yes, this house is worth a lot of money. But with such a small space, it's ok to raise chickens, but the vegetables grown are probably only enough for a few people to eat, so how much can it sell for?"

"I don't think it's reliable either. Let's just focus on raising chickens."

(End of this chapter)