In my days as a farmer

Summer in Northeast China is always very short. After the summer solstice, as the sunshine time gradually shortens, the temperature also drops significantly.

From July to August, the north has experienced a difficult period of dry and wet periods.

Don't get me wrong, the so-called inter-dry and inter-wet refers to the extreme climate in which there is no rain in the first two weeks and there is no drought enough to pump water to irrigate the field, and the next week will immediately have heavy rains and waterlogging to the point of digging ditches for drainage.

Flood warnings and drought warnings dance with each other, and it depends on who can jump first. This kind of extreme weather is not only for plants and animals, but also for people.

In the tense atmosphere of the whole province, Xiaojin Village is a rather strange one.

Although everyone can see all kinds of alarms when they wake up to watch the news or check their mobile phones every day, and they can hear how difficult other people’s lives are when they talk on the phone, but in Xiaojin Village... there is really no real feeling.

Drought is also drought, it is true that it has not rained for many days, but when other villages have started to make a fuss about this family pumping more water and that family pumping less water, Xiaojin Village still lives like hello, hello, hello everyone. day.

The harmonious appearance of their village is actually quite eye-catching. Soon after hearing the news, villagers from various villages came here, especially the downstream villagers of Xiaojin Village.

As villagers in the lower reaches, their purpose of coming here is naturally to protest that Xiaojin Village has intercepted too many irrigation resources, so that the water in their village is not enough-this is also the bitterness of every resident in the lower reaches.

Therefore, when they came, they were somewhat aggressive, but when they arrived at Renxiaojin Village, they looked at their watches. If the pumping of groundwater and river water for irrigation was excluded, their water consumption was actually similar to theirs.

But the reason why the people of Xiaojin Village can supply the whole village with similar water resources, but they beat each other's minds, is that a few years ago, most of the crop land in their village was equipped with drip irrigation systems.

The drip irrigation system of the farmers in Xiaojin Village is exactly the patch type drip irrigation belt that Chen Li gave to Xia Dongli Anli before. Spread out the growth direction of the crops, and then aim at the root of the plant that needs to be irrigated and make a hole for water.

The biggest advantage of drip irrigation is that it can completely moisten the soil so that the roots can absorb water, and the infiltration direction of drip irrigation is downward. Its wet area on the surface of the soil is actually very small, so even when the sun is at its maximum The surface of the soil is completely baked dry, and the soil in the middle and lower layers of the soil is still moist.

This is like a small air-conditioned room, which ensures the coolness of the roots.

The downstream villagers looked at the sluice gate and the irrigation belt hidden in the dense vegetation that the people of Xiaojin Village showed them, and their emotions were not to mention how complicated.

"Oh, Village Chief Song, why didn't you tell us when you bought this good thing? We are all neighbors, let's make progress together in the future!" A village chief in the downstream village said sourly.

Village Chief Xiao Song smiled brightly: "Village Chief Lu is so forgetful, didn't we share our work experience last spring? I remember the theme was..."

He looked at Assistant Xiao Li inquiringly, and Assistant Xiao Li smiled brightly: ""Experience and Lessons on Encouraging Villagers to Lay Drip Irrigation Pipeline Projects" was published on the provincial official account in May of the previous year. Pay attention to the lessons we learned when we started our work, and not pay more attention to experience."

This was quite blunt, pointing at Village Chief Lu and saying that he was only interested in watching Xiaojin Village's jokes, Village Chief Lu's face immediately turned red.

It was the first time Xia Dongli saw Assistant Xiao Li being so aggressive. His face, which had always been kind and kind, turned into an iceberg. Xia Dongli, who had seen downstream people making trouble in the village, came to prepare to fight the Confucianists. Dongli immediately retracted his head and moved towards the familiar Uncle Dahai.

Then he heard about the love and hatred between the two villages from Uncle Dahai.

Encouraging the villagers to lay drip irrigation pipes is a major event that Village Chief Xiao Song has done after graduation, and it is also the first political achievement that the two of them have made together after Assistant Xiao Li was brought in. From now on, the effect is very good, but Not then.

Drip irrigation is of course a good thing. It saves water resources and improves irrigation efficiency, but to be honest, Xiaojin Village, which has abundant irrigation water sources, is not short of water resources.

At that time, most of the villagers used water pumps to pump water into the river channels for flood irrigation, so there was no cost except electricity, but building drip irrigation pipes was different.

Pipelines were not as cheap as they are now. The average family had to invest thousands of dollars, and the effect was not much different. As for the sense of social responsibility and the feelings of downstream residents... Uh, to be honest, the people of Xiaojin Village at that time I haven't cared so much, the big deal is to fight with the other party. When there is a drought, I have long been used to not fighting with the neighbors.

So at the beginning, Xiaosong village chief really did his homework and promoted it one by one. In the end, many nail households refused to accept it. It was the old village chief who came forward to talk to people, and everyone was reluctant. Installed.

