Chapter 31 Farming
Although it is simple to plow the fields, it is actually very hard. In the past, the village used ox to plow the fields, but even if it was plowing the ox, it was not easy to plow the fields. So if you ask someone to plow the fields, just plough and rake the fields, it would be impossible to get the two hundred yuan. The current market in Chashu Village is 250 yuan per acre, and it may not be necessary to get people.
There are only a few families in Chashu Village who still raise cattle, with a total of 8 cows. Compared with the 1980s when rice fields were just contracted, the village was a little different.
Raising a cow is not easy. It is 365 days a year. Whether you work or not, you have to feed it every day. It is only during festivals. Raising a cow is much more diligent than offering it to your ancestors. Although you don’t need to feed food, you have to release it every day to make it full. When winter comes, you need to feed it. You must also feed it well. Otherwise, when it needs to work in the next year, it will be useless to pull the plow.
Due to lack of labor, the rice fields in Chashu Village have been changed from the previous two seasons to one season a year. Even so, there are still a large number of rice fields that are barren.
Chen Ming treated many people. If he invited others to plow the fields, he would not be rejected. But the ancestor asked him to transform into water and plow the fields to quickly improve his water transformation path. When he worked, he felt very relaxed. His feet were moving in the sticky mud, and he felt as if he was as light as a swallow.
The little dog squatted on the ridge of the field to cheer for Chen Ming, and occasionally rushed into the rice fields to hunt down water birds. In the reed marshes in the rice fields, there were nests of water birds everywhere. From time to time, water birds would emerge from the reeds. The little dog's legs were too short and they couldn't run faster. What's more, the mud in the rice fields was very deep, so it was good that the little dog would not fall into the mud. How could it be possible to catch up with those thin-legged water birds?
Although Chen Ming did a job easily, his speed was really fast. The weeds in the rice fields were too dense, so Chen Ming had to cut down the reeds first and then plough them. The reeds were cut down and moved out of the fields and found a place to pile them up.
The area of this rice field is one mu and two cents. In Chashu Village, it is a relatively large piece. Chen Ming worked for a morning and only put down half of the reeds in this rice field. I guess he would not be able to remove the reeds in the entire field today.
However, Chen Ming was not in a hurry because he was not in a hurry to plant crops. The rapeseed seedlings had not started to be cultivated yet, so the plowing field would not delay the farming time.
Huang Jiawei and his party are preparing to return to the city, but Ma Jingui is unable to solve the three prerequisites for investment.
"Investment is not a small matter, and you can't decide some things. You can negotiate with your village and county first. If my conditions are met, I will come over. But if I don't talk to you, I will talk to your county leaders who can make the decision. Otherwise, I will not dare to invest here." Huang Jiawei left the phone number to Ma Jingui.
From the beginning, Huang Jiawei's family did not discuss investment with Ma Jingui. They just asked him to explore the way. Even if they had a negotiation with Ma Jingui, there would be no guarantee. If something happened in the future, how could Ma Jingui be able to bear the responsibility?
"Mr. Huang, if you really want to come and invest, you should do it as soon as possible. If you really apply for the country's intangible cultural heritage, there will probably be many people who will be moved. At that time, if you are robbed by others, it will be too late for you to regret it." Ma Jingui reminded.
Huang Jiawei smiled and said, "What do I regret? Even if someone robs me of the first place, at most I will lose an investment opportunity. I am not a project without investment."
Ma Jingui's expression immediately collapsed. Only he is the one who can't afford to lose. If possible, Ma Jingui really wanted to kowtow to Huang Jiawei and ask Huang Jiawei to invest in Chashu Village. But Ma Jingui knew that kowtow was useless.
Watching Huang Jiawei and his group disappear on the dilapidated road in their car. Ma Jingui walked towards Chen Ming's house again. As a result, he unexpectedly saw that half of the reeds in Chen Ming's rice fields were cut down.
"Who has nothing to do after eating? What are you doing when cutting reeds?" Ma Jingui was very surprised. Reeds are like burning firewood and burning reed leaves cannot even feed cows. They are too old and cows dislike them.
Ma Jingui didn't remember that this rice field belonged to Chen Ming's family. There were too many barren rice fields in the village, all of which were covered with reeds.
Ma Jingui was scolded by his superiors, and the abandonment of a large number of rice fields was also one of the most important reasons.
According to a township cadre who is very close to Ma Jingui, the county is preparing to recruit village officials. In the future, the village party secretary and the village chief will be the college students recruited this time.
Chen Ming is already busy at home and has lunch. Today, he has to ensure the food. He slaughtered a fat duck and stewed a pot.
When Ma Jingui came, the room was filled with a fragrant smell.
"Your stewed duck is really delicious." Ma Jingui entered the door and smiled.
"If your purpose is to do something about intangible cultural heritage, you should leave quickly. I don't have time to talk to you." Chen Ming had no good attitude towards Ma Jingui.
Ma Jingui was very embarrassed: "No, no. I just passed by here and came over to see. Thank you for yesterday. These city people just like to commit suicide. If it weren't for you, I would have been implicated if something happened to these city people."
Chen Ming glanced at Ma Jingui. How could this guy express his gratitude? He came to thank him with empty hands? Are you lying to the door?
"There is no need for this. I didn't take any action to save people. I just passed by there. Just when I was there, the wild boar ran away." Chen Ming said.
"No matter what, thanks to you this time. Ma Yan came back and told me. These people in the city are ungrateful. No matter how you saved them, they didn't show any signs. I went back to the village to talk, and I would like to give you a commendation for bravery." Ma Jingui said.
"No. I thank you. Really no. I am the most afraid of trouble. Don't worry, from now on, I will save money, build a new house in two years, and then marry a wife. I won't drag our Chashu Village down." Chen Ming rejected Ma Jingui's kindness to Ma Jingui thousands of miles away.
Chen Ming had no intention of keeping Ma Jingui for dinner. It was hard for Ma Jingui to stay here and not leave. Seeing Chen Ming's attitude, he simply did not say the main purpose of coming. Because the result was the same if he said it or not.
After Ma Jingui left, Chen Ming lifted the lid of the pot and the fragrance filled the entire room.
The little puppy kept spinning around the pot, staring at the inside.
Chapter completed!