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

Chapter 164: Picking Season Has Surprises, Set Rules
After [Nan Guang No. 58] is completely finalized, previously cultivated rice varieties, such as [Nan Guang No. ] and [Nongken ], will be gradually phased out. After all, who needs bicycles when everyone has cars, right?

He called a meeting of team cadres and announced the decision at the meeting.

Zheng Hu and others didn't have any objections, but they felt it was a pity.

At present, [Nanguang No. 58] and [Nongken ] are still two excellent rice varieties.

"The team still has a large amount of seeds in its seed bank, and we will continue to plant small quantities from time to time in the future to prevent these two varieties from being completely extinct."

Fang Wei saw what everyone was thinking and then added another sentence.

That’s no problem, Zheng Hu and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, the second team began summer planting.

Summer harvest and summer planting are closely linked. Isn't it the busiest time of the year? The members work continuously, with almost no rest.

However, the use of rice transplanters can save a lot of manpower and time, and the planting of late rice is completed quickly.

"Girl, I'm going to go into the mountains to take a look. Do you want to go with me?"

In the blink of an eye, the child is already a hundred days old.

Pan Lianhua's body has recovered well. She has the type of body shape that won't get fat no matter how much she eats.

Fang Wei just wanted to go for a walk in the mountains, so he asked the other party if he wanted to join him.
"Okay, okay! But what about Xiaobao? I still have to feed him."

Pan Lianhua was only excited for three seconds before she sat down dejectedly.

Fang Weiyi slapped his forehead, thinking that he had actually neglected this matter. This was not right.

"Third brother, go by yourself. We'll go for a walk around the area together later."

Pan Lianhua quickly cheered up and said with a smile.

Fang Wei nodded, had breakfast, put on his gun and went into the mountains.

He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt that the mountains had become very different from before. Although there was little rain this year, the trees and various vegetation in the mountains were still growing lushly.

It is no exaggeration to say that many herbs seem to mature overnight.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Fang Wei once again adjusted the attribute values of each plot in the [Forestry Picking Area].

Among them, the growth rate bonus ratio of designated areas in deep mountains and old forests is adjusted to 200%, and the "drought resistance" attribute bonus is also added.

As a result, the situation in the mountains changes every day.

"Is this really okay?"

Fang Wei pulled out the machete again, cut through the weeds that were more than a man's height, opened up a path, and soon saw the wild tea oil forest.

The designated areas in the mountains are not connected. Several large areas include wild tea oil forests, wild chestnut forests, wild loquat forests, precious wild tree forests, and several wild herb areas.

The entire Dayao Mountain stretches for thousands of kilometers, and his area is far from enough.

He did not adjust the growth rate of the entire [Forestry and Picking Area] so fast. Compared with the normal growth state, the 2-fold growth rate bonus is still exaggerated.

For example, a tree that took ten years to grow into a mature tree or an herb that took ten years to mature can now achieve the same effect in just over three years.

Fortunately, it is located in the deep mountains and forests, where there are few people and it is difficult to be noticed.

"The tea seeds are almost ripe, and it looks like the yield will increase."

Despite the increased growth rate, trees still follow the seasons.

Take the tea oil tree in front of us for example. It blooms in May and bears seeds in August. There may be a slight deviation in time, but it will never bloom and bear seeds three times in a year.

But there is no doubt that the yield of camellia seeds will increase greatly.

At the same time, the area of this oil tea forest has expanded a little unnoticed.

With the blessing of these attributes, the success rate of natural reproduction of trees has greatly increased, and seedlings can grow from seeds in just a few months.

For the time being, he does not plan to intervene artificially and will just let them grow naturally.

When Fang Wei came, he brought a large backpack. He simply picked some ripe tea seeds and started his journey home.

He came here today to determine the picking season for tea seeds, and took the opportunity to check out the wild chestnut forests and various herbs.

You can wait until September or later to pick the herbs.

This time, he brought back 100 kilograms of tea seeds.

After a few days, Fang Wei organized people to go into the mountains for large-scale picking.

The first step is to pick camellia seeds, followed by wild chestnuts. As for wild loquats, everyone is free to pick them, and whoever picks keeps them, but only needs to hand over 20% of the harvest to the team.

The lively picking season has begun. Zheng Bao leads the militia team to protect everyone's safety. The mountains are high and the roads are long, so we must be careful to prevent various accidents.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua, as well as Fang Ping and Tian Guihua, all participated in the picking work.

