Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 115 The Chilli Harvest

Lao Wangtou in the vegetable garden was busy throughout September.

They want to prepare vegetables for winter storage.

With Lu Changhua's consent, they also found a few women to help collect the vegetables.

If the green onions are not harvested, they will bloom and set seeds.

Pull out the scallions, remove the soil from the roots, and cut off the upper half of the scallion leaves with a knife, leaving the white scallions at the root and a small part of the leaves.

After all the green onions are processed, they are transferred to the warm cellar for winter storage.

This warm cellar is dug next to the adobe house.

The ground is covered with a layer of fine sand.

The green onions are buried in the fine sand, with only the leaves exposed.

The garlic turned into braids and hung under the eaves of the adobe house, like a door curtain.

The roots of Chinese cabbage were removed, washed and pureed, and more than 20 jars of sauerkraut were pickled, which is also the main dish in winter.

Some Chinese cabbage was also sent to the Han family, the Li family, and the Zhang family, and the rest was stored in the cellar.

Mashed potatoes, dried, put into woven bags and stacked on shelves.

Eggplant needs to be processed.

Cut into long strips, dry in the sun and set aside.

You can eat as much cucumbers and tomatoes as you can.

Except for giving some to company-related households, they are all stored in cardboard boxes.

As for the radishes and carrots, remove their tassels from the mud and bury them in the sand.

The most troublesome thing is the pepper that Lu Changhua asked to plant.

Think about how much pepper you get in nine acres of land?
To preserve peppers, they must be dried into dried peppers.

In order to ensure the spiciness of the peppers, they can only be harvested after the National Day.

Chili peppers need to be picked manually.

Except for the two people left behind at the reservoir, everyone came to help collect it.

Baskets of peppers were picked and poured onto the tarpaulin.

While the midday sun is still very hot, it is necessary to remove the moisture from the peppers.

In order to dry the peppers, Lu Changhua borrowed a dozen large tarpaulins from the drying yard and spread them directly in the soybean field north of the road.

Only here can it be spread.

The bright red patch on the tarpaulin dyed most of the land red.

I heard that Lu Changhua had harvested a lot of peppers, and Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo came to see what was fresh.

"Xiao Lu, you have a good harvest of peppers!"

"I'm just doing an experiment to see if I can grow it. Who knows if it will work!"

Lu Changhua himself never thought that Hunan peppers could bloom and bear fruit in the Northeast.

"This pepper cultivation industry is a good project."

Li Zhenguo said something.

He knows that people in the south love chili peppers, but people in the northeast eat less, so they don’t plant much.

"Xiao Lu, if someone grows peppers, will you harvest them?"

Han Jianhua looked at him and asked.

"I haven't thought about that yet."

Lu Changhua just thought about planting by himself, not about others planting and reaping. Director Han's words reminded him.

Yes.

If I can grow it, so can others.

If they grow it, I harvest it directly, and it’s not much different from what I grow myself.

"Director, if someone is really willing to grow peppers, I will accept them, but the standards must meet my standards."

"of course."

Han Jianhua was happy when he saw Xiao Lu agreeing to the acquisition.

Looking at the red peppers all over the ground, Han Jianhua felt that as long as he cultivated peppers on a large scale, he would still be able to achieve results.

“Director, will this conflict with the farm’s dairy farming policy?”

Lu Changhua was worried that the farm would not support it.

"What is this conflict about? Those who should raise cattle should still raise cattle, and those who don't want to raise cattle must find a way out!"

Han Jianhua knew that although there was a bumper grain harvest this year, the purchase price was too low.

A good harvest of food does not mean that employees will make a profit.

Judging from the price information fed back by the grain depot, it will be good if employees do not lose money this year.

Even in such a bumper harvest year, many employees are still losing money.

You said, if food prices don’t adjust for a few more years, who will still farm?
What do the employees eat and drink?

Han Jianhua's worried hair turned completely white.

Looking at Director Han, who had spent his whole life worrying about the farm and its employees, Lu Changhua felt a sore nose.

"Director, as long as the farm doesn't object, I will accept it!"

"How much is the yield per mu?"

Han Jianhua is still concerned about output and price issues.

"We weighed it and it weighed [-] pounds."

"Huh? So many?!"

This output made Han Jianhua's eyes shine.

"How many dried chili peppers can be produced?"

"About five pounds per pound."

"Sigh~"

Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo both took a breath.

One acre of land can produce 380 kilograms of dried chili peppers.

One pound weighs [-] kilograms.

"What about the price?"

"The purchase price in Hunan is no more than [-] cents. Including freight and labor, the cost is [-] cents, but here it will not exceed [-] cents."

This gross income is not high, one thousand, seven hundred and eleven!

Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo both frowned.

When Lu Changhua saw this, he started to elaborate.

"Director, captain, you guys, don't think this gross income is not high, it's better to farm. But now if the cost of farming is not eliminated, you will still lose money."

“You don’t need machinery to grow peppers. It’s no problem for a family to take care of one or two peppers.”

"It's just that I can't digest it if I plant too much."

"Yeah, I can't force you, let's let it go in advance."

Both shook their heads and walked away, feeling that it was still unreliable.

It seems that growing peppers is mainly a matter of sales.

I am not a Lao Gan Ma, and I don’t know how to make chili sauce!Besides, growing chili peppers to make chili sauce in the Northeast seems a bit joking.

