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

Chapter 80 A life of practice (please subscribe)
"Big brother, third brother, life is getting more and more prosperous. I am an old man living alone, and I am grateful for your care. I won't say much to thank you. Come on, let's drink!"

Guan Chongyang was very happy and felt at home again at this moment.

New Year’s Eve dinner is a family reunion dinner. It is something engraved in everyone’s bones and carries too many emotions.

"Uncle Guan, eat more food and drink less wine. We are all family, so we don't need to be so particular."

Fang Wei picked up a duck head for Guan Chongyang and two chicken legs for his nephew and niece respectively.

This is the local custom: duck brains are given to elders and chicken legs are given to children. There is no special custom among peers.

After dinner, Tian Guihua was busy cleaning up, while Guan Chongyang, Fang Ping and Fang Wei sat together drinking tea and chatting. After nine o'clock, they got up and said goodbye.

The two little guys ran out to play, Fang Wei went back to take a shower, and sat quietly in the room alone.

He has always felt insecure since he traveled to this world. He has been busy doing so many things just to have a full meal.

Now that this goal has been basically achieved, he wants to do more next.

New Year's Day.

After Fang Wei got up, he changed into new clothes and went to pay New Year's greetings to his elder brother and sister-in-law.

"Manman, happy new year to you!"

The two little guys actually kowtowed to their uncle. Fang Wei quickly pulled them up and gave each of them a red envelope of fifty cents.

After breakfast, he went to pay New Year's greetings to Guan Chongyang, Zheng Xianfa, Fang Wenshu and others, and drank a lot of tea.

the next day.

Fang Ping and Tian Guihua took their children back to her parents' home, and Fang Wei became idle.

After the fifth day of the New Year, Fang Wei received a reply from Wu Maosheng.

Years ago, he sent the other party three pounds of soybeans and a piece of bacon, as well as a pound of the second-generation rice seeds of [Nan Guang No. 1].

Wu Maosheng thanked Fang Wei in the letter, saying that soybeans and bacon were both good things that could not be bought in the city even if one had money.

Then he said that he would find some excellent indica rice seeds and send them to Fang Wei.

"It seems that the old comrade is living a good life after returning."

Fang Wei smiled and put the letter away.

The excellent rice seeds promised by Wu Maosheng were very useful to him, but he was not in a hurry.

At this stage, the promotion of [Nanguan No. 1] has just begun, so even if he develops new rice seeds, he cannot use them for the time being.

It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Fang Wei went to his second sister's house to play for a day, and went to the market with Pan Lianhua, and the New Year was over.

Spring is slowly approaching, and there is a hint of warmth and freshness in the air.

Fang Wei took advantage of the last bit of free time, carrying a gun, and walked into the deep mountains and forests.

After repeated investigations and comparisons, he redesignated the [picking area], which was the place where wild tea oil trees grew.

Although the mountains here are high and the roads are long, the wild forest does not require his care. He can just come and enjoy the harvest when the time comes.

In addition, he also wanted to cultivate some high-quality tree species, and then find a way to transplant them to the mountains and forests near the village.

The location of the [hunting area] has not changed much, it has just moved two miles forward towards the edge of the primeval forest.

It is not a good season for hunting, and he is too lazy to do anything unnecessary.

Next, he harvested the corn planted in his private plot.

A private plot of land yielded 40 kilograms of corn kernels, and the total yield per mu reached 400 kilograms.

The average yield per mu of corn grown locally is about 200 kilograms, and the harvested corn is naturally a high-yield and excellent variety.

There is no shortage of feed at home, so most of the corn is kept as seeds.

[Composting site] Over there, fertilizers were continuously transported in, and the number of composting pools was expanded from four to 16.

Fortunately, the territory Fang Wei occupied was large enough at the time, otherwise he would not have been able to let go.

"Huzi, from pile 1 to pile 4, have you taken the temperature?"

The [composting yard] was assigned to the breeding team, so Fang Wei naturally had to worry about it.

He has been hanging around here these past two days as he has nothing to do. Spring plowing will begin soon, and fertilizer must be prepared in advance.

"Third brother, the temperature inside these compost piles is ideal, and the fermentation is very high. They will be mature in a few days. Pile 5 to 16 are heating up, and they will be ready for use in half a month at most."

The person who works the hardest in the breeding team is not the team leader Fang Wei, but the deputy team leader Zheng Hu.

But this guy enjoys it and is busy all day long as if he is full of energy.

The compost needs to be heated internally; if the temperature doesn't rise enough, it won't ferment properly. But at the same time, the temperature can't be too high, so proper ventilation holes should be maintained and the temperature should be measured frequently.

This knowledge was taught to everyone by Fang Wei, and everyone remembered it in their hearts.

"That's good! A good crop depends on fertilizer, so everyone should pay attention to it."

Fang Wei patted Zheng Hu on the shoulder, feeling very relieved.

The [composting yard] and [Poultry House No. 2] will both have more staff, but these young people will definitely be responsible for their management.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust other members, but Zheng Hu and others have mastered a lot of advanced agricultural knowledge and can implement Fang Wei’s intentions meticulously.

Other members cannot do these two things.

Fang Wei continued to wander around the [composting yard], checking every composting pit and felt that the effect was very good.

