Reborn Country Overlord

Chapter 50 Rapeseed Planting
At the end of September, when the water in the paddy fields began to dry out, Zhang Cuihua finally became a member of D, and also successfully became the captain of the first team of Zhang Tao's village, that is, the village head of Zhangjiawan.

(Their names here are a bit confusing. The official name is Huangpu Village Group, but the villagers all call it Wan, and the village chief and the others are sometimes called the group leader, sometimes called the captain. Captain now, the first production team, that is, the Huangpu Village team Zhangjiawan.)
"Everyone expects it!" The old captain finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he could rest, Zhang Tao's mother had enough culture.Coupled with their family's rapid development this year, and the status of the D member, the people in Houwanli who took over the captain's post didn't have much opinion, so this position is considered to be taken.

It's just that Zhang Tao knows that things are not that simple, because the notice will be issued soon.Calling on every household in the entire brigade to plant how many acres of rapeseed, responding to the painstaking efforts of the leaders above, etc., this is actually creating some economic benefits for the people in the village.

It was only at this time that the rapeseed crop was introduced. The folks in the village were not familiar with it at all, and they were not very interested in it.Moreover, I heard others say that the smell of vegetable oil is particularly strong and disgusting, so they waited and watched one after another, and even had a little resistance to this thing.

The cadres of the brigade saw that the tasks assigned by the superiors could not be completed if this continued, so they sent this instruction to the various teams.There was also a special order that the team would be fined for not growing enough rapeseed acres, and then the team leaders would collect the money one by one.

This incident also happened in Zhang Tao's previous life, and there were many disturbances.The folks in the village only have so much land in their homes. They don't know that rapeseed can actually be grown in paddy fields, as long as the drainage is good.Traditional thinking makes them think that rapeseed is a vegetable and should be grown in dry land.

But in the dry land, we need to grow vegetables to make some cash crops, and also to grow winter wheat, so how can there be any remaining land to grow rapeseed?Therefore, in the first year, few people paid attention to the instructions from above, and everyone refused to plant. The village cadres could not be fined, and it was over after a big quarrel, and no one planted for several years in a row.

After Zhang Cuihua received this instruction, she also became worried. She didn't know how to grow the rapeseed, and how to do the work of the people in Wanli?And the people above are sometimes messing around, throwing things down rudely, without even a guide, let the people do it, and if they don't do it, they will threaten the villagers with fines. As for whether it will work or not, no one has ever said of.

Just like when Zhang Tao and his paddy fields were required to plant grass seeds in winter, it is said that those things that fertilize the fields can also improve the quality of the paddy fields.Then there was a notice, how much grass seeds each family paid, and let the villagers randomly throw them in the paddy fields.No one cares if it grows or not, as long as they complete the task.

For several days in a row, Zhang Cuihua sat at home worrying. She never thought that she would become the captain of member D, but in the end, Zhang Tao pushed her to this position in a daze.Then as soon as she took office, she encountered such a difficult matter and couldn't think of a good solution. It's no wonder that she was happy.

Zhang Tao twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that if he didn't say anything, his mother would probably remain in this state for a long time, and the important thing was that it would also be a blow to her future work in the bay.It is estimated that what she does as the captain will be particularly troublesome, and her prestige in the bay will also be affected.

"It's not difficult to grow rapeseed. There are less than [-] households in our village, and the task of at least two lands for a family is only [-] acres. Our family has [-] acres of paddy fields, plus the old captain's family and Man Cheng's family. Almost enough, and then just do a few jobs at random."

"You said it very easily. I don't know what this rapeseed is used for, let alone how to grow it. How do you let others grow this thing?" Zhang Cuihua didn't feel happy after hearing what her son said, and replied angrily. "Wait, you said our paddy field can grow rapeseed?"

"Uh." Zhang Tao was choked for a moment, and after organizing his thoughts in his own mind, he said, "It can be planted in paddy fields. It would be nice to find a small piece of dry soil for rapeseed seedlings. Its growth period is just right. This period of rest in winter in rice fields."

"At this time, all the paddy fields are dry, just dig a few drainage ditches. Then dig a small hole evenly in the paddy field and transplant the rapeseed seedlings in the dry soil to plant it. You don't even need to plow the ground. After harvesting the rapeseed in the coming year, it will be good to replant rice, and there will be no delay.”

"You didn't see it in the newspaper again, did you?" Zhang Cuihua asked suspiciously after hearing what her son said. Zhang Tao's silence was a tacit consent. "But it takes a lot of work to plant several acres of land. Besides, what should we do after the rapeseed is harvested?"

