Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 0113 Pepper Harvest

Lao Wangtou in the vegetable garden was busy throughout September.

They need to prepare vegetables for winter storage.

With Lu Changhua's consent, they also found a few women to help collect the vegetables.

If the green onions are not harvested, they will bloom and set seeds.

Pull out the scallions, remove the soil from the roots, and cut off the upper half of the scallion leaves with a knife, leaving the white scallions at the root and a small part of the leaves.

After all the green onions are processed, they are transferred to the warm cellar for winter vegetable storage.

This warm cellar is dug next to the adobe house.

The ground is covered with a layer of fine sand.

The green onions are buried in the fine sand, with only the leaves exposed.

The garlic turned into braids and hung under the eaves of the adobe house, like a door curtain.

The roots of Chinese cabbage were removed, washed and muddy, and more than 20 jars of sauerkraut were pickled. This is also the main dish in winter.

Some Chinese cabbage was also sent to the Han family, the Li family, and the Zhang family, and the rest was stored in the cellar.

Peel the potatoes, dry them, put them into woven bags and pile them on the shelf.

Eggplant needs to be processed.

Cut into long strips and dry in the sun for later use.

You can eat as much cucumbers and tomatoes as you can.

Except for giving some to company-related households, they are all stored in cardboard boxes.

As for the radishes and carrots, remove their tassels and bury them in the sand.

The most troublesome thing is the peppers that Lu Changhua asked to plant.

Think about how much chili peppers are produced in nine acres of land?

To preserve peppers, they must be dried into dried peppers.

In order to ensure the spiciness of the peppers, they can only be harvested after the National Day.

Chili peppers need to be picked manually.

Except for the two people left behind at the reservoir, everyone came to help collect it.

Baskets of peppers were picked and poured onto the tarpaulin.

While the midday sun is still very hot, remove the moisture from the peppers.

In order to dry the peppers, Lu Changhua borrowed a dozen large tarpaulins from the drying yard and spread them directly in the soybean field north of the road.

Only here can it be spread.

The bright red patch on the tarpaulin dyed most of the land red.

I heard that Lu Changhua had harvested a lot of peppers, and Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo both came to see what was fresh.

"Xiao Lu, you have a good harvest of peppers!"

"I'm just doing an experiment to see if I can grow it. Who knows if it will work!"

Lu Changhua himself never thought that Hunan peppers could bloom and bear fruit in the Northeast.

"This pepper planting industry is a good project."

Li Zhenguo said something.

He knows that people in the south love chili peppers, but people in the northeast eat less, so they don't plant much.

"Xiao Lu, if someone grows peppers, will you harvest them?"

Han Jianhua looked at him and asked.

"I haven't thought about this yet."

Lu Changhua just thought about sowing by himself, not about others sowing and reaping. Director Han's words reminded him.

yes.

If I can grow it, so can others.

If they grow it, I harvest it directly, and it’s not much different from growing it myself.

"Director, if someone really wants to grow peppers, I will accept them, but the standards must meet my standards."

"Of course."

Han Jianhua was happy when he saw Xiao Lu agreeing to the acquisition.

Looking at the red peppers all over the ground, Han Jianhua felt that as long as he cultivated peppers on a large scale, he would still be able to achieve results.

"Director, will this conflict with the farm's dairy farming policy?"

Lu Changhua was worried that the farm would not support it.

"What is this conflict about? Those who should raise cattle should still raise cattle, and those who don't want to raise cattle must find a way out!"

Han Jianhua knew that although there was a bumper grain harvest this year, the purchase price was too low.

A good harvest of food does not mean that employees will make a profit.

Judging from the price information fed back by the grain depot, it will be good if employees do not lose money this year.

Even in such a good harvest year, many employees are still losing money.

You said, if grain prices don’t adjust for a few more years, who will still farm?

What do the employees eat and drink?

Han Jianhua's worried hair turned completely white.

Looking at Director Han, who had spent his whole life worrying about the farm and its employees, Lu Changhua felt a sore nose.

"Director, as long as the farm doesn't object, I will accept it!"

"How much is the yield per acre?"

Han Jianhua is still concerned about output and price issues.

"We weighed it and found it weighed 1,900 kilograms."

"Ah? So many?!"

This output made Han Jianhua's eyes shine.

"How many dried chili peppers can be produced?"

"About five pounds per pound."

"Hiss~"

Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo both took a breath.

One acre of land can produce 380 kilograms of dried chili peppers.

One piece of land weighs 5,700 kilograms.

"What about the price?"

"The purchase price in Hunan is no more than 10 cents. Including freight and labor, the cost is 20 cents, but here it will not exceed 30 cents."

This gross income is not high, 1,711!

Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo both frowned.

When Lu Changhua saw this, he started to elaborate.

"Director, Captain, don't look at it. The gross income is not high. It is better to farm. But now if the cost of farming is not eliminated, we will still lose money."

