Take the supermarket back to the times

Chapter 196 Guiding Su Guoan

After Su Xiaoruan returned home, she couldn't wait to look up some information about the locust plague. Unfortunately, even if she had a supermarket, so far, the floors related to books had not been opened to her.

Now she can only try her best to recall what she learned in her previous life. She remembers that she has learned about the locust plague on purpose.

From an environmental point of view, locust plagues are mainly caused by drought.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that the arid environment has many benefits for the reproduction, growth and survival of locusts.

The drought caused the locusts to multiply and grow rapidly, and there were two reasons for the disaster.

On the one hand, in dry years, due to the drop in water level, the soil becomes firmer, the water content decreases, and the ground vegetation is sparse, so the number of locusts laying eggs increases greatly.

In dry years, the water surface of rivers and lakes shrinks, and the low-lying areas are exposed, which also provides locusts with more places suitable for laying eggs.

On the other hand, plants grown in arid environments have lower water content, which locusts feed on, grow faster and have higher fecundity.

At the same time, drought caused explosive migration, which migrated in groups from dry places to low-lying and flood-prone places.

But last year they had heavy rains here, logically speaking, this spring is not considered a drought, and there should be no locust plagues.

Did she remember it wrong?
Maybe next year?
Su Xiaoruan dare not take it lightly, this is not a trivial matter.

Suddenly, she thought of a key point.

When the locust plague occurred in the Red Star Brigade in the previous life, it seemed that this batch of locust plague came from the southwest.

It should be the migration of locusts, which is why they caused huge losses to their county.

If so, how to prevent it?
She probably understood what Su Xiangdong said today. Minister Geng should go down to check whether the prevention and control measures for various natural disasters are in place, not just to prevent locust plagues.

Chemical control, they don't seem to have this condition now.

That can only be natural enemy control.

Su Xiaoruan's eyes lit up, she remembered that chickens and ducks are the natural enemies of locusts, don't underestimate them, if they eat locusts, they are quite tough.

But here comes the question again, how to get chickens and ducks?
After all, private sales are not allowed at the moment, which is really a big problem.

Su Xiaoruan turned around and told Grandma Su her worries and thoughts.

This is a big deal, and Grandma Su can't decide by herself.

"Xiangbei, go and call Guoan over, and tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

"Got it, grandma."

Su Xiaoruan was still a little worried. After all, no one could say for sure about this kind of thing. If the plague of locusts did not happen, wouldn't it be a chance for people to attack Tang Bo?
"Don't worry, grandma knows this well."

"Grandma, what if there is no locust plague this year?"

Grandma Su smiled: "You are still young, so you don't understand many things. Moreover, locust plagues are not uncommon for us farmers. Early preparations are better than no preparations."

Su Xiaoruan let out a cry, and was sent to the west courtyard by Grandma Su.

Su Guoan came quickly, and it was a big deal for a little aunt to find him, and it was a good thing.

"Guoan, our brigade has been going smoothly in the past few years. Although there was a heavy rain last year, the loss of seedlings was not great, especially because there was still time for replanting, so last year our corn harvest was also good."

Su Guoan nodded, but didn't understand why the auntie came to him, so he could only agree, "Yes, it's okay."

"You also know that my family, Xiangdong, is now working with Minister Geng. These days, Minister Geng takes him to various communes to check the prevention and control of natural disasters. You know?"

As soon as Su Guoan heard that this was a serious matter, he immediately said seriously: "I heard some news, but I don't think it has much to do with our commune."

It's not that Su Guoan is too confident. After all, their commune has been rated as an excellent commune for several years in a row.

If it weren't for such good grades, Secretary Geng wouldn't have been promoted to such an important position all of a sudden.

"You can't say that. Minister Geng was only mentioned last year. Strictly speaking, this year's production is the key. Minister Geng was promoted from our commune. We are quite his natal family here, so we can't give it to him. Pull back."

Grandma Su deserves to be experienced, so she drew a big cake first.

When Su Guoan heard it, he thought it was the same reason.

"Auntie, what do you mean?"

"Secretary Xie also came to my house for dinner twice before. After all, he is the kid who calls Jianguo Uncle. He is new here, so we need to help out more. Besides, this kid grew up in the city and has never planted land. Where do you know some details of this kind of land?"

"You said so."

Grandma Su said again: "However, I heard Secretary Xie mention the policy from above, saying that it is for all-round development, and that farming is not the only way to go in rural areas."

Grandma Su led Su Guoan a little bit, and finally got Su Guoan hooked.

"Auntie, what do you mean?"

"We have mountains and rivers here, raising chickens and ducks isn't too much, right?"

Su Guoan frowned and said, "Isn't this basically raised by every family?"

Grandma Su glared at him: "Aren't you a fool? We can set up a chicken farm and a duck farm in the name of the Red Star Brigade. This will not only solve the difficult life of some sick and weak women in our village, but also give the brigade Isn’t it a good thing to generate income here?”

Su Guoan stared: "But what will happen after we raise these chickens and ducks? If it is according to what you said, the scale will be large. How will we deal with these chickens and ducks then?"

Grandma Su directly poked his forehead with her finger this time.

"The chickens and ducks can basically feed some wheat bran, insects, grass and so on, and they don't need to consume too much food. Moreover, the chicken dung and duck dung can also be fertilized. When the time comes, our crops will be able to harvest. better."

Su Guoan's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, it makes sense.

"Auntie is right. We have a lot of land here, and the most important thing is insects. I see that the place at the foot of the mountain in the south is good. If you go west, you can be close to the river, and the ducks will be released at that time." Take it easy."

When Grandma Su saw that he was enlightened, her expression immediately relaxed a lot.

"At that time, we can ask Hongmei and Xiangdong to contact some big canteens or state-run restaurants in the city. They must eat some meat during Chinese New Year, right? Don't we have a place to go for the chickens and ducks that have been slaughtered?" gone?"

Su Guoan patted his thigh: "Isn't that the reason! It must be Auntie, you have a crazy brain, why don't you think I didn't think of it!"

Grandma Su smiled and said, "It's not that you didn't expect that, didn't we have this kind of relationship before? Now that we have some contacts in the county, we can't just think about our family's good food and drink, and we have to find a way to let them Will the whole team be able to eat meat?"

(End of this chapter)