Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 122: The Dawn of Victory, Picking Up the Bride
The Yao village also celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, which they call the "Yao Festival." On that day, they kill chickens and ducks, eat rice dumplings, and hang kudzu vines at the gate to ward off evil spirits.

"Third brother, why don't you wait until the festival is over before leaving?"

"Thank you, Grandpa! But my brother and sister-in-law are waiting for me at home, so I have to go back soon."

Fang Wei politely declined her grandfather's invitation and returned home to celebrate the festival.

Anyway, he and Pan Lianhua are getting married soon, and they will have many opportunities to celebrate festivals together in the future, so there is no need to worry about this time.

The members celebrated the festival happily and will now prepare for the summer harvest.

The team's dry fields were planted with flue-cured tobacco in early spring, and the harvest would come later. Fang Wei's acre of sloping land was planted with peanuts, which were harvested before the summer harvest.

[Harvesting crops, points +630, total points: 34862 points.]

The yield of peanuts per mu is relatively stable, reaching 630 kilograms per mu this season.

This acre of sloping land will be used to plant soybeans next season and sweet potatoes the season after that.

After harvesting the peanuts, Fang Wei and Fang Ping plowed the land again and then planted soybeans.

"Captain Fang, you are a diligent man. What are you planting?"

The work was almost done and Fang Wei was about to leave when Chang Wenyuan suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Director Chang, I planted some soybeans. Why did you come here so suddenly? Let's go home and have a cup of tea first."

"We've been successfully cultivating sterile plants, and recently we got some wild sterile plants. I'm not busy right now, so I'll send some to you."

"That would be great. Thank you very much! Thank you very much."

The two of them walked back while talking and soon arrived at Fang's house.

There were several people sitting in the room, and Tian Guihua was greeting them. They were with Chang Wenyuan, but they hadn't gone to the slope just now.

Later, Fang Ping also came back.

Fang Wei handed the wild sterile plants that someone had just given him to his elder brother and asked him to quickly arrange for someone to transplant them.

"Captain Fang, if it's not too much trouble, would you like to go take a look together?"

Chang Wenyuan couldn't sit still and wanted to go to the experimental field.

Fang Wei didn't care, so he accompanied the group out of the house and went to the experimental field.

It was said to be a tour, but when they arrived at the place, the people who came with Chang Wenyuan asked all kinds of questions, and Fang Wei answered them one by one.

"Captain Fang, several comrades from the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences will be coming to our county in a few days to provide guidance. Do you want to go and have a discussion with them?"

Chang Wenyuan is a very ambitious person. He tried his best to invite people from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences with the purpose of promoting the research of hybrid rice.

Fang Wei shook his head, considering that the summer harvest was about to begin.

"I'm sorry, Director Chang, I have too many things to do here and I really can't leave. Let's wait until later. If there is another opportunity in the future, I will definitely go."

"That's such a shame!"

Chang Wenyuan led the team and stayed here for two days, and was received by the commune.

They left feeling very rewarding and had an idea for the next step of their research.

Fang Wei silently sent their blessings. This research is a long-term project and without perseverance, it may not be possible to persevere.

A few days passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it is time for summer harvest.

The experimental fields were harvested ahead of schedule and the situation is very good.

First of all, the total output of 70 mu of "tribute rice" reached 25200 jin, with an average yield of 360 jin per mu, which was a significant increase.

[Harvesting crops, points +25200, total points: 60062 points.]

[Please note that the existing tribute rice varieties are about to reach the upper limit of per mu yield, which is 365-395 kilograms per mu]

The production limit of tribute rice is indeed not high, which did not surprise Fang Wei.

There is no need to calculate the yield of other sterile lines and new hybrid rice varieties (sterile plants + tribute rice), after all, they are still experimental products.

"Lao San, this new hybrid rice variety looks pretty good. The grains are plump and have a nice luster."

Research is still ongoing, and the breeding team has milled some new varieties of rice and recorded relevant data.

noon.

Fang Wei asked Tian Guihua to make a pot of rice with this rice.

"Brother, sister-in-law, how does it taste?"

"It tastes good, very similar to Gongmi. The similarity is at least 80%."

"I think it's good, too. It's delicious."

Fang Ping and Tian Guihua spoke highly of the new variety of rice. Fang Wei also tasted it carefully and thought it was really good.

What is not known now is whether the characteristics of this hybrid rice can be stably inherited and whether the traits will separate in the next generation. What is basically certain now is that [Gongmi] belongs to the "restorer line."