"You don't need machinery to grow peppers. It's okay for a family to take care of one or two plants."

"It's just that I can't digest it if I plant too much."

"Yeah, I can't force you, let's let it go in advance."

Both of them shook their heads and left, feeling that it was still unreliable.

It seems that growing peppers is mainly a matter of sales.

I am not a Lao Gan Ma, and I don’t know how to make chili sauce!

Besides, growing chili peppers to make chili sauce in the Northeast seems a bit joking.

He also felt this was unreliable.

You'd better keep fish well by yourself.

Huh? Why doesn’t anyone come to raise fish with me?

Lu Changhua understood it as soon as he thought about it.

Not everyone can raise fish.

Fish farming must first have a suitable site. There are many deserted beaches on farms now, but who would invest in digging their own fish ponds?

In the Northeast, river branches are everywhere and there are many wild fish.

Many people have the habit of fishing and shrimping during their leisure time.

They say that fishing and shrimping can feed the whole family!

This is true.

In the 1980s when there was no meat, farm workers relied on hunting wild fish for toothpaste.

Lu Changhua remembered that in his previous life, his family had not eaten meat for nearly a year.

My father took the two brothers to a good friend's house to eat some meat.

Who knew that when I walked to a branch of the river, a wild duck flew up.

Dad threw the wooden stick that was used to explore the path in his hand casually.

What a coincidence, it happened to hit the wild duck.

The three of them happily carried the wild duck home.

The whole family then had a delicious meal of meat, which was regarded as a dental sacrifice.

It’s not that employees don’t want to raise fish, but where are the ready-made reservoirs?

Like the three-point court, there is just such a reservoir. Lu Changhua has contracted it, and other people have to have space if they want to raise it!

Lu Changhua didn't do anything about this problem.

It's impossible for him to dig a fish pond for others and let them raise fish, right?

Han Jianhua and Li Zhenguo left disappointed, and he felt powerless.

The purchase price of chili peppers is so low now, there is nothing we can do about it.

After more than ten days of drying, the red peppers on the tarpaulin have become dry and crisp. When you shake them gently in your hand, they make a crackling sound.

These dried chili peppers were put into woven bags and piled up like a hill at the head of the house.

On this day, Lu Changhua called Lao Lu and came over with a double hanging to transport peppers.

He left a few bags of chili peppers to eat for himself.

Everything else was loaded onto the car.

Dried chili peppers take up space and vehicles are already too high.

"Get on the rope."

Da Hong and Er Hong gathered up the hemp rope, inserted a pole on the carriage and twisted it.

There were several deep marks on the pepper bag.

Following the same pattern, both trailers tightened the ropes.

Lao Lu was running in front, and Lu Changhua was following behind in his Jeep. He was afraid that the pepper would fall.

Today, the time for him to deliver the big carp has been advanced.

Arriving at Boiling Fish Village, Mother Lu was shocked.

Seeing that his son was bringing Lao Lu to deliver the chili peppers, he asked a few waiters to unload the truck with him.

In the past few months, Boiling Fish Farm has been selling not only fish but also chili peppers.

The more than 1,000 kilograms of Hunan peppers that Lao Lu bought had long since disappeared.

Later, Wu Qiang shipped more than 4,000 kilograms, and now there are still several hundred kilograms left.

Lao Lu was so anxious that he was sweating.

If there was no chili pepper, how could he make the boiling carp?!

Wu Qiang is also out of stock now.

He had to harvest them in winter.

When I first asked my son to grow some peppers at home, it was just a fluke, thinking that if it worked, it would be a good way to save the day in an emergency.

Sure enough, it was time to grow my own peppers.

This time, more than 3,000 kilograms were delivered at once, which solved his urgent need.

"Quick, quick, transport it to the warehouse."

Everyone hurriedly carried the pepper bags into the warehouse.

The warehouse that was empty suddenly became full again.

"Dad, keep all the pepper seeds. We have to grow our own next year. The quality of these peppers should be good. You can try it."

"Okay, Lao Lu just happened to be here too. Let him try our boiling big carp."

"Okay, I've heard for a long time that your family has opened a restaurant in the city. I haven't been here yet. Today I want to try Lao Lu's cooking!"

Lu Changhua accompanied Lao Lu into the private room.

Lu Changhua and Lao Lu are the only two people in the 36-square-meter luxurious private room.

"Changhua, this, this is too luxurious, we don't need such a big place."

Look at this table again, a large round table for sixteen people.

There is a sofa, coffee table and color TV.

The wine cabinet is filled with white wines such as Moutai Wuliangye.

There are dedicated waiters in the private room to serve you.

After a while, a young man came in at the door carrying a copper basin.

"Hello, sir, this is the famous dish of our fish farm, boiling big carp. Our master chef will fry it for you in a moment."

After saying that, the young man went out.

The waitress came closer.

"Gentlemen, what would you like to drink?"