I build an oasis in the northwest

Chapter 143 Moving to winter pasture in advance
After hanging up the phone, Chen Mu happily drove towards the engineering forest.

Now the northwest has begun to cool down.

The highest temperature during the day is only 23-[-] degrees Celsius, and the lowest at night is [-]-[-] degrees Celsius, so this is the end of August. In Central Plains Province, people in SX Province still wear short-sleeves, and it is still hot in summer. Guang Province can live without air conditioning. When we arrived, everyone here in the northwest was already wearing long sleeves and long trousers, and they had to put on a jacket to keep warm at night.

Coupled with the current whistling breeze, it is quite exciting.

"Ah!"

No, just after opening the window for a while, Chen Mu was blown by the wind and sneezed several times.

"Hey, it's really cold today when driving with the windows open..."

But looking at the newly dug bluegrass in the frame behind him, he really couldn't close the window.

"Ugh……

When you get rich in the future, you must change your car, to a car that doesn’t require you to open the windows! "

But Chen Mu just said that.

When he was asked to spend money to change his car, he might not be willing to do so.

At least this year, I absolutely can’t bear to part with it!
As he drove, Chen Mu looked at the road in front of him, and after driving for more than an hour, the car finally moved at a snail's pace, not moving much for a long time.

After thinking about it, he suddenly felt that something was not right, because there were so many cattle and sheep blocking the road ahead that the horn could not be sounded at all, so he stuck his head out and shouted loudly.

"Fellow, what are you doing?"

The old man who was following the herd and holding a sheep rope turned his head, looked at the car behind him that had been stuck in traffic for a short time, and said with a smile.

"We are about to transfer to the winter pasture. Just wait a moment and we will go down at the intersection ahead."

Moving to winter pasture?

Chen Mu became even more confused: "Uncle, doesn't winter ranching usually start in September? Why did you start so early this year?"

Herdsmen generally move pastures twice a year.

March and April are the time to switch from winter pasture to summer pasture and give winter pasture a chance to rejuvenate.

From September to November, the summer pasture is transferred to the winter pasture, giving the summer pasture a time to trim and grow grass.

Therefore, during these two periods of the year, the traffic in several large livestock areas in the northwest is difficult to describe...

Cows, sheep, horses, yaks, herdsmen, and shepherd dogs all took to the road.

One year ago, when Chen Mu was taking a bus home during the National Day holiday, he was stuck on the road for eight hours.

What's even more annoying is that there are so many people in the car, and when it gets stuffy, I can't help but want to open the window to get some air.

But the car was surrounded by cattle and sheep.

It is simply too far-fetched to make animals, like people, pay attention to not peeing anywhere and needing to find a place to go to the toilet.

It’s normal to pull while walking!

So when you open the window, the smell...

It made Chen Mu, a person who never gets motion sick, vomited directly.

But you can't tell yet.

Landu is one of the famous livestock counties in the country and an important economic component.

As for driving down and running over the grass?
It is absolutely impossible for a driver to do such a thing in order not to lose money!

Because most of the surrounding grasslands are rented pastures and pastures. After these places are crushed by tires, the soil structure is changed and the soil is compacted. In the coming year, or even in the next few years, the crushed grass will no longer be No grass will grow.

So if you crush it secretly, it's okay if you don't get caught, but if you do get caught, then you have to wait to pay the money.

Those who work locally and have local companies are different from outsiders.

If the outsiders are crushed, they will be crushed. Anyway, they can’t be caught after they run away.

But what about a local?

Ha ha!

The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is nothing we can do. The grass in this pasture is getting thinner and thinner. So many cattle and sheep cannot eat enough. In order to feed them, we have to buy pasture.

It just so happened that it was almost the time to transition to pasture. After careful consideration, I decided to transition to pasture in advance. "

Although the time for herders to switch to grazing is fixed for a few months each year, the specific time depends on the herdsmen's own specific plans.

The specific conversion time is determined based on the grass consumption of the pasture and the number of livestock raised.

If the grassland is rich, then switch to grazing at the last moment.

"Oh!" Chen Mu shouted and nodded, and then realized that he seemed to have forgotten something.

What is it?

Chen Mu thought for a long time, and then he suddenly reacted after seeing those shepherd dogs.

Yup!

It's time for him to pick up his dog.

If we don't pick up the call, the Berson family will probably have to move to pasture.

