Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 51: Buying Saplings

After mixing water in the bucket for a day, after dinner at night, Su Mu sat on the kang table and watched his mother play cards with the three old people in the family, and from time to time, he would write a stroke in his small notebook.

After thinking about it for a while, he discussed with his grandfather: "I have arranged the task of opening up wasteland today, and I don't need to grow vegetables tomorrow. When there is more land to open up, let's plant dozens of acres of corn and the remaining potatoes. , Sweet potatoes. Now the top priority is to start planting fruit trees in the back mountain, otherwise if you miss this spring, you will have to wait until autumn to plant again, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?”

"What kind of fruit tree do you want to plant in the back mountain?" Grandpa handed the card in his hand to the onlooker dad, lit a cigarette pot and moved outside to discuss with him.

"I asked Da Kui, who once planted an orchard, to help me figure it out. We can plant five or six thousand fruit trees on the earth hill on the left side of Huatanao alone. For the time being, I plan to divide the types according to the hill tops, nothing more than peaches, apples, pears, etc. Walnuts and jujube trees.”

Su Mu has been paying attention to inquiring about this aspect. Last time he came back from the city and passed by Taohua County, he heard that there are many nurseries around.Anyway, as long as the things are not too bad, you can definitely grow delicious and high-yield fruits by using the space soil.

"Well, although it's not too early to plant trees, it's not too late. Since Dakui is more knowledgeable about fruit trees, let him go with you. If it suits you, you can make a decision and buy it back." Grandpa took a few puffs of his pipe, The whole person was shrouded in hazy smoke, "You didn't have much experience before, and now you have tossed around in the village. It's not too small, it's still like that. So, what should be decided is decided."

"Then I'll take Da Kui over to have a look tomorrow." Su Mu nodded and chatted with them for a while before going back to his room to rest.

Back in his room, of course he didn't lie down and sleep obediently.

"Black tiger, big gray!" Impatiently entering the space, Su Mu beckoned the two little guys to feed them.

The beef had been simmering on the stove of Qingshitai for a long time. Now, he put most of the beef and soup in each pot and broke two steamed buns in it before he came to the grass with the pots.

"Wow, woof, woof!" There was a barking of dogs in the grass, the pasture seemed to be cut open, two big dogs rushed over, threw Su Mu to the ground, and kissed him on the face Lick and lick.

"Okay, okay, you two are getting heavier and heavier, and you are about to crush me to death!" Su Mu struggled to get up from under the enthusiastic dog's paw, knocked on the stainless steel basin and said with a smile: "Hurry up and eat, I have time to find a chance Take you out, if you just keep them here, maybe the two of you will grow up to be bigger!"

Probably due to drinking lake water and eating enough nutrients, Hei Hu and Da Hui have grown into big dogs, with a menacing figure and strong body, not like ordinary dogs at all.

"Today's task is to continue to do experiments. I have to make full use of the things in the space, don't you agree?" Su Mu waited for the two good dogs to obediently clean up the rice bowl. Only then helped them wash and put them away, then took two apples from under the apple tree and took a bite.

The apples produced in the space are piled up under each tree, and because they will not rot, they accumulate more and more.

Su Mu has moved a lot, but every time he enters the space, he can see more apples piled up under the tree.He thought, when he went to the city again, he must find a wholesale market to pack and sell all these apples, otherwise the space would be filled with apples, and many of them would be harmed by those chickens running around.

After gnawing half of the crisp and refreshing apple, Su Mu took out an apple seed, followed the original steps of planting apples, and used the soil to make it grow into a small tree as thick as a thumb.Then, without waiting for it to take root deeper, it pulled it out and dug a hole in the ordinary soil it had brought in.

The space soil is dried and pinched a little bit, and placed on the bottom of the pit.

After Su Mu planted the apple tree in the tree pit, he poured ordinary water and waited for more than ten minutes.

This apple tree sapling looks the same as before, but when he dug up the soil and observed it carefully, he found that, as he expected, because there was a little space for the soil at the root, the apple tree that had been a little wilted had been restored. Vigorousness has been restored, and roots are deeply rooted in the soil, striving to grow.

"Good job, this is the result of our experiment last time, isn't it?" Su Mu happily rubbed the fluff on Dahui's neck.

After several experiments, the results I got are very positive. When planting fruit trees, putting some dried space soil at the bottom of the pit has the same effect on apple trees, but because the amount of space soil is small, it will not appear soon. It is a strange phenomenon of growing up, blooming and bearing fruit.

"Wow, woof, woof!" Dahui tilted his head to look at the little apple tree and then at the owner, not knowing whether he really understood it or just echoed it casually.

Su Mu got up and patted the two of them, "Let's go, pick up eggs! After we're done, we can have a full drink of water, then take a shower and get ready for bed. I have to buy saplings tomorrow."

Ever since he tasted the sweet and clear water in the lake, he has become a bit addicted, and he has to drink it several times a day before giving up.But so far I haven't found any adverse effects from drinking the water in the lake, but I sleep very sweetly every night and feel refreshed throughout the day.

