happy apocalypse

Chapter 189 A New Year Begins
The whole village had a happy new year. Although there was nothing good in the house, they had cleaned up everything. There were fungus and dried vegetables. The New Year's Eve dinner was much richer than usual.

Father Jiang and Father Qu had been serving the greenhouse for a year, and they had a bumper harvest before the year before, and their own family couldn’t finish it, so on New Year’s Day, they decided that it’s better to be happy alone than to be happy together, and let the children in the family be responsible. Some fresh dishes were sent to every household in the village.Each family has a small bag of beans, five large tomatoes, five eggplants, two cucumbers, and more than a dozen green peppers. Although they don’t give much if they don’t have a sample, these things are like a big plastic bag.

After the new year, there was an endless stream of villagers who came to our family to pay New Year's greetings. This shows that the bag of vegetables from Dad Jiang and Qu Dad played a big role. Everyone thanked them first when they entered the door. The vegetables given by our family made the New Year's Eve of the whole village On the night dinner table, there is a lot of enrichment.

After the Chinese New Year, it will be March, and many plans for this year in the village will be implemented now.

The first one is rice seedling raising.

In less than a month, rice seedlings will be raised, and now we need to count which greenhouses can be used and which greenhouses need to be repaired.

At the beginning of the statistics, there were only 8 houses with greenhouses. Jiang Zhi went to see each of them. Now there are some green vegetables in the greenhouses, but there are really not many beans and persimmons in the greenhouses like ours. Plant some leeks, celery, Chinese cabbage and other vegetables in the greenhouse that have a short growth period and are swollen and grow with a little water.

These family members also expressed that when Jiang Zhi said that he wanted to raise seedlings, no matter what was being planted in the greenhouse, even if it was ripe in a day or two, it would still be ready to pull out, and the spring plowing would never be delayed. The villagers are very happy to have such awareness, and highly appraised for their support to the work.

Walking around, the greenhouses of these companies are all in use. Although there are two greenhouses that look not very strong, they can stand upright in the snow that was so heavy before. We have reason to believe that it will It is also possible to support it for another month.It's too cold outside now, even if you want to repair it, it can't be now.

Then Jiang Zhi and I went home to discuss where to get the remaining rice seedlings. These greenhouses can grow 200 mu of rice, and there are still more than 200 mu of rice seedlings in the paddy fields in the village.It would be a pity if it can't be planted this year.

The two elders of the Jiang family and the two elders of the Qu family were sitting in the living room, trying to figure out a solution with us.I walked up and down the living room, thinking hard.

"In this weather, we can't build a greenhouse. Why don't we move the rice seedlings inside the house." After a period of silence, Qu Ma put forward a constructive suggestion.

"Move it to the house?" I asked with some confusion, but also some clarity.

"That's right, just like we do in the city, can't we grow in small wooden boxes?" Although Qu's mother raised her opinion, she was not very sure.

"Yes, can we let people who don't have a greenhouse grow rice in a wooden box in their own home? As long as we burn a few more firewood at home, it will definitely be warmer than a greenhouse." I said happily, and finally came up with a good idea. If it works, the whole village can grow early rice.

"It's not as easy as you think. It's the most basic point. Who has such a big place to put wooden boxes? Could it be that everyone planted them on the kang? Where does that person sleep at night?" Father Qu looked at me and said The wind is the rain, so I asked a question and hit me.

"This...isn't a problem..." Although I said it was not a problem, I already knew in my heart that it was a big problem.Even in our house, there is no place to put wooden boxes, unless it is really artificial to make a nest for rice seedlings, let them sleep on the bed, we do not sleep.

"Wrong, it's a problem, and it's still a big problem." Father Qu, when he found out that his girl was not as good as him, it would give him a chance to use his strength as a father, and criticize me loudly and arrogantly.

"Our family's conditions in our village can be regarded as relatively good. The house has to be this, not to mention this." Father Qu compared his thumbs, and then changed his index finger, emphasizing the quality of our house with body language .

He didn't care whether we were going to smile or not, and continued, "It's our house, and there is no place to grow seedlings at home. It's just a small strand against the wall, how many seedlings can be raised, the top of an acre and a half God."

Dad Qu had just finished scolding me, and before I could refute, Mother Qu was not happy: "Why, you still look down on that one and a half mu, if that one and a half mu can be planted well, it will be enough for you New Year’s food, you still don’t like it. Besides, our house is good, but we have a lot of family members, so there are basically no vacant rooms. Although other people’s houses are small, but with fewer people, the vacant space is more We have a lot of families. Last but not least, if farmers choose, they would rather give up the kang to rice seedlings than see no land to plant in spring, believe it or not?"

When Father Qu saw that Mother Qu was showing off his power, he immediately became short of breath, and hurriedly said: "Believe, believe, I don't believe what you say, who do I believe, that's all right, don't talk to me, I won't talk about your girl anymore Isn't it okay?"

