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

Chapter 141: Popularity but not popularity, new situation

"Okay, okay, I'll go with you."

Pan Lianhua was very willing to go out for a walk and have a look, and she also had a selfish motive. When she arrived in Qinghe County, if she had the chance, she would go to the hospital to make an appointment.

There was still no movement in her stomach, and even she herself was a little anxious.

He was also worried about running into acquaintances in the county. If gossip got out, it would have a bad impact on Fang Wei.

If it were in another county, there wouldn't be so many concerns.

Two days later.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua went to the commune to get a letter of introduction, and then went to the county town to take a bus directly to Qinghe.

The person who received them this time was still Chang Wenyuan. He was now the director of the Agricultural Bureau, but he was still the same as before, with no airs at all.

"Captain Fang, I heard you have a lot of hybrid rice seeds. Could you give us some? It would be very beneficial to our research."

Chang Wenyuan and Fang Wei have been getting along well in the past two years. They always ask people to bring gifts to each other during festivals.

The item wasn't expensive, but it deepened the connection between the two parties. They were very well versed in the ways of the world.

So, as soon as they met, Chang Wenyuan mentioned the [Nan Guang No. 2] rice seeds.

"It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that the county is too strict. So, when I get back, I'll ask for instructions. If the higher-ups don't object, I can sell some of it, but only to the purchasing station."

Fang Wei did not refuse outright, but agreed to give it a try after returning.

He couldn't sell the rice seeds to Lin County privately, but the other party should have a way to obtain the rice seeds through formal channels.

It’s not like Qinghe County hasn’t done something like this before.

"Thank you! Thank you! Once the rice seeds arrive at the purchasing station, I will take care of the rest."

When Chang Wenyuan heard what he said, a smile appeared on his face.

The main purpose of his inviting Fang Wei over this time was for this batch of rice seeds. The seminar was just a side event, and he also wanted to establish a good relationship with the other party.

Over the next two days, Qinghe County treated the two to delicious food and drinks, and they spent half a day together every day chatting about their experiences in breeding work.

Fang Wei spent the remaining half day walking around with Pan Lianhua and bought some necessary things.

Although both are county towns, Qinghe County is much more prosperous than their local county town.

It was not until the evening of the third day that Pan Lianhua said that she wanted to go to the hospital.

Fang Wei did not stop him. He planned to go for a check-up with the other party to avoid trouble later.

When he was having dinner with Chang Wenyuan in the evening, he asked him if he had any acquaintances in the People's Hospital.

"I'm very familiar with the director of the People's Hospital. I'll contact him later. When you go there tomorrow, go directly to see Director Li."

Chang Wenyuan didn't ask about the specific matters, and helped Fang Wei make the contact after dinner.

The next morning, Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua went to the hospital and found Dean Li.

Dean Li was very enthusiastic and personally took the two to see the best doctor in the hospital. Then they went through various tests, all of which were expedited.

"You both are in very good health and there are no problems. If you want to have a child, there are some details you need to pay attention to."

The examination results showed that both of them had no problems in this regard.

The female doctor who saw her also told Pan Lianhua some specific precautions, which were said to increase the chances of pregnancy.

The two then expressed their gratitude, said hello to Director Li, and left the hospital.

Since the examinations showed no problems, Pan Lianhua felt relieved. Since neither of them was in a rush to have a child, they put the matter aside for the time being.

The two stayed in Qinghe County for five days and then returned to the team.

Fang Wei then went to find Xu Guangsheng and told him that the other team's second team still had an backlog of 8 kilograms of hybrid rice seeds in their barn.

"Secretary Xu, I think the promotion of hybrid rice is not something that can be done overnight; it will take a long time.

Why don't I sell some of the rice seeds first? This will increase my income and save me storage costs."

Xu Guangsheng thought Fang Wei came to him to promote hybrid rice, but it turned out that he couldn't bear the pressure of inventory and wanted to cash out.

He thought this was a good idea so as not to dampen the other person's enthusiasm for work.

"You should keep 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of rice seeds. You can sell the rest."

With Xu Guangsheng's endorsement, Fang Wei contacted the purchasing station after leaving the commune.

When the purchasing station heard that it was a newly developed hybrid rice seed, they were initially reluctant to buy it. After all, they were a little apprehensive about the rice seed, as it hadn't been tested in large-scale cultivation.

