happy apocalypse

Chapter 190 Diesel is delivered

In the cold March, all the villagers in Tashan Village were busy with the upcoming spring plowing.

The young people went to dig the soil, and the old people in the family were not idle. After they dug the frozen soil at home to slow down, they mixed it with farmyard manure, saying that it would strengthen the soil and the seedlings would grow better.

The whole village has been busy until the end of March before the project is basically completed.

Then it's the work of the old ladies, packing the soil into boxes, and then placing them on the shelves in the sheds of each house.I thought about it very well when I planned it, but I encountered a problem when it was actually implemented. I couldn’t put so many wooden boxes in Dapeng at once, so that the wooden boxes on the upper layer would block the rice seedlings below, and the sunlight outside If the rice seedlings below are not illuminated, the rice seedlings will not grow. Therefore, the wooden boxes in Dapeng can only be placed in steps, so that the households below can also receive the sunshine.

As a result, some of the wooden boxes had no place to put them. At this moment, a few young daughters-in-law stood up and said, "There is no place to put them here, so it's not in vain. Let them go to our house, and I will take care of them. "Everyone knows that rice seedlings are to be planted in these wooden boxes, and they are all counted. If a few are not planted, it means that I don't know who has no rice seedlings in a few acres of paddy fields this year.Anyone who gets in here will be worried to death, so they stand up, and they can't lose at the starting line no matter what.

Others saw that someone was taking the lead, and they all said that they could take some of them home to take care of them. I was so moved by what these little daughters-in-law did. Don't look at people who care about it in normal times, but when it comes to the real chapter, they I can see the situation clearly and focus on the overall situation, which I admire very much.

At that time last year, after entering April, Jiang Zhi found a few old crop handles, gave them seeds, and asked them to be responsible for raising rice seedlings.Those veterans were recruited to work, and they didn't complain at all. On the contrary, it was as if they had been injected with chicken blood. From seed selection, soaking and disinfection to germination and sowing, temperature control, etc., they did better than when they planted their own land. Meticulously, it grows into the greenhouse all day long.

A few capable people fulfilled their mission and successfully made the rice seedlings sprout and grow vigorously. Now when they enter the greenhouse, what they see is a lush green seedling.

Seeing that all the preparatory work in Tashan Village has been completed, and the rice seedlings in the greenhouse are growing gratifyingly, it is only a matter of the weather warming up and plowing the ground for sowing.

When the time came to mid-April, there was no sign of Qiao Mu in the village, and I began to worry again.

Lying on the big bed in the space at night, I worriedly asked Jiang Zhi: "Tell me, did that profiteer Joe forget what we entrusted to him, or did he not get the diesel oil? Why hasn't it been delivered yet?" .It will be May now.”

"Don't worry, if Qiao Mu can get diesel oil, he will definitely send it to us. That's more than 1 catties of grain, which is not a small amount." Jiang Zhi said relaxedly, he has great confidence in Qiao Mu.

But I'm a woman. Women are more thoughtful about everything. Although things haven't happened yet, they can be measured in advance.

"Then what if he doesn't get the diesel oil? Shall we continue to wait foolishly? The rice seedlings in the greenhouse can't wait any longer."

Jiang Zhi was silent for a while, and said: "If we really can't get diesel this year, then we can't just wait and see. When the weather gets warmer, we will dig by hand. As much as we can dig, and as many types as we dig, it's a headache." The land has to be planted with rice.”

I heard him say this, and I didn’t make any noise, but we all knew in our hearts that if there was no diesel and tractors could not be used, then most of the 400-mu paddy fields in the village would not be able to grow rice. When people have strength, there are countless lands that can be turned manually that day, and it cannot be compared with the speed of machinery. At that time, families with more labor will be relatively cheaper, and families with less labor may not be able to plant a few acres of land. .Then next year, the living standard of the entire Tashan Village will drop a few notches.

Just a few days after I told Jiang Zhi about this, several sleds drove up on the only avenue leading to the county from the village, but this time the sleds were driving side by side, and it was only when we walked in that we could see clearly , behind the sled was dragging a large cart, inside which were several large iron buckets.

This phenomenon alarmed the entire Tashan Village, and Jiang Zhi and I hurried out to greet the guests after getting the news.

When Qiao Mu saw us coming, he got off the sleigh and said with a big smile, "Haha, Brother Jiang, look what I found there, it's finally a good luck."

We followed the direction he pointed and saw that there were indeed several large iron barrels inside the cart pulled by the sled, which should be the diesel oil we wanted. Jiang Zhi also smiled and said: "Okay, brother Qiao Mu is really capable. Nothing can trouble you. You can get so much diesel oil. I really admire you. On behalf of our people in Quanta Mountain Village, I would like to express my gratitude to you. You have helped us a lot. When the autumn harvest comes this year, You must come to our village again, at that time, the whole village will treat you to dinner."

The villagers next to him clapped their hands after hearing Jiang Zhi's words, and agreed to invite them to dinner.

"Brother Jiang, don't put a high hat on me. I'm here to make a living, and we each get what we need." Qiao Mu adjusted his position, resolutely not being influenced by Jiang Zhi's high hat.