In other words, the rice seeds produced by the hybridization of [Gongmi] + [sterile plants] will show normal characteristics after planting, with the male stamens and magnetic stamens being normal and able to self-pollinate.

But this needs to be verified again.

Next is summer planting. This time, 90 acres of new hybrid rice and 10 acres of various types of sterile rice will be planted.

Now everything is ready, [Youhongsan], [Gongmi], [sterile plants], and [hybrid rice seeds]. Now we just have to wait for the new hybrid rice to mature before we can proceed to the next step.

The reason why the progress is so fast is that Fang Wei does not need to consider more issues.

For example, problems such as plant lodging, disease and pest resistance, drought and flood resistance, etc., these properties are inherent in the experimental fields and can be solidified in the core of the variety.

In addition, the "sterile line" that was cultivated has the characteristics of high basic yield, and it has all the characteristics that an excellent rice variety should have.

To achieve this, it may take others several years or even more than ten years.

After the summer harvest and summer planting work in the experimental field was completed, the fields continued the "double harvest" work, rushing to harvest and plant, and everyone was busy and happy.

Fang Wei didn't care about what was happening in Datian. In order to verify the results again as soon as possible, he ran to the valley and reclaimed a paddy field.

Everything else can be ignored for now. What he needs is speed, speed, speed!

Adjust the growth acceleration attribute value to the maximum, don't worry about the yield or anything, just want to know the results as soon as possible.

This process takes approximately 45 to 55 days.

Last season, the team's entire 120 mu (approximately acres) of farmland was planted with the third-generation Nanguang No. rice variety. Now that the farmland has been incorporated into the designated area, yields are expected to increase accordingly.

Previously, the yield per mu of the third-generation Nanguang No. 500 rice variety planted in the fields was no more than 612 kilograms, but this season it reached 73440 kilograms per mu. The total yield reached kilograms, which even Zheng Hu and others found incredible.

"Third brother, with the same rice seeds, why has the yield per mu increased so much this season?"

"Our experimental fields, planted with the third-generation Nanguang No. 1 rice variety, have already reached this level. The reason why our fields have only just reached this level is probably because the time has come."

Fang Wei didn't know how to explain it. Could it be that because the area expanded, Datian also started to cheat?

So he gave an answer that was not an answer.

Zheng Hu and the others, neither experts nor leaders, didn't need to think too much and quickly accepted this explanation. Yes, it didn't make sense that the yield in the experimental field would be higher, but in the field it would be lower.

Anyway, everyone should just follow the third brother's footsteps and have enough food and clothes to eat.

[Harvesting crops, points +73440, total points: 133502 points.]

The next task of selecting seeds was personally undertaken by Zheng Hu. He selected a total of 7 jin of the third-generation rice seeds of [Nan Guang No. 3440], and the remaining jin of rice was put into storage.

The recent consumption of stored grain has not been large, and even with these, it still totals 22 kilograms.

Fang Wei asked someone to save the rice seeds for the Yao village and the production teams where his two relatives worked, and then notified all the production teams under the Xiatang Brigade to come and exchange the rice seeds.

Things are different now than before. Wei Guanghua arrived as soon as he heard the sound and did not dare to delay for a moment.

The share given to him was slightly higher, twice as much as others.

As for how the other party arranges the planting types, whether it is early rice [Nan Guang No. 1] or late rice [Nan Guang No. 1], that is none of his business.

Anyway, he only provides two kinds of rice seeds, [Nanguan No. 58] and [Nongken ]. The supply period is not fixed. You just need to keep the seeds and arrange the planting period.

After the first team came the third team. This was also Fang Wei's request. Everyone should exchange their purchases in order so that there would be no chaos. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome if they were squeezed together.

He was busy exchanging rice seeds, while Zheng Hu took people to pay the public grain and purchase grain, and the remaining inventory was directly cleared out.

The team earned more than 2 yuan.

On Fang Wei's side, 7 jin of [Nan Guang No. 6] third-generation rice seeds, except for the team's own seeds, the remaining jin of rice seeds were all exchanged for other stocks.

Originally, they were supposed to get 60 kilograms of rice, but Fang Wei allowed everyone to buy half of the share with cash.

The price is settled based on the purchase price of Grade 1 rice seeds, which is 1.08 yuan per catty.

Nowadays, all the production teams in Xiatang Brigade have some assets. If given a choice, they would rather pay in cash than exchange for rice.

Therefore, the second team earned 6.48 yuan in cash and 30 kilograms of rice.

"Hu Zi, Old Accountant, and Secretary Fang, everyone, please get ready. We will distribute rations tomorrow."