"Isn't rapeseed harvested for oil extraction? It's similar to pressing tea oil and peanut oil. However, there is a special machine for extracting rapeseed. Our family can buy one when the time comes. In the future, more people in the bay will grow rapeseed. It is always necessary to extract the oil locally, and the machine for extracting tea oil will not work.”

Zhang Tao said after hearing what *** said, their brigade has a tea oil press. At the beginning, it was a manual oil press made of a big tree, and it took several labors to use it.Later, it was much more convenient to switch to a machine, but there is a difference between mustard oil and camellia oil.

The mustard oil machine is much smaller than that, and it is not as troublesome as pressing tea oil. It also needs to burn firewood and prepare straw to make tea.Just crush and squeeze directly, and the speed is very fast.This kind of thing was very popular in Zhang Tao's previous life, and a few years later.

At that time, the villagers in their entire village did not need anyone to mobilize, and actively planted a large amount of rapeseed, just to squeeze out a few catties of oil a year. .

Compared with Camellia oleifera on the mountain, which is completely dependent on the weather, growing rapeseed in paddy fields is much more secure.As long as it is well taken care of, it is easy to get more than [-] catties of vegetable oil a year.Because Zhang Tao often helped the family with farm work at that time, he was still very familiar with how to grow rapeseed, so he spoke logically.

"These things are also written in the newspaper that our family subscribed to, but the cadres in our village and township are not people who deal with personnel affairs. It is completely nonsense to let the common people do such a big thing without doing any work. At least We also want to publicize what this rapeseed is used for and how to grow it, right?"

After talking to his mother about how to grow rapeseed, Zhang Tao couldn't help complaining. Zhang Cuihua has a deep understanding of this. She is still a cadre now, and she still feels that those guys are very unreliable in their work.But at this time, she couldn't take care of this anymore, and her mind immediately became active after listening to Zhang Tao's words.

After thinking for a while, she picked up the flashlight at home and went to the village. Zhang Tao knew that she should have consulted with the old captain and the others, so she didn't say much, and started to do her homework with peace of mind.He believes that his mother can handle this kind of thing, so there is nothing to worry about.

The homework at this time is okay, as long as you copy the passages of the text that the teacher said a few times, then do a few exercises and write a few sentences to write a diary.Compared with those children in later generations, it is really ridiculous that the whole family needs to go online to check information or something to do homework.

However, the fourth grade students have already started to write diaries. For Zhang Tao, this kind of thing is too simple, and he can write hundreds of words casually.But it is a headache for other students in the class. At this time, the most annoying thing is to write a diary, and I have to write every day. So there are so many things to write?

So their diaries are basically written about a few things. Today they picked up a penny on the way to school, and tomorrow someone’s pig or cow ate other people’s crops, and they immediately drove the pig and cow away bravely. Or something like feeding chickens today, and then reincarnate once a month, and rewrite what I wrote before.

Moreover, there are more than 30 students in the class, and at least 20 students have the same diary.Zhang Tao’s Chinese teacher would be laughed at every time when he checked the students’ diaries. Eat? How much money will be lost this year, and how many crops will be lost.”

A few days later, I didn't know how my mother did the work of the team members. There were more than a dozen households in their village who agreed to plant rapeseed together at that time, adding up to [-] or [-] mu of land, which is already a huge amount. It exceeded the amount allocated to each production team in the village.

However, these people also have concerns. Zhang Tao's family will take care of the rapeseed seeds, so they can plant them directly with the seedlings.Zhang Tao's mother agreed to this condition without even thinking about it. It is already very good for other people's family to cooperate with her work, and her own loss is nothing.

But the corners of Zhang Tao's lips twitched when he heard the result. Whoever said that rural farmers are not smart, this calculation is very smart.After the rice is harvested, there are not many things for the farmers to do. They spend some time digging a few drainage ditches in the paddy field and digging a few small holes to plant rape seedlings. It won't take long.

A few acres of land can be done in a few days, and it doesn't take long to fertilize in the middle, using farmyard manure that costs nothing.At that time, even if the rapeseed is completely harvested, they will not lose anything, and they will not occupy their own dry land. Anyway, the rapeseed seedlings are raised by Zhang Tao's family. It is estimated that they will not be willing to give the seed money by then.

Zhang Tao's mother felt much more comfortable after finishing the rapeseed share. She went to the brigade early to get the rapeseed back, and paid for the seeds at home, and then found a piece of dry soil by the reservoir to sow the rapeseed seeds. down.This is similar to growing radishes and cabbage at home. There are not too many requirements, as long as the fertilizer and water are sufficient.

(End of this chapter)