I saw him like that, probably because he was afraid that Jiang Zhi was trying to get close to him just now. If he agreed with the trend, Jiang Zhi would then have to negotiate with him about the price.This small profiteer.

Since the road in the village was not as wide as the main road, these sledges could not enter the village side by side, so Jiang Zhi asked Chen Hao to organize people to move all the oil barrels in the cart to the village committee, while he took Qiao Mu and his A few brothers from my family went to my house and planned to entertain them in advance.

But Qiao Mu followed us first, and the brothers were obviously worried about leaving their sled outside the village. Although this road only leads to the mountain village, if it was lost, they would have no place to cry, so they let it go. Be at ease under your own nose.

After Qiao Mu followed us home, our family also got busy. Jiang Ma, Qu Ma and Wei Wei were busy in the kitchen, preparing to entertain guests at noon. Li Cheng and Li Shanqing went to prepare food. 1 catties of rice, our family took it at once If they couldn't come out, they had to use corn and sweet potatoes to make up the money. The two of them followed Jiang Zhi's instructions and transported grain out of the cellar.

Qiao Mu's brother also pushed the sled into our yard at this time, and followed Qiao Mu into the house to rest.

After everyone sat down in the living room, Jiang Zhi first talked to Qiao Mu about the food problem to be dealt with.

"Brother Qiaomu, our brothers will settle the accounts clearly. According to the previous agreement, 10 catties of rice will be exchanged for 1 liter of diesel oil. We ordered 1200 liters of diesel oil. What you brought today is..." Jiang Zhi did not continue, asking Looking at Qiao Mu, he wanted to determine how much diesel he had brought today.

Qiao Mu saw what Jiang Zhi was asking, and said, "1200 liters of diesel oil is not much more."

"Okay, then we should pay you 12000 catties of rice according to the agreement, but we really can't get that much rice at once. Fortunately, we also agreed that we can use sweet potatoes and corn instead. I want to give you food like this, Qiao Mu Brother, how about listening, if it doesn't work, we are discussing it." Jiang Zhi saw that Qiao Mu nodded, and continued.

"As for the rice, we only have 6000 catties left. I will give it all to you and save 6000 catties. I think 4000 catties will be replaced by corn, that is 6000 catties of corn, and 2000 catties will be replaced by sweet potatoes, that is 4000 catties of sweet potatoes. The last thing is to pay You have 6000 catties of rice, 6000 catties of corn, and 4000 sweet potatoes, brother Qiao Mu, see if you are satisfied with this."

This payment method was discussed by our family. Last year, our family planted 10 acres of paddy fields and harvested more than 11000 catties of rice. Some of them were used to harvest pine nuts, and some were eaten at home, leaving more than 7000 catties. Although We don't plan to give away the new rice, but the harvest at home is there, so we can't pay more than this amount of rice, and we have to set aside some for the family to eat, so we decided to take out 6000 catties of rice.

Although there are still a lot of sweet potatoes, they are not enough for 12000 catties, so we used corn tops.

Qiao Mu thought for a while and said, "I don't mind giving it to me like this, but in this weather, the sweet potatoes can't be transported away, and they will freeze as soon as they are taken out."

We really didn't expect this problem, and there is indeed such a problem, Jiang Zhi thought for a while and said: "Brother Qiao Mu, if you believe me, don't take the sweet potatoes away, the weather will definitely get warmer in less than half a month Yes, at that time you are coming to take the sweet potatoes away, okay?"

Qiao Mu just pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, look at what you said, I can't trust anyone, I have to trust you, you are a big pipe, just like what the elder brother said, I will take the rice and corn first. Let's go, I'll get those sweet potatoes when the weather warms up."

We were all very happy when we heard that Qiao Mu agreed to the payment method. The 1200 liters of diesel oil was all our own food. Jiang Zhi said that when the spring plowing started, we would rent it out to the villagers together with the tractor to save money. It also costs those two times.

Just when everyone was enjoying themselves and complimenting each other, Qiao Mu asked another question: "Brother Jiang, do we have cabbage or other long-storable vegetables in Tashan Village?"

After Jiang Zhi heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and Qiao Mu hurriedly explained: "Brother Jiang, I only eat rice and sweet potatoes every day. Although I can't die, it's also quite uncomfortable. I just thought, if there is some food It’s even better if you eat it, so I’m asking you if you planted it last year, and if you did, see if you can sell it to us.”

He really asked the right person. Last year in the entire Tashan Village, we planted a few acres of cabbage on the newly opened land of our family. The ones that didn’t grow after exposure to the sun, the better ones were taken home with some cabbage leaves, usually they were sunburned to death, and there was nothing left.

During the Chinese New Year, our family sent two pieces of Chinese cabbage and two pieces of pickled sauerkraut to each family. Several aunts came to my house to thank them.

"Our family planted cabbage last year. Although the harvest was not good, there is still some cabbage. If you want to buy it, what is the price?" I was afraid that Jiang Zhi would be embarrassed to negotiate the price with him, so I asked first.

"Haha, sister-in-law, you can do whatever you want." Qiao Mu said in a talkative way.

(End of this chapter)