So he continued to upgrade the level of the [Composting Plant], spending 1600 points to upgrade it from level 3 to level 6. [Temporary Facility] → [Production Facility] → [Composting Plant]

【Facility Level: (Level 6, 0\5000)】

【Facility attributes: disinfection and sterilization, comprehensive fermentation, enhanced efficacy, easy absorption, improved quality】

[Composting in this building increases all attributes by an additional 30%]

Total points: 4426

After a few days, Zheng Hu and others discovered that the fermentation speed of each composting pool had accelerated. The key was that it had achieved comprehensive fermentation, and it was obvious that the compost was high-quality farmyard manure.

Fang Wei knows better. The fertilizer efficiency has increased by 30%. Can you say the quality is bad?

He felt relieved that the key fertilizer was secured.

Taking advantage of some free time, he and his elder brother went to the valley to plow the soil, and then spread the miscellaneous fertilizer prepared last year into the soil.

This is base fertilizer, and topdressing will be required later depending on the type of crops planted.

"Third brother, let's plant soybeans this season and peanuts next season, what do you say?"

Fang Ping was filled with energy. Having tasted success before, he couldn't stop.

"Okay, let's do this."

Fang Wei agreed with his elder brother's arrangement, which coincided with his original plan.

He originally planned to plant soybeans in the first season, peanuts in the second season, and soybeans again in the third season.

After the two brothers plowed the land, the team's spring plowing work officially began.

"Little scholar, I've discussed it with them and decided to allocate you another 5 mu of sloping land. You can decide what to plant. We just want to see results."

The experimental field began to be plowed, and Deng Yuanen drove a hand tractor across the field, which was much more efficient than plowing the land with an old ox.

The team members were all busy doing their jobs, and Fang Wei was not idle either, he was in charge here personally.

That morning, Zheng Xianfa walked over leisurely and announced the team's decision: to add five mu (approximately 5 acres) of experimental land to the breeding group, not paddy fields, but dry farmland.

The 5 acres of land is a slope and is some distance away from the previous 20 acres of land.

"Captain, don't worry, I will definitely make good use of these five acres of sloping land."

Fang Wei accepted what was delivered to his door without hesitation.

He immediately had an idea. The newly added 5 mu of sloping land could be used to plant soybeans. He could provide the seeds himself and create another historical record.

"Okay, I'll take you there now."

Zheng Xianfa was a man of decisive character. Seeing that the other party had no objection, he immediately took Fang Wei to look at the land.

These 5 acres of land are really good. The team picked the good land and gave it to Fang Wei, hoping that he can cultivate high-quality economic crop seeds.

In Zheng Xianfa's heart, he also hopes that these acres of land can be used to grow soybeans.

He had received some soybeans from Fang Wei before, and the more he looked at them, the more he liked them. Based on his experience, he judged that the soybean variety provided by the other party should be a high-yield and high-quality variety.

Now that the team's rice production has been basically guaranteed, he has started to think about cash crops.

There is no other reason. For the same output per acre of land, soybeans are definitely more valuable.

"Captain, I'll provide the soybean seeds, but let's make a deal first: I'll return ten times what I borrowed. We can't break the rules."

Fang Wei was very satisfied with this sloping land, but he had to discuss the seed issue with Zheng Xianfa in advance.

Public is public, private is private, and they must be clearly distinguished.

"Of course I will tell them."

Zheng Xianfa didn't think it was wrong. People providing seeds can't just donate selflessly, right?

To be honest, the fact that the other party was willing to provide high-quality and high-yield soybean seeds was in itself an advantage for the team.

Afterwards, Fang Wei asked Zheng Hu to arrange people to turn over the land and apply fertilizer at the same time.

He was so busy here that he had no time to rest, and the commune sent him 500 ducklings. He finally lived up to his title of "Duck Commander", but his workload also increased.

Fang Wei thought about it and specially asked someone to call Engineer Luo and Engineer Wen over.

"Engineer Wen, you are now part of the breeding team. Considering your actual situation, I would like to let you be responsible for raising ducks."

Neither the husband nor the wife was cut out for farm work, nor did they have the physical strength to do so. Instead, they found raising ducks easier.

After hearing what Fang Wei said, the couple knew that the other party wanted to take care of them, so they thanked him repeatedly and agreed to take over the job.

"Okay, I'll tell you later what you need to pay attention to. You two are intellectuals, so I believe you will get the hang of it quickly. If you encounter any difficulties, you can always come to me."

Fang Wei decided on the manpower, and then asked Luo Gong and Wen Gong, the members of the sideline group who were previously responsible for raising ducks, to lead them.

He does not think that the relocated people come to the countryside to "suffer". If someone insists on saying that this is a hardship, he can only say that these people are being too pretentious.

Being unable to lift things with your hands or carry things on your shoulders is not a virtue. He prefers to believe that this experience is a kind of practice in life.

"Okay, Team Leader Fang, we will study hard and master this technology as soon as possible."

Wen Gong laughed heartily, appearing quite relaxed.

It takes skills to operate machinery, and it also takes skills to raise chickens and ducks. He feels that as long as he works hard, he will be able to do this job.

Fang Wei nodded and handed the 500 ducklings and the few remaining female ducks to the two of them.

(End of this chapter)