Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Xiulan, I'm out."

After eating, Lin Heng looked at his wife and said something.

Xiulan has also been very tired recently. Her two sons are about to learn to walk. They no longer want to lie down in the crib and play. Instead, they want to walk and be pulled around by their mother.

Xiulan had to take care of three children by herself and had no time to do anything else but stay at home.

"You go ahead. I'll make the noodles this afternoon. I've already kneaded the noodles." Xiulan nodded and said.

Lin Heng agreed and went to Hongfeng Mountain with his parents. After taking a look at the masons building the sheepfold, he walked down again.

At the foot of the mountain, his eldest brother, sister-in-law, and third father and third mother also came over. They also wanted to build their own kiwi fruit. This year is the first year of grape and kiwi fruit harvest, and everyone attaches great importance to it.

Some of the cement pillars have been moved there, and there are still some here. Each person moved them one by one to the grape field.

"The methods of setting up grapes and kiwis are different. Let me first tell you how to set up grapes."

Lin Heng glanced at the grapes that had been loosened and fertilized and said.

To build a grape trellis, you just need to build cement columns between two rows of grapes and then connect them with steel wires to form a grape climbing frame.

The fruit-bearing branches of grapes will continue to move back. The branches that bear fruit this year will not bear fruit again next year. Large-scale planting of grapes requires extensive pruning of branches every year.

His grape vines have not been pruned yet, and he plans to prune them after the trellising is completed in the next two days.

Lin Heng first led everyone to build a row of grape trellises, and everyone quickly learned it. This was not difficult in the first place, and everyone was very capable.

Basically, you only need to plant about 30 cement posts in one acre of land. Including the time spent pulling steel wires, you can basically put up two acres of posts in one day.

There are several ways to build pillars. If you encounter slopes and mountains, you can build funnel-style pillars, and if you are on flat ground, you can build horizontal pillars. Lin Heng will teach you all, just adapt to local conditions.

The Lin Heng family only has eight acres of vineyard, and it basically took them four days to build it.

Lin Heng was not idle during the four days he was building the grape trellis. He made a simple greenhouse ten meters long and two meters wide out of bamboo. Use bamboo as the frame and cover it with film paper.

This is not for breeding, but for cutting grape branches. He spread sand inside, and then he can cut the grape and kiwi fruit branches and insert them here.

Both kinds of branches are easy to cut and survive. After they survive, he will find a piece of land and plant them for another two years. Whether they are for home use or for sale, they are very good seedlings.

There is still land here in Hongfeng Mountain, which can be fully utilized. Raising seedlings is definitely more cost-effective than growing crops.

There are some differences between the kiwi fruit frame and the grape frame, but the difference is not big. Lin Heng actually doesn’t understand it very well, but it is in the book, so just follow the instructions above to build it.

Kiwis usually have two main stems left. The main stems of his eldest brother's branches that have been growing for two years are already two to three centimeters in diameter. In this case, it will definitely bear fruit this year. Even last year, his elder brother's family let a small number of kiwi fruits bear fruit to taste the taste.

The seedlings that the third father's family originally bought were very small, and they could barely bear fruit in the past two years. This year, they have to thin out the flowers and fruits.

However, Linhai had already repaid him the money he had spent to buy the fruit trees during the Chinese New Year. He repaid him as soon as he had extra money, without any arrears. Lin Hai is not at home now. He went to the city with Tian Yan on the 16th of the first lunar month. The two are now completely together and plan to get married when they return this year.

"Mom and Dad, you can do it here, and I'll go back to Hongfeng Mountain." Lin Heng said after finishing teaching.

Father Lin nodded: "Go back quickly, it won't work if there is no one to take care of you there."

On the way back, as soon as Lin Heng reached the road, two people walked towards him. They looked at him and said, "Lin Heng, when are you going to buy seeds this year? We need two packs of corn seeds and two packs of rice seeds."

"We'll go in a few days. A car will pull up and we'll notify everyone." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Okay, that's troublesome."

Lin Heng nodded and walked towards Hongfeng Mountain. Since buying seeds last year, everyone has accepted buying seeds for planting, especially the three staple foods of rice, wheat and corn.

There are also some people who want to try fertilizers, so we talked about these things with them during the Chinese New Year. He understood all this and was going to do it together in a few days, because then he would have to go down to pull the colored steel tiles.

Arriving at the first platform of Hongfeng Mountain, after more than ten days of construction, two-thirds of the main body has been completed, and the construction will be completed around March 20th.