Life was a cycle. After paying the public grain and the requisitioned grain, the remaining grain was distributed among the members as food.

Although everyone's life has been much better in the past two years, everyone still attaches great importance to the distribution of food rations.

Unlike in cities, there is no rationing in rural areas, so the food and drink of the whole family depends on it.

Still following the old rules, each person will receive an average of 500 kilograms, which will be deducted from the work points at the end of the year.

A total of 74000 kilograms of rice were distributed, leaving the team with 226000 kilograms of rice in stock. This does not include 22500 kilograms of tribute rice, most of which would be kept for seed, with the discarded rice kept separately for use by the team.

After Fang Wei finished the tasks at hand, he handed over all the work in the team to Zheng Hu and began to prepare for his own marriage.

morning.

Pan Lianhua came hurriedly, and Fang Wei took him to the commune on his bike and found an old tailor introduced by others.

Each of them had to make two sets of clothes. Fang Wei made a Zhongshan suit made of blue cloth, a pair of gray pants and a white shirt.

Pan Lianhua made a dress and a set of small-lapel clothes and pants for spring and autumn.

Fang Wei wore a white shirt and blue trousers for his wedding, while Pan Lianhua wore traditional Yao village attire. Grandpa had already prepared the traditional attire for her, so she didn't need to make it herself.

After measuring the size and leaving the cloth behind, the two went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things.

After I came back, I started to clean up the new house. There were so many trivial things to do that I would be busy for several days.

night.

Pan Lianhua will live in the same room with Tian Guihua, while the Fang brothers will live in the guest room on Fang Wei's side.

Get up in the morning and continue working.

Time slipped away in the busyness, and when everything was almost packed up, Pan Lianhua returned to the Yao village early.

Early August.

Before daybreak, the whole village was already bustling with people.

Today is the day to pick up the bride. The main people include Zheng Hu, Zheng Bao, Fang Wenshu, Deng Yuanen, and a group of young people in the village.

Fang Ping specially made a pair of stretchers for today's event.

There are no sedan chairs in the village, and using them is not encouraged nowadays. People are urged to be frugal in weddings.

But grandpa required the bride not to touch the ground before entering the house, so he had to use a sedan chair instead.

Guan Chongyang and Tian Guihua counted the things that needed to be brought to the bride's reception, including 100 kilograms of glutinous rice, 100 kilograms of tribute rice, 100 kilograms of soybeans, 100 kilograms of indica rice, a wooden mandarin duck platform, and twelve bowls inlaid with silver rims.

"Are you all ready?"

"Ready!"

"Then let's go!"

Zheng Hu checked again and found that nothing was missing, so he led the wedding procession out of the village and headed straight for the Yao village.

Fang Wei is the groom today, so he doesn't have to worry about these trivial matters.

The wedding procession, carrying torches, snaked forward like a fiery dragon. When they arrived in front of the Yao village's archway, the village elder brothers and sisters blocked their way.

At this time, the sky was bright and the group had not had time to eat breakfast when they encountered the first obstacle of the day's wedding, the "roadblock".

If different villages on the mountain want to marry each other, the only way to break the "roadblock" is to sing songs.

However, the groom came from the foot of the mountain, so we couldn't use singing to embarrass him, so we could only compete in other talents.

The brothers in the village would not let him off the hook. Someone threw a "Bamboo Linglong" into the air.

Zhu Linglong is a local bamboo product stuffed with colorful pheasant feathers.

"boom!"

The sharpshooter in the village had been waiting with his gun in hand, and he fired as soon as he took aim.

The bullet hit the "Zhu Linglong", and the fragile bamboo object exploded instantly, and pheasant feathers all over the sky fell with the wind.

The brothers and sisters burst into cheers.

The roadblock is right here. They've already set the challenge, and the wedding procession must respond. Even if they can't surpass them, they can at least do a similar job.

If they can't do it, then they have to go into the "Wine Forest", where there will be 6636 bowls of sweet potato wine waiting for Zheng Hu and his friends.

You can enter the Yao village only after you finish drinking.

"Second brother, can you do it?"

Zheng Hu could only pin his hopes on his second brother Zheng Bao, who was the captain of the militia squad and had the best marksmanship in the team.

Except Fang Wei.

Fang Wei is definitely the best shooter in the entire production team, but he is the groom today, so it would be embarrassing to let him take action, right?
"I'm not sure! They're half-farmers, half-hunters, and they spend all day in the mountains and forests. How many bullets can I fire in a year?"

Zheng Bao kept complaining in his mind, what's the point of brandishing swords and guns on such a happy day?

(End of this chapter)