However, Su Mu still didn't know whether it was the effect of the lake water or the good mood in Huatanao.He thought that after a while, after confirming that the lake water would not have a negative impact on the human body, he would let his family taste it when he had time.

With more and more space, it is now possible to see a very large range of lakes.Although the source has not been revealed yet, Su Mu can clearly see the ripples on the lake, obviously the water is slowly flowing elsewhere.He had done experiments with paper boats, and it was certain that the water that went away never came back.

So every night he would take Black Tiger and Big Hui to drink water by the lake first, then jump in to take a bath and play in the water.

Playing until the body and mind are comfortable and exhausted, Su Mu will bid farewell to them and return to his own bed to sleep.

Early the next morning, almost everyone in the village started to go to work on time. Da Kui, who had planted orchards for several years, came to find Su Mu after breakfast.

Da Kui was also one of those who tried to make a fortune by relying on the mountains. At that time, he opened up a place on the back mountain to plant peach trees.Unexpectedly, in the first year after the peaches were ripe, there would be a continuous rainy season, and the mountain roads could not be walked, and there was no car to transport them out. In addition, the peaches picked in the rain should not be stored for a long time.

As a result, the whole village ate part of the peaches for nothing, and the rest rotted on the mountain.

Not to mention the capital cost, even the money for hiring someone to take care of it is purely lost.

The weather was fine in the second year, but all the peach trees suffered from yellow leaf disease.Not to mention spending a lot of money on medicines and spraying, and exhausting myself half to death in order to save labor costs.

When harvesting, due to untimely treatment of yellow leaf disease, large-scale production was reduced.The peaches were transported to the town in a cart, and the merchants who harvested the peaches used the uneven color as an excuse, so they lowered the price by one-third. After taking the money from selling the peaches, they went home and calculated. After a year, they were exhausted. To live, but to pay thousands of dollars in vain!
In the third year, there was a drought, and more than half of the peach groves died within a short period of time. Da Kui didn't have the heart to take care of them any more, so he had to let them fend for themselves.

This time I heard that Su Mu was going to plant fruit trees in the back mountain, he was more active than anyone else.

On the way to the county seat, Dakui kept talking about the problems that need to be paid attention to when planting fruit trees on the mountain.Back then, it was because many measures were not in place that I failed again and again.But now, although he has experience, he dare not try planting lightly again, because he has a deep understanding of the feeling of losing money.

Usually, Haosheng has been serving for more than half a year, and within a day or two, the fruit tree will die of disease, and there is no room for turning around.A lot of notes, without even hearing an echo, they were all in vain.

After arriving in the county seat, Da Kui, who hadn't been here for several years, looked at the men and women on the spacious street, and couldn't react for a while.

Su Mu asked a few people along the way, and finally found "Senyuan Fruit Tree Planting Nursery" on the edge of the county.

Hearing that they want to buy fruit tree seedlings in large quantities, the person in charge of the nursery received them warmly.

In particular, Dakui spoke with a pure Huatan accent, coupled with his proficiency in fruit tree management, the other party did not quote the price too outrageously.

The two of them strolled until the afternoon, and finally decided to buy 0 peach trees, 8 apple and pear trees, and the remaining jujube trees, walnut trees, pomegranate trees, etc. Each of the woods asked for thousands of trees.The price of each fruit seedling ranges from 3 yuan to [-] yuan. Because the quantity they want is too large, the person in charge of the nursery directly sells it at the lowest wholesale price, and even gives away many ornamental plants suitable for planting in the alley for free. Sexual fruit trees, flowers and trees.

Rao is cheap, and Su Mu also paid nearly 10 yuan for this.

Fortunately, the nursery is a big business, so after installing a POS machine, Su Mu doesn't have to go to withdraw money and just swipe his card to complete the transaction.

After buying the fruit tree seedlings, the nursery took the initiative to undertake the delivery task, and ensured that technical instructors would be dispatched to Huatanao to teach professional management techniques to the staff who manage the orchard.

"Finally finished a big event!" Su Mu stretched his waist and rejected the kindness of the person in charge of the nursery, and drove Da Kui to the restaurant for dinner by himself.

After all, I'm doing business with myself, so I have to take care of other people's delicious meal, right?With this in mind, Su Mu went to one of the best restaurants in Taohua County, picked up special dishes and ordered four dishes, Dakui couldn't help but be speechless looking at the price of each dish on the menu.

But soon, his attention was attracted by the bustling scene on the street outside.

Especially looking at the fashionable clothes of men and women, and looking at his own rustic clothes, Dakui's heart is already active. These days, you still have money to live happily!

At the very least, look at Muzi's ordering, and he won't even frown when ordering dishes worth hundreds of dollars!
When I bought fruit saplings just now, one was worth one yuan, but just those... How much would it cost?Da Kui found that the pitiful calculations he had learned seemed to be not enough!
(End of this chapter)