This time is different from the previous ones. The sheepfold built this time is suspended, one meter above the ground, with a dung floor made by myself from wooden strips.

This kind of flooring is not available now, and it is not difficult to make. It just needs to be made with wooden strips spaced at a certain distance. The key point is that the sheep's feet cannot fall off, but the feces can leak through.

Cleaning up the leaked feces is very simple. Just stay nearby and use a long-handled tool to shovel it out, pour it into a cart, and transport it out. When you are done, rinse it with water and disinfect it every few days. Basically, there will be no ammonia gas. produce.

The sheepfold is surrounded by iron railings, and a food trough is placed outside the iron railings.

This time at the first platform, Lin Heng built a 400-square-meter sheepfold, which can basically raise 400 sheep without any problem.

The cattle pen was built with an area of ​​100 square meters, and another 100 square meters was used as a warehouse to store some tools and forage, a total of 600 square meters.

Cows don’t reproduce as fast as sheep, and there is a 200-square-meter cattle and sheep pen below, so it can be used to raise cattle without modification, which is equivalent to a 300-square-meter cattle pen and a 400-square-meter sheep pen.

The construction of the cattle pen cannot be suspended in the air, but on the ground. It needs regular excrement shoveling and disinfection, and other aspects are similar.

The purpose of construction is to use it as long as it can be used, and save as much as possible. He does not have capital now, so he cannot invest too much in the cattle and sheep pen. According to his current estimate, it will cost him nearly 4,000 yuan to build this cattle and sheep pen.

It is equivalent to all the profits of the purchasing station and the canteen last year.

After guiding and supervising here for a while, he went to the field next to him to build a temporary greenhouse. This time it was used for seedling cultivation. All kinds of seedlings that need to be planted in spring can be cultivated in it first.

Facts have proved that the difference between seedling cultivation and direct planting without seedling cultivation is very large. The survival rate of seedling cultivation is 95%, and it is good if three out of ten seeds can germinate without seedling cultivation.

The soil for raising seedlings is the original loess mixed with decomposed cow and sheep manure. This is the best substrate. Sprinkle some water and the germination rate will be very high.

In the blink of an eye, it is already March 20th. The grape racks and kiwi racks have been built, and all the branches have been pruned, and the main poles have been placed on the racks.

In addition, the soil has been loosened and cow and sheep manure has been applied. The most important work of fruit trees this spring has basically been completed. The rest is to wait for the fruits and vegetables to be pruned after flowering.

The ground in the orchard is covered with weed-proof mulch. Lin Heng asked his father to sow some alfalfa seeds in it, not for pasture. Fruit trees need pesticides and pasture cannot be used.

The main function is to prevent weeds and fix nitrogen. Leguminosae have rhizobia, which can fertilize the soil and squeeze the ecological niche of weeds. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

That afternoon, Lin's father brought the last batch of kiwi branches. These are the best branches, 20 cm long.

"Just stick it directly into the sand, no fertilizer needed?" Father Lin asked curiously, he knew nothing about fruit tree cultivation.

"No, just water it." Lin Heng said with a smile, he used a hoe to dig a trench in the sand, and his father put the branches in to bury them.

After these kiwi branches were buried, the seedling greenhouse was full, just cover the exit and wait quietly for roots to sprout.

After finishing, Father Lin and him walked to the first platform. The new cattle and sheep pen was basically completed, and now there were only two masons left to deal with the aftermath.

The roof beams and other things have been installed, and now they just need to wait for the iron tiles to be transported back and installed to be completely completed.

"This year, this is done so quickly." Father Lin sighed with emotion.

Lin Heng nodded: "Of course, if you don't hurry up, you won't be able to handle it. The sheep have started to estrus again recently."

"Yes, the sheep born last year have grown up." Father Lin said.

"I'll get two male black goats for breeding this year." Lin Heng said.

"So when are you going to the city to get the iron tiles? Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the seeds can be prepared. It's time to sow the seeds." Lin's father patted his shoulder and said.

"The day after tomorrow, let's take a day off tomorrow and have a barbecue." Lin Heng hooked his father's shoulder and said.

"Okay, it's time to take a break." Lin's father nodded and stretched his waist. The work he did this month has made all the fat he ate during the New Year thin.

After that, Lin's father walked to the cattle and sheep pen and shouted, "Master Huang, it's time to get off work. I'll take you home."

