Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Political Commissar Yu, I heard that you were praised recently?"

Jia Dongxu and Yu Yan said with a smile as they walked into the farm.

"Ha, you guys also know it. Thanks to you guys, we won the first place this time!"

Yu Yan said proudly, "Let's go and take a look at our greenhouse first."

The size of the entire farm is actually similar to that of Jiajia Village, except that it is surrounded by mountains and has an open space in the middle.

"Commissar Yu, this place is not big. Why did you choose this place?"

Yu Yan pointed to a river in front of him and said, "There is a shortage of water in the north. We chose this place because it has water and is surrounded by mountains. That's why we chose this place."

"The land here is precious. We must not waste it at all." Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while.

"Wouldn't the farm consider reclaiming these mountains for farming?"

"Think about it. Now that you are here, do you have any suggestions? We have about 300 people here, and we are still short of food this year. We will have to get food ourselves next year."

Yu Yan spread his hands and said.

"Do we still need to grow crops?" Jia Dongxu asked puzzledly.

"Yes, in the future we not only have to supply food, but also achieve self-sufficiency." Yu Yan nodded and said.

Jia Dongxu thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any salary?"

"Yes, there must be a salary!" Yu Yan nodded.

"In that case, let's get all the family members here and start reclaiming the mountain near the gate!" Jia Dongxu said, circling his hands.

“We will build offices and dormitories at the foot of the mountain, and then build family housing for those who are willing to move in!”

"Will this delay vegetable planting?" Yu Yan asked.

"Anyway, we already have more than ten acres of greenhouses, so the initial supply should be enough." Jia Dongxu pointed to the greenhouse area with a smile, "You will have to tear down the greenhouse walls later to make room."

"Why? Isn't it nice to have the greenhouse here?" Yu Yan said after taking a look.

"The area here is just right for growing rice. It's close to the river and easy to irrigate. But now greenhouses have taken up more than half of the area. We'll be starving by next year."

"We don't have to wait until next year. We will be starving soon." Yu Yan complained, "Since the dishes were released, they have said that the food supply will be cut off. Although I had expected it, I didn't expect it to come so soon."

"Uh, do you have any extra dishes?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Yes, about half." Yu Yan nodded.

"That's easy. You can sell the vegetables to our steel mill and exchange them for food." Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "If there is any extra money left, you can buy some other things."

"Okay, you arrange it for me. I only need to supply 500 kilograms of vegetables every day, and the rest will be all yours." Yu Yan said.

"That's easy!" Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"Haha, then you can provide 100 kilograms of vegetables, 200 kilograms of bean sprouts, and 200 kilograms of tofu. You can exchange all the extra vegetables for money to buy soybeans and grains."

"With over ten mu of greenhouses here, I think we can provide 1000 kilograms of vegetables every day, right? Then we can sell the remaining 900 kilograms of vegetables!"

"This way, we can enrich the dishes we offer and earn money to buy food and vegetable seeds."

Jia Dongxu said, looking at it, "Political Commissar Yu, quickly send someone to learn how to make bean sprouts and grind tofu. By the way, send someone to the logistics department of the steel mill to find the purchasing department to go with you to purchase vegetable seeds, grains, and soybeans."

"As for food, choose Sanhe noodles. They are cheap, large in quantity and filling enough to fill you up!"

Yu Yan nodded and wrote down what he had just said in his notebook. "Okay, it's because we are so poor. We can eat rice next year."

"Starting tomorrow, we will keep 500 kilograms of vegetables, and the rest will be supplied to the steel mill. Is this okay?"

"Okay, take them over. You and I will go talk to Second Uncle about this later. Prepare the people you are going to take with you."

"It will only take a few days, and when we have saved enough money, we can buy soybeans to grow bean sprouts and make tofu. Then we can provide more vegetables, and the farm will have more money to buy food."

"By the way, Political Commissar Yu, you have to keep a good record of the accounts, otherwise we will be embarrassed when the time comes."

"Okay, let's do it this way!" Yu Yan said, and ordered the team leaders below to hold a meeting to discuss what had just happened.

"Then let's continue to reclaim the land and build a greenhouse! Let's increase the vegetable production first. In just a week, we can build a new greenhouse."

“We can start serving dishes by the end of November.”

Yu Yan said after hearing what Jia Dongxu said.

"By the way, Political Commissar Yu, we should start raising pigs too. We need to raise at least 40 pigs, and by next year we need to maintain a scale of 100 pigs."

Jia Dongxu thought about it and said with a smile, "Anyway, you guys can just take the one I have in Jia Village and use it here."

"The piglets are left to you. As usual, I'll prepare some people." Yu Yan said with a smile.

"Well, Political Commissar Yu, how about this plan before the end of this year?" Jia Dongxu asked. Without waiting for Wang Tongming to answer, Jia Dongxu continued, "Starting next year, we need to grow all kinds of vegetables to enrich the variety provided."

"The daily supply is 500 kilograms!"

"Next year, all the basins below will be planted with rice, and the wasteland on the mountains will be reclaimed to plant wheat, millet, corn, buckwheat, sorghum, sugar cane, peanuts, sesame and other grains. By next year, all the flowers will bloom, which will amaze the ministry."

"Open up another mountain and plant soybeans to make oil, tofu, etc."

"Use all 10 more cows."

"Then we can build a pond, raise fish and grow lotus roots, so we can have a few more vegetables."

"Next year, we will find time to build family housing, office buildings, canteens, etc. at the foot of the mountain."

"If you don't have time to reclaim the barren hills, you can plant some pumpkins and winter melons on them. You can even try growing watermelons."

"We will also try to make vinegar, sugar, soybean paste, chili sauce, sesame paste, and various pickles."

You can also grow some fruits by the way, and after a few years, you can provide fruits.

Yu Yan listened to Jia Dongxu and took notes quickly with a pen. Some of the things he was thinking about, and some he didn't even know. Unexpectedly, he could find everything clearly arranged in Jia Dongxu's fragmented description.

These are the things he has been thinking about recently. He didn't expect that Jia Dongxu would arrange everything in just a few words.

"Okay, Dongxu, I have written down your description. I will start making a work plan for this year and next year, as well as the direction of future development."

"Now that you mention it, there's a lot to do."

"Haha, let's open up the wasteland today and clear all of that mountain!"

Yu Yan looked at his notebook, and with great enthusiasm, he pointed at the mountain at the door and spoke loudly.

"Political Commissar, you go to the meeting first, shall I go to the village?"