Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 628: A Year's Plan Begins with Spring
Just like that, without any accompaniment, the woman's singing voice was heard again from the lower room.

To be honest, Wang An really held it in for too long this time. Besides, Wang An is only 20 years old this year. He is young and strong and does not know what fatigue is, so it is very normal for him to do it a few more times.

Moreover, in Wang An's previous life, perhaps because he had been drinking deer penis wine for a long time, his kidney function was relatively strong. Until he entered the fence, Wang An was fooling around all day and was a bridegroom every night.

In fact, this is also the reason why Wang An soaked the deer penis and ginseng in wine when he killed his first sika deer.

And many people don't know that fresh deer penis is actually better for soaking in wine than dried deer penis. The most important thing is that the effect is stronger. The only requirement is that you must use high-proof liquor.

After the war ended, the two men cleaned themselves up and put on their clothes.

While putting on his clothes, Wang An said:

"Don't bother with those things. Let's plant our two fields together. There are three of us in your family, so the total land is about 20 acres, right?"

Shen Wei nodded and said:

"Well, there are a little over 20 acres in total. I'm thinking of planting corn. Corn is easier to grow."

In this day and age, everything depends on manpower, so even though there is a lot of land in the Northeast, most of it is left abandoned because it is impossible to cultivate it or maintain it.

Wang An thought for a while and said:
"Let's plant wheat and rice. I think we need to plant corn this year. By the end of the year, rice and flour will be scarce. We can just exchange them for some."

Wang An clearly remembers that in the first two years after the land was distributed to each household, everyone rushed to grow corn, soybeans and sorghum.

The reason for this is actually because these three things are in high yield and people are really afraid of being hungry.

Although these three things do not taste good as staple food, we have to admit that they are all food. As long as they are there, people will not go hungry.

Because of this, rice and flour became scarce. During the Chinese New Year, the exchange ratio between wheat, rice and corn was as high as 1:6 or even 1:7.

You know, rice and wheat are still primary products. Only after processing can they become rice and flour.

From this we can see that although growing corn, soybeans, sorghum, etc. is high-yielding and relatively easy, the cost-effectiveness is not high at all.

Food is something that is absolutely necessary if you don't have it, but if you have too much of it, it will become worthless.

After hearing Wang An's words, Shen Wei was stunned for a moment and then said:

"Rice and wheat are not very productive. One mu of land only produces about 4 kilograms. If you plant corn, one mu of land can produce about 1000 kilograms."

At this time, most of the farmers probably had this idea, that is, they would plant whatever could produce more grain, and as long as there was grain in the warehouse, they would not worry.

Wang An laughed and said, "Then why don't you think about how much a pound of corn costs? How much a pound of rice and flour costs?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wei frowned and muttered:

"A pound of rice costs 1 yuan, and a pound of corn costs 1 yuan. So an acre of rice costs 4 yuan, and an acre of corn costs 44 yuan."

After Shen Wei finished muttering, she was stunned for a moment, her hands stopped buttoning her clothes, and suddenly she said with sudden enlightenment:

"I've never really calculated this before. So, it's still more profitable to grow rice and wheat."

Wang An smiled and pinched Shen Wei's cheeks, then said, "Hahaha, you can't calculate it that way. After all, growing rice and wheat is hard work. Besides, if it's a good year, the harvest is okay, but if it's a flood, there's no guarantee that you can get any crops."

In fact, what Wang An said is exactly what makes the vast majority of farmers feel the most helpless and downtrodden.

After working hard for a year, there was a continuous rain and the ground was full of water. All the crops were soaked to death, leaving nothing behind.

Shen Wei didn't care about Wang An's actions and said with a smile:

"I know, but we can't stop farming."

Wang An nodded and said:

"Okay, that's enough. I'm going to go back now. You can just come to my house before you start planting. Oh, and don't lead the donkey. It's useless."

Shen Wei rolled her eyes at Wang An and said aggrievedly:
"This donkey is our family's treasure, how can we not use it?"

Wang An smiled and said perfunctorily:
"Yes, your treasure. If it were you, you should bring back my yellow and white mule. That mule is quite docile and plump. It's just right for you to commandeer."

What Wang An meant by "meaty" is not that the mule has a lot of meat, but is an expression of the animal's initiative when working. If not urged, it will work slowly and dawdle.

For example, when Wang An rode the mule, the mule would walk slowly and leisurely unless he was beaten or scolded. As a result, after riding it twice, Wang An was too lazy to use it again.

However, such livestock do have advantages, that is, they are obedient and do not get angry easily. To describe them with human words, they are not impatient and are quite steady.

When Shen Wei heard this, she quickly shook her head and said:

"I don't want it. I can't afford to feed it even if I give it to you for free. I don't have that much food to feed it."

Wang An laughed, pinched Shen Wei's rosy little face, then turned and left.

Although Mu Xueqing knew about Wang An's affair and acquiesced to it, Wang An still didn't want to make it so obvious, so after leaving Shen Wei's house, Wang An strolled around the village.

During this period of time, every household is busy preparing for spring plowing.

Some people carried the plow to find someone to adjust it, some carried the plowshare to make the plow straight, and some carried the egg roller home to make the frame.
The most common job is to deliver manure.

That’s right, it means exactly what it says. Delivering manure means sending the manure to the field, and then spreading the manure into the ridges when sowing. The process of spreading manure is called “shoveling manure”.

And feces is fermented feces, any kind of feces is fine, including pig feces, horse feces, cow feces, etc., even human feces.

Of course, human feces is called manure, but don’t look down on this thing. Manure is the king of feces and can be said to be the best farm fertilizer.

You have to know that people are reluctant to send manure to the farmland in the mountains. Normally they are used to grow vegetable gardens.

The cabbages grown with this thing have sweet stalks, so delicious!

Maybe it was because of the season, the faces of the villagers were no longer lifeless, but full of hope. Even though the wind blew dung all over their faces, they were all smiling.

There is nothing wrong with the saying that a year's plan begins in spring. For farmers, their hopes for the year begin now.

(End of this chapter)