Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 486 Drought Coming
Wheat sowing has finally begun.

One Changhe 100 carries three seeders.

One person stands on each planter.

Fill the sowing box with a mixture of wheat seeds and base fertilizer at the edge of the field, and put two or three bags of seeds on the seeder.

The driver drove towards the farmland.

The man standing on the seeder had quick hands and quick eyes. When he saw that the seeder was straightened, he lowered the gate lever.

The seed spreader of the planter will be lowered and penetrate deeply into the soil.

This trench expander is just two discs, together at the front and separated at the back.

When this person inserts the trench expander into the soil, as the tractor is dragged, the trench expander will rotate in the soil, pushing the soil to both sides, and a regular seeding trench will appear in the middle.

The big iron wheels on both sides of the seeder rotate and drive the gears in the sowing box.

The wheat seeds and base fertilizer are stirred into the sowing holes by gears.

Follow the pipe into the seeding trench opened by the trench expander.

The soil cover behind the seeder will push the floating soil to cover the sowing trench.

Compacted by rollers behind.

In this way, the seeds and base fertilizer are sown in the ground.

The sowing depth can be adjusted.

The disc of the trench expander has a bracket and a spring on it.

If the spring jump is tightened, the trench expander will be pressed deeper and the seeding trench opened will be deeper.

If the spring is adjusted looser, the seeding groove will become shallower.

However, the shallowest you can get is less than 5 centimeters.

Otherwise, the covering floating soil will be blown through by the spring breeze, causing the soil and seeds to lose moisture at the same time.

The seeds will become powdery.

It will not be able to sprout and grow.

If the sowing trench is deep.

If the seeds are close to the frozen soil layer and the ground temperature is too cold, they will not germinate, or they will germinate later, affecting the maturity time of the wheat.

Also, the consequence of being too deep is that the sprouting wheat seedlings will be covered with soil and will not grow out for a while, affecting their growth.

Of course, Lu Changhua does not need to do the physical work of sowing seeds himself.

But it’s not like Lu Changhua has never done it before.

In his previous life, Lu Changhua worked for five or six years.

Every spring when sowing, he is the one standing on the seeder.

This life is too hard and tiring.

It's even worse when it rains during sowing.

He was covered in mud and water.

Not only that, but you have to eat ashes.

Think about it, can you avoid eating dust behind a tractor? !
There is also a wave of people who use seeds.

The seeds are pulled into the fields, and people are waiting for the seeder to come back.

As soon as you get back from sowing, you carry the seeds from the car and pour them into the sowing box until it is full.

This is when there are enough people.

Sometimes, there aren’t enough people.

Not only do you have to stand on the seeder, but you also have to plant the seeds yourself when you get to the field.

This life is really miserable.

Watch the planter fill up with seeds again.

Lu Changhua said to Zhang Laowu: "Give everyone some sour plum soup, this strong wind will dry up the people."

Seeing that the boss had spoken, Zhang Laowu quickly arranged for someone to make sour plum soup.

Most of the people who come out to work now are empty-handed, and no one carries a water glass or anything like that.

Therefore, sometimes you can only drink water when it is time to eat.

Lu Changhua feels that although the conditions of the farm are limited, the benefits it deserves must also keep up.

Sour plum soup doesn’t cost much.

Within a few hours, someone delivered two stainless steel vats.

Lu Changhua took a look and saw that it was Lao Sun, who was in charge of the machine shaft at the separate site.

"Master Sun, please deliver the sour plum soup yourself."

"Yeah, I'm really worried about others giving it to me."

Lao Sun said with a smile.

Lao Sun's duty is to pump water once a week.

Fill the large pool in the shaft room.

In this way, households in separate locations can meet their tap water needs.

Since spring, Lao Sun has also made sour plum soup for sale.

Lu Changhua was generous and ordered two large barrels at once. Lao Sun must come in person.

At least show up in front of Boss Lu.

"Drink."

Lu Changhua waved to the people present.

Lao Sun took out a plastic cup and poured it into the cup one ladle at a time.

Lu Changhua also finished a drink, turned his back and took a sip.

Well, sweet and sour.

"Master Sun, your craftsmanship is pretty good!"

"Hey, this is our water."

Lao Sun said modestly.

Lu Changhua didn't ask him carefully whether he used ready-made seasoning or prepared it himself.

That's not his concern either.

Seeing that the seeder had returned, Lu Changhua said to Zhang Laowu: "Let them rest and drink water."

"it is good."

Zhang Laowu gestured happily to the tractor.

The driver reached the end of the field, turned the front of the car, straightened the seeder, and then stopped.

"Come down and drink some water and smoke a cigarette."

Zhang Laowu shouted.

The three people on the planter jumped down first.

He stood aside and patted the dust for a while, then walked over with his big white teeth bared.

Lu Changhua took out a carton of cigarettes from the trunk, tore it open and threw three boxes to the three of them.

They reached out and took it, grinning innocently.

He tore open the cigarette case and started to smoke.

Lu Changhua finished sending out all the cigarettes, and then said: "Thank you for your hard work. Have a cigarette and drink water. Don't be in a hurry when working."

Although everyone knows that the farming season has to be snatched, the spring sowing work must be done quickly.

But after listening to the boss's words, my heart felt warm.

