The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 81

After winter, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and the mountain is a scene of desolation.

This season is the time to crack pine nuts. To the southwest of Taohualing Village, there is a mountain with an altitude of more than 400 meters. The mountain is covered with a large number of pine and cypress trees.This hill is called Songbai Mountain by the local people.

Zhao Shihai, Wang Shaodong's brother-in-law, relies on the mountains to eat, and in winter, cracking pine nuts on the mountains is one of his incomes.

In 2002, pine nuts that had just been harvested from the mountains could be sold for three yuan a catty, while Zhao Shihai could harvest more than 1000 catties of pine nuts from the mountains in one winter.

This stuff is stir-fried, stir-fried, and eaten, it is really delicious.

As early as five years ago, half of Songbai Mountain belonged to Qingquanling had been contracted by Zhao Shihai.The other half belonging to Taohualing Village is not contracted by anyone.

The villagers of Taohualing Village saw that Zhao Shihai from Qingquanling Village could earn a lot of money every year by pounding pine nuts, and they were also a little moved. Then they also learned to go to the mountain to pound pine nuts, but this job requires some skills, and their hands and feet are not good. It really can't work.

Besides, this work can only be done within a month when the pine nuts are ripe and have not fallen from the trees.If in winter, the pine nuts are fully ripe, they all fall from the tree to the ground, and then the ground is full of thick pine needles, so don't even try to collect the pine nuts.

Wang Shaodong is happy to help his uncle crack pine nuts, which is something he likes to do every winter.

In fact, Wang Shaodong knew in his heart that it was not as simple as asking him to help crack pine nuts, but that he must have something good to give him.I still remember the wild pheasant stewed with mushrooms last year.

Because Zhao Shihai has been tossing and tossing on the mountain all year round, he has made many temporary residences in hidden places on the mountain.For example, on this pine and cypress mountain, there is a nest made of pine branches and plastic sheets.

Inside the diwozi, there are pots and pans.

According to the agreement on the phone, Wang Shaodong went straight up the mountain road towards Songbai Mountain.

The entire Songbai Mountain, the southern foothills belong to Qingquanling Village, and the northern foothills belong to Taohualing Village.The foothills belonging to Qingquanling are denser than the foothills belonging to Taohualing Village, but the area of ​​the foothills belonging to Taohualing Village is much larger than that of Qingquanling Village.In general comparison, the number of pine and cypress trees on both sides is not much different.

These trees were planted by people in the county 30 or [-] years ago, and some of them have grown to a height of more than ten meters.

After turning over the hill and standing on the top of the pines and cypresses, Wang Shaodong yelled at his uncle Zhao Shihai who was in the tree halfway up the hill.

"Uncle!"

Zhao Shihai didn't respond, but whistled loudly, and then Wang Shaodong saw two dogs, one white and one black, running towards him.

Wang Shaodong knew the two dogs well, and his uncle Zhao Shihai gave them a somewhat eerie name, Black and White Impermanence.However, people don't like to call them that, they always like to call them Xiaobai and Xiaohei.

Xiaobai and Xiaohei are very spiritual. They both heard Wang Shaodong's shout just now, and then Zhao Shihai whistled and gave instructions to let them welcome the guests to Zhao Shihai's side.

Wang Shaodong was carrying a bundle with more than a dozen fires in it, Zhao Shiling asked Wang Shaodong to take it with him.Seeing Xiaobai and Xiaohei running over, Wang Shaodong hurriedly took out a fire from the bag, broke it apart, and gave half of each to Xiaobai and Xiaohei.

Xiaobai and Xiaohe knew how to be grateful. After eating the fire from Wang Shaodong, they kept wagging their tails around him.

Wang Shaodong found Zhao Shihai and saw that Zhao Shihai was using a sickle to cut off the pine branches full of pine nuts on the tree, and then used a wooden stick to break open the green shell wrapped around the pine nuts, and the pine nuts would fall out.

Seeing his nephew coming, Zhao Shihai quickly slid down from the tree.

Wang Shaodong saw that there were already many pine branches on the ground.

"Uncle, is there anything good to eat?" Wang Shaodong asked straight to the point.

Zhao Shihai smiled, pointed at Wang Shaodong and said, "You will know soon."

Wang Shaodong picked up a hard wooden stick on the ground, then put the pine branches on the plastic sheet, and beat the pine nuts with moderate intensity.

Seeing that the pine nuts were almost gone, Wang Shaodong threw the pine branch aside and picked up another pine branch full of pine nuts.

"Uncle, there are so many pine trees on this mountain."

"It's a lot, but it can't be exchanged for a few dollars."

Such a large mountain forest, contracted to get 3000 and [-] yuan a year by pounding pine nuts, is really a bit shabby.

Wang Shaodong nodded while looking at his uncle.

Under Zhao Shihai's flying stick, I saw the burst pine nuts, which fell onto the plastic sheet like beans.However, some jumped farther and landed in the grass.

Under the pine tree, there are patches of grass and pine needles. The pine needles have fallen year after year, accumulating a thick layer.

In addition to the pine needles, the pine nuts that were too late to be picked every year also fell and were buried in the ground.

Wang Shaodong intentionally or unintentionally kicked away a bunch of pine needles on the ground under his feet, and then saw two small insects running out from under the pine needles.

Seeing this, Wang Shaodong's eyes suddenly brightened.

"My dear, there are countless wealth here!" Wang Shaodong was secretly happy.

Wang Shaodong wants to raise chickens, and if he wants to raise good chickens, there is one way to scale up, and another way to manage brands.

By feeding herbal medicine to enhance the resistance of the chickens, Wang Shaodong has found a way to manage the brand, but this is not enough, the gimmick is not big enough, and the brand is not strong enough.

Although you use herbs to feed chickens, you also use feed, and you cannot eliminate the hazards of feed.

But in front of him, Wang Shaodong discovered a broad road.

The entire pine and cypress mountain is full of pine and cypress trees, and under the pine trees, there are countless pine nuts and small bugs buried, these are the favorite food of chickens.

If there is a way to let the chickens in the family come to the mountains to eat pine nuts and small bugs, it will not only save feed, but also greatly improve the quality of the chickens.

Those rich people will definitely be willing to spend money when they encounter good things.

Chicken protein is the animal protein most easily accepted by the human body, and it is clear to everyone that eating chicken is a great supplement.However, the chickens raised in the chicken farms now use a lot of feed mixed with hormones and abuse of antibiotics. As a result, the chicken not only cannot nourish the body, but is also harmful to the body.

But now, if I say that I don't need any feed, and let the chickens mainly eat the pine nuts on the mountain, small bugs and the corn grown in my own field, then those rich people will definitely flock to it.

There is reason to believe that such a chicken will definitely sell for a high price!
(End of this chapter)