It's inconvenient for these people from the town to go back, so Lin's father would take them back every afternoon, and walk here in the morning.

Lin Heng went home directly. It's not far from Qingming Festival now. The trees have not yet sprouted new leaves, and only some grass leaves have revealed green.

This year, Lin Heng did not choose artificial breeding for the plum fry, so he let them grow in the reservoir by themselves.

One reason for doing this is that I am too busy to do this, and the other is that the fry bred last year have not grown up yet. The reservoir and the creek are just a small habitat, and they can't accommodate more fish.

If you really want to expand the scale of breeding, you have to go to Lengshui River to divert water for enclosure breeding.

"Dad, my brother can walk." When she got home, Xiaoxia ran to her to announce the good news.

She has spent a lot of effort to teach her brother to walk recently, and now she can't wait to show it.

"Really? That's great." Lin Heng picked up Xiaoxia and lifted her up high.

"Dad, I want more, come again, come again!"

Being lifted up high, Xiaoxia smiled and asked him to do it again, and cheered happily.

Every time Lin Heng was tired of raising his hands, she still enjoyed it, but this time he didn't play with her all the time.

"Husband, look." Xiulan held Luming over, holding his little hand, and saw him walking towards Lin Heng with a smile.

Although his steps were staggering and he looked like he would fall at any time, he was always on the verge of maintaining balance.

After a while, he walked in front of Lin Heng and held out his arms to him.

"Daddy, hold me." Lin Heng happily picked him up and lifted him up. The little guy kept calling daddy and daddy happily.

Then Lin Heng hugged Lin Duheng again. Duheng had already learned to walk.

"Amazing, he will be able to run around in another month." Lin Heng put them down and said with a smile.

Xiulan poured him a glass of water and sighed, "I will be worried again when the time comes, afraid that he will get bumped."

Lin Heng smiled and said, "It's okay. We will cover those sharp corners, so it won't hurt even if he falls."

"That's fine." Xiulan nodded, and then said, "Let's make sauerkraut noodles tonight, and I'll cut some stewed dishes for you to go with the wine."

"Okay, but don't worry, I'm not hungry now, let's play for a while." Lin Heng sat down and said.

"Then you accompany me to prune the branches of the fruit trees, I'm not very good at it yet." Xiulan pulled him and said.

"Okay." Lin Heng finished watering and took out the pruning shears, and went out with Xiulan.

The flowers, plants and trees in the backyard and the back mountain need to be pruned, and it's not difficult to prune. He and Xiulan talked and worked together.

The courtyard grapes don't need to be pruned heavily, because it also takes into account the function of shading and avoiding the heat, that is, more vines are needed.

The ornamental flowers and plants are cut into shape and fertilized at the same time. The lollipop colorful roses by the wall are already in bud and growing very beautifully.

The black pine he pruned turned into a waterside shape and grew by the water, while the cypress didn't move much, mainly pulling to maintain its shape.

The other fruit trees were mainly topping and thinning branches, which he did with Xiulan and Xiaoxia.

After finishing the work, the two basically shared what they had done today with each other.

As for the two sons, they were in the raised version of the crib in the house, and they couldn't get out after the half-meter railing was raised.

When there was something to do and I couldn't take care of them, I would throw some toys for them to play with for a while, and there was no need to worry about them turning over and bumping into each other.

Xiulan had already kneaded the noodles, cut some braised dishes first, and mixed some vermicelli and fungus. They poured a cup of rice wine, and Xiaoxia drank a cup of honey water.

After drinking a glass of wine and eating a few side dishes, Lin Heng suddenly felt relaxed and felt that this day was perfect.

After drinking two cups, the two went to make knife-cut noodles, and after eating and playing for a while, they could rest happily.

Now, the three children are telling stories together. After coaxing them to sleep, the gauze curtain between them is pulled, and Lin Heng and Xiulan go to bed to rest.

Lin Heng said a few words in Xiulan's ear, and she blushed and changed into a silk bellyband.

"Wife, you are so beautiful."

Lin Heng looked at his wife's tempting red lips and kissed her, starting a unique exploration.

The child has basically been weaned, but because Lin Heng is greedy, Xiulan still has some milk.

This in and out game lasted for half an hour. Xiulan gave Lin Heng everything he wanted. It was normal for her to eat the snacks he fed her.

And she became more and more skilled and would not hurt Lin Heng again, which made his life happy.

Only at this time would he experience the effect of daily non-stop morning exercise, and strong physical strength brought an extremely happy night life.