Two days ago, Zhilekbai called him and told him about this.

Although they receive tourists every day and the money they earn is very stable, they have no choice but to change their pasture.

Because they earned money and rented this grassland for three years, they thought of taking advantage of the winter period to artificially sow this area to make the grass grow thicker and wait until next year. At that time, their family raised more cattle and sheep.

After all, due to the government's "land cultivation policy", the reduction of cattle and sheep in the family has always been a pain in Zilekobai's heart.

The Kazakhs are a people of the grassland, they are herders, and cattle and sheep are their life.

So in mid-September, they will switch to pastures and go to winter pastures that have been maintained for half a year and have rich grass.

Thoughts were swirling in his mind, but he still followed the cattle and sheep, pausing every step, and drove forward slowly.

Anyway, when the cattle and sheep in front got off the road, Chen Mu didn't feel anything else. He only felt that his waist was almost crippled by the vibration of the car and it was no longer his own.

Except for this small incident, the rest of the journey went very smoothly, and there were no more cattle or sheep blocking the road.

Arrived near the engineering forest.

Chen Mu found that there were great changes in the engineering forest between this time and last time.

The last time I came, there was still yellow sand on both sides of the road, and there were no plants.

But this time, saplings were planted on both sides of the road, and water pipe heads buried by the land could be vaguely seen.

This is a relatively trouble-free watering method, which is very common in the northwest.

But it was different from going in directly like last time. As soon as we arrived nearby, the car was stopped.

"Hello, it's still a half-assed job to find someone. Do you have the documents and do you have an appointment?"

A tall and lanky security guard who could tell he was particularly responsible stopped him.

However, although the other party's words were quite cold, his tone was very polite, not at all like what he said in the TV series.

Chen Mu rolled down the window completely and said with a smile: "My dad is a sand control person working here. I came here to bring him something."

Because although the bidding meeting is nearby, the specific location is not here.

Moreover, the bidding time is two days later, so Chen Mu has two main purposes for opening this event.One is to send warmth to Father Chen.

One is to look at the specific tree planting situation in the engineering forest.

For orders such as this, where the demand for saplings from government forest projects is high, relationships are usually communicated well in advance.

But there is no way. It is a small company. I guess if you tell me this, most people are not interested.

Therefore, Chen Mu had no choice but to find another way and work hard in other aspects.

The male security guard heard this, paused, and then said, "Call someone to pick you up, otherwise I won't dare let you in."

Chen Mu was slightly startled, feeling helpless.

He wanted to make a call, but the problem was that Father Chen couldn't get through his son's phone right now!

He did not leave the phone numbers of other colleagues.

After seeing the cold face of the security guard, which fully demonstrated his inhumanity, Chen Mu could only give up the idea of ​​getting close to him, and instead moved the car back and stopped not far away.

The male security guard looked at it several times and remembered the newly introduced regulations, so he had no choice but to trot over in confusion.

"Friends, parking is not allowed here."

Chen Mu was stunned: "Then where should I stop?"

The dozens of kilometers around here are completely deserted. If he is not allowed to park on the main road, he can't park in the sand.

The male security guard was also stunned.

There is no way, this place is remote and there are no people around. Even buses and buses do not pass here. Every time there are employees going home after a break, the company arranges a car to pick them up.

And this position...

To be honest, he was suddenly promoted to the top position because the previous security guard suddenly went home. He, the new sand controller, had not yet been divided into teams.

But because of the forest bidding for the second and third phases of the project, there have been quite a few people coming here recently to make connections and ask about the situation.

So the leaders decided to push the security room 300 meters further outward, and made new regulations, saying that cars were not allowed to stay nearby, so as to save people from squatting here.

After recalling the distance that could be seen in the security room just now, he thought for a while and pointed out a distance.

"How about you drive further, about three or four miles?"

Knowing that his request seemed a bit excessive, the male security guard also looked very embarrassed.

Chen Mu heard this: "..."

Thank you for making it so easy to talk about three or four miles.

But after all, dad still works here, so what can he do?

Of course I can only nod in agreement!

"...Okay, I see."

After saying this, Chen Mu was about to drive back and continue to retreat, but unexpectedly, another car arrived and an acquaintance got out of the car.

He looked dusty and had a bag in his hand. He looked like he had just come back from home.

When he saw Chen Mu, he smiled: "Xiao Mu, you are here to see your dad, why didn't you go in?"