But at this moment, the purchasing station's superior unit sent a message asking them to just purchase the seeds, and the price of hybrid rice seeds could be increased by one cent (per pound).

The second team then sold 5 kilograms of the third-generation rice seeds of [Nan Guang No. 3] and kept kilograms of rice seeds for themselves.

The purchasing station offered an unprecedented price of 1.18 yuan per catty, paying a total of 59000 yuan in cash to Team .

5 kilograms of rice seeds were transported to Qinghe County on the same day, which shows that Chang Wenyuan is quite resourceful.

Before New Year’s Day.

The team's water conservancy facilities have been renovated, and all the canals in the farmland have been opened, connecting them into one.

After the project was completed, Fang Wei decided to divide the ducks.

A total of 600 mallards were distributed to all members, with nearly 300 people receiving some.

[Produced Mallard, points +2400, total points: 452095 points.]

The ducks are prepared for the Chinese New Year. Although they are distributed a little early, it is no problem for the members to take them home and raise them for a while.

Before we knew it, this year has ended and we have welcomed New Year’s Day of 66.

This winter is particularly cold, but fortunately the black members in the team supplied honeycomb coal, so everyone's life is not too difficult.

Although the coal mine can no longer obtain rice from the second team, the previous relationship still exists and they still sell coal to the second team at a fair price.

Recently, there have been some signs of the direction of the wind in newspapers and radio broadcasts. Fang Wei knows very well that what is coming will come.

Of course, some winds and waves cannot reach remote places like Team 2.

Everyone is doing what they should be doing and preparing for the New Year.

The most important thing during the Chinese New Year is slaughtering the New Year pig. Fang Wei decided to slaughter 10 pigs this year so that all members can have a good year.

At this time, Tang Ze led people to inspect Yaoling Commune.

Yaoling Commune is where Tang Ze once worked and lived for a long time. He started from the grassroots level and worked his way up to his current position step by step.

First, he listened to the work reports of Xu Guangsheng and others in the commune.

Tang Ze frowned when he heard that Fang Wei's "Nan Guang No. 2" rice seeds were unpopular and that Team 2 sold part of the rice seeds to the purchasing station in order to reduce inventory pressure.

"Didn't they say hybrid rice yields over 1,000 kilograms per mu? Why aren't many people willing to plant it?"

"It's mainly because many people are unwilling to take risks. Take the Natang Brigade for example. The second team is responsible for cultivating the third-generation rice varieties [Nanguang No. 58] and [Nongken ], while other production teams are responsible for producing lower-grade rice varieties. Everyone has a good profit.

If we suddenly change the rice seeds now, the previously formed chain of interests will be broken, and no one knows what they will face next, so there is definitely no motivation.

Many other brigades simply switched to lower-grade rice seeds. While yields declined slightly, the advantage was the cheap seeds and stable product, so there was no incentive to switch. Xu Guangsheng analyzed the mentality of the commune's production teams, providing a very logical analysis.

As for the affairs of other communes, they have nothing to do with him and he has no control over them.

In fact, the hybrid rice seeds sold by Fang Wei were basically bought by production teams from other communes.

In general, the [Nanguan No. 58] rice seeds and [Nongken ] rice seeds have actually occupied the rice seed market in this county, and new varieties are difficult to promote.

"You're right. Rice varieties with higher yields aren't necessarily popular. Let's take our time. True gold will eventually shine."

After hearing this, Tang Ze also felt helpless.

Under the current circumstances, it is certainly understandable that the second team sold some hybrid rice seeds to the purchasing station. Why would they preserve the rice seeds for a long time? It is a waste of time, effort and money.

In order to avoid dampening Fang Wei's enthusiasm, Tang Ze then came to the second team and talked with Fang Wei.

I hope the other party will not give up on breeding hybrid rice just because of setbacks in the promotion work.

"Please rest assured, leaders. I will persist in my research on hybrid rice."

Fang Wei didn't really mind the temporary success or failure. The leader had just said that since most production teams in the county still did not approve of hybrid rice, the rice seeds could be sold to purchasing stations.

This is easy. I guess Qinghe County would be happy to plant hybrid rice on a large scale.

"By the way, there's something I want to tell you. Through data analysis of the autumn harvest, some of the previous situations have changed.

The yield of [Nanguang No. 58] and [Nongken 5] rice varieties decreases by approximately 10%, 15%, and % from the first, second, and third grades, and all the way up to the third grade are worth planting.