Seeing that Papa Qu gave in, Mama Qu gave Qu Papa a look and stopped beating him.I hurried forward and hugged Qu Ma's arm to flatter me, "Mom, what you said is too good, that's what it is. You said you are so wise and powerful at such an age, I must let you do it."

When I was flattering, I didn't forget to praise myself, which made everyone laugh.

Mother Qu laughed and scolded: "You brat, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and discuss the matter."

Dad Jiang said at this time: "I think it's a good idea to use wooden boxes to raise early rice seedlings, but we don't have to put wooden boxes at home. We can build a row of shelves in the shed and put wooden boxes on the shelves." Isn't it over in the shed?"

We all listened to it and thought about it. This is the truth. There is no room at home, and the problem of putting it in a greenhouse will be solved.You don't have to worry about the temperature, it's really a good way to suit the current conditions.

Afterwards, I flattered my husband again, but Dad Jiang couldn't stand it and left early.

Jiang Zhi also thought it was a good idea, so he decided on the spot to do it this year.

Then it involves finding someone to make wooden frames, wooden boxes, and finding labor to dig the soil for backup.

In the evening, our family opened another table and invited all the think tanks from Tashan Village to discuss how to implement this plan.

When Uncle Guo heard that he was looking for someone to make wooden shelves and wooden boxes, he recommended himself, "I can do this job, and I learned it for a while when I was young. Although I haven't done it for so many years, it's okay to just make a few boxes. Yes." After he finished speaking, he asked Jiang Zhi with some uncertainty: "Is it enough to be able to hold soil, and it doesn't need to be so fine?"

Jiang Zhi and Lao Zhang touched their wine glasses, took a sip of the wine, and said, "Yes, Uncle Guo, we don't make furniture, we can fill soil with our own use."

Then he thought of something and added: "It needs to be stronger, maybe it will be moved up and down in the future, if it is not strong and it falls apart after a few pulls, it will be broken."

"That's for sure, we'll have everything if we nail two more nails." Uncle Guo said confidently.

"You can't do so much by yourself in a month, and you have to find a few more to help." Old Zhang said while drinking.

Zhou Jianguo said at this time, "My second brother can also do it. I will talk to him tomorrow and ask him to help."

"Okay, Qingguo was born as a carpenter, so he's much more stable than old Guo." Uncle Qin teased Uncle Guo, who was bearded and staring.

"Hmph, this is retaliation. We are old and strong, much better than you who can only wait to die at home..."

Jiang Zhi and Lao Zhang ignored the two old men who combined to be more than 100 years old and had occasional convulsions, and discussed the carpenter candidates.

They were afraid that there would be too many wooden boxes to be made, and the two of them would be too busy. In the end, it would be bad if they didn't delay the work, so they wanted to pick out a few carpenters from the village to make wooden boxes together.

After confirming the carpentry, we need to study how to get this soil.

It is winter now, and the land outside is covered with heavy snow. After the snow is removed, it will be frozen at least one meter deep to the ground. That is not something ordinary people can dig holes.

Zhang Fanyu, who came with me today, gave everyone an idea, that is, after removing the snow, spread a layer of charcoal on the frozen soil, bake the lower layer of frozen soil to soften, scrape out a layer of soil, and then bake it , Scrape again, and dig until the frozen soil is gone one or two meters deep, and it will be easy to dig.

Everyone thought about it and couldn't think of a better way, so they decided to try the trick Zhang Fanyu said.

Then he studied the people who were going to dig the soil, and Li Cheng said beside him, "What else do you want to study, just let the strong laborers in our training class do it."

Jiang Zhi and the others were right when they thought about it. Basically all the strong laborers in the village have gone to the training class, and now they can just let them go.

After the methods and personnel are determined, the next plan will be implemented. Lao Zhangtou will be responsible for all matters related to making wooden boxes and shelves, and Li Cheng and Li Shanqing will be responsible for leading the strong laborers in the village to dig the soil.

After confirming everything, the next day, Jiang Zhi first took Li Cheng and Li Shanqing to see the place where the soil was to be dug. It was just below the mountain, in two directions from the paddy field in the village.

When Jiang Zhi asked them to dig, he dug a deep rectangular pit. He plans to build a sunken pig farm here next year, and raise all the pigs underground, so that it can prevent heatstroke and cool down in summer.

Then Jiang Zhi went into the mountains again, of course not into the deep mountains. He went to the mountains just as a cover. He wanted to take out the wood stored in the ring bit by bit. You must know that raw materials are needed to make wooden boxes and wooden shelves. .

I looked at the few big trees that Jiang Zhi carried out from the mountain, and said with a sigh: "It was really not in vain when we went into the mountain last summer. The dead trees and dead trees dug up are quite useful. Wait until this summer , let’s go into the mountain to have a look, if there are still frozen dead trees, we’ll dig them up too, maybe we’ll use them sometime.”

(End of this chapter)