Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 195 Preparing for Super Rice

After Jiang Chen also showed off his tree climbing skills, a small pile of pine cones full of pine nuts was piled in front of the two women.

Jiang Chen said: "Be careful, don't use anything with pine oil, otherwise it will stick to your hands and become sticky and difficult to wash."

Liu Yue Luoxue randomly found two fallen dead branches and put them on the ground, then sat on them and started to break the pine nuts in the pine tower.

Break it off, put it in your mouth, bite it open, and eat the pulp inside, which is fragrant.

Mainly for fun.

Jiang Chen and Zhang Huajun broke some pine nuts for the two women and then sat aside and smoked.

Jiang Chen asked: "Xiaojun, what are your plans in the future?"

Zhang Huajun was stunned: "What are your plans?"

Jiang Chen said: "Is it possible that you want to stay here for the rest of your life?"

Zhang Huajun glanced at Jiang Chen and said calmly: "I am a farmer who knows nothing but growing crops. If I don't guard the land, where else can I go?"

"I'm not a cultural person like you. Should I go to a big city to clean the streets?"

Jiang Chen pointed to the steel-making furnace at the foot of the mountain: "Then you will spend your whole life in this place, making steel. If you fall in, you will lie down on the board, and if you fall, you will sit on a chair?"

In fact, Jiang Chen didn't say anything yet. Under his condition, if no one took care of him, he wouldn't even have a chance to sweep the streets.

Zhang Huajun remained silent.

He had a bright mind since he was a child, so he naturally knew that what Jiang Chen said was true.

You often walk along the river without getting your shoes wet. This blast furnace has no safety measures at all. An accident might happen one day.

As for the outside world, he really hadn't thought much about it before.

After all, our ancestors have lived on this land for generations, and we don’t have much knowledge of the outside world, let alone yearning for it.

In this aspect alone, he is not as good as You Fengxia.

A little girl dared to make a desperate move and directly enter the Forty-Nine City.

Of course, this may be related to the environment in which the two live.

Sichuan and the surrounding areas of Sijiu City are still incomparable in terms of ideology.

After waiting for a moment, Jiang Chen asked directly: "Xiaojun, do you want to go to Sijiu City?"

Zhang Huajun was stunned for a moment, then said after a while: "The girls who got married all said how great the city is. They don't have to work, they are given food every month, and they also give out meat and oil stamps. Sometimes they want to go out and have a look."

"But I can't leave. If I leave, the land at home will be filled with people, but who will take over the steelmaking job? We can't let my father take the risk!"

Jiang Chen said: "This problem is easy to solve. When the time comes, I will talk to the person in charge and find a way to save your family's labor."

"If he doesn't give me face, I'll go find Director Xie. He should be able to handle this matter."

Zhang Huajun said: "You should just go and do it. You have already reported to the chief and met with the chief. The party secretary should give you this face."

"Let me think about it!"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Okay, you should think about it carefully."

After saying that, he went to peel pine nuts with the two women and eat them, giving Zhang Huajun time to think quietly.

Zhang Huajun thought for a long time: "I don't want to go."

Jiang Chen was startled. Wasn't he moved just now? Why didn't he go now? "What's going on?"

Zhang Huajun said: "You said even if I go out, what can I do?"

"Yes, your salary is high and you can afford to support me. But I, a grown man, eat your food, live your life, and wait to die. I can't live like this."

He was a little moved, but he didn't want to be a salty fish, let alone a burden.

"You can go farming." Jiang Chen replied seriously.

"Farming?" Zhang Huajun laughed angrily:

"Old cousin, are you crazy or am I crazy? Can't I farm here and take care of my parents? Why do I have to go to Sijiu City?"

Jiang Chen said: "This farming is different from the farming here. It is for research and contribution to the country."

Zhang Huajun was stunned: "You are engaged in research. You are an engineer, but you are also studying farming?"

"Can you study how to produce more than 100,000 kilograms of grain per acre?"

Jiang Chen said: "We all grew up in rural areas. Now, don't you know how much food can be grown in one acre of land?"

"That's a bubble, and it will burst with just one prick."

"Even if no one dares to poke it, it will burst if it is exposed to the sun. When the bubble bursts, the value of what you do will come out."

Zhang Huajun said: "Then when do you think this bubble will burst?"

Jiang Chen said: "If it's fast, it will be this year, if it's slow, it will be next year."

Jiang Chen wasn't sure when the butterfly's wings would flap through time, so he didn't say anything.

Jiang Chen wanted to take Zhang Huajun away. In addition to letting him help his mother farm, he also wanted to find opportunities for him to enter the industrial system.

Of course, this entry does not mean simply being a worker, but having a higher starting point.

Only in this way can we help my uncle cope with the upcoming three-year famine.

The past three years have been too difficult and miserable for the people.

Zhang Huajun pondered for a long time: "Then tell me, what is the expected yield per mu of your research?"