We set out before dawn and busied ourselves picking the wild tea leaves once we reached the forest. When we were hungry, we ate our rations; when we were thirsty, we drank the water we had brought with us. Everyone was very motivated.

It hasn't rained much since the Dragon Boat Festival this year.

The weather was very hot, so Fang Wei ordered that no open flames were allowed.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua picked the fruits very quickly. Pan Lianhua's backpack was filled with about 50 kilograms, and Fang Wei's big backpack was still filled with 100 kilograms. The two of them prepared to return first.

"Captain, why don't you wait and go with everyone else?"

Zheng Bao was in charge of the safety of the picking operation. Seeing Fang Wei and his wife preparing to leave first, he asked with a smile.

He actually knew very well that these two people would never suffer any loss in the mountains, so he just said hello casually.

"Let's go first. It's best for everyone else to return together. Please be careful."

Fang Wei responded with a smile, and then set off on the return journey with Pan Lianhua.

They were mainly worried about Xiaobao crying at home. The child has not been weaned yet, and as a mother, she definitely wants to go back early.

The two of them walked through the mountains and forests at a brisk pace, without feeling any weight at all.

After the confinement period, Pan Lianhua picked up the health-preserving exercises again. No matter how busy the couple are, they always take some time to exercise.

She had a good physical condition to begin with and the food at home was not bad, so she recovered quickly.

Taoist Sun had prescribed her some medicine to help her recover, but she hadn't taken it because she was breastfeeding. Otherwise, her recovery period would have been much shorter.

"Third brother, I won't come back until I finish picking tea seeds and chestnuts. Remember to pick some loquats for your return. My sister and I love them."

The two of them did not rest along the way and even had the energy to talk.

"No problem, I'll make sure you guys have enough to eat. Girl, come to the front and rest your feet. It's too hot out here."

Fang Wei glanced at Pan Lianhua and saw that the other party's head was sweating, so he took the initiative to ask for a break.

Pan Lianhua smiled sweetly, knowing that the man cared about her, and then stopped under the shade of a tree. Even after giving birth, she still looked bright and beautiful, and her figure had hardly changed.

Fang Wei knew that his father's good condition was not only due to his consistent exercise, but also had a lot to do with the main house. "Prosperous master" was not just empty talk, and now he felt more and more that these three words were magical.

He and Pan Lianhua are the man and woman of the house, and the child is the young master of the house.

Let’s not talk about them for now. The child has never been sick since he was born and is very plump.

There is also Wang Zhuyun. She had some minor health problems, which in Western medicine terms is endocrine disorders. The skin on her face was dull and her complexion was dark.

But she just didn't want to take the medicine. Pan Lianhua asked Taoist Sun to examine her once. After she took three doses of medicine, she refused to take it again no matter what.

But as she lived here longer, her health got better and better.

Her skin became more lustrous and her complexion became rosy. Even Taoist Sun was amazed and joked that it was the Fang family's rice that nourished her.

"Third brother, let's go, I'm done with my rest."

The two rested for about ten minutes, and then Pan Lianhua got up and continued on their way.

Seeing that the other party still had some strength left, Fang Wei stopped talking and returned to the village with her.

I went to the team to hand in the tea seeds, and got home after four in the afternoon.

Pan Lianhua washed her hands and went to look after Xiaobao. Unexpectedly, the little guy was sleeping soundly and could not be woken up even by calling.

Wang Zhuyun pulled her out and said, "Xiaobao is very well behaved. He ate lotus root powder and has been sleeping since then."

"Then let him sleep and feed him when he wakes up."

In the evening, all the team members returned and dinner was already prepared in front of the team office.

We didn't slaughter a pig today, but the dish has enough oil and water, and a little bacon.

The last time we went into the mountains to hunt wild boars, the wild boars we hunted were not distributed. They were all made into bacon and stored in the warehouse.

"The team was thoughtful. They knew everyone was tired and too lazy to cook, so they prepared a big pot of rice in advance."

The members all praised the team's actions. According to the old rules, everyone in the second team could come to eat, including the five-guarantee households and children.

Fang Weiyi and his family, including Wang Zhuyun, came. Eating ready-made food is the easiest and no one would resist it.

A week later.

The picking in the mountains was over, and then Fang Wei and some energetic members went to pick loquats together.

Fang Wei ran back and forth several times and picked a total of 1000 kilograms of loquats.

Fang Ping also made two trips and brought back more than 200 kilograms of fruit.

The reason why he picked so many was not only to give them as snacks to Pan Lianhua and Wang Zhuyun, but also mainly to make [loquat paste].

