Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 155: A Comprehensive Thought

The brothers were also unable to sit still and had already started building a pig shed in the woods outside the yard. They first built a fence with bamboo, then fenced off an area, tied wooden boards to tree trunks, and built a wooden shed similar to a firewood shed. They covered it with plastic sheeting and then put on a thatched roof so that the pigs would not get wet when it rained. Moreover, this place was close to a small stream, so they could often drive the pigs there to bathe and keep them clean.

After the pig pen was built, the bottoms of two rotten water tanks were cleaned out, one for holding pig feed and the other for holding water for the pigs to drink.

In fact, cement is better for pig troughs, but there is a rotten water tank at home, why not use it? Moreover, they are not sure whether they will raise pigs every year. If they work hard to make a pig trough, what should they do if others come to borrow or ask for it when they stop raising pigs in the future?
They are now like Xia Chan, always liking to think about things comprehensively, especially thinking about what this matter will bring to them in the future, both good and bad, they will take it into consideration.

After the Chinese New Year, time passed very quickly. After all, it was already February during the Chinese New Year, and it was almost March after the Lantern Festival. However, it is quite cold here, and winter has not completely ended in March.

Although winter is not over, school has already started. Xia Chan registered for the high school in the town before the elementary school started. If she persists for another half a year, she will be able to get her high school diploma. She feels excited just thinking about it.

After school started, Xia Chan still had classes in the afternoon because spring plowing was about to begin and she had to drive a tractor to work for the production team.

The reservoir that was not completed last year has also been put into operation.

The families who had divided up their property many years ago were all building houses on the residential plots they had chosen. As there were not enough people in their own production team, they also called people from the neighboring production team in an effort to finish building the houses before the spring plowing season so as not to affect the upcoming spring plowing season.

Some of the separated families may have had bad relationships in the old house, or suffered a lot of grievances, so when choosing a homestead, they deliberately chose a place far away. Some families even chose a homestead near the educated youth site.

Just like Xia Chan’s parents, I want to have less contact with people who want to stay away from the old house.

In fact, as March approaches, spring slowly approaches. The trees on the mountain sprout, and wild vegetables also show tender green buds. Many people go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables to make plans for the new year. When the summer cicadas are not driving tractors, they will also go up the mountain.

Xia Chan first planted cassava, konjac and taro on the hill near her home, and then went to the hill of the production team to plant cassava. She planted a little every day. She planted a lot. As long as there was a place to step, she would plant a tree. However, she did not plant any seeds on the path that everyone walked on. This path should be left for everyone to go up the mountain!

Together with the seedlings he cultivated himself and the purchased seedlings, Xia Chan planted about 10,000 cassava trees on the hilltop of the production team. If calculated by mu, it is at least nine mu. If the harvest is good this year and the cassava grows well, at least 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms can be harvested.

When it was time to dig in the fall, she would deliberately do it in front of everyone so that others would follow her example and come to dig on their own. She had worked hard to plant the crops, so it was impossible for her to go through the trouble of digging for others. They were not related to her, so why would she do this?
In addition, Xia Chan also planted ten persimmon seedlings and jujube seedlings that she cultivated on the hill of the production team. When they bear fruit in the future, everyone's attention will naturally be on this hill, and they will not pay too much attention to the hill near Xia Chan's home.

Later, Xia Chan planted a lot of things on the hill near his home, just like last year, including cassava, konjac, taro, and various fruits and vegetables.

Last year, the summer vegetables were very good for her, so she wanted to repeat this route this year. Last year, she also planted two grapes on the open space near the cave. She found time to ride her bike to see that the grapes had sprouted. In order to prevent the vines from climbing too high and affecting the picking, the summer cicadas built a rack for the grapes, and let the vines grow along the rack into the forest. People who don't know there are vines here and don't look inside may not be able to find the grapes at the first time, so it is relatively safe.

Many of the things I planted this year were seeds from last year, but I also bought some new seeds. After all, the summer cicadas were afraid that the seeds they saved would be of poor quality, so I also invested a lot this year, but only one-third of last year.

After finishing planting on the hills, it is already May. The temperature has warmed up and we have changed into light clothes. This year, the Yongan production team has planted many things, including rice, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins...

The villagers' private plots are also planted with various foods, including high-yield coarse grains, fruits and vegetables. Everyone's face has beautiful expectations for the future.

While spring ploughing, villagers would take time out every day to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms in preparation for the upcoming lean season. Because the vegetables in the fields have not yet grown, everyone can only survive on the bacon and wild vegetables made last winter.

Xia Chan would go to the mountain of the production team from time to time to look for wild vegetables. When everyone saw her actions, they would naturally think that their family conditions were very poor, and that there was nothing on the hill over there. Otherwise, why would Xia Chan go all the way to look for wild vegetables on this hill?
In addition, Xia Chan's home is quite far away, so no one would think of trying their luck on the hill near Xia Chan's home.

Last year, the wild rabbit farm had more than 700 rabbits. Because they wanted to keep the rabbits for breeding, there were more than 200 rabbits left over and not sold. When there were no more rabbits to provide to the supply and marketing cooperatives, this business was temporarily cut off.

We agreed to continue cooperation until the end of the year.

A pair of rabbits can breed two to three hundred rabbits a year, so these more than one hundred pairs of rabbits are estimated to breed two to three thousand rabbits this year. Starting from the resumption of cooperation at the end of this year, we can continue the long-term cooperation in the future.

At the end of the year, each household can get dozens more dollars.

Ever since Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen came to the village to exchange things, they have brought many people they know to exchange things. Because there is no money involved, it is useless even if others become jealous and report them.

So those children who used to exchange things with the summer cicadas did not do so this year. Instead, they kept the things and waited for people from the city to come to the countryside to exchange them. This resulted in the summer cicadas having to go out to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms by themselves.

Fortunately, the brothers knew what the summer cicadas needed. They finished their work in a hurry and spent the rest of the time going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms, and would bring back firewood if they found any.

They don't think that they are helping Xia Chan, because they are also part of the family, and these are what they should do.