The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 122

Wujiayuzi is a mountain valley with an area of ​​more than 300 mu. At the southernmost point is a cliff tens of meters high. The local people commonly call it Yan Wang's nose.In the hinterland of Wujiayuzi is a depression of about 100 mu. The straight-line distance between the east and west sides of the Wujiayuzi exit at the northern exit is only about [-] meters.After the reservoir is built, the [-] mu of mountain land on both sides of the foothills will immediately have convenient conditions for the development of mountain forests and orchards.

Wang Shaodong asked the people from the design institute to draw the maximum water storage level line in the whole valley after the entire reservoir was built, and then Wang Shaodong took Wu Laoer and Zhao Shihai to the valley, and they were on the foothills on both sides of the valley , start pointing tree pits.

Because the reservoir is being built here, there is a lot of lime on the construction site.

Wang Shaodong carried a plastic bag of lime and walked in the middle of the foothills, and then Wu Laoer and Zhao Shihai each shoveled a shovel, Wu Laoer walked west, Zhao Shihai walked east.

Although the foothills are not too steep, they have some slopes, high and low, and the soil layer in many places is not thick. It takes some experience to choose a suitable place for planting large cherries.At least, you need to be familiar with this land.

Zhao Shihai has been planing and eating on the mountains since he was a child, and he is familiar with all the surrounding mountains.And Wu's second son, who drives sheep up the mountain to herd sheep all day long, is also very familiar with the area of ​​Wujiayuzi.

The two foothills on both sides of the valley require [-] cherry trees. If you don’t make some preparations in advance, the saplings will not be planted in the ground within a week, and the survival rate of those saplings will become a problem. up.

Cherry saplings are just like willows. They are seedlings raised by cuttings. The survival rate of seedlings is more than 90.00%. If the seedlings are alive, they are basically alive when they are planted in the ground.

The old saying that "cherry trees are delicious and difficult to grow" refers to the traditional small cherries, and the large Rabins cherries imported from abroad have a high survival rate and are relatively easy to manage.

Most importantly, big cherries are very expensive, and the yield is not bad, so planting big cherries in 2003 is very promising.

Wang Shaodong led Wu Lao Er and Zhao Shihai along the foothills to the east of Wujiayuzi all the way up, and painted a cross with lime on the terraced fields suitable for planting big cherries on the foothills.In more than an hour, they have drawn more than 500 tree pit locations.

At this time, Wang Fumin came to the foot of the mountain with about [-] laborers from the labor market.And every laborer carries a head and a shovel.

"Dongzi, are these crossed places the places to dig holes?"

"That's right, Dad. In all places where crosses are drawn, tree pits with a length, width and height of [-] centimeters are dug."

Wang Shaodong turned his head and shouted at Wang Fumin at the foot of the mountain.

Then, Wang Shaodong, who was standing halfway up the mountain, saw his father directing the husband who came over to start digging a hole.

Wang Shaodong asked his father to go to the labor market to find someone to dig a hole, and he would pay 20 cents for each hole. If they could dig [-] holes a day and earn [-] yuan, these laborers would be very satisfied.

In fact, this kind of tree pit with a length, width and height of 3 centimeters is not a big deal for these people. One can be done in two to three minutes. It is normal to dig thirty holes in an hour, and then dig two in a day Three hundred pits are nothing to worry about.

Twenty people went into battle together, and the whole foothills became lively.

The speed of digging holes is about 700 per hour, and then Wang Shaodong deliberately looked at the speed of the people digging holes under their feet. There were about [-] people. After an hour, more than [-] holes were dug, an average of one person Digging more than [-] per hour.

The group started digging at ten o'clock, and by twelve o'clock, they had already dug more than 500 tree holes.

It was time for dinner, Wang Shaodong found Wang Fumin and said, "Dad, let's treat this group of people to a meal at noon."

Wang Fumin was stunned for a moment, then looked at his son and asked, "Why do we invite them to dinner? This group of people brought their own food, and we paid for it. You didn't see them working so fast, I see everyone Individuals can earn 30 to [-] yuan today.”

They can still work for four or five hours in the afternoon. According to the rate of earning three yuan for thirty tree pits an hour, they earn an average of seven yuan each in the morning, and then they can earn an average of sixteen or seven yuan each in the afternoon. , so that they can earn more than [-] yuan a day.

"Dad, think about it. Next step, if our cherries lose, we need hired workers to pick them. The fish in the reservoir need to be fished by hand. The lotus roots planted in the reservoir also need hired workers to dig. At that time, we will have to deal with people in the labor market. They It’s the first time this group of people come to our house to work, let’s treat them to a meal, and the next time we’re looking for labor, we won’t have to worry about it.”

"Yes, son, what you said is very reasonable. Then, where shall we treat them to a meal?"

"I think these people are also common people in our township, and many of them are acquaintances. Since we want to treat guests, don't be shabby. I think the Zhuanghu Restaurant is quite close, just go over this hill. I will go and book two tables now." , you can just take them there for dinner at 12:30."

Wang Shaodong looked up and glanced at Wu's second son and uncle who were about to climb to the last terraced field on the mountain, and planned to climb up together and told them to wait in the restaurant.

"Okay, then you go."

Watching Wang Shaodong walk to the top of the mountain and take Wu Laoer and Zhao Shihai away, Wang Fumin shouted to everyone: "Hey, brothers, let's work for another 10 minutes, and we will all be there at 12:30." Go to the Zhuanghu restaurant in Qingquanling, my old king invites everyone to have a drink at the restaurant!"

The leader of this group of laborers was a man named Zhang Baifeng from Dazhai Village. He was in his thirties and had a scar on his forehead, making him look very vicious.

When Zhang Baifeng heard that the boss who hired everyone to work even invited everyone to drink today, he stared at Wang Fumin in surprise.

"Oh, Boss Wang, your boss is really righteous. I have been working in the labor market for five or six years. This is the first time I have seen you like this."

Seeing what the head laborer said, the others all echoed.

"Boss Wang is righteous, let's work hard and don't cut corners."

"Brothers, let's not waste our energy in the afternoon. After drinking Boss Wang's wine, we have to work until dark before we get off work."

"Boss Wang, if you have any work to do in the future, call my boss, Baifeng, and we will come right away."

Hearing what everyone said, Wang Fumin was also very happy.

Everyone worked for a while, and there was a lot of work during this period, and then followed Wang Fumin to the Zhuanghu Restaurant in Qingquanling.

The characteristics of Zhuanghu restaurants are farm dishes, big fish, big meat, big pots, large quantities, affordable and cheap.

These laborers are all farmers, and they are absolutely unambiguous in doing hard work, and they are also unambiguous when eating and drinking. Each person drinks a catty and a half catty of wine, works hard for a while in the afternoon, and sweats, and nothing will happen. .

After drinking Wang's wine at noon, this group of people worked very fast in the afternoon.In one afternoon, the large cherry sapling pits on the terraced fields at the eastern foothills were dug, and more than 1000 saplings were dug at the western foothills.

Calculated in this way, they dug a total of 30 saplings today, earning an average of more than [-] yuan per person, and then everyone went home happily in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)