I really just want to make money

Chapter 72 Planting Trees and Raising Pigs
After turning around, Zhang Hua came to the village again.

It is said to be the village department, but it is just a room allocated from the village primary school to work for a few people in the village.

It doesn't matter what happens to other villages. The conditions of the village cadres in Zhang Hua's village are really hard. Under the leadership of Kang Rushan, the village cadres don't have any money, so the village cadres elected every year are full of faces. bitter color.

Zhang Hua came to the village and borrowed a bicycle from the old man, then went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town to buy scissors, canvas, cotton, pesticides and other things, and finally bought a roll of silk to take away.

After returning home, I asked my mother to sew a few pairs of labor protection gloves out of canvas and cotton. In the afternoon, I took various tools and prepared to go to the pepper forest for a try.

Now the prickly ash is full of granules, and small packets have bulged on the surface. It is time to harvest the green prickly ash, and it will turn red if it is not harvested.

Zhang Hua put on his gloves, took the scissors, pressed down the branch and cut an [-] cm long section, threw it to Kang Youming and said, "Put on the gloves and just cut off the pepper seeds. I guarantee they won't pierce you."

Then Zhang Hua quickly trimmed all the branches of the pepper tree.

Father Zhang frowned and asked, "If you prune like this, will you still be able to produce peppercorns next year?"

"Don't worry, the buds will come out in a few days, and it will not be a problem to grow peppers next year. As long as the fertilizer can keep up, the yield will only be higher."

Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Although the piles should be kept shorter, generally two stutters are enough. One will die and the other will grow new branches. If there are two new branches, the upper one will be broken off, so as not to rob the nutrients and affect the yield."

Zhang's father was a little hesitant. After all, he had never done this before. If the prickly ash was not produced next year, the contract fee would be lost.

Zhang's mother trusted Zhang Hua unconditionally. After all, she was her precious son, and now that she was so promising, she immediately took the scissors and followed Zhang Hua to cut, complaining to Zhang's father.

"You know what, you don't recognize a single word, you don't understand farts, and your son will harm the family?"

Zhang's father grinned, too lazy to argue, otherwise he would have to quarrel again, so he took the scissors and cut directly.

Pruning is much faster than picking directly. In half a day, four people harvested more than 20 pepper trees. This is because the branches have never been pruned before, and the branches are too lush and entangled, making pruning difficult. very many.

"The new branches that will come out next year will be easy to get. It's easy for one person to cut thirty trees a day."

Father Zhang nodded, and said: "This really saves a lot of work, and you are not afraid of being stabbed. If this method is really feasible, your cousin will have to cheat next year."

Zhang Hua had a toothache, thought for a while, and said: "You can figure it out at that time, and if it doesn't work, you can increase the contract fee for him.

Let's plant all the pepper trees in our own land, and we can make money earlier by planting them earlier. If everyone starts planting later, I'm afraid it won't make much money. "

Mother Zhang said with a smile: "Such a kind of pepper can be planted with sweet potatoes. Although the season is a bit late, it is not too late. This way, we can raise a few more pigs and there will be no shortage of fertilizer. I heard that there are Breeding big fat pigs, eating a lot and growing fast, can grow two to three hundred catties a year."

Local pigs are still raised in many places in rural areas. It is difficult to grow two hundred catties a year, but local pigs are delicious and not easy to get sick.

It's just that for the rural people now, the difference in taste is not important at all. People are too nutritious, as long as it is meat, it is still delicious.

No matter how delicious you are, it is empty. In contrast, it is important to eat something and eat more.

For example, Zhang Hua bought meat in the town just now. The pig’s head and feet are three yuan, the ribs with ribs are four and five yuan, and the back elbows without bones are five yuan. That is to say, those who sell five catties of meat can only count as four and a half catties.

Isn't it strange?
Zhang Hua bought four pig's trotters and half a set of pork ribs in one go. When he came back, the butcher was so happy that he offered to give Zhang Hua the price, as long as the pig's trotters were two yuan and five for one catty, and the pork ribs were three and a half yuan. Look at Zhang Hua's eyes Like looking at a fool.

When Zhang Qin came back from school and saw the pig’s trotters and pork ribs in the pot, she immediately chased him to the pepper forest, and complained as soon as he arrived: "Boss Zhang, you are really developed, cooking so much meat?"

"It's already been developed, you know it!" Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Your third brother doesn't want a salary. He has worked hard for a long time, so can't he eat something delicious?"

Kang Youming hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I don't care, just eat some pickles and porridge. I didn't ask Brother Hua to buy so much meat."

Although Zhang Qin is two years younger than Kang Youming, but because she was more favored since she was a child, Zhang Hua has always protected her, so she has a more aggressive temper. Kang Youming has suffered from her since she was a child, so she dare not take responsibility at this time Come on yourself.

In Zhang Hua's family, Zhang's mother was a bit patriarchal, so she reprimanded her at this time: "If you are so big or small, I will clean you up today, believe it or not?"

Zhang Qin said angrily: "It's a waste of money, and it's a waste of firewood."

"Our family will have no shortage of firewood in the future." Zhang Hua said with a smile: "With so many pruned branches, you can burn them any way you want. In the future, there will be plenty of pigweed for cooking in winter, and you don't need to go out to find firewood."

Where there are a lot of people and little land, even Chaishan can be clearly distinguished. The family is only so big, and there is not enough to burn all year round. Bamboo leaves and straw are supplementary. If it is not enough, you can only go out to cut brambles and ferns. Wait for the weeds to come back to dry.

The countryside is full of hardships for rural people!

Zhang Hua looked at the sun, and told everyone to sit down and cut the peppercorns, and then went home for dinner.

Zhang Qin's hands and feet were quick, while cutting the peppercorns, while asking questions, Zhang Hua explained again.

"There must be someone who wants green peppercorns. After all, the appearance is not bad, and the numbness is enough when it grows."

Zhang Qin dropped one into her mouth and chewed a few times, then nodded and said, "It's really that numb."

"At that time, we will keep two seedlings. We will grow more saplings next year. Everyone sees that our method is feasible. I am afraid that there will be more people growing peppercorns immediately. At that time, selling saplings can also make a fortune." Zhang Hua suggested.

Zhang Qin asked: "Will our family specialize in growing peppercorns in the future?"

"Well, I specialize in growing peppercorns, and then raise a few more pigs, so that you can eat meat every day." Zhang Hua laughed.

Father Zhang frowned and thought for a while, then said, "The millet still needs to be planted."

"No need, just buy and eat in the future, at worst, just buy more every year to prepare for famine, and just feed the pigs if you can't finish it." Zhang Hua laughed.

(End of this chapter)