Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 417 Building a shed and a chicken coop
In mid-March, Gao Mingcheng made a trip to Yangcheng to buy a batch of high-end clothing. After returning from Yangcheng, he rented a truck and made two trips to the provincial capital, this time to buy decorations. Material.

Once the renovation materials are removed, the rest is left to the professionals.

Gao Mingcheng is only responsible for producing drawings, stating requirements, and finally inspecting and accepting the work. Only after acceptance does he pay the final payment.

In the second half of the year, he was not idle, but returned to Gaojiacun.

As spring begins, there are more things going on in the fields, and people are needed everywhere to do things.This year he plans to build a large shed and a chicken coop at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain. Finally, he will have to buy a lot of barbed wire to surround the entire Xiaofu Mountain.

Things are easy to say, but done one by one, which is very labor-intensive.

After all these are done, we still have to buy chicken seedlings.

When he returned to his home in Niuweiling, the beehives at home had been moved out.

During the New Year, due to the cold weather, the beehives were kept at home. Fortunately, he was a junior and lived in a remote area. No one came to pay New Year greetings. Only Gao Zhuang came over with He Xiuman and Xiao Yuanyuan.

So when he left, he found Chen Duofu and asked him to pay more attention to the weather. Once the weather got warmer, he would move the beehives to the foot of the mountain in the evening.

The activity of bees is affected by light. Once the light dims, they will return to the hive. At this time, they can be completely moved.

It was late March, and the weather was naturally getting warmer. The rapeseed flowers in the fields and the wild flowers in the mountains were gradually blooming, so Chen Duofu called his father and brother to move the beehives out together.

Without the beehive, Gao Mingcheng felt that the room was much emptier. He saw the used soda bottles in the corner and decided to throw them away.

This kind of plastic bottle is easy to get old. After using it for about a month, it no longer looks good. Then spring comes and the flowers bloom, so the bees no longer need to feed sugar water. Even if they need it in winter, they can still use a new bottle.

He tidied up the house a little and called some of his employees over.

He took Zhang Chengyuan and others to Xiaofu Mountain without climbing the mountain, and just stood at the foot of the mountain.

He pointed to an open space and said to a few people: "Here, I plan to build a shed to store farm tools and temporarily store fruits. I left some wood before and bought some bricks, cement and asbestos tiles. It’s built. Look, I’ve marked out the places where pillars need to be erected with tree branches. You guys, dig out these foundations and I’ll buy bricks and cement.”

After that, he pointed to another open space and said: "A chicken coop is going to be built there. I will raise about a hundred chickens this year. I have marked the places where the foundation needs to be dug. You can finish digging here." Yes, let’s dig over there. I have to make several trips here to buy bricks and cement.”

"Okay, don't worry Mingcheng, just leave the matter to us." Chen Dasong was the first to speak. He was much more positive than Zhang Chengyuan.

But it's a matter of Zhang Chengyuan's character, he is still very down-to-earth in his work.

After explaining the matter, Gao Mingcheng drove his tractor to buy bricks and cement. It took six trips to buy enough building materials.

This time he specially bought some more asbestos tiles.

In 84 or 85, a family named Pan went to various parts of the country to make tiles. After that, asbestos tiles became popular across the country.

The reason why it is popular all over the country is naturally because it is easy to use. Asbestos tiles have a large single area and have the advantages of fire protection, moisture resistance, anti-corrosion, heat resistance, cold resistance, and light weight.

If you use traditional small tiles to build a house, it will cost more manpower and material resources.But if asbestos tiles are used, a roof can be built quickly.

Gao Mingcheng's shed and chicken coop are planned to be covered with asbestos tiles, which will be much more convenient.As for the extra asbestos tiles he bought, he plans to cover the beehives, which can effectively protect the beehives from rain and prevent the hives from getting wet in rainy weather.Once a hive becomes damp, the bees inside are susceptible to illness.

It took a total of five days to build the shed and the chicken coop. Gao Mingcheng wanted to hire a few more people to do it, but Chen Dasong said it was not necessary. There was not much to do, but it would only take an extra day or two, and it was also He also called his youngest son to work.

Since the employees are active in their work, Gao Mingcheng can forget about it.

The main reason is that the technical difficulty of building sheds and chicken coops is low. For example, sheds only need to build a few pillars, then use wood to build beams, and finally cover them with asbestos tiles.

As for the chicken coop, if you want to cut corners, you can build it one meter high. After all, the chickens are not big, so it is inconvenient for people to go in and take care of them.

Gao Mingcheng naturally didn't want to go to that trouble. He built it at two and a half meters. Although it wasn't too tall, people could at least stand upright when working inside.

What surprised Chen Dasong and others was that Gao Mingcheng dug a fire tunnel in the chicken coop, similar to the kang in the north. This way, when a fire is burned underneath, the temperature inside the chicken house will rise. As for the flue, it is in the fire tunnel. end.

Chen Dasong was surprised by this and asked the reason.

Gao Mingcheng said: "The newly bought chickens are afraid of the cold, so they need to burn a fire for a few days to maintain the temperature in the chicken coop. When they adapt, can eat, and start to grow more feathers, there is no need to burn the fire. "

Usually when I hatch chicks at home, there are at most a dozen or so at a time, and sometimes there are only a few, so I don’t manage them as much as I can. Anyway, when the chicks are cold, they can hide next to the hen to keep warm.

But Gao Mingcheng raised only a hundred chickens, and they were all chicks, not hens, so he had to consider the issue of heating, otherwise all the chicks would freeze to death overnight, and his work would be in vain.

Under his guidance, the shed and chicken coop were completed one after another.

"You guys can rest for a day. I will buy barbed wire tomorrow and come back, and then I will surround Xiaofushan." Gao Mingcheng said to a few people. They were indeed tired, so they walked towards their homes under the sunset in the evening.

Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to go home, but continued up the mountain to check the flowering status of the fruit trees.

Peach blossoms bloom first and then grow leaves. At this time, the trees are full of brilliant peach blossoms and the scenery is unique.

However, Gao Mingcheng's attention was not on the beautiful peach blossoms, but on the peach trees. He was checking whether there was peach gum on the peach trees.

Peach gum is not a good thing. Once peach gum appears, it means that the peach tree must be infected with insects and diseases. Such peach trees will naturally not be able to grow good fruit.

Sometimes, freshly grown peaches look good and beautiful in size, but when they are about to mature, insects begin to grow inside the peaches, or peach gum leaks out.

Such peaches don't taste good, don't look good, and are basically ruined.

While inspecting along the way, Gao Mingcheng discovered that there was a small amount of peach gum on some peach branches. He looked carefully and broke off the small branches that secreted peach gum.If it is on the main pole, dig along the area where the peach gum is secreted, keep digging out the dirt inside, and then spray pesticides on it.

Because it is very likely that there are insects, and after spraying pesticides, the insects will be poisoned.

In addition to peach blossoms, pear trees are also in bloom. The peach blossoms are pink and the pear blossoms are white. The two complement each other and are exceptionally beautiful.

As for other fruit trees, their flowers are different.For example, the loquat tree blooms in winter, so it is also called honeysuckle. Now the flowers have faded early, and small fruits are hanging on the treetops. In another two months, these flowers will bloom. The small fruits will gradually expand and turn yellow, and then they can be picked and tasted.

(End of this chapter)