They lit their cigarettes, coughed up black phlegm, and then started smoking.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, another tractor came back.

As a result, the place became more lively.

Of course Lu Changhua would treat everyone equally and share the cigarettes with them.After smoking two cigarettes and drinking two cups of sour plum soup, everyone added seeds and the tractor roared again.

Pulling the long smoke and dust, it drove straight into the distance.

While Lu Changhua was busy sowing seeds in plot No. [-], Li Zhenguo came riding a motorcycle at lightning speed.

"Changhua."

"Secretary, you're here just in time. Let's have a cup of sour plum soup. Lao Sun's craftsmanship is quite good."

After taking the cup handed over by Lu Changhua, Li Zhenguo drank it in one gulp.

He smacked his lips and said, "It's really good. Have another drink."

Lu Changhua scooped him a cup.

Li Zhenguo held the cup and took a sip.

Then he said: "How are you doing here?"

"good."

"Where are you?"

"I'm also sowing seeds there, and everything is normal."

Li Zhenguo paused for a moment and said, "It stands to reason that in previous years there would be some rain at this time. Is there any movement this year?"

"What is the secretary so anxious about? Let's wait and see in a few days."

Sometimes people have good spirits but bad spirits.

For a week, all the wheat in the branch fields was sown, but there was still no rain.

Ordinarily this is nothing.In previous years, it didn’t officially start raining until May.

Usually at the end of April, there will be a few raindrops.

Even though it's afternoon now, it doesn't mean it won't rain in May.

The weather forecast didn’t say there was a drought!
But this wait has already passed May [-]th.

The soybeans on the farm have all been sown, but there is still no rain.

If it weren't for the moisture from melted snow, it's unclear whether the seeds would have sprouted.

At this time, not only was the wind strong, but the sun was also gradually becoming fiercer.

Zhang Laowu ran to look for Lu Changhua.

"Boss, it hasn't rained yet, and the ground is very dry."

"Has the wheat sprouted?"

"Some of it came out, and some of it didn't come out."

"It stands to reason that this temperature is enough. It looks like there is a drought. Come on, let's go take a look in the fields."

Lu Changhua took Zhang Laowu to the fields.

really.

Lot [-] has a faint hint of green.

But if you look closely, you will find that in some places the wheat seedlings have not emerged.

Lu Changhua squatted in the ground and dug out the soil with his hands.

The loose soil on my hands was dry and turned into a puff of smoke when the wind blew.

Looking at the wheat seeds in the soil, they are already dry.

Individual wheat seeds have been crushed like flour.

They dug more than a dozen places in a row, and it was basically like this.

"It's bad, it's drought."

It stands to reason that wheat will germinate within a week after it is planted.

It's been twelve days since the seeds were planted, and it's already dead even if they haven't sprouted yet.

Now we can only think of ways to replant.

"Let's go to the team headquarters."

The two came to the team headquarters anxiously.

Li Zhenguo was not there at all.

After asking, I found out that Li Zhenguo went to the field department for a meeting.

"Is there still a meeting?"

Zhang Laowu was a little resentful.

“Maybe it’s a drought thing.”

"Let's water it quickly."

Fortunately, Lu Changhua also has a reservoir.

Although some water was released some time ago, a lot of melted snow water and spring water have also been replenished.

Zhang Laowu picked up the phone, called the driver, and quickly hung up the water tank to water the wheat.

There is no shortage of equipment on Lu Changhua's side now.

It’s not like at the beginning, when there was nothing.

When they rushed back to the reservoir, several Changhe 100 vehicles were pumping water with water cans attached to the reservoir.

After filling up the water, I hurried to No. [-].

Lu Changhua and Zhang Laowu were already waiting on the ground.

Seeing them coming, he warned: "Spray slowly. We are spraying water, not spraying pesticides. The main purpose is to replenish water. Line up in rows at two kilometers per hour."

"it is good."

They are all experienced drivers and they know how to work.

Soon they lined up, slowly thinking about spraying in the middle of the ground.

Lu Changhua followed the water jar, scooping up the floating soil that had been sprayed with water and looking at it.

"No, you're only a centimeter wet now. Stop."

The water tanker stopped again.

These drivers looked at the surface of the soil and said, "Boss, please repeat the spraying on the three vehicles. This will have a better effect."

"Okay, just do it."

So three tractors lined up in front of each other.

The first one left, the second one got on, the second one left, and the third one got on.

The soil was sprayed three times before it was really wet.

"Just do it."

"Have the tank truck bring water here."

Zhang Laowu went to make arrangements.

Lu Changhua pinched the wet soil and breathed a sigh of relief.

I hope this can relieve the urgent need.

The three sprinkler trucks are constantly spraying water 24 hours a day.

That night, Lu Changhua just arrived home.

Li Zhenguo came running.

"Changhua, is there enough water in your reservoir? We need urgent help now!"

"I know, irrigation has started here. Just do it."

"Okay, thank you. But don't worry. I will never let your fish dry out."

“What about the cattle farmers?”

"What should we do? Let's have some cold drinks! Those who have money will buy water to drink, and those who have no money will drink from the ditch. The water in the reservoir is not enough for irrigation."

Li Zhenguo no longer cares about cattle farmers. If grain production decreases, his responsibility will be huge.

(End of this chapter)