It’s not that the head of Xiaosong must come up with 100% good-looking data. It’s about irrigation. Once a family engages in flood irrigation, other families will feel that they are at a disadvantage. The conditions are good, and there is only one poor household, so the village chief Xiaosong decided that he must do a good job at this beginning.

And such a move doesn't look like that to outsiders.

At that time, the village head Lu of the downstream village even named Village Head Xiaosong repeatedly during the meeting, secretly provoking that he did not pay attention to working methods and respected the opinions of the villagers.

"Why?" Xia Dongli didn't understand. It would be fine if the village chief Lu was from another village. It can be said that he can't understand the village chief Xiaosong's political achievements, but they are downstream villages, and Xiaojin village does drip irrigation. The biggest beneficiaries are them.

The title of the king of drip irrigation and water saving is not nonsense. If the whole village of Xiaojin village is equipped with drip irrigation pipelines, it can save at least one-third of the water under normal circumstances, and the water will flow downstream.

"Hey, I just don't believe that dripping water can be so useful." Uncle Dahai saw it very clearly, "In fact, we thought it was useless at the time, and now we know how powerful it is. If it wasn't Relying on this thing, whoever has time to dance in the square on a hot day will have to pour water on his head."

The labor shortage in Xiaojin Village is still quite serious, but it was said that it was not bad a few years ago, but at that time, the head of Xiaosong Village paid special attention to this aspect. In addition to laying drip irrigation pipes, he also dragged machinery rental companies into the village. A small facade is set up to facilitate everyone to rent tools.

In addition, there are public accounts and WeChat groups, and the promotion of leisure activities such as square dance yangko teams. These are all to increase everyone's contact and ensure that when someone needs someone, they can call for help.

But today's development is just as Village Chief Xiaosong expected. In these years, more and more young people in Xiaojin Village have gone out. Except for those who came back to visit relatives during the winter and summer vacations, there is only one Xia Dongli.

Fortunately, in the absence of young and middle-aged labor force, the relationship between the villagers of Xiaojin Village is really good. After all, everyone has more or less owed favors or helped out, and maybe they have been dance partners or old rivals.

Because of this, the villagers of Xiaojin Village are still very convinced of Village Chief Xiaosong.

Xia Dongli touched his chin, feeling as if he knew the reason why Song Dan was so committed to developing green and organic agriculture - he wanted to bring back those laborers.

Green agriculture and organic agriculture are the inevitable direction of development in the future. As people in cities have more and more health needs and their economies can afford to buy expensive natural foods and natural materials, this industry will only get better and better. .

Moreover, this planting method requires a lot of labor. If the income can keep up, this labor gap can prevent the local youth from continuing to outflow, and can even absorb young people who have already gone to work in the provincial capital to return to the countryside.

In order to retain these young people who are engaged in light physical labor in the city, agricultural work cannot be too heavy, which requires the power of machinery and technology.

Hmm... Xia Dongli once again affirmed that Village Chief Xiao Song must be the protagonist of the infrastructure or farming novel.

Just when his thoughts were diverging, his shoulders suddenly felt heavy, and Liu Dahai leaned over and asked with concern: "Xiao Xia, how is the land on your mountain? I heard that you bought a bunch of cherry trees? The cherry trees in our family will grow in the coming year." But it's up to you."

As soon as he heard that Comrade Cherry Tree Xiaoxia immediately became happy.He immediately drew out the photo and showed it off to Liu Haihai, "All the cherry trees in our family have sprouted successfully!"

It can be said that it is quite remarkable that all the fruit trees of Xia Dongli's family can successfully grow seedlings in this season that is not suitable for transplanting.

He feels that in addition to the power of technology, luck is also an important factor that must be mentioned.

When Xiaojin Village was in drought for several days, all his saplings were covered under the shade net. During the drought, it was very windy, and the dry air flow passing through the branches swept away the insects and insects brought from the original orchard on the branches. At the same time, it effectively avoids bacterial diseases that may erupt when the trees are weak ← Bacteria generally prefer a humid and warm environment.

And when new buds emerged one after another, Xia Dongli took off the sunscreen, and the fruit trees experienced continuous days of downpours.Although the plants at the foot of the mountain have to consider waterlogging disasters, the small soil slope itself has a difference in terrain height, which was originally a roadblock that restricted the intensive agricultural production of the small soil slope, but it helped the fruit trees to evacuate in time when a flood disaster occurred. So much moisture.

As long as there is no water accumulation, fruit trees in the growing period are not afraid of heavy rain. In addition to supplementing trace elements, heavy rain can also help plants wash away pests and eggs.

For the fruit trees of Xia Dongli's family, the continuous rainstorm has another effect-it gives the fruit trees a longer seedling period.Therefore, after encountering a new round of sunny weather, these saplings are simply growing against the wind.