Every winter, many people suffer from coughing, and Zhao Baocheng said in advance that he wanted some of this stuff.

[Picking wild loquats, points +1000]

[Picking wild camellia seeds, points +28736]

[Picking wild chestnuts, points +30160]

Total points: 540278.

According to statistics, the output of wild camellia seeds and wild chestnuts has increased significantly.

This made the team leaders very happy. It was like picking up a bargain. Although it was very tiring, it was also very rewarding.

Most of the wild chestnuts were sold, and the team earned about 5000 yuan. The rest was kept as seeds and distributed to the members.

The wild tea seeds are dried and temporarily stored in the warehouse.

Next we have to go to the team’s oil tea forest to pick the tea, which will be a little later, and then we can press the oil together.

The next thing is to pay the public grain, exchange for rice seeds, etc. Everyone is waiting for the arrangements of the commune. If the commune does not make arrangements, then the second team will handle it on their own.

"Captain Fang, don't worry. Once the production teams have completed the exchange, they will come to you."

Wei Guanghua was worried that Fang Wei was in a hurry to deal with the rice seeds like before, so he ran over to say hello to Fang Wei.

Since he could still wait for this period of time, he simply paid the public grain tax first, paying the entire year's tax at once, to avoid the trouble next time.

After paying 69000 kilograms of grain, the brigade still had 5 kilograms of rice left in its inventory. As for converting the requisitioned grain later, based on past experience, once the rice seed was purchased, the conversion would be complete, eliminating the need to use the remaining inventory.

A few days passed quickly.

The production teams of Xiatang Brigade began to exchange and purchase rice seeds.

"Let me make this clear to you all. Starting this season, the team will no longer be growing [Nanguang No. 58] and [Nongken ]. From now on, we'll only be growing [Nanguang No. ] and other new varieties."

Even now, there are still some production teams that are unwilling to grow hybrid rice.

It’s not that hybrid rice is bad, the key is that in recent years, some production teams have tasted the sweetness of selling second-grade, second-grade, and even third-grade seeds.

Not everyone is willing to step out of their comfort zone, so Fang Wei's words aroused doubts as soon as they came out.

"I'm not negotiating with you. Hybrid rice has a higher yield per mu anyway, so we'll only cultivate hybrid rice seeds from now on. Okay, registration will begin now. Once everyone has decided on the variety and quantity, we can start exchanging seeds from Team One."

Fang Wei was too lazy to argue with some people and just said what he wanted to say.

The next step is the registration process. After registration, you have to go to each store one by one to exchange the items in order, otherwise it will be very chaotic.

As if it had been agreed in advance, all 11 production teams under Xiatang Brigade exchanged their units for [Nongken 58]. After they finished exchanging, production teams from other brigades in [Yaoling Commune] also came to exchange their units.

Seeds were allocated according to the amount used in one season. The production teams at the front of the queue had exchanged all the [Nongken 58] rice seeds, and the other production teams could only exchange them for [Nanguang No. ] rice seeds.

If all the production teams in the entire commune planted standardized rice seeds, it would be equivalent to the entire commune cultivating second-grade rice seeds, and the yield would naturally increase greatly.

According to calculations, the amount of standardized rice seeds needed by the entire commune is about 40 jin, and the total harvest of the second team this season has reached 39 jin. It doesn't matter if there is a little difference, as everyone can just share it.

Starting from this season, the second team will no longer be selective and all output will be sold as seeds.

22.5 jin of [Nongken 58] rice seeds, plus 16.5 jin of [Nanguang No. 78] rice seeds, were all exchanged. Team Two harvested 32.8 jin of rice, earning yuan, and also offsetting the requisitioned grain.

It was also from this point in time that Yaoling Commune was nicknamed the "Seed Commune".

night.

There were quite a few people sitting at Fang Ping's house, including Tian Youlan, Tian Bingyi, Fang Mei and her husband, Grandpa and Wang Zhuyun, and of course Fang Weiyi's family of three.

Tian Youlan's production team, Tian Bingyi's production team, and the Yao village were the two most closely connected households in Team 2. If anyone else's rice seeds were in short supply, theirs wouldn't be needed; the team had already reserved some in advance.

However, Fang Wei left them the [Nan Guang No. 2] rice seeds.

"The first two types of rice will no longer be available, so it would be best if you switch to a different type sooner rather than later. Don't worry, there will definitely be a rush for the second-best rice variety, Nanguang No. 2. Yield determines everything."

(End of this chapter)