Later, Tang Ze mentioned a new situation.

In fact, Fang Wei was also aware of this situation. The fixed rice seeds currently produced by the second team can indeed be planted up to the third grade. After that, it will not work. The yield will drop sharply and return to its original state.

This is related to the promotion of the [Planting Area] to Level 10. The genetic stability of rice seeds has increased by +1, which has also had a profound impact on breeding work.

In the future, the mainstream rice cultivation in the county will be [Nan Guang No. 58], [Nongken ] standardized rice varieties, and second-level and second-level varieties.

The tense situation of rice seed supply will be greatly alleviated.

This is good news for the county, but it has little impact on the second team.

Without the standardized rice seeds supplied by the second team, that is, the third-generation rice seeds, where would the second-, second-, or even third-grade rice seeds come from?

Tang Ze then took his men to look around the team and then left.

The next day.

Fang Wei got up in the morning and went into the mountains with Pan Lianhua. Now that the team's work was initially on track, he could relax a little.

The two of them planned to hunt two rabbits today, mainly to stretch their muscles.

The weather was good today, the temperature had risen a bit, the two chatted and laughed, and unknowingly walked into the [hunting area].

The two hunting dogs rushed out first. If they found a rabbit, they would drive it away, giving Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua a favorable opportunity to shoot.

The two men had no intention of setting a trap, they just wanted to satisfy their desire to shoot.

Not long after, the sound of dogs barking was heard from the front, and then several hares were seen running towards us for their lives.

"boom!"

Pan Lianhua fired the first shot and directly hit a hare.

"boom!"

Fang Wei's gun also fired, hitting a rabbit as well.

[Harvested prey, points +3, total points: 452098 points.]

"Good start!"

Fang Wei smiled, then he and Pan Lianhua ran over quickly and picked up the two rabbits.

Pan Lianhua cleaned up the prey and put it into his backpack.

"Third brother, let's continue."

The two rabbits were just appetizers. The two men then headed deeper into the mountains, hoping to catch more prey.

"Third brother, I think you should have gone to Qinghe County. I think they value you more, while we are just trying to restrict you."

The two chatted as they walked, not worrying about disturbing the animals along the way.

Pan Lianhua compared some things and couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm not from Qinghe County, so of course they're polite. Although the county has imposed a lot of restrictions on me and Team Two, this is actually a good thing. It saves us from being disadvantaged in the future."

Fang Wei didn't explain too much. Nowadays, it is not necessarily a good thing for an individual to get too many benefits. It is enough to have enough food and drink.

Pan Lianhua just said that. Since the man didn't take it seriously, she didn't say anything more.

Fang Wei had known a lot about this era from various materials before, but he had never experienced it personally, so he was a little confused.

But no matter what, food is the most important thing for people. We can’t just stop farming, right?

noon.

The two found a place to make a fire and cook. There was a stream nearby, which was just right for cleaning the two rabbits.

There are not so many things to pay attention to in the mountains. The staple food is bamboo tube rice and a roasted rabbit, which is actually quite good.

After finishing their meal and extinguishing the fire, the two continued on their journey.

It was not until the afternoon that the two men finally shot a roe deer. The scraps and internal organs they collected were used to refine hunting dogs.

"Third brother, let's go back."

It was three o'clock in the afternoon and Pan Lianhua felt it was time to go back.

Fang Wei nodded. He had come out to relax, so there was no need to go back after dark.

So the two of them set out on their journey home.

After returning home, Pan Lianhua took the game to Tian Guihua. They had game for dinner and a drink.

"Third brother, Hu Zi's family went to propose marriage today. They agreed to marry their daughter to him. It is said that the wedding will take place in May next year."

It was rare that Fang Ping actually started gossiping during the meal.

Fang Weiyi also became excited after hearing this. Hu Zi was his right-hand man, so it was impossible for him not to care about him.

"Is it the Iron Girl?"

"Yes, it's that girl Tie Yanhong."

Fang Wei confirmed the person Zheng Hu was proposing marriage to and couldn't help but click his tongue.

He actually thought Tie Yanhong was a nice person, but she had a bit of a strong personality. He wondered if Hu Zi and her would often fight after they got married.

"Little brother, my father is sick. Do you have any nourishing herbs? I want to bring some with me when I visit him tomorrow."

At this time, Tian Guihua suddenly said something.

(End of this chapter)