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

After dinner, the work had been assigned. Zhu Xiaomin arranged the list at that time and said with a smile: "I will take it directly to the scorer tomorrow. Everyone can go over and sign to receive the task. There is no need to wait any longer."

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed and the matter was settled.

Because the breeding base officially started construction on the first day, Wu Xulin and his team went to the breeding base on the second day. Later, Zhu Xiaomin and Xie Chengzhi also went there with Lu Mingzheng, and Gu Mancang also ran there.

A large area of ​​the original saline-alkali land has been cleared in the middle. On one side there is mud that has been laid to dry, and on the other side a foundation more than a foot deep has been dug.

Between the two, there were piles of large stones waiting to be laid for the foundation and lime that had just been transported the day before.

Lu Mingzheng saw it and asked in surprise: "Why do you plan to use lime?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "We discussed it carefully. Although we will allocate manpower here to guard it in the future, it is difficult to prevent weasels from digging holes. The sheep pen is okay, but the chicken coop is very unsafe, so we plan to use lime stones for the foundation and replace it after it is out of the ground." It is made into a mud wall, which is both solid and cost-effective."

Gu Mancang sighed: "Yes, we can't afford cement, and we don't dare to use more lime."

Although the cost of lime is low, with the current financial resources of the brigade, it can be regarded as the funds that can be obtained by gritting one's teeth and tightening one's belt.

Lu Mingzheng nodded: "We can do as much as we have strength."

Seeing these people arriving, Wu Xulin came up to them and said with a smile: "Everything is ready. We are waiting for you to come over and start construction."

Lu Mingzheng smiled: "This is the first step for our team to take new production. Secretary, please say a few words."

Gu Mancang nodded repeatedly, stood on a pile of big rocks, and said loudly: "Today our breeding base has officially started construction. I hope everyone will work together so that our brigade and our commune can achieve a great economic leap forward together!"

His speech was concise, but it was everyone's wish. He was immediately greeted with applause, and with his order, the work began immediately.

The entire brigade, except for the educated youth, the villagers are divided into large and small production teams based on natural villages. The production team of Liushu Village was transferred here and is now divided into four groups. One group carries buckets of various sizes to collect water. After mixing the lime, another group of people shoveled the mixed lime into the dug foundation, the third group carried the stones, and the fourth group spread the stones layer by layer. Everyone was too busy to Chaos, orderly.

The person who adjusted the order was Wu Xulin's group of educated youths, who adjusted manpower at any time and tried to synchronize the speed of the four teams to save time to the greatest extent.

When the foundation is laid, there is no need for someone to hand over the clay when the clay is used, and some manpower can be freed to continue laying the clay.

Several people couldn't stay idle. They looked around the entire construction site and rolled up their sleeves to join in the work.

On the other side, Meng Zihao had already led a group of Song Zhian, carrying ladders and saws and other tools up the mountain. They started by selecting the most planted yellow peach trees.

Yellow peach trees like sunshine, and most of them are planted on the mountainside where the sun is most abundant on the south slope. There are more than a dozen trees in a row, spreading far along the mountainside.

When Meng Zihao saw it, he nodded slightly: "These should be biennial saplings. After two years of good cultivation, they will bear fruit." At the moment, while pruning himself, he told everyone the pruning techniques and the habits of the yellow peach tree. I will tell you which of the cut branches can be used for cutting and raising seedlings.

This group was followed by Miao Shiwen. After listening to his talk, he hurriedly said: "Let's collect these branches that can be used for raising seedlings. When we go back, we will start raising them in the open space outside our educated youth point. We can save some costs next year."

When several male educated youths heard this, they all agreed. They took the branches to Meng Zihao for analysis and selection. They had already cut them and put them into the basket they carried on their backs.

Meng Zihao said with a smile: "Miao Zhiqing is a person who knows how to live."

Miao Shiwen smiled calmly: "Most of our fruit trees this year were transferred from the Eighth Brigade, and I don't know how much effort was put into it. Now that we can raise seedlings ourselves, we can raise them ourselves, and they can always be used in the future. "

Meng Zihao nodded appreciatively and said nothing more.

Everyone was pruning while studying. At noon, Song Zhian sent two male educated youths back to the brigade headquarters to get lunch, ate it in the woods, and then continued working. At the end of the day, they only pruned a few dozen plants. The tree branches carrying seedlings carried two large baskets on their backs.

Xie Chengzhi couldn't help but laugh when he saw it: "If this continues, how much space will we need to grow so many saplings?"

Miao Shiwen smiled: "We have already tried our best to select the best ones and cultivate them as much as possible first. After the autumn harvest, we will discuss with the team to allocate a piece of the seedling land this year to cultivate fruit saplings."

Meng Zihao nodded: "Although these branches have been selected, the growth situation will still depend on it later. If there are any that do not have roots or do not grow well, you can throw them away at any time."

Lu Mingzheng asked Zhu Xiaomin: "You plan to plant 160,000 fruit trees this year, have you already planted them?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Because the place where fruit trees are planted is more demanding, I planted them earlier, and now they are almost completed."

Lu Mingzheng looked at Meng Zihao: "One group spent a whole day pruning dozens of plants. How long will the 160,000 trees be pruned?"

Meng Zihao said with a smile: "On the first day today, everyone is learning and doing at the same time. Later, as you become more proficient, your speed will become faster and faster."

Miao Shiwen nodded: "Yes, every time I cut a plant today, I have to talk about why it needs to be cut and how it needs to be cut. Everyone has to identify and record it, so it is very slow. It should be much faster tomorrow."

"I'm afraid that's not enough." Zhu Xiaomin calculated and shook his head, "When you all have learned it, talk to the secretary and select some members to learn the technology from you."

You must know that afforestation of 20,000 acres is the task of the entire forest farm. Twenty percent of the fruit trees are part of the task of the entire forest farm. Although half of it was later allocated to Ciqikou Commune, the other half was allocated to other communes. Now naturally We need to spread the technology.

Several male educated youths also nodded.

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Comrade Meng, does this fruit tree need to be pruned every year?"

Meng Zihao nodded: "It needs to be pruned every year, but this year's new plantings are more messy. After pruning this year, next year it will be simpler. But if you want to increase plantings every year, you really need more people."

Xie Chengzhi was not worried: "We learned it first, then applied for manpower, and brought people to each group."

Miao Shiwen raised a new question: "The southern slope we went to today is not far from the brigade headquarters. There are only a few of us, and it is not a fixed working place. The sisters-in-law cannot deliver food, so we get the food ourselves and use it back and forth. In an hour, it will be further and further away, and it will be even more inconvenient.”