Of course, there is another important reason why these fruit trees can recover without injury in such bad weather, and that is the braces that the students put up for the saplings, which protect the roots of the saplings from loosening again under heavy wind and rain, avoiding secondary injury.

At the same time, these cherry trees, which are not tall, also provided shelter for the pepper seedlings planted under them. Not only the cherry trees, but also the pepper seedlings were hardly damaged.

Although it was inevitable that some layers of soil would need to be re-covered after being washed away by the rain, Xia Dongli felt that he was quite satisfied with the result.

Of course, it is impossible for such weather not to cause trouble.

Xia Dongli's family was no exception. The fallen leaves, the accumulated water everywhere, and the upturned decorations were not big things. The most troublesome thing was the chicks in their yard.

Yes, a yard!

The blackbird couple used to live on the wisteria trellis. Most of their nests were covered by the dense wisteria leaves. Even if it rains on weekdays, the blackbird couple would spread their wings to protect the chicks and block the rain with their bodies. .

But under such rainstorm weather, not to mention young birds, even adult birds can't stop them, so Xun Ao and Xia Dongli put on their helmets and climbed onto the wisteria trellis when the second rainstorm warning was issued , Against the angry calls of the blackbird family, they were forced to move them under the awning.

It may be because they often eat the food of two people. This time, the novice couple did not throw poo at them anymore, but squawking is still unavoidable.Xia Dongli dried a few young birds and stuffed them into an unused duck nest, living next to Defuwang who was still undergoing treatment.

It's not that he wants to lock up this family bird. The bird's nest can avoid most hunters at a high place, but now it is on the ground, which naturally means that its safety is greatly reduced.

The three blackbird chicks have grown feathers, but they can't fly yet, and they hardly have the ability to struggle when encountering hunters.

But it may be that they read some wrong information from the actions of the two, and their family rice became keen on picking up all kinds of birds for the family! ! ! !

This season is the end of the breeding season for most poultry, and most bird parents have relieved the burden of raising children, and are taking the time to gain weight for themselves in this season to prepare for the coming winter.

But there are also some couples who have experienced accidents and are still raising second-generation children.

For small animals, it is very important to accurately grasp the rhythm of the breeding season.Falling in love in the warm spring season, raising chicks in the season of abundant food, driving the children out of the house before the food dwindles so that they can learn to hunt on their own, and leaving here for a warmer place before the cold wind blows is the rhythm of most birds .

The climate changes every year, and if there is a little mistake, it will cause extremely tragic results, just like these bird parents who are stepping on the last bus.

These late-birth and late-birth parents have to bear much greater risks than parents who give birth on time. For example, this drought and heavy rain brought them the result that the young birds were swept to the ground by strong winds, and then in continuous rain He died prematurely because he could not keep warm.

As parents, they can only watch helplessly as the cries of their children fade away until they finally turn silent.

This is the result of their unstoppability and powerlessness, and they will have similar experiences in previous years.

But this year is a little different.

There were two big dogs shuttling through the woods. They picked up these weak little lives carefully one by one, and brought them back to a place before the cold rain and the predators looking for food in rainy days took their lives away. Absolutely safe place.

For dogs, their home is the safest place, and they fully believe that their owners will be able to save these birds!

This is also the reason why Xia Dongli used every corner of his house to put up bird nests now that the rainstorm was taking a break—he wanted to attract the bird parents and mother birds to continue educating their children.

Their rice and Xiaotian brought him back nearly twenty baby birds in this rainy season, and he and Xun Yao couldn't keep up with it.

In fact, today he just went to the Forestry Bureau to provide all the photos of the baby birds for help and filing, and saw the WeChat on the way back.

Ahem, he didn't come to join in the fun, he just wanted to breathe in the bird poop.

After breathing, I have to go back quickly and send the protected animals that Rice picked up this time to the Forestry Bureau.

Yes, according to experts from the Forestry Bureau, four of the birds picked up by their rice and Xiaotian are protected animals, and two of them are the legendary long-tailed forest owl.

Of course, they also have a more widely known common name, called owls.

Even for the purpose of rescue, Xia Dongli, who has no certificate, cannot raise this protected animal, so he can either return it to his parents, or send it to the Forestry Bureau or the forest police, of course, he can also send it to a protected animal. Qualified aid agencies cannot be left at home anyway.

Since Rice couldn't remember where he picked up the birds, it was obviously impossible to send them back, so Xia Dongli planned to send them to the Forestry Bureau as soon as possible.

Alas, I have been raising them for several days, let alone, I am really reluctant to bear them, but the fluffy and fluffy ones are precious, and the price of freedom is higher. !

With the sadness of parting, Xia Dongli opened the door of his house, and when he saw what happened at home, he was stunned.

The author has something to say: Ah Thorn: No surprise at all! !It's a natural enemy! ! ! ! !