The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

"More than sixty thousand kilograms." Lu Mingzheng said, looking at her, he was also surprised.

In other words, so many things were lost because of restrictions on raising chickens.

She hadn't calculated it before, but now that she did it, Zhu Xiaomin couldn't help but feel distressed and murmured: "It's enough to raise a lot of chickens."

Lu Mingzheng was surprised and nodded: "We only raised 200 chickens this year. If we raise them well, we can expand next year."

"It must be expanded." Zhu Xiaomin said fiercely.

Lu Mingzheng smiled, and when he saw her turning her head to look at the road, he immediately said: "Also, on the rocky slope over there, didn't you say you wanted to plant sunflowers? The two hundred sheep now don't need that much green storage, let alone It’s too simple, I still need to collect some sunflower seeds.”

Zhu Xiaomin nodded, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Yes, in addition to frying and cooking sunflower seeds, you can also fry them in oil." He looked around and sighed, "It's a pity that we don't have an oil mill in our town."

At this time, most of the food consumed was flax oil, and since flax was not produced near the entrance of the porcelain kiln, there was no oil mill.

Frying oil with sunflower seeds?

Lu Mingzheng was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously: "There is an oil mill in the county, why don't we go to the county?"

It is true that sunflower seeds contain oil, but few people use sunflower seeds for frying. How did this girl think of it?

But think about it again, these days, whether in cities or villages, it is difficult to eat oil. If a piece of unusable saline-alkali land can grow sunflower seeds for frying, that would be a great thing.

Zhu Xiaomin's eyes lit up and she nodded immediately: "Okay!" Then he shook his head again, "We have entered the county, what should we do with Comrade Meng? Let's talk about it later."

Meng Zihao arrived at noon.

Lu Mingzheng glanced at her, but did not insist. He pointed to the other end of the town and said, "That's over there is Xiawan. They have a special orchard. The fruits have been harvested and they are being pruned. Do you want to go and have a look?"

"Okay!" Zhu Xiaomin immediately agreed.

Lu Mingzheng raised his lips and patted the back seat of the bicycle. He took a step forward with his long legs and stepped on it first. When she stepped on, he kicked off and already left the town and headed straight to Xiawan Village.

The orchard in Xiawan Village has been around for some years, but it is not big, about ten acres. They grow the best ice fruits and walnuts here.

When the two of them entered, they immediately received many curious looks. Lu Mingzheng saw a few people who looked like village cadres standing on the road in front. He went directly over, exchanged a few words, and asked about the harvest of the fruit trees.

Several people heard that they were coming in a large group and waved their hands: "Our fruit trees are sent to the county supply and marketing cooperative every year. You plant so many, and you are afraid that there will be no place to harvest them, and they will all rot in the warehouse."

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "Why didn't you get the task of planting fruit trees this year?"

The task of planting fruit trees on four thousand acres belongs to the entire forest farm, not just Ciyaokou Commune, nor does it belong to a production brigade.

A middle-aged man shook his head: "I said I let you choose. The 20% of our team have planted nuts, but they can't send them out. At least they won't spoil."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "We also have nuts." She was curious again, "All your fruits are sent to the county? Don't you keep them for yourself?"

A middle-aged man nodded: "I will give some to the members. Most of them are dried fruits, which is to prepare some New Year's goods." He couldn't help but ask, "You planted tens of thousands of plants at once, how can you survive?"

Zhu Xiaomin said with a smile: "We have just planted them. The only ones we can harvest this year are dates, and there will be others for several years."

The middle-aged man shook his head: "You will sow what you sow. If you reap more fruits later, the supply and marketing cooperative will not accept them. Things will be wasted. The team will be criticized."

Zhu Xiaomin said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't have anything. If I have something, why worry about not being able to finish it?"

The middle-aged man didn't take it seriously when he saw her. He just felt that young people didn't know the importance and sighed longly.

Lu Mingzheng interjected: "Now, not only in the county, but also in the city, the fruits are very single and the quantity is small. As long as we can contact the farmer's market in the city, there will be no problem no matter how much fruit we have."

The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed: "It's easier said than done, let alone transportation. There are so many counties below the city, and we have no access."

Lu Mingzheng said: "Although there are many counties down there, there are not many fruit trees."

Zhu Xiaomin said, "It doesn't have to go through the farmer's market." She didn't bother with the issue, and changed the subject to ask about the technique of cutting branches.

The middle-aged man didn't hide anything, and immediately began to talk. It sounded similar to what Meng Zihao said, except that one was based on theory combined with practice, and the other was purely based on experience.

After talking for a while and asking for the consent of several cadres, Lu Mingzheng parked his car under the tree and took Zhu Xiaomin to the orchard. While observing the growth of the fruit trees, he whispered: "I guess many people have their concerns." , I don’t know if it’s half of the four thousand acres you originally calculated.”

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "There will be a work meeting for the entire forest farm soon. There will be a report on how much has been planted. Our commune received the most tasks at that time, and our brigade shouldered nearly half of it."

Lu Mingzheng looked at her sideways and smiled: "It shows that everyone has no confidence in their hearts."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Don't worry, when they see our results, they will follow."

Lu Mingzheng asked: "What, you have already thought about the sales?"

Zhu Xiaomin looked sideways at him and blinked: "You also said that if it can be delivered to the city, it won't be a problem. This depends on you."

Lu Mingzheng: "..."

What would you do without me?

Comrade Lu was still very happy just to be needed, and smiled lightly back at her: "If the quality of the fruit was better, it shouldn't be a problem."

Zhu Xiaomin pointed to the top of her head and sighed: "There are only two or three kinds of fruits here, which are too single, and the taste of the varieties is not good. I can only imagine how attractive it will be when we have so many kinds of fruits on the trees, not to mention , there will be various new varieties later.”

indeed!

Lu Mingzheng nodded in approval, and then asked: "So, you asked Lao Meng to teach you the grafting technique, and you didn't just talk about it."

of course!

Zhu Xiaomin nodded.

The two people talked, stopping from time to time to chat with the members who were branching the fruit trees. Before they knew it, more than two hours had passed.

When Zhu Xiaomin saw that the sun was already setting above, he suddenly realized: "Ah, too bad, we have forgotten Comrade Meng."

Lu Mingzheng smiled: "There's no rush, he's carrying something, and there's no one to pick it up, and he can't leave by himself. Let's go back slowly."

Zhu Xiaomin: "...Isn't this not good?"

Lu Mingzheng smiled, took her back, said goodbye to several cadres, got the car under the tree, stepped on it with his long legs, and took Zhu Xiaomin back to the town. He was not in a hurry, pedaling slowly and talking without a word. .

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless: "Hurry up, why haven't you eaten?"

Lu Mingzheng nodded immediately: "Yes, it's time to have lunch soon."