Chen Mu smiled and said, "Uncle Ma, my dad must be busy and can't get through the phone."

Uncle Ma is also a worker at the forest farm. Like Father Chen, he came over from Landu to help.

Uncle Ma also knew about the new regulations recently introduced by the forest farm, and he immediately understood why he was stopped.

"It's okay, then you go in with Uncle Ma."

With that said, he took out his work permit, registered, and then came in with Chen Mu.

In the car, Uncle Ma looked at the trunk full of food and clothes and smiled.

"Xiao Mu is so filial. When he saw that the weather was getting cold, he came here to deliver things to your dad. It's not like the one at my house. Alas..."

Chen Mu chuckled, did not answer, and started a different topic by himself.

"Uncle Ma, how is the grass planting situation in your recent engineering forest?"

Uncle Ma thought for a while, shook his head and replied: "It's not that good. The survival rate is very low. At the end of the planting, people have to arrange for people to clean it up. It's very annoying. It has messed up a group of us, and in the end we can only kill the first ones." The apocalypse of planting grass and then planting trees has been changed to planting trees first and then planting grass.”

The afforestation and greening projects in the northwest are different from those in the south.

In order to curb grassland desertification and increase green vegetation in the south, different greening methods will be adopted according to land use.

Grazing grasslands generally use deep plowing of the land, and fertilization to increase the soil fertility. Then, Elymus grass, oat grass, and old wheat are mixed with a certain proportion.

Because old Miscanthus grows quickly, it can help shield the seedlings of Elymus and Oatgrass from the scorching sun and protect them from wind and sand erosion.

Afforestation generally uses a combination of trees and grass to restore vegetation. Grass is planted first to build vegetation, and then saplings are planted to build an ecological forest.

However, planting in the northwest is much more troublesome than in the south.

Because of the problems of soil erosion and soil desertification, before planting trees, it is necessary to tie grass squares side by side before planting trees. After the saplings take root and grow, the grass squares are filled with grass plants.

However, due to the degradation of the grassland here in Yusen, the grass for making the grass squares can only be purchased from outside, which is also a huge expense.

The two of them just chatted and entered the accommodation area.

Because Uncle Ma stayed in the same tent as Chen Mu, he took Chen Mu directly to the tent as soon as he got off the car.

The space in the tent is not small, enough to sleep seven or eight people. There are two square tables in the middle, and wooden shelves next to them. On the shelves are personal dishes and toiletries. It is obviously where everyone comes back from work. Used as a dining area.

Because there was an incident of early transition to pastoralism, a lot of time was delayed, so at this moment, I heard the footsteps of many people outside the tent. It was obvious that everyone had finished their work for the day and came back to rest.

Uncle Ma took the rice jar and pulled out a new one and handed it to Chen Mu: "Let's go, the planting area your dad recently assigned is far away. Every time someone has to deliver food to them, it will be eight or nine o'clock when they come back." Come on, Uncle Ma will take you to eat first."

After driving for a day, Chen Mu, who was already hungry and had his chest pressed against his back, readily agreed.

After eating, they took a short rest. It wasn't until the stars hung high in the sky that Father Chen and the others returned by car.

They were dusty and covered in sand and dust. If they took off their coats and shook them, they could shake off half a pound of sand.

"Captain, when can we change the planting area? This place is too far away. I haven't seen my wife for more than half a month."

"Haha, Heizi, what, are you worried about your wife or do you miss your wife?"

"roll roll roll."

"But captain, it's time for our planting area to change. We agreed to change it every half month. It's been more than [-] days now. Why is there no news about the change?"

"Dewang, you really need to report this to the leadership. We are not tired, nor are we afraid of distance, but we can't just catch our group and bully them!"

"Yes, if you do this, you won't even be able to eat hot food every day. When you come back every day, you have to find a way to get something to eat..."

Father Chen's calm voice recalled: "Last time the team leader said that we would change at the end of the month. If we keep insisting on it, if it doesn't change by the end of the month, I will go to the team leader."

While talking, a group of people entered the tent.

"Huh? It's delicious!"

"Let me go, Lao Ma, did you make fish stew?"

"No, it's too fragrant, even more fragrant than the fish the captain brought last time..."

At this moment, Chen Mu also finished cleaning a basket of vegetables that would be used to make soup later, opened the tent and walked in.

(End of this chapter)