The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 123: Buying Saplings

When he used to play "Warcraft" online in college, Wang Shaodong liked multi-line operation, but now that he was reborn and took root in the countryside to develop, Wang Shaodong started multi-line operation again.

The farm is counted as one line, the line on Songbai Mountain, and the line for building reservoirs, and now the busiest line is the fourth line, the Big Cherry Orchard.

In two days, Wang Shaodong and his son recruited more than 1000 people from the labor market in Dazhai Village, dug more than [-] tree holes on the mountain, and waited for the saplings to come and plant them.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, not to mention that the four things all started within a month, and now only the cherry orchard is left without a start in Wang Shaodong's four production lines.

The hole is dug, and the next step is water.

The reservoir has not been built yet, so there must be no hope.

Wang Shaodong plans to plant more than 1000 cherry trees. Even if one sapling uses ten catties of water, it will need 55 tons of water.

Finally, after discussing with his father Wang Fumin, Wang Shaodong decided to hire a tractor with a large iron bucket in the village to pull water.

In a mountainous area like Taohualing Village, there are very few irrigated land suitable for growing wheat, and most of the land is mountainous land that depends on the sky for food.The mountainous areas are not suitable for growing wheat and corn. The Taohualing area has experienced nine droughts in ten years. When there is no water in the mountains during the dry season, the farmers can only watch as they die.The most suitable plant in the mountains is the sweet potato. The root system of this crop is well developed, and the roots can even be rooted several meters underground.There are many mountains, and there is a lack of water in the mountains when sweet potatoes are planted, so each village will have several tractors that specialize in pulling water to the mountains during the sweet potato planting season.

At that time, a load of 12 catties of water will be sold for 50 cents, so that a tractor can pull a square and a half of water, and it can be sold for [-] yuan, and it is also very easy to sell.Then it’s no longer a problem to sell four or five times a day, so that you can earn four to fifty yuan a day.

There are two tractors with metal buckets in Taohualing Village. If one tractor pulls water five times a day, it can pull 7.5 tons, and two tractors can pull 15 tons.The pits have been dug, and the saplings can be planted within two days. The Wang family needs 55 tons of water in total to plant trees. In this case, they need about 30 tons of water in one day, so they have to find two more trucks. water tractor.

Fortunately, every village has these things, so Wang Shaodong called Zhao Shihai and asked him to find two such tractors from his village, and finally gathered four tractors.

There are four tractors taking turns to pull water, and it is estimated that they can keep up with the rhythm of planting trees.

It took another day to contact the tractor that pulled the water, and then there was only one day left before going to Jiaodong to pull the saplings.

On the last day, Wang Shaodong managed the chicks with Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao on Songbai Mountain during the day, and then returned to his home at the farm at the foot of the mountain at night, and went to bed early.

Wang Fumin also went to bed early.

The Wang family is still full of confidence in planting big cherries.

In 2003, big cherries had already been sold at the turntable in the eastern district of Gangcheng County. The price was very expensive, 20 yuan a catty, and ordinary people couldn’t afford it. Workers in the Luzhong Iron and Steel Plant bought them. .

Big cherries can produce high yields, and if they are well managed, it is not a problem to have two to three thousand catties per mu of land.Even if it is calculated on the basis of a thousand catties, it is very common to earn 5000 yuan per mu of land after excluding various costs such as manual management.It is not impossible for Wang's 200-acre cherry orchard to earn 300 million a year in the future.

Even if the price of big cherries drops later, the wholesale price reaches 1 yuan per catty, and you can earn 200 yuan per mu of land, then you can still earn [-] million yuan.

When he woke up, it was dawn, and after breakfast, Wang Shaodong called Zhao Shihai and asked him to drive his tricycle and gather at the bridgehead of Dazhai Village.

The place where they are going to pull the saplings today is located in the Jiaodong Peninsula, which belongs to Yantai City and is 483 kilometers away from Dazhai Township.

With such a long distance, Wang Shaodong and his uncle’s Xiaonongchai can run to 80 at the fastest. Starting at 07:30 in the morning, even if they run at the highest speed for the whole journey, it will take 6 hours. afternoon.In fact, they certainly can't run so fast all the time, so it's not bad for them to reach their destination before three o'clock in the afternoon.Then, load the saplings into the car over there, and it's almost time for dinner.

It seemed that I couldn't make it back that day, so I could only stay there for one night, and then leave early the next morning.

Moreover, along the way, a lot of money was spent.

In Wang Shaodong's era, the fuel consumption of light trucks per 130 kilometers was about seven, while Zhao Shihai's fuel consumption was about eight.In this way, they run back and forth, and the diesel alone needs more than 260 liters.At this time, the price of diesel is two yuan, so the cost of gas is about [-] yuan.

In addition, you have to stay there, eat, etc. If you calculate it, this trip will cost another four or five hundred in addition to the sapling money.

Wang Shaodong and Zhao Shihai met at the bridge in Dazhai Village, and then set off on the road one after the other.

In Wang Shaodong's car, Wang Shaodong was driving, and Wang Fumin was sitting in the co-pilot; in Zhao Shihai's car, Zhao Shihai was driving, and his friend An Gang was sitting in the co-pilot.

When traveling far away, it is safer to have more people. In case of trouble, there will be mutual support.

They did not take the expressway, but took the provincial road.

In 2003, many parts of our expressway were still under construction, far less smooth than the provincial highway.and.In 2003, even on provincial roads, there were really not many cars, and it was more comfortable to run than the high speeds in the future.

Dazhai Village went east to National Highway 205, then ran south for about 327 miles and took Provincial Highway [-]. Along the way, Wang Shaodong, based on the memory of his previous life, led the way in front, followed by Zhao Shihai, and headed towards Jiaodong. .

The journey went smoothly, and at twelve noon, they arrived at Pingdu City and stopped.

There are still 177 kilometers away from the destination, and it takes another three or four hours to run, so Wang Shaodong decided to have a meal here before leaving.

They found a small restaurant, and when they were about to eat, they saw a farmer selling grapes with a small cart passing by the door. Wang Shaodong stepped forward and asked them if they were Dazeshan grapes. When the other party said yes, Wang Shaodong happily bought a pair The box is ten catties.

After lunch, everyone took a short rest, and then continued on the road at 12:30.

At 04:30 in the afternoon, when Wang Shaodong and the others found the Far East International Seedling Farm, they saw someone waiting anxiously at the gate.

Wang Shaodong picked up his mobile phone and made a call. The person waiting at the door answered the call. This person turned out to be Zhao Bingfeng, the cherry orchard manager of the seedling farm.

The entire nursery stock farm is very large, and several thousand acres of land belong to this nursery stock farm.

When the workers were loading saplings on the cars of Wang Shaodong and Zhao Shihai, Wang Shaodong talked to Zhao Bingfeng and said that he could not leave today, and when he wanted to find a place to live in the evening, Zhao Bingfeng told him that there was a free guest house in the seedling farm, and immediately called Contacted Wang Shaodong for the room.

Compared with the prosperity of Jiaodong in the previous life, in 2003, the gap between Jiaodong and Luzhong was not too big.

Wang Shaodong and the others stayed in the guest house of the seedling farm for one night, and set off without breakfast the next morning.

(End of this chapter)