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

Chapter 66 Mid-Autumn Festival Visiting Relatives

a few days later.

Fang Ping picked out a small portion of the sweet potatoes for seeds and began to grow seedlings.

Fang Wei has already prepared the land in the valley, turned the soil and applied fertilizer, and is just waiting for the sweet potato seedlings to arrive so that they can be planted.

He has been thinking about a question these days: what is the upper limit of the production of [Nanguang No. 1]?
The rice and sweet potatoes that were cultivated before were actually the most common local varieties. It was only because of the blessing of these properties that they became unique and seemed to be excellent crop varieties.

But he knew very well that these varieties had a poor "foundation", so accordingly, even with the support of external forces, their upper limit would not be too high.

In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.

Fang Wei caught a male duck from the poultry house and brought it to his eldest brother's house.

The first six ducks have grown up and it is almost time to harvest the experimental fields, so the ducks will be harvested soon.

After the ducks are harvested, they are no longer allowed to roam free, and they have to be fed with feed until the next spring planting.

So at this stage, selling adult male ducks is the best option.

The female duck can be kept to lay eggs and hatch ducklings the following year.

Generally speaking, when the release period arrives, the ducklings need to be hatched one month in advance. This cycle repeats itself.

This is the whole process of [Duck Field Symbiosis].

"Sister-in-law, keep this duck here for a few days and make fried blood duck for the Mid-Autumn Festival. I have a drake over there, I'll send it to your parents later."

Tian Guihua's parents often exchange gifts with the Fang family. The festival is coming soon, so they have to send something over.

Fang Wei planned to send a duck and a few pounds of soybeans to his sister-in-law's family.

"How sorry for that? Thank you, little brother."

A smile suddenly broke out on Tian Guihua's face. Although she didn't like to take things from her parents' home, it didn't mean that she was heartless towards them.

The Fang brothers always help their mother's family in times of difficulty. Isn't it because of her face?

Of course she understood this principle, and she would keep this affection in her heart.

"We're a family, so don't be so formal. I'll ask my eldest brother to come over later."

Fang Wei waved his hand, turned and walked out.

The next day, Fang Ping took some things to his father-in-law's house and came back with a bag of brown sugar and a small basket of tangerines.

I didn't go to my second sister's place. Fang Mei said a few days ago that she would come back to celebrate the holidays, so there was no need to run back and forth.

Fang Wei sent some food to Guan Chongyang, including bacon, soybeans, a few pounds of rice, and a basket of various vegetables.

On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, Fang Mei and her whole family came.

Tian Bingyi carried a jar of sweet potato wine and two kilograms of loach, and as soon as he entered the door, he said he wanted to have a few drinks with the Fang brothers.

Tian Guihua did her best to cook a table full of dishes, including [Stir-fried blood duck], [Pan-fried loach], [Steamed bacon], [Scrambled eggs with leeks] and some vegetarian dishes.

Still very rich.

"Brother, Third Brother, try this homemade sweet potato wine. How does it taste?"

Tian Bingyi is a man of great dexterity. He can not only do farm work but also carpentry work, and he is especially good at making wine.

If it weren't for the bad harvests in the first two years, his family would have actually lived a pretty good life.

The three of them picked up the wine bowls and took a sip. Fang Wei felt that it was a bit spicy at first, but had a slightly sweet aftertaste, which was unique in flavor.

"Not bad! Your cooking skills are excellent, better than mine."

Fang Ping can also make wine, but his skills are definitely not as good as his brother-in-law's.

So, Tian Bingyi patted his chest and promised to help his brother-in-law brew a jar of sweet potato wine. In fact, he also knew how to brew rice wine, but rice was so expensive nowadays that no one was willing to do so.

Fang Mei took care of the children's food and drink, and was very happy to hear that Taotao went to school. She had a lot of opinions about this matter. How could she not let her children go to school just to save tuition?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but give Tian Guihua a cold look.

"Don't be so arrogant. I used to think studying was useless, but after seeing what my younger brother has done over the past year, I've changed my mind. Don't worry, our family will support Taotao and Tingting's education."

Tian Guihua didn't buy it and immediately replied with a smile.

The relationship between the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law is okay. There are some minor conflicts, but no major ones. They love to bicker, either openly or secretly, as soon as they meet.

"Brother-in-law, when you leave, take some sweet potatoes and soybeans back with you. You can eat them yourself or use them as seeds. They're all good varieties with high yields. They're new varieties developed by an old professor in the province."

Fang Wei consciously recommended high-quality varieties of soybeans and sweet potatoes to Tian Bingyi. It didn't matter anyway since they were grown at home.

Even so, he still pulled Wu Maosheng out as a shield.

It’s not that I don’t trust my second brother-in-law, but I have something to say when someone asks me about him.

"Oh? Then I have to take some back and try to grow some. Third brother, everyone says that you developed [Nanguang No. 1] under Wu Maosheng's guidance? Sigh, why don't we have such a talented person in our production team?"

Tian Bingyi had heard about Fang Wei's breeding a long time ago. Many people said that his brother-in-law was lucky enough to meet an agricultural expert who was transferred to the second team.

Whatever a junior high school student can accomplish, it must be the credit of the old professor.

Fang Wei never argued against such rumors.

If he were really a 17-year-old young man, he might lose his temper and feel that he was being despised, but he was not.

Having lived two lives, he understands a lot of things. It is better to keep a low profile these days.

"Mr. Wu is a true expert with profound knowledge. Unfortunately, he has returned to the city to resume his work. If I have any questions from now on, I can only write to him and ask him."

Fang Wei did not directly answer Tian Bingyi's question, but just passed it over.

"Let's not talk about this during the holidays. Come on, let's drink!"

Although Fang Ping had a rather dull personality, he was not stupid and he immediately changed the subject.

The family had a happy meal together. Fang Mei and her family stayed in the village for one night and left early the next morning.

Before leaving, Fang Wei packed 30 kilograms of sweet potatoes, a basket of eggs and 10 kilograms of soybeans into Tian Bingyi's basket.

The Fang family doesn’t have many relatives. Apart from Tian Guihua’s family, the only ones they can visit are Fang Mei’s family.

After the holiday.

The rice in the experimental field has entered the final stage of growth. The heavy rice hanging there is exciting to look at.

Zheng Hu and others began to use the knowledge they learned to calculate the output. No matter how they looked at it, the output of [Nongken 58] would be higher.

Fang Wei has already "harvested the ducks", and the team will soon be ready too. The harvest period for the field and the experimental field will be staggered by at most half a month to twenty days.

There are about 20 ducks at home, and their size is almost as big as adult ducks, so Fang Wei has to take some time every day to feed them.

In the past, feeding the chickens and ducks was Taotao's job. After his nephew started school, he had to do it himself. He couldn't rely on his niece as she was still young.

He was busy in the backyard when Zheng Xianfa and Fang Ping came over.

"team leader."

Fang Wei looked up and greeted him. Zheng Xianfa waved his hand and came over to observe the ducks.

After a while, he said:

"Tsk tsk, you've taken really good care of these ducks! Little scholar, I'm going to give you some more responsibilities. I'll let you take charge of the team's duck farming next year, too. What do you think?"

"But there's a lot going on at the experimental farm, and raising ducks is a sideline. I'm worried I can't manage it well."

Fang Wei didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the sideline group. The people there were not like Hu Zi and the others, so his words might not be effective.

(End of this chapter)