Jiang Chen said: "It shouldn't be difficult to double the current amount."

In fact, the current yield of brains per mu is only three to four hundred kilograms, while the yield of super rice is close to two thousand kilograms per mu, more than doubled. But I dare not say too much.

Zhang Huajun was a little surprised: "Old cousin, you can't lie to me."

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Would it be good for me to lie to you?"

If we were to live in future generations, we would still say that we could make some money by cheating out the money.

Zhang Huajun was silent for a long time: "I have to go back and discuss it with my mother."

The second uncle is an honest man, so it is the second aunt who decides on all major matters in their family.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Let's go back and talk together later."

Zhang Huajun nodded: "Okay!"

Jiang Chen patted his butt and stood up: "Two beauties, did you enjoy it? We are ready to go home!"

It was already dark by now, and if we stayed any longer, we would have no choice but to go home in the dark.

Liu Yue and Luo Xue stood up one after another.

Liu Yue stuffed a handful of pine nuts into Jiang Chen's hand: "Come here, I'll peel them for you, eat them!"

Luo Xue was a little embarrassed: "You can peel off whatever you want, why do you have to take me with you?"

She was just eating for herself and didn't even think of peeling some for Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen smiled and stuffed all the pine nuts to Liu Yue, leaving only two for himself: "Xiaojun and I ate much when we were young, you can eat it yourself."

Liu Yue took it obediently and asked Zhang Huajun: "Xiaojun, come here, give it to you."

Zhang Huajun waved his hand: "No, I can come anytime I want to eat. It's rare for you to come over, so eat more."

Jiang Chen said: "Xiaoyue, Xiaojun is going to Sijiu City. When you get back, clean up your house and let Xiaojun live in it."

Liu Yue said: "Okay!"

She didn't ask why and simply agreed.

Her house was allocated by the steel rolling mill, and it has been vacant since she moved to Jiang Chen's place.

Luo Xue curled her lips.

After returning, she would only live at home, and the chance of sleeping in Jiang Chen's arms would be almost non-existent in a short period of time.

When he arrived at his second uncle's house, Jiang Chen told his second uncle and second aunt about his idea of ​​taking Zhang Huajun to Sijiu City.

Of course, he didn’t say anything specific about Super Rice, he just asked Xiaojun to help him with some research.

The second uncle was silent for a moment and looked at the second aunt.

Although the second aunt was reluctant to give up, she still said: "I originally said that I would find someone to marry Xiaojun after the New Year. If it was someone else, I would not agree."

"But Xiaochen, you are practical, you have ideas and methods, and you have spoken out. Then Xiaojun, you can go ahead."

"If you go, listen to Jiang Chen's words, be careful in everything, and don't mess around. Work hard, achieve results, and don't embarrass Jiang Chen."

"besides."

The second aunt was silent for a moment: "If you can't bring a wife back next year like Xiaochen, then get married when you come back during the New Year.

Zhang Huajun said: "I'll try my best. The remaining villages in the surrounding villages are all crooked and cracked, and no one likes them."

The second aunt snorted: "You still picked it without looking at your own situation."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "There are many good girls out there. I will keep an eye on Xiaojun when the time comes."

The second aunt said: "Then I'll trouble Xiaochen. When will you leave?"

Jiang Chen said: "Tomorrow, I will go find the branch secretary and exempt your family from the steel-making quota. Then I will take them to the river for a walk."

"We will leave at noon the day after tomorrow. Xiaojun said he wanted to come over a few days later."

The second aunt said: "It would be nice to have someone to take care of you on the way there together. Why do you have to be late for a few days?"

Zhang Huajun said: "I want to take advantage of these few days to turn over the house at home to prevent it from leaking."

"Then, I'll spend the New Year with you before leaving."

The second aunt nodded and said nothing.

In fact, several of his uncles have children at home, so he doesn't have to flip the house.

It's just that Xiaojun couldn't let go of his family, and his uncle and aunt couldn't let him go, so he stayed a little longer to spend more time with his family.

Jiang Chen thought for a while: "Well, Xiaojun, I'll give you a task. You go and collect some bacon for me."

"I want as much as I can collect."

The second aunt said: "Nowadays, everyone who has some meat eats it immediately, and few families have bacon."

"It seems that there are more people in Zhao Qi's family. His father is capable and his life is better."

Zhao Qi's father is a well-known carpenter nearby. During the slack period, he would make some furniture for others, collect some craft fees, and give him tickets, meat, money, or food.

Therefore, their family is living the best life.

Jiang Chen took out a hundred yuan and handed it to Zhang Huajun: "You take the money first, and you can take whatever you can get. Then the travel expenses and so on are all in it."

The second aunt was stunned: "Why do you spend so much money? Twenty or thirty is enough."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "Take it first, wait until you finish spending it."

(End of this chapter)