He also felt unreliable.

You'd better keep fish well by yourself.Why?Why doesn’t anyone come to raise fish with me?

After thinking about it, Lu Changhua understood.

Not everyone can raise fish.

Fish farming must first have a suitable site. Now there are a lot of barren beaches on the farm, but who would invest in digging fish ponds by themselves?
In the Northeast, river branches are everywhere and there are many wild fish.

Many people have the habit of fishing for shrimps during slack.

They say that fishing and shrimping can feed the whole family!
This is true.

In the 80s when there was no meat, farm workers relied entirely on hunting wild fish for toothpaste.

Lu Changhua remembers that in his previous life, his family had not eaten meat for nearly a year.

Dad took the two brothers to a good friend's house to eat meat.

Who knew that when I walked to a branch of the river, a wild duck flew up.

Dad threw away the wooden stick that was used to explore the path.

What a coincidence, it hit the wild duck.

The three of them happily carried the wild duck home.

The whole family had a delicious meal of meat, which was regarded as a dental sacrifice.

It's not that the workers don't want to raise fish, but where is there a ready-made reservoir?
Like the three-point court, there is just such a reservoir. Lu Changhua has contracted it, and other people have to have space if they want to raise it!

Lu Changhua didn't do anything about this problem.

It's impossible for him to dig a fish pond for others and let them raise fish, right?

Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo left disappointed, and he felt powerless.

The purchase price of chili peppers is so low now, there is nothing we can do about it.

After more than ten days of drying, the red peppers on the tarpaulin have become dry and crispy. When you shake them gently in your hand, they make a crackling sound.

These dried chili peppers were put into woven bags and piled up like a hill at the head of the house.

On this day, Lu Changhua called Lao Lu and brought his double hangings to transport the peppers.

He left a few bags of chili peppers to eat for himself.

Everything else was loaded into the car.

Dried chili peppers take up space, and vehicles are already too high.

"Get on the rope."

Dahong and Erhong gathered the hemp rope, inserted a pole on the carriage and twisted it.

There were several deep marks on the pepper bag.

Following the same pattern, both trailers tightened the ropes.

Lao Lu was running ahead, and Lu Changhua was following behind in his Jeep. He was afraid that the pepper would fall.

Today, the time for him to deliver the big carp has been advanced.

Arriving at Boiling Fish Village, Mother Lu was shocked.

Seeing that his son was bringing Lao Lu to deliver the chili peppers, he asked a few waiters to unload the truck with him.

In the past few months, Boiling Fish Farm has been selling not only fish but also chili peppers.

The more than 1000 kilograms of Hunan peppers that Lao Lu bought had long since disappeared.

Later, Wu Qiang shipped more than 4000 kilograms, and now there are still a few hundred kilograms left.

Old Lu was so anxious that he was sweating.

If there was no chili pepper, how would he make the boiling carp? !
Wu Qiang is also out of stock now.

He had to harvest them in winter.

When I first asked my son to grow some chili peppers at home, it was just a fluke, thinking that if it worked, it would be a good way to save the day in an emergency.

Sure enough, it was time to grow my own peppers.

This time, more than 3000 kilograms were delivered at once, which solved his urgent need.

"Quick, quick, transport it to the warehouse."

Everyone hurriedly carried the pepper bags into the warehouse.

The warehouse that was going to be empty is full again.

"Dad, keep all the pepper seeds. We have to grow our own next year. The quality of these peppers should be good. You can try it."

"Okay, Lao Lu just happened to be here too. Let him have a taste of our boiling big carp."

"Okay, I've heard that your family has opened a restaurant in the city. I haven't been here yet. Let's try Lao Lu's cooking today!"

Lu Changhua accompanied Lao Lu into the private room.

Lu Changhua and Lao Lu were the only people in the 36-square-meter luxurious private room.

"Changhua, this, this is too luxurious. We don't need such a big place."

Look at this table again, a large round table for 16 people.

There is a sofa, coffee table and color TV.

The wine cabinet is filled with liquors such as Maotai Wuliangye.

There are dedicated waiters in the private room to serve you.

After a while, a young man came in with a copper basin at the door.

"Hello, sir, this is a famous dish of our fish farm, boiling big carp. Our master chef will fry it for you in a moment."

After speaking, the young man went out.

The waitress came closer.

"Gentlemen, what would you like to drink?"

She pointed in the direction of the wine cabinet.

"Master Lu, what do you want to drink?"

"I can do anything."

"Haha, today is your first time to eat at Yuzhuang. Let's drink Maotai."

The waiter said "ok" and took out a bottle of Maotai. He held the bottle in both hands and showed it in front of Lu Changhua and Lao Lu.

"Two gentlemen, the Moutai bottle mouth is intact and the trademark is intact."

"Can you please turn it on?"

Lao Lu was confused by the beautiful waiter's actions.

He looked at Lu Changhua and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Master Lu, is this bottle okay?"

"Yes, yes."

"Open it."

Lu Changhua signaled.

The waiter opened the bottle, filled the wine cup, and placed it in front of Lu Changhua and Lao Lu.

At this time, the door opened, and Lao Lu came in holding a spoon with a smile.

"Old Lu, just open your eyes!"

He poured the boiling oil from the horse spoon into the copper basin.

sizzle~~
An alluring aroma hits your nose.

Lao Lu's saliva immediately flowed out.

(End of this chapter)