Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

Entering May, the temperature in Saibei has finally picked up!

Although I can occasionally feel a bit of cold wind, most of the time, the breeze blowing by is extraordinarily gentle.

Suddenly, all the educated youths, men and women, adults and children of the commune changed into thick cotton clothes and trousers, and the equipment on people's bodies became much lighter.

What's more, the treetops are green.

Everything is reminding the members of the village that spring in Saibei is coming!

For the people in the city, spring just means that the weather is warmer, and it means that the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming.

But for ordinary people in the countryside, spring means spring plowing and hope!

In fact, since the land melted slightly in April, the people in the village have been preparing for spring plowing.

It takes one month to set up the "dung bottom", deliver the dung, spread the dung, plow the land, and level the land!

Originally, according to the local custom, wheat was planted around Qingming, millet was planted during Grain Rain, and potatoes were planted in Lixia.

However, due to some special circumstances this year, the temperature has not completely recovered.

Therefore, after discussing with Wang Ping and others, Zhou Yang and Wang Ping decided to push back the time of planting a little, so as not to freeze to death as soon as they germinate.

Therefore, while other villages are busy farming, the members of Babaoliang Village are constantly sending manure, plowing, and leveling the fields.

Then it is to concentrate manpower and material resources to dig wells and canals all over the village, but they never shake the columbine to sow seeds.

At the beginning, some members did have doubts about this, but when they heard that it was Zhou Yang's request, out of trust in him, everyone put their doubts in their hearts.

At present, most of the villages have sown the crops of the "big date", and the spring plowing in Babaoliang Village has only started, which is more than half a month late.

You know, for crops, planting half a month later is completely different from planting half a month earlier.

If it is too late, it is likely that in autumn, it will be too late to mature, and it will freeze to death, resulting in a reduction in grain production.

Therefore, this strange behavior of Babaoliang Village and even Babaoliang Brigade has aroused heated discussions among many people.

However, the people in the village didn't care about what other people said, and they had been waiting for Zhou Yang's arrangement with peace of mind!

On May 5, Zhou Yang felt that the temperature had almost risen.

Even if it is planted now, the seedlings will not emerge for the time being, and even if the temperature is abnormal, it will not affect the germination of the seeds.

Therefore, after the examination for selecting teachers in the village was over, he informed Wang Ping that it was time to organize spring plowing.

Afterwards, Wang Ping immediately carried out a grand mobilization, and then gave an order that all the educated youths of the two production teams gathered in the fields and started spring plowing.

In order to ensure that they can be planted in time, all the feed mills and bone meal factories in the village have stopped production, and even the primary school has temporarily closed classes.

All the educated youths of the commune and the teachers of the school went to the fields to participate in the spring plowing.

All of a sudden, almost all the people of Babaoliang Village took part in the battle, launching a vigorous spring plowing battle!

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South of the village. Xiaohe Bend!

Zhou Yang led Liu Yunlong to walk on the small dirt road in the field, followed by Wang Ping, Zhang Genwang and others.

And not far away are the members of the commune who are shaking the columbine and sowing seeds.

"How much land in the village has not been planted?"

After all, spring plowing is related to the problem of eating for everyone. Even if Zhou Yang is just a nominal production team leader, he still attaches great importance to this matter.

Wang Ping immediately said: "For wheat, there is only Xiaohewan land left. It is expected to finish sowing tomorrow. For millet, there are still more than 300 mu!"

"Where's the corn?"

"The corn has not been sown yet, and it is estimated that it will be almost finished by Lixia!"

"Well, we need to speed up so as not to delay planting potatoes and beets!" Zhou Yang said.

"Okay! The village has kept a lot of mules, horses and cattle this year. With these big animals, everything can be done quickly." Wang Ping said.

"When you apply fertilizer, you should keep an eye on it. Don't be reluctant, but don't apply too much, or the crops will be burned to death!" Zhou Yang said again.

"I asked them to apply fertilizer and seeds strictly according to the requirements, and there shouldn't be any problems!"

At this moment, Zhang Genwang on the side suddenly said: "Zhou Zhiqing, I went to my daughter's house yesterday, and when I passed by Sandaoqu, Xiaochengzi, and Zhangjia Village, I saw that the crops in their fields had sprouted. , are we late!"

Zhou Yang said lightly: "If you plant it early, it will be good, and if you plant it late, it will not necessarily be bad!"

Hearing Zhang Genwang's words, Zhou Yang didn't want to say anything except sighing.

The county and the commune have issued documents and held meetings many times, informing the production teams below that they can appropriately postpone the time of sowing, and also require that crops that are resistant to cold and drought be planted as much as possible.

But the people in some villages think they have rich experience and don't listen at all.

Except for wheat, most of the crops that can emerge at this time are not cold-resistant.

As long as there is a slight change in temperature, the consequences will be serious.

But Zhou Yang can't control this kind of thing, after all, he has already done what he can do.

"Comrade Zhou Yang, I estimate that our village will be planted in about half a month. Will we continue to build houses?" Wang Ping asked.

"The house will definitely be built. In addition to the feed factory and the bone meal factory, we have to build a new pigsty. But when we are doing construction, the rodent control must not be left behind. We must continue to do it!"

Although the number of rats in the village dropped sharply during this period, a hundred traps used to catch almost 80 rats in one night, but now there are at most [-] or [-] rats.

However, this is still far from the standard for eradicating hemorrhagic fever, so the eradication of rats has to continue.

Otherwise, with the strong reproductive ability of mice, it won't take long for them to return to their original state.

"If we want to get rid of rats, why don't we raise some cats!" Wang Ping said.

"Are the villagers willing?" Zhou Yang asked.

Many people think that there must be more cats and more dogs in rural areas, but this is not the case.

Take Babaoliang Village as an example, there are actually not many cats and dogs.

The reason is also simple - poor!

Because I was poor and had nothing to eat, I couldn't afford to support cats and dogs.

Also because of poverty, there is no extra food at home, and when the mice come, they have to cry, what cats and dogs are they?

"It shouldn't be a big problem. Our village is not like it used to be. After experiencing that disease, there should be many people willing to raise it!"

Then Wang Ping continued: "Besides, if the commune members don't want to raise it, our production team can also raise it, and we can still afford it."

"Row..."

Just as I was talking, suddenly a strong wind blew by, and the sky was filled with loess in an instant!

After the dust passed, everyone was dusty!

Ning City itself is in the wind, and the environment is severely damaged. In spring, there is a lot of wind and sand.

Fortunately, the people living here are used to it. When the wind blows, they turn their backs to avoid the wind.

As soon as the wind stopped, they continued to shout to the animals and moved forward with the columbine!

But Zhou Yang smelled a faint smell of rain from the dust, and felt the wind direction again, it turned out to be the southeast wind.

He first patted the dust on his body, and then said to Wang Ping and others worriedly: "It may rain this afternoon, and the temperature may cool down at night, let the commune members pay attention, don't catch a cold!"

"Uh...the wind will bring rain?" Wang Ping asked in surprise.

"Listen to me, you can't go wrong!" Zhou Yang said.

On the other side, Zhang Genwang has more experience. While smoking a dry pipe, he said: "Listen to Zhou Zhiqing, it rains around this time every year!"

"Row!"

Afterwards, Zhou Yang did not continue to stay in the field for a long time, but returned to the village with Liu Yunlong.

After returning to the research institute, Zhou Yang immediately called the county government!